The Thirty Day Blog Writing Challenge’s organizer Frank Taub says linking to a video we love counts as a post. Was happy to stumble across this one by Randy Rainbow while wandering around the Internet.

Like Randy Rainbow, I am sick to death of the mealy-mouthed “thoughts and prayers” that are uttered by public figures and followed up with no valuable action.

Rainbow speaks my mind. I am sure he speaks for what used to be the “silent majority.” (I won’t take time here to sing the praises of Randy Rainbow to the rooftops as I want to. One day though, I well might.)

Sending “thoughts and prayers” is facile. It accomplishes nothing. You want to express your genuine concern and distress? Change something. Do something. That’s what will have meaning and value in the face of outrageous acts of tragedy and injustice.

Otherwise, you are just another well-mannered, insipid, do-nothing automaton in society. Heaven knows we have more than enough of them already. Many of them are politicians.