I was surfing the net when this came up.

The incident took place in Pittsburgh and the shooting had continued for 4 hours. The report says the guy who did this was an American citizen who had recently lost his job.

This is yet another sad news. The terrible recession is taking its toll. I think two things are adding to the depth of public shock.

FIRST and foremost is the US media. Yes, I think they are too frank with people. sometimes you have to be dishonest to save people. Bringing the bad news directly to people in a terrible tone which scares them to the depth of their bone marrow (!) is totally a bad idea. Perhaps it's time the oportunitist reporters with nothing but personal gain in mind be dealt with in a more appropriate approach.

SECOND is the US government. First for letting such a thing happen! Second for using the opportunity to gain votes. I believe Barrack Obama wasn't totally honest with people when he said that the economic crisis would be averted under his administration. He should have given people a more realestic time frame. People thought that a short time after the inauguration everything will go back to normal. But they were wrong, why? I think because they had false hope.

To summerize my ideas, I see the terrible fear that's taking hold among the American people as the result of two major reasons: 1. The US media is too honest! 2. The US government (or at the time, the future US government) was not honest enough.