My Thoughts on School Safety

In light of the school shooting in Uvalde, and others in the past, I have given the prevention aspect considerable thought. I honestly don't believe that further erosion of the Second Amendment will have the desired result. Instead I would recommend:

1. Focusing on the First Amendment. I don't believe that the press should publish ANY details about the shooter or the exact number of casualties. All that does is encourage the next mentally unbalanced sociopath to try to get a higher body count for his15 minutes of fame. The public has no “need to know” every detail of the perpetrator's life. At most, all we need to know are the warning signs that were exhibited. Law enforcement should treat details of the shooter's life as classified information, no matter how much the press screams “public right to know.”

2. Since the Uvalde idiot posted his plan on social media 30 minutes prior to his rampage, where were the social media watchdogs? Surely this violated their vague, and rather subjective, policies on violent posts. Why didn't they notify law enforcement? Perhaps Congress needs to get involved in this, and require all social media platforms to look for this type post and notify the proper law enforcement organization.

3. According to experts on active shooter situations, the best defense is a trained, armed person on scene at the start of the incident. I would recommend every teacher that wants to, be trained and armed. Ed Monk, who is an expert in this area, has stated that you can expect 6 casualties per minute. Lets have county sheriffs run active shooter armed response training for all interested teachers, as is done in Utah County now. (1)

4. Lets spend the money and harden the schools now!

(1) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDDK0jLsdKQ

Updated 31MAY2022

Biden Fiddles (Diddles?) While Ukraine Burns

I found this interesting tidbit in The Telegraph of London; Joe Biden personally vetoes Poland's fighter jets plan.  It appears that The President of the U.S. is going to blither, dither, and obstruct until Ukraine, or at least Kyiv falls, then throw his hands up and say, "What could little old me do?".  Read the article.  It's worth your time.

The Kyle Rittenhouse Verdict, and His Trial by Media

Those of you who are outraged (over worked buzz word in vogue now) by the Rittenhouse verdict maybe should ask yourself, “What if it was me?”. Would you want CBS, NBC, CNN, etc. to determine your fate, and just skip all that trial by jury nonsense? Well, here is a well thought out pieces that counters that. It is by Bari Weiss, titled, The Media's Verdict on Kyle Rittenhouse, Why so many got this story so wrong. Here are a few quotes from it, I would encourage you to read the entire article:

“Here is what I thought was true about Kyle Rittenhouse during the last days of August 2020 based on mainstream media accounts: The 17-year-old was a racist vigilante. I thought he drove across state lines, to Kenosha, Wisc., with an illegally acquired semi-automatic rifle to a town to which he had no connection. I thought he went there because he knew there were Black Lives Matter protests and he wanted to start a fight. And I thought that by the end of the evening of August 25, 2020, he had done just that, killing two peaceful protestors and injuring a third.

It turns out that account was mostly wrong.”

“First, the idea that Kyle Rittenhouse was a white supremacist.

There was zero evidence that Rittenhouse was connected to white supremacist groups at the time of the shooting.”

“That Rittenhouse had no connection to Kenosha.

In addition to having a job in Kenosha, Rittenhouse testified that much of his family lived there:...”

“So what about the gun?

Rittenhouse didn’t bring the gun to Kenosha. The gun was purchased for Rittenhouse months earlier by a friend and stored in Kenosha at the home of that friend’s stepfather,...”

“But it was illegal for him to even have the gun given that he wasn’t yet 18 years old, right?

That is not true. Under Wisconsin law, 17-year-olds are prohibited from carrying rifles only if they are short-barreled.”

“He was out there looking for a fight, and he got one: He killed two people and severely wounded a third.

Unless there’s evidence we haven’t seen, there’s no clear indication that Rittenhouse sought to kill anyone.”

Before forming any pre-conclusions about ANY item you see in the “news” or on that “most trusted source” (sarcasm intended) Facebook, etc. ask yourself, “What is their preferred political slant?” Look elsewhere for information on both left and right leaning sites, there are lots of them out there, and don't forget the overseas papers.

Most importantly, ask yourself, “What if it was me?”

??The Constitution of the United States may Contain Harmful Language??

 

In the latest instance of wokeness (idiocy) run amuck, the National Archives and Records Association has placed a “harmful content” label on the Constitution of the United States. I was skeptical when I read the hotair post(1), believing it was just another Babylon Bee or Onion spoof, so I went straight to the “horses mouth” so to speak. Here, for your perusal is a link to the National Archives search page results when I searched for Constitution:

https://catalog.archives.gov/search?q=constitution

This is what came up when I clicked on Constitution:

https://catalog.archives.gov/id/1667751

At the top of both is the “Harmful Language Alert”

The question I have now is, “Just who is in charge of our national government that such tripe would be at the top of the search page for, and the Constitution's webpage itself?”

(1) https://hotair.com/karen-townsend/2021/09/09/national-archives-and-records-association-puts-harmful-content-label-on-constitution-founding-documents-n414714

THE AFGAN DISASTER

The disaster de jour:

In my humble opinion, it was brought to you by an inept Commander in Chief, WH advisors with their heads in rectal defilade, and the general officers who, concerned with their next promotion, morphed into politicians and forgot all about war fighting.

God help those poor souls caught up in it.

John Kass' Column for 22 JUL 2021 - Worth Reading

John Kass was a columnist for the Chicago Tribune.  He was on of the best they had, so obviously he had to go when the paper was bought out.  Today's column is very good and well worth the time.  

Here's the link: 

  Cass 22JUL 2021

Nothing to See Here, Folks

In the latest Squad hypocrisy, "Missouri Rep. Cori Bush spent nearly $70,000 on private security over the past three months as she advocated for defunding the police,..." (1)

Well of course she did.  The little darlin' considers herself to be a member of the ruling class, the elite, and as such, needs protection.  The rest of the population, that's you and me, she considers members of the proletariat, far beneath her, whose lives are not worth her consideration, or the expense, that police protection would provide. 

Keep this in mind during the upcoming election cycle. 

1. FoxNews: https://www.foxnews.com/politics/squad-cori-bush-defund-police-advocate-private-security