"LIFE IS PAINFUL. SUFFERING IS OPTIONAL."POST 142

Hi,

This week the blog is involved with the media use of FEAR AND DRAMA TO FORCE LEGISLATION THAT MAY NOT BE IN THE PUBLIC BENEFIT but will COST MILLIONS, AND REDUCE THE GOOD.

THIS WILL INCLUDE  A BUNCH OF STATISTICS TO PROVE THAT STATISTICS DO NOT AGREE OR ALWAYS WORK IN YOUR FAVOR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YOU KNOW THIS BLOGGER'S OPINION OF THE CURRENT STATISTICAL "OUTRAGE'". MOSTLY GOOD OLD FASHIONED (I hope)  COMMON SENSE WILL FOLLOW THOSE FIGURES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

STARTING WITH THE COMMON EMOTIONAL ARGUMENT AGAINST GUNS, THIS BLOGGER WILL SIMPLY AGREE!!!!!!!!!!!!  YES, WEAPONS DO WIND UP IN THE HANDS OF THE "ROTTERS AND NUTTERS"!!!!!!!!!!!! BUT SO DO ALL THE OTHER HARMFUL WAYS OF INFLICTING PAIN.

Let's LOOK the EVENING NEWS on TV WHERE EMOTION AND DRAMA REIGN.. THE NEWSCASTERS LAST WEEK CLAIMED THAT THERE HAD BEEN 203 SHOOTINGS IN AMERICA that day.( Of course they were quoting the "Brady statistics, a leading gun control organization)  DOESN'T THAT SOUND JUST DREADFUL?????????????? Other more broad minded statics show that there were about 1000 SHOOTINGS a month IN 2012 across the United States. DOESN'T THAT SCARE YOU??????????

YES IT DOES until you REFLECT THAT THERE ARE ALMOST 315 MILLION----YEAH MILLION!!!!!!!!!!--"'KNOWN" PEOPLE IN THE UNITED STATES!!!!!!!!!! THAT CHANGES THE OUTLOOK DOESN'T IT????????????

THIS BLOGGER MEANS THAT SURE IT'S 1000 SHOOTINGS A MONTH TOO MANY but THAT NUMBER IS A DROP IN THE OCEAN of  people in THE UNITED STATES!!!!!!!!!! AND DURING THE SAME PERIOD THERE WERE 2500 DEATHS BY CAR A MONTH. NOW THAT IS SCARY!!!!!!!!!!!!

 ONE THOUSAND DASTARDLY WOULD BE ASSASSINS A MONTH OUT OF 315 MILLION.  LOOKED AT THAT WAY this blogger would suggest that--WE'RE A PRETTY DAMN LAW ABIDING COUNTRY!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THE BIAS in place for scaring folks,  OF COURSE, IS THE MEDIA BIAS FOR GUN CONTROL. It  BACKS UP THE SOCIALIST BELIEFS.

A recent article from NRA cites a move by President Obama for "universal background checks" "to root out of your home and personal life every transfer, sale, purchase, trade, gift, rental, and loan of a firearm between folks" TO BE DONE by a federally licensed dealer who will turn traditional innocent conduct into a CRIMINAL OFFENSE and invade your PRIVACY DOING SO. HOW DO YOU LIKE THEM ORANGES?????????? Uncle Willy's REVOLUTIONARY PISTOL ON WHICH YOU PLANNED TO SEND THE KIDS TO COLLEGE is now a HOODLUM GUN AND A BANDIT TRANSACTION. THANKS A HEAP MISTER PRESIDENT. ARE YOU SCARED OF US???????????????

I wonder if the media in SANTA MARIA, BRAZIL is PUSHING THE BANNING OF ALL FIREWORKS AND RELATED FIREWORKS' TORCHES BECAUSE a music group SET FIRE TO A NIGHTCLUB AFTER KNOWINGLY BUYING  CHEAP OUTDOOR TORCHES FOR THEIR INDOOR ACT AND KILLING TWO HUNDRED AND TWENTY TEENS----IN OTHER WORDS MORE CHILDREN???????OUR MEDIA WOULD SEE banning pyrotechnics as a REASONABLE REACTION!!!!!!!!!!!!

