In the last twenty four hours or so I have found myself filled with a mix of grief and absolute frustration by the events in Arizona and the subsequent attempts to assign blame.
The events of Saturday were an indefensible tragedy! Everyone from a Federal judge to a nine year old little girl lost their lives. “May light perpetual shine upon them.” But there is no political lesson here.
I have heard commentators and guests on twenty- four hour news networks wax eloquent on how the political discourse is too loud and rancorous for the American people.
One local AZ official went so far as to call for voices on the radio to soften their tone! So let’s get a couple of things straight right now: First off this was not a political act. The assailant was not a tea party member or a ditto head. Nor was he a move on.org contributor or an acorn worker.
He was just a delusional head case who read things like Mien Kampf and the Communist Manifesto before drifting off to sleep at night. He hated this country, as well as religious faith, and his YouTube vids are full of incoherent rambling that would have confused Friedrich Nietzsche.
Secondly The American people are not the impressionable dolts that many in government and the media seem to think we are.
To listen to the self- righteous officials on television one would think that the electorate was filled with voices and individuals who are so tenuously balanced that they could simply erupt at any time. I guess I just think more of the American people than that!
We can distinguish what is often heated (and even necessary) debate, from the senseless ravings of a madman. I for one am not that easily manipulated thank you very much!
At the end of the day I reaffirm my position that Jared Lee Loughner was / is neither a liberal nor a conservative; that would require at least an ounce of humanity, something that clearly must be lacking in anyone who would deliberately kill a ten year old at point blank range.
So a parting word to all those who are waiting in the wings to assign political blame for this travesty, and believe me, they are out there: let the politics rest! Don’t try to use this terrible event as a “teachable moment!” There’s nothing to learn from this stupidity. There’s only sadness. Just let the people grieve.
As I watch the news this morning I’m hearing a lot of noise about the U.S. House’s plan to pass a repeal of the Obama health care law. The Washington Press corps seems incredulous that the new congress to would press a bill doomed to eventual defeat, by either the Senate or presidential veto.
I would pose the following question to the house Democratic caucus: If its defeat is so inevitable why oppose it? Why not even cast a vote for repeal?
Well as of today we have a new congress! As of about an hour ago John Boehner, from the state of Ohio, is the new Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Snow in Tyler Texas again in 2011! We love snow here in Tyler
January 9th, 2011We are hoping for a lot more and for it to get colder. Once there is a nice big thick blanket of snow we are going to go find a good steep hill to sled down.
Last year we had an amazing snow fall in March I think which was really odd for Texas and had many people saying so well for Global Warming.
Now global warming is called Climate Change but that still requires us to look at some previous claims.
Climate change people now say that more snow in the winter also proves global warming but this is not what the claim was a few years back?
Well anyway back off of politics I am very happy to see some snow and we will be playing in it all day after my son gets up from his nap.
January 9 2011 Video of Snow Fall in Tyler TX
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