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My two cents... actual value may vary... End Citizen's United (doublespeak if I've ever heard doublespeak - and I have). Vote against any candidate who accepts money from the NRA or the gun lobby. Pass and enforce common-sense gun control. Increase funding for our children. More teachers, more counselors. Begin to have conversations about the role of guns in our society. The change in culture will take time and it will not be easy.
If you want to offer "thoughts and prayers" for the victims and their families, that is fine, but add some thoughts and prayers for effective and meaningful change in law and attitudes.
These are just ideas. What we are (and are not) doing is clearly not working. Shouting at each other on social media every time there is a mass shooting is clearly not working. Protecting the lives of our children should not be partisan or divisive issue. How we go about doing that may be, but surely there is common ground.
I don't know... I'm once again heartbroken and numb and angry and frustrated. I've read that 80% of Americans - across party lines - support some kind of reform of gun laws. But our lawmakers ignore the 80% in favor of large donors who represent the gun lobby. That's why I think electoral reform - beginning with an end to Citizen's United is the place to start. Corporations are not people. People are people. People are fallible, flawed entities, but in the end, I think most people want to keep our children safe. Corporations, by definition, only want to increase the profits of the corporation. That is their purpose.
Okay I'm done....
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It's Thursday - Let's see what's "Trending" at E2TG. As I left for work, I hit shuffle on the "New Music" playlist of my phone's music player. Here is what happened next...
