Why does everyone want to drive their own car — no matter
what the cost? No matter how much traffic they must deal with?
Is it thought that riding with someone else is degrading in
some way?
Sit down with the same people who must drive their own car
at a gathering for coffee or in the evening for dinner, they
will all complain about the price of gas. It does not take
a Rhodes scholar to conclude if we each want to drive our own
car; each of us must purchase fuel. If all of us are willing
to pay the price and burn the fuel, the cost will continue
to rise. If we continue to meet the demands of the fuel companies
by burning all they can produce, that fact is inevitable. If
we use less fuel, the price would become competitive and likely
drop.
The
hand gun topic still tops the list of news items. Every day
shootings are reported. Road rage is prevalent due to
heavy traffic and many carrying guns so shootings obviously
occur.
People with guns get mad at their spouse or neighbor and
grab their gun to vent. I’m not saying this as an anti-gun
statement — it’s what is heard on the news daily.
It is now a fact of life — too many people are carrying
hand guns.
Yes,
it is our right to do so, but why? They are heavy, bulky
and often invite problems. Many shootings are done
in self
defense. If a person didn’t have a gun, they might
not be challenged by another gun carrier.
As
I see it, we all better save our guns and ammo, we may need
them soon. We boldly claim to be a world power
and
are inviting
all to debate our supremacy. Last week we sent a written
message to North Korea stating, “If they attack anyone, we will
retaliate.” When asked why we are waiting, the answer
is the same as one used when we discuss Iran: “We don’t
think they have the power to attack.” Both countries
have sent up missiles and test rockets and when they fall short
we say, “See they can’t reach us.” How
can we be certain that was the best they had?
It
seems clear both countries, allied together, keep trying
and they announce they will succeed in reaching
us. We
keep responding that they can’t build bigger
armaments. What are we doing to stop them?
Although
little is known of North Korea, what we do see in news reports
is videos of rocket launches
or
displays
of
thousands of troops marching by. Of course our
military leaders announce: “A
war cannot be won by boots on the ground.” Do they really
believe other countries don’t know that fact? Is there
anyone in our defense department who doesn’t realize
other countries leaders are bold enough to attack us? Do they
forget Pearl Harbor? Don’t they remember
how we unknowingly trained 911 attackers by teaching
them to
fly our airplanes?
We
can’t think we are impressing North Korea
or Iran with talk, notes and fly-overs. One day
one of their
test
rockets will reach our shores just so they can
prove they can. We need
to be aware our interceptor rockets are not 100
percent accurate either.
Perhaps the boots on the ground parades displayed by North
Korea are just a cover to delude us into believing they are
not capable of more.