Uvalde Texas

A 22 year old man with a gun shot and killed a shooter who had killed three and wounded two at a mall outside of Indianapolis July 17. Score one for the believers of the NRA that “the only way to stop a bad guy with a gun is a…

Falling Empire America is dying. A country that was once a super power is now a farce. The world is watching us deteriorate, like watching a couple fall out of love and publicly rip each other to shreds. Maybe it’s karma? A nation that was founded on revolt, violence, theft, raping…

“I read the killer used .556 rounds. Even more explosive. The whole thing is monstrous. I can’t think at all. I feel like I just want to run until my lungs collapse.” —excerpt from a midday What’sApp to my wife on Thursday May 26, 2022. — I’ve had a few people say to me that they are not sure about the types of content they should share on LinkedIn*. I make suggestions, and let them know I am still trying to figure it out myself. LinkedIn is where we bring our professional selves. Leaving our personal…

Poem 73: And Another…Uvalde, Texas (May 2022) Not angels or artists or addicts or Nurses or mothers or marines or tellers or Teachers or celebrants or B shift-ers or Neurologists or superintendents or uncoverers Just gotten May as well as dump truckloads of Guns and rifles and knives and bombs…

Addendum to the Addendum of “And Another…” — Not Aggrandizing, Nor Athletic, But Simply a Whiff Poem 75: Addendum to the Addendum of “And Another…” — Not Aggrandizing, Nor Athletic, But Simply a Whiff New math dictates Pass the shooter’s truck equals 21 Shots at the building equal 21 Back open door equals 21 Down a hallway equals 21 Rooms 111/112 equal 21 A platoon of officers equals 21 10 calls in whisper equal 21

Okay. This one got me. This right here. I didn’t post or write much on Uvalde. I ranted and raved in a couple or three Fb posts but I left it alone because I didn’t want to think about it. But this one got me. This is from last week…

It’s been one step forward and two steps backward as Ohio on Monday passed a law allowing teachers to carry concealed weapons with minimal training while as of July 1, in Washington State, restrictions go into effect on high-capacity ammo magazines and open-carry rules. Ohio Republican Gov. Mike DeWine has really…