In an unexpected merger of Old Media with Never Old Comedy, The Onion has acquired Newsweek. I think so, at least - check this apparent parody piece mocking all the lefties who promoted the notion that the paranoid schizo gunman in Arizona was in some way a conservative:
The Missed Warning Signs
A 2009 study warned that the rise of right-wing extremism could spur violent attacks. But the report was attacked by Republicans, including now-Speaker John Boehner.
Hmm - do they mean the DHS study that relied on "open source" intelligence, which is to say, their very own Google searches? The one where they forgot to actually perform the Google searches and misreported stories? The one that breathlessly reported some arrests from 1996 (which actually ocurred in 1998) as some sort of imminent threat? The one that advised us to be wary of returning veterans, who might be armed and dangerous? I guess they do, which means they are off to a promising comic start:
Two years before the Tucson massacre, the Department of Homeland Security warned in a report that right-wing extremism was on the rise and could prompt "lone wolves" to launch attacks. But the agency backed away from the report amid intense criticism from Republicans, including future House Speaker John Boehner.
Well, the report didn't mean "lone wolves" such as the Discovery Channel hostage taker, a wack-job who put the "mental" in "environmentalist". Nor did it mean the "F*** the rich" arsonist operating in Cape Cod. But surely the Newsweekers know that?
The report, which warned that the crippled economy and the election of the first black president were “unique drivers for right-wing radicalization and recruitment,” described the rise of “lone wolves and small terrorist cells embracing violent right-wing extremist ideology [as] the most dangerous domestic terrorism threat in the United States,” according to a copy reviewed by The Center for Public Integrity.
Yes they do understand the report referred to right-wing violence, and we will stop calling them 'Shirley' as soon as they explain how the Arizona gunman was a right-winger.
In the wake of last weekend’s attempted assassination of Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, which left six dead and 14 wounded, the report’s warning of a lone wolf attack from someone with extremist tendencies seems prescient.
"Extremist tendencies"? Wait a minute - the report warned about "right wing" extremist tendencies; don't go all weaselly now.
But when the April 2009 report was issued, it was overwhelmingly criticized by conservative commentators and lawmakers, who derided it as political propaganda from the Obama administration. Some experts worry that its findings were ignored due to political blowback.
Wow - if they are going to argue that Jared Loughner would have been on the DHS radar except that Boehner squawked about a DHS report in 2009, they are mining comic gold. Of course, they also overlook the fact that the Tucson police visited the Loughner family more than once; talk about "Missed Warning Signs" might better start there.
The report’s primary focus was the fear that if the economy continued its downturn, it could mix with racial and political opposition to the election of Barack Obama and the ongoing debate about immigration. The report was especially concerned that these factors paralleled those that led to several incidents of domestic terrorism during the Clinton era.
“The current economic and political climate has some similarities to the 1990s when right-wing extremism experienced a resurgence fueled largely by an economic recession, criticism about the outsourcing of jobs, and the perceived threat to U.S. power and sovereignty by other foreign powers,” it said.
Yup - that report eerily predicted the rise of the Mind Controller with his new grammar and common currency, all right. And his orange sky. One might just as sensbily talk about a less-noticed DHS report assessing the prospects for left-wing violence, which warned about people who “embrace a number of radical philosophical components of anticapitalist, antiglobalization, communist, socialist, and other movements.” And maybe mind-control.
Eventually Newsweek admits they are pulling our leg:
While discussion has swirled around possible ties between accused gunman Jared Loughner and right-wing extremists, DHS on Monday said department officials “have not established any such possible link.” Levin doesn’t believe extremism was the sole driving factor. “This guy is a mentally deranged person first,” he said, and noted that the mentally ill often latch on to conspiracy theories to layer over their already “obsessive and aggressive template.”
Discussion has also swirled around the seeming attempt to smear the right by any means possible.
When we find out that Boehner and the Republicans blocked the DHS report highlighting the dangers inherent in members of Congress misspelling the names of constituents, that will be the last straw.
