The Politicians Get It Wrong Again

Well, another month, another mass shooting. And the politicians once again fall all over themselves telling the American sheeple that its all the fault of poor gun control. As if there’s a bunch of feral semi-automatics that have slipped their leash and are walking around by themselves needing to be rounded up by the humane society to be put to sleep. While the back pocket of the crazy person that the gun is hanging out of has nothing to do with it.

This may be an old saying but I’m going to keep saying this until someone hears it. Guns don’t kill people! Crazy people kill people! […]

Donald Trump Is Saving Our Democracy — NYMag

I found this excellent article worth reading. Trump is fulfilling the purpose I expected from him some months ago. He is showing the ludicrousness of the simple popularity poll most call the presidential election.  Please take some time to check out the following link.

Far from destroying it, he’s exposing all its phoniness and corruption in ways as serious as he is not. And changing it in the process.

Source: Donald Trump Is Saving Our Democracy — NYMag

We Interrupt Our Regular Broadcast

I know you may be anxiously awaiting the next installment of my family vacation. But anyone who knows me and knows that I spent a decade and half as a broadcaster, also knows that I’m gonna have a few things to say about recent events in Virginia. I don’t want to disappoint.

This was a workplace shooting

When I first heard of the shooting I assumed it was some screwball TV viewer who had fixated on a journalist they saw everyday and felt the reporter had wronged them. Something like that would not have been hard to believe. After all since the seventies the technology has existed to allow even small stations to produce live interviews and stand-ups from anywhere. During thousands of these live shots everyday, journalists are hanging their butt out there in the wind, unprotected. This killing was a terrible thing.

But the reality of this incident is that was only another in a long line of workplace shootings. It could have just as easily happened in the newsroom or the business office as anywhere else out in the field. The biggest difference I see happening this time is that someone with a gun has finally done something to piss off an industry that can actually incite the public about gun violence and gun control. The folks at home listen to broadcasters and believe what they say is true. What I fear is broadcasters will do the wrong thing for the right reason.

We need crazy people control

If you’ve read this blog for any length of time you probably know how I feel about gun control. If not, read it now, I’ll wait right here for you. If you’re in a hurry here it is in a nutshell. Guns don’t kill people, crazy people kill people. Just take a look at the recent theater and school shootings. Do you think those guys were right minded when they did that? We need to outlaw crazy. Insanity is not a defense! Its an offense.

There’s no excuse for allowing crazy people to get near a gun anymore. The crazies are easy to spot. The guy today had been dumping his crap to Twitter and Facebook for years. All we have to do is monitor social media feeds and look for certain keywords. The tools for this are already in place! Do you hear me NSA?

In addition, we need to not be afraid to react to signs of crazy. Today’s shooter had faxed a TWENTY-THREE PAGE MANIFESTO to an ABC newsroom. The news director there should have seen this and called 911 immediately. If they didn’t arrest the sender for terroristic threats they could have gotten him for endangering the rain forest because of his over-use of paper

But I’m betting that this will create another outcry for gun control. Hillary has already twittered politically opportunistic words to that effect instead of just offering words of support to victims family at an emotionally trying time. What a surprise that is!

We don’t need gun control! We need crazy people control. Please, will someone smarter than me figure out how to see these nut jobs ahead of time, control them and put an end to gun violence.

I promise tomorrow to continue the vacation story.

It Wasn’t Always Like This

Ok kids listen up. Before there were cell phones, before there was social media, before there were e-readers and roleplaying games, there was people. And people used to talk to each other face-to-face. It was damn inconvenient and at times unsanitary but there it is – the truth – folks used to talk and be together at the same time. […]

Stranger Chat

516px-American_outdoor_electrical_outletI recently had a worker put a new electrical outlet in the house. He was one of those guys who just loved to hear himself talk. I finally had to tell him in no uncertain terms that I did not want to hear about the problems in his private life and I did not want his friendly banter about the day or the job. I tried to sum it up to him with: I am not your friend – I am your employer. […]