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

[Joe Campbell]

Another question: What possible meaning or significance could surveyor
symbols have? Why that symbol?

On Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 4:26 PM,  <nickgier at roadrunner.com> wrote:
> A note to Roger and Gary:
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> When Democrats start calling for "Second Amendment" solutions, then I will consider your losing battle to make Democrats more violent.
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> 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?
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> Nick
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> A RESOLUTION FOR THE 112TH CONGRESS
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> Whereas, the Pima County Sheriff rightly said that violent rhetoric has consequences;
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> Whereas, abortion clinic doctors were marked with cross-hairs and “four doctors, two clinic employees, a security guard, and a clinic escort were killed”;
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> Whereas, GOP Senate candidate Sharon Angle and Tea Party leaders declared that a “Second Amendment” solution may be necessary for the Obama administration;
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> Whereas, in November of 2009 a person brought a handgun to one of now critically wounded Rep. Gabriel Giffords’ community gatherings;
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> 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”);
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> Whereas, Gifford’s opponent Jesse Kelley asked supporters to "shoot a fully automatic M16" to "get on target" and help "remove Gabrielle Giffords";
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> Whereas, on Fox Business News Sarah Palin offered praise for Kelly: "I don't feel worthy to lace his combat boots";
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> Whereas, on January 12, 2011 four GOP leaders in Arizona, criticized as McCain supporters, resigned after violent threats from Tea Party activists;
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> Whereas, Giffords’ office was vandalized right after she voted for the Affordable Health Care Act;
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> Whereas, the U.S. lags other industrialized countries in mental health services, and Arizona ranks second to last in the U.S.;
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> Whereas, repeal of the Affordable Health Care Act has no chance of passing Congress;
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> Whereas, Americans, sometime by polls of 2-1, support major aspects of the Affordable Health Care Act;
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> Therefore Be it Resolved that the repeal of the Affordable Health Care Act be withdrawn;
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> Be It Further Resolved that more funds be provided for mental health treatment;
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> And May It Further Resolved that all Americans stop demonizing their political and religious opponents and refrain from using violent rhetoric about them.
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> 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.
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