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Gabrielle Giffords' Arizona shooting prompts resignations (GOP fear of Tea Party people)
Post Date: 2011-01-12 15:57:08 by Ferret Mike
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A nasty battle between factions of Legislative District 20 Republicans and fears that it could turn violent in the wake of what happened in Tucson on Saturday prompted District Chairman Anthony Miller and several others to resign. Miller, a 43-year-old Ahwatukee Foothills resident and former campaign worker for U.S. Sen. John McCain, was re-elected to a second one-year term last month. He said constant verbal attacks after that election and Internet blog posts by some local members with Tea Party ties made him worry about his family's safety. In an e-mail sent a few hours after Saturday's massacre in Tucson that killed six and injured 13, including U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, ...
Obamas To Fly To Tucson For Memorial Service; WTC Flag To Be Displayed At Girl's Ariz. Funeral
Post Date: 2011-01-12 11:56:40 by Brian S
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(01-12) 02:02 PST WASHINGTON, (AP) -- President Barack Obama and the first lady travel to Tucson, Ariz., this afternoon to take part in the memorial service for victims of Saturday's mass shooting. The president will speak at the University of Arizona, Tucson, at an event called "Together We Thrive: Tucson and America." Attorney General Eric Holder and Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano will also be there. The first couple will arrive back in Washington early Thursday. Before leaving for Tucson, Obama meets in the Oval Office with Lebanon's Prime Minister Saad Hariri (sahd hah-REER'-ee). They'll talk about regional issues, including Lebanon's ...
Fearing Tea Party Violence, Four Arizona Republicans Resign
Post Date: 2011-01-12 11:25:30 by Brian S
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Fearing violence from tea party activists, Arizona Legislative District 20 Republican Chairman Anthony Miller and several others tendered their resignation this week following mass shootings that left six dead and Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ) in critical condition. Miller, a 43-year-old former campaign worker for Sen. John McCain (R-AZ), said that verbal attacks and blog posts from members of the tea party had him fearing for the safety of his family, according to a report in The Arizona Republic. "Today my wife of 20 yrs ask (sic) me do I think that my PCs (Precinct Committee members) will shoot at our home?" he wrote in an e-mail following the shootings. "So with this ...
Obamanomic Housing Market Slips Into Depression Territory
Post Date: 2011-01-12 10:35:26 by Happy Quanzaa
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As the economy revs back to life, with signs of hiring on the horizon, the housing market is being left behind like Macaulay Culkin in “Home Alone.” In the past few years, we’ve all been careful to choose our words carefully, not calling it a recession until it fit the technical definition and avoiding any inappropriate use of the “D” word — Depression. Things were bad but the broader economy never reached Depression territory. The housing market, on the other hand, just crossed that threshold. Home values have fallen 26 percent since their peak in June 2006, worse than the 25.9-percent decline seen during the Depression years between 1928 and 1933, Zillow ...
Loughner a murderer, liberals are sick...twisted
Post Date: 2011-01-12 09:23:38 by no gnu taxes
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Yes this Loughner kid is a murderer. He was obviously mentally ill and went off the deep end. The fact that he did it at a political event instead of a local McDonald's does not change that reality. The only difference is that since there was a Democrat politician who was a victim and the rest seems to have nothing to do with politics. I mean this was not some kind of assassination for political reasons. Yet...Yet what is the first thing that the liberals want to do? They want to start discussing the silencing of free speech and continue to make some kind of sickening connection to conservatives. Yes I said sickening and I mean that in the most literal sense. These people have to be ...
The left is not about to waste this 'crisis' [Full Thread]
Post Date: 2011-01-11 19:28:03 by Mad Dog
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Theme: The left's immediate reaction to the Arizona shooting proves, again, that it will not forgo any chance to exploit a tragedy ("crisis"). Minor theme: In the process, mostly through projection of its own perversions, it is setting records for hypocrisy, irrationality and unfairness. Politico reported that after the shootings, one veteran Democratic operative said that President Obama should "deftly pin this on the tea partiers. Just like the Clinton White House deftly pinned the Oklahoma City bombing on the militia and anti-government people." Newsweek's Jonathan Alter similarly wrote, "Can Obama Turn Tragedy Into Triumph?" "Just as Bill ...
