So that is McCain's issue...
They only released him for Vietnamese prisoners when the war was almost over. Actual Vietcong soldiers who had killed American Servicemen.
I guess the war needed to be over before we traded for Bowe... but didn't they declare Mission Accomplished in 2004?
Who set up Iran in the 1950's? Oh that would be us and the British. Who supplied both sides with weapons during the Iran Iraq war? That was us again. Who traded arms for hostages? Oh us under a Republican President. Who originally cut and ran from the Middle East? That was Reagan, the Lebanon Hustler... 240+ Americans died and he ran like the place was on fire. At least 15 Consulate and Embassy attacks under Bush, and not one peep from these idiots...lol
I am confused...lol
Tuesday, June 24, 2014
Wednesday, June 11, 2014
American Gun Control
I am back, not that it means much because most think I am crazy...lol But I will come up with a multi part answer on gun control and use in America, and only give basics for the first answer because follow-ups will come, and I will "flesh it out" more then.
1) Bridge the gap between educated and non educated. By this I mean, most think these are 2 different worlds but they in fact are not. We all walk the same streets, live in the same areas and some of us actually have to venture to places where danger is a question and self preservation the answer. Get the guy wearing Camo's/ Alex Jones shirt and screaming about his rights to understand he scares people who don't understand from where he comes. However, you must also get those who "believe" they are too educated to entertain such a person to actually sit and listen to him. Honest discussion sans AR-15 slung over the back, and sans looking down nose at "lower educated" individual from the other side.
2) Remember when we had Archery in school? I do. My Dad remembers A time when they had a shooting club at high school. I remember a time when the first day of Gun hunting season for Deer would start, and the parking lot was an arsenal. EVERYONE had a gun in their car because most were going right after school to spend a weekend in the woods and hunt. No fear then was there?
3) Education. On both sides. This is all part of sitting down and asking honest questions of gun owners, and those opposed to ownership. Why? Both sides give me a quick why. That is a good place to start part 1. Now I don't mean giving trite answers that are only cutting toward the other side, but honest, heartfelt discussion. Not about how a carrier is lacking in male endowment, or how Liberals are too stupid to see... No, honesty without finger pointing at either side. No name calling out of lack of answers, but REAL talks. Why PERSONALLY does a person feel the way they do?
4) If we are going to tighten gun laws, then we need to loosen Assault laws. In England, it is common to have a dust up and beyond a cut or bruise, no one is worse for the wear. Same in France, Italy and Germany. In Denmark they encourage their kids to learn to fight and lift weights. In Finland they all get Government guns handed to them, and scrap in the streets when there is a problem. Same in Holland, Norway and Sweden. My point is this: should I really be threatened with doing as much time for punching a guy in the mouth as I would if I just shot him cold dead and claimed he threatened me? No, but we have such a litigious, babied society anymore it has become almost comical. The "bully", the bad cop, the bad teacher, the angry dude on the corner. So many things we fear now, that 30 years ago we would just "deal with" as a community and it would be done. Kid gets bullied? Bigger friend steps in. If not, then kid goes to weight room, takes his lumps and gains much respect from peers. Fear is part of life, it is how you face that fear and overcome it that makes you a winner or loser in life. I don't want to get eaten by a shark, but I will swim in the ocean and will not be mad someone didn't kill them all to make me safer. I don't want people to drive while on a cell phone, but it happens, and I may die from it, but I don't think taking all cell phones will help.
There is no reason every citizen can't carry, and there is no reason a citizen should be forced to carry. I think we lose sight of something in a "free" society depending on which side of the aisle you wake up on... Freedom comes with a cost. It isn't free. That doesn't mean just for the guys fighting our wars for us... that means ALL of us in everyday society take a chance going out on the street for a gallon of milk. Yes, you can get shot at the UDF down the street trying to buy your milk, you can get shot in Kroger trying to do the same. You can also get hit by a car while someone is on a cell Phone and not watching (many more of that happens than shootings). You can get struck by lightening. You could fall off the step stool and break your neck and die. Life is a risky business, and I personally don't want or think we all need to be wrapped in bubble wrap.
I agree there can be better control in place. But for whom and to protect who?
I will entertain questions/ comments...lol I know more detail is needed.
I am here all night...lol
1) Bridge the gap between educated and non educated. By this I mean, most think these are 2 different worlds but they in fact are not. We all walk the same streets, live in the same areas and some of us actually have to venture to places where danger is a question and self preservation the answer. Get the guy wearing Camo's/ Alex Jones shirt and screaming about his rights to understand he scares people who don't understand from where he comes. However, you must also get those who "believe" they are too educated to entertain such a person to actually sit and listen to him. Honest discussion sans AR-15 slung over the back, and sans looking down nose at "lower educated" individual from the other side.
2) Remember when we had Archery in school? I do. My Dad remembers A time when they had a shooting club at high school. I remember a time when the first day of Gun hunting season for Deer would start, and the parking lot was an arsenal. EVERYONE had a gun in their car because most were going right after school to spend a weekend in the woods and hunt. No fear then was there?
3) Education. On both sides. This is all part of sitting down and asking honest questions of gun owners, and those opposed to ownership. Why? Both sides give me a quick why. That is a good place to start part 1. Now I don't mean giving trite answers that are only cutting toward the other side, but honest, heartfelt discussion. Not about how a carrier is lacking in male endowment, or how Liberals are too stupid to see... No, honesty without finger pointing at either side. No name calling out of lack of answers, but REAL talks. Why PERSONALLY does a person feel the way they do?
4) If we are going to tighten gun laws, then we need to loosen Assault laws. In England, it is common to have a dust up and beyond a cut or bruise, no one is worse for the wear. Same in France, Italy and Germany. In Denmark they encourage their kids to learn to fight and lift weights. In Finland they all get Government guns handed to them, and scrap in the streets when there is a problem. Same in Holland, Norway and Sweden. My point is this: should I really be threatened with doing as much time for punching a guy in the mouth as I would if I just shot him cold dead and claimed he threatened me? No, but we have such a litigious, babied society anymore it has become almost comical. The "bully", the bad cop, the bad teacher, the angry dude on the corner. So many things we fear now, that 30 years ago we would just "deal with" as a community and it would be done. Kid gets bullied? Bigger friend steps in. If not, then kid goes to weight room, takes his lumps and gains much respect from peers. Fear is part of life, it is how you face that fear and overcome it that makes you a winner or loser in life. I don't want to get eaten by a shark, but I will swim in the ocean and will not be mad someone didn't kill them all to make me safer. I don't want people to drive while on a cell phone, but it happens, and I may die from it, but I don't think taking all cell phones will help.
There is no reason every citizen can't carry, and there is no reason a citizen should be forced to carry. I think we lose sight of something in a "free" society depending on which side of the aisle you wake up on... Freedom comes with a cost. It isn't free. That doesn't mean just for the guys fighting our wars for us... that means ALL of us in everyday society take a chance going out on the street for a gallon of milk. Yes, you can get shot at the UDF down the street trying to buy your milk, you can get shot in Kroger trying to do the same. You can also get hit by a car while someone is on a cell Phone and not watching (many more of that happens than shootings). You can get struck by lightening. You could fall off the step stool and break your neck and die. Life is a risky business, and I personally don't want or think we all need to be wrapped in bubble wrap.
I agree there can be better control in place. But for whom and to protect who?
I will entertain questions/ comments...lol I know more detail is needed.
I am here all night...lol
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