About Town

My little berg outside Seattle has earned the distinction last year of being the most violent place in Washington State!  Well, that is what they wanted you think in the news because the anti-gun governor needs headlines and what better than to just pick a place to say something stupid like that.  And with that statement he slapped a pile of rules and regulations straight out of California on us - because without guns we can all live peacefully!

Right!  The next two murders in town were thanks to butcher knives.  Well, it just goes to show that if you really want to kill someone you will find a way.

Back in England in the 1960's they went after guns.  But the murders continued.
Then it was hunting knives,  But the murders continued.
Then it was kitchen knives over 2.5 inches.  But the murders continued.
Then it was cricket bats in public.  But the murders continued.
Then it was any form of a bat in public.  But the murders continued.
Then it was beer bottles out of glass.  But the murders continued.
Of course, archery and cross bows had long been illegal.  But the murders continued.

Yeah, you get the point.

The heart of man is desperately wicked.

Murder is of course frowned upon by God and unfortunately perfectly acceptable to civilization as long as you are killing someone whose death they approve of.  Thank you Augustine for this corruption of God's commandments.  Murder is murder in God's eyes, there is no free pass just because your government tells you it is acceptable.  Alas, more judgment we heap upon ourselves.

I was thinking about that movie Swede and I went to see yesterday, London Had Fallen, such a blood bath!  And will watching something like this affect the youth around here?  We already have gang problems throughout Washington State, would this movie set forth an idea for them to pursue that must be alright?  They saw it in a movie after-all!   And the pundits all say, "No can't happen!  Video games, TV and movies are not what drives violence!", and yet, the TV industry is heavily based upon the idea that you will go and buy whatever is being advertised!

Such horrible thoughts so early in the morning!

But, today is April First, the day of the annual Maury Island UFO incident and all that was to follow.  Probably no one will ever be able to solve the riddle of what it was in the sky that day in 1947.  Certainly, the slag like material found embedded in trees and on the shore - was all known Earth based compounds.  So ..... ?

We celebrate tonight.  Home constructed flying saucers, costumes, flash dancers, live bands, a film festival of short subjects and a zillion people if it is not raining.  It is my favorite celebration in town.  I can hardly wait until 6:00!  I planning on walking the half mile to town, since parking is all but unknown in town, except by the City Hall - duh!  Everyone wants to go there, right?

Nanu-nanu!