Sob, oh gasp, horror! Oh the pain of it all! I just can't bear it! Saint Michael Jackson has gone off to the great scratching post in the sky! Give me a break. The thought of this makes my tail shudder! Now that he's about to be planted the guy is considered to be such a wonderful human being who is worthy of being mourned in the House of Representatives. My guess is that there are some people, like the parents of some little boys, who are not all that sorry that Saint Michael is no longer with us.

Now don't get me wrong. I'm sorry he's about to be pushing up daisies. Death is a very painful thing and I ask God to be with those who loved him. But let's get a sense of proportion here.  How many people died by gun violence in our cities during the last 24 hours? How many people died of AIDS? How many died because they could not afford health insurance? How many protesters in Iran were killed by the Iranian secret police? How many of our soldiers were killed or wounded in the last day? How many people died from suicide bombings?

I think you get the idea. So unless you were a family member or close friend, drop it! Commend Saint Mikies' soul to the Holy One and get on with looking at the real problems in the world.

Hey, there are sure a lot of interesting things going on in the world right now.  In Iran we hear about riots over the results of their presidential election. It seems some Iranians claim the vote was rigged and the election stolen. There's a lot of concern about that election in the press. Now aren't you glad that can't happen here in the good old USA? Thanks W for making us in tune with the rest of the world. History is never going to forget how you got elected. And BTW, to our dear members of the press, how come you didn't get upset about that election?

While we're on the subject of Iran, isn't it a shame that we have to deal with a bunch of religious fanatics? That couldn't happen here could it? If you don't think so ask the family of the security guard who was murdered in the Holocaust Museum.   All around the country the combination of a black president and a poor economy seems to have produced panic among a lot of right wing nut jobs. They think the government is going to steal their guns! So before the guns are gone, they're going to head out and blast everyone they hate. It seems that the hate part is too often decided by religion. Oh, and Mr. President, taking away their guns  seems to actually be a very good idea.  If you think it isn't a good idea, ask your friendly neighborhood police officer about his opinion of facing assault rifles.  We want to take the guns away from people in Iraq and Afghanistan. That sounds like a good idea.  Maybe it would be a good idea to do it here too. After all there are more people getting killed in our streets than than are dying in our various wars.

I could rant on and on. But my point is simply that we in the USA seem to like to point the paw toward people in other countries.  We, after all, are purrfect. It's always those other people who are doing things wrong. Well kitties and humans, from now on maybe we should take a look in the mirror before we point fingers at others. We might not like what we see.

Did you even meet someone who you thought was a good argument for retroactive birth control? If not, meet Scott Roeder, the anti-abortion dude being held for murdering a doctor.  Roeder said that there are more murders yet to come, "I know there are many other similar events planned around the country as long as abortion remains legal."

I think that statement is even more fascinating than a well chewed catnip mouse. Here we have someone who claims to be "pro life" who is enthusiastic about putting people to death. Of course, pro-life seems to mean it's OK for you to live as long as you believe like I believe.

There are some real sickos at the heart of right wing  radical movements, but to tell the truth, there is another problem here that has nothing to do with Scott Roeder.  If this wacko had not been able to buy a gun there's an excellent chance the doctor would still be alive. Of course the NRA says that people, and not guns, kill people. Yeah, right. Tell you what, everybody at the NRA should be required to hang around a city morgue on Saturday night. Take a look at the bodies and tell us all how it was that those bullet holes in the bodies were not caused by guns.

Hey, did you hear the news? There's a church in Kentucky that wants people to bring guns to church. Their pastor said, " we're not ashamed to say that there was a strong belief in God and firearms — without that this country wouldn't be here."  The service will include the raffling off of a handgun.

Wow, what a statement.  Even bigger wow, what a nut case. I won't even bother to start the debate about the USA being founded by proponents of one single religion. But I do have a bit of a problem with guns being put on the same level with God.

I have never owned a gun. After all I don't have thumbs and I can hunt my mice pretty well on my own. At the time of the US revolution guns were needed to hunt and for protection. There still are some legitimate uses for guns today. But some types of guns, like hand guns, have one big purpose, to kill people.  If you don't believe me take a look in any major city newspaper on any given day.  There's a blood bath out there, one that's not making any0ne safer.  And this pastor has decided to become one of the causes of  the death of innocents.

Hey pastor, what do  you think this guy Jesus would say about your call to come to church packing a gun? What about statements like, "blessed are the peace makers?" Tell you what, why don't you have everyone in your church come to worship with nails and a hammer. You can crucify someone instead of raffling off a gun. After all when you're promoting things that kill and maim you are crucifying someone all over again. "What  ever you do to the least of these, you do to me."