Welcome to my libertybellediaries blog. Growing up in a pre-computer generation, dipping my toes in the blogging pond leaves me wondering if I’m ready to wade into the blogosphere. I welcome comments, criticisms, and lively debate. I’m going to jump right in. The school shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in CT yesterday created another media feeding frenzy, bringing out the usual lame gun-control lamentations and pathetic preening and political posturing. All the big name journalists descended like vultures, shoving microphones into the faces of traumatized little schoolchildren. The media feeds the public’s appetite for as many gruesome details as possible, which is chased by the pop psychology pundits. Americans love “experts” and with a news story like this one the networks rush anointing “expert” credentials quickly to fill 24/7 coverage with an endless stream of drivel. As usual, Nanny Bloomberg and many like him jumped in with it’s the “gun culture” in America or it’s the violent video games, instead of looking at this specific perpetrator of violence (and the other young males who perpetrate these types of crimes) and figure out what they have in common. I’m just an ordinary citizen and it seems obvious to me that these shooters all exhibit signs of serious mental illness. The next question I have is what medications or illegal drugs were they using. I’m curious about the family of the shooter and the family relationships. The brother hadn’t spoken to the shooter in two years??? All the things I think would help shed light on motivation will get little attention, while the gun-control advocates target gun ownership in America. This horrendous event just handed the gun-control crowd powerful ammunition. Even Rupert Murdoch opened fire with some ridiculous comment that it’s time to ban automatic weapons. Duh, Mr. News, automatic weapons are already banned.
While the mainstream media fixates on this story for a few days, the fiscal cliffhanger leaves us poised to topple into the abyss and Benghazi fades into some hazy desert mirage.. Alas, Madame Secretary now seems unlikely to testify…… a concussion from a fainting spell, no less. One can only marvel at the Clintons and their convenient memory lapses.
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