Murder is Murder!

MURDER IS MURDER!

by Leon Howard

Did you read the Associated Press article, “Violence Plays Role in Shorter Life Expectancy”, Thursday, January 10^th? The first line of the article made my blood boil! ‘The United States suffers far more violent deaths than any other wealthy nation, due to the widespread possession of firearms and the practice of storing them at home ….. according to a report released Wednesday by two of the nation’s leading health research institutions.’ This rant goes on with loads of misinformation that had nothing to do with the main theme of the article!

The article rants about us being worse than the rest of the 17 ‘wealthiest nations’ but only names Finland and the U.S. in this ‘study’ – This is a prime example of the “lamestream media” ‘cherry-picking’ their facts and figures from unnamed sources for the sole purpose of scaring the hell out of the public!

Maybe the Associated Press would be well served to consult the World Health Organization (W.H.O.) - They bloviate about how good the U.N. is and how the W.H.O. will save the world from disease but then they quote "two of the nation's leading health organizations" with unsubstantiated figures from unnamed organizations saying that gun violence makes the average American's life expectancy lower than the rest of 17 wealthiest nations! Of course, they fail to mention the names of the other 15 nation's (they did mention Finland)!

Now bring out the W.H.O.’s report: “The latest Murder Statistics for the world: Murders per 100,000 citizens” – I won’t ‘cherry-pick’ the list; they’re  wealthy and poor nations and very few a murders by firearms but, to my way of thinking, “Murder is murder whether you use a gun, knife, axe, garrote, fists, stones, or a car!” The tools used to accomplish the murder is irrelevant (except to the gun-grabbers) and the other stipulation I will make is murder is violent, regardless of the tool used!

Here are the nations and figures – Be sure to read the entire list:

Honduras 91.6

El Salvador 69.2

Cote d'lvoire 56.9

Jamaica 52.2

Venezuela 45.1 (Mr. Obama’s ‘buddy’ Chavez’s home state)

Belize 41.4

US Virgin Islands 39.2

Guatemala 38.5

Saint Kits and Nevis 38.2

Zambia 38.0

Uganda 36.3

Malawi 36.0

Lesotho 35.2

Trinidad and Tobago 35.2

Colombia 33.4

South Africa 31.8 (NOTE: According to D. Steven White, South Africa is the

        largest economy in Africa and has the world’s 31^st largest economy – A.P.

        article only covered the top 17 nations – ‘Cherry-picking’ at it’s most

         selective!)

Congo 30.8

Central African Republic 29.3

Bahamas 27.4

Puerto Rico 26.2

Saint Lucia 25.2

Dominican Republic 25.0

Tanzania 24.5

Sudan 24.2

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 22.9

Ethiopia 22.5

Guinea 22.5

Dominica 22.1

Burundi 21.7

Democratic Republic of the Congo 21.7

Panama 21.6

Brazil 21.0 (NOTE: According to D. Steven White, they are the 7^th largest

                     economy of the world – A ‘cherry-picked lie!)

Equatorial Guinea 20.7

Guinea-Bissau 20.2

Kenya 20.1

Kyrgyzstan 20.1

Cameroon 19.7

Montserrat 19.7

Greenland 19.2

Angola 19.0

Guyana 18.6

Burkina Faso 18.0

Eritrea 17.8

Namibia 17.2

Rwanda 17.1

Mexico 16.9 (NOTE: According to D. Steven White, they are the 15^th largest

                       economy of the world – Another ‘cherry-picked’ lie!)

Chad 15.8

Ghana 15.7

Ecuador 15.2

North Korea 15.2

Benin 15.1

Sierra Leone 14.9

Mauritania 14.7

Botswana 14.5

Zimbabwe 14.3

Gabon 13.8

Nicaragua 13.6

French Guiana 13.3

Papua New Guinea 13.0

Swaziland 12.9

Bermuda 12.3

Comoros 12.2

Nigeria 12.2

Cape Verde 11.6

Grenada 11.5

Paraguay 11.5

Barbados 11.3

Togo 10.9

Gambia 10.8

Peru 10.8

Myanmar 10.2

Russia 10.2

Liberia 10.1

Costa Rica 10.0

Nauru 9.8

Bolivia 8.9

Mozambique 8.8

Kazakhstan 8.8

Senegal 8.7

Turks and Caicos Islands 8.7

Mongolia 8.7

British Virgin Islands 8.6

Cayman Islands 8.4

Seychelles 8.3

Madagascar 8.1

Indonesia 8.1

Mali 8.0

Pakistan 7.8

Moldova 7.5

Kiribati 7.3

Guadeloupe 7.0

Haiti 6.9

Timor-Leste 6.9

Anguilla 6.8

Antigua and Barbuda 6.8

Lithuania 6.6

Uruguay 5.9

Philippines 5.4

Ukraine 5.2

Estonia 5.2

Cuba 5.0

Belarus 4.9

Thailand 4.8

Suriname 4.6

Laos 4.6

Georgia 4.3

Martinique 4.2

                                     And

              The United States 4.2

ALL the countries above the United States have 100% gun bans!

Brings to mind the old saying: "Figures don't lie but liars figure." So where the UN's health group has the initials "W.H.O.", Associated Press 'quotes' figures from – “WHO?” The media lies to promote the Marxist agenda - again!

What upsets me most is they only brings these lies (that’s what they are!) up when there’s enough tragedy going on to scare the people into making rash, unreasoned decisions about our liberties! Freedom’s enemies are many and they reside in our government, our media, and our schools; they want to destroy freedom to impose their Marxist utopia. ‘Progressivism’, socialism, communism, and Marxism have been tried many, many nations of the world and have all proven to be dismal failures – Our ‘progressives’ apparently believe their brand of socialism, communism, and Marxism is better than anybody else’s – They truly meet Einstein’s definition of insanity:  “Doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.” Locate the straight jackets; we’re going to need a lot of them for this administration and Congress!