We have had another instance of school shooting.  As before, it is devastating for the community and the nation.  We grieve and we write newspaper articles as well as blogs about how sad it is.  Some folks immediately call for tighter gun control.  Availability of guns has nothing to do with the actual killing of our fellow human beings.  Samson killed legions with the jaw bone of an ass.  No, it’s not the weapon, its something else.  Something much more basic.  I believe it is the basic fabric of our society.  It probably has a great deal to do with the feeling of despair than much of our population has because of the lack of jobs, lack of family guidance, lack of caring about each other.  Does anyone have an answer?  I have some ideas and have expounded on those many times.  Maybe they are too simplistic, maybe they are not as complicated as those governing us seem to think solutions ought to be.  I know the governing body of the city I live in can not vacuum feces from a plugged up sewer without hiring a consultant to tell them which way the wind is blowing in order to keep the smell away from city hall.

Maybe we need to appoint a Czar to be in charge of correcting society’s ills.  We had one for the drug problem and look what happened there.  I am pretty sure that a visit to Oregon by the Prez is not going to accomplish much besides making him feel like he did something.

Gary