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How come the Florida shooting turned into war with NRA as if NRA is the biggest villain here?There are three things at play here:It’s an election year, and this is a polarizing topic.The media and the Democrats think they can use this to rally their voters.There hasn’t been another big story to push this out of the news in the last two weeks.Makes me want to give a donation to NRA even though I am not a member.You’re not the only one. I suspect that, once the numbers roll in, the NRA will see a boost in membership and donations from this.

AOC emailed her supporters and in a day raised $2 Million from “Liberal Socialists” to help Texas.Let’s see, what could Ted Cruise (sic) do?How about his staff emailing and then calling the CEOs of the Top 100 International companies that do business in Texas? Ask them for a donation.“No sir….$1 Million isn’t enough. You paid more for Super Bowl advertising than that. Make it $5 Million and you’ll have the gratitude of a great American state. And a mention in every newspaper in Texas. In fact, since you said NO the first time, it’s $10 Million.”100 x $10 Million. Might add up.And yet, AOC won the day.

It was 1998. My son was 6-months old. I had just recently left my husband, had just gotten out of rehab and was doing my best just to get through the day. I was pretty much broke at the time but knew I had about $20 in my bank account and I needed baby food and something to eat for myself. It was late at night, my son was crying because he was hungry, I was exhausted mentally and physically and I’m pretty sure I looked it. I had $18 worth of items in my cart but then my card was declined. My face turned bright red with embarrassment as I asked the cashier to take my frozen dinner off the total but my card still didn’t work. Because it was late at night, there was only one check-out lane open and there were two people behind me in line at this point. After the cashier had taken everything off but the baby food (about 50 cents), I tried to dig some change out of the bottom of my purse but I was so frustrated and embarrassed at that point that all my change fell on the floor. By this time my son was screaming, I was crying, and this horrible lady behind me commented that “Some people just shouldn’t be allowed to have children & could I hurry up and leave the store”. I was about to leave all of my groceries and run out of the store as fast as I could when I hear this voice from another woman in line, “I’ve got your groceries, go take care of your baby”. So now I’m crying even harder. I asked the woman for her information so that I could pay her back at some point and that’s when I noticed that she only had one arm and that her business card said she worked for one of our animal rescue centers in Houston. She told me to just make a donation when I could. I never forgot that and it’s been 21 years. My son and I now volunteer regularly for our local animal shelter and I keep looking for the woman with one arm. I also make a monthly $20 donation (the amount she paid for my groceries in 1998) and after Hurricane Harvey, my son and I helped reunite families with their animals. You never know how one person’s actions can make a huge difference in someone’s life.