Liberal, Irreverent

Wednesday, January 26, 2011

Obama measure of improving economy

Did you notice Obama's measure of economic improvement? Stock market & corporate profits. Not wages, employment or poverty level. Obama 2011 SOTU was not a report on the status of all America, but a report on the status of the top 2% of Americans. Also a report on what more can Obama, Dems do for them.



We need a Workers Party of America!

No More Hope and Change

No more hope and change from Obama and Democrats. Only same ol, same ol Status Quo. Bowing to the interests of corporations and millionaires at the expense of the poor and middle class. Administering the federal budget as always to benefit the privileged first. After all corporations and millionaires are so precious, there are so few of them. In comparison there are hundred of millions of poor and middle class available, we are expendable.



Only a political party of workers can build a power structure to counter the apparently omnipotent power of millionaires and corporations.



NOW MORE THAN EVER WE NEED A "WORKING PARTY OF AMERICA"!

Tuesday, January 25, 2011

Very simple bottom line to tonight's SOTU. Obama did not offer anything of substance that could motivate Liberals and the GOP-TeaParty response was as moronic and as unintelligent as always. There is not much I can do or will do for the GOP. My only concern is Obama and Democrats. Obama has betrayed almost all segments of the Liberal movement and now he wants to be Bill Clinton 2.0. If that's what Obama wants, that's OK with me. Just don't come lying to Liberals on how many good things he has done for us and how many great plans he may have. Obama first 2 yrs were a disappointment, the next 2 yrs won't be better and there is really no hope for Liberals in 2012 (either we got the GOP or Obama again). Liberals need to start planning really for 2016 or 2020. Between now and then is just the usual fight to keep the conservative disaster (that even Obama is embracing) to destroy the country.#p2 #liberal #p21 #p2b #px #topprog #rebelleft http://amplify.com/u/annl9

Friday, January 21, 2011

Is Comcast, the new owners of NBC, silencing Olbermann? Liberal voices on TV? Will Rachel, Ed follow? Boycott Comcast! #p2 #liberal #p21 #p2b #px #topprog #rebelleft http://amplify.com/u/bnafb

Thursday, January 20, 2011

A Republican is always better than a "Conservative Democrat". Why? Because with a Republican you know what to expect and you know what and who to oppose. With a Republican you don't have to hold back. With a Republican you can unload freely without remorse. With a Conservative Democrats you always have to hold back, you have to make sure you don't criticize "too much" because you know it is bad for the party. Like with Clinton and Obama they both betrayed the Liberal base that got them elected. They both spit Liberals on the face. But they are Democrats, so Liberals hold back. We even keep donating money, volunteering and being the voice of attack against Republicans. We always help them win the next election and always end up with nothing. That is why I say that if Obama cannot deliver Liberal solutions, we should abandon Obama and Democrats, and let Republicans win, plain and simple. Will the Democratic Party suffer? Yes. Will the country suffer? Yes. But the only "good thing http://amplify.com/u/bn4u4
"[Conservatives are] engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; ...the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness. JK Galbraith" http://amplify.com/u/bn4n2

Monday, January 17, 2011

A recent poll says that there is not much appetite for increasing gun control. And I say, that's OK. Guns are sexy, guns make you feel powerful and respected. Guns make you feel secure because you think you have a fighting chance if attacked. All that is OK because all those "reasons" just feed your psychological needs of power, security and respect. If you believe that guns do not kill people, it is people with guns what kill people, then you will not mind rigging your house with asbestos. After all asbestos does not kill people, it is the cancer caused by asbestos what kills people. Guns lay the ground for all kind of safety threats. But we do not believe that...yet. And I say OK. Because at some moment in history, after a few more thousand deaths, some maybe close to you, I hope you realize that less access to guns, less chances of gun tragedies.#p2 #tcot #tlot #GOP #TeaParty #liberal #conservative #libertarian #p21 #p2b #px #topprog #rebelleft #republican #democrat http://amplify.com/u/bmgep

Sunday, January 16, 2011

Only Liberals stand

There is a tendency for false equivalency. Right wings go crazy in

hate and fear, Liberals denounced it, and then suddenly Liberals are

also promoting hate and fear. Just because they denounce it. That

mental false equivalency stating that those who REMIND us of the

negative we all would like to forget or pretend does not exist are as

bad as those who ACTUALLY DID the negative in the first place. Not

only those who promote hate are guilty but also those who denounce it

are guilty just by doing the bad thing of reminding us. The net effect

is that right wing gets away with it because everyone runs for cover.

