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These were our children
There are simply no appropriate words to express either my grief -- our grief -- over the senseless deaths, injury, and trauma in Aurora, Colo., today, or the despair that such evil exists in our world.
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Blaming the Tea Party starts in 3...2...1...— jmc- JMC you are already late with the countdown.On Good Morning America, ABC News' Brian Ross and George Stephanolpoulos suggested that the Tea Party might be connected to the mass shootings early this morning in an Aurora, CO theater during a screening of the new Batman movie, The Dark Knight Rises.Doesn't this qualify as hate speech?— georgel
- I saw that too. What has to be going on in someone's head that when something horrible like this happens, the first thing they do is try to link it to the people that disagree with them politically?
— jmc - There was no attempt to make it political, it was reporting a fact, when is reporting a fact political?
Paranoid crazy idiots! Give us all a break!— DavidAG - Limbaugh called people going to see this film "brain dead" just a few days ago. I'd hate to be him right now.— montani semper liberi
- Speaking of children, why was a 3 month old at a movie theater at 12:30am?— LouDiamondPhillipsheadScrewdriver
- Watch how fast the political angle by the political opportunist sicko's on the left and in the media gets ignored once it is found out that this wack job was a registered Dem. Just like it did when Gabby Giffords was shot.— Phishface
- I blame Bane....— chasing history
- This place is only ten miles away from Columbine. What is going on in Colorado?— Hamlet
- This comment has been deleted.— b,ill atkins
- Bill, when is reporting a fact a Jim Holmes was on the Colorado Tea Party Site?
Get Help Bill before you go off the rails!— DavidAG - Guns don't kill people. Imagine, if 10-12 other people were carrying assault weapons they could have prevented this. *SNARK*.— CiceroSpuriousDeodatus
- We have a winner, first political post, beside all the previous winers about the media is all after me posts. — DavidAG
- Years ago there was a place nicknamed the "Norristown Nut House" where all folks like this would be placed for a long time and BEFORE they had a chance to do any real damage. Thanks to the Libs who said it was "discriminatory" the nuts now roam the streets and the "Nut House" has less than 170 "criminals" in it and they want to turn it into a farm!!! Classic Lib way of doing things while they sit around in their 5 Star restaurants sipping the expensive wine, feeling good about themselves, blaming it on Rush or maybe Bush!!!...LOL!!!..CLASSIC!!!— sarah89
- We have the second political post, blaming all those libs. Hey, nutcase, the real reason was the conditions where deplorable and the conservatives saw a chance of not footing the bill and left them lose.
Additionally, it is your candidate who has a wine cellar and car elevator. Moron!— DavidAG - sarah, in a warped way, you're implying the shooter isn't a "criminal". Classic, indeed.— montani semper liberi
- Sarah 89:
WTF? What does this have to do with the shootings in Aurora?— philharmonic55 - "Imagine, if 10-12 other people were carrying assault weapons they could have prevented this." . . . . . . Perhaps Mr. Holmes was simply protecting us from "brain dead" people who don't bear arms, and who would therefore endanger us by not being able to stop the likes of himself. I feel safer now.— montani semper liberi
- First off this is a horrible tragedy and it's heartbreaking for the families. But how come every tragic incident has to have our narcissist in chief say "That could have been Sachia and Melia." Or the classic "Trayvon could have been my son." IT'S NOT ABOUT YOU OBAMA. If this kind of thing isn't evidence that this guy thinks of no one but himself I don't know what is.
— gone with the wind - I believe that when the president says this, he is not being egotistical. What he is saying is that he has children and that he can feel empathy for the victims. He has never lost a child to violence. Neither have I, and I pray that neither one of us ever will. I believe that the sense of loss would be greater than I can imagine, and the one individual I know who has experienced this has told me that it is a thousand times worse than one can imagine. The president is saying that he is a human being with human feelings and has some appreciation of the pain being experienced. To call these statements narcissistic requires a mind with substantial deficits of reason and insight and a surfeit of irrational hatred of the speaker. — parodox
- Will's next post will be to blame the Tea Party and to repeal the 2nd Amendment. By the end of the weekend, just wait.— CD75
- This comment has been deleted. — b,ill atkins
- Bill, DITTO for you! — DavidAG
- Yes, CD75 it is a plot against you, get help! please, GET HELP! before you do this to another innocent person, GET HELP! — DavidAG
- ABC news just apologized for the incorrect report linking the shooter to the tea party. Sorry, Will, I guess you'll have to think of something new for your next blog....— BillyDelco
- @montani Good to see you're blaming limbaugh but not the psychopath that pulled the trigger. It's good to see you couldn't wait to politicize this tragedy you scum bag.— freethinker88
- all our prayers are with the victims and families.
