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On Sunday, the media took a short break from their 24/7 schedule of atrocity and outrage in order to blame Republicans for creating a climate of violence. Because random violence against public figures is, as we all know, only as old as the Tea Party.

Everybody's happy with this scapegoat...except, of course, for the scapegoats. But even they can join in agreement that it was the fault of 'extremists' or 'crazies', so that the sickeningly dysfunctional status quo won't feel in any way responsible. This suits the media, this suits government, and this suits business -- and after all, who else matters?

Thanks to the inevitable diversion of taxpayer funds, any subsequent incidents will no doubt be met by increased security for elected officials and other government employees who are clearly more important than the rest of us.

Oh yeah, and keep showing your support and respect for Rep. Giffords' ordeal by insulting the state that she represents, as well as heaping as much scorn as possible onto one of her main beliefs: the right to bear arms.