The Hot Air Machine

          YET another shooting has occurred and taken over the airways. 19 innocent children and two teachers have been killed in cold blood. This is by all means a tragedy, and even the people with the most depraved and politicized responses to this event acknowledge that deep down. One of the most disturbing details is how the oh-so-noble “Thin Blue Line” dilly-daddled for nearly an hour before an exasperated Border Patrol agent went in and ended it . However, just as with all tragedies, the Establishment media has not taken long to contort this one and use it to advance the abridgement of our property rights ( which justifies self-defense ). Social media is positively blowing up in response to this, and I feel obliged to make a statement regarding such a significant event.           What I feel most compelled to speak about is the root of this crime. While so many left-wing pundits and politicians are already...

            MY very first article on this blog was titled “ Police Brutality: How Do We Solve It?” . I wrote this when younger and less experienced, less knowledgeable, and in response to discussions occurring in my (liberal, government-ran) school. I explained how, per some sources , the rate of police shootings per million was 85, 70 of those among non-White populations. So, there is no debating that police are quite violent in America, especially when you take into account police militarization .           Now, again, being younger and less knowledgeable, the solution I proffered was (at that time) a conservative-filtered rendition of mainstream police reform suggestions. I do not disagree with all of them, but I did not - as I know now - get to the root of the issue. Trimming weeds does not get rid of them, only pulling them out by the root does. All we have been trying are superficial ...