The heroes of Arizona
Post Date: 2011-01-11 19:20:59 by Mad Dog
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It's an ancient warfare tactic, and one terrorists of every stripe employ to wreak violence on the innocent: The element of surprise. Once the attacker ambushes presumably unarmed civilians, in a peaceful setting, the victims are usually paralyzed through shock and cannot defend themselves. It takes remarkable presence of mind to survive – much less mount a unified offensive against the attacker and save other innocents. In the Arizona attack Saturday that killed six and injured 14, the heroes who intervened include 74-year-old retired Army Col. Bill Badger, Roger Sulzgeber, Joseph Zimudie and Patricia Maisch, 61. That morning Badger, Sulzgeber and Maisch were in line for U.S. ...
Innocent Man Is Pardoned 73 Years After His Execution
Post Date: 2011-01-11 19:05:21 by sneakypete
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Outgoing Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter has granted a posthumous pardon to Joe Arridy, a mentally disabled man who was executed for murder more than 70 years ago, despite evidence suggesting his innocence. "The tragic conviction of Mr. Arridy and his subsequent execution ... merit such relief based on the great likelihood that Mr. Arridy was, in fact, innocent of the crime for which he was executed and his severe mental disability at the time of his trial and execution," Ritter said. In 1936, someone entered the Pueblo home of 15-year-old Dorothy Drain and her 12-year-old sister, Barbara, while their parents were at a dance. Both girls were attacked with a hatchet. Dorothy's ...
Rep. Gabrielle Giffords Moves Arms, Survival Odds At '101 Pct'
Post Date: 2011-01-11 18:56:28 by Brian S
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TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) -- One of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords' doctors declared Tuesday she has "a 101 percent chance of surviving," as she made more progress, moving both arms and breathing on her own for the first time - just three days after a bullet shot through her brain. Doctors emphasize she is in for a long recovery, and her neurosurgeon repeated his cautionary phrase of "she's holding her own." But there was no denying what was clearly good news. Giffords, a three-time Democrat, remains in critical condition at Tucson's University Medical Center where she was operated on Saturday after being shot during a meeting with constituents outside a Safeway ...
The Hateful Left
Post Date: 2011-01-11 17:28:39 by Mad Dog
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Where incendiary political rhetoric truly resides in America 9 January 2011 Judging from his website, I would guess that Jared Lee Loughner suffers from schizophrenia. The man who opened fire with a nine-millimeter Glock in Tucson, Arizona, on Saturday was obsessed with mind control and bizarre, incomprehensible theories of currency and government. He read books by Hitler, Marx, Plato, and Orwell, among others. He did not believe in God. By all appearances, his mind was ruined by madness and his soul by evil. In any case, he murdered a nine-year-old child, a federal judge, and four others while wounding at least twelve, including Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, a Blue Dog Democrat well ...
SHERIFF BLASTS RIGHT WING RADIO TALKER AS “IRRESPONSIBLE”
Post Date: 2011-01-11 14:53:57 by Ferret Mike
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(TUCSON, AZ.) -- The Arizona sheriff, upon whose turf U.S. Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords was shot in the head over the weekend, had strong words Monday for the right wing radio talker who has often been described as the defcato head of the Republican Party. Pima County Sheriff Clarence Dupnik told ABC News Monday that the often-incendiary right wing radio personality Rush Limbaugh was "irresponsible" for continuing his vitriolic talk on the airwaves. “The kind of rhetoric that flows from people like Rush Limbaugh, in my judgment he is irresponsible, uses partial information, sometimes wrong information…attacks people, angers them against government, angers them ...
We're Arizona Shooting Victims Too, Says Tea Party Co-Founder
Post Date: 2011-01-11 14:43:30 by Brian S
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A nine-year-old girl lies in the morgue. A member of Congress faces a lifetime of struggle to recover from a bullet in the brain. A city is bracing itself for a string of funerals as it tries to fathom the carnage. But Trent Humphries says there is another innocent victim left by Jared Lee Loughner's killing of six people and wounding of 14 others in his assassination attempt against Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords. It is his Tea Party movement and, more particularly, his family. The killings, he says, are evolving into a conspiracy to destroy his organisation and silence criticism of the government. Humphries is the co-founder of Tucson's Tea Party, a movement besieged by ...
