horse of george

This national moment of silence Obama has called for at 11am today is a bit odd, no? I mean, people are murdered by sociopaths everyday in this country - 'moments of silence' are usually reserved for august events -  I suppose since a sitting member of congress was the target of this violence that that sort of qualifies this incident - but the congresswoman isn't dead - the Fort Hood massacre was much worse and I don't remember any moments of silence proffered up to those poor souls - so what gives? Politics, of course - Obama sees an opportunity to put republicans on the defensive and to mute, if not entirely emasculate their criticisms, and he's gonna milk it. What's funny or interesting is how people are afraid to suggest this is the reality of the agenda here - or how some [many] shockingly don't believe it is! Amusing too how so much of what we call 'civility' is simply the willingness for a group to believe in or accept as true things that quite obviously are not.