Brewer sets aside fiery rhetoric

Jon Stewart, Voice of Reason for the Left?
It truly is a sad day for politics and a terrible indictment of the Left and Liberal media in the United States, when the voice of reason seems to be a comedian, Jon Stewart.  Discussing the shooting rampage that took place in Arizona on Saturday, January 8, 2011, by Jared Lee Loughner, Stewart refrained from his usual funny take on current events to share his personal thoughts.  As BuddyTV says of Stewart's comments, "His reaction was, for the most part, serious, often ra...

Rush Limbaugh Poetry: Democrats Helping Jared Loughner Avoid Jail
Let’s throw it to our top Arizona legal analyst, Rush Limbaugh, Esq., sitting in a hole of Excellent Broadcasting on the other side of the country: “This guy clearly understands he’s getting all the attention and he understands he’s got a political party doing everything it can, plus a local sheriff doing everything that they can to make sure he’s not convicted of Murder.” Poetic! Rush Limbaugh is using this opportunity of pundits’ examining their rhetor...

Polls: Shooting spree not due to rhetoric
WASHINGTON, Jan. 11 (UPI) -- Most Americans don't blame the shooting rampage in which Rep. Gabrielle Giffords was wounded on violent political language, two poll released Tuesday indicated. While 57 percent said the Mass Shooting in Tucson, Ariz., was not related to political Rhetoric, 32 percent said the two are linked, CBS News reported. The poll was conducted by the CBS News Polling Unit. GALLERY: The aftermath of the Rep. Giffords shooting There was a partisan divide with 69 percent of Repu...

Craig Crawford: Little Big Stories
When Small People do things that create big stories we only confirm what they want. In their pitiful minds we make them a Big Deal. Their profile goes global. Their psychotic innermost thoughts become part of the national conversation. They become infamous. Which is all they want. It's unavoidable, but sad. And only encourages others. Instead of blaming partisan Rhetoric why not examine how the Arizona killer got a gun? There's no evidence that political hot Speech turned Jared Lee Loughner in...

ABC News Boss On Medias Role In Tucson Shootings: Blaming Media Is A Giant Leap
Recently-named ABC News president Ben Sherwood says “it’s premature to leap in and examine what may or may not have been the media’s role” in the Shooting Spree in Arizona. In an interview with Broadcasting & Cable, Sherwood calls the lure to blame the media a “giant leap.” B&C’s Ben Grossman and Andrea Morabito surveyed news chiefs at ABC, NBC, CNN and Fox, asking each about the charges of vitriolic Rhetoric ahead of the Tucson shootings and ...

Jeff Kass: Jared Loughner, Columbine and Diversion
Tucson shooting suspect Jared Loughner shared an unusual legal background, known as diversion, with the Columbine killers, as recounted in the New York Times. It may also be a window into the character trait of these mass shooters. "In September, Mr. Loughner filled out paperwork to have his record expunged on a 2007 drug paraphernalia charge," the Times reported. "Although he did not need to bother -- he had completed a diversion program so the charge was never actually on his record -- the i...

Shootings show need to boost mental health system
Perhaps the saddest thing about last Saturday's Tucson shootings is that they might have been prevented were a more robust Mental Health system in place to deal with suspected shooter Jared Loughner. Loughner certainly displayed plenty of warning signs of serious Mental Illness while a Student at Pima Community College in Tucson.  His strange, disturbed and frightening behavior included disorganized thoughts and Speech, an inability to function in social situations, and signs of paranoia.&#...

Bogus Fox claim that DHS tied shooter to white supremacists is debunked
I reported yesterday that the Department of Homeland Security was denying a Fox story claiming the agency had established possible links between the shooter and a white supremacist organization. Now Ken Vogel debunks the story completely: An Arizona Law Enforcement agency is backing away from a document it produced in the aftermath of Saturday's shootings in Tucson -- and which was leaked to Fox News -- that linked the man accused with carrying out the Crimes to a white nationalist publication...

Families Speak as Tucson Preps for Memorial
The collection of candles and flowers grows outside the Tucson Hospital where Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and those wounded in the Jan 8 shooting rampage in Arizona are being treated. Mourners will gather Tuesday night for mass to remember the six killed in the shooting. President Obama will arrive in Tucson Wednesday for a memorial service for the Victims. Meanwhile, Rep. Giffords's miraculous survival is being trumped by news of her amazing recovery. Doctors report that the he biggest danger to ...

Gun bans won't work
Every time a person goes on a Killing Spree politicians start pointing fingers at each other. Liberals claim that the killings represent the need for better Gun Control. Conservatives usually want stiffer punishment, claiming that it’s the people ant not the guns responsible for this tragedy. Already we are seeing signs that the shooter of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords in Arozona, Jared Lee Loughner, had serious mental problems. That is our problem with the present Gun Laws. We can’t keep ...

'The state of American business is improving'
That's the bottom line that Tom Donahue, president of the Chamber of Commerce, delivered in his "State of American Business" address this morning. A double-dip is unlikely. The recovery seems to be picking up steam. "Overall, we believe The Economy will expand by 3.2 percent in 2011 and create 2.4 to 2.6 million net new jobs by the end of the year." That would bring down Unemployment by about one percentage point. "Improving" is not the same as "strong." To help us get to strong, the Chamber of ...

The Post 1/11/2011
While South Carolina prepares for an icy inauguration and the start of the 2011 legislative session, the focus of the nation continues to be absorbed by the Shooting Spree in Tucson, Arizona on Saturday that killed six people and left U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords seriously wounded. The Giffords’ story has dominated all facets of national news, the 2012 presidential discussion and has even reached into South Carolina politics given the asinine, anti-First Amendment comments made in response...

