Tread Lightly

So as you all know a US Congresswoman and a federal Judge, as well as several other people where shot yesterday.

My first thought being in Arizona if it might be a Cartel move. I of course was wrong. Tam explains quite well how classless it is to make political hay while the bodies are still warm and the facts are still trickling in.

Of course several have decided to charge ahead and make capital out of loss of life. Also two of our favorite useful idiots here and here.

My only statement is if there were that many high government officials in one place why am I not hearing about security returning fire to protect the innocents and the elected and appointed people of the United States?

I will say that while I will cast aspersions on many politicians, I will point out that their lives can be weighed slightly higher than that of the average Joe simply by the connection of their elections, or the scope of their job over our lives. Allowing a single mentally-ill person to assault them is attack on not just them but all of us. This goes for people who’s politics I strongly agree with, and with those who are vehemently against my total world view, and everybody in between. If you are elected by the masses the action of one loner should NOT cause a major disruption like this.

Of course I’m still information gathering, so I will say this is all going on what I’ve heard or read.

And of course my heart goes out to the families and victims of this horrible act.

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0 Responses to Tread Lightly

  1. JP says:

    It is my understanding that congresspeople have to provide their own security. The Judge himself was not scheduled to be there, he just happened to stop by to say hi to Mrs. Giffords and was in the wrong place at the wrong time.

  2. Linoge says:

    As always, the differences are interesting…

    We are offering condolences to people who are quite obviously on the other side of the political spectrum from us, yet other people on that same opposite side are busy blaming us and demonizing anyone they can get their grubby paws on.

    We are counselling a controlled, steady movement towards the truth, while folks like SoBeale and the rest of those fools are jumping to conclusions, casting baseless aspersions, and stereotyping to the extreme.

    We are concerned with holding the (alleged) criminal responsible for his actions, while they are looking for anyone and everyone else to blame.

    In a way, this incident, unfortunate and disastrous though it may be, can show the differences between “liberal” and “conservative” in ways never before shown in such clear relief.

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