A gunman killed 12 people in a crowd dancing at a bar popular with college students in Thousand Oaks, California. Police reported Wednesday that the gunman was found dead at the scene. They have identified the suspected shooter as 28-year-old Ian David Long, a former Marine who once had the police called to his home because he was acting “irate and irrationally,”(AP). Marsha Blackburn, newly elected Senator from Tennessee, when asked about this latest massacre, or murder, or normal day in the life of America, responded, no matter what, we must protect the 2nd Amendment. Ms. Blackburn is on record for receiving lobby money from the NRA. Ms. Blackburn is also a very vocal advocate against abortion. What makes no sense, honestly in this paragraph are way too many things, but then what is making sense, sadly is that we live in a world where integrity, intelligence, insight, and idealism are also victims of violence and the dearth of vitriol that protects that weird virus known as TRUMPISM!
I must admit, that my sarcasm toward the Blue Tsunami, was a bit much, and I did not grant it, the recognition it seemingly deserves. I will still refer to it as a Blue Bunch of Water, but understand that the potential does exist for at least some more flooding of the musty, moldy, corners of the government buildings where Republicans have squandered, and stolen American pride, and prestige. But, we still watch as gun violence persists, we still hear the old, old, ancient tale that guns do to kill, and that somehow something called the 2nd Amendment is like Holy Water, and must always be revered and honored. In my current state of residence, California, the local newscasters, are torn between helicopters flying over the acres and acres of wildfires discussing first the fact that lives were lost as well as property and the natural beauty of the land…and then with as much a solemn face as they can form, discuss, yet one more mass murder of 12 more innocent victims. And somewhere along the trail of news California still is on the list of receiving Trumps Storm Troopers to be at the ready to release the firepower of America against asylum seekers, only wanting freedom.
The earth is melting or catching fire, asbestos is back in business, cages are still being erected to separate children from their parents, permanently…Putin is talking about establishing a base in Cuba, the deficit has risen to feed the wealthy at least a five-course meal while insisting that the poor be satisfied with scraps of food found floating around garbage cans. Guns in the hands of people, still kill people…less and less thoughts and prayers are being offered because there is not enough time to offer them before the next mass murder…yet we are being warned about another Constitutional Crisis (one has to wonder how many can you have), arrogance, ignorance, hate have substituted for oxygen for at least 40% of this nation…Trump says he can lie when he feels it necessary, then he can untie the first lie, deny he ever lied, and try a new lie to cover up any scraps of his old lies…and yet he remains THE GUY called Commander-In-Chief! There was an old Reagan (another winning Republican) who had an ad, starting out with the words, morning in America…Now, we might want to say WARNING, THIS IS AMERICA!
