Nuf said!

America has had way too many problems, as of late. And, the sources of those problems can often be distilled into just three areas;

1) Democrats - I call this Party the 'doom and gloom' group as they always seem to try and put a negative spin on just about everything American. My answer. Vote them out of office.

2) China - The Chinese government is in deep dodo in terms of infrastructure, resources and healthcare. This country comprising 1.4 billion souls is sinking fast and they know it. My answer. Don't buy anything 'Made in China'. (Most of it is cheap garbage anyway). Let's concentrate, rather, on the USMCA label. Buy only goods made in the US, Canada or Mexico!

4) Mass Media - Today the US has one of the biggest machines of garbage propaganda in the world. CNN, MSNBC, CBS and NBC are all in lockstep with the Far Left in their efforts to destroy our country and our way of life. My answer. Turn off the boob tube and get outside for fresh air and exercise.

The mindless uproar over guns!

Imagine, if you would, that there were no media outlets other than the types that existed prior to the modern era. So, there would be like three stations on the black and white TV, some newspapers, AM radio and people gossiping... of course.

The school shooting down in Florida would likely show up as a small piece in your local paper, citing the actions of a lunatic. The five o'clock news on TV might also mention it briefly as a terrible event and then would move on. And that would be it. No barrage of 24/7 news coverage, no political leveraging, no social sites all exploiting and blowing up the event beyond all reason. And if that sounds cold, just remember that people are dying all over the world all the time. You might be surprised to lean that yesterday about 55 million died around the world and guess what? That will be the same number today and tomorrow.

The truth is, we all live in a rather violent world. Any time you get more than a few individuals together, disagreements will arise. Given enough people and some time, and a war or two will break out. Natural disasters also take a toll on the population and there is really nothing to be done about that, either. We are born, we all wonder what the heck is happening and then we die....

Until and when some basic human changes take effect over how we all relate to one another, there are going to be problems with some resulting in death. Please understand, I'm not trying to belittle the events that occurred at Parkland. They were truly horrific. But, what does concern me, is the manner in which a few political groups with personal axes to grind, always try to take a disaster and turn it in a manner that will further their party's goals. Such blatant demagoguery only muddies the waters, divides people and never gets to the real cause of the problem. In the case of mentally ill students, stringent gun control measures will all be likely to fail, as a sick mind is often a brilliant mind that will work around any such societal feel good bandages. Screening measures by trained school personnel, site hardening, improved background checks, strong lines of communications and the installing of weapons in the hands of trained teachers all make some common sense to me. Let's fix this problem and then get down to the very serious business of healing the divide that is bringing our great Republic to a virtual standstill..

Mass media as the great American divide!

It's not secret that the ideological division Congress is merely a reflection of the growing and bitter divide among Americans that, unless mended soon, could threaten to topple the Republic at some point in time.

When two adults have become so entrenched with their version of political reality, that they can no longer work together, even on simple tasks, I have to wonder if the end is getting near. In my opinion, that is precisely what's going on today. Like oil and water, Liberals and Conservatives no longer mix very well! I believe that each group has willfully allowed outside forces to mold them into a systemic belief system that will be hard to ever break out of. Who, you ask, are these 'outside forces'? – Why, the media of course. I feel strongly that the media has long since stopped reporting the news in an unbiased manner. Rather, they have switched to the tried and true mechanism of spreading propaganda – a word defined as 'information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote or publicize a particular political cause or point of view.' And, if I may speak frankly, these media outlets (both left and right leaning) depend heavily on the common man and woman, 'eating' what they are being 'fed' without any thought or research. (Sort of the way a simple-minded cow eats grass).

When I see these 'cows' parroting what they've heard on the news as gospel, I often smile. For the people behind media stations like Fox, ABC, CBS and MSNBC, must be very proud to think that with just a slight twist or turn of a phrase, they've been able to sway millions into believing the political BS they spread. (How many of us have actually gone to respected sources like FactCheck to verify what we've heard in the news)? How many won't, only because they've been told by a media outlet that this is just another phony leftist or rightist site? Sort of a Catch-22 thing.

Q: Have there been 74 school shootings since the Sandy Hook Elementary shooting in Connecticut?

A: No. The group making this claim uses a broad definition that more than doubles the number of school shootings. [source: http://www.factcheck.org/]

Here's how Everytown for Gun Safety (which was the original source of the story) stated it - “Incidents were classified as school shootings when a firearm was discharged inside a school building or on school or campus grounds, as documented in publicly reported news accounts. This includes assaults, homicides, suicides, and accidental shootings. Incidents in which guns were brought into schools but not fired there, or were fired off school grounds after having been possessed in schools, were not included.” Hmm... and who is a big supporter of this site that recently contributed 50 million bucks? – Why Bloomberg, of course! [source: http://everytown.org/press/new-gun-violence-prevention-group-everytown-for-gun-safety-unites-mayors-moms-and-millions-of-americans-on-new-paths-to-victory-state-capitols-corporate-responsibility-voter-activation/]

Now, I could also make the same case for supposed 'facts' stated by the Right which would also be proven wrong IF PROPERLY RESEARCHED. The thing is, very few people bother to fact check anything of what they hear spewing from some media speaker on their TV sets! And, that allows them, (you and me) to be quietly lead down a political chute to be eventually butchered!

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