Going Mental

The mass shooting massacre in Texas that took place this past Sunday reminds us of just how much our government is in the deep pockets of the arms industry. The Republican Party is bought and paid for. The Democrats are all too scared of the arm's industry enforcer, the NRA, and too wishy washy to come to a consensus on how to confront this menace.

Instead of any real reform coming out of our political process we get subjected to an endless series of meaningless motions, repeated in true Groundhog Day fashion. The various actors assume their predictable positions, give their same tired old lines, and then hope that everyone stops paying attention after a few days. That's exactly what happened after the Sandy Hook massacre in Newtown, the Emmanuel AME Church mass murder in Charleston, and the recent slaughter at the country music concert in Las Vegas music. And, as you all know, this list is far from complete.

This sequence is almost as sickening to watch as the replays of the actual events themselves. None of the victims ever thought they might be in danger of losing their lives, because they all believed they were in safes where they could let down their guard and simply enjoy their lives. Not in Trump's America. No-siree, the problems isn't guns. Guns, in case you didn't know, are the answer.

So what exactly is the problem? Well, according to Trump, the problem is a mental health issue...at the highest level, he says. Right, exactly. It starts with that worthless, swirly combed over sack of potatoes he calls a head. THAT is our country's biggest mental health issue, one for which, sadly, there is no cure.