Comments on: American Indians Criticize Bush’s Silence in Red Lake Shootings

By: otis

otis — Thu, 31 Mar 2005 18:24:04 +0000

The President is supposed to act as such - as the leader of this land. When there is a tragedy on the magnitude of what happened at Red Lake - when five children are MURDERED IN THEIR SCHOOL - it is expected that our leader of our country should act as such and publicly acknowledge the grief of its citizens.

That's all - he doesn't have to make a grand statement, or propose legislation, or anything other than letting those affected know that the thoughts of the nation are with them. It's tact, and it's Presidential. The President evidenced this today with his statements regarding Terri Schiavo within hours of her death. As stated earlier - his initial silence regarding Red Lake was deafening.

By: reappropriate

reappropriate — Mon, 28 Mar 2005 05:08:25 +0000

Red Lake Devastation
Also lost in the Terri Schiavo shuffle this week was the Red Lake shooting. In Minnesota this week, 16-year-old Jeff Weise shot to death his grandfather and his grandfather's girlfriend, then went to his high school at the Red Lake Indian reservation...

By: waynco

waynco — Sat, 26 Mar 2005 23:12:58 +0000

Just what is the President supposed to say.
I'm sorry the students picked on the kid badley enough that he would kill his classmates?
I'm sorry his Grandfather was a cop and had a gun?
I'm sorry his Dad commited suicide?
I'm sorry his Mom is a vegitable.
I'm sorry he did not get the love and attention every child needs?
If anyone should be sorry it is the school and the students who created the monster. There were so many warnings it is unconcionable the school would ignore them. After all the school shootings in the last 10 years you would think the school would come down hard on any student bullying another. You would think someone drawing pictures of the students dying would ring a bell or 2 in somebodys head. That a student body would even allow somebody to pick on another student after all the shootings tells us they are not really all that bright.
My rant is over, take it as you will.

By: Keith

Keith — Sat, 26 Mar 2005 21:26:42 +0000

What was Mr. Bush suppose to say, let's ban more guns??? What we need is more tougher gun laws??? Gun laws is what got the guard, and all the others, killed. Banning guns don't work. If gun bans/laws work, they didn't work in Red Lake, MN. If that guard had a gun the only death would have been the deranged boy.

By: tinman

tinman — Sat, 26 Mar 2005 17:49:19 +0000

I think it would be better if the Native Americans across the country, including tribal leaders, would focus on the problems of this child, their school, the excessive drug and alcohol use by the nations. Trying to change the subject and alter the focus to the President instead of identifying the real problems has been a stupid ploy from the beginning. Just what are the Elders doing? Maybe getting off their lazy butts, instead of complaining that they didn't get condolences from a setting President, might be a good start.

By: JEGjr

JEGjr — Fri, 25 Mar 2005 21:50:54 +0000

"...Terri Schiavo fit into Bush's 'sanctity of life' agenda." With Terri Schiavo, neither President Bush, or anyone else, needed a crystal ball to try to save her life. I'm sure that if God had given him the ability to see into the future, President Bush would have taken the necessary steps to prevent what happened in Minnesota.

By: torridjoe

torridjoe — Fri, 25 Mar 2005 18:33:09 +0000

Presidents ALWAYS comment on mass tragedies. Always. His silence is deafening.

By: Michelle Malkin

Michelle Malkin — Fri, 25 Mar 2005 15:01:45 +0000

THE MINNESOTA SCHOOL SHOOTING AND THE RACE CARD...AGAIN!
A few days ago, I noted that some ethnic grievance-mongers were griping that there wasn't enough coverage of the Minnesota school shootings because many of the victims were Native America. The race card-playing continues in the Friday A section of...

By: Running Scared

Running Scared — Fri, 25 Mar 2005 12:31:52 +0000

Red Man's Burden
As previously mentioned, you've likely seen the news about the tragic school shooting on an Indian reservation in Minnesota this week. Multiple people were killed and injured by a high school student who then turned the gun on himself. It was the wors...