Two weeks ago I indicated that on Tuesdays I would chronologically traipse through my past postings and selectively repeat the few that are important or monumental in some way.  However, I skipped last week and this, so will make it up today.  If I use one/month, it would take me 12 years to get to the present.  So clearly I need to be more selective.  Nevertheless, I only went one month from my  first one , but just had to choose  my blog of 31May2008  for featuring today, as it reported on my very first  Huffington Post  article.  Note that here and there I will add graphics and editorialize as necessary. SATURDAY, MAY 31, 2008 WELL, BARACK, WE HAVE A PROBLEM... ...and you have the power to provide the solution. Why you? The United States is the most powerful nation, ever. Today, and for the next generation, no other country will be anywhere close to our military and economic dominance. You will have a once in a millennium opportunity ...

That second mass shooting yesterday  ( I reported on the Atlanta killings yesterday--scroll down to the next posting ) could well trigger significant progress in gun legislation.  For the first time in a long time, Democrats are in control of all three, the Senate, House and White House, when significant incidents of this type previously occurred.   The shooter was Ahmad Al Aliwa Alissa, 21, who was born in the USA.  He killed ten, including a police officer.  He was captured alive, so we'll know why soon. Boulder is around 38 miles from Columbine.  It was almost 22 years ago that 12 students and a teacher were murdered by fellow students at Columbine High school .  Eric David Harris and Dylan Bennet Klebold both committed suicide that day As you know, there was an assault rifle ban in 1994 during a Democratic White House, but expired in 2004 when a Republican was president.  Gun control was on President Joe Biden's priority list, and these ...