[Vision2020] A Resolution for the 112th Congress (after the Tucson Tragedy)

[nickgier at roadrunner.com]

A note to Roger and Gary:

When Democrats start calling for "Second Amendment" solutions, then I will consider your losing battle to make Democrats more violent.

If Palin meant those to be surveyor symbols, why did she accompany the map with the tweet "Don't Retreat, Reload"? Could it be that the webmaster couldn't find the cross-hairs symbol that he really intended and needed?

Nick

A RESOLUTION FOR THE 112TH CONGRESS

Whereas, the Pima County Sheriff rightly said that violent rhetoric has consequences;

Whereas, abortion clinic doctors were marked with cross-hairs and “four doctors, two clinic employees, a security guard, and a clinic escort were killed”;

Whereas, GOP Senate candidate Sharon Angle and Tea Party leaders declared that a “Second Amendment” solution may be necessary for the Obama administration;

Whereas, in November of 2009 a person brought a handgun to one of now critically wounded Rep. Gabriel Giffords’ community gatherings;

Whereas, GOP Vice-Presidential candidate Sarah Palin targeted 22 Democratic seats with a symbol that Giffords, a gun owner, took as cross-hairs (the map was followed by a tweet that said “Don’t Retreat, Reload”);

Whereas, Gifford’s opponent Jesse Kelley asked supporters to "shoot a fully automatic M16" to "get on target" and help "remove Gabrielle Giffords"; 

Whereas, on Fox Business News Sarah Palin offered praise for Kelly: "I don't feel worthy to lace his combat boots"; 

Whereas, on January 12, 2011 four GOP leaders in Arizona, criticized as McCain supporters, resigned after violent threats from Tea Party activists; 

Whereas, Giffords’ office was vandalized right after she voted for the Affordable Health Care Act;

Whereas, the U.S. lags other industrialized countries in mental health services, and Arizona ranks second to last in the U.S.;

Whereas, repeal of the Affordable Health Care Act has no chance of passing Congress;

Whereas, Americans, sometime by polls of 2-1, support major aspects of the Affordable Health Care Act;

Therefore Be it Resolved that the repeal of the Affordable Health Care Act be withdrawn;

Be It Further Resolved that more funds be provided for mental health treatment;

And May It Further Resolved that all Americans stop demonizing their political and religious opponents and refrain from using violent rhetoric about them. 

And Finally May It Be Resolved that on the eve of the MLK Holiday all Americans attempt to embrace the ethics of non-violence that Martin Luther King drew from Mahatma Gandhi and his own Christian faith.