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

[Andreas Schou]

Gary? I agree with you that the rhetoric of the Right wasn't
responsible for this incident. But Sarah Palin's ex post facto
announcement that the symbols on the map were "surveyors symbols" is
so asinine that it defies description. Maps with targets on them --
bullseyes, crosshairs, et al. -- are both common and unremarkable.
There is, however, not a single Google result for a political map
involving surveyors symbols (and I've tried this in several
combinations) which doesn't reference Palin.

This is not to say that one does not exist.  But the symbols are
identifiable to anyone with a working occipital lobe as crosshairs.

-- ACS

On Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 5:25 PM, the lockshop <lockshop at pull.twcbc.com> wrote:
> The symbol means here, this place, this location on the map. In other words
> this is a district where we would like a Republican to be in office. Sort of
> like X marks the spot. Why the uber left keeps trying to make this tragedy
> about Sarah and the right is really an unsavory mystery. The shooter was
> crazy. Stop trying to tarnish your ideological "enemies" with reasons for a
> event that just are not there.
>
> g
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Joe Campbell" <philosopher.joe at gmail.com>
> To: <nickgier at roadrunner.com>
> Cc: <vision2020 at moscow.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2011 4:46 PM
> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] A Resolution for the 112th Congress (after the
> Tucson Tragedy)
>
>
> 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:
>>
>> 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.
>>
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