Living On the Diagonal

ORLANDO: THE DAY AFTER  IT IS ABUNDANTLY CLEAR AND CANNOT BE DISPUTED. THE MASSIVE CARNAGE CARRIED OUT IN ORLANDO DEMANDS MORE THAN OUR LEADERS' WORDS. IT IS TIME TO ACT NOW! THE PEOPLE OF THIS NATION SHOULD SPEAK AS ONE VOICE RIGHT NOW AND TELL CONGRESS TO PASS ASSAULT WEAPON LEGISLATION. THIS IS THE PROBLEM: IT IS CLEAR THESE WEAPONS HAVE NO PLACE ON OUR STREETS. THIS IS A GOVERNMENT BY THE PEOPLE AND FOR THE PEOPLE. WHAT WE CAN DEMAND AT THE VERY LEAST IS TO TEST THEIR OWN PRINCIPLES. CONGRESS MUST TAKE ACTION RIGHT NOW!  CONGRESS MUST DRAFT LEGISLATION TO PLACE A BAN, A MORATORIUM ON THE SALE AND POSSESSION OF ASSAULT WEAPONS IMMEDIATELY! REPUBLICANS NEED TO GET OFF THEIR DUFFS AND SUPPORT AT LEAST A TIME LIMITED BILL TO BAN THE SALE AND POSSESSION OF ASSAULT WEAPONS AND THERE IS NO PROTOCOL OR RULE THAT CONGRESS CANNOT ACT! WE MUST TAKE CONTROL, TELL CONGRESS TO SHUT UP AND DO THEIR DUTY! The time for action is now. Talk is cheap and words alo...

MADNESS IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS OF DETROIT! DECEMBER 22, 2014 -DETROIT - Last night  four teens from affluent Grosse Pointe "wandered or deliberately" ventured among a war zone I heard labeled as little Beirut, then Benton Harbor, Baghdad and my image of rural Ukraine. At approximately 9 PM on Saturday night the teens stopped on an undesirable street name of Philip. This area may be described as the most horrendous of their sixteen (16) years. One may attempt to visualize an image of a radio blaring Kayne West and taking precaution so not to be seen smoking marijuana in the stopped car. They may have believed that during one of the shortest days of the year, the cover of clouds and through a night eerily total black. Need I remind the reader, these are the babies of parents who will suffer a series of nightmares every night through the Joy of Christmas, but reminded every single day in the New Year. I believe there is little doubt they are gathered and spending this day in...