Where is the NRA's support for victims?

If I kill someone because I "perceive" they are a threat, NRA insurance will cover all my legal expenses. That would be great if I had to kill someone to stay alive. George Zimmerman, in 2012, was covered when he threatened and then killed an unarmed black teenager. Provided with lawyers and money for fines and fees makes it easier for a shooter to get away with murder. Where is the NRA's support of the 93 people killed with guns each and every day in the United States?

The NRA does not protect the American people

Our taxes fund research into all kinds of public health issues, but not the public health issue of gun violence. The NRA bills itself as an advocate of hunters, but it is a lobby that promotes gun sales and protection of their profits. The NRA will not support any legislation that protects the American people.
Sent October 30, 2017

Diversity strengthens...

The right to vote is what defines our democracy. Taking away those rights weakens our democracy. And, as science has shown, diversity strengthens rather than weakens.
Sent October 28, 2017

Joy while waging war?

I am sure that any of our military personnel who have the barest hint that they are waging war to promote American corporations are not experiencing the joy expressed by Chief of Staff Kelly. And, actually, how could anyone feel joy while waging war? Pride... maybe, comaraderie... yes, but not joy. If it were so, why did Donald Trump not serve?
Sent October 28, 2017

Give people a chance...

If you pay your fine or do your time, when you walk out the door you are a citizen. It is a second chance. If the door to active citizenship is closed because of massive debt applied by the state, you continue to be incarcerated. Let's open the door and give people a chance.
Sent October 27, 2017

A cautionary tale...

I know this is a trivial jab at Sam Brownback, former governor of Kansas, and the Trump administration for advocating lower taxes and massive budget cuts. But, if you do the research, Brownback's tax and budget cuts did not benefit Kansasans. It did benefit the wealthy and he was voted out of office. This should be a cautionary tale for President Trump.
Sent October 26, 2017

Taxes are the price we pay...

I am not sure I am advocating higher taxes. However, the worst-case-scenario is lowering taxes and turning over public and citizen services to corporations that will just charge us more to cover their profits. I would much rather pay higher taxes and know that they would be used to benefit me. Isn't that the point?
Sent October 25, 2017

This is not "The Apprentice"

It is true, contacting grieving families must be the hardest thing a Commander in Chief has to do, but it is part of the job. Grace and empathy are also part of the job. This is not "The Apprentice".

"Call them out!"

What more can I say? Many wealthy tycoons see sexual "favors" as part of the perks due to them. And, they make it clear to women that their careers are in jeopardy if they refuse. I say, "Call them out!"
Sent October 23, 2017

Trash talking previous Presidents...

I would think that the worst job on the desk of the President would be to contact the families of those soldiers killed in our continuous military involvement around the world. Still, it is a job that should be done. And, in spite of what Trump has said, Obama did this job without trash talking previous Presidents.
Sent October 23, 2017

Desegregation has positive outcomes...

If the evidence shows that desegregation works to increase educational outcomes in minority students, why have we reverted to segregated schools? Any possible answer to that question gives me the creeps!
Sent October 21, 2017

For what purpose?

This sort of thing simply causes chaos. There is no other purpose. Well, perhaps self aggrandizement.
Sent October 20, 2017

Putting 95% of our children at risk...

How can anyone justify taking away health and medical coverage for 95% of our children? If we make it private, for profit coverage, most of those children will have nothing.
Sent October 19, 2017

Equality and justice for men as well....

It always amazes me that men are allowed to make decisions that effect all women. In what context are women allowed to make decisions that effect all men? Let's keep our sights on equality and justice for all.
Sent October 18, 2017

Freedom and justice for all, no exceptions.

How have we come to think that "freedom and justice for all" really means not for all? It seems that Jeff Sessions has forgotten that if he chooses to judge others, he himself will be judged.
Sent October 17, 2017

Kneel in solidarity...

Isn't it time for us all to stand, or kneel, in solidarity to protest continued injustice and racism.
Sent October 16, 2017

Choose wisely...

