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Gun attack at Batman film premiere in Denver [W:120]

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Thankfully the death toll has been revised down to 12. FBI sources confirm on BBC website that suspect is James Holmes.
 
President Barack Obama said he was saddened by the "horrific and tragic shooting," pledging that his administration was "committed to bringing whoever was responsible to justice, ensuring the safety of our people, and caring for those who have been wounded."



WELL, that changes everything!
It's a local matter, but he needs to get in the middle of it?

Details....24y/o White male..fired 10-20 shots from 3 weapons.
Set off tear gas. Panic. Then he started shooting. Police were already there handling crowd control.
Reports that a 2 year old was shot at point blank range. Many of the victims are children or teens.


This is heartbreaking.

Come on... your hatred for Obama is in overdrive.

All Presidents come with such comments during a crisis...
 
As Spud said, they're damned if they do and damned if they don't. This is pretty much par for the partisan course.

Some people just haven't got an ounce of decency. This **** happened last night, and it went from the guy being an avid Romney supporter, to Obama is a Marxist, to "OMFG MUSLIM TERRORISTS!!!!!!1!!11!!!eleven!!!" The **** is wrong with people?
 
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I'll say the same thing I said to my boyfriend this morning, "First and foremost, I hope the families of the victims and those who survive are able to find some level of comfort in the coming weeks and months. Secondly, I hope this worthless piece of trash suffers a severe and swift punishment for what he's done. After taking 12 lives (or more) he doesn't deserve to live."
 
Some people just don't haven't got an ounce of decency. This **** happened last night, and it went from the guy being an avid Romney support, to Obama is a Marxist, to "OMFG MUSLIM TERRORISTS!!!!!!1!!11!!!eleven!!!" The **** is wrong with people?

Good post.. and sadly, completely accurate. Meanness and stupidity prevail.

This guy will be squeaky clean, white and garden variety crazy as h*ll.

Those poor people..
 
Lokiate- if you don't like partisanship entering then why did you ignore post #53, which started the partisanship? Are you being partisan over your dislike of partisanship? The point was being made about another poster's comment about President Obama's remarks over the attack as somehow intervening in a 'local matter'

THAT defines partisan crap for me, but not you? Or are look like a NFL ref, you never see the first punch thrown????
 
Lokiate- if you don't like partisanship entering then why did you ignore post #53, which started the partisanship? Are you being partisan over your dislike of partisanship? The point was being made about another poster's comment about President Obama's remarks over the attack as somehow intervening in a 'local matter'

THAT defines partisan crap for me, but not you? Or are look like a NFL ref, you never see the first punch thrown????

I think Lokiate pretty much covered all of the partisan idiocy in his comment, and even if he didn't, post #53 had already been addressed...in the post he was responding to.
 
I'll say the same thing I said to my boyfriend this morning, "First and foremost, I hope the families of the victims and those who survive are able to find some level of comfort in the coming weeks and months. Secondly, I hope this worthless piece of trash suffers a severe and swift punishment for what he's done. After taking 12 lives (or more) he doesn't deserve to live."

It's a real tragedy. I couldn't even understand what I was reading at first. No matter how many times crap like this happens, it always shocks me. So I guess there actually is something I still find shocking.
 
As Spud said, they're damned if they do and damned if they don't. This is pretty much par for the partisan course.
NO

He should have said (being that it's a local matter) that he has confidence in the local authorities and the FBI will be available to assist in any manner if asked. You don't step in and grab credit for handling it when it isn't a federal matter. There's no "we" about it. It's the local police that are in charge. It's not a terrorist incident.

But he made a statement from the POV of me me me. The man's ego is colossal. It shows he's a man-child who never really matured.
 
NO

He should have said (being that it's a local matter) that he has confidence in the local authorities and the FBI will be available to assist in any manner if asked. You don't step in and grab credit for handling it when it isn't a federal matter. There's no "we" about it. It's the local police that are in charge. It's not a terrorist incident.

