In wake of Giffords shooting, the mere act of questioning the government now being demonized
In the aftermath of the shooting of Gabrielle Giffords in Tucson yesterday, the mainstream media is now desperately trying to blame the attack on "anti-government" sentiment. That is, of course, a silly idea, especially considering the fact that the government nearly always uses the threat of violence against its own citizens to get what it wants. Why are people so outraged when citizens commit acts of violence against a government official while relatively few people seem to care when the government commits acts of violence against the People?"
Outlaw that speech because it MIGHT be a threat...
Outlaw that speech because it MIGHT be a threat...
It was only a matter of time before the Gabrielle Giffords tragedy was turned into a rationale for the government to take more of our freedoms. This is how our government always responds to tragedy.
It amazes me how the blogs can predict with such accuracy the reaction of the AmeriKan media and political elite:
"Agonizing aftermath; Attack sparks soul-searching on fiery rhetoric" by Mark Arsenault and Bryan Bender, Globe Staff / January 10, 2011
Anguished debate began yesterday about the caustic tone of American political rhetoric after the Arizona shooting spree Saturday that killed six and left Representative Gabrielle Giffords in critical condition.
The question argued by politicians and pundits: Did vitriol and violent metaphors in political speech tip an unstable person to pick up a gun? With the answer still unknown, calls to lower the temperature of American discourse came from all parts of the political spectrum....
If the ESTABLISHMENT would start LISTENING to and DOING what the PEOPLE WANTED instead of serving wars, Wall Street, and Israel it would!
The Sunday political talk shows yesterday were dominated by introspection about the turn of political discourse, and the vitriol that is common on talk radio, cable networks, and the Internet....
I'm glad I never watch television news anymore. This is my lone exposure to AmeriKan media right here: the s***ty Boston Globe.
Officials had yet to ascribe any clear political motive to Loughner yesterday, or link him to any groups. Still, Arizona has been among states consumed by intense debates over immigration and health care, and YouTube postings attributed to Loughner contained antigovernment statements.
Related:
CONGRESSWOMAN GIFFORD'S YOUTUBE CHANNEL SHOWS SHE SUBSCRIBED TO SHOOTER'S YOUTUBE CHANNEL!
"Following the principle of Occam's Razor, and assuming this is not a cruel hoax* (the link to Jared is only a week old), an interesting possibility suggests itself! Loughner and Giffords knew each other. Jared Loughner twice worked for Gabrielle Giffords' campaign!
Gabrielle Gifford subscribes to Jared Loughner's YouTube channel, effectively linking her public YouTube channel to his YouTube channel. Why? Loughner's YouTube channel doesn't have much in it, and what is there might create some unpleasant concerns in the minds of Giffords' constituents. And Giffords only subscribed to one other channel, meaning this was not something she normally did as a matter of course.
One thing we can know from the subscription from Gabrielle Giffords' subscribing to Jared Loughner's YouTube channel; they were close, closer than the usual candidate/volunteer, close enough that Jared Loughner shared his YouTube channel with Gabrielle Gifford, and Gabrielle Gifford thought it important enough to link her own YouTube channel to.
So here is the "what if?" What if Jared Loughner misread Gabrielle Giffords' level of interest in him? What if he thought there was more than there really was? And what if, in the post-campaign season when Gabrielle Giffords had no more reason to spend any time with him, Jared Loughner felt jilted and betrayed?
What if Jared continued to pursue Giffords until Giffords finally got fed up trying to calm him down and told him to get lost? I know it reads like a soap opera, but we do have a murder that fits the description of a crime of passion, involving two people with a demonstrated close relationship.
And if it should be revealed that we are dealing with a classic case of unrequited lover and infatuation gone deadly, all those political operatives like the Democrats, the gun grabbers, Southern Poverty Law Center, etc. trying to spin this tragedy to benefit their agendas are going to wind up looking like horses' rear ends!
*UPDATE: The possibility that someone has broken into Gifford's YouTube page is undeniable. If the link to Jared is something added after the shooting by a malicious hacker, and setting aside the cruelty and insensitivity of such an action, it means that someone intends to obfuscate the real facts in the case by putting out deliberate disinformation; a classic sign of a cover-up in operation, and that anything seen on anybody's YouTube page, including Jared's, should not be taken at face value." -- Wake the Flock Up
Some activists writing online accused the media yesterday of unfairly linking conservative figures and the Tea Party movement — which channeled anger and frustration over the government into a political force — to the shooting.
They DO IT ALL the TIME! Just ask any Muslim!
