Hey gang lets put on a show!

Hey gang! Lets put on a show!

I know it is a familiar subject but here we go again. Another dip-wad gathered a bunch of weapons and shot up the place. Lots of people are dead or wounded and stories fill the newsreels and the talking heads are taking every side while the president sends condolences and repeats scriptures. We’ve been here before.

So the people will moan and bring flowers and light candles and place cards and teddy bears where the blood was before being washed away by the same folks who clean the hotel rooms and pick the crops. Pictures of faces of strangers will fill the pages and interviews with grieving family only tell the same story.

Hands will be rung and balloons released into the air only to land in the waters with the rest of the plastic trash. Folks will rant but Halloween is coming on and got to get that costume and decorations. Our elected officials will make speeches but the lobbyist will quiet the anger with contributions.

Grassroots organizations will pop up with idealism but no power to persuade. Well meaning folk will walk the streets with placards and shouts of unification for a good cause. Some will be none violent and just a lot of time. Others will become destructive and prove only that we cannot control our emotions.

The sales of arms will rise and profits made from a slaughter of people just trying to have fun looking at all those cups on the ground. The pain and anguish attracts our attention focused by the media while other disasters happen around the world unnoticed.

I sit at night on my porch and hear the sirens and pops of gunfire but it is far away. If the sirens become louder and the crackle become more frequent, what will I do? Hide inside under the bed and hope it all goes away? Purchase a weapon (or several) to defend my peace and quiet and enjoyment of life?

Not me! Hey gang!! Lets put on a show!!

It will happen. A tribute to another catastrophe will be organized and list of stars will appear to offer their feelings and get good PR exposure while people will sing along and download the songs and feel righteous. 

Tom Petty won't be on the bill.