I say yes, you say no, OR People are Strange

Per Rachel Maddows's heads up, here are excerpts from an op ed by Gabrielle Giffords for tomorrow's Times:

SENATORS say they fear the N.R.A. and the gun lobby. But I think that fear must be nothing compared to the fear the first graders in Sandy Hook Elementary School felt as their lives ended in a hail of bullets. The fear that those children who survived the massacre must feel every time they remember their teachers stacking them into closets and bathrooms, whispering that they loved them, so that love would be the last thing the students heard if the gunman found them.

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Speaking is physically difficult for me. But my feelings are clear: I’m furious. I will not rest until we have righted the wrong these senators have done, and until we have changed our laws so we can look parents in the face and say: We are trying to keep your children safe. We cannot allow the status quo — desperately protected by the gun lobby so that they can make more money by spreading fear and misinformation — to go on.      

I am asking every reasonable American to help me tell the truth about the cowardice these senators demonstrated. I am asking for mothers to stop these lawmakers at the grocery store and tell them: You’ve lost my vote. I am asking activists to unsubscribe from these senators’ e-mail lists and to stop giving them money. I’m asking citizens to go to their offices and say: You’ve disappointed me, and there will be consequences.

More here: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/18/opinion/a-senate-in-the-gun-lobbys-grip.html?ref=opinion

Such powerful words. Cowardice scares the living daylights out of me. It can bring as much evil as frank psychopathy.

Edited for clarification.

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  • Earl G
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  Murderers!

  
  

  • April 17, 2013 at 10:43 p.m.
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Shame on our elected officials. I will be writing or emailing all those who voted against.



Hugs, Susan. You are in my thoughts constantly. You are one of the toughest, most spirited people I know and I have confidence in YOU over cancer.



Prayers for all those involved in any way in the Boston bombimgs and West, Texas explosion. What horrible tragedies!



On a personal note: My chemo went well and I actually felt good enough to go see the O's play (grrrr, lose to Tampa bay) tonight. Beautiful evening to be at oriole park.

Y'all probably know this already, but I'll speak it into being:

I blame Medicare for my spinal mets.

That is all.

Smiling thinking of Glenna in Camden Park - sorry your team lost.

Enjoyful - hugs.  Am sure you're correct about the "cause" - tho Blue does have an interesting view on it too.  I still say PHUQUE - but am thinking there are SO many treatments available - and one of the phuquers is gonna knock the crap outta da little buggers.  You might wanna alert your docs the Spangled Scooter Gang is coming to next appt.  Lead by a Fierce Lion.  Just damn - I keep reading your "diagnosis" and can't wrap my puny mind around how it could be what it is now.  Just MUST MUST MUST MUST be a way to knock out those buggers...gotta be!  BTW, are you at John's Hopkins?

Sunny - not at Hopkins.  I don't like that place but I am gathering info on one of their clinical trials.

I called my onc's office yesterday at 4 to check the status of my biopsy.  The secretary said she hadn't seen anything ab....oh wait, what's this?  It was on my desk.  I'll send the order over now.

*headfuckindesk*