Today Americans again mourn another episode of senseless violence. What makes it even harder to take than the Batman premier in Colorado is that this involves innocent, very young children. Columbine shook us to our very depths. Then came Jonesboro, the Amish School and Virginia Tech, to name a few. To those of a certain age who remember the UT Austin shooting in 1966, this is nothing new but it is, nevertheless, horrible and frightening. To the far left wing nuts this is a time to trot out the stricter gun control montage. It's an opportunity to blame a lifeless piece of metal for the carnage that snuffed out the lives of children. But taking away every gun in this country would not stop the violence that dwells deep in the souls of troubled and/or evil individuals who are bent on doing harm to fellow human beings. Jack the Ripper used a knife with the skill of a professional. The person who laced Tylenol capsules in 1982 did so without gunpowder or lead or assault rifles. Poisoning, strangulation and stabbing has been around since the dawn of time. Are we to ban chemicals, ropes and sharp objects in the vain hope that we will somehow remain safe from the Boogey Man who awaits to cut short our lives and the lives of our loved ones? The media covers these kind of stories, not with the hope of helping the victims, but for the shameless purpose of grabbing ratings. Let these folk grieve in PRIVATE! Report the facts and leave it alone! Nancy Grace and her ilk would be out of jobs if we refused to watch them replay over and over the words of survivors and witnesses who are thrust into the spotlight when a reporter thrusts a microphone in their face to feed America's thirst for blood and gore. We've all seen that horrible accident that slows down our commute. There might even been a sheet draped body lying next to a crumpled hunk of metal in the grassy median. We know we shouldn't look, but we are inexplicably drawn to look until we turn the corner or we nearly rear end the car in front of us. Edgar Allan Poe made a name for himself by feeding the public macabre tales of the evil that fed the folks fascination even in that era. If we didn't have that fascination, shows like C.S.I. and movies like The Texas Chainsaw Massacre wouldn't exist. Does that mean that shows and movies are responsible for what happened on 12/14/2012 in Connecticut? Of course not! But I do believe the endless, and, in Nancy Grace's case, mindless media coverage that commandeers the airwaves just might reach that one person on the brink of a mental break to see violence as a way to grab the spotlight, go down in history and be remembered. The pimple faced geek who's shunned by members of the opposite sex. The employee who plods along at work every day without getting a "well done". The overweight person who constantly hears the whispers and snickers. The loner who lives to sit like a sponge in front of the fountain of information spewing from the TV, radio and internet sees stories like this and suddenly a light bulb goes off: I'll show them! I'll show them all! This issue is not about guns. The old saying is true: guns don't kill people, people kill people. This is about mental illness, depravity and downright evil. Stop feeding the beast! And recognize the problem. Too many times parents are too busy to notice that something isn't quite right about little Susie or Johnny. Stop saying "not my kid" or "he'll outgrow it". Everybody cries over "Old Yeller" because the dog dies. The dog was sick and that sickness made it a monster. Mental illness is not rabies. There is treatment out there if one actually acknowledges it exists. Nancy Grace needs to shut the hell up and focus on raising her kids instead of feeding like a buzzard on the carrion of disasters.

Fox News was quick to hurl condemnations at President Obama for taking a $1,000,000 campaign donation from Bill Maher. Sean Hannity was outraged because Maher and David Letterman cracked jokes at the Palin Family. Sarah Palin IS a joke and when she landed a job as a Fox News contributor, people could breathe a sigh of relief. You see, that is where washed up politicians go when it becomes clear that they will never again hold public office: FOX NEWS. But Fox News continually signs the paycheck of Greg Gutfeld. Come on! NO ONE in America is that stupid to think that this small little garden gnome of a person could ever be qualified to be a serious political journalist. Yet there he is everyday at 5 o'clock cracking jokes that defame the office of the president. And Hannity can't go one show without calling the president "The Annointed One" or "President Crybaby". These talking heads thump their chests and call themselves and those who agree with them "proud Americans", yet every soldier past and present knows that they don't have to like the man, they must respect the uniform. Those are the true Americans, the men and women who may not agree with the war, but lay down their very lives to fight it. Personally, I believe that anyone and everyone wanting to hold the office of the President should have military service listed on their resume. Maybe they wouldn't be so quick to send our brave men and women off to war. But that is not yet a requirement. And please don't call up the spectre of George W. Bush's presidency. The man did everything BUT serve his country during VietNam. You can't fight Viet Cong when cocaine clouds your brain and he was apparently quite allied with Columbia. As far as all of those states wanting to secede from the Union because Mitt Romney didn't win the hearts of Americans? Now who are the crybabys? Texas has been talking secession since we stole it from Mexico. Let them secede first. I lived there for 23 years and the ONLY good thing I took from it is my youngest son who was born there. Texas has the crookedest police and politicians in the nation. JFK was cut down in Texas because he didn't represent their beliefs at the time. The anti-Democrat mindset of the time made winning the state a priority for Kennedy. He would've been better off to flip the whole damned state the bird and them secede right then and there. Texas only has 3 claims to fame: the assassination of a beloved Democratic president and the successful elections of George H. W. Bush and George W. Bush. That's NOTHING to be proud of. I say let the crybabies secede, cut off all U.S. help. While they're at it, let them have Greg Gutfeld and Sean Hannity. True Americans have little use for the likes of them

