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The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary.

H.L. Mencken

Friday, December 14, 2012

Godawful


We've been to Sandy Hook Elementary school a few times for a soccer tournament every spring.  It's about 25 minutes from where we live.

It's just too painful to think about.

UPDATE: http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2012/12/american-exceptionalism-the-shootings-will-go-on/266293/

UPDATE 2: Josh Marshall asks a very good question:
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/2012/12/how_do_we_fix_this.php?ref=fpblg

UPDATE 3: As usual, Charlie Pierce nails it most eloquently.
http://www.esquire.com/blogs/politics/connecticut-shooting-and-we-the-people-121412?click=pp

UPDATE 4: If you want your outrage well done:
http://www.balloon-juice.com/2012/12/14/three-911s-a-year-every-year/

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