Giffords Able To Breathe On Her Own
Post Date: 2011-01-11 13:06:21 by Brian S
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Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords is able to breathe on her own, her doctor said at a news conference this morning that included dramatic accounts of from relatives of victims in Saturday's shooting spree. Neurosurgeon G. Michael Lemole Jr. said Giffords remained on a breathing machine, but noted that that was to help in her recovery. He said Giffords' medical condition will change over weeks and asked that people be patient in wanting to know how she is improving. "She's on her own schedule," he said. Bill Hileman, whose wife Susan took their young neighbor to see Giffords, said his wife was holding hands with 9-year-old Christina-Taylor Green when they were shot. ...
Arizona Sheriff Blasts Rush Limbaugh for Spewing 'Irresponsible' Vitriol
Post Date: 2011-01-11 09:49:30 by go65
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The Arizona sheriff investigating the Tucson shooting that left U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords critically wounded had harsh words today for those engaging in political rhetoric, calling conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh "irresponsible" for continuing the vitriol. MORE VIDEO WATCH: Tragedy in Tucson: The Scene of the Crime WATCH: Was Political Rhetoric Fuel for Tucson Gunman? WATCH: What Was In Jared Loughner's Head? "The kind of rhetoric that flows from people like Rush Limbaugh, in my judgment he is irresponsible, uses partial information, sometimes wrong information," Pima County Sheriff Clarence Dupnik said today. "[Limbaugh] attacks people, angers ...
Nonsensical Attempt to Tie Loughner to Conservatives Is Deliberate Strategy [Full Thread]
Post Date: 2011-01-11 09:10:05 by no gnu taxes
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To the extent Jared Loughner's psychotic views have any political coherence, they are decidedly left wing. Yet liberals have raised a deafening chorus attempting to blame conservatives for the incomprehensible horrors he inflicted. This may be a reflexive reaction by truly unhinged moonbats like Hanoi Jane Fonda and Clarence Dupnik, who can be counted on to blame their ideological opponents for any and all misfortunes. But for others, it is part of a deliberate political strategy. Timothy McVeigh brought Bill Clinton's first term back from the dead and made the second possible. The goal is to transform Jared Loughner into Obama's Timothy McVeigh. One veteran Democratic ...
Bullshit
Post Date: 2011-01-10 21:49:33 by Wood_Chopper
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There's a lot of manipulation going on at this site.
RPT-Arizona suspect had made death threats-sheriff
Post Date: 2011-01-10 21:47:22 by Skip Intro
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RPT-Arizona suspect had made death threats-sheriff Roger Whithed, 52, a construction worker who lives two doors down from Loughner, said of the suspect: "He was a kind of on-the-edge of society type guy, blue jeans, baseball cap, one of those guys who hasn't really figured it out. A little rebellious looking, didn't look like he was working really or doing anything productive," he said. Grant Wiens, 22, was a year ahead of Loughner at Mountain View High School in Tucson, and was recently in a biology class with him at a local community college. He remembers Loughner smoked heavily and occasionally smoked marijuana. "You never expect this to happen, regardless of ...
Tea Party Express raising money in aftermath of Arizona shooting
Post Date: 2011-01-10 21:35:36 by go65
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The Tea Party Express, a California-based conservative political action committee, sent out a letter to supporters Monday requesting donations in reaction to Saturday’s shooting at a political event in Tucson, Arizona that claimed six lives. “It is quite clear that liberals are trying to exploit this shooting for their own political benefit, and they used deception and dishonesty to try and smear all of us and our beliefs,” the letter reads. “You know what the truth is?  The truth is that the shooter, Jared Loughner is the one responsible for this atrocity. But liberals are trying to place the blame on society for embracing the tea party ...
