The recent hullabaloo around the U.S. government releasing its UFO report made me think about my family s favorite sci-fi film, “The Day the Earth Stood Still.” It was released in 1951 as the world grappled with the horrors of the atomic bomb.
Michael Rennie played the alien Klaatu who came to warn earthlings, Your choice is simple: Join us and live in peace, or pursue your present course and face obliteration.”
If there are other life forms observing us, they must be appalled by our violence. Are they watching how America s leaders are dealing with increasing gun violence?
If so, I picture their little green hands smacking their foreheads and crying the Homer Simpson “D oh!” after Texas Gov. Gregg Abbott signed legislation making it legal to carry a handgun without a permit or training.
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June 29, 2021
If the bill passes the Senate, it will force the removal of ten Confederate statues currently on display at the U.S. Capitol.
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For the second straight year, House Democrats are pushing to remove confederate statues in the U.S. Capitol, along with the bust of Former Supreme Court Chief Justice Roger Taney, who infamously wrote the 1857 ‘Dred Scott’ decision upholding slavery in the United States.
Most of the statues are still standing after the Republican-controlled Senate blocked the measure last year.
Then-Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, (R-KY), said the move would be a “bridge too far” and an attempt to “airbrush” history.
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