***************************************************************************************** LOUISVILLE'S MURDER RATE
IS UNFORTUNATELY, HAS RECENTLY
GONE UP, AND TO HELP FIX THAT PROBLEM, KENTUCKY GOVERNOR MATT
BEVIN IS CALLING ON CITIZENS TO FORM ROVING PRAYER SQUADS.
BEVIN URGED PEOPLE ñ URGE VOLUNTEERS TO FORM TEAMS OF
3 TO 10 PEOPLE THAT TAKE THE SAME BLOCK TO WALK AT THE
SAME TIME OF DAY, AT LEAST TWO OR THREE TIMES A WEEK.
HE URGED PARTICIPANTS TO MAKE A YEAR-LONG COMMITMENT.
BECAUSE HE STOPPED TOO SOON, THE PRAYER WILL NOT STOP THE
RISING MURDER RATES.
HE SAYS THIS, WILL GO AROUND THE BLOCK, PAUSE ON EACH CORNER,
PAPER PEOPLE THERE, MOVE TO THE NEXT CORNER, AND OVER THE COURSE
OF THE YEAR HERE'S WHAT HAPPENED: THEY'RE GOING TO GET
TO KNOW THE PEOPLE ON THAT BLOCK
THERE."
HE SAYS, "I PERSONALLY BELIEVE IN THE POWER OF PRAYER."
HE ALSO DOWNPLAYED THE AVAILABILITY OF GUNS AS A
PROBLEM BEHIND THE MURDER RATE, HE CALLED THE HOMICIDE SPREE A
CULTURAL, SPIRITUAL AND ECONOMIC PROBLEM, BECAUSE THOSE TROUBLES
DON'T HURT THE NRA IF YOU SOLVE THEM.
A MINISTERIAL GROUP FROM SOME LOUISVILLE NEIGHBORHOODS
HARVESTED BY THE VIOLENCE CALL FOR UPDATING WHAT THEY SEE AS
LAX GUN LAWS THAT MAKE IT EASIER TO BUY A GUN THEN IT IS TO
BUY FRESH FRUIT."
THIS IS OF COURSE A DISTRACTION FROM CHANGES THAT COULD ACTUALLY
SOLVE THE MURDER RATE, AND TELLING PEOPLE ñ I MEAN, COMING
THE DAY AFTER I THINK IT WAS, WHO WAS THE REPUBLICAN WHO SAID,
LET'S NOT WORRY ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE, GOD WILL SOLVE IT
IN THE END?
TIM WALBURN, MICHIGAN.
THERE'S THIS CHRISTIAN FATALISM THAT SOME CONSERVATIVES TO
FALL TO, AND ON SOME ISSUES THAT ARE STILL PRESSING, AND SO
DEADLY, WE CANNOT ALLOW PEOPLE ñ UNDER THE GUISE OF
SOMETHING THAT SEEMS NICE AND COMMUNITY BUILDING ñ TO ALLOW
MURDERS TO GO ON, TO ALLOW THE CLIMATE TO CONTINUE TO HEAT UP.
THESE ARE CONSEQUENTLY THINGS, AND PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT
SERIOUS, OR DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW COMPLICATED IT IS, THEY ARE
THE ONES IN CHARGE.
IT IS VERY MUSLIM OF THEM.
ISLAM IN ARABIC MEANS TO SUBMIT, AND ONE OF THE MAIN PREMISES OF
ISLAM WAS, SUBMIT TO THE WORD OF GOD, LET HIM HANDLE IT.
DON'T TRY TO LET HIM SOLVE ANYTHING.
I'M OVERSIMPLIFYING THAT, AND MUSLIMS WILL GET ANGRY
ABOUT IT, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF TRUTH TO THAT, AND PART OF
WHY I DIDN'T LIKE ISLAM.
I'M A HUMAN BEING, I CAN ACT, I CAN DO THINGSÖ TO SIT
AROUND AND THINK, MAYBE GOD CAN SOLVE IT.
OBVIOUSLY IT'S NOT THE CORRECT STRATEGY, BUT I WILL GIVE THEM
CREDIT FOR THIS; HE UNDERSTANDS THERE IS A SIDE EFFECT TO IT,
AND HE IS CALCULATING TERMS THAT COULD POLITICALLY WORK WELL
IN KENTUCKY, AND WHAT HE IS TRYING TO DO IS GET THE
COMMUNITY TO TALK TO ONE ANOTHER, AND INTERACT.
ON THE OTHER HAND, IT DOES NOT REALLY HELP WITH STRAY BULLETS.
