Three “Good Guys With Guns” Died in Recent Las Vegas Shooting
So by now you’ve already heard of the shooting in Las Vegas, where two police officers were gunned down while eating lunch at a restaurant. The shooting was apparently carried out by an...
View ArticleOur National Passtime – Another School Shooting in Oregon
A shooter at Troutdale’s Reynolds High School is dead, according to officials with the Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office. Around 100 law enforcement officers, tactical teams and medical personnel are...
View ArticleREPUBLICANS AND GLENN BECK..KILLER OF CHILDREN AND POLICE
As Seen on America The Not So Beautiful June 11, 2014 By Mike Caccioppoli Photo: John Hopkins University Why was I born in this country? Why couldn’t I be born in Canada? Or Great Britain? I [...] The...
View ArticleTenure Scare
The recent decision in California regarding teacher tenure is causing a great deal of anxiety in public education and in those states where teacher tenure still has some meaning. The ruling that...
View ArticleNRA say “More Guns” will Stop Crime – Meanwhile, Customers at Gun Ranges...
According to NRA’s Wayne LaPierre, more guns is the answer to all the shootings and gun crimes in this country. LaPierre will have you believe that criminals only attack places where there is a “no...
View ArticleWith a Court Like This, Who Needs Congress?
The Tea Party and most social conservatives can sleep easily throughout the summer now. The two Supreme Court decisions rendered on Monday should delight the right and make the inaction across the...
View ArticleMan With 2 AR-15 Assault Rifles Arrested in New York
The man wanted to commit a mass killing on the streets on New York. When he was arrested, he had a suicide note saying he wanted to “die in combat.” In Texas, thanks to their Open Carry laws, [...]...
View ArticleTHE DAY THE GUNS CAME OUT IN GEORGIA
As seen on America The Not So Beautiful July 4, 2014 By Mike Caccioppoli On this Independence Day they are celebrating the right to carry a gun anywhere they want in Georgia. Notice I don’t put [...]...
View ArticleTexas Pastor Shot and Killed With His Own Gun In His Own Home
First of all, the pastor has a gun! I’m still having a hard time figuring out why a man of God, a follower of Christ, has a gun. But I digress! Donald Frazier noticed an intruder in [...] The post...
View Article12 Year Old New Jersey Girl Shot by Stray Bullet to be Taken Off Life Support
She was shot on Saturday and on Monday, the family makes the ultimate decision. A 12-year-old girl is set to be taken off life support Monday after she was shot in the head while [...] The post 12...
View ArticleAnother Shooting – 5 People Killed, 2 Others Wounded
Five people were killed and two others wounded Wednesday afternoon in a shooting at a suburban home in Spring, and a suspected gunman was cornered in a cul de sac a few miles away after a short [...]...
View ArticleMan Charged with Murder – Kills Friend While Testing a Bulletproof Vest
This is an unfortunate situation for the deceased, but a valuable lesson for the rest of us. Never put on a bulletproof vest and willfully make yourself a target. Soo much can go wrong. A Maryland man...
View ArticleThe Silly Season Gets Serious
I took my talents to South Beach over the weekend for a relative’s surprise birthday party, and on the plane to and fro I had the opportunity to…think. Love airplane mode. Phones and tablets should...
View ArticleObama: This Duck Is Still Mobile
You would think, from all the talk about the midterm elections and the final two years of the Obama Administration, that the president doesn’t matter anymore or that absolutely nothing will get done...
View ArticleForty Years Ago
If I was a conspiracy theorist, which I am decidedly not, I would posit that the Democrats maneuvered the Watergate scandal to end right smack in the middle of the summer doldrums so that it wouldn’t...
View ArticleThe Education Reform Silly Season
It might be summer, but the education know-nothings are clearly not at the beach. The latest case-in-point is former CNN correspondent Campbell Brown’s incredibly uninformed comments on teacher tenure...
View ArticleChristie: Proof He’ll Run, Reasons He’ll Lose
There can be no doubt that Governor Chris Christie will be running for president in 2016. He’s taken trips to the states with the earliest primaries and caucuses and he’s even begun commenting on...
View ArticleIn Education, Teachers Must Lead the Way
Aside from the December holiday season, the back-to-school late August and early September rush has the most profound effects on the United States. Shopping patterns change, traffic gets worse, and...
View ArticleAt a Shooting Range Called “Shoot Straight” Two People Were Accidentally Shot
At “Shoot Straight,” the bullet went straight through one man’s finger and another man’s leg. You cannot make this stuff up. Two friends were injured Sunday afternoon at Shoot Straight, a Casselberry...
View ArticleFrom Summer to Serious
I’ve always found it interesting when the calendar changes to the day after Labor Day and the country gets serious. The rest of the world doesn’t know from this holiday and I’m sure there’s a great...
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