UNITED STATES AND GUNS

I tried to study US and I have continued to do so even after I returned home. For one, USA takes pride in so many things one being the established infrastructure they have had and continues to sophisticate since the discovery of USA by Christopher Columbus, anyway, where and what was USA then before its discovery???

Another thing that USA continues to boast about is the “proliferation” of guns, the freedom they continue to enjoy up to date be it owning shoguns, hunting guns, etc. Some guns are even inherited by the descendants in a family line. I tend to think that once one dies, a gun should be returned or just sold back to the dealer.

Owning guns in the US hasn’t done them any good at all but rather has brought more harm than good to the citizens by many indulging in irrational gunshots here and there with the recent ones being the at Middle Town close to Empire State Building, a very prominent place for tourists visit where a gunman stealthily followed a former workmate-his boss and shot him dead-Jeffrey Johnson is his name, two shot dead, him being one and the victim and 9 others got injured.

Another case was the mass shooting during a new Batman film, “The Dark Knight Rises” at Aurora where 12 people were shot dead and 58 others wounded by a PhD student from the University of Colorado and the Wisconsin Sikh August 2012 hate shooting (domestic terrorim) where 6 were killed on the spot leaving 4 with injuries.

The above hasn’t been the only cases of irrational gun shootings; I have only managed to quote just but a few of the recent ones. There have been several others in the past in the major cities like NYC, Philadelphia, Chicago, in schools, homesteads, other social gatherings, etc. But did you know that James E. Holmes, the 24 year old PhD student at the University of Colorado bought a gun, tactic gear, vest, magazine pouch and other ammunition with your own hard earned taxes? He used to get a federal scholarship of $26,000 per year for his education!!

The following questions continues to linger and puzzle me and many others around the developing countries around the globe and the US citizens and residents;

1.       How can one just get to a shop and buy guns and ammunition like he is buying groceries and nobody seems to question what they are going to do with the same??
2.       How many of such irrational killings will it take US to get serious about gun control?

I know one thing for sure that none of my friends in the US is feeling safe when walking/strolling around their towns/cities, neither is none feeling safe attending a movie nor is any feeling safe attending a church/temple service. And for this reason, as a layman and as a non-US citizen/resident, I want to say that it’s high time the Religious sectors, Human Rights institutions, Corporate bodies, Non-governmental Organizations (NGOs) engage the US government in serious gun regulation/control policies.

EXCLUSIVE

What do you think of Dr. Dinesh D’Souza’s Obama’s America 2016 video trailer?

I have the following observations to make regarding Mitt Romney’s campaign conference in Florida;

1.        While addressing the attendants, Mrs. Anne Romney did not touch any issue regarding Mr. Todd Akin’s “legitimate rape” something that I expected her to at least talk about.
2.        She seemed to talk about more of their love, without becoming sensitive of how many women in that same conference doesn't have husbands to love neither is some interested in any!

Please, I would like to hear your comments, criticisms, corrections and your sincere opinions on this.

THANKS

"MISSION TOURISM"

Growing up, I could read about Missionaries and meet some from the developed world coming pretty much to help spread the Good News in our developing world. These servants of the Lord, helped spread the Good News of the Lord by planting churches, they promoted education by building schools, promoted primary health care by constructing health amenities, fought against human sufferings by forming human rights societies, people who supported destitute children with all their strength and heart and never became “Orphanage Tourists”, etc. Generally, they did a very good job, very reputable and people loved them and from the articles and books I read about them, I grew up knowing Missionaries were up for some good causes in life and people loved them! I think I am one of the Missionaries’ products from their hard work they did while they first arrived in Kenya. But gone are the days when Missionaries were Missionaries! Today, I see a lot of people calling themselves Missionaries not really living a life that the Missionaries I read about and met lived. The old days Missionaries lived a very humble life, very meek people and may God bless them wherever they are. People who truly dedicated their services to the Lord, people who were really out to help good causes and people who made sure they did what brought/took them to their places of service, very humble and dedicated people they were, people who minimized their travels abroad to help support a good cause. What I see today are people who call them Missionaries but are out to tour the world, people whom I sometimes call, “Religious Tourists”. People who just volunteer to go round the world to make money and joyride in the name of missions, people who are out to do business, enjoy good services and finally decline to go back to their original countries and eventually buying houses in their host countries and ending up staying. I have happened to interacted with a few, many who come from North America. People who have either consciously or subconsciously explicitly showed racial/ social/political hatred. Some who have come to my place of work and asked,” And who is this?” People who have come to my place of work and after ushering them into the office, ignored to greet me and others. People who have conspicuously portrayed clear indifference between us and them by enjoying services that the hosts they claim to support should have. I will leave it at that point,you are welcome to criticize,comment and correct and respect my opinion.I would be for sure so happy to hear from you.

WHY THE THIRD WORLD AND NOT THE DEVELOPED WORLD??!!