Posted by: Boatbuilder | January 12, 2011 at 07:29 AM
You left out the best part -- the "story" was written by a Soros-stooge!
Posted by: Rob Crawford | January 12, 2011 at 07:38 AM
I'm waiting for a study evaluating the prevalence of paranoid schizophrenic behavior in America's vanishing class of professional journalists.
Posted by: clarice | January 12, 2011 at 07:39 AM
Yay,
Chris Christie on FOX and friends doing a beautiful job.
Pawlenty was on as the earlier guest, and I'm simply saying that in comparison to Christie, IMHO, Pawlenty comes across like a poodle.
Go Fat Man!!! How wonderful to hear a politician who does not couch his words. Confidence!
Here's the difference I notice:
When Pawlenty is on, he is like a "Groupie" to the Newsfolks.
When Christie is on, the Newsfolks are look "Groupies" to Chris Christie.
Posted by: daddy | January 12, 2011 at 07:45 AM
The libs with their media/entertainment cohorts are very good at "setting the stage" for their future desired talking points. Phony reports, polls, issue movies,...
That was a report waiting for "the crime" so it could be touted as proof of right-wing hate. The problem is that they often roll out their planned talking point on a crime that doesn't fit. They need to heed the Rockefeller Memo - "We can pull the trigger on an independent investigation at any time-- but we can only do so once."
They usually "pull the trigger" at the wrong time.
Posted by: Janet | January 12, 2011 at 07:51 AM
Writer of the Newsweek piece -
Aaron Mehta is a reporter for the Center for Public Integrity, a nonprofit, nonpartisan investigative reporting organization in Washington D.C.
Posted by: Janet | January 12, 2011 at 07:59 AM
Fred Phelps (democrat) and his band of loons are purportedly on their way to Tucson to give their own unique perspective to the memorial service.
Posted by: Captain Hate | January 12, 2011 at 08:01 AM
Sarah Palin breaks her silence and in doing so demonstrates more leadership than the entire party of Repukes.
Posted by: Captain Hate | January 12, 2011 at 08:04 AM
What do you want to bet Loughner had pics in his room of the Congresswoman with little cartoon comments of things she'd say to him drawn in, and maybe her face glued onto some nude bodies.
Obama's mission today is to change the subject from "rhetoric" to unicorns, before the real evidence starts coming out.
Posted by: Extraneus | January 12, 2011 at 08:13 AM
Great quote in Sarah Palin's statement - "President Reagan said, “We must reject the idea that every time a law’s broken, society is guilty rather than the lawbreaker. It is time to restore the American precept that each individual is accountable for his actions.”
Posted by: Janet | January 12, 2011 at 08:20 AM
Is anyone going to hold Joe Scarborough accountable for his commentary in Politico for misusing Michelle Bachman's "armed and dangerous" to make his political point? Why dont you source quote Joe? Was it Krugman? Media Matters? Chris Matthews?
Posted by: mikey | January 12, 2011 at 08:22 AM
“We must reject the idea that every time a law’s broken, society is guilty rather than the lawbreaker. It is time to restore the American precept that each individual is accountable for his actions.”
Yay Sarah! and Chris Christie. Confidence!
Don't let the bastards shut you up into politically correct acquiescence or silence. This is a moment to be emboldened, not cowed, and thanks for leading the way.
Posted by: daddy | January 12, 2011 at 08:25 AM
Sarah Palin statement: "America's Enduring Strength"
Posted by: Extraneus | January 12, 2011 at 08:26 AM
Ooops, didn't see you there Janet.
Posted by: Extraneus | January 12, 2011 at 08:27 AM
Exactly daddy; it's called "leadership" and it's something that Pawlenty, King and the rest of the eunuch Repukes, as well as Stumblebum O'dipshit, are sorely lacking.
Posted by: Captain Hate | January 12, 2011 at 08:31 AM
Its okay about the nudie pics and fantasizing about famous people.It can be fun,ever go to a costume party?its okay you came out and no one is real busy right now.......
