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Muslim group to distribute replacement Qurans

"(CNN) -- A major Islamic group will announce an initiative Thursday to distribute 200,000 Qurans to replace what it says are 200 copies that a Florida church plans to burn in a gesture that has sparked controversy worldwide.

The Rev. Terry Jones, pastor of Dove World Outreach Center in Gainesville, said he will go ahead with plans to burn Qurans on the anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks.

Jones' plan comes amid increased pressure and warnings that doing so could endanger U.S. troops and Americans worldwide…" 

 

   The only problem I have with this is that it should be Catholic, Baptist and others that are paying for and distributing replacement Qurans.
   If Terry Jones burns any Qurans I hope that the American people will show such love for their brothers of the Quran that the act of Jones will have failed to cause hurt and pain.

  I hope that if Jones burns even one Quran that after mass in every Catholic church in the United States they will read a verse from the Quran.

   

"Abdul Daryabadi : He hath revealed unto thee the Book with truth confirming that which went before it; and He sent down the Taurat and Injil.
Dr. Mohsin : It is He Who has sent down the Book (the Qur'ân) to you (Muhammad SAW) with truth, confirming what came before it. And he sent down the Taurât (Torah) and the Injeel (Gospel)
Pickthal : He hath revealed unto thee (Muhammad) the Scripture with truth, confirming that which was (revealed) before it, even as He revealed the Torah and the Gospel.
Yusuf Ali : It is He Who sent down to thee (step by step), in truth, the Book confirming what went before it; and He sent down the Torah (Of Moses) and the Gospel (of Jesus)"   Quran verse:003

"Rudy" the movie – Rudy Ruettiger and Joe Montana

  I am not a football fan.  I am not even a sports fan.  I do love movies and I like many sports movies.  One of sports movies, and a true story, is "Rudy."  The movie is about  Daniel (Rudy) Ruettiger who wanted to play football for Notre Dame. 
  I loved the movie.  I have watched it a number of times.
  I did not think anyone was talking about it or thinking about it now days.
  I found out from TMZ that I was wrong.
  I do not want to spoil the movie for you.  But Joe Montana says that one key point of the movie was not true.  Rudy and other members of the team say the event was true. 

Why No TV

  I posted a blog entry here... And said I had no TV.  I got to thinking some of you may wonder what I was saying...Because I said I moved a TV set out of my room.  
  With the new over the air digital TV the only place that I can pick up signals over the are for TV is with the TV antenna at this window.  So no TV reception here.


 

  We will see what happens today.  The windows faces west.  I am not sure how well I will do with daylight and the sitting sun coming in the window.  We will find out today.
 

Tornadoes touch down in Dallas

  I moved the TV out of my room.  I moved my computer desk and computer over to the window.  So I have no TV in the house. 
  I just happened to check the CNN website and they had a headline with no details saying a Tornado had hit Dallas!  I live in Fort Worth.
  I went to a local Dallas TV station web site (WFAA) and found the following video.  I posted it to YouTube one hour after the video was made.  So WFAA got it on their site very fast.

 

  I am broke right now.  But next month when I get my SS money I am going to get a USB device that I can hook up to my computer and then I will get digital over the air TV on my computer.  But right now I have no TV reception.
  I was just thinking tornado season may not be a good time to not have a TV.  My ex-wife and grown son live in this same apartment complex and tornadoes/storms scare the hell out of them so I am guessing I will hear from them when we have storms.
  I have been in earthquakes, a micro-burst and hurricanes but never been right in a tornado. They have hit in the same town I was in but I was never right in the area that got hit.
  Storms do not scare me for some reason.  But my ex-wife is in a wheelchair full time and my son is young (34).  I am 69 years of age.  I just can't get scared.
  I have been told by people that have been in a tornado that if one hits my area I WILL be scared then and after that.

Extraordinary Pantene Commercial

Thai Pantene television commercial. Its simply brilliant. The story of a deaf and mute girl who learns to play the violin against all odds. One of the most touching advertisements seen in a long, long time.

Right wing preacher going to burn Qurans?