SO, THERE WAS THIS CASE OF A SEVEN-YEAR-OLD BOY WHO WAS
KILLED LAST MONTH BY A STRAY BULLET, HE'S EATING DINNER AT
THE TABLE, INSIDE THE HOUSE OF A BULLET COMES IN AND KILLS THE
KID, AND WHEN I ASKED THE MOM, SHE SAID SHE APPRECIATED THE
PRAYERS, SHE'S LIKE, YOU KNOW, IT SOUNDS LIKE A NICE IDEA,
WHICH IT WOULD WORK, BUT SHE SAID, QUOTE, "I'M TRYING TO GET
OUT OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD I DIDN'T BECAUSE I'VE STILL GOT ANOTHER
CHILD."
SO, YOU WANT THEM TO WALK AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT YOU
MIGHT CATCH ANOTHER BULLET, SO FOR ME THE SITUATION IS
DIRE AND I'VE GOT TO GO.
FOR ALL THE THINGS THAT HAS PUT MATT BEVIN IN THE NEWS,
THIS IS BY FAR THE LEAST OBJECTIONABLE.
THIS IS THE TEA PARTY CANDIDATE, HE WON THE REPUBLICAN PRIMARY
FOR GOVERNOR BY LIKE, LESS THAN 100 VOTES.
STAGGERINGLY CLOSE.
HE HATES THE SAME-SEX MARRIAGE DECISION, HE JOINED WITH A BUNCH
OF OTHER GOVERNORS TO BAN SYRIAN REFUGEES FROM COMING TO
KENTUCKY, BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE THEY WANT TO.
SO, I KNOW MATT BEVIN, MATT BEVIN IS BAD FOR AMERICA,
BUT THERE ARE WORSE THINGS TO DO.
THERE IS A NICE QUALITY TO THIS, I FEAR DUBIOUS.
I WAS GOING TO SAY SOMETHING LOUSY, BUT HOPEFULLY GOOD
PEOPLE WILL SHOW UP AND MAYBE IT CAN HELP.
IT'S NOT GOING TO HELP, IT'S POINTLESS.
THIS IS A CONCERTED EFFORT TO SAY, I'M NOT GOING TO DO
ANYTHING.
TO PURPOSEFULLY IGNORE THE ACTUAL PROBLEM.
WHATEVER PROBLEMS HAVE FORMED, ISSUES ON THE STREETS, MAYBE
SEVEN GOES DOWN, WHY DOES GO UP?
I DON'T CARE, PRAY ABOUT IT.
WHY DON'T PEOPLE HAVE JOBS?
I DON'T CARE, PRAY ABOUT IT.
THAT MEANS YOU DON'T CARE.
IT'S COOL TO PRAY, I GREW UP IN A RELIGIOUS HOUSEHOLD.
I STILL WORKED.
YOU HAVE TO GO TO THE CORNER AND PRAY.
HE SAYING, GET BETTER AND PRAISE THAT I DON'T HAVE TO DO
ANYTHING OR THINK ABOUT IT.
JAYAR'S POINT IS BETTER THAN MINE.
WHEN I FIRST HEARD THIS STORY I THOUGHT, ISN'T IT A LITTLE
IRONIC?
ISN'T THIS THE THING THAT THE RIGHT MAKES FUN OF THE LEFT
FOR DOING?
YOU ARE GOING TO MARCH?
YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A LITTLE PROTEST?
A LITTLE VIGIL AT THE CANDLE?
THIS IS THAT.
ALSO WITH WHAT JAYAR SAYS, THAT IT MIGHT NOT MOVE THE NEEDLE,
IT'S NICE, IT'S FINE, WHATEVER, BUT IT'S USUALLY NOT SUPPORTED
BY THIS PARTICULAR GROUP OF PEOPLE.
YEAH, AND FINALLY, THEY ARE NOT TALKING ABOUT RURAL KENTUCKY
HERE, THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT URBAN KENTUCKY, SO WHEN THE
GOVERNOR REFERS TO A CULTURAL, SPIRITUAL AND ECONOMIC PROBLEM,
HE'S ALSO ñ THAT'S LOADED LANGUAGE TO SAVE, IT'S YOUR
FAULT FOR GETTING KILLED BECAUSE YOU HAVE A CULTURE PROBLEM.
AND I'M NOT JUST EXTRAPOLATING THAT FROM ONE WORD, FOX
NEWS SAYS IT OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
THEY SAY, IT'S NOT A PROBLEM WITH GUNS ñ
THE THINGS THAT ARE ACTUALLY KILLING PEOPLE, OR THE BULLETS
THAT ARE KILLING THEM ñ IT'S THE PROBLEM OF BLACK CULTURE.
FOX NEWS LAYS IT OUT, MATT BEVIN USED THE WORD IN THAT
CONTEXT, IRONICALLY.
AND HE SUED PLANNED PARENTHOOD.
HE'S A BAD GUY.
OH I HOPE HE WON.
IS NOT COMPLICATED, I DON'T MEAN TO BE NEGATIVE, HE'S JUST
REALLY BAD FOR THE COUNTRY.
HE'S A HARMFUL PERSON.
JAYAR, CAN YOU MAKE A BETTER VERSION OF WHAT HE JUST SAID?