Posted by: Hardlife,HardLove | January 12, 2011 at 08:31 AM
She always comes through, making that whole
forest of garbage that has been spit out since
Saturday, superfluous. I checked in early last night, because there's only so much mendacity and deceit one can put up with.
Posted by: narciso | January 12, 2011 at 08:32 AM
First Latina Governor's Historic Inauguration Gets Little National News Coverage
Gee...
Posted by: Extraneus | January 12, 2011 at 08:40 AM
The reelection strategy has been reported to be a gradual convincing of the public that the new Republican reps are all kind of crazy as are all the Tea Party types so that independents will flock back to Obama. This response to the shooting fits that narrtive perfectly for them. Too bad the muddle sways in the wind and is susceptible to this nonsense. 50/47 today for Obama in Reuters/Ipsos poll.
Posted by: bio mom | January 12, 2011 at 08:41 AM
Go Sarah! Her remarks show maturity and leadership. Meanwhile, the left is foaming at the mouth over "blood libel." Politico is beside itself. I love it. Sarah has called out the media for their slander, their libel, their hatred.
We too need to help in shining a bright light on the dark world where the MFM try to cower.
Posted by: centralcal | January 12, 2011 at 08:41 AM
Who knew? The real victim of the shooting was, as ever, Sarah Palin...
Poor Sarah, were it not for all the unfairness, she'd be, um, what, governor of a state you never hear about that's virtually run by oil money. Instead, she's a reality TV celebrity and Fox News journalist. Life's so unfair to wingnuts, so unfair...
Posted by: bunkerbuster | January 12, 2011 at 08:46 AM
Zeleny, is apparently not 'enchanted' by her response, sure sign how effective it is. Spunkmeyer go splat, yet again.
Posted by: narciso | January 12, 2011 at 08:51 AM
My response would have been "Get bent, you fucking ghouls!," but Sarah's was more elegant.
Posted by: Boatbuilder | January 12, 2011 at 09:00 AM
She has a hell of a nerve injecting herself into this, doesn't she, Bubu? What a narcissist.
Posted by: Boatbuilder | January 12, 2011 at 09:04 AM
I guess our assigned troll isn't on the A list of recipients of Sarah talking points since the press outrage now is that she used the term blood libel. David Corn is charging her with comparing herself to Holocaust victims. I think even Loughner has a better command of semantics than that diwmit.
Posted by: Captain Hate | January 12, 2011 at 09:23 AM
The jugeared commie bastard has nowhere to go after that Palin video. OODA loop. Inside. He is going to look like a fool dragging Incompetano and whatever other commies he brings to this. Maybe Sheriff Joe will finally check his papers and deport him.
Posted by: Bill in AZ sez it's time for Zero to resign | January 12, 2011 at 09:23 AM
Have we heard a statement from Mitt Romney?
Posted by: Extraneus | January 12, 2011 at 09:26 AM
They really should know better, by now, not to poke 'Mama Grizzley' with a stick, because
she will tear their arm off,
Posted by: narciso | January 12, 2011 at 09:27 AM
Regarding the first Latina Governor, even the FoxNews article couldn't bring itself to mention some of the things she has already done to make lib heads explode over in New Mexico. From my deck it sounds like thunder, and it is good. She has already stripped some job killing environmental group created by Richardson of all its barking moonbats, on the way to disbanding it entirely. She has also made a serious stab at a serious budget. She isn't waiting around to start fixing things. Even Brewer could take some lessons.
Posted by: Bill in AZ sez it's time for Zero to resign | January 12, 2011 at 09:28 AM
Question: do we really care what a politician's ethnicity is? I think that's a game better left to the latter-day blood quanta obsessed on the left.
Posted by: Rob Crawford | January 12, 2011 at 09:33 AM
FoxNews, unlike the cartoonish description that our assigned trolls give it, is becoming increasingly worthless. WTF Ailes?