  I saw on the news "pastor" Terry Jones of the Dove World Outreach Center.  He was asked about Gen. David Petraeus' concerns for the safety of our troops and others if Jones burns Qurans on 9/11.
  Jones seemed to say they would go ahead with the burning.  But I suspect that he might change his mind but at the last minute.  He is doing all of this to get news coverage.  So he is not going to say today he is not going to burn the Quran.  He will wait until the event and do something different but something that will get him on the news.  Plus he will announce, I think, that he will burn the Qurans next September 11th.  That way he can keep on the news for another year.  Next year the news media would run to him for a story.
  All Jones cares about is news coverage and selling t-shirts.
  One reason he might not want to burn the Qurans is that he is going to get very little support.  Very little turn out … He has very little support.  His church, I think, has less than 100 members.  He is a joke.
  But as someone commented here.. Burning the Quran is NOT funny. 
  I am a Catholic and Protestants love to attack the Catholics because of the way we do not carry around the Bible and wave it.  It is true that in the Catholic faith the bible is just part of the faith and religion. 
  But the first few times, hell still, that I saw a Bible that Protestants had written in and used a magic marker on I was shocked.  I could never mark on the pages of a Bible. 
  The Quran means as much to Muslims as the Bible means to Christianity.  We should not be burning holy books.  Hell, we should not be burning any books. 
  When I was in Miami I worked with a real nice guy.  He was from Pakistan.  He worked in dispatch at the mall on the midnight shift.  He was reading the Quran all the time.  I mean all the time.  You know I think he was the nicest man I have ever met.  He would bring food often for us on the midnight shift.  He took me out to eat at a place he liked on my birthday.  Burning the Quran would hurt him a great deal.
  It should hurt us all no matter what religion.  The Quran is a holy book to Muslims.  You know something else?  The Bible is a holy book to Muslims! 

  I hope the news media will learn not to pay any attention to "men" like Terry Jones.  He is a media whore.

2012 Early?

  "Two asteroids to pass close to Earth on Wednesday." 

"Two small asteroids in unrelated orbits will pass within the moon's distance of the Earth on Wednesday, according to NASA.

It's an unusual event that shows the need for closer monitoring of near space for Earth-threatening encounters, a scientist with the program said.

The objects don't pose a threat to Earth, and they will not be visible to the naked eye, said Donald Yeomans, manager of NASA’s Near Earth Program, which tracks potentially hazardous asteroids and comets within 28 million miles of Earth.

The objects will visible from Earth as tiny specks of light with the help of moderate-sized amateur telescopes, he said.

Near-Earth asteroid 2010 RX30, which is estimated to be 32 to 65 feet in size, will pass within 154,000 miles of Earth at 5:51 a.m. ET Wednesday. The second object, 2010 RF12, estimated to be 20 to 46 feet in size, will pass within 49,088 miles of Earth at 5:12 pm ET…"

  Well I guess God is sending us a message!  Smile
  We think we are such big shots here and he is sending a little reminder?
  I hope these asteroids are not part of a bigger group on the way.  I know I watch to many movies.

Best dang food joint in Texas

  Did you see the story on CNN on the "Best dang food joint in Texas?"

  It is in Blessing (Texas).  I wish I had moved there instead of Fort Worth.  I would like to live there just to eat at that place.  If I win a lottery I will move there just so I can eat breakfast and lunch at the place.  I guess if I won a big lottery I could buy the place and move it to where I live! Smile
  I guess if you win a lottery and are rich you could hire someone to cook food like that.
  I just had a can of tuna for breakfast. 
  That place, The Hotel Coffee Shop, has been in business in Blessing  for 103 years!

Still no luck with SwagBucks

  I had 20 entries in the drawing for a Seagate 500 GB hard drive on the SwagBucks site.  It was limited to 3000 entries.  So my odds were 20 out of 3000 and I did not win.
 
  I ate the wrong foods yesterday and both my feet swelled up like they were going to explode. 
 

  I had some of the wrong foods today but I also had watermelon a couple of times today.  My guess is that it is good for you. 

"A watermelon contains about 6% sugar and 92% water by weight.^[6] As with many other fruits, it is a source of vitamin C.

Notable is the inner rind of the watermelon, which is usually a light green or white color. This area is edible and contains many hidden nutrients that most people avoid eating due to its unappealing flavor.

The amino acid citrulline was first extracted from watermelon and analysed.^[7] Watermelons contain a significant amount of citrulline and after consumption of several kg, an elevated concentration is measured in theblood plasma; this could be mistaken for citrullinaemia or other urea cycle disorders.^[8]

Watermelon rinds are also edible, and sometimes used as a vegetable.^[9] In China, they are stir-fried, stewed or more often pickled. When stir-fried, the de-skinned and de-fruited rind is cooked with olive oil, garlic, chili peppers, scallions,sugar and rum. Pickled watermelon rind is also commonly consumed in the Southern US.^[10] Watermelon juice can also be made into wine.^[11]

Watermelon is also mildly diuretic.^[12]

Watermelons contain large amounts of beta carotene.^[13]

Watermelon with red flesh is a significant source of lycopene."