Democrats are scared shitless of the right wing noise machine.

Republicans don't denounce their own and just want the whole thing to

go away and be forgotten as soon as possible. The media hides under

the excuse of responsibility. Obama one more time repeats his calls

for holding hands together and sing "We Are The World". The American

People want to go on with their lives and pretend nothing is wrong.

The government quickly cooks the official story of a lone ranger who

lived isolated from the world, never listened to Rush Limbaugh or any

other talk show radio, never heard of Sarah Palin or watched Fox News

and Glen Beck, never read a newspaper. A lone ranger crazy person who

one day wakes up and voices told him to go and load his car with his

God given Second Amendment Right and kill a US Congressperson. Only

Liberals stand out there alone, holding the truth, seeing the real

world and talking to the air and getting condemned because nobody else

wants to listen.



#p2 #tcot #tlot #GOP #TeaParty #liberal #conservative #libertarian

#p21 #p2b #px #topprog #rebelleft #republican #democrat

Saturday, January 15, 2011

Rush Limbaugh: Jared Loughner Has 'Full Support' Of Democratic Party

Tucson Massacre perpetrator is not a victim. He is as guilty as all those who have been promoting hate and fear. Those talking that the first black president is Muslim or a socialist or not an American citizen, that wants to take your guns away, etc. are as guilty as the shooter by poisoning the minds of many other Jared Loughner's out there. The Tucson shooting will not be the last political shooting we will see, as Palin, Beck and Limbaugh have sowed the seed in many minds already.


Why an Tucson Massacre survivor is arrested and a committed involuntarily to a mental institution for "threatening" a tea partier while Palin, Beck are roaming free? #p2 #tcot #tlot #GOP #TeaParty #liberal #conservative #libertarian #p21 #p2b #px #topprog #rebelleft #republican #democrat http://amplify.com/u/bm4mx

Arizona shooting survivor in custody after allegedly making threat - CNN.com

What is wring with this picture? Palin, Beck, Limbaugh, Tea Party crazies are free roaming after hate and fear mongering. A survivor of the Tucson Massacre that was instigated by right wing hatred, being mad after being shot and wounded made an angry comment and what happened, he is arrested and involuntarily committed.


Tea Party demands Tennessee school curriculum erase minority experience


Friday, January 14, 2011

The Rise of Violent Rhetoric, Militia Groups & Right Wing Extremism

#p2 #tcot #tlot #GOP #TeaParty #liberal #conservative #libertarian #p21 #p2b #px #topprog #rebelleft #republican #democrat


Sarah Palin blamed by the US Secret Service over death threats against Barack Obama

Remember this? Sarah Palin's rhetoric against at that time candidate cretaed a spike in death threats against Obama and his family. It is shameful that now a faux political correctness wants to sweep responsibility under the carpet and pretend no one is responsible.



#p2 #tcot #tlot #GOP #TeaParty #liberal #conservative #libertarian #p21 #p2b #px #topprog #rebelleft #republican #democrat


Tucson shooting victim blames Sarah Palin, Glenn Beck, Sharron Angle - Kendra Marr - POLITICO.com

Liberals were correct in immediately put the blame where it should go: on the right wing. Then conservatives and some media say liberals are crazy and political opportunists. Now one of the victims himself blames...the right wing. Now the excuse is that he is a political operative and a crazy. In other words the only "acceptable" opinion is that the shooting must be just a random and isolated incident with no political motivation whatsoever. I even read someone stating that it was proved the shooter never listened talk show radio, never read newspapers and never watched tv. In other words the shooter lived isolated in cabin without human contact and one day decided to just get up load his car with guns and go to get himself some Congressperson and a judge's blood. Yeah right!