Before we jump to any conclusions, we have to find out what his motive is and how he obtained the weapons.
I guess you can blame the govt. They provided the roads, taught the shooter, etc.— palmyra21 - Whenever this happens, we're again forced to ask how do we keep deadly weapons out the hands of people like this, such that the rest of us are free to keep and bear them responsibly or enjoy the liberty not to? Is this the price of freedom under the 2nd Amendment? I doubt the Framers intended it that way, and we must assume they did not foresee that individual firearms would become as lethal, accurate, and powerful as they are today, or that we would develop into a society in which the depiction of deadly violence is acceptable entertainment. When the Colt revolver was invented in the 1830s, Georgia passed the first handgun ban which was quickly ruled unconstitutional. That didn't stop laws denying the right to bear arms to emancipated blacks in the South after the civil war, but gun control remained confined to that until the 30s, when the depression era gangsters terrorized banks in the heartland, and federal gun control was born. It doesn't seem unreasonable at this stage to require all purportedly lawful gun owners to obtain a clean bill of mental health by undergoing annual psychological testing as a condition of bearing arms, to insure against dangerous personality disorders. I would think any responsible gun owner would support this. We may yet preserve one of our most basic freedoms, with a little common sense.— montani semper liberi
- Look everyone its atkins inventing a miscarriage of justice. Could Ross have withheld the alleged link? Sure. Is there an ethical standard in journalism that was not meant? Sure. Does it point to a conspiracy to hold the right wingers down? Prolly not.— Murrayman
- For once Bunch, thank you for once actually demonstrating the ability of classic journalism which omitted any political bias. I will be pleasantly surprised if you choose to refrain from irresponsible and reckless commentary afterward such as NBC and other media outlets who are disgusting and revolting in somehow linking the TP to this horrific tragedy. They should be publicly admonished and make a public apology. Beyond taste.— mulford71
- "Good to see you're blaming limbaugh" . . . . . Actually I didn't, but my point is that his reckless rhetoric can come back to bite him when unforeseeable horror occurs, drawing attention to his vitriol beyond the comfort of his narrow-minded audience. Call it karma. I believe Palin learned her lesson, perhaps Limbaugh will finally learn his. Such is the function of free speech in an open society - it comes with its own checks and balances. That's not to ignore that hate speech can also incite violence in disturbed minds, and Oklahoma City still stands as testament to that.— montani semper liberi
- "MSL is unhinged and quite scary to be honest." . . . . LOL, maybe I should get syndicated on radio.— montani semper liberi
- paradox - Did Clinton say "It could have been Chelsea after the Columbine massacre? Did Bush say "It could have been my daughters after the VA Tech shooting? How about all the people that lost spouses on 911? Did Bush say "It could have been Laura."
This was a horrible senseless tragedy and the president needs to come up with a better speech. This is at least the 3rd time he's used
"It could have been Saccia & Malia." Heck, we all have kids that go to the movies!! And my mind is just fine, thank you.— gone with the wind - Empathy, do you know what empathy is or is your hate of Obama so deep that you do not know what empathy is?
What the *@%$ did Obama or a democrat do you that you hate so much?— DavidAG - Empathy, do you know what empathy is or is your hate of Obama so deep that you do not know what empathy is?What the *@%$ did Obama or a democrat do you that you hate so much? (HTML deleted) — DavidAG
- Empathy, do you know what empathy is or is your hate of Obama so deep that you do not know what empathy is?What the *@%$ did Obama or a democrat do you that you hate so much? (HTML deleted) — DavidAG
- Gone with the wind, what is your point? You realize you give fodder to everyone who thinks Tea Partiers are deranged with their hatred of the president.— montani semper liberi
- "..reckless rhetoric.." Check. "..narrow-minded audience." Check. "..hate speech can incite violence in disturbed minds.." Check. THIS is karma, lefty style.— A Friend
- "THIS is karma, lefty style." . . . . Did I offend you? I thought you guys could take it as well as you dish it out. Guess you're weaker than I assumed.— montani semper liberi
- JFC, jesus f---ing christ, you republicans are sick! the first page of comments is of you nut jobs contriving stories about democrats blaming people. Each comment leads to another like your all getting each other off with your fantasy stories. Go back to watching judge judy and listening to rush limbaugh in your mothers basements. Nobody is blaming anbody but the shooter, well except you crazy attytood trolls. Get a life or please do us all a favor and die already. you are useless to our society! 12 people died. That is the story here!— Atlas
- Yeah, it's weird because I can't think of one time in the last year other that the Trayvon Martin shooting and the Gabby Giffords shooting that Democrats jumped to conclusions and blamed conservatives for the violence.