  Wow that sounds good to me.  You know… I should get cable TV and get a TV set for the kitchen and watch TV and cook up different foods. 
  I know how I am and I would not go in the kitchen to spend time cooking unless I could be watching TV at the same time. 
  When I was living in Belton (MO) in a mobile home I had a TV in every room except for the bathroom.  I worked the graveyard shift.  On my nights off I stayed up all night long and I cleaned every room in the trailer as I watched TV.  Well not the bathroom because there was no TV set.  Smile

  I guess I could take my laptop and using WiFi watch a video or something.  But I can just see hot grease or water getting on my laptop.
  I know I am a lazy SOB.  Smile

RIP: Jefferson Thomas – one of the Little Rock Nine

"(CNN) -- Jefferson Thomas was risking his well-being by leaving an African-American school for Little Rock's all-white Central High School with eight other students in 1957.

But a simple comparison of the schools' biology classes helped compel the then-15-year-old to go through with it, his sister Alma Hildreth recalled Monday, a day after Thomas died of cancer at age 67.

Thomas was one of the "Little Rock Nine" -- the nine African-American students who integrated Central High in Little Rock, Arkansas…" 

  One hell of a kid and he turned out to be one great American.  He served his nation during the Vietnam War.  He was the sort of American that we wish all Americans would be during their life time.
  He died of pancreatic cancer and is the first of the Little Rock Nine to pass away. 
  I remember watching on TV the events from Little Rock at that time.  I remember seeing those kids and the mobs of screaming white people being held back by 1,200 members of the  U.S. Army's 101st Airborne Division.

Gen. David Petraeus warns about Quran-burning

"(CNN) -- The U.S. commander in Afghanistan on Monday criticized a Florida church's plan to burn copies of the Quran on September 11, warning the demonstration "could cause significant problems" for American troops overseas.

"It could endanger troops and it could endanger the overall effort in Afghanistan," Gen. David Petraeus said in a statement issued Monday.

The Dove World Outreach Center in Gainesville, Florida, plans to mark the anniversary of al Qaeda's September 11, 2001, attacks on New York and Washington by burning copies of the Muslim holy book. The church insists the event is "neither an act of love nor of hate," but a warning against what it calls the threats posed by Islam…"   CNN

 

  What a shame and a sin.  The U.S. commander in Afghanistan has to take the time to worry about the Quran burning. 
  The pastor of the Dove World Outreach Center is going to put US troops in danger.  Plus I would expect attacks on Americans someplace in the world because of his actions.  Think about Christians living around the world that will be in danger.  There are places around the world were people are in a rage over subjects of religion.  Often just a rumor set off mass burnings and killings. 
  
  I would like to see all the Christians in the Gainesville area of FL turn out for some sort of brotherhood event.  Join with Muslims in some sort of peace and love event.  
  Of course Terry Jones is just trying to get 15 minutes of fame and just trying to make some money.  I am sure it all comes down to getting some money.  If anyone is hurt anyplace in the world I hope they will take legal action against Terry Jones and his "church."  Hit him in the pocket book.  Take him to court and end up owning his "church."

Glenn Beck fan caught in Potomac River?

  Did you see the story, on CNN, about the eight foot shark that was caught in the Potomac River?  CNN Story
  My guess is that the shark was late for the Glenn Beck rally or he had been to the rally and was heading home.
 
  I have a fever and feel a bit sick.  I think I am getting what Russell has had a for a week or more.
  I also have a big blister on the bottom of my right foot.  I had got some new sandals and walked to the donut shop and when I came back I had blisters on the bottom of my feet.  Bummer

Wikipedia : Labor Day

"Labor Day is a United States federal holiday observed on the first Monday in September (September 6 in 2010).

The first Labor Day in the United States was celebrated on September 5, 1882 in New York City.^[1] It became a federal holiday in 1894, when, following the deaths of a number of workers at the hands of the U.S. military and U.S. Marshals during the Pullman Strike, President Grover Cleveland put reconciliation with the labor movement as a top political priority. Fearing further conflict, legislation making Labor Day a national holiday was rushed through Congressunanimously and signed into law a mere six days after the end of the strike.^[2] The September date was chosen as Cleveland was concerned that aligning an American labor holiday with existing international May Day celebrations would stir up negative emotions linked to theHaymarket Affair.^[3] All 50 U.S. states have made Labor Day a state holiday.

