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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>A CBS poll showed that Americans aren't buying the
Democrat rhetoric that the shooting occurred because of excessive
rhetoric. Even the Dems aren't buying it this line of crap.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
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<P><FONT size=2 face=Arial><EM>...CBS said its nationwide telephone poll found
that, "57 percent of respondents said the harsh political tone had nothing to
do with the shooting, compared to 32 percent who felt it
did."</EM></FONT></P><SPAN id=midArticle_4></SPAN>
<P><FONT size=2 face=Arial><EM>Rejection of a link was strongest among
Republicans, 69 percent of whom felt harsh rhetoric was not related to the
attack, while 19 percent thought it played a part.</EM></FONT></P><SPAN
id=midArticle_5></SPAN>
<P><FONT size=2 face=Arial><EM>Among Democrats 49 percent placed no blame on
the heated political tone against 42 percent who did. Among independents the
split was 56 percent to 33 percent, CBS
said.</EM></FONT></P></SPAN></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>***</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>I handed out copies of the Bill of Rights at the
Farmer's Market on a couple of Saturdays </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>and there were actually to my unquelled
surprise people who told me that there were some items </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>in the Bill of Rights that they could not agree
with and which they felt should be removed.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>***</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Assassinations are sort of an Ultimate Political
Solution. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>This obscure gal in Arizona hardly seems
worthy of an assassin's bullet.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Particularly not when </FONT><FONT size=2
face=Arial>there are so many other much more sneeringly and </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>swaggeringly worthy Liberty
Valences around just begging for a perforation, perhaps less
accessible.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>The American political class has some idea who the
"truly worthy targets" might be.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>It's hard to say that Loughner is any sort of hero
in the sense of a "Tom Doniphan" </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>or like that guy who ended
George Tiller's mad killing spree.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Nor is he anything of a Timothy McVeigh,
</FONT><FONT size=2 face=Arial>nor is he any sort of modern day Jehu, Ehud, or
Elijah. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>For one thing, those all rather thoroughly
dispatched their victims, which is something</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>that Loughner failed to do. Mission
Failed. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>He took out one judge who was part
of the Drug War, but there was much much collateral</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>damage. Definitely not a CIA-quality
job. Massive fail.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Not even Mad Aline Albright would say that this was
"worth it".</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Violence is part of the political process.
There are those who would seek to tell us otherwise, but</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>clearly such is not true.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>The US Government is the largest purveyor of
political violence on the planet.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>They have the really big guns and the muscle
to point them where ever they want. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>It doesnt matter whether one condones violence or
not.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Violent resistance against such an enemy is
not just futile, it's absurd.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>There has to be a better way.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Just say NO.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>----- Original Message ----- </FONT>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>From: "C. G. Estabrook" <</FONT><A
href="mailto:galliher@illinois.edu"><FONT size=2
face=Arial>galliher@illinois.edu</FONT></A><FONT size=2
face=Arial>></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>To: "Peace-discuss" <</FONT><A
href="mailto:peace-discuss@anti-war.net"><FONT size=2
face=Arial>peace-discuss@anti-war.net</FONT></A><FONT size=2
face=Arial>></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2011 7:20
AM</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Subject: [Peace-discuss] Another amendment
goes</FONT></DIV></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><BR><FONT size=2></FONT></FONT></DIV><FONT size=2
face=Arial>Citing Shooting, Congressmen Eye New Curbs on Political
Speech<BR>Rep. Slaughter Urges FCC to 'Sanction' Critics<BR>by Jason Ditz,
January 11, 2011<BR><BR>Shortly after the shooting of Rep. Giffords (D – AZ) in
Tucson on Saturday, <BR>officials and pundits from across the political spectrum
were looking to make <BR>political hay out of it, struggling to tie the shooter
to some rival political <BR>faction or other.<BR><BR>Now, however, a number of
Congressmen are looking to turn that endeavor into a <BR>more concerted effort
to introduce a series of new curbs on political speech, <BR>particularly
political dissent, insisting that certain criticism of seated <BR>officials is
“too incendiary” to be allowed.<BR><BR>Rep. Brady (D – PA) has promised to
introduce new legislation to criminalize any <BR>political speech which could be
perceived as incendiary, and other Democrats <BR>suggested that there should be
a blanket ban on all speech and symbols which <BR>might be conceivably
interpreted as incendiary against members of Congress.<BR><BR>Brady went on to
claim that a number of Congressmen’s wives were terrified to <BR>hear of the
shooting and questioning whether it was safe to remain on Congress. <BR>He
insisted the only solution to this was to curb political speech. “The
<BR>rhetoric is just ramped up so negatively, so high, that we have got to shut
this <BR>down,” Brady insisted.<BR><BR>The ability of Congress to pass such a
bill is likely not in doubt, but <BR>convicing the courts to allow broad-based
censorship of explicitly political <BR>speech is likely to be an uphill battle.
For some officials, this means that the <BR>effort should be more regulatory
than legal.<BR><BR>Rep. Louise Slaughter (D – NY) insisted that the FCC should
work hard to <BR>restrict political speech that “could incite people,” adding
that “no one owns <BR>the airwaves” and that she clearly felt the FCC was not
doing enough to regulate <BR>political commentary nor to sanction those whose
criticism were unacceptable to her.<BR><BR></FONT><A
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