Posted by: Captain Hate | January 12, 2011 at 09:33 AM
Here's some news. LUN.
Man.
Posted by: Donald | January 12, 2011 at 09:35 AM
Here's some great Bammy, focused like a laser on the economy, news: MA 'green' company EVERGREEN SOLAR is closing up shop after only two years and a $58M taxpayer investment.
Laying off 800.
Too bad Van Jones didn't get confirmed so we could have more of these scams getting taxpayer input. Well done Coupe Deval.
Posted by: Captain Hate | January 12, 2011 at 09:39 AM
As long as Schemp and Geraldo Riviera, that's not a typo, that's the way he was described on
a cartoon show in the 80s, have any part in it, Megyn fileed Sheriff Dufuss, that's not enough.
Posted by: narciso | January 12, 2011 at 09:40 AM
--"Question: do we really care what a politician's ethnicity is?"--
I don't. But I do like to see bungduster prove he is not about minorities getting ahead. Id-iot-entity Liberal.
Posted by: Threadkiller | January 12, 2011 at 09:44 AM
Bungbuster is not about anyone getting ahead. He's one of the proverbial crabs in a bucket.
Posted by: Rob Crawford | January 12, 2011 at 09:46 AM
OMG Palin is hot. What a babe.
Posted by: bunky | January 12, 2011 at 09:52 AM
Jerry Rivers. I guess he's the balance, although he may be unbalanced himself.
Why would the left want to make Palin more sympathetic. They are as obsessed as the shooter.
Posted by: MarkO | January 12, 2011 at 09:54 AM
Fox hired John Roberts the other day, talk about WTF.
Posted by: bunky | January 12, 2011 at 09:56 AM
I am compelled to repost this here. I can only e-mail other sites, to get this out. I have sent it to some of the talk-radio personalities.
Sheriff Joe Arpaio effigy ">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sru7eohc574"> beheaded in Pima County. Pima County public defender Isabel Garcia leads kids to the riot and parades around with the severed head. She defends her actions.
Fast forward to 5:45 if you want to skip the tear jerking start of the story.
This is remarkable. I have not found Sheriff Dupidedoo statement condemning this.
She did this in front of where Joe Arpaio was ">http://www.kpho.com/news/16911334/detail.html"> book signing.
This is hate speech of the first order in Dupniks backyard.
Please pass this one on.
Posted by: Threadkiller | January 12, 2011 at 09:58 AM
Daddy, I also saw Christie on Morning Joe, and he was spectacular. They were all berating him about being in Florida during a snow storm. Christie replied that they were complaining about image not substance since the clean-up went fine. Mika persevered about how horrid he ii. Mark Helperen actually admitted that Chistie convinced him that it was the substance that mattered. Mika fumed.
It was great.
Christie is a joy to watch.
We are edging toward a foot of snow with no end in sight.
Posted by: Jane (sit on the couch or save your country) | January 12, 2011 at 09:59 AM
Mika's such an imbecile; maybe fellow idiot Scarblowhard could arrange for a quickie comforting session.
Posted by: Captain Hate | January 12, 2011 at 10:05 AM
Finally, some leadership:
Of course, the kid is all of 30 years old and wouldn't know an atmosphere of hate from a buffalo fart, but it's not all that hard to transfix Beacon Hill audiences if you've got the right bootlegger's blood coursing through your veins.
Posted by: Danube of Thought | January 12, 2011 at 10:17 AM
What do the Latina Governor of N Mex, the Governor of Az and the former Governor of Alaska have in common? Brains and Brass.
Compare and contrast to lunatic Cong. King and his legislative proposal; sitting on top of the weather vane and turning in each direction with it Pawlenty and mouth zippered shut McCain.
No wonder the media wants to knock them off.
Posted by: clarice | January 12, 2011 at 10:17 AM
Amazing how the "atmosphere of hate" never seems to come from the leftards who bay for literal blood.
Posted by: Rob Crawford | January 12, 2011 at 10:19 AM
Minus 13 at Raz today; 47-36 GOP on the generic ballot.
