HOW MANY?

1 death in KC, MO. Several injured. Bad. Horrible.

Now-w-w, let’s see. 397 homicides in Memphis yr 2023, 100 more than yr 2022. Another record like this year.

I feel very bad for the one killed in KC, MO. However, you will pardon me if I’m neither shocked nor surprised. It seems every time there is a large gathering, someone dies. Moreover, it is getting difficult to feel bad for the deaths when they occur at a rate of over one a day.

Maybe, it is a good time to do someting besides talk about it, and I do mean something besides gun control. Believe it or not, people are killed by other things. Murders took place long before guns.

A good thing to remember, murders usually begin inside the mind of the culprit, freqently hours or days in advance.

Gravity: Consistant & Reliable

Drop something, it “falls,” all things. Moreover, the rate at which it falls is totally predictable. It is based on the mass, the air resistance & so on. You notice I put falls in quotes. That implies the direction it “falls” is always the same, down.

Down, of course is aways defined as toward the earth’s center. Never is it this way or that way. Always down. Perhaps for millenia, mankind have thought about that. In recent history, huge papers have been written on the subject since Issac Newton & Leonardo de Vinci. People have been studying it and we still still know little more than we did, maybe less.

Perhaps, the one thing that amazes me the most is the way it reaches out into the millions of light years and helps control the orbits of orbits.

The average person thinks the astronaut in orbit has escaped gravity, but not so. It just is that he has other has another force acting on him, inertia. Take the inertia away, that big space station will fall like a big piece of metal.

By the way, Inertia is an awfully reliable force too. Then again, there are many laws of science we only pretend to understand. Isn’t it amazing how God put it all together? He did it all without our help.

Then, oddly, there are those who say God doesn’t exist. It all just happened by accident. And all those laws of science just fell in place without anyone setting them in place.

Just what requires more faith, the presence of God, or that it all just happened. I’m putting my faith in God. The gravity that is caused by accident can fail at any time, by accident…as well as well the thousands of other laws we must trust daily. We must, like it or not.

Money, Money, Money

Now that I have your attention. Actually, the prompt I have for my contribution this evening was a bit of wisdom by a little boy, I guess about 5. We were at a restaurant and settled at out table when the boy called out, loud, “You’re always worried about money.”

I couldn’t help but laugh some when I heard. It sent me back to the days when my boys said such things. By the way, they were right. Back in the day, our budget only had room for eating out, maybe once every other week. Unless it was Sunday, we frequently had left overs and not many of them.

By the way, the title above is the name of a 1976 song (approx) by ABBA. If you haven’t heard it, you might want to. It has a catchy tune and somewhat humorous lyrics. It is based on a woman’s desire for money. And, as the boy pointed out, aren’t we all interested in money and getting it. Well, some of us like to spend it too.

The big problem, of course, is that we seldom have enough of it. I mean, even the billionaires seem to have problems coming up with it at times. From what I understand, when Elon Musk decided to privatize Tesla, he was a dollar or two short. Actually had me feeling bad for him.

I don’t know what the little boy wanted that made his mother say no. It might have been pie or maybe just a cookie. Regardless, I speak from experience. I don’t think it will be the last time he hears no. On the other side of the coin (like the pun) there will likely be many times he has to tell his children no. It’s just a fact of life. Most of us, from time to time must worry about money. In some cases, some of us even need to worry about where the next meal will come from.

Sorry. It is a fact of life. The Constitution provides us with the rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. It does not guarantee steak dinners or Tesla cars. For that, you must work.

By the way, some don’t even get their guarantee of life. Before they are born, some thoughtless doctor without morals take it away from them. They don’t get any cookies. They don’t get any pie. In fact, they never get any life. The don’t even get a chance to compromise. Their memories will be terminated before they begin. Planned Parenthood will do their best to see to that, them and the dems.

One more thing. They, the dems, Planned Parenthood and the abortionists all do it for one the, The Money, Money, Money.

Speaking of the Lottery

News flash. Woman just won millions in court by accusing Trump without proof. Who needs the lottery? Lots of millions floating around here, that is if you’re female and you have no qualms lying through your teeth. I mean the wopper form of lye.

At What Point?

It is the question the abortionists refuses to answer. Some would say the question is at what point does the fetus become a child. The reply becomes very simple for the atheist. For them it is a simple a transition from 1 stage to the next.

For those who do believe in God, the answer becomes different. Indeed, the question becomes different. At what point does God give the child life? At that very point abortion becomes redefined as murder.

If your idea is different than his, that makes you a murderer. If you help the abortionists, that makes you a murderer. If you encourage that abortion, then one day, even you will answer for murder…for each death you helped to cause, even if you’re an atheist.

Open Defiance

Can we bring up the last presidential election one more time or is everyone going to openly defy any other possibility than as it turned out?

I’m not a big fan of Glenn Beck, but every now and then he says something that is really, really thought provoking. Let me say what he said in a very different way.

Why is it that when anyone brings up a good question or two that everyone and their cousins quickly clamps a lid on it. Of course I do mean that figuratively, but I certainly can’t exaggerate it even a little.

I mean, think about it. I bring up the subject and immediately if not sooner, my thoughts are belittled, before I even bring forward any facts.

Nothing, but nothing was established in court. The Supreme Court refused to even look at anything, defiantly. At the time, couldn’t understand that. Considering the obvious disobedience of the law I still don’t comprehend it.

It is as if someone, somewhere said put a lid on it and no one nowhere, noway, no how dare say anything differently.

You might take note of what has happened to those that did try to swim upstream. Many are already in prison. Many more are on their way. Is this really the way we should be treated when we question the outcome of an election.

If so, there are at least 3, maybe 4 who should be behind bars.

DON’T like it when the rules only work but one way. I do believe most of the rest of us do, or should feel the same.

V. P. Claims Guns Are Greatest Cause of Deaths

Roughly 40,000 deaths by guns. 90,000, 100,000 and 120,000 for last three years by drug overdose. She knew it when she spoke. It was a prepared speech. She had access to the numbers, more than me.

I might be a few thousand off here or there, Mrs V. P. not close.

Maybe she should fire her fact checker. Then again, maybe she doesn’t mind getting it wrong. Maybe it was intentional. That is sort-of the way dems do things. It’s all about power. If it means a few fibs along the way, so what. It’s what they do. It is their method. It is their pattern.

Then when they are caught, they ignore it, as does the media.

The Greatest Fear of Every Abortionists (or His Cohorts)

In itself, the sonogram machine are not a threat to the pro-abortionists. However, a law requiring them before abortions would likely cut abortions by 50 percent. Moreover, the women will feel better knowing that they kept their babies.

Most importantly, it would save lives. That scares those who make a living killing children. They might actually have to start practicing real medicine.

Clearly, Self Destruction

The dems are doing all they can to destroy families.

The dems are doing all they can to allow anyone and everyone into the country by whatever means they will. They do this while totally ignoring all immigration laws.

The dems are doing all they can to destroy the effectiveness of any and all law enforcement, local, state and federal.

The dems are doing all they can to punish everyone and anyone who tries to protect the people the country or our sovereignty.

Yup. That’s it. They are trying to destroy the nation and all it stands for.