Gun Control Explained

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Evolution vs. Devolution (09)

(In case you had any doubt about which ‘volution’ is winning.)

Nonsense Verse (05)

The Perfect Pill

I don’t know,
But if I had
Some beans to sow,
I’d be grateful for
Those beans to grow.

But on the other hand,
If I were member of a band,
I’d wish to have a
Tiny flute to blow.

And what about you?
What would you do
If you had a magic wand,
Or a wishing pond?
Would the Nymph respond
To your request to
Put an end to snow?

And that’s when the Snowman said,
“Hey, wait a minute, do you want
to see me dead?”

To which you replied,
“Who gives a damn if
you live or die?”

“I do!” said the Shrew.
As he unbuckled and
Threw his shoe at you,
While smiling at the sky.

And upon seeing that,
Edward Lear did tip his hat,
And was heard to say,
From a place far away,
“I wish I’d thought of that!”

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The above composed on the fly,
by my (9yo) daughter and I,
To help ease the pain in her head,
And replace her migraine instead
With some silly pie from the sky.

Evolution vs. Devolution (07)

Finger-Pointing vs. Self-Responsibility

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After the Titanic hit the iceberg the Captain was notified that the boiler room was beginning to flood. He immediately issued orders for the crew to begin dismantling the upper decks and to throw them overboard. He said it would lighten the ship, increase its speed, and thus enable them to return safely to port.

But when passengers on the upper decks heard of his plan, they immediately rushed to the bridge and insisted that it was the decks below the waterline–especially the ones that were actually leaking–that should be discarded. After all, it was they, not the upper decks, which were causing the ship to sink.

By that time the passengers on the middle decks had become aware of what was going on, and began a heated discussion about which of the two plans was best. Those in cabins well above the waterline easily agreed with the idea of discarding the decks below. But those closer to the water naturally favored the Captain’s insistence on removing the upper decks instead.

In the meantime a few passengers (after looking out of their port holes, and noticing the increasing tilt of the ship) decided it might be best to put on life jackets, find a lifeboat, and row themselves back to land. Which is what they did. But by the time the argument raging on the bridge had concluded, and a decision reached, they had rowed too far away to see which decks, once removed, would best serve to righten (or leften) a sinking ship.

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Don’t have a life jacket? Don’t have a Lifeboat? Maybe the time has come to forget all the finger-pointing, and spend that time instead on learning how best to acquire…and use them! (Metaphorically speaking, of course. ;-)

Graphic Stimulation (28)

NEWS FLASH!

The President of the United States has just signed into law a new bill that for the first time legalizes human cloning. However there still remains one very contentious provision in the bill which requires all future clones to be produced with specified ‘behavioral’ strings attached. This provision was very strongly supported by left-leaning ‘Pinocchioists’ who favor complete governmental control over all aspects of the nation’s educational system.

(Note: Google “No Child Left Unstrung” to gain further insight into the controversy surrounding what is rapidly becoming known as the ‘Entanglement Provision’ of the nation’s provocative new human cloning law.)

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The above is a comment I made in response to Picture It & Write by Ermilia