Am I the only one in this whole country who is sick to death of the upcoming presidential election? The ads are irritating enough by themselves. But when the local channels interrupt programs that I watch on a regular basis to run 2 or 3 ads for each party back to back, I get really aggravated! Then there are the debates. Not only to they interrupt programming, we have to hear every talking head run off at the mouth about how their personal favorite won or lost and how to improve on the next one. If the American folks have not already decided who they are voting for, folks like Sean Hannity and Chris Matthews should not be allowed to preach to them. If I had to have the likes of Greg Gutfeld's "opinion" to make up my mind, they should revoke my voter's card. Greg Gutfeld?!?!? What is Fox News thinking? Comedians, including Bill Maher, have no place commenting on affairs of state. This country, for the most part, doesn't make much effort to inform themselves about anything. They nod their heads like little bobble heads to the mutterings of Hannity and Matthews and then blindly check the little box for the choice of MSNBC for FoxNews. I personally think all pundits should be silenced from Oct.1 til election day. Make the lazy voters wake up and READ the issues, listen to the debates before they vote. Think of aptitude tests. You KNEW they were coming and, in some cases, it was a 2 or 3 day event. When we were kids we didn't care what box we carefully filled in with that sharp No.2 pencil. All that test meant to us was free time. We didn't have to listen, like Charlie Brown, to the WAH, WAH, WAH of the teacher. We didn't realize that the test results meant more/less money for our districts. That's how some people vote. Hannity hates Obama and loves Romney, so, as a Hannity viewer, they'll check that box for Romney. Same for the MSNBC viewers when it comes to Obama. We're in far too perilous a position to go with the flow. I don't care who you vote for. I just want you to be EDUCATED before you check that box. Hannity and Matthews are wealthy men. They don't worry about having the money to fill their gas tanks or deciding whether to buy processed mac and cheese or an occasional steak because you never get to go out anymore. Vote for what YOU believe, because YOU have to live with it.

Why can't HLN take Grace off the air? She is a second rate, washed up lawyer who lives on other people's tragedy. Casey Anthony was ACQUITTED. Any lawyer knows that she has been found NOT GUILTY and NO ONE has the right to continue to dredge this up. Innocent people get charged everyday for things they didn't do. Dallas, TX PD set up Hispanic residents & business owners with FAKE DRUGS. Some got deported. Others lost everything they had worked for. I got charged with FAKE DRUGS. Like the Hispanics, I couldn't afford a lawyer and got public defender who sold me out. Nancy Grace had the audacity to say criminals never change, it's in their nature. I know I was innocent, but the state says I am a criminal. It's not in MY nature, Bitch! The only comfort I can derive from having a record for something I didn't do is knowing that the very cop who lied on the stand about me eventually got found out, charged and sentenced to prison! But he get protective custody, so he doesn't see the prison I saw!! I hope that Casey Anthony files a restraining order against HLN and Nancy Grace for harassment. Grace won't rest until she incites some vigilante to try to do harm to Casy Anthony and I sincerely hope that Nancy Grace gets sentenced for it. I hope Casey Anthony lives a long, happy life because I truly believe that little Caley was killed by a certain ex-cop who would certainly know how to cover it up. Power to Casey Anthony!

