Monday, September 30, 2013

There has been a recent resurgence of stories about how the UN is trying to ban guns in the US. Apparently, according to the most recent revival of the canard that somehow our participation in the UN Arms Trafficking Treaty will be used to circumvent the Second Amendment and prevent gun owners from legally exercising their right to keep and bear arms. It also goes so far as to suggest that somehow the Executive Branch has no legal right to sign treaties. What!? This newest incarnation is wrong on more levels than ever before.

National Mud Pack Day

National Mud Pack Day

Monday, September 23, 2013

A Drive In The Mountains

Okay - enough already with the guns and the violence and the like - how about we talk about something lovely instead of something horrid! It is time to talk about something far more serene and tranquil! Autumn in the Rockies!

Cattle Drive Near Grant, Colorado

Happy birthday to my friend Susan

Happy birthday to my friend Susan

Sunday, September 22, 2013

Here's A Shocker For You (NOT!)


Wayne LaPierre from the NRA once again went onto the national media to give voice once again that the solution to the gun violence of the past week is to get MORE guns on the streets. 

Happy birthday to my friend Shereen

Happy birthday to my friend Shereen

Saturday, September 21, 2013

One-A-Day!?

Yesterday, on my facebook page, I posed the comment I posed here about the proliferation of mass shootings. Last night while catching-up on my back issues of The Daily Show, Jon Steward said something that I had a hard time believing. He claimed that there was - on average - one mass-shooting per day. 

Friday, September 20, 2013

Morning News

The first story I heard this morning was about the shooting in the Chicago park. My heart goes out to the victims and families. That was my first reaction. I have to ask though, that my second thought was of a story I saw this week where an NRA spokesperson blamed the DC Naval Yard shootings not on guns but on the fact that the shooter had a security pass to get onto the navy yard.

Happy birthday to my friend Lori

Happy birthday to my friend Lori

Monday, September 16, 2013

Talking About The Weather

"Everybody Talks About the Weather, But Nobody Does Anything About It."

~ Often attributed (perhaps erroneously) to Mark Twain

Happy birthday to my friend Hob

Happy birthday to my friend Hob