How each of us will be remembered is determined by the choices we make every day. Choose wisely.
Sent October 16, 2017

Advocating smart legislation...

Why is smart legislation to get a gun permit any different than smart legislation to get a driver's license?
Sent October 14, 2017

I am speechless!

Honestly, I am speechless. First, how arrogant to tout her intelligence. And, then, she uses a word that makes her look uneducated. She is the nation's Secretary of Education!
Sent October 13, 2017

A first grade understanding...

I am astounded! We are going to deregulate the very industry that has had a monumental negative effect on our climate? That reflects a first grade understanding of the damage that is being done to our planet by burning fossil fuels. Anyone with a 203 IQ would know better.
Sent October 12, 2017

I'm a broken record!

The goal of the big donors is to influence legislation to make more money. By reducing taxes our government will not have enough money to pay for services. Those services will be privatized to for-profit corporations and the cost to us will go up to pay for the profits. I know! I sound like a broken record.
Sent October 11, 2017

Is it a machine gun?

We have laws limiting the purchase of machine guns. Is a semi-automatic gun not a machine gun? Is a semi-automatic gun with a bump stock, not a machine gun? Is a fully automatic gun not a machine gun? I love shooting guns, but I know a machine gun when I see one. It is all a bunch of literary manipulations with no concern for anything but their profits.
Sent October 10, 2017

Who is in charge? The NRA or the citizens of this country?

It is premature to talk about gun control? Really? The NRA gun lobby will use the word "premature" until the end of time. Are we going to stand by and let America become what the NRA wants or what we want?
Sent October 9, 2017

Profits or safety?

Who is in charge here? Poll after poll shows that the majority of law abiding citizens in our country want more regulation of guns. Only the NRA wants unregulated guns sales to maintain their profits. We are being sold out so the arms industry can arm every person in the world. It is only about money.
Sent October 8, 2017

Is this the world you want to live in?

The NRA is willing to sacrifice "bump stocks" to take attention off their push to legalize armor piercing bullets and silencers. Why would common citizens need armor piercing bullets and silencers? Is this the world you want to live in?
Sent October 7, 2017

Who needs an assault rifle?

I do not understand how anyone could think that assault rifles should be available to anyone who wants one. It seems to me that anyone who would want an assault rifle tucked away in their closet, would be someone who intends to use it. These weapons need to be licensed and regulated.
Sent October 6, 2017

Where are all the men?

This "Change Makers" Conference was put on by women who participated in the Women's March in January, 2017. Nearly all attendees were women and every kind of women you can imagine participated in the program. A male friend of mine who leads a social justice committee on Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion asks, "Where are the men?"

Making a better world, a poem...

I just wrote a poem! Not what usually comes out of my brain so I decided to make it into a postcard. Making a better world seems pretty easy.
Sent October 4, 2017

It is happening here...

This has been the pattern of the U.S. government and U.S. corporations. They use disaster capitalism, the rapid-fire corporate re-engineering of societies still reeling from shock to transform government services into private, for profit services. Survivors return to their communities to find that hospitals, schools, and utilities are no longer public services. This has happened in South America, Indonesia, Poland, Iraq. It is happening here!
Sent September 3, 2017

Who wins?

The Personal Income Tax Rate in Sweden stands at 57.10 percent. They have universal healthcare, no homelessness, a great eductional system, and their health outcomes are higher than ours. The Swedes that I have known are thrilled with their system. Yet, in the U.S. everyone wants lower taxes which will deplete our government programs. Then because we have no money, those programs will be privatized. Voilá! Costs will skyrocket to provide profits. Who wins?

Do not ignore us!

We have two threats facing us. One is the changes that are happening to our planetary climate and the other is the refusal of our government to make healthcare a human right deserved by all. The American people are demanding that our voices be heard. Do not ignore us!

Where do you place your trust?

Something has happened in our country. People no longer trust experts in science or economics. People now "believe" politicians whose campaigns are funded by industries which are dependent on misinformation to continue making their profits. Where do you place your trust?
Sent September 30, 2017