Trump and the UK; Repeal of Obamacare; GranMa SEZ; Murder Stats; Coming Out; Pothole Praying; Lincoln SEZ

My views are included in the following:

Politics

The United Kingdom Parlement will be deciding whether or not to bar Donald Trump from England because of the dumb things he says. . I doubt that they will bar him because he feeds them lots of money and has several outstanding billion dollar deals in the mill with entities in the UK.  I think that the US should bar him from  the USA.... only kidding.. our Constitution allows dumb speech like he spouts.  The  only way his utterances could be curtailed, would be if what he said  was intended to stir people up so that there was a "clear and present danger" to the American people.

Here we go again!

Both the Senate and the House have passed "another" bill to repeal Obamacare and cut spending on Planned Parenthood.  It is awaiting the President's veto.  The Republicans are readying a "task force"  to try and override the veto.  Good luck.. ... and are they still investigating the Benghazi situation?  And  Obama's birth records?  Can't these guys see themselves... they are really pathetic.  Just visualize how it would be if any one of them was the President.  Why can't they find a decent candidate?

Gun Control

From time to time, I will include good ideas from Elaine Lottes (GranMa).. they will come under a separate title:

GranMa Sez:   "Forget about GUN control.  Instead, use BULLET control.  Restriction of ammunition.  Guns do not work without bullets."

Murder Statistics

Both New York City and Baltimore had close to the same number of murders in 2015... 344 murders for NYC with 8.4 million population ... and also for Baltimore with 620,000  population. Think about that for a while.

In 1993, Baltimore had a record homicide rate of 353.  At that time the population was 720,000.  Hey!  What happened to cause the 100,000 drop in population in 22 years?

Come on out

Jon Winokur writes about Bob Smith who said: "It wasn't easy telling my family that I'm gay.  I made my carefully worded announcement at Thanksgiving.  It was very Norman Rockwell.  I said 'Mom, would  you please pass the gravy to a homosexual?'  She passed it to my father.  A terrible scene followed."


Pothole Solution

Chuck Shepherd writes the streets of Jackson, Mississippi, which have massive potholes, but no money in the city's budget to fix them.   The Mayor isn't worried.  He is a church pastor and says: "I believe we can pray those potholes away."

Abraham Lincoln on Ambition

"Every man is said to have his peculiar ambition. Whether it be true or not, I can say, for one, that I have no other so great as that of being truly esteemed by my follow man, by rendering myself worthy of their esteem."

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