It was only a matter of time for something of this magnitude to occur and the events in Minnesota and Baton Rogue catalyzed the Dallas tragedy. It is indicative of a serious malady in our society and does not necessarily point to a singular failure. It has resulted from a cornucopia of multifaceted failures within various strata in our society. So how do we fix it? To me, a large part of the issue is a lack of understanding about others. We have tried to teach. We have tried to integrate. We have tried to negotiate. We have thrown money at it. None of these strategies seem to produce results that are acceptable. We cannot force people to be open minded and willing to learn about others that are different. We make laws and we prosecute those that violate them (well, most of the time!) We pour massive amounts of money into communities and programs but little is accomplished. We need to have honest, objective and very frank conversations about specific issues that each side has. And these talks have to be accomplished with no finger pointing, retaliation (or the threat of) or labeling of others. The talks cannot be with leaders in a vacuum. The talks have to be at the community level, maybe even at the block level. But this would be too much of a Utopian vision as I have neglected the nature of humans to take unfair advantage of situations like we are in and attempt to gain personal rewards at the expense of others. So we will struggle and have riots and killings and then it will settle down for a few more years only to repeat itself. I am not hopeful that the race issue will ever be resolved in this nation.

I am ashamed and embarrassed for most of you and your ignorance. Fourteen ppl were shot in the last few days, seven were killed. Have you no humanity, no empathy? These people had families, relatives, friends and you guys attack others? What has happened to you, you surely were better people in your younger days, honestly, most of you are horrible sounding now. And yes, there are families, relatives and friends of the shooters too, think how many ppl are hurting and this is all you have to do? You should be ashamed.

The shame is with folks like you, Donna, who have platitudes ready at the drop of a hat, are quick to condemn others, yet have no solutions to the problems. Hells bells, I don't even see evidence that you and your like can even define the problem! Your instinctive knee-jerk is to blame non-progressives for pretty much anything that disagrees with your dogma.

Then......poof! It must be others who are ignorant, because it CAN'T be you! After all.....you, and only you, care!

Sorry, but it's never that simple. Most problems are complex to define, yet often simple to solve. The problem with politics in America right now is we refuse to define the problem because we are blinded by the rage of our political views, thus every shooting becomes a guns control issue for progressives.

Guess what? Perhaps it's about time for a little accountability by those doing the damn shooting.

The shame is with folks like you, Donna, who have platitudes ready at the drop of a hat, are quick to condemn others, yet have no solutions to the problems. Hells bells, I don't even see evidence that you and your like can even define the problem! Your instinctive knee-jerk is to blame non-progressives for pretty much anything that disagrees with your dogma.

Then......poof! It must be others who are ignorant, because it CAN'T be you! After all.....you, and only you, care!

Sorry, but it's never that simple. Most problems are complex to define, yet often simple to solve. The problem with politics in America right now is we refuse to define the problem because we are blinded by the rage of our political views, thus every shooting becomes a guns control issue for progressives.

Guess what? Perhaps it's about time for a little accountability by those doing the damn shooting.