The form for the celebration of Labor Day was outlined in the first proposal of the holiday: A street parade to exhibit to the public "the strength and esprit de corps of the trade and labor organizations," followed by a festival for the workers and their families. This became the pattern for Labor Day celebrations. Speeches by prominent men and women were introduced later, as more emphasis was placed upon the economic and civil significance of the holiday. Still later, by a resolution of the American Federation of Labor convention of 1909, the Sunday preceding Labor Day was adopted as Labor Sunday and dedicated to the spiritual and educational aspects of the labor movement.

Traditionally, Labor Day is celebrated by most Americans as the symbolic end of the summer. The holiday is often regarded as a day of rest and parties. Speeches or political demonstrations are more low-key than May 1 Labor Day celebrations in most countries, although events held by labor organizations often feature political themes and appearances by candidates for office, especially in election years. Forms of celebration include picnics, barbecues, fireworks displays, water sports, and public art events. Families with school-age children take it as the last chance to travel before the end of summer recess. Similarly, some teenagers and young adults view it as the last weekend for parties before returning to school, although school starting times now vary.

In U.S. sports, Labor Day marks the beginning of the NFL and college football seasons. NCAA teams usually play their first games the week before Labor Day, with the NFL traditionally playing their first game the Thursday following Labor Day. The Southern 500 NASCAR auto race was held that day from 1950 to 2004."

REI Novara Fusion Bicycle

I should never have gone to Wired web site.  I found a bike I would love to have.  It is the REI Novara Fusion Bicycle.  But I would want it in red.
  Now what body part can I sell to come up with $950.00 for the bike?
  Plus it weights 34 pounds.  I live on the second floor.  Who is going to carry it up stairs for me?  
  Truth is I am so tired all the time…I am sure it is one or more of the medications I am taking. 
  I am going to be 70 in March.  I do not want to be this tired for what time I have left.  I think if I could lose weight and eat the right foods I could go off the BP medications.  I might enjoy living. 
  But can I lose weight?  Plus can I stop eating the wrong foods?
 
  I would ride the bike if I had it. 
  Anyone have a recommendation on a bike like the one above but at a price so that I would not have to sell body parts?

Army "birther" supporters in a RAGE

  I post here about the "Army 'birther' loses ruling on evidence." 
After that I started to get some Google hits.  People doing a search on the subject and I was high on the Google list and they end up here.  So I then did a search using the terms they did their search for to see where I was on the Google page and see what others are saying.
 
  I find my site listed but many of the other sites listed from the search were site that supported Lakin.  Let me tell you they were pissed off….Not just pissed off they are in a mad rage. 

  I think the reason they are in such a rage is that they were thinking that this was going to be a show trial.  Lakin was denied his request to compel President Obama to testify.  Then on top of that the military judge ruled that he could not even use as a defense President Obama's eligibility to be president. 
  The trial will be on did Lakin refuse an order.  The charge is disobeying orders.
 
  I think that is the reason that sites supporting him are going nuts now.  They are so crazy they think that President Obama is not the legal President of the United States.
  They think that any American that does not agree with them is just plain stupid and that all they have to do is present their "facts" and then we all will see that President Obama is not the real true President of the United States.
  Now that is not going to happen. 
  The trial if there is one is going to be on did Lt. Col. Terrace Lakin get orders and did he refuse the orders?  I do not think there is going to be a  trial now.  I think Lakin will make a deal. 

 
  I did find some good comments on some of those sites; 

"THERE IS NO JUSTICE . TAKE TO THE STREETS. General strike needed. Our Founding Fathers await our response."

"Here is one of the best comments since it explains things for us non-military people who have no idea of military law:

you and I have discussed this before, and it was clear from the beginning that the LTC’s quest was a “quixotic doomed one.” I and many others have explained that, under the law, the judge had no choice but to rule as she did — LTC Lakin’s view of the President’s eligibility, even if 100% correct, does not constitute a legal defense to the crimes of which he stands accused.

It’s hard to blame the military for this — military law on this subject has remained the same for many years, and the outcome was entirely predictable. LTC Lakin even received a counseling letter before he committed his crimes pointing out that the defense he was planning to use would not be considered valid.

As I’ve said before, the blame belongs with the man who made the decision, LTC Lakin himself — and with those who encouraged him to make this sacrifice even though it was clear from the beginning that he would gain nothing and lose much.

