When Will They Figure It Out? by Butler Shaffer

When Will They Figure It Out? by Butler Shaffer


A Shooting in Tucson. Rampant corruption in the financial markets. The underwear bomber. Ruby Ridge. What do these all have in common? Simple - a government that's incompetent, and a citizenry unwilling to hold it to account. If you want the solution to problems you first must identify what they are, and then call out those who caused the problems you face. Passing laws is immaterial if the existing laws aren't enforced.

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response of political figures and members of the mainstream media to the killing and wounding of a number of people in Tucson, was not surprising. Had the victims been "ordinary" people alone, the event would have been quickly noted as but another symptom of a conflict-ridden society. There would have been no daily hospital press conferences to update their conditions. But this shooting resulted in the killing of a federal judge, and the grave wounding of a member of congress: now we’re talking "serious" offenses !!

All we've got so far is Congresspeople threatening to introduce more laws that won't be enforced, just like the laws that weren't enforced this time !

Shortly after the shootings occurred, local and national politicians issued press releases that focused on government officials being the targets of such violence. To the politically-minded, the "ordinaries" (or "mundanes") who were killed or wounded were what they have come to regard as "collateral damage." !