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Why so many shots?

As I write this, police are hunting for a gunman who walked up to a police vechicle in Compton, CA, and fired several shots at the two officers inside before fleeing. I’ve not been able to find an article with details on exactly how many shots were fired, but we do know both officers were hit multiple times, meaning at least four shots were fired. My question: how can that be? Isn’t one of the big questions asked about all of these brutal incidents of police shooting innocent black criminals, “why did they shoot them so many times?” In…

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That’s not who we are

It’s not uncommon for politicians (especially Democrats) to say, in reaction to some action or statement they don’t like, that “that’s not who we are.” It’s ironic, because Democrats are making it clear every day that they have nothing in common with the foundational principles of America and no interest in sharing commonalities. The code meaning behind it, when used by American politicians, is that it’s un-American. For example, “stopping people from protesting on highways and disrupting traffic is not who we are.” (No one, that I know of, said this. I’m just using it as a hypothetical example.)…

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Grace, empathy, and perspective

There’s plenty of dissection going on regarding the daily splitting of the United States, and there’s no shortage of theories: parenting, smart phones, video games, biased news, public school indoctrination, moral decay, pop culture, removal of God, etc. Obviously, it’s not just one thing, but probably a mix of all the above, plus factors not even considered. But what’s the path back? I think three key ingredients we’re missing are grace, empathy, and perspective. Without grace, we can’t forgive, and that’s the foundation of cancel culture. Cancel culture is all about finding one transgression in one’s past – usually…

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How we’ve changed since 9/11/01

19 years ago today, the twin towers of the World Trade Center were felled by Islamic suicidal soldiers who hijacked commercial flights and piloted the planes into the towers. The country was largely united after those events. The support for President Bush and Mayor Giuliani was high. Love for firefighters and police officers was off the charts. They were heroes wherever they went. Just 19 years ago… one set of events, unified understanding of what happened, what it meant, and that we were all hurt by it. As you think about 9/11 in the year 2020, can you conceive…

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Lift every voice and sing

This year, the NFL is going to start games by playing not only the national anthem, but the “black national anthem,” called “Lift every voice and sing.” Tonight, the Texans appeared to have remained in the locker room for both anthems, while only Alex Okafor, of the Chiefs, knelt for the national anthem. Following the anthems, the Chiefs and Texans started the season by linking arms as a show of unity. And once again, as 2020 twists, turns, and blurs everything we think we know about everything, the game starts by playing two separate national anthems (one for a…

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KKK –> BLM: history repeats itself

Back in the early 1900’s, when black freedom was starting to get some traction, the Democrat Party whipped up the Ku Klux Klan to serve as the militant wing of the Party. The purpose of the KKK was to intimidate Republicans into shying away from voting booths and scaring them into staying silent about rights for minorities. Fast forward to 2020, and it appears Antifa is simply the evolution of the KKK. Antifa and Black Lives Matter (the organization, not the sentiment) exist to intimidate and threaten any conservatives or Republicans who support President Donald Trump or this country,…

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Democrats and mafia tactics

What do you call it when a group or crowd of people set an example by destroying something they don’t like and then coming to your door to see if you agree with them? There’s no way to know, but I’d still love to know what percentage of “Black Lives Matter” signs in stores and neighborhood lawns are there as part of a protection racket. How many of these people think, “If I just put up this sign, maybe they’ll leave me alone.” It’s like putting lamb’s blood on over your door during Passover to make sure the Lord…

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The stories we tell ourselves

Today, I accompanied my wife to the grocery store. I didn’t really have any business there, so I was just looking around for something fun to eat later. During my travels throughout the aisles, I encountered a young black teenager with a cart full of items. I only noticed him because he had a huge knit cap on, most likely, I assumed, housing some exciting dreads, based on the size and shape. About the third or fourth time he saw me, he came around the corner as I was inspecting some Snyder’s pretzels. Before I knew he was there,…

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Trading safeties

In the State of Washington, most kids are attending school virtually. Many think by doing this, we’re protecting our kids from a virus that is essentially dangerous to none of them. This is what that protection looks like… Kids get up, eat breakfast, head into their room, often back into their bed, where the shades are drawn, and they sit on the computer for the next six or seven hours. They they sit in that same room and do homework, until they eat dinner. They, because they’re not supposed to be seeing each other, they hang out in their…

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