Posted by: Danube of Thought | January 12, 2011 at 10:20 AM
Pawlenty was on as the earlier guest, and I'm simply saying that in comparison to Christie, IMHO, Pawlenty comes across like a poodle.
1) Was Pawlenty awake?
and
2) How could you tell?
Posted by: PD | January 12, 2011 at 10:20 AM
Pawlenty is a squishy, boring, weak, go-along-to-get-along-er seriously lacking in leadership qualities.
Plus Ed Morrissey thinks he's great.
I don't care what Pawlenty did in MN. If you can't come out strong on this, you don't have what it takes to take on the machine in 2012.
Posted by: Porchlight | January 12, 2011 at 10:26 AM
Question: do we really care what a politician's ethnicity is? I think that's a game better left to the latter-day blood quanta obsessed on the left.
*We* don't care, but it's still worth pointing out when the leftists, normally so all consumed by ethnicity, completely fail to cover issues when the person of favored ethnicity doesn't follow the leftist agenda. It shows the supposed concern for ethnicity is a sham.
Posted by: PD | January 12, 2011 at 10:27 AM
GM,Chrysler,State and Municipal, PIIGS, Japan, Belgium, France, UK
In virtually every single one of these solvency concerns legacy healthcare and pension obligations are the chief long term problem.
I'm sure the 111th congress passing ObamaCare solves the US fiscal problem.
Posted by: Army of Davids | January 12, 2011 at 10:27 AM
Tammy Bruce regularly heaps abuse on TeePaw; all of it deserved imo.
Posted by: Captain Hate | January 12, 2011 at 10:28 AM
DoT, and it's not hard to transfix a Kennedy if you have enough booze or a prescription pad.
MA Senate President Therese Murray: "Pretty amazing, I think we have a new Kennedy."
This state never learns.
Posted by: Dave (in MA) | January 12, 2011 at 10:29 AM
">http://mexicotrucker.com/a-win-for-isabel-garcia-and-first-amendment-rights"> Pima county’s decision in 2010 regarding their Chief Legal Defender Isabel Garcia leading role in a riot that included the beheading of an effigy of an Arizona law enforcement officer.
I wonder what Pima County Administrator Huckelberry has to say about rhetoric regarding Giffords, considering how soft he is on a public beheading of a government official by a government official.
Posted by: Threadkiller | January 12, 2011 at 10:30 AM
Huh? I just read yesterday somewhere that Pawlenty is Christie, just with seven more years of experience as a governor. I wonder if that number of years as governor thing is being said on purpose.
Posted by: Extraneus | January 12, 2011 at 10:30 AM
">http://www.pima.gov/depts/Admin/bd-isabel.garcia.report.pdf"> Official Pima County Record of the beheading, before it gets scrubbed.
Posted by: Threadkiller | January 12, 2011 at 10:32 AM
I wonder if that number of years as governor thing is being said on purpose.
Oh, I'm certain it is. Good catch.
I'm sure he would love to be compared to Christie otherwise, but I don't see it.
Posted by: Porchlight | January 12, 2011 at 10:38 AM
Not mine...
...from a HotAir commenter.
Posted by: Dave (in MA) | January 12, 2011 at 10:38 AM
I hear they call him "Pussy Pawlenty."
Bond or Powers?
Posted by: MarkO | January 12, 2011 at 10:39 AM
We are better than the mindless finger-pointing we endured in the wake of the tragedy.
When I read that the first time my mind replaced the work "mindless" with "middle"
Posted by: Neo | January 12, 2011 at 10:43 AM
AoD-
Now you're being less abstruse and just plain under-informed. Try the new IL tax bill as a primer.
Posted by: Melinda Romanoff | January 12, 2011 at 10:46 AM
Fox is increasingly dead to me. I DVR the grapevive and the roundtable each night at 6:35 and will watch it if CK and Hayes are on but not if it's squishes and/or Wallace. I fast forward through the comments of the NPR seat holders. That means my TV news is down to 10 min a day or else zero.
