[Hoot Gibson]

I wasn't able to follow this story very well because I was working. So I caught up on it today, and today is the first time I've seen the picture of the cowboy helping the guy who had suffered a traumatic amputation. I couldn't tell if the cowboy was holding a tourniquet or an artery in his hands. There was a blood "spray" on the cowboy's shirt, so I'm leaning toward the latter. But one thing was apparent to me; I believe this victim would have died without the heroic efforts of this stranger.

Then another thing popped into my head. I'm certain that neither the cowboy or the victim stopped to ask what the other's ethnicity, religious persuation or political afilliations were. This was a case of raw, pure, help...from one human being to another. It made me tear up a little. I know this will sound naive to a lot of you, but I STILL think there are a great number of people out there like the cowboy. Folks who care about helping people and willing to run headlong into a dangerous and unpredictable situation just to help another.

God bless the victims of this horrible tragedy, and their families.

God Bless America!!!
(and please be patient with us)

Granny, I agree with you that heroism knows no political affiliation. However, the hard left wastes no time in applying political spin when terrorists strike. Many in the media were praying - if that word is applicable to atheists, that the terrorists would be right wing white men. They were very concerned about this incident derailing Obama's attempts to further undermine our Second Amendment rights, and even more importantly derail his amnesty program for illegal aliens. The media were voicing those concerns before the victims of the bombings had even been accounted for.

IMO, the incidence of terrorism is too high among Muslims to allow Islamic immigrants (or visitors) to enter this country. The risks of doing so are too high and the consequences of making a mistake are too great. It is time that our own federal government start fulfilling their most important constitutional duty - providing national security to American citizens. This bombing should never have happened because the Tsarnaev brothers should never been allowed entry into this country.

Vladimir Putin is right. All terrorists, both foreign and domestic, should be treated the same. They should all be condemned. I would wager that Putin has never described Islam as a great religion of peace.