Update to my post about gun control

Today I am reading in the San Francisco Gate about how neither Romney nor Obama will address gun control. The author of the article state, "A reasonable country would have taken steps to curb these tragedies years ago. Strong federal gun-control laws wouldn't stop every murder in the United States, but they surely would make it far more difficult to have a world in which a 24-year-old easily can purchase assault-style rifles and shotguns and walk into a dark, crowded theater." http://www.sfgate.com/opinion/editorials/article/Tragedy-shows-need-for-gun-control-3723694.php

First off, you can't pass gun laws that will take away simple shotguns and pistols as used in this awful tragedy. Secondly, you should take a look into what an AR-15 is. Just because you call something an assault rifle, you automatically assume that its something very dangerous. It's a rifle that is fired semi-automatically. This means in order to shoot it you must pull the trigger each time you want it to fire. As opposed to a fully-automatic weapon, where you pull the trigger and the gun fires on its own as many times as it can until you let go of the trigger or it runs out of bullets.

These weapons are standard weapons in most peoples gun safe's. Trying to take away these guns would never work because so many people own them and would not allow the government to do this.

Remember the awful assailant also used a chemical weapon as well. Should we ban all plastics from being sold? Should we ban all chemicals from being sold? Where do you draw the line? Next time if someone goes on a rampage with a knife, should we ban knives? Are we going to take the steak knife out of your kitchen so that you don't use it?

Gun laws will not be changed, and should not be changed after this tragic event. What we need to discover is what caused this guy to go nuts, and how we can solve that problem in the future.

Weather does not need to be reported on Facebook

Okay, here is today's gripe. I cannot stand Facebook for about 50 reasons, but let me share with you, just one of them.

People giving weather reports. I can't even count how many times I have seen people take pictures of the temperature gauge in their vehicle. Yes, it's hot. Yes, it's cold. Yes, its fair. The weather is always changing. People, I could care less about the weather where you are at. Why do you have to update me every single day on whether it's going to be hot, whether its going to rain? Everyone now-a-day's has a smartphone. Guess what? We can use our smart phones to look up the weather. Its already annoying enough to have to listen to the weatherman on the radio, the TV, etc. Now when I log on facebook, I get to see the weather given to me by 102 weatherpersons across the country. Well, I am sick of it. From now on, when someone posts that they think its going to rain, or they think its going to be hot, I will be unfriending you. That's right, unfriending. People probably don't care if I am their friend or not, but I no longer want the weather updated by facebook people.

Should Detroit go bankrupt? Oh wait, they did.

I don't get too involved with Politics because it's just all a game. People do and say whatever they can to get elected, and if they are already elected, they do and say whatever they can to get re-elected. But here, if my beef for today.

"When the American auto industry was on the brink of collapse, and more than 1 million American jobs were on the line, Gov. Romney said we should just let Detroit go bankrupt," he said. "I refused to turn my back on communities like this one. I was betting on the American worker and I was betting on American industry. And three years later, the American auto industry is coming roaring back." 
 http://thehill.com/blogs/transportation-report/automobiles/236313-obama-knocks-romney-on-auto-bailout-in-ohio

 But didn't Obama turn his back on that community and allow Detroit to declare bankruptcy?

 Then there is this article that I read where the President of the N.A.A.C.P. said, "people had heard Mr. Romney’s message on jobs and the economy and “it is not resonating with our base,” in part because talk of deregulation brings to mind Wall Street bailouts and how General Motors might have gone bankrupt if Mr. Romney had been in the White House."
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/11/us/politics/romney-courts-black-vote-an-obama-strength-in-08.html

 Might General Motors have gone bankrupt if Mr. Obama had been President? Oh wait, Mr. Obama was president, and GM did go bankrupt.

I am tired of hearing Obama brag about how he saved the auto industry. Do people not know that both GM and Chrysler declared bankruptcy? What fixed the car industry, was the car companies screwing over suppliers, bondholders, and other entities that were owed money. Through bankruptcy, GM and Chrysler cleared all their debt and were able to be profitable again. Exactly as Mr. Romney said they should do. It makes me angry every time I read an article that pretends like GM and Chrysler never declared bankruptcy.

Participation Awards

Here is one of the growing problems in the world. Every single kid in America is playing soccer during the summer. No matter how your team does, you are going to win an award. What kind of message is that sending to our kids? Does every business that begins get an award or a bailout? Does every job interview you go to accept everyone and give everyone a job? NO. We need to teach kids that there are winners and losers in this world. Not everyone is going to be successful. Some people are always going to be Janitors. Some people are always going to be dumb and work at Burger King. Maybe a few special ones can become managers at Burger King. Regardless, participation trophy's or awards should never be given. We need to start teaching this at a young age.

This gets me to another topic. Why in the world does everyones kids play soccer? It seems like half of the country has their kids in soccer, and yet how popular in soccer in the U.S.? How many people here can name one professional soccer player? I dare you to name a current U.S. soccer player that is doing well for themselves. We push and push and push our kids into playing soccer, and they absolutely hate it. Look at Europe, or South America or other countries where soccer is big. It will never be big here. Can we start putting our kids in basketball or football?

Participation Trophy!