Have They No Shame?

Can someone please tell me what that spectacle on was on TV last night? Like most of the country I turned it on with the hopes of pelting my mind with some mindless drivel. Unfortunately, I was treated to a campaign rally disguised as a memorial to the victims of the psycho on Saturday in Tucson. I watched it in disbelief with flashbacks to the "memorial" for Minnesota Senator Paul Wellstone a few years ago. Same kind of crap!

Then, of course, there was the Teleprompter-In-Chief along with the First Grimmacer. Have you ever noticed that Michelle always looks like she is constipated? I'm sure the Prez, under the direction of David Axelrod, decided that he couldn't buy a better opportunity to kick off his 2012 campaign. So he kicked it off with one of his classics. I kept expecting him to blame this tragedy on George Bush. That is probably in his next campaign speech. And what were Janet Napolatono, Eric Holder, and every other politician that could find an excuse to attend, doing there. They were Obama's warm up acts!

Well, I will answer my question above. No they don't have any shame!!!! Everything to them is a political opportunity. Everything is about them. They practice their "concerned looks" in the mirror while plotting to use the event to their advantage. It was like watching a train wreck and not being able to turn away. Political theater? I guess, but disgusting!!!!

Look, this was a tragedy perpetrated by a madman. This was not caused by a lack of gun control laws, lack of enforcement, or some evil Republican plot. We can examine the chronology leading up to the event and second guess if this person should have done something or that person should have to try to assign blame to someone sane. I'm sure anyone who knew this man has asked themselves what they could have done to prevent this. The answer is nothing! We live in a free society and one of those freedoms allows us to say some pretty crazy stuff without getting locked up for it. Obviously, hindsight allows us to point to his rants and say he is clearly a disturbed individual. Most of us are not psychic so it's not fair to expect us to be. Things like this happen and will happen again. That doesn't diminish the pain of the victims or their families. The best thing that can come from this is for us to recognize abhorrent behavior in our friends and loved ones and do what we can do to get them treatment. Not that they are going to do something like this but to help them get control of their lives. Yes, we are our brothers' keepers and it is time we remembered that! Mentally ill people are out among us and we see them every day. We ignore them, secretly thanking God that we are not so afflicted, and go on our way. Do we know them or their families? Probably. Do they need help. Probably. I like you, go on my way. I hope that I will do something in the future. Not in hopes of preventing such a tragedy as what happened in Tuscon but in hopes of saving a wasted life. After all, he is my brother!