Sunday, January 9, 2011

Who is Gabrielle Giffords

A brief profile of Arizona US Congressional Representitive Gabby Giffords, who was shot and critically wounded at one of her Congress on your corner events.  A public event where ordinary people had a chance to meet and talk to her..  Something remarkable and courageous for a Congressman these days.

18 comments:

  1. THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN TEABAGERS THINK THEY SHOULD ALWAYS OVER RULE THE MAJORITY PARTY AND ARE SUPPORTED BY FOREIGN TERRORIST FUNDING VIA THE US CHAMBER OF TERRORISTAS. TO BAD THEY ALSO SUPPORT ARIZONA GRANNY-KILLER MEDICARE DEATH PANELS, PRIVATIZED MINIMUM WAGE PRISONS, AND CUBAN DROP ANCHOR BABYS, ALONG WITH MULTI-BILLION DOLLAR MEDICARE FRAUD GOVERNORS. THE ONLY GOOD THING THE TEABAGGERS EVER DID WAS HELP ELECT A PORN STAR IN MASS.(SCOTT BROWN)

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  2. FOX TV RIGHT WING NUT REPUBLICAN TEABAGGERS KIDS AND GRAN KIDS SHOULD BE MEDICATED BECAUSE THEY LIVE IN FEAR FROM WATCHING AND LISTENING TO GLEN BECK AND O'RILEY AND LIMBAUGH AND PALIN 24 HOURS A DAY
    http://www.facebook.com/notes/sarah-palin/dont-get-demoralized-get-organized-take-back-the-20/373854973434

    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/08/grijalva-palin-needs-to-l_n_806283.html

    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/08/oreilly-to-beck-your-kids_n_806200.html

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  3. The anonymous rant above explains why Loughner's video rants sounded familiar.

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  4. If only those sentiments were held exclusively by mentally unstable people like Anonymous.

    The exact same garbage is being spewed by all the liberal posters on FT currently.

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  5. The national attitude needs correction. Americans have freedom of speech and thought, but our fundamental values our at risk when our differences in views, even deeply held, are misused to make us believe or behave as enemies. Respect is missing in discourse and that is everyone's responsibility.

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  6. Morning DFTTS, Lewis,

    Now we're hearing Homeland Security knew about the guy, he's had a number of incidents involving the sheriff, had threathened to kill people in the past and he was told not return to school until he'd been evaluated and certified not a danger to himself or others.

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  7. Wow Grumpy! If that's the case, that would be the biggest story to come out of this. If the authorities are really that useless, why do they exist and cost hundreds of billions on top of that?

    I've always thought the "national security" nonsense since 9/11 was nothing more than a bureaucratic boondoggle. We'll probably have Congressional hearings and the creation of more costly, useless agencies will be the result.

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  8. It's all verifiable,,,

    Strange, strange coincidence; Christina Green was born on 9-11-2001

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  9. Grumpy, News reports he tried to enlist and was rejected. Reports also indicate law enforcement is looking for a second person. Being on a "watch list" does not restrict movement. Congresswoman Gifford is reported as to have preferred no security details when she had meetings. Should legislators change the way they meet with constituents in this volatile climate?

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  10. Grumpy. I hope you are archiving these comments.

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  11. Anonymous, nice thing about using my own site, they archive automaticaly unless I delete them.. Even the ones I delete, the website holds in the spam folder, they can retrieved anytime..

    DFTTS, I've been holdng off on the "other person" hoping someone would put a name to the picture. I think I mentioned somewhere the Army wouldn't take him, might have been on USAT. If you put it all together, he showed every sign of being a potential risk.

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  12. Grumpy: every "sign" of potential risk, but what does law enforcement do with those identified with "signs?" In the case of Giffords, news reports a gun was found left behind at a mtg she held and the doors on her campaign headquarters had been shot out. Nevertheless, she sincerely believed in doing her job and maintaining access to her constituents. There was one crackpot who showed up with a weapon, and that's all it takes. No one should fear meeting with their representatives or taking their children to such events. Today I am of a mind that security should be required at all such gatherings and no weapons allowed. It is
    supposed to be a peaceful gathering. Some may complain here of their gun rights on my suggestion; but the 9 year old who died was not protected yesterday along with other innocents. There are not enough policemen to follow every individual who shows "signs."

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  13. That,s DFTTS commenting above. Having a computer challenging day. Over and out.
    DFTTS

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  14. This from some of the Left Wing extremists:

    “markos moulitsas of the daily kos, the largest left-wing community online, put Gabrielle Giffords on a target list with a bullseye. Just as Sarah Palin removed her post, markos has removed his.

    Another daily kos writer, just the other day, penned a post saying Congresswoman Giffords was dead to him.

    But then there is the real culprit — the shooter himself.

    A friend of the shooter’s described the shooter as decidedly “left-wing” as recently as 2007.

    On YouTube, he flagged as a favorite video one of a person dressed as a terrorist burning the American flag. Only a lunatic or a leftist would do that.

    His favorite work was not a Glenn Beck book, but a staple of every left-wing bookshelf, the Communist Manifesto.

    In the Communist Manifesto, there are numerous, frequent calls for violence against the bourgeoisies.

    Left-wing cartoonist ted rall’s most recent book calls for a violent response from the left against the right.

    barry himself told left-wing activists, “If they bring a knife to the fight, we bring a gun.”

    The point of all of this is not to blame ted rall, barry, Media Matters, MSNBC, any other”

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  15. Marine, sure Media Matters and MSBC will be spinning things.

    DFTTS, Giffords carried a weapon from time to time. Have to wonder what would have happened had there been an off duty cop or an armed vet nearby

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  16. Turns out this guy is a liberal, maybe it is time to start rounding them up.

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  17. I'm not convinced he was either.. possibly more left than right, but mostly a spoiled SOB, who stayed stoned and always had someone. (I think his mother)to get aplogise for his and get his butt ot of a jamb.

    A classic momma's boy who wanted atention.

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  18. Grumpy - We are very aware of another in S. Florida.

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