France for years has been a socialist paradise. Free health care (if you can get it), 35 hour work weeks (if you can find a job), six weeks of vacation a year (if you have a job), and gun control that's so strict that even a percentage of the police aren't allowed to carry guns.
Could it be that the real fear is that they know a socialist paradise does not protect the individual citizen, since the needs of the State come first?
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I'm waiting to see if one of our own politicians will be blaming the NRA for what happened in France. The NRA is a formidable opponent to the proposed UN treaty that's targeting "small arms". Watch for one of them to come forward to say, "if only this treaty had been in force this would never have happened!"
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Organized Media and those who let Organized Media do their thinking for them are telling us that we shouldn't be offending the Muslims.
Yet these are the same people who have no problem with Christians being offended. Example, federal money being used to fund "art" depicting a crucifix in urine.
They will deny that they have an anti-Christian bias, but try asking them about having federal money fund an art project that has the Koran submerged in urine, or an image of the Prophet Mohammed defaced.
Watch them change the subject if you suggest that. That is, if they don't turn and walk away from you.
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Living in a state that has legalized gambling will present you with images that you are not likely to forget.
I keep thinking about that 40 something woman that I saw in a casino last month. She was trying to withdraw funds from an ATM, and saw the message on her screen that informed her that her daily withdrawal limit had been reached.
That look of despair and panic on her face is something I will never forget.
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Proponents of legalized gambling will tell you that it will bring money and jobs into your state.
That's very true. Billions of dollars come to Nevada each year. The roads here are in good shape, and I pay no state income tax.
However, the entrepreneur who founded my new employer didn't make his money from gambling. He made it from another business, having recognized a niche need for that industry that he filled.
I can't say that my job depends on legalized gambling, and I think that might be a good thing.
As for those billions of dollars that are coming here, I haven't gotten a single dime. I do indirectly benefit from the good roads and lower tax burden. But I'm not convinced that gambling should be legal.
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How has legalized gambling helped Atlantic City?
Last I heard, the slums are still there.
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Yet...........I'll have to admit that playing the nickel slots are a lot of fun, as well as shooting craps. I haven't done very much of either since I started living here. I don't like the $5 minimum bet that most casinos here have on the craps table. I did visit a casino in Henderson that my boss told me about that had a $1 limit, and thirty minutes later I was up $4 when I quit.
I guess craps isn't as much fun if it's legal where you live. It seemed like it was much more fun when I was a resident of California/Arizona.
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I am becoming convinced that federal legislation is needed to prohibit Microsoft engineers from being near any hardware or software that is used to fly spacecraft or aircraft.
How many planes would suddenly crash if Microsoft were to write code for aerodynamic control? How many rockets would blow up? How many manned spacecraft would find themselves stranded in orbit?
Microsoft engineers definitely need to be kept away from flight articles.
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That's all, folks!
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