Big Al and his friends have been talking up gold for a good while now. Today I commented on one current event that's been largely up for discussion in news wires across America.
http://www.kereport.com/2011/01/11/events-arizona-views-future/
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
Sunday, January 9, 2011
No Title Required
Jan 9, 2011...For a couple of reasons, I'm compelled to write something on this horrific shooting event that has unfolded over the weekend that ended in the death of six along with the critical injury of a politician and injuries to others. Firstly, I spent some time in Tucson as a fifth grader and my departure had everything to do with my parents picking up my discomfort in the school system. I was held up at knife point for my lunch money in the school yard. Mom knew that something was not quite right and she coaxed the details out of me. The next day I was pulled from school. Dad left his job and we went back to Canada. School down there was different. It's peculiar to see guards at the door with guns when scurrying off to class.
The other reason to blog on the subject is to express my perplexity of this fixation for some to bear arms and to fervently express this right. It makes no sense to me that one can't drive over 30km/hr in a school zone but can in fact walk through a playground with a semi-automatic pistol holstered at the hip in some jurisdictions of the U.S. There appears to be some breach in common sense when it comes to the advancement of society and the rule of law.
It's difficult to dismiss the irony as gathered from reports of a federal judge and child with a birthdate being Sept 11, 2001 as victims that were peripheral to the intended target. Given the profile of the perpetrator, journalists are drawing a link between the motive of the perpetrator and the tone of political debate in the region. A soul searching or wake up call should indeed be precipitated amongst a populous that has grown radical in its tone of debate and cavalier in its vocabulary. Should society continue to tolerate the enrichment of bombastic radio politicos for inciting radicalism especially in lieu of very difficult economic conditions? My thoughts and prayers go out to all that have been personally effected by this tragic event.
The other reason to blog on the subject is to express my perplexity of this fixation for some to bear arms and to fervently express this right. It makes no sense to me that one can't drive over 30km/hr in a school zone but can in fact walk through a playground with a semi-automatic pistol holstered at the hip in some jurisdictions of the U.S. There appears to be some breach in common sense when it comes to the advancement of society and the rule of law.
It's difficult to dismiss the irony as gathered from reports of a federal judge and child with a birthdate being Sept 11, 2001 as victims that were peripheral to the intended target. Given the profile of the perpetrator, journalists are drawing a link between the motive of the perpetrator and the tone of political debate in the region. A soul searching or wake up call should indeed be precipitated amongst a populous that has grown radical in its tone of debate and cavalier in its vocabulary. Should society continue to tolerate the enrichment of bombastic radio politicos for inciting radicalism especially in lieu of very difficult economic conditions? My thoughts and prayers go out to all that have been personally effected by this tragic event.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)