To the Haters...

To the "left" who are bent on blaming the Tea Party, Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck, and any other "conservative" who opposes illegal immigration, supports the second amendment, and wants smaller government: don't.  To blame an entire group of people that includes millions of law abiding citizens as complicit in the act of one lunatic is ridiculous.

Let's recall that Obama urged caution and "not to jump to conclusions" after Maj. Hasan yelled "god is great" and shot his fellow soldiers at Fort Hood.  Should the same caution not be urged now?

Democracy requires openness and freedom, but these things always come at a cost.  Freedom requires that individuals be permitted to arm themselves for defence.  Unfortunately, that means that some crazies will always be able to get their hands on guns through legal or illegal means.

Freedom means we'll hear rhetoric and views we don't like, but that never gives us a right to kill our political opponents.  Ever.

The tragedy here is terrible.  A Democratic Congresswoman was shot and a Republican federal judge was murdered.  A young girl, aged 9, was killed.  All the victims were innocent of wrongdoing towards the gunman.