Hey … c’mon in; the door’s open …

I was just readin’ the paper a bit — you know, about these conventions and everything.  Y’know, it’s weird how both sides say they’ll solve our country’s problems!
I mean, if that’s the truth, then why don’t they just combine forces??  Yeah … in fact, they don’t even need to have an election:  With both sides havin’ the answer, they can combine their plans and, somehow, maybe put it in a little pill form, and make it mandatory that every American take it regularly!
They could call it:  Obamacain — the wonder drug guaranteed to cure EVERY headache!  (huh?  Why not switch th’ names around?? ‘Cause if ya start it with John’s last name, it’ll sound like it came from a hamburger chain …)  Yeah, I know they could put it in a powder form like Goody’s® or somethin’, but you know how hard powders are to take and …
hmmm … powders? Political races?  “hard to take”?  Lemme get back with ya on that one.  You may be onto something  …

A SPECIAL “SHOUT-OUT”:  Okay … call me sentimental,  but I’ve gotta give a great big shout-out to my friends in Pineville, North Carolina.   If it weren’t for those folks and their warm hearts, this rascal woulda never gotten into press to begin with!  I know the town’s changin’, but I hope the wonder, humility and love of the people who make this community never changes!  I’m proud to be a Pinevillite — and will ALWAYS be one deep inside!!

NEWS YOU CAN USE  Now, everybody who knows The Eagle will tell ya that, if anything makes him bear his talons, it’s findin’ that a young’un or woman’s been beaten or abused!  But, what I don’t understand is why the courts don’t do more to stop it!  I mean, they give these creeps … this scum that beats their loved ones … a “slap on the wrist”, even if they’ve done it before! 
And, guess what??  As sure as I’m the Bald Bird, they’ll do it again and again until someone’s seriously injured, in a coma or dead! (hey … gotta call it like it is!)
Now, when I went STREETSIDE with the question: What should the courts do with abusers?, the people gave three basic answers: 

• In response to the first (and most common) one, I can only ask “Who’ll provide the rope?”
• For the second, I wonder if there really is a remote island somewhere that’d be big enough to hold ‘em.
• Now, the third one made me think a bit:  Y’all said that the courts are so busy tryin’ to judge the perps’ present crime that they don’t look at their ”rap sheet” to see if they’re habitual abusers!  If they are, then the sentence should be a lot stricter!   It’s a good idea …

Now, listen (and this is why I’m sorta pre-empting the full StreetSide segment) – this is IMPORTANT!
If you think that YOU, a DAUGHTER, COUSIN, CO-WORKER or OTHER FRIEND is being abused (and remember … it’s not always physically-noticeable!), GET HELP IMMEDIATELY!!!!! 
You might get the feelin’ that “well, they won’t like me pryin’” or “I don’t wanna lose their friendship!”  Listen … wouldja feel the same way if ya saw on the news that they’d been murdered?  And, if ya think you’ll lose their friendship, lemme ask ya:  What’s more important:  their friendship … or their lives?? 

Okay … so where do ya go to get that help?  Of course, you can go to various resources in your community (for example: abuse shelters, programs, etc.).  The best link I can find on the web to help is at http://www.helpguide.org/mental/domestic_violence_abuse_types_signs_causes_effects.htm

Let’s give every woman … every child … a chance to grow, to love, to live freely and happily.  All it takes is to keep our eyes and ears open to watch out for our loved ones …. and our hearts open to help them …

Okay, that’s it for this edition.  So, until tomorrow, tell me: What’s on your mind?

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