Lack of resources or something else?

People on the left are already hollering about the Texas legislature's attempts to cut state spending. They are using the Tucson, Arizona, shooting to bolster their argument that cutting mental health services will lead to our streets being filled with Jared Loughner types. "It'll mean more people in jail, more potential violence to themselves and others, and more people taking their own lives," said Mike Katz, and advocate for the National Alliance on Mental Illness.

But let's look at the argument. Was Jared Loughner running around loose because there were no mental health facilities he could go to? I don't think so -- the college that insisted he have a mental health evaluation before returning to school would certainly have aided him in finding that help. That wasn't the problem. The problem was that Jared and his parents didn't avail themselves of the service.

And therein lies the problem with most crazy people. They really don't see that they're crazy. Before the liberals passed all kinds of laws to "protect their rights," we had mental institutions and legal means to send them there. Now, we must allow them to roam the streets and create chaos.

The bottom line is that the very ones pointing the fingers are the ones at fault here.

"Cuts to care raise concerns." The Dallas Morning News; January 24, 2011; p. 1A.