Mass shootings and more…

This is not a political post; this is not anti-gun or pro-gun. These are just some quick and dirty facts that anyone can look up and everyone should be concerned about.

I will start by giving you two numbers: 388 and 5959; and I will also tell you that these numbers are from the year 2014 until now.

Mass shooting affect more than just the victims, it leaves a scar, it makes us afraid and wonder how this can be happening in places we consider safe. Churches, schools, shopping malls, movie theaters, etc. The thing is, terrorism (and mass shooters are terrorist by the very definition of the word) is something we have not experienced at the same level many other countries or continents have. I know right there has set some people off, but it is simple fact and we should be thankful for it. No one wishes regular terrorism on anybody.

The two numbers should concern us, because they are both numbers of people killed in this country (wounded would double each number).

388 is the number of people killed by mass shooters. 5955 is number of people killed by police, both from 2014 to current 2019.

5959, if a profession is responsible for such a large number of deaths of its own citizens, don’t you think it is time to reexamine that profession? How can any profession be responsible for so many deaths and not be help accountable? Military members must account for every bullet they fire, they have rules of engagement they must follow lest they be court marshalled; and most of these military members following these rules are straight out of high school. But they still understand.

We need more than a conversation, because it seems like the deadliest thing in America right now, is the police.

Dr Flavius A B Akerele III

The ETeam

PS, I would love to be proved wrong on this, but I do not see how because those people are still dead.

Non-Partisan Elections

There was a time at the local level, that all elections were non-partisan, political parties were not included at all, and quite frankly not needed. We have seen that creep away quickly over the last 15 years, and we need to go back to that.

Let’s take it a step further and suggest that we do that at more national levels of politics as well because party affiliations have simply divided people into three tribe, with two of the tribes on the verge of civil war and the third (really mixed smaller tribes) wondering what the heck is going?!

Between 1861 to 1865 we have had tribes fighting, and it led to a huge number of deaths, and we still have not reconciled that fight it seems.  There are still actual children of soldiers from that fight still alive today, collecting VA benefits.

Anyway, I digress, so let me put it in simple terms. I am tired of political parties going at each other in the way we are seeing now, nothing is getting accomplished, and remember the parties (tribes) are not the same now as they were after 1865, that is a simple fact.

People are voting the party without considering the candidate for that party, and a lot of these candidates are coming up short. Can you also imagine the money we could save without primary elections? How much good could be done with those billions of dollars in saving?!

Slavery does exist still, both literal, and in this case figuratively. Some of you are slaves to a political system that you do not even understand, really care about (you are just programmed to care), and it certainly does not care about you. Blind loyalty means the blind are leading the blind.

Notice how I did not mention political party names? I know each group is going to read this the way they see fit and understand, and that is ok because that means you have stopped posting your rhetoric on the internet for a couple of minutes to think.

Dr Flavius A B Akerele III

The ETeam