http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0111/47620.html



#p2 #tcot #tlot #GOP #TeaParty #liberal #conservative #libertarian #p21 #p2b #px #topprog #rebelleft #republican #democrat


Thursday, January 13, 2011

That liberal and socialist health care reform bill







Remember that "progressive" healthcare reform bill? It is so liberal and socialist that investors and the health insurance industry are bullish about the new profit potential in the industry. From Politico:





INVESTORS GET BULLISH ON HEALTH INSURANCE INDUSTRY - As Republicans push forward on repealing health reform, a different conversation is happening among thousands of health care investors gathered in San Francisco for this week's J.P Morgan Health Care Conference: how to capitalize on health reform's new business opportunities. "The worst is behind them," Ipsita Smolinski, president of Capitol Street, says of health insurers. "There was so much uncertainty last year. But with the MLR and rate review regulations out, investors know they have a pretty viable future." 
Investors are increasingly optimistic on health insurers' future for two crucial reasons: regulations released this year have been relatively industry-friendly, increasing stability, and the health reform's new business opportunities are beginning to look more tangible. Live from San Francisco, the POLITICO story http://politi.co/hoiiBR







#p2 #tcot #tlot #GOP #TeaParty #liberal #conservative #libertarian #p21 #p2b #px #topprog #rebelleft #republican #democrat





Shootings just happen in isolation

Gun sellers are selling a semi-automatic rifle engraved with Republican Rep Joe Wilson infamous words against President #Obama "You Lie".



But according to those purchased "hit polls", hate rhetoric and subliminal messages had nothing to do with the Right Wing #Tucson #Massacre. Yes people, shootings just happen in isolation.



#p2 #tcot #tlot #GOP #TeaParty #liberal #conservative #libertarian #p21 #p2b #px #topprog #rebelleft #republican #democrat

Wednesday, January 12, 2011

Supreme Court mistake



Conservatives at SCROTUS made a mistake by interpreting the 2nd Amendment as a free for all gun haven. 







#p2 #tcot #tlot #p21 #p2b #px #TeaParty #GOP #liberal #conservative #libertarian #democrat



Tuesday, January 11, 2011

What I expected it would be the fall back argument from conservatives to the Tucson Right Wing Massacre. On NPR, former Arizona Rep. Shadegg laid out the ground for what we will be Rush Limbaugh's and others. Former Rep Shadegg blamed the shooting on Democrats from ramming "unpopular" legislation and "not listening to the people"!Per Rep Shadegg democracy apparently doesn't matter. We live in a representative democracy not an ancient Greek democracy. But it is always convenient to use some poll to argument that bill x or bill y is unpopular, therefore passing that bill would be against the "will of the people". If I remember right Democrats received a real big mandate on November 2008. It was actually Republicans who did not respect the will of the people by saying NO to any Democratic initiative. It is very irresponsible to pretty much excuse the Tucson Right Wing Massacre by insinuating that Democrats pretty much had it coming because of the "unpopular" health care reform http://amplify.com/u/blitt

It took Rush Limbaugh several days..



Apparently 'entertainer' Rush Limbaugh was so in shock that his 'entertaining' finally took shape in the form of a real gunman, firing real bullets with a real gun, killing real innocent lives including a 9 year old angel, and injuring real people including a real US Congressperson, that it wasn't until several days later that he made his first statement on the subject. And not surprisingly his reaction was like Pilates to wash his hands off any guilt and blame 'the other side' you know, the liberals. BTW, the same liberals who have been warning for years that hate rhetoric on right wing talk radio, Fox News, right wing emails, right wing websites and conspiracy theories they promote are dangerous and had the potential to trigger what have been happening all around the nation since November 2008, culminating in a political assassination attempt in Tucson.





Rush Limbaugh is no entertainer but a political bully. Same with his comrades at right wing talk show radio and Fox News especially Glen Beck. As long as they keep doing their business of hate & fear mongering, Tucson shooting won't be the last.





