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Tucson shooter obsessed with bizarre Internet movie
Washington Examiner - 20hrs 59mins agoBy all accounts, an Internet documentary named "Zeitgeist" was the favorite movie of accused Tucson shooter Jared Loughner. Created in 2007 by New York-based Conspiracy merchant Peter Joseph, "Zeitgeist" is a two-hour mash-up of old and new Conspi…
Read more >>The More We Know
Andrew Sullivan - 1day 1hrs agoRich Lowry cites the following in exonerating the Far Right from any influence on Jared Loughner's disturbed mind: He became intrigued by antigovernment Conspiracy theories, including that the Sept. 11 attacks were perpetrated by the governm…
Read more >>Civility found while rhetoric abounds
Examiner.com - 1day 10hrs ago
The buzz in Washington and the rest of the country is the amount of Rhetoric that has taken place in the last few years. The shooting in Arizona has stirred a national call for calm reflection and more civility inside and outside the political dis…
Read more >>Baseless smears and hypocritical demands for 'civility' follow Tucson shootings
Examiner.com - 3 days ago
Although the Tucson shooter was mentally unbalanced, did not listen to Talk Radio or Fox News, and liked the Communist Manifesto, several liberal lawmakers, and liberal media like the New York Times, immediately insinuated that…
Read more >>Getting to the heart of partisan differences
Washington Monthly - 4 days agoGETTING TO THE HEART OF PARTISAN DIFFERENCES.... Sen. Mike Lee (R) of Utah, just a week on the job, was overshadowed a bit during the midterm season. His ideology was every bit as extreme as some of the year's more notable Candidates -- Angle, O…
Read more >>Sarah Palin compares criticisms of her to a belief that led to the Holocaust
Examiner.com - 4 days agoIn the wake of the shooting by Jared Loughner in Tucson last week, there was criticism directed against the harsh Rhetoric of those on the right-wing. Jared Loughner did not shoot Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords and Murder a num…
Read more >>President Obama's Tucson Speech: Powerful, Uplifting and Respectful of Victims (ContributorNetwork)
Yahoo! News - 4 days agoThe tragedy in Tucson, Ariz., has ignited a media storm of political blame. Sarah Palin has been blamed for contributing to political violence with her target over Rep. Gabrielle Giffords' district. President Barack Obama has been criticized…
Read more >>Frame On
Reason Magazine - 5 days agoThere’s still no evidence of a direct link between any mainstream political discourse and the shooting in Tucson over the weekend. But the media’s reaction to the shooting tells us an awful lot about the state of political punditry. &#…
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