You are the best. " Players were still a bit mythical. Nothing is mythical now. Progress is a dubious game." This is why TML rocks.
Stick to Sports... Where do we go with our outrage? I was riding my bike and passed a park with the flag at half staff and thought to myself? What is the default position for the flag in this country? I hate to say but this may be another issue that us grown-ups kick the can down the road to the next generation. I have zero hope that any serious gun control will be enacted in my lifetime. Lets hope the kids that sheltered in place will move the lever. Sad, Hopeless.
I was 12 in 1971 and in my last year in Little League in East Palestine, Ohio. I was a catcher and a pitcher, so the perfect number to wear was 35. Manny Sanguillen and Vida Blue. Bingo!
Someone below (or above?) suggested having funerals for victims of these mass shootings with Emmet Till-like open caskets. I agree. Problem is, empathy and caring about others ("f*** your feelings") is alive and well and probably won't provide the shock needed for us to do something.
Reporters said the killer had a white supremist patch on his shirt. This is driven by propaganda on social media, not mental health issues. It's harder to wake up every day and feel good about the day, isn't it?
Old enough to say: What a rotation that was - Blue Moon Odom, Catfish Hunter, and Vida Blue. RIP Vida Blue. RIP another piece of those days, ahh, those good old days keep disappearing. Not the memories though. Thankful for the memories. Even thankful for crazy old Charlie O'.
Having laws that require registration and trading courses do not violate the 2nd amendment. It’s a simple place to start. After seeing the fiasco a couple of years ago where the national guard dispersed protestors for the pres. to go to a church for a photo opp it change my view on the 2nd amendment some. If citizens were to be banned I would think police and military should be banned from using them on US soil during peace time or some very specific and rare occasions. The difference between a semi-automatic assault rifle and a bolt action hunting rifle is simply efficiency. More shots per second. Banning assault rifles would not stop the black market. And enforcing an outright ban would probably be the “war on drugs” all over again. This is a very complicated problem at this juncture and I personally do not know the correct solution. But registration and safety courses are at least a start. And put a real effort into asking “why”, and not just saying it’s a mental health issue. Maybe using tax money to improve the quality and quantity of mental healthcare in schools. One or two qualified persons per school district is not enough to handle the problem. This has not worked.
Had a credible school shooting threat last week at my children’s school. It’s one of those “top-tier” schools around here, meaning it’s expensive and most of the parents are well to do. Kid got suspended, made a verbal threat, then posted on social media. Guess what, they added more uniformed police officers today, as they should have. So that good guy with a gun argument actually works. That said, our lax gun laws with open carry and no background checks is crazy. And owning an AR15 should a privilege reserved for only law enforcement or military.
I go back to last summer and John Mellencamp’s quote after Ulvade: “Only in America can 21 children be murdered and a week later be buried and forgotten, with a flimsy little thumbnail, a vague notion of gun control legislation laying on a Senator’s desk. Just so you know, politicians don’t give a fuck about me, they don’t give a fuck about you, and they don’t give a fuck about your children. So with that cheery little thought in your head, have a happy summer. Because it will be a short time before it happens again”. And he was dead right.
So you take all the guns away. How does that work?
Steve Goodman was a John Prine buddy and writing partner. Can’t imagine two better spinners of lyrics.
Great points on guns. Great song. I have no love lost for left handers with a nasty slider/curve.
MAGA LARGO. That's a good one 🙂. But, yes. Bogey, Bacall and the state of Florida deserve better.
In a shopping mall? Where was front door security guard?
Just so you know " Banana Republics" was written by the immensely talented Steve Goodman who sadly passed away at a very young age from Leukemia
You are the best. " Players were still a bit mythical. Nothing is mythical now. Progress is a dubious game." This is why TML rocks.
Stick to Sports... Where do we go with our outrage? I was riding my bike and passed a park with the flag at half staff and thought to myself? What is the default position for the flag in this country? I hate to say but this may be another issue that us grown-ups kick the can down the road to the next generation. I have zero hope that any serious gun control will be enacted in my lifetime. Lets hope the kids that sheltered in place will move the lever. Sad, Hopeless.
I was 12 in 1971 and in my last year in Little League in East Palestine, Ohio. I was a catcher and a pitcher, so the perfect number to wear was 35. Manny Sanguillen and Vida Blue. Bingo!
For anyone who subscribes to the Washington Post, they had a hell of a 3D model showing what AR-like guns do to six-year-old and 18-year-old bodies (allowed by the families of victims in the Newtown CT and Parkland FL shootings). https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/interactive/2023/ar-15-damage-to-human-body/?itid=mr_national_5
Someone below (or above?) suggested having funerals for victims of these mass shootings with Emmet Till-like open caskets. I agree. Problem is, empathy and caring about others ("f*** your feelings") is alive and well and probably won't provide the shock needed for us to do something.
Reporters said the killer had a white supremist patch on his shirt. This is driven by propaganda on social media, not mental health issues. It's harder to wake up every day and feel good about the day, isn't it?
What are mental health professionals going to do about musicares? Is there some sort of magic wand that the rest of us don't have.
Another simple fact: People kill not guns.
Old enough to say: What a rotation that was - Blue Moon Odom, Catfish Hunter, and Vida Blue. RIP Vida Blue. RIP another piece of those days, ahh, those good old days keep disappearing. Not the memories though. Thankful for the memories. Even thankful for crazy old Charlie O'.
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Having laws that require registration and trading courses do not violate the 2nd amendment. It’s a simple place to start. After seeing the fiasco a couple of years ago where the national guard dispersed protestors for the pres. to go to a church for a photo opp it change my view on the 2nd amendment some. If citizens were to be banned I would think police and military should be banned from using them on US soil during peace time or some very specific and rare occasions. The difference between a semi-automatic assault rifle and a bolt action hunting rifle is simply efficiency. More shots per second. Banning assault rifles would not stop the black market. And enforcing an outright ban would probably be the “war on drugs” all over again. This is a very complicated problem at this juncture and I personally do not know the correct solution. But registration and safety courses are at least a start. And put a real effort into asking “why”, and not just saying it’s a mental health issue. Maybe using tax money to improve the quality and quantity of mental healthcare in schools. One or two qualified persons per school district is not enough to handle the problem. This has not worked.
Had a credible school shooting threat last week at my children’s school. It’s one of those “top-tier” schools around here, meaning it’s expensive and most of the parents are well to do. Kid got suspended, made a verbal threat, then posted on social media. Guess what, they added more uniformed police officers today, as they should have. So that good guy with a gun argument actually works. That said, our lax gun laws with open carry and no background checks is crazy. And owning an AR15 should a privilege reserved for only law enforcement or military.
I go back to last summer and John Mellencamp’s quote after Ulvade: “Only in America can 21 children be murdered and a week later be buried and forgotten, with a flimsy little thumbnail, a vague notion of gun control legislation laying on a Senator’s desk. Just so you know, politicians don’t give a fuck about me, they don’t give a fuck about you, and they don’t give a fuck about your children. So with that cheery little thought in your head, have a happy summer. Because it will be a short time before it happens again”. And he was dead right.