Exhibit A

Hate to say I told you so but I gotta:

And it's just the normal noises in here...

1)  Barack Obama did his Presidential duty with his usual flair in Colorado this weekend.  Mitt Romney was nice about it.
2)  The Governor of Colorado, John Hickenlooper (a "Democrat") pretty much refused to even consider stricter gun control laws.
3)  Wisconsin Senator Ron Johnson (Republican) said that by refusing to allow troubled individuals to have guns it will restrict our freedoms.  Outlawing murder restricts our freedoms, too, but I think the trade off is probably worth it.
4)  On an American Family Association radio show, evangelicals blamed the Aurora shootings on Liberals, the media, and lenient churches.  Bad news for the non-Christian victims, too.  You're going to a "terrible place."
5)  John McCain says we should look at "everything" concerning the shootings...except gun control.
6)  Former Arizona state senator Russell Peace said the men in the theater lacked courage for not trying to stop the shooter.  How exactly the men in the theater were supposed to stop a madman dressed in full body armor, with tear gas in the air, while sixty rounds a minute were being fired from his gun, Pearce doesn't say.
7)  A republican candidate for sheriff in Tucson, Arizona has done his part to keep nutjobs in the news by claiming (falsely) that the shootings show why we shouldn't let the UN take away our guns.
8)  In a "No Shit, Sherlock" moment, Rep. Carolyn McCarthy (D-NY) who herself lost her husband and had her son permanently injured by a gunman on a train seventeen years ago, said Democrats lacked "the spine" to move forward on stricter gun control laws.
9)  New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg called on both President Obama and Willard Romney to seek tougher gun regulations.  Ha, ha, ha--good luck with that one, though if terrorists were going to kill 48,000 Americans over the next four years you can bet your ass at least the President would have a plan to stop it (Willard doesn't have plans for much of anything and it's hard to believe his staff would take the time to fuck with that either).

Let's see...republicans exploiting gun tragedy to fire up their base?  Check.  Dems running away from gun control like little girls?  Check.  Far too many Americans convinced guns are the answer?  Check.

It's hard not to be cynical, it really is.  And it's only a matter of time before we get another list like this one, telling us snippets of the lives of heroes and those who died long before they should have.

Peace,
emaycee