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January 08, 2011, 12:53:02 PM Last Edit: January 08, 2011, 12:59:51 PM by IZ
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_congresswoman_shot

Point blank with an automatic weapon..damn!!  :-X

My sister lives a block away from the shopping center and heard the shots.





Monster Dave..can you comment on the scene down there?
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January 08, 2011, 01:30:48 PM
Quote from: IZ on January 08, 2011, 12:53:02 PM
Monster Dave..can you comment on the scene down there?

We are in Phoenix this weekend, and he's at the gym.  Don't know if he is even aware that this has happened yet, so no updates here.

ducatiz

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January 08, 2011, 01:54:36 PM
... just waiting on the news spin that comes out of this...   [thumbsdown]

pray for the wounded and dead.  a real tragedy.
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January 08, 2011, 02:17:26 PM
To hell in a hand basket is where we are headed.  Extreme seems to be the only way some travel.

RIP to those lost.

Monster Dave

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January 08, 2011, 02:31:53 PM
Quote from: IZ on January 08, 2011, 12:53:02 PM
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_congresswoman_shot
Monster Dave..can you comment on the scene down there?


What's funny is that though I was at the gym, when I came back to my car, I found out about from my mother who lives back in Ohio!

On the weekends I tend to unplug, so this was new to me!

Sounds aweful!!

redxblack

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January 08, 2011, 03:39:35 PM
Let's all do our best to not interject politics into this tragedy. There will be a time and place for all that, but let's not let it be here (and especially not now).

This is a tragedy. Sadly, we have the conduits for constant information, but not enough is known at this point. Thankfully, the member of Congress survived the attack, but several did not. Just tragic.

Kopfjager

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January 08, 2011, 05:17:12 PM
Quote from: IZ on January 08, 2011, 12:53:02 PM
Point blank with an automatic weapon..damn!!  :-X

9mm pistol, far cry from your quote.
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January 08, 2011, 05:48:32 PM
Quote from: kopfjäger on January 08, 2011, 05:17:12 PM
9mm pistol, far cry from your quote.

If you just read the article, it's been updated and not the same as when I first posted it.   
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January 08, 2011, 05:57:15 PM
I was at my farm yesterday and most of today in my normal news blackout mode. My brother called me on my cell on the way home to tell me about the shooting. So sad. Just another make the beast with two backsing nut case with a IZ_ mental case agenda wanting to take it publically violent and front stage so everyone can watch. Too bad the bastard wasn't shot dead by security. It would have saved the taxpayers the cost of a trial and appeals. As a supporter of the 2nd Amendent I am once again afraid the actions of a make the beast with two backsing nut will drive new talks of gun control in the legislature in DC. Not going political here at all just afraid that will happen when in reality this has nothing to do with that. You can't prevent crazy make the beast with two backsers doing this kind of thing through legislation. Just really sad. My thought and prayers go out to all effected by this senseless crime.
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The fact that flame throwers exist is proof that someone somewhere said "I'd sure like to set those people over there on fire but I'm just not close enough to get the job done."

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January 08, 2011, 06:01:06 PM
Doesn't seem like there was much 'security'.
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January 08, 2011, 07:09:56 PM
I hear that she was an up front/personal/hand shake distance kind of politician. Nothing wrong with that. Wish more DC folks were of the same mindset. Also hear that she wasn't all wrapped around the security threat. Damn near all folks in office get nut case calls/emails, etc. Hard to take them all seriously. Still, it breaks my heart to know she got shot and others died as a result. Just too bad he didn't get filled with lead before he ever capped off a round. [bang]
I plan to list the Federal Gov't. as a dependent on my next 1040 tax filing!

I have flying honey badgers and I'm not afraid to use them!

The fact that flame throwers exist is proof that someone somewhere said "I'd sure like to set those people over there on fire but I'm just not close enough to get the job done."

CONFIDENCE: the feeling you have right before you understand the situation.

Howie

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January 08, 2011, 08:23:20 PM
Makes me feel ill...
6 dead, one a 9 year old girl, another US district Judge John M. Roll.  Rep.Giffords is still on the critical list.

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January 08, 2011, 10:04:12 PM
Quote from: redxblack on January 08, 2011, 03:39:35 PM
Let's all do our best to not interject politics into this tragedy. There will be a time and place for all that, but let's not let it be here (and especially not now).

Incidents like this transcend politics.  There is no set of issues in a modern democracy where the only recourse is to open fire on group of people.  And there is no rationale or any political ideology that you can apply to justify the acts of a sociopath.  What political issue requires that we kill a nine year-old girl to be persuasive?  Is it healthcare?  Immigration reform?

This is not stopping anyone from fueling their political agendas - go to Daily Kos or Fox News, pull up a bunch of user comments.  It's a great day for the internet, a triumph of the exchange of ideas among strangers, anonymously.
This is a reminder that the tone of the conversation matters.  There is no decency to hate or intolerance no matter what direction you aim your vitriol.  This is a tragedy that is -that among decent people should be- devoid of politics.

OK, end of sermon.  Sorry folks, this one really gets to me.  And redxblack this is not aimed at you in any way..

ducatiz

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January 09, 2011, 05:10:05 AM
Quote from: il d00d on January 08, 2011, 10:04:12 PM
Incidents like this transcend politics.  There is no set of issues in a modern democracy where the only recourse is to open fire on group of people.  And there is no rationale or any political ideology that you can apply to justify the acts of a sociopath.  What political issue requires that we kill a nine year-old girl to be persuasive?  Is it healthcare?  Immigration reform?

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"Yelling out of cars, turning your speakers out the window to blast your music onto the street, setting off M-80 firecrackers, firing automatic weapons into the airâ€"these are all well and good. But none of them create a merry atmosphere of insouciance and bonhomie quite like a revving motorcycle.
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