Random links of interest, concern or curiosity from the past week or so, that deserve at least a SHORT mention:
No, We Can’t ~ … end Homelessness with the money spent on Christmas decorations. Because the majority of homeless aren’t just poor – they’re mentally ill ~
Prior to the 1970s, people with serious chronic mental illnesses like schizophrenia were for the most part incarcerated in psychiatric wards at state institutions.
Today, unfortunately, they’re on the streets.
As horrific as yesterday’s Connecticut massacre was, Sandy Hook Elementary isn’t the site of the worst school tragedy in American history. That dubious distinction goes to Bath Consolidated School, Bath Township, MI, back in 1927.
Was it guns? Well, the murderer, Andrew Kehoe, was toting a Winchester rifle, but he only used it to trigger explosions. Most of the killing was done with dynamite and firebombs. 48 died, mainly children, and 58 more were injured.
Pure evil takes different forms, but it’s always lurking on the edges of civilization, hiding in the shadows, waiting to attack the good.
Does Egypt Need Advance Aircraft? ~ OK, with the Muslim Brotherhood in charge now, who still thinks this is a good idea? Not me! Which is why I’m signing the Petition to Stop Funding Egypt & Defend Israel at ACLJ (The American Center for Law and Justice)
MEA Misleads on Oklahoma Right-to-Work Numbers and Michigan Still Worse Economically Than RTW Oklahoma ~ When intimidation and thuggery don’t work there’s always mis-representing the facts. The MEA (Michigan Education Association) was less than honest about the impact of Right-to-Work legislation in Oklahoma.
Oklahoma’s personal per capita income (PCPI) has grown from $23,517 in 2001 to $35,268 in 2010, a 50 percent growth rate over that period. From 1999 to 2008, Oklahoma had the fourth highest PCPI growth rate in the nation, primarily due to Right to Work.
Founder of Domino’s Pizza Sues Feds Over ‘Gravely Immoral’ Aspects of ObamaCare ~ Michigan homeboy Tom Monahan filed a lawsuit yesterday which includes Dominos’ Farms as a planitiff.