#p2 #tcot #tlot #p21 #p2b #px #TeaParty #GOP #liberal #conservative #libertarian #democrat

There is no evidence it was political..or so they want you to believe




Pawlenty: 'There is no evidence that the gunman was motivated by specific political comments or experiences with the media'. According to who Pawlenty? I ask you how can you be sure the shooter was not motivated by politics or the coverage of certain media outlets or the rants of certain politicians? Don't pretend that we need now a membership application to the #GOP or #TeaParty groups or a political confession from the shooter to realize what are his political leanings. Targeting a Democratic Congressperson, being anti-government, resorting to violence. Which ideology has been prone to this behavior lately, more specifically since November 2008?

Also, Pawlenty, are you aware which radio shows or tv programs or type of media coverage have the shooter being paying attention? I guess the answer is no. So how do you know the certain specific media coverage or radio shows have not being poising the shooter's mind over the years? Sowing hate & resentment against one political sector of the nation? You don't know, Pawlenty. 

But what I know is that your statement is the usual conservative game of denying the obvious with the hope that if repeated enough times, it becomes the truth inside people's heads.





#p2 #tcot #tlot #p21 #p2b #px #TeaParty #GOP #liberal #conservative #libertarian #democrat



'Bury Obamacare with Kennedy'



'Bury Obamacare with Kennedy' was the subject of thousands of signs held by #TeaParty, #GOP & all kinds of #RWNJ during the #HCR debate. Some may say that the Kennedy mentioned on those signs was Ted Kennedy who passed away in the middle of the health care debate, and that even though disrespectful it wasn't a call to shoot or kill anybody. But really the point is not if somebody was stupid enough to literally write a sign saying 'Kill anyone who supports Obama and Democrats', but the subliminal, subconscious message those signs were conveying. It doesn't take much explicit communication for weak, crazy minds, inflamed by the hate rhetoric, to pick the portions of a message that retrofeed into their own paranoia and go act upon them. And this is the real danger of the hate rhetoric that Sarah Palin, Glenn Beck, Rush Limbaugh and many others within the TeaParty GOP RightWing gang is getting America used to. The political assassination attempt and massacre in Tucson was not the first shooting and killing by the Right since Obama became president and unfortunately it will not be the last.


Sunday, January 9, 2011

9-Year-Old Victim Was a 9/11 Baby, a ‘Face of Hope’ - NYTimes.com

#p2 #p21 #p2b #px #topprog #rebelleft #tcot #tlot #teaparty #gop #democrat #liberal #conservative


A Timeline of Right-wing Violent Rhetoric

This list is still only partial. #p2 #p21 #p2b #px #topprog #rebelleft #tcot #tlot #teaparty #gop #democrat #liberal #conservative

Amplify’d from www.csgv.org

January 8, 2011—Jared Lee Loughner, 22, shoots U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ) and 19 others at a "Congress in Your Corner" event at a Safeway supermarket in Tuscon, Arizona. He kills six, including federal judge John Roll, and wounds 14, including Giffords, who is shot in the head. Loughner has an extensive history of mental illness and substance abuse, yet is able to purchase two handguns and a high-capacity ammunition magazine legally at Sportsman's Warehouse on November 30, 2010. In a YouTube video posted in December 2010, Loughner states, "You don’t have to accept the federalist laws ... Nonetheless, read the United States of America’s Constitution to apprehend all of the current treasonous laws."

