The Blame Game.... Tucson, Arizona

I've lived in Arizona for 32 years.  I live 130 miles from Tucson... and I blame... (drum roll please)..
Jared Loughner, 22 years-old from Tucson, Arizona.  And I blame NO ONE ELSE.

I do not blame Sarah Palin for her ill-advised "cross-hairs" map any more than I blame the Democrat who drew up the "bulls-eye" map.

I do not blame anyone who can carry on incessantly about what a tradgedy this is, but cannot spell Tucson correctly.

I do not blame President Barack Obama or his health plan, or the failure of anyone to get Loughner the help they all say , now in hindsight, that he needed.

I do not blame Jared Loughner's parents, because as a 22 year-old, he is well above the age of consent and does not have to do anything other than what he wants to do... even if he lives at home.
AND even if his parents tossed him out because he was "living under their roof" and didn't listen, I still wouldn't blame them.

I do not blame the clerks at ShootersWorld and Walmart who legally sold a 9mm Glock and ammunition to Loughner.  Nor do I blame the progressive gun laws in Arizona that permit us to carry concealed legal weapons without a concealed weapons permit.

I do not blame the police officer who stopped Jared Loughner for running a red light just three hours before Loughner shot and killed 6 people.  The officer asked for license, insurance and registration which Loughner produced without a problem.  The officer let him go with just a warning.  I'm not sure what was in the car at the time (no one knows except Loughner), but if the officer had the authority to look in the car, Christina Green may have made it to her 10th birthday... and many many more.

I do not blame the High School coach who may have cut Loughner from the team because we wasn't good enough, and I do not blame the drive through attendant at McDonald's who may have given him coffee hot enough to burn himself if he were to spill it.

I do not blame the teacher he had in the third grade who may have scolded him in front of the class for not having "neat" work.

And I do not, blame the cute girl from his HS english class who may have said no to him when he asked her out to the movies. Or the girl in his science class, or the girl in his math class.

I do not blame (nor do I condone) the bullies who may have called him nerd or douchebag when he was a freshman.

I do not blame George W. Bush who led us into war on bad intelligence, or any other past president of the last 25 years.

I do not blame the driver of the Cadillac CTS who may have swerved into Loughner's lane during the morning commute last week and almost caused an accident and then may have watched in his rear-view mirror as Loughner follwed that Cadillac 10 miles out of his way just to let the driver know (via flip off and crazed horn-honking) just how pissed off he was.

I do not blame Michael Vick, who tortured dogs, was convicted and served his debt to society, or Chris Brown who beat his girlfriend , Rhianna, or Tiger Woods who let his fans down, or LeBron James who left Cleveland for Miami.  And, I do not blame the Bachelor for choosing neither of the girls in thye final episode a few years ago.

I do not blame Pima Community College who told Loughner not to come back until he could control his verbal outbursts in the classroom.

I do not blame me, and I do not blame you.

WHO DO I BLAME?
I blame Jared Loughner, 22 years-old of Tucson, Arizona, and I blame NO ONE ELSE.



God in heaven, Please grant eternal rest to:
Judge John Rolls, 63
Gabriel Zimmerman, 30
Dorwin Stoddard, 76
Dorthy Murray, 76
Phyllis Scheck, 79
and
Christina Green, 9