NPR's latest update states that Rep. Gabrielle Giffords
has been shot at a public event today at a Safeway in Tuscon, AZ.
Giffords reportedly received death threats during the health care reform debate and her office was vandalized. She was also among the Democratic members of congress targeted by Sarah Palin's PAC (
Sarah Palin's PAC Puts Gun Sights On Democrats She's Targeting In 2010).
I'm sitting here speechless and shaking. This is very, very scary. Maybe it's hasty to conclude this was a political act, but it's not too far a leap. This isn't the first recent phenomenon of violence against members of Congress and given the way things are going, it may not be the last.
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Hospital spokeswoman now reporting (at 2:37pm) that Giffords is still alive, in critical condition and is in surgery.
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If one million people replaced a two mile car trip once a week with a bike ride, carbon dioxide emissions would be reduced by 50,000 tons per year. If one out of ten car commuters switched to a bike, carbon dioxide emissions would be reduced by 25.4 million tons per year. [2milechallenge.com]
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Originally Posted by roachboy
it's better if you can ride without having to wonder if the guy in the car behind you is a sociopath, i find.
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