November 9, 2010—U.S. Representative-Elect Allen West of Florida's 22nd Congressional District hires conservative radio talk show host Joyce Kaufman as his Chief of Staff. On July 3, Kaufman told a crowd of Tea Party supporters, “I am convinced that the most important thing the Founding Fathers did to ensure me my First Amendments rights was they gave me a Second Amendment. And if ballots don’t work, bullets will."
October 21, 2010—Pastor Stephen Broden, the Republican candidate for U.S. Representative in Texas' 30th Congressional District, tells WFAA-TV in Dallas that the violent overthrow of the government is an "option" that remains "on the table."  "Our nation was founded on violence," states Broden. "I don't think that we should ever remove anything from the table as it relates to our liberties and our freedoms."
July 18, 2010—California Highway Patrol officers arrest Byron Williams, 45, after a shootout on I-580 in which more than 60 rounds are fired. Officers had pulled Williams over in his pick-up for speeding and weaving in and out of traffic when he opened fire on them with a handgun and a long gun. Williams, a convicted felon, is shot several times, but survives because he is wearing body armor. Williams, a convicted felon, reveals that he was on his way to San Francisco to "start a revolution" by killing employees of the ACLU and Tides Foundation. Williams' mother says her son was angry at "Left-wing politicians" and upset by "the way Congress was railroading through all these Left-wing agenda items."
June 9, 2010Addressing the Obama administration and the Democratic-controlled Congress, FOX commentator Glenn Beck says, "Shoot me in the head if you try to change our government—I will stand against you. And so will millions of others." Beck also compares American Progressives to Osama bin Laden and claims "they want to overthrow our entire system of government."
May 4, 2010A questioner at a Heritage Foundation event asks speaker Rep. Eric Cantor the question, "In light of what Obama has done to leave us vulnerable, to cut defense spending, to make us vulnerable to outside enemies, and to slight our allies ... What would he have to do differently to be defined as a domestic enemy?" After smiling and stating that "no one thinks that the president is a domestic enemy," Cantor is booed by several members of the audience.
WILLIAM KOSTRIC
August 11, 2009—William Kostric is filmed openly carrying a handgun outside of President Obama's health care reform town hall meeting in New Hampshire. Kostric holds a sign that reads, "IT IS TIME TO WATER THE TREE OF LIBERTY!" a reference to the following Thomas Jefferson quote: "The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time, with the blood of patriots and tyrants."
May 31, 2009—Scott P. Roeder shoots and kills Dr. George Tiller, an abortion provider, in the foyer of Reformation Lutheran Church in Wichita, Kansas. The FBI lists Roeder as a member of the Montana Freemen, a radical anti-government group. In April 1996, he had been pulled over in Topeka, Kansas, for driving with a homemade license plate.  Police found a military-style rifle, ammunition, a blasting cap, a fuse cord, a one-pound can of gunpowder, and two 9-volt batteries in his car.
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Eight episodes of right-wing extremist violence in four-and-a-half months http://amplify.com/u/bl48e #p2 #p21 #p2b #px #topprog #rebelleft #tcot #tlot #teaparty #gop #democrat #liberal #conservative http://amplify.com/u/bl48i

Eight episodes of right-wing extremist violence in four-and-a-half months

The storm I've been warning about is coming in faster now. It is time for the right to stand up against the escalating tide of violence fueled by its own rhetoric.



To get a sense of just how fast, you only need to take stock of what's been happening on the right wing since President Obama's inauguration:



Wednesday, January 21 -- the day after the inauguration -- 22-year-old Keith Luke goes on a violent spree in his Boston neighborhood. He rapes and kills one woman, and also kills the sister who tries to help her. He then goes out onto the street and shoots a passing homeless man. Police intercept him on his way to a local synagogue, where he tells them he intended to "kill as many Jews as possible during bingo night." He also says that he was fighting the extinction of the white race, and had stockpiled 200 round of ammunition to that end.



Tuesday, February 10 -- In Belfast, Maine, radioactive "dirty bomb" materials are found in home of James Cummings, who had been shot and killed by his wife after years of domestic violence. Cummings was an admirer of Adolf Hitler, and a large collection of Nazi memorabilia and a filled-out application for the National Socialist Movement were found on the scene.



Thursday, February 26 -- In Miramar Beach, FL, 60-year-old Dannie Baker walks into a neighboring townhouse where 14 Chilean students -- all in the US legally -- are gathered. He fires, killing two and wounding five. Those who know Baker describe him as a mentally ill man obsessed with fear that immigrants are taking over the country.



Sunday, April 5 -- Budding white supremacist and recently discharged veteran Richard Popalowski shoots and kills three police officers following a standoff in Pittsburgh. They were responding to a domestic disturbance call. He believed they had been sent by the Obama Adminstration to take away his guns.



