The Salient Observer

This isn't 1998 anymore! In 1998, American culture leaned more towards The Andy Griffith Show than The Walking Dead! Since the Obama administration, America has experienced 12 of the 20 greatest mass shootings in US history!  Nine of which took place under President Obama and already, three under President Trump's administration! President Trump is facing a 60 Minutes segment with porn "actress" Stormy Daniels who is threatening to "tell all" about her sexual relations with Donald Trump.  Her story is well known, leading most cable TV news stories daily along with a few other females claiming Donald Trump as private citizen sexually harassed or was involved sexually with these women. Donald Trump, first as man, then as President can simply say, "So what?" President Trump can claim he has not had any inappropriate relations, and unlike President Bill Clinton, he did not shame the White House. He can claim he was a private citizen when t

"They don't know what it is like to stare  down the barrel of an AR-15...I DO!" The AR-15 is the weapon of choice.  We all know of this weapon but it is words.  Words in a visual age! Watching CNN Saturday, a reporter went to a shooting range with a former military ranking officer.  He was firing an AR-15.  I immediately heard a familiar sound, but not from a movie like Black Hawk Down , it was from watching "Breaking News!" The shooting last year with a gunman hunting Senators, Republican Senators practicing for a softball game.  Thanks to Youtube, a video from a witness uploaded his account of this shooting from his phone.  The gunfire through my computer speakers was intense.  It was clear.  It was the same sound I just heard on CNN this morning. The latest shooting at Parkland then came to mind.  Another video from the classroom.  The first time I played it on Youtube I thought I was going to burst my computer speakers it was so loud!  T