April 17, 2007

Exploitation 101

There isn’t much to say other than it’s disgusting to see how yesterday’s massacre is being exploited for political purposes.

The gun-control crowd; the anti-heavy metal crowd; the anti-violent movie crowd; the anti-violent video game crowd; the anti-immigration crowd; the America-is-too-rich crowd (the gunman decried “rich kids,” “debauchery,” and “deceitful charlatans” in a note left behind). All the while the media is salivating over the whole thing for ratings.

This was sick and is getting sicker. Who else is going to exploit this situation? Who else needs to get their personal and political agenda noticed?
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I have to thank Rosie O’Donnell for providing a wonderful example of my observation. She took to the airwaves on The View this morning to connect yesterday’s mass-murderer to the NRA. She also said that her attempts at promoting gun control have been “futile.”

Apparently she’s forgetting that her rants on guns lost some of their weight when it was discovered that her bodyguard carried one.