Posted by: Old Lurker | January 12, 2011 at 10:46 AM
OL-
The Onion is launching a sports show on the Comedy Channel.
FYI.
Posted by: Melinda Romanoff | January 12, 2011 at 10:56 AM
From Donald's AP link:
On Wednesday, President Barack Obama visits Arizona and gives a speech honoring the victims to a rattled state and nation.
This "rattled".."traumatized" nation stuff really irks me, as it's solely designed to provide Obama a "turning point" opportunity. These nuts-gone-wild incidents happen regularly, and the sitting prez offers graceful condolences from DC. but this time we're being treated to an all-libs-on-deck, carefully choreographed extravaganza, starring The One. It's sickening.
Posted by: DebinNC | January 12, 2011 at 11:03 AM
Hah!
I tend to click to "How it's Made" or "Mega Builders", hoping as I do that Mrs. OL is in the kitchen.
Hey Mel...how's that 66% increase in tax rates for you rich guys in Chicago working out?
Posted by: Old Lurker | January 12, 2011 at 11:04 AM
FNC just reported that doctors say that Rep. Gifford's chances for survival is "100%" or "101%".
Posted by: Dave (in MA) | January 12, 2011 at 11:04 AM
ABC radio is reporting that, paraphrasing here, Palin is stoking the flames of the rhetoric by responding in an 8 minute video. They had that one ready and waiting for when she responded. Whenever that might have been.
Posted by: Sue | January 12, 2011 at 11:06 AM
Apparently, you're just supposed to lay back and let yourself be accused on accessory to murder.
Posted by: Rob Crawford | January 12, 2011 at 11:10 AM
Rob, it is all about limiting speech that upsets the left. That speech is, by definition, hateful.
Posted by: MarkO | January 12, 2011 at 11:12 AM
I totally agree with Deb @ 11:03.
Posted by: Janet | January 12, 2011 at 11:13 AM
I totally agree with Deb @ 11:03.
Me too.
This isn't one of those things where strangers in the grocery store stop each other and say "Can you believe it?"
This is a horrible crime, worthy of discussion, but it is like so many other crimes we experience too often.
Posted by: MayBee | January 12, 2011 at 11:17 AM
Sue- people have been all "Why is Sarah Palin silent? She must speak!" then she speaks and they say "How dare she speak!"
Posted by: MayBee | January 12, 2011 at 11:18 AM
Welcome to the no TV news watchers club, OL. It saves so much time and keeps my blood pressure nice and low.
"rattled nation" is it? How much more ridiculous is this going to get?
Posted by: clarice | January 12, 2011 at 11:26 AM
Pawlenty is a squishy, boring, weak, go-along-to-get-along-er seriously lacking in leadership qualities.
He comes across as effeminate. Of course that might appeal to the left, but it doesn't appeal to me. And if it doesn't appeal to the most pro-gay conservative here, he is probably in trouble.
Posted by: Jane (sit on the couch or save your country) | January 12, 2011 at 11:26 AM
sales of aluminum foil in Washington, D.C. and New York have been skyrocketing, and spinning classes are reporting all time high attendance.
When they run their own polls that indicate that the vast majority of the public disagree with their spin and don't bother to read them, is it any wonder they are alienating themselves from the majority.
I would posit that their sensationalist stories are actually inflaming their own wacko leftist constituency, as TM points out.
Nazis and right wingers are yesterday's news. We've been getting a diet of that since the 1960's.The real story is the wholesale delusion of the American oligarchy.
Just today, smilin Barry stated that France is our bestest friend evah.....meh!
Posted by: matt | January 12, 2011 at 11:27 AM
I totally agree with Deb @ 11:03
Me three.
In the mind of Jonathan Alter, this tragedy happened just in time to help Obama kick off the re-election campaign in a soothing, bi-partisan fashion!! What a stroke of luck.
