Sunday, January 09, 2011

BINGO

BINGO!
The 
DMC Explains a Shooting
without paying any attention to speak of about
the shooter being an an anti-religion pothead who admired
Mein-Kampf and loved the Communist Manifesto
- and is by all accounts insane


bingo!

Yeah, the media got a few things wrong, like the Congressman being dead, but they make up for lack of accuracy with a bounty of  them.  Below, snippage from the AP's account.
"It is a tragedy for Arizona, and a tragedy for our entire country," President Barack Obama declared.

Giffords, 40, is a three-term moderate Democrat who narrowly won re-election in November against a tea party candidate as conservatives across the country sought to throw her from office over her support of the health care law. Her office in Tucson was vandalized in the hours after the House passed the overhaul last March as anger over the law spread across the country.
   
Police say the shooter was in custody, and was identified by people familiar with the investigation as Jared Loughner, 22. Officials said he used a pistol with an extended clip to carry out the attack. U.S. officials who provided his name to the AP spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to release it publicly.

In one of several Youtube videos, which featured text against a dark background, Loughner ... complained about the illiteracy rate among people living in Giffords' congressional district in Arizona.

Giffords' Tucson office was vandalized a few hours after the House voted to approve the health care law in March, with someone either kicking or shooting out a glass door and window. More recently, the sheriff also said that someone in a "very angry audience" at a Giffords event dropped a weapon out of their pants.

In an interview after the vandalism, Giffords referred to the animosity against her by conservatives. Palin listed Giffords' seat as one of the top "targets" in the midterm elections because of the lawmakers' support for the health care law.

"For example, we're on Sarah Palin's targeted list, but the thing is, that the way that she has it depicted has the crosshairs of a gun sight over our district. When people do that, they have to realize that there are consequences to that action," Giffords said in an interview with MSNBC.

The sheriff used the word "vitriol" several times to express his disgust with the political climate in the country and in Arizona, a heavily conservative state that put itself at the center of the national debate on immigration last year with a contentious crackdown on illegal immigrants. Residents and politicians here have also vocally opposed Obama and Democrats on health care.

A San Francisco man upset with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's support of health care reform pleaded guilty to threatening the Democratic congresswoman and her family ...

In July, a California man known for his anger over left-leaning politics engaged in a shootout with highway patrol officers after planning an attack on the ACLU and another nonprofit group. The man said he wanted to "start a revolution" by killing people at the ACLU and the Tides Foundation.

During his campaign effort to unseat Giffords in November, Republican challenger Jesse Kelly held fundraisers where he urged supporters to help remove Giffords from office by joining him to shoot a fully loaded M-16 rifle.

2 comments:

bocopro said...

Man, the bats are out in force over this shooting in Arizona, even worse than when Clinton blamed McVeigh’s bombing of the Federal Building on Rush Limbaugh’s agitation.

Now we got people claiming the shooter was everything from a CIA operative to a member of the Sinaloa Cartel. I’ve read suggestions that Sarah Palin is behind it, Glenn Beck is implicated in it, Fox News was somehow involved, and one loon even suggested a George Bush connection this morning at the Tom Thumb near my house.

Don’t remember who said it first, but my grandfather used to tell me to believe none of what I hear and only half of what I read. Well, he came from a simpler, more innocent time when you COULD believe a little of what you read. Anyway, allow me to offer you this little translation guide for prefacing or qualifying remarks you see or hear regularly in today’s media:

“It is believed that . . .” -- This occurred to me while sitting on the commode
“It is generally understood that . . .” -- I heard someone else saying the same thing
“Local records show . . .” -- Why did they send me to this redneck backwater!?
“Correct according to what we know so far . . .” -- WRONG!
“As you can see . . .” -- This is the best graphic we could come up with this quickly
“A recent survey showed . . .” -- Rumor has it
“Statistics indicate . . .” -- A wild-ass guess
“After continued research by my associates . . .” -- Nobody knows what the hell is going on

“In our experience at this organization . . .” -- Once upon a time
“In situation after situation . . .” -- Twice
“In a series of related cases . . .” -- Three times
“According to local authorities . . .” -- Do these people speak English?
“Typical comments shown below . . .” -- Here are the ones we want you to see
“As has long been known in this area . . .” -- Nobody knows how this shit got started
“A popular understanding indicates . . .” -- These idiots will buy anything you tell ‘em
“It was reported that . . .” -- My sound man heard a taxi driver say

“Some experts argue that . . .” -- We found a few crackpots who are just loony enough to be interesting
“This report will deal with only the high points . . .” -- I haven’t found anything new since my last report
“It is apparent that . . .” -- My boss wants me to say this
“The situation suggests that . . .” -- I’ve been drinking some really good bourbon
“The implications on this are clear . . .” -- If anything were clear on this, we wouldn’t have to speculate
“Many questions are left unanswered . . .” -- I don’t have the slightest clue what’s going on
“The President reacted today in a statement . . .” -- Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah
“This will have a strong impact on the next election . . .” -- The Tea Party is responsible
“People want to know what they can do to help . . .” -- Send contributions to
“It can only be hoped that further investigation into this . . .” -- To hell with it! I’m outta here.

TheOldMan said...

It's a magazine, not a clip. You use a clip to speedload a magazine. Sarah's map used a surveyor's mark to highlight districts, not a crosshair. And so on...

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