10.27.2008

Sympathy...or not

I read a story today about a kid getting shot at a gun show.

No Sympathy. I have sympathy for a life lost - but I maintain that guns only purpose is to kill, so why are people surprised when guns succeed at their intended function? (I'd never get voted as president b/c I'd scale back the 2nd amendment a LOT - btw do you feel safe knowing that gun sales are up 9%?) Kind of like war - I have sympathy for a life lost - but the purpose of war is to kill or be killed. So I'm not really phased when I hear that soldiers die, I'm more disturbed when i hear that civilians die as a result of soldiers mistakes.. We need to stop the war if we don't want to hear about killed soldiers.

I also read a story about Gov. Sunny Purdue is going forward with a plan to create a $23 million fishing lake right outside of his home town. How awesome is that? Especially since Georgia ranks #2 in unemployment, funds for veteran housing have been eliminated, children/families are paying to play in public school sports. Yeah, how awesome is a $23 fishing pond. WTF. In SunFresh fashion, I went to the Georgia.Gov website and wrote an e-mail to Mr. Purdue saying how offensive I find this.

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