Glenn Beck's efforts to end the violence hits a snag
Post Date: 2011-01-10 17:55:23 by go65
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Man arrested in threats to Bennet staffers
Post Date: 2011-01-10 17:07:00 by go65
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Federal authorities have arrested a man accused of repeatedly making threats to Colorado U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet's staff. The most recent threats allegedly came on Thursday, two days before a gunman in Arizona killed six people and wounded 14 others, including a congresswoman. According to an arrest warrant affidavit, John Troy Davis called Bennet's Denver office Thursday upset over his social security benefits and during the call said he, "may go to terrorism." He also allegedly said, "To get your attention, I will go down there and set fire to the perimeter," according to the affidavit. During a call several days earlier, Davis, who lives in the metro area, ...
Confirmed: Loughtner a 9/11 Truther
Post Date: 2011-01-10 16:23:18 by Mad Dog
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As more information is coming out about the Arizona shooter Jared Loughner, it becomes more and more clear that he is mentally disturbed. His friends describe him as a "liberal" and was pushing for George W. Bush to lose the 2004 presidential election. He was a "pothead" and hated the Christian faith. He also liked bands that had anti-American messages. As more investigation focuses on Loughner and his family, it appears that he is more insane than previously believed. For one, he is a 9/11 Truther, believing that the US government, led by George W. Bush and Dick Cheney, carried out the September 11th atrocities: He believed the U.S. government was behind 9/11, and ...
Giffords Still In ICU, Gives Thumbs Up To Doctors
Post Date: 2011-01-10 15:57:30 by Brian S
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(01-10) 11:33 PST Tucson, Ariz. (AP) -- Doctors said Monday that Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords' had given a thumbs up sign and tried to grab her breathing tube — heartening developments two days after surgery for a gunshot wound to the head. Dr. Peter Rhee said surgeons had seen many encouraging signs. On Sunday and Monday, Giffords was able to respond to a verbal command by raising two fingers with her left hand. "When she did that, we were having a party in there," Rhee said. And even while sedated, she has reached for her breathing tube. "That's a purposeful movement. That's a great thing. She's always grabbing for the tube," Rhee said. ...
Did Left Wing Hate Speech Cause the Giffords Shooting? (Of course)
Post Date: 2011-01-10 15:44:18 by jwpegler
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Only two days before Rep Gabrielle Giffords was shot in Arizona, a blogger at the left wing site Daily Kos criticized Rep Giffords. The liberal blogger lives in Giffords district in Arizona and had voted for her and supported her for election, but now was quite upset that Giffords had voted against Nancy Pelosi for Minority Leader. The blogger declared that Gabrielle Giffords was now "DEAD TO ME." Interesting choice of words. Did liberal assassin Jared Loughner read the Daily Kos post and internalize the headline as a suggestion to be taken literally?
The Right's Rising Tide of Violent Rhetoric
Post Date: 2011-01-10 15:08:44 by Ferret Mike
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Rep. Gabrielle Giffords appears be the latest victim of anti-government violence that has taken hold in America since 2009. It’s a wave of violence that’s cresting along with a tide of hateful, insurrectionist rhetoric that far too many conservatives refuse to condemn. Instead, the toxic talk is routinely defended as being nothing more than spirited debate. It’s not. It’s deadly. And until those in positions of power say so, the dangerous rhetoric is likely to continue. Whether that rhetoric played a role in the gun massacre that erupted at the Tucson shopping center on Saturday, we don’t yet know. Note that over the weekend the local Arizona sheriff, Clarence ...
Jared Lee Loughner's Mental State
Post Date: 2011-01-10 13:31:44 by Ferret Mike
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Cut off from the world by his iPhone earbuds and hoodie, neighbors and classmates say alleged murderer Jared Lee Loughner was a deeply disturbed young man who’d been wandering the neighborhood with an especially strange look in his eyes in recent days. Randy Loughner leaned against his car, sobbing, as police swarmed his suburban Tucson home, searching for clues as to why his 22-year-old son Jared might have opened fire outside a nearby supermarket where Representative Gabrielle Giffords was meeting with her constituents. “Another neighbor went over to comfort him and came back and told us it was his son that shot [Giffords],” says Aaron Martinez, 18, who lives across the ...
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