Gun Control: the easy way

For years we’ve argued that guns should, or should not, be in the hands of the greater population. To this end, gun owners have consistently been the target on both sides of the argument. I believe that there is another, more rational, way of tackling this subject.

Consider, if you will, the shear numbers involved. Would it not be much easier to deal with one of the smaller groups? There are a number of groups in this set.

1) the number of guns (largest group)

2) the number of gun owners (second largest group)

3) the number of gun manufacturers (third place)

4) the gun dealers/sellers (far, and away, the smallest group)

It seems to me that when dealing with the enforcement of Laws and the control of deadly weapons, it is entirely more cost and time efficient to deal directly with the smallest amount of people. There is so much going on in the gun trade, it boggles the mind. There are more than fifty Laws, on the books, the can be used to put these dealers/sellers out of the business of arming our population with weapons, the likes of AK-47’s, Glok-9’s, etc. If any Politician is actually serious about curtailing the gun violence in this Country, start with the dealers/sellers. You know exactly who they are and where they do business.

I want a single prayer Health Plan!

No going to Communion; no kneeling to the East; no Hosana’s on high; just a plain, simple single-prayer Health Plan that you can access anywhere, any time.

Got the Flu……say  a prayer!

Need that operation…….say a prayer!

Pick your own doctor…….say a prayer!

Gotta have that Root Canal……..say a prayer!

Hey, if its good enough for the friggin’ Pope, its good enough for us. Oh, I almost forgot: End-Of-Life Death Panel Instructions…..just spread your legs, bend over,

and kiss your ass goodbye, after you’ve said your prayer.

How the Rich got Richer, and the Middle Class Disappeared

   The year 1994 started out with some pretty bold and encouraging claims and promises from the Federal Government; most notably, Bill Clinton. The North American Free Trade Agreement was ratified by Congress. This Trade Treaty was supposed to put the United States on a long road of wealth and prosperity. Our Middle Class was to be forever cemented as the vast foundation of our Economy and Society.

   It turns out that we were sold a bill of goods. It was all lies. There was no misunderstanding, no misinterpretation, just lies. Our exports to Mexico were supposed to almost double overnight: lie. We were to gain 1 Million jobs in the Manufacturing Sector every year: lie. This was a mutually exclusive Treaty: lie. In fact, our import/export figures with Mexico went in exactly the opposite direction. We started hemorrhaging jobs at the very rate we were supposed to gain. Along came the DR-CAFTA (Dominican Republic-Central American Free Trade Agreement), and the FTAA (Free Trade Agreement of the Americas). 1993-94 are the years that signaled the start of the decline in our Middle Class; the folks who used to make this Country function as an economic super power.

   Almost all of that is gone now, not even 20 years later, and the jobs that have been lost, or sent offshore, are not returning. Corporations, large and small, delighted in expansive tax incentives to do their business outside the confines of this Country. Isn’t it a little ironic that the people who so loudly claim hatred of the welfare state themselves drink mightily from the very same welfare trough? Why would obviously well educated, highly regarded champions of Industry and Finance knowingly put themselves on the same level as any other recipient of Government aide?