Death at Ground Zero

I didn't blog about it but several other people did. Someone who was despondent over the election returns committed suicide at the site of 9/11 Ground Zero, killing himself with a shotgun (way to go Kurt -- set an example). The story is now turning out to be a bit more complex -- from The Washington Post: bq. The Georgia man who killed himself at Ground Zero was upset about President Bush's reelection -- but his biggest problem may have been his double life, a source said Sunday. bq. Andrew Veal, 25, was engaged to be married to an Iowa college student, whom he was supposed to see at her sister's wedding in Seattle this weekend. But Veal also had a girlfriend in Athens, where he lived, sources said. bq. When police found his body Saturday morning, they found a note to his girlfriend saying she was "too good" for him, a source said. The note also included a reference to Bush's victory, the source said. And more: bq. Veal and his roommates held an election night party in their clapboard house near the University of Georgia campus, where they expected to celebrate a John F. Kerry victory. bq. But the day after Bush won, Veal bought a shotgun in an Athens store and drove to New York, a source said, where he went on a spending spree with his girlfriend's credit card. bq. While his mother and his fianc�e tried to reach him by phone, he called an Athens restaurant where he worked part time and said he was in New York on Thursday. Emphasis mine - typical Democrat, spend madly and leave the cost to the survivors. One of the reasons for the high gas prices today is that Bill Clinton tapped into our Strategic Oil Reserves and drained them so as to keep the price of gas artificially low on his watch. Bush has been quietly refilling these reserves so this, plus China's increase in Industrialization is why the prices are approaching that of Europe.