Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords shot in head

[Baill Inneraora]

Do you think maybe that all this gun imagery the right wing uses to oppose people who supported health care reform has something to do with it?

 

[Jon S.]

Tragic way to go. Was she a state representative or national? No shortage of wackos out there, eh?

She is/was a US Representative. And no, there isn't exactly a shortage of nut jobs in the USA........rational people maybe......but nut jobs.....NEVER!

 

[meesterperfect]

nothing:
i'll wait.

 

[lurkingdirk]

dude you brought it up.
and is this really the thread to discuss this in?

it is true that the USA does have a violent crime problem but why try to debate that in a thread that at this point appears to be about a political assassination .

this.

 

[Bloodshot Scott]

I am an American, and I speak from personal observation. I find it amusing that when something happens that gives us a black eye, they many Americans like to point out that violent acts happen in other countries too, as if that gives us a free pass! All the rest of the time, we claim we are so superior to those very so-called "lesser" countries! Which is it? Are we better than the rest or aren't we? Seemingly, our actions speak much louder than words!

Anyone who would try to claim that we don't have a serious problem with violence in the USA, that totally eclipses all other so-called "civilized" nations, is being disingenuous at best!

I'm not someone who hates the USA! I'm one who hates what my country is becoming & hates the fact that it rarely lives up to it's potential greatness! I'm also one who isn't too proud to call my country out when it needs it!

America has a history of violence, going back to the Revolutionary War. It's just part of our culture. The nice thing about America, however, is that there are places that have nonexistent crime rates.

 

[xfire]

It's always been the far right that are trigger happy.

 

[John_8581]

Yeah. Now there are conflicting reports.

Yes. There are conflicting reports...

Aparently 37 minutes ago, she was reported that she had died along with a few of her aides...

Now she seems to be undergoing surgery for the gunshot wound....

http://twitter.com/rolandsmartin

 

[Jon S.]

How does a random assassination segue way into a criticism of Americans? Do you just look for some kind of excuse, any kind of excuse, to shit on them? A senator was randomly shot in the head, time to blame American violence....

I'd SERIOUSLY DOUBT that it was a RANDOM act of violence (she was targeted), and she is/was a Congresswoman....not a Senator.

 

[lurkingdirk]

Arizona is a bit of a political hot-spot, and for quite a few reasons. This shit was premeditated.

I don't care what your political leanings are, shooting someone in Congress is a fucking abomination.

 

[meesterperfect]

this.

thanks LK.
I deleted it because i didnt feel like getting into a debate.
thanks for keeping it alive.

 

[PirateKing]

I'd SERIOUSLY DOUBT that it was a RANDOM act of violence (she was targeted), and she is/was a Congresswoman....not a Senator.

Yeah, yeah...you're trying to distract from the fact that blaming American conceit is an odd way to comment on this general act of violence. So it's the countries fault that she's dead?

 

[lurkingdirk]

thanks LK.
I deleted it because i didnt feel like getting into a debate.
thanks for keeping it alive.

Sorry, man. I can't edit anymore.

 

[NYRICAN21]

Do you think maybe that all this gun imagery the right wing uses to oppose people who supported health care reform has something to do with it?

Well said and posted... Ironic that SARAHPAC has her name and others from Congress are on this list.... It should be said that anyone who incites this kind of rhetoric .. should be held accountable for the instigating of these ideas...


Latest news she is still alive and will pull through this attempted murder...

 

[Icewater Jones]

I'm hoping she makes it through. Damn shame, really.

 

[PirateKing]

lol wikipedia recanted the DoD. I wonder if she can be saved. It's a possibility, although if she becomes a vegetable then that would be a worse fate IMO.

 

[Ulysses31]

Obama says Gabrielle Giffords is 'gravely wounded'

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...Arizona-gunman-identified-Jared-Laughner.html


Suspect ID'd as Jared Laughner

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/08/jared-laughner-gabrielle-giffords-shooter_n_806229.html

Sorry, man. I can't edit anymore.

I was wondering where that post was. I made a similar post earlier I wanted deleted, just click the report post button and ask the mods to remove it. Worked for me

 

[Baill Inneraora]

lol wikipedia recanted the DoD.

Why is that funny?

 

[alexpnz]

The Asian surgeon just held a press conference and said the congresswoman made it thru surgery and he is "optimistic as he can be in this situation" about her recovery.
She was shot once and the bullet hit her brain!
I put the emphasis on "Asian" beacuse they are always smarter than us and cook good food!:hatsoff:

Arm yourselves....
:ak47:

 

[PirateKing]

Why is that funny?

Because someone was so eager to proclaim that she died and now there's a possibility that she might live. They goofed.

 

[PlasmaTwa2]

I'm just throwing it out there: perhaps the gunman was Mexican.