Murderapolis

There have been 44 homicides in north Minneapolis so far this year. For the first time ever, please God, snow quickly so that kids stop killing kids. Earlier today, a group of three men shot and killed a fifteen year old boy on Dowry Avenue in North Minneapolis after he refused to give up his throw-back Marbury jersey. This is madness! Shooting a kid over a jersey. I don't understand. The economy is supposed to be good. Stocks are doing well. The only thing I can think of is America is becoming more of a nation of the haves and the have-nots. The haves are probably doing great. The Barrington's of the world are closing more real estate deals and opening new car dealerships then ever before; while the South Siders of the world are becoming in worse and worse shape. Something must be done but poverty in America is one of those things that no one wants to talk about or do anything about. It's not a glamorous political issue like gay marriage, abortion, stem cell research, et cetera. Jesus only was quoted over 300 times directly talking about poverty but what I think he really would care about is if there can be prayer before high school football games. That's what congress should be talking about. Thank goodness they our. It makes sense to me. I was thinking the other day if I became president what the first thing I wouuld do would be. There is the war in Iraq, terror, stem cell research... The greatest threat to America is not Middle Eastern Terror, it is not AIDS, it's poverty. To quote Gandhi, "We must be the change we hope to see."