WILL WE OUTLAW CARS??????????(LOOK UP (IF YOU MUST) ALL THE STATISTICS ON DEATHS IN THE UNITED STATES IN AUTO RELATED ACCIDENTS??????????? It'll be about
30,000 for 2012. FIGURES OUT TO ABOUT 2 1/2 TIMES GUN FIGURES!!!!!!!!!! DOESN'T THAT SCARE YOU??????

AND THIS BLOGGER COULD GO ON AND ON ABOUT DEATHS CAUSED BY KNIVES, ROCKS, ROPE, MACHINERY, CHEMICALS, FIRE, etc  But why??????????? The statistics about this HORRIBLE OLD WORLD ARE ALL OUT THERE TO SCARE YOU TO KINGDOM COME AND THEN SOME!!!!!!!!

 PLU.............EEEEEEZE GIVE ME A BREAK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

No one feels sadder when someone gets hurt or killed than this blogger whose life was almost SNUFFED BY A DRUNK DRIVER HITTING OUR CAR IN THE REAR WHEN STOPPED AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT. Hey, HURT PEOPLE don't get ANY MORE BLAMELESS THAN THAT????????????

BUT THIS BLOGGER HAD NO INTENTION OF BANNING CARS OR ALCOHOL BECAUSE  ALTHOUGH "LIFE IS PAINFUL. SUFFERING IS OPTIONAL",in the words of  an admired quote from ZEN. THIS BLOGGER GOT WELL AND CHOSE TO GET ON WITH HER LIFE INSTEAD OF CHOOSING VENGEANCE that causes SUFFERING or THE SORRY WRINGING OF HANDS!!!!!!!!!!!! THINGS HAPPEN. We have to GET OVER THEM..

 There's a PARALLEL trend in MEDICINE fostering a belief that THE DOCTOR CAN FIX ALL OUR PHYSICAL ILLS.  But DOCTORS CAN'T PLAY GOD FOR YOU OR YOUR FAMILY. AND THEY SHOULDN'T BE PUT IN THAT POSITION.  MEDICS WILL BE THE FIRST TO ADMIT THAT WITH ALL THEIR FANCY GADGETS, MEDICINE IS STILL A POOR TOOL AGAINST MAJOR ILLNESSES.

This blogger has talked about the current HIGH COST OF PROTECTIONISM IN THE WORLD AND PARTICULARLY AMERICA TODAY. THINK ABOUT ALL THE SECURITY THAT TRAVEL ENGENDERS NOW.  AND HOW ABOUT THE SECURITY THAT TECHNOLOGICAL SECURITY ENGENDERS.  IT SEEMS THE MORE WE INVENT, THE LESS SECURE WE FEEL. HAVE WE LOST OUR PERSPECTIVE?????????????

COURAGE TO FACE WHATEVER WE MUST FACE HAS TO COME FROM STRONG FAMILY ROOTS. TRYING TO CREATE THOSE STRONG ROOTS DOESN'T BEGIN WITH INSTILLING FEAR AND MAKING CHILDREN BELIEVE THEY CAN BE PROTECTED FROM IT ALL. IT COMES FROM A POSITIVE APPROACH TO LIFE AND ESTABLISHING A STRONG PLATFORM OF BELIEF UNDER THE CHILDREN AND FAMILY.

STRONG BELIEFS AND COURAGE GO HAND IN HAND AND ECONOMIC COSTS GO DOWN!!!!!!!!!!!  LESS FEAR MEANS LESS UNNECESSARY SECURITY IN ALL AREAS.  COURAGE FACING DOWN UNNECESSARY FEAR WILL ALLOW  FUTURE GENERATIONS TO FACE LIFE'S PAIN AND NOT CHOOSE TO SUFFER THE CONSEQUENCES OF FEAR DIRECTED DECISIONS ..

CHEERS, CONNIE