Our local newspaper is probably one of the worst pieces of journalistic trash I have ever read.  It goes to press about noon every day so anything that happens in the afternoon is lost until the next day.  I will be a day late for the second coming if I am somewhere there is no TV.

The entire media process is a cesspool of the actions of a society that is sliding to hell on a greased luge track.  There is rarely a celebration of some daring deed by a real hero.  We are bombarded by exploits of a few people who many of us never knew and could care less.  HARVEY WEINSTIEN.   The exploits of this joker has been on top of the news for the last 36 hours.  It has drug gals out of the closet like Terminex scatters bugs.  He is being charged with “casting couch” half the women in Hollywood.  I have learned not to let these kind of things get me too inflamed because they seldom turn out as they are reported.  Dont get me wrong, I sincerely think either party has the right to say NO.  No one should have to perform acts such as these in order to get a job, but, you don’t wait 10 years for someone else to claim harm and then say, “oh, he did that to me also”.  This is a little like the hooker hollering rape when the check bounces.

I know everyday exploits of the everyday man would never sell a paper but damn I wish there was some newspaper that just showed pictures of puppies, small bear cubs and chipmunks doing the things they do.  I miss the days of ole Walter Cronkite just telling us what happened.  I don’t remember him ever telling us what he felt.  Maybe he figured that wasnt his job.  Maybe he and others of that era just figured we were smart enough to form our own opinion if we were just given the facts.  As SGT Friday used to say, ” the facts ma’am, just the facts”, or something like that.

GC

How many guns are enough?  Last week this question kinda came to mind when Dorothy asked, in a discussion about guns, just how many did I have.  I immediately told her I had about 15.  Then I thought about 5 more, and now I think I might have a total of 21. Or 22.  The next question was along the lines of why did I need that many.  A flip answer would have been, “because I can” but to tell you the truth, I have no idea why I would need that many.

I have 3 or 4 that would be used for hunting rabbits, if she would let me kill a rabbit and cook it.  4 or 5 or maybe 6 are for self protection.  We never have been assaulted but just in case.  5 or 6 are for hunting deer and much larger game.  If I ever run across a crazed rhino, well it is in for some trouble, if it attacks me first. I have one that I purchased because that particular caliber rifle was made famous by President Teddy Roosevelt.  This particular gun is about 75 years old and shoots like a charm.  I have one that was a favorite sniper rifle among the Russian solders in both WW I and WW 11.  I probably have a couple that I bought just in case there is a zombie thing.  I don’t think there will be but I believe in being prepared.  That is probably the inventory and I don’t think I will buy any more.

Would I like to give up any of these guns?  NO.  I lost a couple in the fire at the ranch and I couldn’t wait to replace them.  Do I want anyone telling me how many more I can buy? NO.  Will I ever take all my guns up to the top floor of a hotel and shoot down at folks for some unknown reason?  NO.  Do I know why anyone would do that? NO.  Would I mind if a government official came by the house and asked a few question about the guns I own and why I own them.  Not really.  I couldn’t tell him anymore than I just said above.  I guess I could tell him that he is just going to have to trust that I am not the type of person who would do harm to others.  Historically, accountants have not been the type who would do those kind of things, but, this joker has shot that all to hell.

I think each of us are responsible for our own actions.  I am not sure I need, of you need, very much intervention by the government to ensure that we act responsibly.  We need some basic rules to keep society intact, but laws are written to hopefully prevent bad behavior.  However, the law creating prohibition pretty much let us know that some things just can’t be outlawed, and it be effective.  A lot of sinful things are against the law but sinning is as rampant as ever.  As evidenced by the mega churches you see on TV.

We are gonna hear a lot about gun control, etc over the next few months and we should hope that some of this could solve our problems in this regards.  I don’t think it will but we can hope.

Maybe we should just look down deep in ourselves and see what is there.  Maybe that would help.

GC