2011-01-10

I'm just saying...

Thanks to a couple inches of winter weather, my commute was almost tripled this morning (honestly people -- it's just snow!), which gave me more than enough time to develop nausea listen to the propagandists at NPR paint their picture of “the facts” surrounding the shooting this past weekend in Tucson:
  • The shooter was a “lone wolf” and acted alone
  • That right-wing talk radio could possibly have played a roll in inciting violence
  • That the Congress woman narrowly defeated a tea party candidate to win election
  • That Arizona’s gun laws are perhaps too liberal
  • That the shooter had attended “meet and greet” events with the Congress woman in the past and received thank you notes from her (or was it her office?)
  • That the shooter had notes in his house about planning ahead (though what those plans are is unclear)
  • That “some other people” were also injured by the shooter
When I got to work I did some quick internet searching and learned a few things that NPR didn’t bother mentioning:
So the Catholic judge was invited to the event at the last minute and a drug-abusing liberal guns him down along with several others. Perhaps it’s just a coincidence; or perhaps the judge was the real target and shooting the Congress woman provides sufficient obfuscation to the event to conceal this motivation?

3 comments:

Inane said...

Why would a Catholic Judge be the target rather than the congresswoman? I would think that the congresswoman would be more well known to the general public. It seems that you are reaching just as much as NPR and others are by coming to a biased conclusion with little to no facts (twitter doesn't count as a credible source). Maybe that was your point?

Poor family. He had a very young son it looks like. Sheesh. Amen on the prayer.

anon said...

Inane said: "...coming to a biased conclusion with little to no facts... Maybe that was your point?"

That is partially how I read it. However, there are plenty of other non-twitter sources that speak to his leanings. Classmates, teachers, employers, friends... myspace/facebook/his-own-youtube-chan... etc. I am sure C.Anon has more that he may provide.

Inane said: "I would think that the congresswoman would be more well known to the general public."

While that may be true... I am not sure the reasons for the murder of all these people has anything to do with how "well known" an individual is in this case. (Currently the media reports that notes were found that confirm Loughner had the congresswoman as a specific target.) Why were all the other folks murdered?

In the realm of politics, "the people" are fed up. Historically this unrest is typically taken out on the Government... or its officials.

C.Anon said "...the Catholic judge was invited to the event at the last minute and a drug-abusing liberal guns him down along with several others. Perhaps it’s just a coincidence..."

There is no such thing as coincidence. Overall I think this is a point that people need to wake up to.

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