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http://www.redstate.com/leon_h_wolf/2016/07/08/uncomfortable-reason-came-dallas-yesterday/ "But people's willingness to act rationally and within the confines of the law and the political system is generally speaking directly proportional to their belief that the law and political system will ever punish wrongdoing. And right now, that belief is largely broken, especially in many minority communities. And it's the blind, uncritical belief that the police never (or only in freak circumstances) do anything wrong that is a major contributing factor to that. It's at least as much of a factor, if not more so, than the blind, uncritical belief that the police always do things wrong - which many conservatives today are blaming in entirety for what happened in Dallas. The truth, as always, lies somewhere in the middle, but acknowledging that requires looking in the mirror in a way that makes us all a little uncomfortable."

I agree. However, we must also look at the number of deaths that guns cause in this country every year. There is hardly a day that goes by when someone is not killed by a gun. It seems we might get wise and stop the amount of guns sold in the USA. I have guns. I have all my life. But, I don't think they should be allowed by anyone. I'd love to go to a gun free society. We must also know that the more our economy struggles, the more people will feel disenfranchised from our country. We must have strong policies in place to allow everyone in society to succeed. My heart goes out to those officer's families and to others who were killed by other officers the past few days. I am sick of seeing these things happen in the USA.

I visited in Cartagena, Medellin and Bogota in January. Had a great time. I was very surprised how pleasant Cartagena was. Found some great restuarants and enjoyed strolling through the streets in the walled city. I stayed at the Bonbon Allure which is a short walk outside the city gate, very nice neighborhood and across from the water. It was a beautiful hotel with outstanding breakfast service. They were very discrete about visitors. My friend and I each booked double rooms. We were allowed one visitor per 24 hour period and beyond that the hotel assessed a fee, $25 I think. There was a gay disco just down the street. Lots of hot young guys. Packed, loud and obnoxious EDM. We left after one beer. No one approached in the disco and the music was too loud to try to talk to anyone. But we left, got on Grindr and there must have been a dozen guys messaging us saying "we saw you at the disco, we want to meet!" Grindr and Hornet were very busy. Some guys included $ in their screenname so you know what they were seeking. A broad selection of gorgeous men. Loved it. The museums were also great. I thought it was very relaxing. Bogota was same as usual. Stayed in the gay mini hotel the San Sebastian in Chapinero. Decent rooms and sweet staff. Immediately next door was a place "Boys Internet Cabinas." I honestly thought it was an internet place so once when the internet in the hotel was running slow I visited. Haha! Lots of cabins and lots of boys but they weren't there for the internet. GLory holes everywhere and lots of non-commercial blow jobs. We took the Turistren which was a fun Sunday afternoon. Pretty ride, both through the city and then in the country. Stopped at the Salt Cathedral, interesting, worthwhile, and then had an hour or so in a colonial tourist town for lunch. Musicians on the train and the Colombianos all partied and danced as the train lurched along. Lots of fun. Didn't like the saunas in Bogota. Babylon was packed with stand and model gorgeous muscle boys. Very busy dozens having sex in the steam room but unless one is young and of model quality no one is interested. Went to two other suanas. Awful. Went to a couple bars but not very interesting. I hadn't been to the colonial downtown before and enjoyed a full day sightseeing there. Medellin, as all say, was terrific. We stayed at the Estellar Blue Hotel in El Poblado. It's a long but pretty walk to the Metro station. Parque Lleras with all the open air bars and restaurants was fun. Steak houses good -- the "famous" Thai restaurant was about as Thai as my German grandpa and the food was mediocre. Several of the restaurants were at best middling. On my return in June I'm going to pay more attention to reviews to find better fare. Mixed results bringing saunas boys home from there. My friend Vince, who doesn't speak Spanish, invited a masseur from Club Tobi. Vince had a double room but the front desk made him register the guest and pay, $30 I think, for the visitor. My favorite, the bartender at Club Tobi came around 10pm but the hotel wouldn't let him go up to my room and they wouldn't call for me. Duh, I should have told him to call my room first so I could meet him in the lobby. I don't think the hotel was anti-gay or anti-visitor, just doing diligence for safety. The hotel was beautiful, only $70 a night, huge rooms, brand new, perfectly clean, everything working, premium channels on TV, free breakfast AND dinner. I'd recommend the Estellar Blue but for June we're going to the Hotel Dix, closer to the metro station and Parque Lleras. We did the Comuna 13 tour and I highly recommend it. There were 2 other guys on the tour, both gay and from San Francisco, cute, smart, and lots of fun. We went up the escalators, through the neighborhood, all over on the cable cars. It was a long exhausting tour but very satisfying and well worth the price. Tour guide with sense of humor, highly knowledgeable and articulate. Good English. We also spent a day in the downtown museums. We had a hell of a time finding the "street of sin" and during the daytime. But when we saw some fierce drag queens, some strung out looking young guys. Plan to return there for a visit. The masseurs at Club Tobi, spectacular. We didn't get to any clubs. Donde Aquellos was largely deserted when we went by.

Protesters wanting to protest the killings of young black men by police generally did it peacefully. But I cannot condemn those snipers any stronger. They are simply wrong and what they did was counterproductive to the protest movement. It was also reprehensible, immoral, illegal and painful to the families of the cops and to those who care about the police. Who do we call when someone hate-bashes us. rapes us, steals from us, hurts us, or a friend? We call the police. We want them to show up, to be professional, and to care. So it seems a simple idea that we have to do the same for them. My sympathies to the friends and families of the deceased Dallas officers.

So sorry MsAnn. The issue for many months has been the software Invision. They come out with a new update every few days and it is very had to keep up with them. I truly regret the choice in investing with their company as they can't seem to get things fixed. As soon as a good stable release is out, we will not upgrade to the newest version unless a security issue. For long posts, I always type in a editor and then past into here. I have done that for every site for many years. I know that doesn't solve your problem today, but it might be less frustrating than having a good post disappear.

Next time you will be disciplined for not knowing these things!

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