From March 16 to April 5th there have been 27 mass shootings in this country. In a mass shooting, 4 or more individuals are injured. These incidents included 22 deaths.
I see divisions between people and countries widening. This is not a solution, but a sure way to create conflict. I see a world where the cycle of violence increases and my goal and mission in life goes unheeded.
In truth everyone wants shelter from the elements, enough food for themselves and loved ones, good health. and can live without fear.
But a choice between a person with limited mental acuity versus one who is morally bankrupt is simple. I’ll pick Joe Biden’s memory over Donald Trump’s morals all the time.
The event which drove much of the chaos occurred on May 9th. It involved a water leak in the dishwasher line in my brand new kitchen. A call to the plumber fixed the water line. The plumber referred me to a restoration company.
This summer I began getting a pedicure. My reasons to start began with an inability to position nail clippers to properly cut my toe nails. In retrospect my vanity got in the way of good health. I’m a man who thought it was unmanly to get a pedicure.
Boy, was I wrong!
Education is about learning how to learn. Exploring new ideas and learning to apply those ideas in new ways in the real world. Ignoring truth is not good education, but indoctrination.
What scares me the most about the conservative agenda right now, is the desire to reshape schools to limit the exploration of ideas. To discuss history as found in our text books, and to band books that will question the validity of those ideas.
With simple statements such as “all politicians are liars.”. I’d prefer my elected officials to be stretchers of the truth and not pathological liars. Donald Trump is a pathological liar.
His list of crimes against this country is long. Mitch McConnell in his speech following Donald Trump’s 2nd impeachment said. “President Trump is still liable for everything he did while he was in office, as an ordinary citizen, unless the statute of limitations has run, still liable for everything he did while in office, didn’t get away with anything yet”.
“a world founded upon four essential human freedoms.” Famously, those freedoms were the “freedom of speech and expression,” the “freedom of every person to worship God in his own way,” the “freedom from want” and the “freedom from fear.”
I find this in the Declaration of Independence. “We hold these Truths to be self-evident, that all Men are created equal.” I believe the founding fathers, with this statement provided the mission statement for the country.
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