Although the ideal timing, of course, would have been late October. I guess they'll just have to settle.
Posted by: Porchlight | January 12, 2011 at 11:28 AM
I totally agree with Deb @ 11:03.
I picked up on that locution too and my blood boiled. The only people who are rattled are media munchkins and politicians.
Posted by: MaryD | January 12, 2011 at 11:31 AM
No, we are not 'rattled' we are angry, at the lives lost and maimed, and we get angrier as
we see not only this need not have happened,
but the media seems intent in rationalizing it.
Posted by: narciso | January 12, 2011 at 11:32 AM
OL-
It's all packaged and ready for export.
Especially little things like Abbott and Baxter Labs, as a bonus.
To read the bill is to read a menu from a mugger on how, precisely, he will rob you.
If I were Rick Perry, I would be burning up the phone lines and lining up some commercial areas for development.
Posted by: Melinda Romanoff | January 12, 2011 at 11:34 AM
It's only a matter of time until someone real smart like Olbermann figures out that Rush hired Dupnik to make inflammatory, totally false statements about the shooting from day one to make him, his media pals and Obama look like they are absolutely insane themselves.
Posted by: clarice | January 12, 2011 at 11:35 AM
Meanwhile no journalist can manage to ask Sheriff Dupnik a basic question like "so, knowing this guy was a serious threat, and having had contact with him before, what did your department do about the situation? Why wasn't better security provided to potential targets?"
Posted by: Porchlight | January 12, 2011 at 11:35 AM
Speakers scheduled says a lot about Obama's fear of ever being upstaged (1 hr.):
Opening music
A Native American blessing
Welcome by University of Arizona President Robert N. Shelton
The playing of the National Anthem
Remarks by President Shelton
Remarks by a University of Arizona Student
Remarks by Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer (R)
Remarks by Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano
Remarks by U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder
Remarks by President Obama
Moment of silence
Posted by: DebinNC | January 12, 2011 at 11:39 AM
">http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/12/us/12loughner.html?_r=1"> Police Say They Visited Tucson Suspect’s Home Even Before Rampage
In other words: I don’t know shit, but I have an opinion that is something contrary to what anyboby with a brain would believe about Loughner. I hope people don’t mind more stupid opinions in the place of facts. That is what we do here in Pima.
Posted by: Threadkiller | January 12, 2011 at 11:40 AM
Just an observation for your consideration:
IIRC, W attended and spoke at a memorial service at Virginia Tech when the crazed shooter killed more than 30 people and wounded many more. The VT convocation was organized and hosted by the University, not the White House. Bush spoke for only a few minutes and was not featured. Here's the full text of his remarks:
Our nation is shocked and saddened by the news of the shootings at Virginia Tech today. The exact toll has not yet been confirmed, but it appears that more than 30 people were killed and many more were wounded.
I have spoken with Governor Tim Kaine and Virginia Tech President Charles Steger. I told them that Laura and I and many across our nation are praying for the victims and their families and all the members of the university community who have been devastated by this terrible tragedy.
I told them that my administration would do everything possible to assist with the investigation and that I pledged that we would stand ready to help local law enforcement and the local community in any way we can during this time of sorrow.
Schools should be places of safety and sanctuary and learning. When that sanctuary is violated, the impact is felt in every American classroom and every American community.
Today our nation grieves with those who have lost loved ones at Virginia Tech. We hold the victims in our hearts, we lift them up in our prayers, and we ask a loving God to comfort those who are suffering today.
Thank you.
I suspect BHO's statement will be more elaborate.
Posted by: Jim Rhoads a/k/a vjnjagvet | January 12, 2011 at 11:41 AM
--I guess our assigned troll isn't on the A list of recipients of Sarah talking points since the press outrage now is that she used the term blood libel. David Corn is charging her with comparing herself to Holocaust victims.--
Now all the creeps who have spent the last twenty years repeating the blood libel of Israel's alleged abuse and murder of Palestinians and doing whatever they could to assist in its destruction will suddenly be ever so sensitive to any thing which could possibly offend.
