While BWB was revelling in glory, as the Jets came from behind to beat the Colts in the playoffs Saturday night, tragedy was unfolding in Arizona. A nut job killed a federal judge and almost killed a congresswoman. It looks as if Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ) will make it; eighteen others were also wounded or killed. Described by his classmates as a "left-wing pothead."
I do not know the man, by all accounts he was seriously disturbed. What do fanatics, freedom fighters, terrorists, mercenaries, whack-jobs with guns and issues with people, and zealots of all shapes and sizes have in common? They are all fucking nuts. I know this for one reason: to shoot up a Safeway, for whatever reason, for whatever inclination, for whatever political or social end, is something only a madman would do. The same goes for blowing up abortion clinics, coffee shops in Israel, marketplaces in Iraq, or backwoods cities in Afghanistan too for that matter.
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called the man an "extremist." Don't hurt yourself throwing out the harsh words. When a liberal man attempts to kill a Blue Dog Democrat who voted against Nancy Pelosi, he is an extremist. What about the "domestic terrorism" tag they like to throw out. Why doesn't this man qualify? Because he is a liberal and only conservatives can be terrorists?
If Timothy McVeigh and his ilk are terrorists, and they are, then this douchebag certainly is. Much has been made of left-wing bloggers writing she "is dead to me now" or Sarah Palin putting a "target" on her. All of that is bullshit.
The left wants to blame the right.
The right wants to blame the left.
How about this? Blame the douchebag named Jared Lee Loughner for ruining all of our weekends, but especially those of the victims and their families. This man will be punished in accordance to our laws, and hopefully will be either executed or stuck in a small, dingy cramped hole for the rest of his life.
The tragedy is important, I will not diminish it. As important as it is, we must look forwars. What comes of this? How will the government respond? You know they will. They will tell us: either we can clamp down on society, establish mechanisms for reporting suspicious activities and organizing in order to protect OR we allow "extremists" to come out of the woodwork.
We all must be careful in times like this. What did they say about the wolf in sheep's clothing. He's only doing it to keep warm, right?
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