Tuesday, April 28 -- US Army Reservist Joshua Cartwright shoots and kills two sheriff's deputies in Fort Walton Beach, FL. His wife escaped from him after he beat her, and called police from the emergency room. In the incident report, she reported that her husband believed the US Government was conspiring against him, and was severely disturbed that Barack Obama had been elected President.



Wednesday, May 6 -- Stephen P. Morgan of Middletown, CT kills former NYU classmate Johanna Justin-Jinich, whom he had been harassing since at least 2007. A diary found in his belongings included an entry: "I think it's ok to kill Jews and go on a killing spree" and "Kill Johanna. She must Die." Justin-Jinich was Jewish, and the granddaughter of a Holocaust survivor.



Sunday, May 31 -- Dr. George Tiller is shot to death while ushering at his Lutheran church in Wichita, KS. His killer, Scott Roeder, is captured by police within hours. Roeder is found to have ties to several violent right-wing groups, including the Montana Freemen and the Sovereign Citizen movement. He had also been committing acts of vandalism against abortion clinics for years, most recently just days before the assassination.



Wednesday, June 10 -- Well-known anti-Semitic blogger James Wenneker von Brunn walks into the national Holocaust Museum in Washington, DC and opens fire. Two security guards are shot; one is dead and the other still guarded as of this writing. Von Brunn himself was killed in return fire. He had been prominent in Holocaust denier circles for several decades, and considered Holocaust museums to be a crime against white history.


The type of gun used in Tucson shooting were banned in Clinton era. #p2 #p21 #p2b #px #topprog #rebelleft #tcot #tlot #teaparty #gop #democrat #liberal #conservative http://amplify.com/u/bl46u
Remember the "2nd amendment solutions" statement proudly conveyed by #teaparty? #p2 #p21 #p2b #px #topprog #rebelleft #tcot #tlot #gop #democrat #liberal #conservative http://amplify.com/u/bl3fv
Remember all inflammatory comments on right wing talk show radio? #p2 #p21 #p2b #px #topprog #rebelleft #tcot #tlot #gop #teaparty #democrat #liberal #conservative http://amplify.com/u/bl3fy
Remember all the Democratic lawmakers offices vandalized during #hcr debate including Rep #Giffords? #p2 #p21 #p2b #px #topprog #rebelleft #tcot #tlot #gop #democrat #liberal #conservative http://amplify.com/u/bl3fo
Remember all death threats against Democrat lawmakers during #hcr debate? #p2 #p21 #p2b #px #topprog #rebelleft #tcot #tlot #gop #democrat #liberal #conservative http://amplify.com/u/bl3fj
Remember during the 2008 election right wing crazies attending Palin/McCain rallies carrying semi-automatic rifles? #p2 #p21 #p2b #px #topprog #rebelleft #tcot #tlot #gop #democrat #liberal #conservative http://amplify.com/u/bl3fh
Remember the assassination of Dr. George Tiller by another right wing crazy? #p2 #p21 #p2b #px #topprog #rebelleft #tcot #tlot #gop #democrat #liberal #conservative http://amplify.com/u/bl3fb
Remember that crazy right wing that shot dead cop b/c he thought has was sent by Obama to take away his guns? #p2 #p21 #p2b #px #topprog #rebelleft #tcot #tlot #gop #democrat #liberal #conservative http://amplify.com/u/bl3f4
Go head and revise every single video, audio, article, post since July 2008. Where the insinuation of violence has been coming from ever since? #p2 #p21 #p2b #px #topprog #rebelleft #tcot #tlot #gop #democrat #liberal #conservative http://amplify.com/u/bl3ej
#teaparty, #gop scared as hell & threatening democrats & #liberal. They dont want a discussion of which side has been insinuating violence since elections in 2008 #p2 #p21 #p2b #px #topprog #rebelleft http://amplify.com/u/bl3ea
Only one side of the political spectrum (#gop #teaparty #tcot #tlot) has been insinuating, promoting gun violence ever since Obama took office #p2 #p21 #p2b #px #topprog #rebelleft http://amplify.com/u/bl3dx
Per Cons, #GOP b/c Tucson shooter read Karl Max, Hitler he wasnt #teaparty. As stupidest excuse as it comes #p2 #tcot #tlot #p21 #p2b #px #topprog #rebelleft http://amplify.com/u/bl3di

