murder in a desert town

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Over the weekend some nutter started shooting in Tucson, Arizona. If an incredibly brave elderly woman hadn't snatched a replacement magazine from his hands just as he was fumbling to reload, the death toll could have been a lot higher. Way to go lady! You veritably rock!

Interestingly, the fascist's pinup girl Sarah Palin has been indirectly blamed for the tragedy, what with her rabid anti-liberal utterances and the fact that it was a liberal congresswoman who was primarily targeted. This, however, is disingenuous. It's a bit like those serial killers, who, when apprehended blame pornography (as Ted Bundy did) for their crimes.

Now, whereas I could sit down to lunch with anyone saying that this incident is emblematic of a deep malaise at the heart of American society, or questions the absurdly liberal gun laws in that ridiculous country which enabled this mentalist to secure his weapon without any difficulty, I think it is fairly clear that this bloke is a serious loon.

Footnote: The BBC wheeled out some right wing US commentator (there's no shortage of them,) to talk about the incident and he was indeed somewhat embarrassed by the whole affair (always nice to see that) but he did make one fundamental error. In seeking to tar him with every brush available, he said:
"The guy's a communist; he's an anarchist"
Well, friend, I have some news for you. You can be a communist or you can be an anarchist, but I don't care how psychotic this guy is, he CAN'T be both. By definition. So there.