No Courage Even In When It's Most Obviously Needed

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Jay Carney said "Today is not the day." Obama's press secretary, in what potentially the worst school shooting in American history numerically, said "Today is not the day."

After all the current and constant gun problems in America's ghettos, after all the "out of nowhere" incidents in Aurora this past summer, Gabby Giffords in 23 months ago, Virginia Tech five years ago, Columbine 13 years ago, and everything else in between where a tragic ending has been caused by a gun in America, from MLK to JFK, from Malcolm X to RFK, Carney said, "Today is not the day."

If today, arguably the worst school shooting in American history, isn't the time to talk and work to fix America's gun problem, then I don't know what time and event is.

Update: Obama's tearful speech



I don't know if Obama's visible emotion and almost tears will lead to "meaningful action," especially with the NRA surrounding Republicans and sellout centrist Democrats. But that emotion and speech struck a tone that frankly is a little more real and less aloof than the tired and tame press conference from Carney today. 

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