SOME OBSERVATIONS OF LAST NIGHTS MEMORIAL SERVICE from the "PERMWIZ"

   
       WHEN THE MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR THE VICTIMS OF THE TRAGEDY  IN TUCSON BEGAN LAST NIGHT I WAS VISITING WITH A CLOSE FRIEND OF MINE SO I CAME IN ON THE SERVICE CLOSE TO THE END. I HAVE TO TELL YOU I WAS CONFUSED! I THOUGHT I WAS WATCHING OBAMA AT ONE OF HIS STOPS ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL! PLEASE, DON'T GET ME WRONG, THE PRESIDENT'S SPEECH WAS OUTSTANDING! I WAS TOTALLY IMPRESSED AND I FELT IT HAD JUST THE RIGHT TONE TO BRING THE NATION TOGETHER IN THIS TIME OF DEEP GRIEF AND MOURNING. BUT! YES THERE ALWAYS SEEMS TO BE A BUT. WHEN HAS IT BECOME PROPER, PERHAPS EVEN PERMISSABLE, TO STAND UP  SHOUTING, SCREAMING, HOOTING, HOLLERING, AND EVEN CAT CALLING DURING  A BEAUTIFUL MEMORIAL SERVICE HONORING OUR FELLOW AMERICANS WHO WERE SLAIN BY A MADMAN??!! I UNDERSTAND THAT WE WANTED TO RECOGNIZE AND HONOR THE HEROES FROM THIS TRAGEDY. HOWEVER I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT AMONG ALL OF THE STUDENTS IN ATTENDANCE LAST NIGHT, SO FEW OF THEM WERE AWARE THAT IT WAS SIMPLY NOT PROPER PROTOCOL TO CONDUCT THEMSELVES IN THAT RAUCOUS WAY AT A MEMORIAL SERVICE. THEY WERE NOT AT A PEP RALLY!  IT WAS TOTALLY DISRESPECTFUL! I AM THE FIRST TO JOIN IN WITH YOUNGER PEOPLE, STUDENTS, CHILDREN EVEN, AND ROOT FOR A FAVORITE TEAM. BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT THIS WAS. IT WAS A CELEBRATION OF LIFE AND YET THE VICTIMS DESERVED A SHOW OF REVERANCE.
      TEARS OF SADNESS FOR THE VICTIMS, TEARS OF JOY FOR "GABBY" OPENING HER EYES FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME, SMILES, HUGS, AN OFFERING OF "PEACE BE WITH YOU," WERE DEFINITELY IN ORDER. A CLAP AND A SHOW OF APPRECIATION FOR A CHILD, BORN ON 9-11-2001, SLAIN ON 1-8-2011, WHO SAW HOPE IN HER COUNTRIES FUTURE AND AN INTEREST IN GOVERNMENT WOULD, AND SHOULD HAVE BEEN EXPECTED. WHO KNOWS, MAYBE CHRISTINA GREEN HAD A FUTURE AS THE PRESIDENT OF HER COUNTRY FOR WHICH SHE CARED SO MUCH ABOUT, EVEN AT THE YOUNG AGE OF 9.  BUT THE "HOOPLA" EVERY TIME OBAMA OPENED HIS MOUTH WAS UNCALLED FOR! I DON'T BELIEVE EVEN THE PRESIDENT WAS READY FOR THE RESPONSE HE RECEIVED.
        I WILL SAY I WAS PROUD OF PRESIDENT OBAMA FOR SHOWING LEADERSHIP AT A TIME WHEN THE COUNTRY NEEDS TO COME TOGETHER. HE EVEN MANAGED TO GIVE A LITTLE CREDIT TO GOD FOR THE SURVIVORS AND  ASKED US TO LOOK TO HIM FOR GUIDANCE IN DEALING WITH THE SADNESS AND SORROW ALL AMERICANS ARE FEELING AT THIS TIME.
                   I SAY, "GOOD JOB MR. PRESIDENT!!