I was having a great week up until
yesterday when a terrorist walked into Planned Parenthood in Colorado Springs,
CO and shot up the place. As well as shot several officers who responded to the
emergency call. And no he is not a terrorist just because it is Planned
Parenthood. Every mass shooter we have had has been a terrorist by the
definition of the word. It is only the media who refuse to call them that.
Sorry I call an apple an apple and an orange an orange. They’ll argue, but we
want people to feel safe. And my argument is why make them feel safe when they
aren’t truly safe. Domestic Terrorism is a real problem in this country. And we
need to address it not shy away from it. Yes, I know international terrorism is
so much easier to talk about and abstract. So the people feel safer and just
want to go to war to stop it.
Stop
sugar coating the truth about the problems we face. You are supposed to be
journalists with ethics. I see extremely little of that now a days. Now a days
it is all about ratings and such. How about you try remembering you are
journalists with the job of uncovering and reporting the truth no matter how unpleasant
it is, that was why the news used to be so high in the ratings. That was why
Tom Brockaw and Dan Rather were so respected at the anchor desk as well as
being so widely watched. They told the truth no matter how unpleasant it was
and acted like true journalists. And we the people respected them for that and
watched to be informed. Now you keep trying to entertain us when giving us the
news, and it is ridiculous. The news is supposed to be serious with a fluff
piece here and there. Not tons of fluff pieces and a serious story here and
there. I know you are owned by billionaires who want us all ignorant probably
but have some guts and stand up on principle. They can’t silence everyone
without looking foolish. Especially those of you with a lot of credibility
built up over time.
I
keep hearing everyone telling us the people to stand up and shed our shackles.
Well the journalists need to do the same thing, and stand up for the integrity
of good old fashioned journalism. It can’t be just one group or the other
shouting out for freedom. It has to be everyone. Some will be hurt along the
way but will recover when the dust settles. That has always been the way of
things. And before people think owe he wants us to buy more guns and revolt
against the government stop right there in your tracks. I want this to be a
peaceful call for change through the voting booth and petitions. Not the next
civil war like some are wanting. I want the country to come together, well at
least 90% of it and say we are about the greater good of our nation. It’s been
a long time since that was done and we need to do it more often. We need to
treat each other more as human beings instead of just a number someplace in a
company or government budget.
Most
major religions call for taking care of the poor and the sick, yet we treat
them as burdens. They are someone’s family and could be your family someday. And
if it was you would want them taken care of right. So why deny it to someone
who needs it now. We are constantly going to war yet most religions talk of
peace and loving thy neighbor. I know that is hard to do, but there has to be a
better way of dealing with deputes than killing thousands of people to decide
the fate of a piece of dirt or ideology. Most major religions call for at least
one day of rest yet we call for more and more work like we don’t work hard
enough. Most major religions also say to take care of nature as well, taking
only what we need. Yet we take more than what we need all the time and pollute
the Earth. We do so much wrong in the name of religion when we have been told
to do the opposite. Just because we want our religion to be superior.
I’ll
step off my soap box now, but I’ll be honest only the first line of this column
was even partially planned. The rest just sort of came to me. But as always
feel free to leave your questions and comments below. And if you want my posts,
which are normally mellower than this to come to your inbox everyday enter your
email where it says follow by email. As for me I need some coffee, maybe that
is why I am a little crankier than usual. *Tips his hat and walks out the door
towards the brewer. *
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