Or Boehner jumped the gun in an overt attempt to embarrass the President. Both of them could have done it earlier. But it was going to happen.

So now he's racist, too, Mr. I'm Not Being Political? He hasn't been silent about it at all. He made a statement on the day of the shootings.

Did you know, he authorized the missile strike that killed of the leader of Al Qaeda's Khorasan Group in Syria yesterday? Didn't FOXNews report that? Nobody has been "sacrificed". We are going after terrorists wherever we can find them. Actions, not words.

Obama's quote on the day of the killing.

"It is a heartbreaking circumstance for these individuals who have served our country with great valor to be killed in this fashion, and although the families are still in the process of being contacted, I want them to know that I speak for the American people in expressing our deepest condolences and knowing that they have our full support as they try to overcome the grief that's involved here," Obama said.

"As details of the investigation proceed, we'll make sure that the FBI as well as local law enforcement are providing the public with all the information that's involved," Obama said. "My main message right now is obviously the deepest sympathies of the American people to the four Marines that were killed."

You will have to ask Obama. Perhaps he wanted to start the honor on the same day he spoke about it to veterans at the VFW convention in Pittsburg, Tuesday.

"We draw strength from yet another American community that has come together with an unmistakable message to those who will try to do us harm: We will not give in to fear, you cannot divide Americans, you can never change our way of life or the values of freedom and diversity that make us Americans," Obama said.

"We honor our five service members killed so senselessly in Chattanooga," he said. "We are grateful to the courageous police who stopped the rampage and saved lives."​

The president has been quick to order the flag lowered after similar tragedies, issuing a proclamation the same day of the 2012 attacks in Benghazi and after 12 were killed at the Washington D.C. Navy Yard. And it was lowered just one day following the Boston Marathon bombings and the Fort Hood shootings.

Don't go being logical and pragmatic here, Your job is to be the half-cocked reactionary belligerent.

It really doesn't involve Sharia law being practiced here. It ain't our law. The Koran prohibits the payment of interest -- the primary way lenders earn. Like everything else that has been stuck in the 14th century, it is an anachronism. It's based on barter because tribal people didn't every really have much of what we call money. In their culture, two parties agree to trade at a price equal to the cost plus mark-up or profit. They understand profit well enough, they just need to agree on everything up front. None of this "interest" stuff based on percentages that can change, currency that floats in value, property that inflates or deflates, can be refinanced, bought by third parties, and other things that Mohammed didn't know about.

Here's how a sale might work between a bank and a Muslim homebuyer: The bank agrees to buy and hold clear title to the house, then enters into a contract to sell the house at an agreed-upon mark-up price that includes profit. The buyer agrees to pay the sale price in installments, or one lump sum. The markup rate is calculated to compete with prevailing interest rates, so the buyer's monthly payment is roughly equal to what a traditional lender might charge for a loan that combines principle and interest.