The latest shooter was a student named Karl Peirson who only shot one victim, 17 year old Claire Davis, who is currently in coma while seeking out his target, his former debate coach and school librarian, who had cut him from the team some months back. According to those that knew him, he wasn't a loner and was well liked. However, lately, his friends also said he was becoming increasingly hostile. Apparently, it had gotten so bad lately, some of his friends were debating to tell someone when, one hour later, he arrived with his legally bought shotgun. It is entirely possible he might have started to develop some form of schizophrenia and might have been the cause for this hostility, or some other form of mental illness that no one in this country wants to discuss. Instead we focus on things that don't matter like gun control, for which Colorado passed many stringent laws since Columbine and have had zero effect on reducing shootings, or the left/right paradigm that make many look at Facebook postings to determine whether the shooter was a left or right wing lunatic. Surprisingly, this clown had both.
Some have seized on the fact that Pierson was a "socialist," which flies in the face of the fact that his friends said he was violently against Communism and accused the US of being just that. Anyone who thinks the US is a communist country doesn't know what that word means. But, according to others, he was pro-commie and wore shirts to proclaim his love of the political theory. Sounds like Lee Harvey Oswald who was either pro-Castro or anti-Castro depending on what day it was. He was also someone who hated to lose and was very forceful in his debating skills, a fact that got him kicked off the team for being overly aggressive.
According to his mother, he had recently transferred from another school because of bullying and this may have been one of the triggers for his anger. His wavering on things like Communism also demonstrate a person looking to pick a fight just for the sheer thrill of it. I do it all the time when I want to get a rise out of people who I disagree with and this kid may have just taken it to the next level. He was also religious and went to church every Sunday with his mom. So both the left and right have taken these things out of context and are rallying their sides for who can out the killer as a secret lefty/righty person. I am going to go with the old standby that he was nuts.
I would also like to point out to all the anti-gun zealots out there that this shooting ended with only one casualty, not including the shooter who shot himself, because of an armed guard on site who responded in 80 seconds, beating the local cops by almost 15 minutes. Because Peirson knew the guard was closing in, he killed himself. This is exactly the same thing that happened at the Clakamas Mall where an armed civilian made the shooter take his life earlier than planned. Why does that not get any press as to how well this theory works?
But while this is going on Obamacare is circling the drain, with four out of five American not happy with it. However, 67% want it changed not repealed, myself included. There are ways to fix the project without scrapping the whole thing. The thing is, I don't think anyone in the government has the stomach to actually do their job and fix it which would require a major overhaul, not the band aid they've slapped together, much like the latest budget deal. So far, the website is working better, but far from perfect. The subsidy website has yet to be built even though those checks will have start going out next month. Some are getting double billed for insurance, sending many bank accounts into negative territory when say 800 dollars are taken twice. The worst part about all of this, is that according to good news sources, the latest version of the ACA removed all language that would have made hospitals start cutting their costs for procedures that are outrageous and fall under price gorging. Health care CEO's make more than anyone else on the planet with the Allied Health CEO making over 100 million a year. And that is coming out of insurance payments to cover his bloated salary. You want to know why stitches are $3000 per? Look no further than the fact that the elites are raping us blue and the Tea Party fuckwads are demanding it.
Obamacare needs a major overhaul, perhaps going back to a Medicare for all plan which would be far better than the rickety plan Obamacare is proving to be. Here in MA, Romneycare is better than what we had. However, it is not controlling costs and is just dumping corporate greed onto taxpayer rolls, just like McDonalds and Walmart do by paying their employees nothing and demanding government pick up the tab. I am sick of subsidizing the rich people's lives so I can work in poverty.
Lastly, Christmas is coming and Megyn Kelly stepped in it this week by making comments that Santa Claus was white and so was Jesus. I don't even know where to begin with this. First off Santa is fictional something that seems to be lost on many lately. Researches recently said James Bond would be classified as an alcoholic because of all the booze he drinks, forgetting the fact that he does not actually exist. Are there no real drunks to study because this one was really stupid?
Santa Claus is a combination of the real St. Nicholas, a Greek from the 4th century, legends such as Odin and Dutch folklore. The modern Santa was actally popularlized by Coke in the 1930's, thus the red outfit which are the company's colors, but were not the first soft drink company to use the image. White Rock Beverages used the image in 1915 to sell mineral water as well as a ginger ale company in the 1920's. Several covers of the magazine Puck were some of the first to use the red and white image in the later part of the 19th century.
But Megyn Kelly is right in the fact that Santa's image for the most part is white although I see nothing wrong with a black, Hispanic or Asian Santa, as, SANTA ISN'T REAL. Her notion that Jesus was white however is way off, as Jesus would have been a dark haired middle eastern man, not the blond hair, blue eyed image we are familiar with, which was actually a member of the Borgias family who was both a great military leader and a brutal warlord who may have had sex with his sister. Just saying.
My point in all this is that we keep making assumptions that fit our narrative. Peirson was most likely insane. His world views matter little. Obamacare is neither a demon in a bottle nor our salvation. And who cares what color Santa or Jesus is. Shouldn't their actions matter more than their race? We need to pay more attention to things that matter and less on shiny objects that easily distract us. When did we become a race of children with ADD?
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