On the shooting of Congresswoman Giffords

Rick Lowe

Here's a couple interesting links about this horrible act.

Is there a lesson here that both major political parties here and other groupings, blogs etc should be trying to resolve our crime problems rather than pointing fingers?

The unseemly rush to blame Sarah Palin, the Tea Party and Republicans for murder in Arizona

by Tony Harnden at The Telegraph

It is, as President Barack Obama said, an “unspeakable tragedy”. It is also, as he added, “a senseless and terrible act of violence has no place in a free society”. That much we know and the President wisely did not seek to make political capital out of the carnage or jump to conclusions about the motivations of the gunman, named as Jared Loughner.

That, of course, hasn’t stopped some on the Left clamouring to blame Sarah Palin, the Tea Party or Republicans in general for what happened.

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Report: The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) says shooting suspect 'possibly linked' to anti-Semitic group

The DHS memo called the group American Renaissance "anti-government, anti-immigration, anti -ZOG (Zionist Occupational Government), anti-Semitic." The information reportedly came as Loughner's computer and personal effects were searched in the shooting investigation.

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1 Response to On the shooting of Congresswoman Giffords

  1. Tradewinds's avatar Tradewinds says:

    A passing note of interest: The President’s initial remarks only made reference to the tragic shooting of the Congresswoman and not a word about the other fallen victims.. Once again the President’s insensitive nature and attitude comes to the surface.. May true Americans everywhere remember in their thoughts and prayers all the fallen and wounded victims of this senseless act of violence..

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