Aurora's Strict Gun Laws Didn't Prevent Shooting, But If One Law-Abiding Person In The Theater Had Been Carrying One...

CNS News  "Crime rates alone of cities such as Chicago and Washington D.C. prove that gun bans only increase crime. The D.C. police response rate is eight minutes; most crimes are done in less than one. Gun bans create a trouble-free world for criminals considering no one can defend themselves. If I were ever to face a situation like this, I would want to be prepared.

"I cannot help but think, if one person in that audience was carrying a gun with them, that person could have saved lives."

George Costanza Hits Tea Partiers After Colorado Movie Shooting: “These People” Are Okay With The Government “Enslaving Liberals, Homosexuals, And Democrats”…
Why can’t Hollywood just shut up and act?


Via Jason Alexander

PROOF! ESTABLISHMENT MEDIA CONTROLLED

WND  "What this shocking story reveals is that even I – one of the kingpins of the new media and a refugee from the state-controlled spin machine – underestimated the utter and total corruption of the euphemistically called “mainstream press.”

It shows that most – not some – members of the print media establishment with access to the White House submit their copy to government officials for review, “correction” and approval before it reaches the American people!"....

...."These so-called journalists are selling their ethical and moral souls for access to politicians. And this practice raises expectations by politicians that they can routinely manipulate the press to their advantage. That makes the job of real journalists – independent reporters faithful to their craft – even more difficult, because they will be shut out from access.

"It reminds me of the fact that, just last week, WND was denied credentials to cover the Democratic National Convention. Why do you suppose what has become one of the largest and most influential news agencies in the country would be denied access to the convention floor? Simply because the Democrats know we won’t play by their rules of control like the members of the establishment press club."

HowStuffWorks 

Ellen Ratner agrees;THE APPALLING STATE OF 'JOURNALISM'  "It seems that many in the news media are happy to do politicians’ and government’s bidding in exchange for access. 
"That kind of “journalism” will signal the end of our democracy faster than a rigged election. We don’t need it. Americans don’t want it. And it will ruin our free press – as well as our country."

More than twice as many people have been murdered this month in the president’s hometown of Chicago than were killed in the Aurora shooting.

Legal Insurrection; Remembering Chicago’s victims....

"They are just statistics for whom there will be no presidential visits or flags flown at half staff.

Many of their deaths were very up close and personal:

Twenty-eight stabbing deaths have been logged this year compared to 27 of these deaths last year, RedEye determined. Stabbings have accounted for about 10 percent of homicides so far this year, compared to about 6 percent last year, RedEye data shows.

RedEye gives us their names, ages and causes of death

From the comments to this post:

"Yeah, on any given weekend, the Chicago street toll looks unflinchingly like what happened in Aurora. This is Chicago, home of the toughest gun laws in America."So, is it really a “gun issue” or something else? Maybe the Left-wing, anti-gun do-gooders need to remove that log from their eye before mentioning the cinder in mine."

Nanny Bloomberg Demands Action from Obama on Gun Control

Gun Control Explained by a Liberal Moron (Humor)

"I normally REALLY dislike these dumb auto-voiced cartoons as much as the rest of you - but i found this one to get more hilarious as it goes along!"

Victor Davis Hanson assesses the Obama effect on America

Barack the Healer  "Crying wolf about white evil-doing is predicated on the ossified notion that, given the history of slavery and racism in this country, there always must be two standards of public comportment, in which African-American public figures are given a pass for what would end the careers of others. Yet I think that pass is ending amid a growing cynicism and weariness among the multiracial public at large. When a pampered multimillionaire like Morgan Freeman or Chris Rock goes off the deep end, we yawn; when the insular Black Caucus resorts to yet more racially inflammatory accusations, we sleep; when the Washington careerist Eric Holder labels yet another of his critics a racist, we snore. Even Al Sharpton’s liberal supporters are embarrassed by his charade. In short, no one believes any more; the currency of racist accusation has become so inflated that it has lost its purchasing power."

The Democracy Delusion and Failed Mideast Policy  "Obama’s Middle East policy has been an abject failure. His “outreach” to the Muslim world, replete with groveling flattery of Islam, has created nothing but contempt for his weakness. His assault on our key ally Israel, the only true liberal democracy in the region, has earned no credit with the states that still refuse to accept Israel’s existence. His chummy relationship with Turkey’s Tayyip Erdogan ignores that country’s increasing Islamization and hostility to Israel. Meanwhile, Iran continues down the road to nuclear weapons, and Bashar al Assad keeps slaughtering his citizens. And through it all, the United States has little or no influence on events."


