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Why does America lack respect for life? I’m not talking about the unborn child and the when does life start debate. I mean, taking a life because of violence. Violence in America is growing, and in the wake of the Charlie Kirk shooting, I am looking for the answer to why. Gun violence has increased by 17 percent since 2008, going from 10.21 per 100,000 in 2009 to 11,96 per 100,000 in 2016. The data shows a clear increase in gun deaths following the 2008 Supreme Court ruling, with a pattern linked to gun ownership and state-level gun regulations. States with the highest rate of gun ownership and the weakest gun violence protection laws had the highest death rates, such as Alaska at 23.86 per 100,000, Alabama with a rate of 21.51 per 100,000, and Louisiana with a rate of 21.08 per 100,000. States with the strongest violence laws and lower gun ownership had the lowest rates, like Massachusetts at 3.55 per 100,000 and New York at 4.56 per 100,000. Utah had a rate of 14.8 per 100,000 ...

A speedboat leaves the port of San Juan De Unare, Venezuela, carrying 11 passengers. It travels about 80 nautical miles from the port. It is then blown to smithereens, killing all 11 passengers and completely destroying the boat and all of its cargo. We were made aware that it had just been destroyed by a United States military jet. We are then told that it is ok because the boat was in International Waters. We are then told the boat was carrying drugs to the United States. We are told that the boat is being operated by Tren de Aragua, a Venezuelan gang that is designated as a Foreign Terrorist Organization by the Trump U.S. State Department. I have one thing to say: Prove it! Since when do we have the right to destroy a speedboat in International Waters from a nation with which we are not at war? Since when do we have the right to sentence 11 people to death because we think they are part of some gang that the Trump administration has designated a terrorist organization without ...

The Epstein Victims' press conference, held on September 3rd, was a powerful and politically charged moment. Sadly, this conference should not have been as politically charged as it was. All the victims were asking for was justice. There were many pleas to the President to help the victims achieve justice and closure. Justice should not be a politically charged issue because justice is supposed to be part of the framework of this country. Make no mistake, it took great courage for these handful of women to come forward to tell their stories and to demand justice from a government that should have given them justice a long time ago. They were only ten, but there are hundreds of Epstein victims out there that we still have not heard from. The demand for transparency and for justice is not unreasonable. What is telling is the resistance to that transparency and that justice they are facing. Ten Women stood in front of the camera telling their story of abuse and survival. Some were...

I have been writing this blog since September 2020. I have written well over 500 pieces that I have posted. I pride myself on what I write being researched and put in a common-sense style that is easy to understand. People can comment, so I have just about as many comments as I have pieces written. Most of the comments are very positive and respectful but every once in a while, I get a comment that just throws me for a loop. Yesterday was one of those days. Yesterday, I received a comment that just showed me what is wrong with America, and particularly what is wrong with the Republican Party. My last blog was about the Troops being sent to Washington and what was wrong with that. The reply that I got back had nothing to do with what I had just posted. This is what I received from an unknown reader: “So you believe this libtard propaganda? Under pedo Joe Biden, this country is being handed to China. The Demtards all want power and control, and as much of your tax dollars ...

Trump has sent the National Guard into Washington, D.C. The first question one should ask is, why Washington, D.C.? I know the Administration is telling us what a crime-ridden city Washington, D.C, is. When you look at the numbers, that is not what the numbers say. Crime was already down over 30 percent before Trump ever sent in the troops and federalized the police department. Before the National Guard invaded Washington, D.C., the city had implemented several programs that were achieving great success. First was the investment in community-based violence intervention, Office of Gun Violence Prevention, and the Near Act (Neighborhood Act Engagement Achieves Results). The programs deployed trained “violence interrupters” to mediate conflicts before they escalate. Second , they concentrated on Youth Development & Prevention . The city supported over 100 programs focused on mentoring, life skills training, and Youth employment, targeting middle and high school student...

“Law and order” has long been the battle cry of the Conservative Movement. To today that battle cry is just the cry of a group that wants to manipulate and shield themselves from accountability, suppress dissent, and entrench inequality. Conservatism, at its best, was for restraint, tradition, and individual liberties. In recent decades, a form of radical conservatism has weaponized legality, not to uphold justice, but to legitimize harm and what some may view as corruption. Conservatives are great with phrases like “election integrity,” which is cloaked in laws for suppression. They use “national security” to justify the crackdown not only on illegal immigration but also on legal immigration. They use a conservative playbook that relies on legalities to advance unethical behavior. The end of our “Pledge of Allegiance” does not end with the words law and order. It ends with the words “Liberty and Justice For All”. Not just all conservatives. Not just for Republicans. Those should...

The Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture is the only museum in the United States devoted to the African American Experience, and it is under attack. America has always tried to hide the many scars its policies have left on human history, and Slavery is just one of them. This is not new. Since 2021, over 40 states have proposed or passed laws to restrict how race, slavery, and systemic racism can be taught in our schools. They have called pretty much any teaching of Black history or the Black experience in America as teaching Critical Race Theory. Local school systems have banned books about slavery and the Black voice to silence the truth. In Florida, where I live, the state has outlawed the teaching of anything critical about race relations in America. One could say that the State of Florida has been whitewashing American History. Now the Trump Administration wants the Smithsonian to do the same. The Black experience actually starts not in...

Trump met with Vladimir Putin in Anchorage, Alaska. Trump rolled out the red carpet for Putin, the man who put a bounty on American soldiers in Afghanistan. He clapped as Putin walked toward him. He had a flyover to honor Putin. Is this how a person starts a negotiation, or is this a way a salesman tries to sell a house? The way Trump greeted Putin did not appear to be that of a person who wanted to negotiate, and he sure didn’t look presidential at all. He looked more like a salesman greeting a man whom he was trying to sell a timeshare to. That made sense to me after I gave it some thought. The United States has a man in the White House who didn’t negotiate business deals; he built and sold real estate. Is solo diplomacy bold or reckless? I don’t think that it is either. What I think is that it is another case of grandstanding by Trump to bring more attention to himself. It just may be another attempt to distract the world from the Epstein scandal. Where was Ukraine whe...

Donald Trump’s taking control of the Washington D.C. police force has gained much of the country's attention. I just thought it was just a power move to show how tough he is, but now I think it goes a little deeper than just trying to look like a badass. Historically, Washington, D.C., has always been kind of a sanctuary city. He hates sanctuary cities and has threatened to cut off funds to some of them unless they conform to his bigoted agenda. I am sure that was one of the reasons why he wanted to take control of the Law Enforcement of Washington. To Trump, all sanctuary cities were harboring undocumented criminals, which Trump considered “Hardened Criminals”. The problem with that is that it is mostly untrue. Trump and most of the Republican Party love to call our undocumented immigrants criminals. Do you know that crossing the border illegally is not even a felony? That's right, it's just a misdemeanor with the maximum penalty of 6 months in jail or a fine. We are s...