Musings from Sol's Third Planet

And, another shooting at a school, in Madison, Wisconsin.  Does society find this acceptable?  Statistics indicate that guns kill more children aged 1 to 17 than anything else, including automobile accidents and cancer. Nearly one-third of the deaths for teens between 15 and 17 are by a gun.  Amongst the countries of the world, the United States is unique in this regard.  And, still, nothing - no efforts by government leaders to bring about some reasonable gun regulations that would lessen this bloodletting.  Do we care about our children?  Making change is within our power.  Tell your government representative and vote for the people who will address this terrible situation.  How about the next time we watch a commercial on TV about a curing childhood cancer (which is a great cause) or automobile safety, we think about what kills more children than   those, then do something about it.

  The Day After   It has been more than a month since the US presidential election, and I am still very disappointed in America.   I am struggling to understand how a person could vote for a person who holds the racist, anti-life, anti-human rights, earth destroying ideas and policies that are pushed by DT.   Before the election I thought that people were being misled by the lies, fear mongering and us-versus-them language.   Today, I am not sure, and it makes me very sad.   Having to forgive, I have to believe that the good people that voted for DT were temporarily misled.   Everything becomes known in time.   People who actually support the sinful policies can be dealt with by God, “He has cast down the mighty from their thrones, and has lifted up the lowly.”   Holy Mary, Magnificat. It seems most human beings are willing to take an easy answer given to them and more than willing to blame someone else or some other group for life’s chal...