The Arizona Shootings

Today, the news are covering the shootings in Arizona where Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords was shot but still living while six others, including a federal judge, were killed.  The shooter,  Jared Lee Loughner, was caught.

Now, you hear reports that he was somehow influenced by the Tea Party or Sarah Palin, especially an year-old posting on FaceBook where she have crosshair targets on the US map representing 20 Democratic lawmakers she was singling out for defeat after they voted for President Obama's health care plan.  One of them was Giffords.  Never mind that Loughner was the actual shooter, not Palin, and he have mental problems and a nutjob.

Liberals everywhere quickly bashed Palin and talk radio for "creating an environment" for this type of violence to occur.  They called all type of conservative talk "hate speech."  No doubt, there will be cries from the likes of Al Sharpton to impose censorship  like the "Fairness Doctrine" to silence talk radio.  Imagine Al Sharpton, of all people, wants the likes of Rush Limbaugh to be off the air because of his "hate talk."  What a hypocrite.  Even Pima Co Sheriff Dupnik joined the debate by blaming the shooting on the hate rhetoric.  Does he realize what a moron he looks when he made that statement.  And, of course, Jane Fonda chimed in on Twitter by blaming it on Palin.  What a disgrace.

MEMO TO LIBERALS:  NEITHER SARAH PALIN NOR THE TEA PARTY NOR TALK RADIO SHOOT THOSE PEOPLE!!!!  IT WAS THE WORK OF ONE NUTJOB!!!!!

We know why there's all this talk about blaming talk radio, tea party, and Sarah Palin.  It's just an excuse to silence us and be afraid to speak up against political correctness and President Obama.  We need not to be afraid  t speak up and bow down to political correctness and censorship.  It is so typical of liberals of not believing in personal responsibility for one's own actions.  It's not in their vocabulary.  They instead want to blame someone else for these actions like talk radio, etc.  It's about time for liberals to learn that people are indeed responsible for their actions and not blaming everything else.

Finally, we should offer hope and prayers to the family and victims who are affected by this tragedy. 

MLB Hall of Fame & the Steroids Era

Yesterday, Roberto Alomar and Bert Blyleven were elected to Baseball Hall of Fame.  Even though I'm not a huge baseball follower, I know that these two deserve the honor.

In addition, the baseball writers denied entrance to Mark McGwire, Rafael Palmeiro, and Jeff Bagwell mainly because they were players in the Steroids Era of baseball.  The question is that should baseball allowed players from that era be inducted in the Hall of Fame.

I say yes.  This is the MLB Hall of Fame, not a church or the Boy Scouts.  Let's judge players on their stats and how they play the game.  There's no question about the stats of the players who weren't inducted like McGwire.  It's not steroids or other performance-enhancement drugs made their great ballplayers all of the sudden.  It's not a magic pill.  If baseball writers denied players from the steroids era to be inducted, how about the players who inducted who played in the era when players to amphetamines.  Should they be kicked out just for that?  That would be ridiculous.  In addition, in the case of Jeff Bagwell, he never flunked a drug test or have no proof that he even took steroids.  He's just guilty of association.  Also, what happens when Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens will be eligible.  Should we banned them from the Hall as well?  At this rate, no one will be inducted.

It's time for us to grow up and allow players like McGwire to be inducted.  After all, if players like Babe Ruth, Ty Cobb, and Mickey Mantle can be inducted despite their personal vices, why should McGwire, Bonds, and Clemens?