What Does Civilized Mean?

Not this,for sure. What about the right to live in a peaceful, safe society?

Tony Strickland-- Accomplice To Mass Murder? Or Just Bad Taste?

Tony Strickland-- Accomplice To Mass Murder? Or Just Bad Taste?

I would say, sadly, this won't bother Strickland' s target audience one bit.

Luck

I guess one of the biggest lessons I've learned is this: it's not enough to work hard, you have work smart. Strategically. With focus. A good example, my mom worked a lot harder pumping gas  than she did reviewing files, but guess which job had benefits and paid well.

My mom, however, didn't exactly have the same choices as the heir to a frozen food empire. I think Carlson is smart enough to know this -- if he wanted to. She had some luck and benefited from government policies.

Plus, how many people worked on infrastructure in this country and did not get rich. What privilige did they get? White Privilige seems to me ike the consequence of being born to the investor class as much as anything else.

Why Can't We Be Civilized?

I was just thinking about this time I saw a missionary speaking at my church.  The family brought along their slide show pictures --- they were fundraising, after all.  They lived most of the year in Africa and they brought along a picture of a small, white church in the middle of a field surrounded again by jungle.  The photo showed, outside the church, carefully lined up along the side and away from the door,  about half a dozen spears. I don't have a very good visual memory, but this image just burned into my brain.  The clear message:  no weapons allowed in their church.

I remember thinking at the time, yes, of course.  Churches are sanctuaries.  No weapons should be allowed.  And that seemed good to me.  That was before the doctor was gunned down in the lobby of Redeemer Lutheran Church.  That was before 20 kids were slaughtered the week before Christmas.

This happened today -- not too far from where I live:  Santa Barbara Shooter.
I've been to that campus many times, including taking courses one summer.  It is a gorgeous location.  Isla Vista is funky and full of youthful energy -- and there's almost always a party going on.  It's a colorful, fun place to work and study.

If you go on any websites right now, there are lots of people commenting about this -- about how a good guy with a gun is the solution to crazy people.  I guess that makes a kind of sense.

I think about that picture of the spears lined up outside of the church and I wonder if there is any place left in the US that is a sanctuary any more?   Shouldn't we do better?  Shouldn't grade schools and college sorority houses be safe -- I know the world isn't perfect and there are crazy people -- but what is the minimum standard of a civil society?  Wouldn't that be a place a little safer than the OK Corral? Because I don't have any intention of getting a gun.  I pay taxes and vote and I wouldn't do any of that if I didn't live in a so-called civil society.  I don't want to live in  the Wild West any more.
Just a good article

What is this new word?http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=ammosexual

http://crooksandliars.com/2014/05/charter-schools-fail-new-reports-call#comment-1375071670
What do you know, Joe?  P

Go Away Issa

Janice Hahn is my new hero.  I will vote for her if she runs for higher office.  And you people,  Yes, you so-called Christians are the ones who convinced me.  Why do you insist upon politicizing Christianity?

I can't believe I ever listened to this guy's advice on how to raise my child.  I'm sorry, daughter, really and truly sorry that I ever paid one ounce of attention to anything James Dobson ever said.  Dobson you don't pass the golden rule test