Tucson, AZ University Medical Center on CNN: Gifford is alive, and in surgery. "I can confirm that she was shot in the head," said a hospital spokesperson. Among the shooting victims in critical condition, one child was shot.
“Sarah Palin has the crosshairs of a gun sight over our district and when people do that, they’ve gotta realize there are consequences to that action.â€Â
It won't be hard to connect this shooting to the Tea Party, me thinks.
It won't be hard to connect this shooting to the Tea Party, me thinks.
That remains to be seen, but the Tuscon Citizen is already reporting that a second arrest has been made and police are seeking a third suspect. That makes it a conspiracy, not the work of a lone crazy.
I want to vent about gun control laws, but I think there's no perfect solution to them. My rage will therefore be redirected toward the political environment that caused the shooting.
toward thelow educational standardsthat caused the shooting.
Those too. I saw the gunman's alleged YouTube confession - it's Timecube-level crazy mixed with good old-fashioned stupid. God damn.
As much as I'd love to point and say 'This is all your fault Palin/Beck/Limbaugh/Et Al', I haven't seen anything that labels this guy or his actions as politically motivated and not just bat-crap loco.
TPN founder Judson Phillips, in an article linked off the e-mail "The shooting of Gabrielle Giffords and the left's attack on the Tea Party movement," described the shooter as "a leftist lunatic" and Pima County Sheriff Clarence Dupnik as a "leftist sheriff" who "was one of the first to start in on the liberal attack." Phillips urged tea party supporters to blame liberals for the attack on centrist Democratic Rep. Gabrielle Giffords of Arizona, who was shot through the head and is now fighting for her life, as a means of defending the tea party movement's recent electoral gains.
"The hard left is going to try and silence the Tea Party movement by blaming us for this," he wrote. Clinton used the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing to "blame conservative talk radio, especially Rush Limbaugh" and "The tactic worked then, backing conservatives off and possibly helping to ensure a second Clinton term."
"The left is coming and will hit us hard on this. We need to push back harder with the simple truth. The shooter was a liberal lunatic. Emphasis on both words," he wrote.
So far, all the 'left' news outlets (read as "anyone but Fox") have been saying that it doesn't look political, but that it was just some nut. What Judd doesn't realize is that they're not being blamed. Everyone sort of looked in their direction because a Democrat was shot at and their rhetoric has included suggestions that Second Amendment remedies be used to 'fix' problems in the left leaning congress. When you're backing candidates that make suggestions that people should threaten and/or shoot political leaders, and someone up and tries to assassinate a political leader of the opposite party, OF COURSE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO LOOK YOUR WAY. The fact that he's trying to blame liberals left me gobsmacked. I'm surprised he didn't snap his own neck with all that spinning.
Ugh. Seriously, this is not a time to be playing the political blame-game. Keith Olbermann had a pretty good editorial about this, laying the blame at everyone's feet.
This divisive rhetoric gets us nowhere. I just hope it's not already too late to rectify the problem.
Ugh. Seriously, this is not a time to be playing the political blame-game. Keith Olbermann had a pretty good editorial about this, laying the blame at everyone's feet.
This divisive rhetoric gets us nowhere. I just hope it's not already too late to rectify the problem.
I'm interested in what Jon Stewart has to say tonight. Since his message for the last year or so has been "restoring Sanity". His reaction should be interesting.
Ugh. Seriously, this is not a time to be playing the political blame-game. Keith Olbermann had a pretty good editorial about this, laying the blame at everyone's feet.
This divisive rhetoric gets us nowhere. I just hope it's not already too late to rectify the problem.
Heh, I hadn't known about Lemon Party up until now. It's really not that bad, though.
Lemon party is like a time-delayed memory bomb. You mention it in casual conversation, with little context, and others will often later, of their own accord, look it up.
Short and simple: No grammatical acrobatics change the fact that these people receive the benefits of living in the United States. Therefore, they will pay taxes no matter:what-their::names!are.
In a bid to say the most stupid thing, Fox News cited non-existent information saying Loughner had ties to a right wing pro-white racist organization. You'd think they'd check that before putting it out seeing as it would give the 'liberal media' and the actual liberal media a field day. Limbaugh and others of his ilk are already saying 'the liberal left' is responsible for some sort of smear campaign, but methinks they do protest too much. I think they're deathly afraid of this guy ACTUALLY being inspired by the vitriolic rhetoric they belch out daily, so they're digging in early.
According to Miller's teaching, the addition of hyphens and colons to one's name turns one from an ordinary, taxable human into a non-taxable “prepositional phrase.†They are distinguished from the names listed at birth in all capital letters (as on a birth certificate), which he claims turns one into a taxable Person (Corporation). (i.e. DAVID WYNN MILLER as opposed to :David-Wynn: Miller.).â€Â[13]
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I saw some screencaps from the alleged shooter's Youtube manifesto. It's full of high-test crazy.
Gabrielle Giffords may have just survived a close range shot to the head.
A federal judge and a nine-year old girl are reported dead.
However, the Tea Party is another story. Here's a quote, and try not to punch your monitor or vomit. So far, all the 'left' news outlets (read as "anyone but Fox") have been saying that it doesn't look political, but that it was just some nut. What Judd doesn't realize is that they're not being blamed. Everyone sort of looked in their direction because a Democrat was shot at and their rhetoric has included suggestions that Second Amendment remedies be used to 'fix' problems in the left leaning congress. When you're backing candidates that make suggestions that people should threaten and/or shoot political leaders, and someone up and tries to assassinate a political leader of the opposite party, OF COURSE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO LOOK YOUR WAY. The fact that he's trying to blame liberals left me gobsmacked. I'm surprised he didn't snap his own neck with all that spinning.
This divisive rhetoric gets us nowhere. I just hope it's not already too late to rectify the problem.
Wow. This moron actually has his contact info at the bottom of the page. Go get 'em, Anonymous.
Limbaugh and others of his ilk are already saying 'the liberal left' is responsible for some sort of smear campaign, but methinks they do protest too much. I think they're deathly afraid of this guy ACTUALLY being inspired by the vitriolic rhetoric they belch out daily, so they're digging in early.