Saturday, January 8, 2011

Per Sarah Palin

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RT @Shoq: So now cops are seeking a white male in his 50s who might have been an accomplice? How old is Glenn Beck? #p2 http://amplify.com/u/bl15p
Right wing machine on overdrive trying to spin Arizona shooting #p2 #p21 #p2b #px #topprog #rebelleft http://amplify.com/u/bl14h

Gabby Giffords: A Few Words

A reporter called me a little while ago, and told me that Rep. Gabrielle Giffords had been shot at a public event. She is in critical condition.



I'm going to let others comment on what this means for America. I just want to say what it means to me.



Gabrielle Giffords and I served together on the House Committee on Science and Technology. She was the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics, and I was a member of that subcommittee. Her D.C. office was one floor above mine.



I saw Gabby dozens, if not hundreds of times, during our two years together. And nearly every time that I can remember, she was smiling.



Gabby is one of the most cheerful, charming and engaging people I have ever known. She's always looking on the bright side. She has something good to say about pretty much everyone. Bad news never lays a glove on her. She loves life, and all the people in it.



No matter what is going on in your life, after fifteen minutes with Gabby, you'll feel that you can touch the stars.



Everyone knew that Gabby would have a tough race in 2010. (She actually won with 49% of the vote.) But I always thought that if each of her constituents could spend that fifteen minutes with her, and see what she is really like, then she would win with 99.9% of the vote. (Same thing about Harry Teague of New Mexico, who lost, and a few others that I could name.) You would want her as your Congressman, because you would want her as your friend.



I know nothing about the man who shot Gabby, and what was going through his mind when he did this. But I will tell you this -- if he shot Gabby out of hatred, then it wasn't Gabby he was shooting, but rather some cartoon version of her, drawn by her political opposition. Because there is no way -- no way -- that anyone who really knows Gabby could hate her or hurt her. She is a kind, gentle soul.



My heart goes out to Mark Kelly, Gabby's husband, and the many, many people who love her. Gabby, we don't want to lose you. Please stay here with us.





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Gabby Giffords: A Few Words from Alan Grayson


Big massive cleaning, scrubbing of rwnj websites going on right now! http://amplify.com/u/bl0mc
URGENT: Liberals, Democrats need to cache Conservative, GOP, Teaparty, etc. websites ASAP. Big massive cleaning, scrubbing going on right now! #p2 #p21 #p2b #px #topprog #rebelleft http://amplify.com/u/bl0mb

Sarah Palin diagnosed "the problem" in her sick twisted mind & tied democratic candidates to it...

Sarah Palin diagnosed "the problem" in her sick twisted mind & tied democratic candidates to it, sending a subliminal message. One of her equally sick, twisted fans got the message & followed the orders #p2 #tcot #tlot #p21 #p2b #px #topprog #rebelleft #teaparty #gop (map taken from http://plixi.com/p/68732693)


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Sarah Palin diagnosed "the problem" in her sick twisted mind & tied democratic candidates to it, sending a subliminal message. One of her equally sick, twisted fans got the message & followed the orders #p2 #tcot #tlot #p21 #p2b #px #topprog #rebelleft #teaparty #gop (map taken from http://plixi.com/p/68732693)


#GOP #TeaParty, Beck, Limbaugh, Palin, Angle, Tancredo, NRA, you wanted 2nd amendment solutions? Tucson, AZ is how they look #p2 #tcot #tlot http://amplify.com/u/bl0l5

It was just a matter of time for Rep Giffords

Taken from http://yfrog.com/h0d2j8j. Threatening comments against Rep Giffords (veiled and unveiled) have been out there for months. Not only from Giffords' opponent in the election, but also from Sarah Palin herself. It just takes one mentally disturbed right wing nut job to take those comments at face value and start killing people, as happened to day 1/8/2011 in Tucson Arizona


Giffords support of #Obamacare or Judge Carter dismissal of #birther lawsuit, Tucson shooting has #TeaParty fingerprints all over it #p2 http://amplify.com/u/bl0fu