Posted by: Ignatz | January 12, 2011 at 11:42 AM
DebinNC,
What a dreary lineup! I will be busy with my sock drawer.
Posted by: MaryD | January 12, 2011 at 11:43 AM
Deb, the last item on the schedule will prove to be the best.
Posted by: Threadkiller | January 12, 2011 at 11:43 AM
Really great pic at Drudge. Just enough in-your-eyes steely jawed seriousness. I thought the statement showed gravitas, too. Poor libs. They must have vomited with murderous rage.
Posted by: Extraneus | January 12, 2011 at 11:44 AM
Deb-
You mixed up the program a bit.
The last two lines are actually broken out by mistake. It should read:
"Moment of Silence by President Obama."
Could you forward that back to edit?
Thanks.
Posted by: Melinda Romanoff | January 12, 2011 at 11:44 AM
MayBee,
Exactly!
Deb,
Last night on one of the Fox shows, O'Reilly I think, the leftard said she was terrorized by the shooting in Tucson, therefore the shooter was a terrorist. I wasn't terrorized. Horrified. Sad. But not terrorized. They have to hype it. They can't help themselves.
Posted by: Sue | January 12, 2011 at 11:45 AM
--A Native American blessing--
Why? Is Giffords Indian? Was Judge Roll? Any of the other dead or wounded? Were they shot on a reservation?
Posted by: Ignatz | January 12, 2011 at 11:45 AM
but this time we're being treated to an all-libs-on-deck, carefully choreographed extravaganza, starring The One. It's sickening.
I predict it will backfire.
The latest is that Loughner was stopped by the police the morning of the shooting (perhaps for running a red light.) Using the left's standards how can we not say the shooting was Dupnik's fault?
Posted by: Jane (sit on the couch or save your country) | January 12, 2011 at 11:46 AM
Jim Rhoads,
Thanks for the timely reminder. IIRC the progs hollered that it was inappropriate for Bush to inject himself into the VT tragedy. Anyone else recall that?
Posted by: Porchlight | January 12, 2011 at 11:46 AM
New thread.
Posted by: Extraneus | January 12, 2011 at 11:53 AM
Mel, I think Porch offered to put us all up at her place when we move to Austin.
That house I have mentioned building on Nantucket is carefully buried in corporate ownership so there will be no chance of MA claiming I live there (MD as my primary residence is bad enough). YL knows to put my almost lifeless shell on a plane to FL or Texas so I can be declared dead there, ala Howard Hughes.
Posted by: Old Lurker | January 12, 2011 at 11:54 AM
Jane, they have no standards. They will just say he was let go because the Governor only wants brown people stopped. Their hands were tied by the hate mongers of the right.
Posted by: Threadkiller | January 12, 2011 at 11:55 AM
Forget it, Ignatz. It's Tucson.
Posted by: Porchlight | January 12, 2011 at 11:55 AM
Ig,
Was the little girl Native American? Or part Native American? She looked like it or Hispanic.
Posted by: Sue | January 12, 2011 at 11:55 AM
I wish I could put y'all up, OL, but our house is a bit dinky. Still I would happily host all the raucous festivities.
Posted by: Porchlight | January 12, 2011 at 11:58 AM
Why? Is Giffords Indian? Was Judge Roll? Any of the other dead or wounded? Were they shot on a reservation?
Perhaps one or more liked to gamble.
Posted by: Jane (sit on the couch or save your country) | January 12, 2011 at 12:02 PM
Jim Rhoads, thanks for reminding us what a president should do and not do.
Hillary called Loughner "an extremist".. and in context a political extremist. If someone will be watching, please report whether Incompetano says the same today now that facts dispute that. Any guesses on what Holder's there to say since racism wasn't involved? Maybe he'll remind shooters that he has a record of arranging presidential pardons if the bribe is big enough.
Posted by: DebinNC | January 12, 2011 at 12:02 PM