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As the agenda is to ban guns, the blame is placed on guns.

In the previous mass shooting at the Colorado movie theater, eyewitness accounts differed from the official account, and according to news accounts the suspect was involved with the government in some sort of mind control experiments and was found after the shooting sitting in a car in the movie theater parking lot.

Similarly, the Connecticut school shooting has puzzling aspects. In the real time report to the police, a teacher says that she saw "two shadows running past the gym." The police radio recording also reports two men in a van at the school stopped and detained, and various news sources report that the police arrested a man in the nearby woods. The man says, "I didn't do it," but how would a man out in the woods know what had just happened? There are no TVs to watch in the woods; yet, the man denied doing the shooting. Very strange.

What often happens is that there are a number of initial false reports, such as in the Connecticut case the report that Lanza's mother was a teacher at the school and was killed at the school, that Lanza had also killed his father, and that Lanza's brother might have been involved. Any discrepancies in the official story then get thrown out with the false reports. As the media simply goes along with the official story and does not investigate, it is impossible to know what really happened. People just accept the official story.

It seems odd, however, that RT Moscow would uncritically follow the US media in reporting the official story after experiencing, for example, the US media's intentional misreporting of the Georgian-Russian war, which was started by the former Soviet republic of Georgia but blamed on Russia. Does RT Moscow really believe the US media that the US missile bases surrounding Russia are directed at Iran?

Americans have been well armed for several centuries, but "gun violence" is new. Why?

Are there more disturbed people? More medicated people? Have Americans lost self-control, their moral conscience? Are Americans being molded by violent movies and video games and by 11 years of their government's slaughter of other peoples? Have Americans lost empathy for others?

Tom McNamara, a lecturer at the French National Military Academy, asks: "Do Arabs Cry For Their Children Too?"

The Connecticut school shooting is a tragedy in more ways than one. Children lost their lives, families lost their children, and the tragedy is being used to disarm Americans faced with a police state growing in power and menace.

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Dr. Roberts was Assistant Secretary of the US Treasury for Economic Policy in the Reagan Administration. He was associate editor and columnist with the Wall Street Journal, columnist for Business Week and the Scripps Howard News Service. He is a contributing editor to Gerald Celente's Trends Journal. He has had numerous university appointments. His latest book, The Failure of Laissez Faire Capitalism and Economic Dissolution of the West is available here:  http://www.amazon.com/Failure-Capitalism-Economic-Dissolution-ebook/dp/B00BLPJNWE/ref=sr_1_17?ie=UTF8&qid=1362095594&sr=8-17&keywords=paul+craig+roberts





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subjects by Derryl Hermanutz on Wednesday, Dec 19, 2012 at 2:50:29 PM
Why bother? by Adam Smith on Thursday, Dec 20, 2012 at 11:05:18 AM
Agreed, But Might Still Make Some Difference by Ron Brassfield on Thursday, Dec 20, 2012 at 11:10:44 AM
Either we stand up for the FULL Constitution / Bill of Right by Tom Madison on Wednesday, Dec 19, 2012 at 5:47:35 PM
But most are "willing" to give up our rights by Deborah Dills on Wednesday, Dec 19, 2012 at 7:16:13 PM
Contrived Dilemma + Ignorance = Mass Slavery by Ron Brassfield on Thursday, Dec 20, 2012 at 11:21:36 AM
9/11: Was An American Coup by Deborah Dills on Thursday, Dec 20, 2012 at 1:38:10 PM
Yes, Time for Visible and Broad Solidarity by Ron Brassfield on Thursday, Dec 20, 2012 at 11:12:54 AM
Thanks Dr. Roberts by Chris Cook on Wednesday, Dec 19, 2012 at 6:00:24 PM
Our elected Democratic and Republic "law-traitors" by Tom Madison on Wednesday, Dec 19, 2012 at 6:40:22 PM
Obama's MO by Steven G. Erickson on Wednesday, Dec 19, 2012 at 6:46:04 PM
wow! by Kim Cassidy on Wednesday, Dec 19, 2012 at 9:47:40 PM
Time in Prison by Steven G. Erickson on Friday, Dec 21, 2012 at 8:54:26 AM
Except Accidentally? by Ron Brassfield on Thursday, Dec 20, 2012 at 11:44:50 AM
I don't think Americans will let themselves by disarmed. by Ernie Messerschmidt on Wednesday, Dec 19, 2012 at 6:53:16 PM
Only tyrants, their propagandists by Mark Adams JD/MBA on Wednesday, Dec 19, 2012 at 7:36:41 PM
Edward Bernays and Walter Lippman mastered the art ... by Tom Madison on Wednesday, Dec 19, 2012 at 7:49:51 PM
Media Influence by Marlayne Madison on Wednesday, Dec 19, 2012 at 7:56:30 PM
I check the "news" for the lies by Mark Adams JD/MBA on Wednesday, Dec 19, 2012 at 8:11:33 PM
RT News too by Deborah Dills on Wednesday, Dec 19, 2012 at 10:20:03 PM
Yes, But You Have to Be WILLING to Understand by Ron Brassfield on Thursday, Dec 20, 2012 at 12:05:26 PM
Neither do I... by Swamper Tom on Thursday, Dec 20, 2012 at 8:23:15 AM
Official Lawlessness Is Itself Disarming by Ron Brassfield on Thursday, Dec 20, 2012 at 11:57:40 AM
Stay armed, safe, and free, just like the Swiss do by Lance Ciepiela on Wednesday, Dec 19, 2012 at 7:05:06 PM
Agenda Driven News by Marlayne Madison on Wednesday, Dec 19, 2012 at 7:50:16 PM
Disarm the US Military? by Hubert Steed on Wednesday, Dec 19, 2012 at 9:11:36 PM
The corporate media supports the military war machine by Deborah Dills on Saturday, Dec 22, 2012 at 10:03:41 PM
thank you for this very informative article! by Kim Cassidy on Wednesday, Dec 19, 2012 at 10:44:26 PM
we may be creating our own police state by michael payne on Thursday, Dec 20, 2012 at 12:03:19 PM
"Give me Liberty, or Give me DEATH!" by Deborah Dills on Thursday, Dec 20, 2012 at 1:46:49 PM
I don't see anyone trying to disarm Americans by michael payne on Thursday, Dec 20, 2012 at 2:30:57 PM
Not yet but eventually disarmament is programmed by Ash E on Friday, Dec 21, 2012 at 3:45:16 AM
I'll answer your highly intellectual comment by michael payne on Friday, Dec 21, 2012 at 10:20:45 AM
I really must commend you by michael payne on Friday, Dec 21, 2012 at 6:49:10 PM
Thank you so much by Theresa Paulfranz on Thursday, Dec 20, 2012 at 2:43:50 PM
As an ex-Catholic by Theresa Paulfranz on Thursday, Dec 20, 2012 at 2:51:46 PM
if I had not been treated like a child that is by Theresa Paulfranz on Thursday, Dec 20, 2012 at 2:54:07 PM
The tough questions will never get straight answers . . . by John Rachel on Thursday, Dec 20, 2012 at 6:43:59 PM
what might you be talking about? by michael payne on Thursday, Dec 20, 2012 at 8:05:48 PM
Unrestricted access to guns by Janet Loughrey on Thursday, Dec 20, 2012 at 11:48:58 PM
very rational assessment by michael payne on Saturday, Dec 22, 2012 at 11:41:14 AM
Russia by Maxwell on Friday, Dec 21, 2012 at 10:05:18 AM
waiting for an answer by michael payne on Friday, Dec 21, 2012 at 7:59:23 PM