I don't generally...or ever...agree with Nancy Grace. She couldn't cut it as a lawyer or DA so she became a talking head on HLN. Her sensationalism of the Casey Anthony trial no doubt got Ms. Anthony acquitted. Do I believe she was guilty? No. But I have seen innocent folks go to jail too many times to trust the justice system. But Grace had some valid points tonight when she aired the story about this horrible show called "Toddlers In Tiaras" and it's slimy spawn about a child referred to as Honey Boo Boo. These shows sexualize young girls, and train them that their entire worth from diaper to casket is dependent on how they look. Honey Boo Boo's mother should lose parental rights to that little girl for putting her up on a bar and having the little girl dance for the patrons. I lived in Texas for 20 plus years and saw kid taken for a hell of a lot less! I was arrested for spanking my 4 year old in PA! I truly believe that our society as a whole will suffer the consequences of taking away a parent's right to discipline their child. And don't try to feed me BS that spanking is abuse. If done properly, with no anger or malice, spanking is an effective tool. Not every child responds to "time outs". But these "reality shows"...and I use that term VERY loosely...are definitely a form of abuse. "Dance Moms" is another one that should be removed from the airwaves. The mothers regret that they never danced or won a pageant so they push their daughters into a world they wanted for themselves. Before anyone thinks I am in Nancy Grace's fan club, she DID go off on the wrong track as usual. She glossed over the psychological and physical harm done to these little beauty queens and claims the shows are fodder for pedophiles. I could not possibly care less if a pedophile Tivo's these shows. I DO care if they are canvassing the streets looking for children. I DO care that they kids are being fed unhealthy amounts of caffeine and sugar and put on diets at such tender ages just so they can compete! Any mother or father who subjects ANY child to the rigors of the life of the kids on these disgusting shows should be arrested. Put Honey Boo Boo's mom on a diet and pump her full of caffeine and sugar. Has she never heard of DIABETES?!?!? I would hate to see any of these little contestants sentenced to a life of insulin injections because of what their mothers are putting them through now.

What is all this BS over the Jackson Family?!?!?! Michael Jackson was a troubled talent. Personally I will go to my grave believing that he was a pedophile. And I know I am not alone on that. If one has enough money, justice can be subverted. All we heard before he died (at his own and Dr. Murray's hand) was how deeply in debt he was. Now all we hear about is how the Jackson family is at war over Michael's money! What money?!?!? And does America really give a damn about it? Do I really need to hear about what boils down to a family dispute? No!!!!! There are a few sick individuals who try to live through the sad state of affairs in the tabloids of the celebrities they idolize. That is all this is: TABLOID NEWS! The economy is within a hair's breath of another recession. Korea and Iran are unstable countries with NUCLEAR possibilities! Maybe the President cares about the Jackson Saga, he certainly doesn't give a damn about anything else! But this bullshit doesn't deserve national news attention. Intelligent folks in America are worried about foreclosure and jobs. Get a clue, America! No matter how Michael Jackson's estate is divvied up, no matter who gets the kids...it will not put food on your table. It will not help the millions of missing and exploited children in our country. HLN, ABC, and the rest: find something more relevant to report on for those of us who don't give a rat's ass about the Jackson family!!!!

The economy SUCKS!

We all know it. Some have a closer first hand look than others. Sean Hannity and Bill O'Reilly constantly berate those on disability and food stamps. It's not that MOST people want food stamps or disability. I'm sure most would like good health and a decent job. Personally, I do like to eat once in awhile. Obama hasn't helped the economy he inherited. Ol' W dropped a bundle on 2 wars and HE didn't even get Bin Laden. He was more interested in Saddam because, as he said himself, Saddam threatened his daddy. He sent our men and women into 2 wars that were morally and financially wrong. He wasn't watching Fannie Mae and Freddy Mac and we ALL got blindsided by the resulting collapse. AIG was partying big on taxpayer money while Wall Street was spiraling into a deep hole. But both White House residents were willing to pony up more money. Government offices have also had their hands in the cookie jar. I will never get to Hawaii. Will you? The people in my family on disability ARE really DISABLED!!! Surprise, surprise! Rent and every other living expense has gone up. I can't afford to fill up my used van because that little 20 gallon tank would STILL cost me roughly $75. And I DON"T HAVE IT! Well, I could fill it up....if I wanted to live in it. I've said it before and I will KEEP saying it until someone listens. If we paid our elected officials what they have determined is a "living wage" for us, took away their perks and cars and planes, this country would be operating in the black almost immediately. I have seen a politician worth $100 a week, much less $100 K a year. And why do they want any pay at all from the taxpayers? Most of them are wealthy already with offshore account, etc..