There Comes A Time
“There comes a time when a blind man takes your hand and says “Don’t You See” – Grateful Dead
I have suffered some physical and mental torture; almost all of my own making. I have had the misfortune of knowing people who have had to endure tragedies. But I cannot fathom what the parents in Sandy Hook are going through. I do know I cannot pass a child on the street without almost breaking into tears. I also know that I am very angry at those responsible. I’m even more angry at the number of people with blood on their hands.
Those with the most responsibility will try and focus the attention on the “crazy” shooter. Ever notice mental illness is almost always diagnosed after the crime is committed? I know of no mental illness that holds children responsible for anything. That is even the craziest person knows children are innocent. There is no rational explanation for irrational behavior. If you accept there is good in the world you must accept there is evil. You can’t have one without the other.
How about the Connecticut State Police? Fifty strong in their dress blues at every news conference. Yet not one was available to help when those children needed it. Probably in some coffee shop complaining about having to contribute $5 a month more to their health insurance.
How about the good old National Rifle Association? ”Guns don’t kill people, people kill people”, remember that one? Well in say England or Japan where people can’t get guns these things never happen. Coincidence? ”If we outlaw guns only outlaws will have guns”, I prefer that one. Do we really need more gun stores than gas stations? Should a housewife (the shooter’s mother) be able to collect automatic weapons like other people collect beanie babies? How about the gun manufacturers? Why do they manufacture more handguns then are sold? Where do all those surplus guns go? The gun executives sit in their ivory towers counting their money to the beat of empty shell casings which kill on average eight kids a day.
Who does the gun lobby manipulate? Every politician from your city counselor to the President himself is to blame. Politicians now only take action if it benefits his/her self interest. There has been an evil on Wall Street for years. Bankers driven by pure greed have evaporated billions of middle class assets. Then with hands out were given billions in tax dollars so as not to miss a single flight on their private jets. The President, beholden to special interests has failed to accomplish anything in four years much less meaningful gun reform.
Now Speaker Boehner is treating the fiscal cliff like his own personal reality show. He is manipulating a press corps that is both too lazy and too dumb to report on the real issue. The issue being Boehner’s attempt to finish off the termination of the middle class that began under President Cheney. Obama is no better. Trying to keep entitlement programs for people who either abuse or don’t deserve them. Starting with his own family, his aunt and uncle who are both here illegally and rely on government subsidies for existence. If what truly goes around comes around then may the souls of the children at Sandy Hook haunt the President, the Speaker of the House, every Congressmen, Senator and the executives at Glock and Sig Sauer and their familes for eternity. But then again people who participate in mass murder whether by design or simply by omission aren’t subject to the call of their conscience.
We are getting what we deserve America, don’t you think its finally time we deserve better? I have been advocating for a revolution against our leaders since I began writing this column. If we don’t force a change, incidents like Sandy Hook, if they haven’t already, will become the norm.
Finally, I have never and do not now advocate violence as a means for change. However, if it becomes necessary at least thanks to our lack of political leadership we will be well armed.
KOKO