“It should not be, but the media, under the guise of ‘a full exposition’ of the evil in Arizona, is back to subtly and not so subtly pinning the blame for the attempted assassination of the congresswoman and the related shootings on the Tea Party movement, Sarah Palin, Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck, me, you, and everyone right of center,’’ conservative pundit Erik Erikson wrote on Redstate.com, a leading conservative blog.
Don't you dare lump me in with that other lot!
Media reports have highlighted Giffords’s criticism of Palin, the 2008 GOP vice presidential nominee, for including her on a list of lawmakers Palin was targeting for defeat on her Web page, placing crosshairs like those used in a rifle scope over Giffords’s district on a map....
Also see: Did Obama and The Left Cause The Tuscon Massacre?
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I would have given you more but the Globe thankfully cut me off because I am not a member.
"US files charges, cites plan to kill congresswoman" by Marc Lacey and David M. Herszenhorn, New York Times / January 10, 2011
TUCSON — Prosecutors accused Jared Lee Loughner, a troubled 22-year-old college dropout, of five serious federal charges yesterday, including the attempted assassination of a member of Congress, after a shooting Saturday morning that killed six people and left 14 wounded.
Also see: Arizona Shoot was a False Flag Operation
AZ Congresswoman assassination scenario has MKULTRA profile, drug & space target
Arizona Assassin Obsessed With Mind Control
Ever hear of Operation Bluebird or the MK Ultra program, reader?
Documents filed in the US District Court in Phoenix indicated that evidence seized from Loughner’s home showed he had planned to kill Representative Gabrielle Giffords, who was in critical condition with a gunshot wound to the head.
FBI special agent Tony M. Tayler Jr. said in an affidavit supporting the charges that investigators found in a safe in Loughner’s home an envelope with the handwritten words, “I planned ahead,’’ “my assassination,’’ and “Giffords.’’
Oh, I'm convinced now. FBI "found" something.
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The documents also indicate the suspect had previous contact with the congresswoman....
Yes, but the NYT REPORT NEVER GOES THERE!!
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I notice there were NO REWRITING and CENSORSHIP GAMES today.
Related:
Authorities seek associate of Jared Loughner in Tucson shooting
Authorities are seeking help identifying a man who is believed to be associated with the suspect in the Tucson mass shooting, which left six people dead and injured 13 others, including U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords. The Pima County Sheriff's Department said investigators believe the man is associated with the suspected shooter, who has been identified through law enforcement sources as Jared Loughner, 22. The suspected shooter is in custody. The man is described as a White male, approximately 40 to 50 years old, with dark hair. He was last seen wearing blue jeans and a dark blue jacket.
"This is a push to shut down the blogs and alternative media and return us to the enslavement of ABC, NBC, and CBS, all of whom lied to us about JFK, RFK, MLK, Vietnam, Pearl Harbor, etc. etc. etc. etc. which created the public climate of distrust that led to the popularity of the blogs." -- Wake the Flock Up
Also see: Slow Saturday Special: Massachusetts Court Rejects Foreclosure Fraud
"Anyone want to take bets this suspect just "goes away" like the Columbine third shooter or the RFK "Girl in the Polka Dot Dress?" -- Wake the Flock Up
Yes, the article said he ended up being the cab driver that took him to the scene.
"Anyone besides me notice that the media's focus is entirely on the wounded congresswoman while ignoring all the dead people? As of this writing, Loughner hasn't said whether it was the judge or the Congresswoman who was the intended target. The judge did have enemies, mostly from his supporting of illegal immigrants suing homeowners who shot at them. I wondered about this until Eric Cantor put a hold on Congress and the ADL started screaming about anti-Semitics being behind the attack. That is when the light went on. Congresswoman Giffords is Jewish! Remember back when Columbia crashed? The media lionized Israel's passenger on the shuttle (same man who had flown the raid that bombed Iraq's power station) to the exclusion of all the other crew members. It was almost sickening to see the US media making a hero out of Ilian Ramon and treating the other victims of the Columbia disaster as if they were background scenery only. We are apparently seeing the same again today. A wounded Congresswoman takes the center stage, while the people actually killed are relegated to the status of a footnote!" -- Wake the Flock Up
Yes, I DID NOTICE THAT in the NYT piece!
Also see: Born on 9/11, shooting victim was cherished as a ‘face of hope’
The "9/11" connection. How desperately shameless.
Bullet’s path is key to Giffords’ recovery
Was it a magic bullet because I read that the spray pattern makes it almost impossible for one person to have done the shooting.
Related:
FOX NEWS LAUNCHES CAMPAING TO USE GIFFORDS SHOOTING TO STIFLE CRITICISM OF THE GOVERNMENT.