Yet, with all its failures and fecklessness, the Democrat foreign policy is a reflection of the left-wing world-view. We saw this all before as leftist pacifists, with their cries of "warmongers!" kept Britain from preparing for the coming terror of Nazi conquest, which was obvious to all. They were rightly called "useful idiots" by the Communists. TD

Alan Caruba; "Lethal Narcissism"

Warning Signs  "The problem is that it is often difficult to spot narcissism when it becomes a pathological disorder. In the case of the cult that Jim Jones fostered, it ended with the suicide of some nine hundred of his followers who gave a poisoned drink to their children and then took it themselves. History is filled with examples of men whose disorder led to the deaths of countless people to satisfy their delusions about themselves."

Mr. Caruba lists nine distinctives of narcissism which include these:

...3. Is firmly convinced he or she is unique and can only be understood by other high-status people.
4. Requires excessive admiration, adulation, attention and affirmation.
5. Feels entitled and demands automatic and full compliance with their expectations.

Now, lest you think this is one more assessment of the current president (because these qualities do describe him, wouldn't you say?), here Mr. Caruba surprises us all: 
"At this point, you are probably thinking that I am describing Barack Hussein Obama, but in fact I am quoting from Ali Sina’s book, “Understanding Muhammad and Muslims.” Sina is one of the world’s leading authorities on both and...has made it his mission to encourage Muslims to understand how Islam warps their normal human values of love, tolerance, and life itself."

Joe Paterno statue taken down

ESPN  "The Joe Paterno statue was removed Sunday morning from its pedestal outside Beaver Stadium, and it will be stored in an unnamed "secure location," Penn State president Rodney Erickson announced. Erickson also said the Paterno name will remain on the university's library.

Shortly before dawn in State College, Pa., a work crew installed chain-link fences to barricade access to Porter Road outside Beaver Stadium and covered the fence with a blue tarp.

"The work crew then removed the 7-foot, 900-pound bronze statue by forklift and placed it into the lower level of the stadium. Erickson released his highly sensitive decision to the public at 7 a.m. ET Sunday."

 

MoveOn and Obama Exhibit Detachment Syndrome on Aurora Murders

M Catharine Evans  "On the contrary, the high number of casualties may not have happened, if good law-abiding citizens were allowed to carry guns with them. It should be about expanding our right for both open and concealed carry. 

"And in a campaign stop in Ft. Myers, Florida, an emotionally detached Obama delivered a message to the grieving Aurora families that this was not a time for politics; yet the crowd can be heard whooping it up at inappropriate moments during the speech. [see video of his remarks where audience members behind the president were actually laughing on screen]."

Boy! this guy is really torked!!!! Could we wonder what Pelosi did to him to make him so mad?

From 2009; Snopes  "I think this is a GREAT letter and sure took some moxie to write it.
Good thing we have some really brave people still around.

FYI, This has been checked via Snopes, who contacted Mr. Guthrie, who confirmed he did indeed write & send this letter to Ms. Pelosi, this is one brave American !!! AND------his credentials are awesome!!!!"   Hat tip to Robert Hope, former fellow Marine now living in Sacramento.

Corroborated by Truthorfiction  

Summary of the eRumor:  A letter either in the form of a JPG computer image or an Adobe PDF file of a letter written by attorney Dennis L. Gurthie and addressed to Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi. In it, Guthrie notes his distain for what he calls "Madame Pelosi's socialist and Marxist views," his concerns for our free market economy and his anger at what he called her labeling of concerned citizens protesting wasteful government spending as "un-American."

The Truth:  A spokesperson from the law offices of Guthrie, Davis, Henderson & Staton in Charlotte, North Carolinam told TruthorFiction.com that Dennis L. Guthrie is the author of this letter which he sent to Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi. Excerpt of the letter:  ....Don't ever use the term un-American again for protesters who love this country and are exercising their rights upon which this country was founded.By the way, while I served in the Army, I was spit on by the same type of lunatics who support you and who you probably supported in the 60s and 70s. You are an embarrassment to all of us who served so that you would have the protected right of free speech to call us un-American. More...  The 2009 letter lists an impressive array of credentials for Mr. Guthrie, but TW has not been able to independently verify them. If only a few are true, he is indeed an exceptional man.