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Originally Posted by #^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^& (Post 825832)

That ain't a portal that's sYbiL

No he's the Devil's guitarist

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Originally Posted by RIROCKHOUND (Post 825735)

2. Fox and others reported first the shooter was an illegal
??? I saw early speculation that this was possibly a Mexian drug cartel hit and not outside the realm of possiblility given the violence that is being perpetrated on both sides of the border and I believe she was working hard to fight the Mexican Drug Cartels which may explain what your friend at the gym said, before you assume he or she is a racist bigot...
3. Someone at the gym asking me (when they saw me watching it) if the shooter was a Mexican, just because it was Arizona and that seemed logical to them.

how would anyone know if the shooter was an "illegal" or not? or a tea-partier for that matter?

That is wonderful news and I wish her a full and speedy recovery! I just hope the others who were wounded are recovering as well.

truly miraculous and you have to wish her and her family the best going forward...maybe it's just me but I read lengthy articles on the Congresswoman and what seem to be hourly updates on her condition and in a very long and detailed article that I just perused, this was the sum and total of the reporting on the other victims...

"Six people were killed when gunman opened fire outside a Safeway store in Tucson on Saturday. Giffords, who investigators say was the primary target, was among 13 people wounded. Giffords remains critical and four patients are in fair condition. One patient was being discharged Thursday."

not another word about the others....as BF said, I hope that we can continue to pray for the best outcomes for all victims and families involved, a lot of lives were turned upside down, many forever.....

yea I said the same thing Scott. But they're lower profile too and with the new health laws you may never hear anything unless they want you to.

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Originally Posted by #^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^& (Post 827177)

yea I said the same thing Scott. But they're lower profile too and with the new health laws you may never hear anything unless they want you to.

I think you forgot to turn on the vent fan in the spray booth again...

-spence

huh? They're civilians Spence? Got any good stuff I'm out.

HA's once again show up a funeral that the morons from Westboro want to picket.

Support your local 81. :hihi:

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Originally Posted by #^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^& (Post 827177)

yea I said the same thing Scott. But they're lower profile too and with the new health laws you may never hear anything unless they want you to.

Yeah. it's a shame there was no coverage of the 9-year old girl's funeral, or the judge or the man who died shielding his wife.

Front page of CNN yesterday Scott had the first two.
Maybe the other family's do not want a lot of press in this difficult time.

As far as the congresswoman getting a lot of press; it is a pretty miraculous story that she surrvived at all, and being a high-level elected official, makes it a pretty big f'ing story.

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Originally Posted by RIROCKHOUND (Post 827360)

As far as the congresswoman getting a lot of press; it is a pretty miraculous story that she surrvived at all, and being a high-level elected official, makes it a pretty big f'ing story.

Buddy of mine is a head and neck surgeon (used to be a MD Shock/Trauma, they handled Baltimore aka murdermore) says she's about as lucky as they come.

Lottery tickets etc.

Funeral set for Tuscon victim who shielded wife during shooting - CNN.com

damn that whitewashing lamestream media.
This was only front page of cnn.com this morning.
:smash:

So was this.

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

QUOTE=RIROCKHOUND;827958]Funeral set for Tuscon victim who shielded wife during shooting - CNN.com

damn that whitewashing lamestream media.
This was only front page of cnn.com this morning.
:smash:[/QUOTE]

I'm not sure why anybody would be surprised by the political reaction to this story. The drumbeat by the Right evoking the Revolution, of patriots taking up arms to resist an un-American tyrant has been deafening at times.

Regardless of the political associativity (of which there appears to be little) this was inevitable. The Left would be outraged and the Right outraged at the outrage.

Thanks Lewis Black :hihi:

Although, considering that Giffords did make mention of the Palin cross-hair issue last year, there is a news worthy element to that part of the story.

The one consistent thing in this whole mess is that is made just about everyone look bad aside from the hero's on the scene and in the hospital.

Biggest losers...

Keith Oberman: He was probably the most influential lefty to jump on the "blame the tea" party story. I did see others take the story on with a bit more class. The "left wing bloggers" who really pounced I don't care about as nobody pays attention to them anyway other than right-wing pundits.

Sarah Palin: While she didn't deserve such pointed blame for the tragedy, by hiding in the woods and then releasing a video taped message that was ALL ABOUT HER demonstrated why she doesn't deserve to be taken seriously...for anything. The fact that she couldn't even step up to such a basic teaching moment just shows she's a tool being used by the GOP.

Rush Limbaugh: The fact that he makes 50 Million a year to spew this kind of ridiculous crap is revolting.

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What Mr. Loughner knows is that he has the full support of a major political party in this country. He's sitting there in jail. He knows what's going on, he knows that. . . . The Democrat party is attempting to find anybody but him to blame. He knows if he plays his cards right, he's just a victim. . . . That smiling mug shot -- this guy clearly understands he's getting all the attention and he understands he's got a political party doing everything it can, plus a local sheriff doing everything that they can to make sure he's not convicted of murder -- but something lesser.

:yak5:

-spence

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Originally Posted by spence (Post 828062)

I'm not sure why anybody would be surprised by the political reaction to this story.

Rush Limbaugh: The fact that he makes 50 Million a year to spew this kind of ridiculous crap is revolting.

-spence

more like nauseated by the political opportunism...:uhuh:

you are just jealous that you do what you say Rush does, but for free:)