In order to get her retaliation in first Ms Sarah Palin appeared in a video in which she says, " .....There are those who claim political rhetoric is to blame for the despicable act of this deranged apparently apolitical criminal." Like any politician Ms Palin is master of double talk. By using words like "despicable," "deranged" and "apolitical" she attempts to disassociate herself completely from the shootings in Tucson, Arizona. Targeting Gabrielle Giffords district in the cross hairs of a gun sight is no " political rhetoric " but a deliberate attempt at inciting so called " deranged " shooters. Congresswoman Giffords herself predicted that there may be " consequences." Will Ms Palin accuse the Congresswoman of " blood libel " as she lies in a hospital bed with possibly permanent brain damage? What act in our society today can be described as " apolitical." Bankers getting huge bonuses while people lose their homes to foreclosures is political. Holding up benefit payments to the unemployed before Christmas to get tax cuts for the rich is political. Telling lies about old ladies dying of neglect if the healthcare bill goes ahead is political. Not passing campaign finance reform so that vested interests buy up politicians to oppose any attempt at regulation is political. Allowing the rabid right wing NRA to terrify the government with its jihadists is definitely political. At first glance the wild actions of a man who may have lost his child because he is unable to afford health insurance or be mourning his murdered wife because the bankrupt city sacked police personnel may seem apolitical but the conditions were created by politics. From cradle to coffin politics controls our lives and that is the truth Ms Palin.