House of Reps. member Giffords shot in Arizona today

It just came over the news that some guy was being very non-pc and wrote a column/blog where he stated that the congresswoman shooting was only a beginning as there was 532 or so to go and as a result got raided by the police with his firearms seized.

With the added comment that killings others is wrong when going after a politician.

All in very bad taste and sickening but somehow I question if the police was of the opinion that he was about to go on a killing spree so short of that they have zero rights to raid his home and seized his legal firearms.

I hope they get their asses sue off.

When Ibsen's plays first invaded London, Shaw proposed to give some publicity to the movement by interviewing an American actress who was with the company. To his astonishment she replied, if he wrote a word about her she would shoot him.

"You may not believe here in England that such things are possible," she said, " but in America we think differently, and I will do it. I have the pistol ready."

Giffords will remain in intensive care until doctors are sure that they have relieved fluid in her brain that caused swelling several days ago. That swelling led doctors, shortly after she was hospitalized in Tucson, to remove a portion of her skull to ease the cranial pressure. They said they will replace that piece of skull once they see no more threat of swelling - a process that could take several weeks.
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Even so, doctors stressed that they expected her to begin physical therapy Friday afternoon. Eventually, she will be transferred to the nearby TIRR Memorial Hermann rehabilitation center, where a treatment plan is being discussed.

Giffords (D-Ariz.) was shot above the left eye during the Jan. 8 shooting rampage in Tucson that killed six and injured 13. Kim said the congresswoman has good movement on the left side of her body and "good tone in her leg, which is a precursor to a more full recovery." Her right leg, however, is in worse condition and might not be able to support her body weight, he said. Her arms also have less movement.

Overall, Giffords "has great rehab potential. She will keep us busy and we will keep her busy," said Gerard Francisco, the rehabilitation center's chief medical officer.

In addition to physical therapy, staff members will help Giffords with speech and language, her cognitive ability and the skills needed to perform daily activities such as brushing her teeth and getting dressed, Francisco said.

The facility has a special kitchen and a washer and dryer - spaces and equipment where patients can practice basic household chores that help assess their readiness to reenter ordinary life.

Francisco acknowledged that there is no guarantee that Giffords, or any patient who has suffered a severe brain injury, will return to full health.

"It's a function of what part of brain is damaged and the extent of the injury," he said. "Some with brain injury like this lose the ability to speak, lose the ability to understand. Their personality changes, they have problems with memory. It changes how they relate to people."

I came across this Dave in reading Frank Harris's biography of George Bernard Shaw--

When Ibsen's plays first invaded London, Shaw proposed to give some publicity to the movement by interviewing an American actress who was with the company. [What year??]
To his astonishment she replied, if he wrote a word about her she would shoot him.

"You may not believe here in England that such things are possible," she said, " but in America we think differently, and I will do it. I have the pistol ready."

If words be but inchoate bullets,

as they needs must in A2K intercourse,
the response I often get on certain threads is
wholly in keeping with the lady's reaction and the thought,
if not the deed, are still alive and well in American discourse.

It isn't really a question of being a traditional true American however laudable that might seem to some. To many even. It is a question of whether such a concept is valid in 2011 and has economic utility.

You need to prove it has that validity and utility
because if it hasn't it's subversive.

Which is unAmerican. And I mean validity and utility to the general weal rather than any interest group or individual attitude.

And in the present circumstances and those of the near future.

If a congresswoman had been shot like this at the
time Shaw was chatting the actress

up she would probably have died and the shooter lynched.

(If I may be allowed to exaggerate a little to make the point).

Total cost of clean up and disposals maybe £1000 and a footnote in the history books.

Now an industry has arisen around such events.
And what economic benefit does it bring?
On the bottom line I mean. We have seen a very
great deal of expensive facilities and there are
a lot more to come.

I gather you were part of that industry.
And what industry would not encourage activities
which got it into high demand mode? The bloggers
comments have been given a greater public airing
by the publicity they generate than was given on the blog.
Which translated into plain English means they
have been given a chance to resonate in more
minds than would have been the case with the original.

How traditional are you when push comes to shove?

Thay r devoid of biological effect.

What time was that ?

In England ?

Sells newspapers ?

Thay r devoid of biological effect.

You've missed the point Dave.

Are you saying that Ricky Gervais has no guts and was cowed into inhibiting his free speech by a "youthful actress"?

What time was that ?

In England ?

Sells newspapers ?

They are not the half of it.

But I don't know why you bother when all your post really says is that you have no answer to the points I raised.

I considered disregarding your post.

Quote:

I considered disregarding your post.

It's the best thing to do actually Dave rather than exposing the fact
that you had no answers to the points.

What do you want to know the year for Dave? Is it just to give you something to say. Everybody knows the period it was in who has an interest in the matter. The source is a collection of stories about Shaw by Frank Harris and he gives no precise date. It's one reminisence in a collection of them.

Be in the 1890s I guess.

It just came over the news that some guy was being very non-pc and wrote a column/blog where he stated that the congresswoman shooting was only a beginning as there was 532 or so to go and as a result got raided by the police with his firearms seized.

With the added comment that killings others is wrong when going after a politician.

All in very bad taste and sickening but somehow I question if the police was of the opinion that he was about to go on a killing spree so short of that they have zero rights to raid his home and seized his legal firearms.

I hope they get their asses sue off.