Disgruntled fired employee kills former coworker

Okay, this is not about the killing spree that occurred this morning in New York. This problem is deeper - much deeper.

8/24   New York near the Empire State Building.
8/6     Wisconsin Shik temple shooting
7/31   Shoot out in Seattle kills 9
7/26   Shoot out in Chicago kills 19
7/24   Shoot out in Colorado kills 10 in movie theater

That's 60 people shot in shoot outs over one month.  I've never seen anything like this. There was, of course, the crazed sniper at the University of Texas and others. But they have always been few and far between. But suddenly, 5 shoots outs in a month?

One has to ask why? Has the level of frustration risen to this? Has the country become so divided and hate filled that his has happened?

Certainly, three of the shootings, Chicago, Seattle and Wisconsin, are race/gang related. Colorado was simply a tragedy involving a shooter is questionable sanity.

But the New York shooting is really bothersome.  The shooter was a 53 year old man who had just been fired from his job. At 53 his chances of re-employment are poor. I see this as a crime instigated by the poor economy. If this is true, we will see more of this kind of thing as the summer moves on toward fall.

Thanks Barrack from all the victims.

The strange case of Joe Biden

Reading the news I see two story lines. First, Joe Biden "does it again" written with a laugh as if spreading the glee in an otherwise dismal, hate filled campaign orchestrated by El Presidente in his Chicago, Tammany Hall style.  Buy votes. Lie, cheat and misdirect. Blame and finger point to cover your own failings.  It's all too clear. But it's all okay because he's our guy.

The other story line you hear is Joe Biden is a loose canon and should be replaced. That line comes from the less liberal wing of the Democratic Party - The wing Obama has no use for, so the story line is squashed in the media as if the idea is somewhat akin to bible burning.

Both are wrong. Idiot that he is, Joe Biden is being DIRECTED by the White House and Obama's  Super Pac to play the part of the fool.  Biden says, "Chains!"   That's a perfect example of Obama's race card style of campaigning. Remember back in 2008 when Bill and Hilary Clinton, as well as anyone else who got in Obama's way was subjected to the race card handed out "behind the back" of Obama, by the genuine racist, Al Sharpton?  Remember how Obama excused the overt racism of Rev Jeremiah Wright as long as it served his purpose?

It's clear that Obama is  racist. It's clear that he will do anything to continue as president. It's clear that he recognizes no rules of civility as long as he gets his way.  And, most of all, it's clear that America do not matter to him.