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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (739908)	9/17/2013 12:27:19 AM
From: FJB	Respond to of 1575622

Witness what Obama economic policies do to countries. He would do exactly the same here if possible. The Greece/Argentina model does not work. Risk of default adds to woes for Argentina’s Fernández By Benedict Mander in Buenos Aires ft.com

To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (739908)	9/17/2013 1:40:56 AM
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Ten I've noticed it is really easy for a lot of people to understand Obama when he does things the same way Bush did if that person agrees with the things Obama originally promised to do. It is a bizarro world only found in government, where people are judged on the basis of stated intentions rather than actual accomplishment. At least with Bush, you knew where he stood.

To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (739908)	9/17/2013 10:22:03 AM
From: bentway	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1575622

Fox News’ Hasselbeck: Navy Yard shooting shows need for video game registry, not gun control By David Edwards rawstory.com Tuesday, September 17, 2013 9:32 EDT New Fox & Friends host Elisabeth Hasselbeck on Tuesday suggested that “the left” was trying to make Monday’s mass shooting at the Washington Navy Yard about “gun control,” when what the country really needed was a registry to track video game purchases. “You know, certainly, this topic has already taken a turn again, the left’s already making this about gun control,” Hasselbeck said. Co-host Steve Doocy noted that 34-year-old Aaron Alexis was thought to have taken a shotgun onto the Navy Yard and then possibly used it to acquire a handgun and an AR-15 assault rifle from someone at the facility. “Is this about gun control or is this about a guy who has a history of drinking a lot, playing video games a lot and a few shooting incidents?” co-host Brian Kilmeade asked. “One thing that happens often in a situation as tragic as this is we start to spread blame where it possibly doesn’t belong, right?” Hasselbeck remarked. “I think we all know where the blame truly belongs, and that would be right in Alexis’ hands.” “But you talk about this guy’s background, as we look into it,” Kilmeade continued. “He’s got a friend, who said, ‘Yeah, he had an obsession with video games, shooting video games. In fact, he would come over and he would be playing so long — these video games, these shooting games — we’d have to give him dinner, we’d have to feed him while he continued to stay on them.’” “Are more people susceptible to playing video games?” Hasselbeck wondered. “Is there a link between a certain age group or [demographic] in 20- to 34-year-old men, perhaps, that are playing these video games and their violent actions?” “What about frequency testing?” she added. “How often has this game been played? I’m not one to get in there and say, monitor everything, but if this, indeed, is a strong link, right, to mass killings then why aren’t we looking at frequency of purchases per person? And also, how often they’re playing and maybe they time out after a certain hour.” “You go to your room!” Doocy quipped. Watch the video below from Fox News’Fox & Friends, broadcast Sept. 17, 2013.

To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (739908)	9/17/2013 3:33:25 PM
From: bentway	Respond to of 1575622

Video Games Not to Blame for Navy Yard Shootings LET'S FOCUS ON THE GUN SHOOTER ALWAYS CARRIED: ALEXANDER ABAD-SANTOS By Evann Gastaldo, Newser Staff newser.com Posted Sep 17, 2013 1:43 PM CDT (NEWSER) – Not surprisingly, quite a few media outlets were quick to trot out the familiar old "mass shooter played violent video games" articles in the wake of the Navy Yard shootings in Washington. But the idea that video games are to blame for real-life violence is a "toxic notion," writes Alexander Abad-Santos at Atlantic Wire. It's a "convenient and successful trope" for the media, but there's no actual evidence that violent video games are associated with an increase in violence. In fact, one study found countries where video game consumption is high tend to be safer; another found that violent crime decreased in the US as video game sales (which were dominated by shooter games) increased; yet another found that most children aren't affected by video game "fantasies." A friend of Navy Yard shooter Aaron Alexis, talking about his video game habit, also noted that Alexis "always had this fear people would steal his stuff so that's why he would carry his gun all the time." Writes Abad-Santos, "Buried underneath that video game theorem is ... a legitimately disturbing fact that seems much more relevant to Monday's horrific shooting than the video games he played." Click for his full column.