It just doesn't happen.— jmc - It's really nauseating how Mittens Mandate made the tragedy about him and not the victims of the Denver shooting. We really shouldn't be surprised by his sense of entitlement and self centeredness.— The Fundamentals of the Economy are Fine
Turns out James Holmes is a DEMOCRAT, just like Jared Lee Loughner. Maybe it's just Democrats who shouldn't have guns.- @Atlas - The left threw the first stone. Brian Ross of ABC News this morning incorrectly profiled the shooter as a member of the Tea Party. You can't bring it up and then when it couldn't be further from the truth say "nevermind" or "who cares".
- Brian Ross is hardly the Left, Colonel, and what he did was stupid, unprofessional, and reckless. But come on, the Left? Aren't you doing the same thing? Or is the Tea Party mentality that if you're not one of them, you must be the Left? By that measure, we're a Leftist country by overwhelming numbers. Really?— montani semper liberi
- ABC hardly qualifies as the left. It is factually challenged people like yourself that fill our discourse with hate and create monsters like Holmes. Facts are Facts. ABC reported it wrong and clarified. Unfortunately that makes them liberal in your world, you know admitting when your wrong. Do us a favor and go back to mommies basement col factless! - "Conservative sites such as Breitbart.com were predictably outraged by the bogus link, seeing in it a case of liberal media bias. But that indignation is perhaps undermined by Breitbart blogger Joel Pollak’s own unconfirmed “exclusive” headline that Holmes “could be a registered Democrat.” - from slate
Again this should be about 12 people getting killed by a lunatic. Not the lunatics that Troll this site but close.
— Atlas - "It is factually challenged people like yourself that fill our discourse with hate and create monsters like Holmes."
Kind of proves the point doesn't it?— jmc - Another Leftist? www.rightwingnews.com/crime/is-this-james-holmes-facebook-page/— montani semper liberi
- Who is George Stephanopoulos and who did he work for before ABC? I'll give you a hint: He doesn't have a journalism degree.— Col. Nathan R. Jessup
- He's not Brian Ross, dope. But you're reporting breitbart's reckless speculation as fact, I see. The hypocrisy is shocking, not.— montani semper liberi
- Avoiding the facts and deflecting...typical righty - here is another fact for the col factless - "Accused Arizona gunman Jared Lee Loughner was not registered to any political party, and in fact hand wrote "independent" on two separate voter forms, county officials said Monday." (CNN another fact that isn't from Faux . they must be liberals)
12 people died col - stop blaming liberals and take a look at yourself. All the hate speech leads us no where. Hate can be a powerful tool to get you to believe in falsehoods. It seems to be working on a lot of registered republicans.— Atlas - Loughner's own friends identified him as a liberal democrat. Please make sure your news sources aren't the same as the one that made up memos from the Texas National Guard.
...and CNN IS liberal. - batty, show us how he smiled...
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/73/Bat_Boy.PNG— montani semper liberi - The only difference between a gunman murderng 12 people in one place and the weekly toll of roughly that many murders in Philadelphia is the time and place spread. The human loss is the same. This, and the fact that the victims here are, indeed, OUR children.— DonQ
- Hey Montani Simpleton, there is no more "reckless rhetoric" than that which comes from the mainstream media Examles:
-Tea Party is racist
-NBC news altering the george zimmerman call to 911 "He's Black"
-Will Bunch inserting photograph's of Bull Conner shooting water cannons on black protestors during the -60's while opining on The Trayvon Martin/George Zimmerman shooting.
-President Obama calling Cambridge police s"stupid" for daring to question his crazy leftest Harvard buddy/professor
-Not to mention the shameful trashing by the media and the entertainment world, of Sarah Palin and her family— Phishface - I hope Mr. Bunch was sincere with his post and did not want the political ranting that is going on here.— FletcherT
- Hey Bunchie, One of your journolist pals is trying to lynch a completely innocent man because he's in the Tea Party. Do you feel better about your agenda driven " journalism" now?— Frank S.
- "must have a lot of time on his hands" . . . . Rufus, that seems to be inconvenient for you. Is that the best rebuttal you can muster?— montani semper liberi
- Phishface, when creeps like Limbuagh degrade the Right with his brand of racist paranoid lunacy, don't expect the media not to notice and associate his kind of bigotry with those who would fall in line behind him. You make your bed, you have to sleep in it. Karma.— montani semper liberi
- "Do you feel better about your agenda driven " journalism" now?" . . . . . . The Tea Party doesn't help itself by its pointed association with guns, and it still hasn't been able to explain why it was dormant during the Bush presidency, and only arose in response to Obama in the wake of the mess he inherited. Why not disassociate yourself from Limbaugh, and you might get the media's sympathy.— montani semper liberi
- Continue to whine of media victimhood and nobody takes you seriously. That's for losers.— montani semper liberi
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