But he made a statement from the POV of me me me. The man's ego is colossal. It shows he's a man-child who never really matured.

Seriously, if this is your biggest beef in this tragedy I don't see why you bother posting here. This issue is bigger than your hackish issues with Obama's off-the-cuff reaction to an unspeakable act of violence.
 
Come on... your hatred for Obama is in overdrive.

All Presidents come with such comments during a crisis...
Hatred? LOL You don't even know me. Who are you to put a label on me? Grow up.
 
It's a real tragedy. I couldn't even understand what I was reading at first. No matter how many times crap like this happens, it always shocks me. So I guess there actually is something I still find shocking.

It should not be happening...

and I am impressed with your avatar picture...:) Danish actor :)
 
Obama is an idiot, but here and now are not the time or place for that discussion.
 
Hatred? LOL You don't even know me. Who are you to put a label on me? Grow up.

Me grow up? You are the one attacking Obama for coming with a standard presidential comment.. gezz.
 
If we're going to go there, here:

"Michelle and I are shocked and saddened by the horrific and tragic shooting in Colorado. Federal and local law enforcement are still responding, and my Administration will do everything that we can to support the people of Aurora in this extraordinarily difficult time. We are committed to bringing whoever was responsible to justice, ensuring the safety of our people, and caring for those who have been wounded. As we do when confronted by moments of darkness and challenge, we must now come together as one American family. All of us must have the people of Aurora in our thoughts and prayers as they confront the loss of family, friends, and neighbors, and we must stand together with them in the challenging hours and days to come."

There is absolutely NOTHING in that statement that plays out as ego-centric. He's using the same nationalistic approach Bush used when he stood on the rubble at Ground Zero. And in fact, Bush used "I" more in that speech than Obama did in this statement.

That being said, shut the **** up about Obama's statement, already. The issue at hand is the hateful little **** who just killed 12 people.
 
Given that the mass shootings in the USA have ranged from psychos with brain tumors (Charles Whitman Jr-Texas tower 45 or so years ago) to bullied loser HS Kids (Columbine and several more) to a Muslim Military officer on a jihad (Ft Hood) there are many possible explanations and its silly to speculate until the shooter(s) are interrogated


Good memory. :applaud
 
Obama is an idiot, but here and now are not the time or place for that discussion.

Right... now is the time for meanness and stupidity.. Sheesh.
 
If we're going to go there, here:



There is absolutely NOTHING in that statement that plays out as ego-centric. He's using the same nationalistic approach Bush used when he stood on the rubble at Ground Zero. And in fact, Bush used "I" more in that speech than Obama did in this statement.

That being said, shut the **** up about Obama's statement, already. The issue at hand is the hateful little **** who just killed 12 people.

Well said..........
 
It should not be happening...

and I am impressed with your avatar picture...:) Danish actor :)

No it shouldn't, but it does, and I wish there was a way to understand mass shootings like this. Instead of throwing him away, he should be turned into a test subject so we can gain a better understanding of the psychology of spree killers.

Mads Mikkelsen made a very convincing villain.
 
Wonder what firearms he used?

I think its tick - tick - tick until this becomes the next gun control debate - which generally will break along partisan lines serving our partisan hacks on both sides well.
 
NO

He should have said (being that it's a local matter) that he has confidence in the local authorities and the FBI will be available to assist in any manner if asked. You don't step in and grab credit for handling it when it isn't a federal matter. There's no "we" about it. It's the local police that are in charge. It's not a terrorist incident.

But he made a statement from the POV of me me me. The man's ego is colossal. It shows he's a man-child who never really matured.

This isn't the place for this crap. Take it to the partisan forum. ****.
 
My younger brother and his mates are out at the release screening of the movie here in Australia tonight, none the wiser at what is happening over the other side of the world. Whether he likes it or not, he's getting an extra big hug tonight when he gets home.

My thoughts go out to all the victims and their families and loved ones. This is just terrible.
 
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