Joe's Random Ramblings

That's what Pima County, AZ Sheriff Clarence Dupnik said after the shooting in Tuscon, AZ.

"When you look at unbalanced people, how they respond to the vitriol that comes out of certain mouths about tearing down the government. The anger, the hatred, the bigotry that goes on in this country is getting to be outrageous," said the sheriff. "And unfortunately, Arizona I think has become sort of the capital. We have become the mecca for prejudice and bigotry."

It is time to stop all the overt or implied appeals to violence in American politics.

Unfortunately, even this tragedy is unlikely to change things, because some parts of the US media, in particular talk radio, seem to have at least the implied appeal to violence as part of their business model.