A Heavy Summons: The tragic shooting of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords

``You see, with all of the speculation as to what drove Loughner to commit this atrocious act, listening to politicians blame other politicians for the use of dialogs of hate on one side or the other… I can’t help but notice what WASN’T mentioned even once all day long. One thing that the media seems to be sure it was not… the effects of dire economic conditions and a government that has clearly… AND ON BOTH SIDES OF THE AISLE… ignored and even abandoned the middle and working class in this country, leaving millions of Americans with a feeling of sheer hopelessness. We don’t know what caused this tragedy, but we seem to know for sure that it isn’t that. Because certainly “that” has nothing to do with what happened in Tucson on Saturday… for sure… right?''