Media Pivots to Blame Gun Laws
Yesterday evening I was on AC360 to discuss the Arizona Tragedy with David Gergen and Roland Martin. While I personally like Gergen, his knowledge of Arizona’s Gun Laws and invalid premises on conceal carry were a disservice to our discussion. He presupposes that Jared Lee Loughner was a CCW permit holder, and thus, right to carry failed, which, to all knowledge Loughner did not possess a permit, a violation of AZ law. You must login to comment. The Fox Nation is for those opposed to intol...

Friend Of Rep. Shot In Rampage Shares Eerie E-Mail
Source: thebostonchannel BOSTON -- A friend of the Arizona congresswoman who was shot and seriously injured in a shooting rampage this weekend is sharing an e-mail she wrote the day before the massacre. ... "(Giffords) is a good enough friend that I wanted her to be on that short list of people that I was telling about my new announcement," Trey Grayson, who was just named Harvard Institute of Politics director. Grayson, who is still Kentucky's Secretary of State, received a congratulatory e-mai...

Arizona Sheriff Dever Says Its Frightening to Lay Blame on Anyone Elses Doorstep
Of all the great sheriffs in Arizona, the tragedy had to happen in Dipstick’s district. Today, Cochise County Sheriff Larry Dever said he did not understand why Dipstick would lay blame at anyone else’s doorstep. Cochise County Sheriff Larry Dever said he does not understand why his friend and colleague, Pima County Sheriff Clarence Dupnik, would suggest at a news conference following Saturday’s shooting in Tucson that political ideology played a role in the tragedy. At a press...

Americans get it: It's just a horrible coincidence
CBS News is out with a new poll today that finds Americans strongly rejecting the notion that the political climate played a role in Saturday's attempted Assassination of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords. Fifty-seven percent of respondents say that the nation's "harsh political tone" didn't have anything to do with the shooting rampage, compared with 32 percent who say it did play a role. Not surprisingly, Republicans are more unified in denying any linkage (a 69 to 19 percent margin), but even a plurali...

Newsweek: DHS tried to warn us about attacks from right-wing extremists, didnt they?
The title of the piece, printed above a photo of Loughner’s home and the now famous crazy-eyes mugshot: “The Missed Warning Signs.” Am I awake? Two years before the Tucson massacre, the Department of Homeland Security warned in a report that right-wing Extremism was on the rise and could prompt “lone wolves” to launch attacks. But the agency backed away from the report amid intense criticism from Republicans, including future House Speaker John Boehner. The report...

House Resolution Honors Heroes, Victims of Tucson Tragedy
ABC News' John R. Parkinson reports: A resolution to be read on the House floor Wednesday will honor the Victims of Saturday's Mass Shooting in Tucson, Arizona, and will also single out a number of individuals for heroic action on the scene of Saturday's bloody rampage. The text of the measure reads that "Representative Gabrielle Giffords was a target of this attack, and remains in critical condition at an Arizona Hospital" and "condemns in the strongest...

Church Helping with Tucson's 'Psychological Wounds'
Tucson, Ariz. - The community of Tucson is still in shock as many struggling emotionally to deal with the tragedy. Crisis and stress management centers are being set-up around the city. Some of the counselors belong to a group sponsored by one local church whose members are trained to help in times of crisis. A candlelight vigil was held Monday night at the Tucson medical center where Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords was undergoing surgery to try and save her life. Most stood in reverent silenc...

Leahy: Don't overdo security for lawmakers
In the wake of the recent Arizona Shooting Spree, Sen. Patrick Leahy said Tuesday that more rank-and-file lawmakers do not need radically beefed up security, likening that sort of situation to totalitarian states he has visited. Leahy, the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, said in a Speech at the Newseum that Capitol police had provided “superb” security after he had been sent a letter contaminated by Anthrax following the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.  But he also said that he feels

What President Obama should say (#obamashouldsay)
President Obama is scheduled to speak in Arizona Wednesday evening. The Speech will come four days after a gunman, identified by police as Jared Lee Loughner, killed six people and wounded 14 during a shooting rampage in front of a Tucson Supermarket. Among the dead: a nine-year old girl who aspired to enter politics and a Federal Judge. Among the wounded: Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.), the apparent target. Analysts and commentators around the web are giving the president advice regarding wh...

Arizona shooting: Jared Loughner was urged to seek help
Jared Loughner was told he appeared schizophrenic and should "seek help before you hurt yourself or others" six months before his alleged Shooting Spree....

Arizona shooting: Loughner 'may not be able to plead insanity'
Jared Lee Loughner may find it difficult to plea insanity due to messages he left before his alleged Shooting Spree....

Obama State of the Union Comes at a Key Time
It's official. President Obama's State of the Union address will take place on January 25 this year. The formal invitation was sent Tuesday, according to protocol, by House Speaker John Boehner. Fox has learned that Mr. Obama has accepted it. The president will speak at a key time for his party and for the nation. With millions still out of work, Americans are looking to their government for solutions. After losing control of the House, the president is perhaps recalibrating his message from yea...

The costs of protecting our elected officials against an assassins bullet
In light of last Saturday’s tragedy, the U.S. Congress is working an abbreviated schedule this week. Legislative action has been suspended through Wednesday of next week so that our elected leaders can join the rest of the nation in mourning a senseless tragedy. Once work resumes, the House is expected to entertain a proposal to extend armed security protection to all 535 members of Congress at all times. The idea, which is understandable in the light of recent events, has its roots in the...