Last week I wrote a bit about gun violence so today I thought I'd see what has happened in the last week. Here is what the gun violence website has to say.
April 24, New Orleans, LA, 5 injured
April 22, San Diego, CA, 1 killed, 5 injured
April 19, Houston, TX, 2 killed, 2 injured
April 19, Atlanta, GA, 5 injured
April 18, Mongomery, AL, 1 killed, 4 injured
April 18, Detroit, MI, 1 killed, 5 injured
April 18, Shreveport, LA, 6 injured
April 18 Kenosha, WI, 3 killed, 3 injured
Well, jeez, I guess I'm glad to live out here in the boonies. That is 35 injured and 8 killed in one week. Of course, there was alcohol involved in at least some of the incidents and most likely various illegal drugs. No, I don't know what the answer is to these problem. I don't believe for a moment that laws trying to ban guns would work. Not to mention the political impossibility of enacting such laws! Maybe the human race will just have to get clopped on the head by an alien. (We are pretty close to Area 51 so that sort of possiblility is perhaps more real to us who live here than to regular people!)
I did read an interesting article on CNN about VP Kamala Harris. They talked about the relationship between the President and the Vice President as growing closer as they work together. I think that is a great thing. I think that one of the President's strong points is his many years of work in the Federal government. If he can bring the Vice President even some of that knowledge it will make her a much more effective leader. And Vice Presidents have certainly been known to want the big job when it is vacated.
I'm reading a lot about the tremendous amount that President Biden is trying to spend on infrastructure and I have to say I'm pretty much sold. A LOT of our traditional infrastructure (roads, bridges, dams, etc) is in pretty sad condition. Anyone who has driven on the interstate highway system knows it needs help! But it is also true that those are not the drivers of the future. Climate change would get money; immigration reform including speeding up naturalization cases; and electric vehicles for appropiate governmental uses. Those are things that need doing that have been getting ignored for the past few years.
Finally, just to show you that all the news isn't bad, here's an article about someone doing something nice for some kids. Enjoy and keep washing those hands!
1 comment:
Don, what a wonderful story of the twin girls and the gentleman who found Luna's wish balloon all the way in Louisiana. Such a big heart. So many people have hearts so large, it makes one shed tears of happiness. You also are one of those with a large heart when you helped that man who took shelter on your porch and could have been hit by cars when he made his way to the road. Many people would have ignored the situation, but you got help for him.
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