Arizona shooting: ‘Does she have any enemies?’ ‘Yeah. The whole Tea Party’ | World news | The Guardian

When even Giffords’ dad blames violent conservatives, maybe you might want to give this theory a chance to be discussed.

I know it is considered polite not to accuse people of poor behavior even when they are in the midst of doing so. But most of my adult life I’ve heard conservatives make harsh jokes about the Clintons, insulting their daughter, mocking each other, hating that Barack Obama is black and President.

Hell, even McCain was attacked by Bush, saying his adopted daughter was his love child from when he was a prisoner in Vietnam. I’m no McCain fan, but that is low. And the fact that he thought he could only continue his career by laughing it off and literally embracing Bush afterwards says a lot about his lack of self-respect and about how shitty things are in the Republican party in this regard.

So yeah, if Mr. Giffords wants to blame Sarah Palin, et al for his daughter having been shot in the head, I am inclined to let the man have his opinion. He’s got a lot of damn good reasons for coming to that conclusion.

What if 31 Shots Had Been Only 10? | Mother Jones

It isn’t enough to calm your words and rhetoric. More should be done. We have allowed Second Amendment-twisting morons the right to have their own personal armories in their own homes. Legally.

I have no problem with gun ownership. Have a rifle to hunt with. Have a shotgun to take out a home invader should that ever happen. A handgun? Be serious. Most folks aren’t properly trained with it and ever fewer of those practice often enough to be able to shoot straight with one.

And even if you have one, do you really need a 31 round clip instead of just 10 for your Glock?

Do you? Really? Because that, if nothing else, is what separated the unfortunate shooting of a couple people versus taking out 20 people.

You’ve got the right to own a gun. You shouldn’t have the right to be fricking Rambo.

Tucson Tea Party Leader: We Won’t Change Our Rhetoric After Giffords Shooting | TPMDC

In another sign that conservatives will never take responsibility for their words and actions, the local Tea Party office in Tucson vows to not change a thing. Presumably this includes continuing to call for violent overthrow of the government, lynching a black president, and bringing assault rifles to basically any public venue.

Good going guys! You’re really learning a lot here.

Ariz. Cuts Transplant Coverage; Two Patients Die – CBS News

You don’t have to wait for an anti-government terrorist to cut you down in front of a grocery store to die in Aryzona.

All you have to do is be poor and need an organ transplant. Then Governor Brewer and her “compassionate conservative” lackeys will make sure to cut funding to cover transplants under Medicare and make sure that being poor is once again a death sentence in our land.

This reminds me of Mississippi and Governor Haley Barbour. He freed two sisters incarcerated for stealing $11. Should they have been punished? Yes. For 16 years? Questionable.

Released on condition that one sister donates a kidney to her dying sister because the state doesn’t want to pay for an organ transplant for a black girl? No. But that’s exactly what that fat jackass did. I understand that people want to be polite and praise him for some small sliver of humanity. But that isn’t why he did it. He wanted to save a few bucks, and demean some human beings to literally begging for both their lives and freedom.

This isn’t even criminal behavior by both these Republican “leaders”. It’s evil.