Healing...

I love you Barack Hussein Obama, but that speech yesterday looked very political.

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The loss of life is tragic regardless of class, race and social status.

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Based on statistics from the past five years, an average of 45 people are murdered each day in the United States. I just want to know why is it that we only get a primetime special report from the President when the victims include a federal judge and a congresswoman. Seven people were killed in PG county last week alone, bringing their total to 11 murders since this year started.

What's more concerning, the fact that we have one nut killing nine people at once or that we have several nuts killing seven people in as many days? I'm not naive. I know how this world works. People need a spotlight to focus their attention, and whatever is in that spotlight better be relevant and relatable to all. A person being murdered at a funeral in DC  doesn't appeal to someone in Wichita, and a person being stabbed to death in Norfolk, Nebraska has no affect on my day to day affairs here. It's just disconcerting to me that the guy who represents all of us chooses to speak out...now.

The events of this weekend were tragic, but no more or less painful than the things I read about in my local newspaper everyday. We need healing too, or at least a nod of condolences in our direction Mr President.