Whatever else you think about the incredible Ruth Bader
Ginsburg, she’s tougher than an iron railroad spike. She’s a 10 year survivor of pancreatic cancer. She recently underwent surgery for lung
cancer and most recently, at the age of 86, took radiation treatments for a
relapse of her pancreatic cancer. She
has remained on the bench of the Supreme Court through it all. For cancer people, she’s an inspiration.
Now take the case of Andrew Luck, the Indianapolis
Colts quarterback who is hanging it up at age 29. Luck’s case can be best
summed up by the Griffin’s observation that the Colts bought an elite
quarterback for 100 million dollars then they spent 50 bucks on an offensive
line to protect their investment.
So how do we explain RBG hanging in there with all of
her life threatening problems at age 86 and Luck hanging it up at age 29 due
nagging injuries, constant pain and mental anguish? Well first off, RGB doesn’t have to worry
about other justices and interns blind siding her and driving her face into the
carpeted hall of the Supreme Court 40-50 times a year. Sadly that’s was the prospect facing Luck for
another season.
Luck’s future was another season of running for his
life while trying to carry the Colt offense on his back. My old high school football coach would sum
up Luck’s career like this, “He’s hell when he’s well, but he’s always sick.” Had he continued, Luck would become the
league’s next Tony Romo an elite quarterback prone to injury.
Luck did the Colts a favor by retiring. He gets to
keep his money – well deserved in my opinion - but he clears cap money and a spot
on the roster by retiring. I cannot believe sunshine Colt fans booed the
man. Nary could a one of them, I’ll
wager, last a set of downs in the league. Nor could they tolerate for 10
seconds the constant pain Luck has endured for years. So to booing Colts fans, go to hell you
ungrateful bastards.
My hope is that Luck rehabs over the next year or so and
returns to the Colts to throw 50 TD passes, and he stops mid-field to give the
fans at Lucas Oil field the finger after every one of them. He’s way too classy
to do that, but it’d be gold if he did.
God bless RGB and Andrew Luck.
Today’s JG rant
One annoying thing about liberals, among many, is
that, while they are often the loudest critics on subjects like guns, they know
so little about them. Take Shirley
Glade’s letter “Guns rarely stop guns” of Aug 27, 2019. Glade asks, “why
are there minimal reports of anyone in an open-carry gun state managing to take
down a mass shooter in action?”
A 2014 FBI study found that 3% of mass shooting since 2000 were stopped
by armed citizens. Other studies put the
figure closer to 10%. Given the corrupt
nature of the leftist leadership at FBI, we can be certain be that the 3%
figure is artificially low.
So why the low 3-10% figure?
Well first off consider that to qualify as a “mass shootings” 4 or more
people need to be killed. The term does
not take into account cases where a potential shooter is deterred or stopped by
the presence of an armed citizen before the requisite 4 people are killed to
qualify as a mass shooting.
Next, consider where the shootings take place. Most mass shootings target areas where woke
virtue signaling fools publicly announce as “gun free zones.” Instead of placing a placard in the window of
their workplace that declares, “This establishment is protected by armed
security,” these boneheads tell every lunatic in the neighborhood that no one in
their restaurant, bar, workplace, theater, school etc, is allowed to protect
themselves from armed assault. It makes
them an easy target.
Next, carrying weapon concealed or open remains a choice. In all of my days in Ft. Wayne, I’ve seen an
open carry exactly one time.
One thing is assuredly true, more guns equals less crime. Statistics Professor John Lott wrote a book
on the subject. FBI crime reports show a
steady decline in violent crime since 2007 as the sales of guns – including the
dreaded “assault rifle” that no leftist can or wants to define – increases.
Last the AK and AR type rifles have been around for more than 40
years. According to the FBI, mass
shooting began to spike in 2000. That’s
the real question. What has happened since
the year 2000 that has led to the spike in mass shootings? Hint, it’s not the guns.
Guns rarely stop guns
If, as Eric J. Hinkle (Letters, Aug. 17) argues, “It's OK
to let guns stop guns,” why are there minimal reports of anyone in an
open-carry gun state managing to take down a mass shooter in action?
Shirley Glade
North Manchester
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