Those who cheered his self-destructive path should be ashamed of themselves."  Comments from "Fellowship of Minds"

  That last comment above I think is how I feel.  I did not know it until I read the comment.  When I saw the video of the Lakin I had that feeling.
  You know when you see some crime and there are two subjects.  In court you find that one of the two subjects is sort of slow and is a follower and just does what he is told to do.  That is the feeling I had about Lakin. 
  I KNOW he is not only a doctor but a military officer but that is the feeling that I get about him.  The feeling that he had this stupid idea and even others officers might have said the same thing but he said it and some of them told him …"You go girl."  "You show them."  "We support you 100%."  "You are right."  "You will be a hero!"
  
  If he takes a deal and fast he could end up running with Sara Palin for President of the United States in 2014.  If he does not take the deal he may be in jail in 2014. 

Vegan Family

  I have family members that are "Vegan" and no that is not a person from some other world.  Well sometimes it feels like it.

  See "My Vegan Life" for a well written and interesting post on being a vegan.

"Hello. I'm Marly. I'm a vegan. For any members of my family who may be reading this post, it's pronounced VEE-ghun. I have had several people (yes, in my family, but others too) who've asked me what the heck that means. Here's the short and simple answer: it means I do my best to eat food that does not include any type of animal products. I also do my best to avoid purchasing things (like purses) that are made of animal products…"
Read more: http://blogcritics.org/tastes/article/my-vegan-life/#ixzz0yS9sv3kS

  I think the Comedy Channel could come up with a great show on the subject.  I see the show being something like "My Name is Earl."  Just show a vegan person  trying to deal with life and the people around the vegan person trying to deal with them.  For one show you could use the line "not that there is anything wrong with that" all the time during the show.
 
  I love meat.  I eat way to much and I eat "meat" that no one should eat (like hot dogs).  I think eating almost no meat would be a lot more healthy.  I think eating zero meat for most people would not be good.
  I think to be a true vegan and be healthy you have to very smart and you have to work very hard. 

 

Army "birther" loses ruling on evidence

  I wonder what Lt. Col. Terrence Lakin is going to do now? 
An Army judge ruled today that proof of President Obama's eligibility to be president isn't relevant to the defense of an Army doctor accused of failing to obey a lawful order.
 

"FORT MEADE, Md. — An Army judge ruled Thursday that proof of President Barack Obama's eligibility to be president isn't relevant to the defense of an Army doctor accused of failing to obey a lawful order.

Lt. Col. Terrence Lakin has been charged with disobeying orders after failing to show up for duty in Afghanistan and questioning whether the president has the right to order him there.

Lakin had sought the release of school records that could include a copy of Obama's birth certificate. He as questioned whether Obama was born a U.S. citizen and therefore eligible to be president.

The judge ruled Thursday that the records and any other evidence or witnesses pertaining to Obama's birth will not be admitted. Prosecutors have argued that Obama's birth certificate shouldn't be part of the case, especially since the order for Lakin to deploy to Afghanistan didn't come directly from the president, The Associated Press reported.

The Greeley, Colo., native did not report to Fort Campbell, Ky., in April to prepare for deployment.

Lakin said in a YouTube video that he chose to disobey orders and was inviting his own court-martial. He says he wants to see Obama's birth certificate as proof Obama was born in the U.S., as presidents must be, and thus that the deployment order for Afghanistan is legal.

Hawaiian officials say they have records proving Obama was born there, but so-called birthers challenge that.

If convicted, Lakin faces up to 45 months of confinement, total forfeiture of pay and allowances, and dismissal from the Army.

In a brief statement after Thursday's hearing, Lakin's defense attorney said the ruling denied his client the ability to be defended.

The next pre-trial hearing will be Sept. 28 and the trial is set for Oct. 13-15."

  That is what I expected would happen.  I wonder if Lakin honestly felt he was going to be allowed to bring up all this "birther" crap in court?  His defense attorney should have told him it was not going to be allowed.
  Now Lakin is fucked.  It comes down to were you ordered to go to Afghanistan?  Did you refused the order? 
  Next stop for Lakin Fort Leavenworth and the United States Disciplinary Barracks and four years of hard labor. 

  My guess is that on September 28th he will want to cut a deal.  My guess is he will try and get the best deal he can on the type of discharge from the Army and that he will take forfeiture of all pay, allowances, benefits etc.
  He will then be out of the military and he can say that he was correct and that he could not get a fair day in court.  He can end up on Fox News or he might run for Congress. 
 

