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Originally Posted by mrblanche  I listened to most of the memorial (had to get out of the truck to hook and unhook trailers during part of it).
I was struck by two things:
1. The religiosity of the event, with public leaders reading Biblical passages.
2. The President, in spite of what all the news people predicted, actually spoke at length about civil political discourse, which more and more appears to have nothing to do with this crime.
I appreciated the examination of the lives of those killed. I was out of the truck during part of that time; did the President say anything about all those wounded?
I'm glad I didn't have to plan and organize such an event; the logistics must have been an absolute nightmare, and the echoes of it will probably ring for months, if not years.
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I was struck by the amount of applause that was going on at the "memorial" service. I guess I've never heard that before, but the newscasters were saying how much the citizens of Tucson needed to release their anxieties.
The president just didn't talk about civil political discourse, he was denouncing all the crap being stated about this massacre. Kudos to him for doing that. I'm personally sick to death with the political rhetoric in this country. Nothing good comes out of it.
He didn't really talk too much about the wounded, other than mentioning Gabby a few times.
The University of Arizona put together the event and I agree, I don't envy them for the logistics of putting it together. Not only did they have to organize a service for a historically horrific event, but they needed sufficient security for all the visiting politicians.
And next time you see a puddle, jump in it in remembrance of Christina. Watch the end of Obama's speech if you don't get this reference.
