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To: Oral Roberts who wrote (333398)	11/10/2009 3:54:55 PM
From: Alan Smithee	4 Recommendations Respond to of 793974

It's been 7 years, but thankfully, the State of Virginia gets down to business and moves these forward. Unlike California and a number of other states. Did you know that the guy who was found with multiple rotting bodies in his house in Cleveland faces at most life in prison without chance of parole? If ever there were a case of the gene pool needing more chlorine, it's that case.

To: Oral Roberts who wrote (333398)	11/10/2009 3:57:49 PM
From: Alan Smithee	2 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793974

Well, this didn't take long. Chicago Mayor Daley Blames Fort Hood On America's Love Of Guns! by Andrew Marcus On Monday, Chicago Mayor Daley blamed the Ft. Hood Jihad Massacre on America's love of guns! "Unfortunately, America loves Guns. We love guns to a point where that uh we see devastation on a daily basis. You don't blame a group." The Mayor is using a straw-man argument that conveniently provides him with an opportunity to politicize the terrorist attack as part and parcel with America's love of guns. Mayor Daley, and other politicians, like to blame gun violence on the guns themselves because that is so much easier than admitting any inconvenient (politically incorrect) truths which might be revealed if they were to place blame where it belongs. Kids murdering each other in the inner city? That's because of guns, not the War On Drugs which turns poor children into black market drug distributing gang members. Islamists murdering people while shouting Allah Akbar? That's because of guns, not the Jihad being perpetrated globally against all so called "infidels". They blame guns because guns don't vote. Taking Mayor Daley at face value for a moment, is he seriously arguing for increased gun control on a military base? If there had been more guns around, this ticking Jihad bomb could have been put down a lot faster than he was. With no pogrom backlash after 9/11, no pogrom backlash after Bali, no pogrom backlash after Madrid, no pogrom backlash after London, no pogrom backlash after Mumbai, no backlash after countless other Jihad attacks, why would there be any reason to believe the reaction would be any different in this case? As we have written before, the West has already passed this particular civility test.