... could have played out very differently. Instead of disarming the population and leaving it at the mercy of criminals, repeal gun control legislation preventing the law-abiding from properly defending themselves against criminals. If those students would have been allowed to carry their firearms concealed and only a fraction of them did so on that particular day, I suspect the lone gunman would've either aborted his plans (knowing it wouldn't have been perfectly safe for him to proceed as planned) or faced well-armed opposition.

 

I invite you to peruse the following websites for more information on the benefits of an armed population: 

http://www.totse.com/en/politics/right_to_keep_and_bear_arms/gunposit.html 

http://www.gunfacts.info/

 

Remember: a gun in the hand is more valuable than a police officer on the telephone. You are entirely within your rights to choose the latter, but don't presume to know what's best for those of us who wish to be responsible for our own safety. Gun control is a failure and a dangerous idea... however well-meaning the intentions may have been for its creation.

Doce horas se separan, unas de otras, blandiendo un sorbo de té en la laguna inerte de sus miradas. Un pasillo, casi oboe de metal, maldice las esteras que descansan en un hornillo verde. ¿Hay helechos?.

Doce horas cabalgan en busca del trueno, entre huecos que enlazan la nada con la verdad, el verbo y la escalinata que escapa de un cuento.

La serena muerte muere lentamente en los brazos de la vida. Un loco se vuelve loco y recupera la cordura. Los átomos descienden al averno que incendia los corazones. Imanes caen rodando por el agujero de un ciempiés. No hay naves desde las que escapar. La huida escapa del silencio mientras las dianas aciertan en los dardos. El dolor se queja del dolor que duele en el placer.

Naipes, a veces cartas, se reparten entre jugadores que juegan a no jugar. El dado barato reparte suerte cara. La cara se refleja en el reflejo y huye. No es Narciso.

Hay un rapto que agita  abanicos de plata. Neones rugen en silencio. Bromas pesadas laten en el solitario mar de un ser estricto. El dulce azúcar busca dulce sabor que  endulce su amarga vida.

El silencio ensordece el mundo.

Jorge González

Twelve hours (translation)

Twelve hours coming away each other, brandishing a sip of tea on the sluggish lacuna of its glances.

A passage, near a metallic oboe, blames over the mats resting on a green stove. Ferns?

Twelve hours riding, looking for the thunder, across hollows linking the nothingness with the truth, the verb and the steps escaping from a tale.

The serene death slowly dies in the arms of life. A crazy comes crazy and sense returns. The atoms descent to the hades that inflames the hearts. Magnets falling across a centipede. No vessels to escape from.

The escape escapes from the silence, while the centres target the darts. The pain complains the hurting pain of the pleasure.

Cards, only cards, playing cards between players seeming not to be. The easy die casting expensive fortune. Face reflexing itself, escaping. No Narcissus.

A  rapture waving silver fans. Neons roaring in dead silence. Practical jokes beat inside the lonely sea of a severe being. The sweet sugar looks for a sweet taste that sweets its bitter life.

The silence deafens the world.

Jorge González

 

Belching Rules

Belching is permitted under certain circumstances...

Actually under most circumstances...

In this house...

And for almost any reason...

Permission need not be obtained first...

However...

If the volume of any particular belch...

Is so loud...

That it might injure anothers eardrum...

Then either redirect the belch...

Or at least tone it down...

No stomach material is to be expelled...

During a belch or series of belches...

Unless you are doing it outdoors...

Sissy belches or beginner belches...

As they are sometimes known...

Are permitted if you are not afraid...

To suffer embarrassment...

And maybe a few well deserved...

Degrading remarks...

Clapping and highfives are...

Encouraged for superior efforts...

And as always...

Please do not belch in the presence of a Lady...

John McGilvra   1/29/04

 

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