Jordan Davis

I’m not seeing much about Jordan Davis on the news. I heard about him on Monday and was shocked. A 17 year old black kid was gunned down by a 45 year old white man in the parking lot of a convenience store. This is what happens when people walk around with guns. At some point one of these gun nuts are going to approach someone else with a gun. When that happens there will be a shoot-out and innocent people may be hurt. I’m saying all of this as a gun owner. My wife and I went out about a month ago and got guns because these folks are getting too bold.

 

I don’t know if this was a hate crime. I see nothing to indicate that it was. What I do believe is that the lives of “Black Men” are of lesser value to many people walking the street. The legal system will not punish you as hard if the person you kill is a Black Man. Maybe I see this through different glasses than the rest of you, I don’t know. It bothers me that this guy could even formulate the idea that his actions were okay. Then to drive off and go back to his hotel room as if he had done nothing wrong. They were just Black Kids that I shot at. No big deal. His lawyer even said that “there were four black men in the car” as if that was some type of qualifier.

I’m not going to go on and on about this one. I will just post this video and you can see for yourself. This “Stand Your Ground” bullshit needs to end.

As always your comments are welcomed.

Election Day

Tomorrow is Election Day and I will be glued to the television to see the results. I would like to believe that I’m not the only one but I hear some people say that they don’t care. There is nothing I can do about that. All I can do is to cast the one vote that I have. I don’t cast it for myself but for everyone. Hopefully even those voting for Romney are doing it for the same reason.

I voted for O’bama because I feel like he will do a better job for all of us. I don’t think he wants our service members fighting wars. Obama believes that the people wearing the uniform of this country are not just numbers but their lives have value. Obama believes that women are the best ones to decide what to do with their bodies. If a woman is pregnant it should be her CHOICE to take it to term. IF she cannot afford to take her pregnancy to term and that is the ONLY reason for wanting to terminate it there is help for her IF she wants to keep her baby. She will not be FORCED to give birth and then be on her own. She should be paid the same as a man for doing the same job. If a same sex couple wants to form a union, call it marriage or civil union, either way they should have the same rights as me and my wife. If a person or family member gets sick it should not cost them everything that they own. No one in this country should have to file for bankruptcy because of illness or injury. Insurance companies should not be allowed to turn someone away because they are too sick after years of taking their money. I don’t believe that tax breaks for the rich will do anything to help the rest of us. Top down does not work. It will never make a company hire more people. Companies hire more people because they have to. When more people buy their products they have to make more and that means they have to make more and they means more people will be hired. That is the ONLY way companies will hire more people. That is why I voted for Obama.

I’m sure the people voting for Romney have their reasons and I would love to hear the reasons. Every issue I stated Romney has been on both sides of the fence both for and against them. I have no idea who the real Mitt Romney is. I’m not talking from what someone told me but from what I heard him say. I heard him say one thing one day then do a full 180 in less than 24 hours. I just have no idea what he would do as President. Also why is Romney hiding his tax returns? Why hasn't he or Mr. Ryan done any interviews in over a month? They do speeches but will not answer questions.

If you read my blog you know that I’m not a blind Obama follower. I complain about President Obama sometimes. He does things that I don’t agree with and mostly it is because he is not going far enough. I once had someone imply that I am an Obama supporter just because he is black. I tried to argue with but quickly gave up mostly because of his ignorance. I realized that I could not fix stupid so why was I even trying. I try very hard to be an informed voter. I try not to vote against one person but for someone. I voted FOR President Obama NOT against Governor Romney.

The last thing I want to say is that I don’t see ANY leadership in Romney. With all of the voter suppression efforts going on this year by some of those in the Republican Party Mr. Romney has not said one word. That is not what I would call leadership. When one of the people on the right called a woman a slut, Romney didn’t call it wrong he only said HE would not have used that word. That is not what I call leadership.

 

This has gotten too long so let me end by saying this. You only have one vote to cast so do your homework and cast it wisely.