Sunday, January 9, 2011

Thoughts on the Tragic Events in Arizona on 1/8/11

Yesterday on January 8, 2011 a series of tragic events happened in Arizona. By now you have to be dead or just don't care not to know about the shooting of Rep. Giffords, the wounded, or the 6 dead due to a shooting that occurred outside a Tuscan Safeway at a Congress on your Corner event. However in my opinion what is equally tragic were the events afterwards. While the Congresswoman and many others were fighting for their lives in the hospitals they were rushed to the left wing controlled media in a sickening act that showed lack of respect and personal accountability began to blame Sarah Palin, the TEA Party, Rush Limbaugh, and Glenn Beck for this event done by someone who obviously had some sort of mental issues. At this point I am not sure why all of this happened, but I am confident to say that this was politically motivated since a political figure was the apparent target. A brief look into the little we know about Loughner suggests that any political beliefs he has lean towards the left. So why blame the right?
Simply put if the left blamed themselves then they would have to admit to their faults and wrong-doings and God forbid that right! I'm a realist and I know the blame game was bound to happen and this tragedy will open up a serious of fights and events that will systematically take away more of our God given rights as Americans. However that is the future. We can and should be paying attention to the politics surrounding this issue. Unfortunately this is like war and we cannot take our eyes off the problems even for a second to grieve for those that have lost their lives, but that doesn't mean we cannot keep them in our thoughts and prayers.
Six people lost their lives yesterday and we must not forget them. Here is a list from Wikipedia. Don't lose sight of the tragedy when sucked into the political blame game.

Six people were killed in the attack. All but Christina Taylor Green died at the scene of the shooting.

Christina Taylor Green, 9, of Tucson. Green was accompanied to the meeting by a neighbor.[12] Green died at University Medical Center.[6][40] Born on September 11, 2001, she had appeared in the book Faces of Hope: Babies Born on 9/11.[41] She was the daughter of Los Angeles Dodgers scout John Green and the granddaughter of former Major League Baseball player and manager Dallas Green.[42] She was in third grade and had recently been elected to the student council at Mesa Verde Elementary School.[12][40][43

Dorothy Morris, 76, who in early articles was named as "Dorothy Murray".[12][43]

John McCarthy Roll, 63. Roll was the chief judge for the District of Arizona. Roll was a native of Pennsylvania and a 1969 graduate of the University of Arizona. He began his legal career as a bailiff in Pima County Superior Court and in 1980 joined the office of the U.S. Attorney. He was appointed to the Arizona Appeals Court in 1987 until he was named to the federal bench by then-President George H. W. Bush in 1991. He had served as presiding judge since 2006.[12]

Phyllis Scheck, 79.[12][43

Dorwin Stoddard, 76.[12][43]

Gabriel "Gabe" Zimmerman, 30. Zimmerman worked on Giffords's staff as a community outreach director.[12][43] He was engaged to be married.[12]

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