Arizona Shooting

Some random thoughts –

The Christian love-thy-enemy part of me is really struggling with the Hammurabic execute the s. o. b. or s. o. b.s responsible for this tragedy.

Shame on all those commentators knee-jerking faux condemnation against the likes of Sarah Palin, Glen Beck, et. al.

That poor 9-year-old girl! Elected president of her student council, and attending the meet-and-greet with her representative on the suggestion of a neighbor. So full of promise, only to be cut down without mercy by a sicko.

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: these worthless pieces of excrement – who punch out of living a noble and constructive life – why do they have to turn their guns on others before, or instead of, turning it on themselves, if they absolutely must turn it on any living human being?

Speaking of noble and constructive, how brilliant and wonderful are those surgeons who worked on those victims, saving a good many of them who might have been written off as casualties only a few years earlier!

I pray that Representative Giffords makes a full and speedy recovery, though that may take months if not years and she may no longer be able to serve. As of this writing, I understand she is responsive to verbal questions and can move slightly.

Though news reports oddly leave out whether or not Giffords is a mother, I kept thinking what an extraordinary family they must be. Can you imagine coming home from school with anything less than an A when your mother is a United States Congresswoman and your father is a Space Shuttle pilot?