Between 2010 - 2011, I got a chance to participate in a very lovely International Volunteer Exchange Program for one of the leading North American NGO. This is a one neat program that helped me widen my horizons to a very higher notch and changed my way of thinking to a great deal, a program that draws a quite a significant number of participants from all over the world as well. The program’s main objectives were; 1. Broaden horizons; 2. Correct Stereotypes and misconceptions about other people; 3. Promote international peace building and reconciliation; 4. Vocational training, etc. The Program had other sister programs called; Serving And Learning Together and Young Anabaptists Mennonite Network. Before participating in the International Volunteer Exchange Program and Young Anabaptists Mennonite Network, every participant is warned /told not to think about staying longer in North America or about going back to North America before two years elapses upon return to their original countries or not to totally think about relocating to North America in the long run claiming the program’s objective isn’t to help participants to immigrate to North America. But let’s get things right here, there is a sister program for the same NGO I volunteered for close to a year in North America that does send volunteers from North America to different parts of the world, Africa included. These people have a choice to extend their terms of service upon completion of the first year whenever they want to and even get back to their previous areas of service. Some get back to the countries of previous service before even six (6) months elapses. I am saying this because I know a couple of acquaintances who have flown back from North America to their prior countries of service, not one, not two people. What intrigues me is why put the restriction for the developing world participants and not the developed world’s?! North America is full of goodies and everybody desires to live and earn a living there and in return give back home! I will leave it at that point!!! This blogpost is a bit controversial but you are welcome to comment,correct,criticize,etc

RE-ENTRY

THE BIG QUESTION! WHY IS IT SO HARD COMING FROM THE WEST AND TRYING TO RE-ESTABLISH IN HOME COUNTRY???

CHRISTMAS IN NORTH AMERICA!!

What a Christmas in North America!

I think I am gonna miss North Amrican way of celebrating Christmas!!
But I want to say that Christmas in North America is a no nonsense activity! It is full of business,businesses thrive during this festive season! Christmas in this land is full of running up and down the shopping malls to get gifts to share with friends and family! When Christmas draws near in N.America, everybody else start thinking of decorating their houses to bring in the Christmas moods, Christmas Carols are played all over and people run in to big debts to acquire Christmas gifts to make the others happy!

People end up getting stuffs that they already have and don't need anymore.Christmas in North America is a matter of making another one happy while you will be struggling to pay debts accrued due to trying to please the others by giving them gifts.

I don't know how to describe it but I feel, many North Americans plunge into the idea of Christmas,gifts,decorations,food, etc and for a while forget that CHRIST IS THE REASON FOR THE SEASON.

It is high time North Americans that you just stop sharing the gifts that you already have amongst yourselves and share with the rest of the world the same for in that way, you will be reflecting the true picture and meaning of Christmas,placing Christ at the centre of Christmas celebrations.

MERRY CHRISTMAS NORTH AMERICANS WHEREVER YOU ARE!!!

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AMERICAN GRAMMAR/ACCENT VERSES OTHERS AND MINE!

For a very long time growing up, I ever adored Americans speaking in their accent and I would think and say they were speaking through their noses! I would wonder how somebody would understand what an American was saying whenever they were speaking and wondered whether at one point I would speak like Americans did/do.
When we would share a Sunday church service or other fora with some/one American(s),an interpreter would be invited to help-somebody who had had contact and conversation with Americans before,this person would be considered very smart according to my standard of rating then!Sometimes I would wonder if the interpreter was taking listeners for granted and just made some words up that he did not always grasp!

As time grew by, I grew to adore British grammar and accent which is tricky to emulate unlike American accent.By the way, I would like to imitate British accent now that I have the grammar!

Being a good English grammar student that I am, I have realized some 'loopholes' in some American grammar or accent,it tends to be a little bit 'loose' or just "fluid-like' to me and many a times I have had issues with some words' pronunciation and articulation!Over many a times I had problems writing what I could hear Americans would say/speak e.g, American would say "WORA" for "WATER","DORA" for "DAUGHTER","PITSA" for "PIZZA","RIDAS" for "RITAS", "MADIS" for "MARTYS" "PIA" for "PIER-PAYA",etc.If I would say WATER in my accent,over a hundred times, many Americans would ask,"What are/is you/he saying?" Until I would say "WORA" for one to understand!

Many a times I had people tell me,"You have a hilarious accent!" Some would say, "He has a funny accent!" " I enjoy speaking to you because of your accent!"This was great, and I stood out amongst millions of people,this would draw people to me,this made me make many friens and acquaintances! Being different in a good way is such a precious thing!

While in and out of America,the intersting thing now is, people back at home say, I have borrowed American accent which pretty much puts me in a very akward position being in the society that I come from,many would say, I am becoming proud, many would wonder how easy it would be for me to have learnt the accent in a such a 'short' time,many would adore hearing me speaking with an American trying to emulate the accent for him/her to understand me,etc and many would just take me as smart to be able to grasp all those words being spoken through the nose,crazy this is,they say I nowadays tweng like Americans do!

I will leave it at that point friends,comments,constructive criticism,corrections are all welcome.The above blog is my own independent and random thoughts expressed on a piece of page on my little blog.
Once again,thanks for being my consistent blog followers!