  I do not see him going to jail now.  I think he will cut some sort of a deal. 
Will the military be willing to give him an out?  I think the best thing for the military might be to not give him an out and make an example of him. 
  Send the message out to the troops that you obey orders or else.

Where are the 3,000 New Netflix Movies?

  I am a fan of Netflix.  I have posted here a number of times about the Epix and Netflix deal.  Netflix will get 3,000 movies that we can watch via streaming.  It was happen on September 1st.
  Well where are the movies?  But the crazy thing is that Netflix does not say anything on the web site. They just had a press release about the deal, and it was hard to find, posted 08/10/2010.
  Someone in their organization is fucking up big time.  They must have a PR department?
  People want to know about the movies and people want to know when they will be online.
  How do I know?   Because people are searching the web and they are being sent to ShowMeBlog as a link.  Thanks Netflix for the traffic but come on ...  Get smart.... Post some information on your own site.  
  Also my God... Do something with your blog.   

  I do not think they have added the 3,000 movies yet to their listing but if they have..what a stupid way that would be to do it.  They need to let people know.  If I remember correct they spent 1 Billion dollars to get those movies.  They need to get the word out to their 15 million members.  Hell that calls for a couple of emails going out.

KC Hospital Workers Join SEIU

  Here is some interesting news.  I worked at both these hospitals. I worked for Research Medical Center for 18 years.  I worked at Menorah Medical Center for one year.
 

"By a more than 2-to-1 margin, workers at Research Medical Center in Kansas City, MO voted yesterday to make SEIU Healthcare Missouri/Kansas their union.  The landslide victory, with a vote of 285 to 136, unites nearly 600 more HCA-affiliated hospital workers in SEIU Healthcare.  They join the more than 300 workers at Kansas City-area Menorah Medical Center who voted to join SEIU just weeks ago.

"The election was a very moving experience and a very needed change," remarked Arthur Dawkins, an EVS Tech at Research Medical Center. "Yesterday we stood together and with a mighty voice we said to HCA that we want to sit down and talk about improvements."  Already, just hours after voting closed, workers are filling out contract surveys and talking about their priorities for bargaining.

More than 15,000 workers at HCA-affiliated hospitals in California, Nevada, Texas, Florida, Kansas, and Missouri are now united in SEIU."

Read more from the

Kansas City Star.

  Both these hospitals needed a union when I worked at them and it was after I left RMC that HCA took them over.  I worked for a HCA hospital in the Orlando (FL) area after I left RMC and Kansas City.  The hospital in FL was the worst hospital that I had ever seen and I had worked 30 years at hospitals.  So I am sure that after HCA took over RMC and MMC that both those hospitals needed even more a labor union.
  I used the hospital employee grievance procedure four times at one hospital (Trinity Lutheran Hospital) and it worked excellent.  It was fair.  I won all four!  Smile
  I used the grievance procedure at Research Medical Center two times.  It sucked.  They almost laughed in your face when you used it.  They also let you know that you would pay for using it.  I won the first time and I lost the second time.  
  Hospital workers need unions.

"I wouldn't call him lucid"

  I do not have cable TV but when I had it one of the channels I enjoyed the most was the Discovery Channel.  I guess you saw the news report of the gunman at the Discovery Channel?"

  If I had not read the story and you were to ask me what cable channel had a gunman holding hostages I would not have come up with the Discovery Channel.  My first guess would have been CNN. 

  There are so many people in the United States that are not lucid.  Some are that way all the time and some just from time to time.  It seems like we got a lot of people out of control and not living in the real world.
  We need medical help for these people but I am not sure we can afford it.  On the other hand can we afford not to get them the treatment that they need?

  We need real national health care for all Americans and we need it to cover mental conditions.
  We need to make sure we do not start wars that are not necessary and end up spending three trillion dollars.  We could afford health care and other things if we did not waste money on the Iraq war. 

  We also have a problem with violence in this nation.  We all are guilty of it.  You ask me to name some of the movies that I like and I will name some movies with violence. I think it is part of our history.  
  We need to work on non-violent conflict management.  But everything is so political now.  It is hard to get sex education approved for kids in school and I suspect if you attempted to get non-violent conflict management education in schools that you would have major protests for some reason.

  There is a lot of violent in our nation and our cities but I do think that the news media, by their reporting, scare the hell out of a lot of people.  It makes a lot of people live in fear and that leads to  paranoia.
 
  I do not know what the answer is for the problem.  I know that more police, more guns and more gated communities is not the answer.