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Title: Rep. Cantor's Richmond Campaign Office Shot at Overnight
Post by: Ptarmigan on March 25, 2010, 11:53:06 AM
Rep. Cantor's Richmond Campaign Office Shot at Overnight
Updated March 25, 2010
FOXNews.com

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Republican Rep. Eric Cantor's Richmond campaign office was shot at Wednesday night, Fox News has learned, the latest in a rash of apparent threats and acts of intimidation against members of Congress.

Most of the threats so far have been reported by Democrats, but Cantor -- the No. 2 Republican in the House -- is one of about 10 lawmakers who has asked for increased security protection, Fox News has learned. As a member of the House leadership, U.S. Capitol Police already provide Cantor with a security detail around the clock, but he has asked for more security.

As House Republican whip, Cantor is the highest elected Jewish politician in the country.

FOX News-Rep. Cantor's Richmond Campaign Office Shot at Overnight (http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/03/25/rep-cantors-richmond-campaign-office-shot-overnight/)

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Now, Cantor and Jean Schmidt, who are both Republicans are targets too. There was gunfire directed at Cantor's office, while Schmidt received death threats. I know the radical left is involved in both Democrats and Republicans.
Title: Re: Rep. Cantor's Richmond Campaign Office Shot at Overnight
Post by: The Village Idiot on March 25, 2010, 12:05:25 PM
You know how the violent radical left feel about da jooos.
Title: Re: Rep. Cantor's Richmond Campaign Office Shot at Overnight
Post by: BEG on March 25, 2010, 12:13:20 PM
I just heard a recording of a message on Rush's show.  The guy was threatening to shoot tea party people for allegedly spitting on that rep.  I think we are going to have real confrontation and the violence isn't going to come from our side first. 
Title: Re: Rep. Cantor's Richmond Campaign Office Shot at Overnight
Post by: The Village Idiot on March 25, 2010, 12:25:17 PM
There was violence against conservatives during the Town Halls. Now the left is inciting more violence with their fake hate crimes.
Title: Re: Rep. Cantor's Richmond Campaign Office Shot at Overnight
Post by: BEG on March 25, 2010, 12:30:14 PM
There was violence against conservatives during the Town Halls. Now the left is inciting more violence with their fake hate crimes.

Exactly.

From a post on FreeRepublic: LINK (http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2479624/posts)

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Meanwhile, over at KOS, they have a diary attacking the reporter that DARED to give Cantor an Interview on this.

“Balance ... I hope you bleed out your ***”

“I recently watched Contessa Brewer anchoring the response to Cantor’s public statement just minutes ago.

She gulped down every last drop of Cantor’s BS.”

“So let me apologize to Contessa Brewer. I wish you health and a changed mind. As for you “balance” - I hope you bleed out your f8cking a$$ and DIE!”

Lefties aren’t violent, are they???
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2010/3/25/850676/-Balance-...-I-hope-you-bleed-out-your-***
Title: Re: Rep. Cantor's Richmond Campaign Office Shot at Overnight
Post by: BEG on March 25, 2010, 12:31:58 PM
Watch the video of Cantor at Real Clear Politics (http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2010/03/25/fanning_the_flames_shot_fired_at_gop_rep_cantors_va_office.html)
Title: Re: Rep. Cantor's Richmond Campaign Office Shot at Overnight
Post by: NHSparky on March 25, 2010, 01:52:33 PM
I just heard a recording of a message on Rush's show.  The guy was threatening to shoot tea party people for allegedly spitting on that rep.  I think we are going to have real confrontation and the violence isn't going to come from our side first. 

So much for "peaceful and tolerant" liberals.
Title: Re: Rep. Cantor's Richmond Campaign Office Shot at Overnight
Post by: miskie on March 25, 2010, 01:58:40 PM
It will play out that the most severe violence is coming from far left groups who feel that congress caved to conservatives since they passed the Senate bill which they hate with the intensity of a thousand suns.

Will some on our side act stupidly ? You Betcha. But not as stupidly as the leftist fringe.
Title: Re: Rep. Cantor's Richmond Campaign Office Shot at Overnight
Post by: BEG on March 25, 2010, 03:12:33 PM
So much for "peaceful and tolerant" liberals.

Here is the transcript of the voicemail left for Jean Schmidt that I heard on Rush:
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Speaker: “Yeah, I’m glad the president passed health care. Yeah. Funky ass, racist-ass Republicans hate that, don’t you? Jean Schmitt, when you got hit by that car, you should’ve broke your back, bitch. And Boehner, mother****er…that Mitch McConnell. All you racist ****ing Republicans. Why don’t you just change your party name to racist? Cuz if one of those ****ing Tea baggers had spit on me, I’d have shot all them in the ****ing face with my ****ing 9 millimeter. **** all you racist mother****ers.”

Go to the LINK (http://dailycaller.com/2010/03/25/the-unedited-jean-schmidt-voicemail/) to hear the voicemail.
Title: Re: Rep. Cantor's Richmond Campaign Office Shot at Overnight
Post by: rich_t on March 25, 2010, 03:31:33 PM
Here is the transcript of the voicemail left for Jean Schmidt that I heard on Rush:
Go to the LINK (http://dailycaller.com/2010/03/25/the-unedited-jean-schmidt-voicemail/) to hear the voicemail.

Classy.  Real classy.

Title: Re: Rep. Cantor's Richmond Campaign Office Shot at Overnight
Post by: NHSparky on March 25, 2010, 06:16:59 PM
Well well well...isn't that amazing?  Liberals make accusations, but never provide any proof.

Republicans tend to back up their assertions.  Oh, that's gotta hurt those waste-of-oxygen "progressives".
Title: Re: Rep. Cantor's Richmond Campaign Office Shot at Overnight
Post by: PatriotGame on March 25, 2010, 06:43:25 PM
I just heard a recording of a message on Rush's show.  The guy was threatening to shoot tea party people for allegedly spitting on that rep.  I think we are going to have real confrontation and the violence isn't going to come from our side first. 

Buy Hoard more guns, reloading equipment and supplies.
Title: Re: Rep. Cantor's Richmond Campaign Office Shot at Overnight
Post by: Kimberly on March 25, 2010, 10:45:25 PM
Kos pulled the entire article and all 52 comments.
Title: Re: Rep. Cantor's Richmond Campaign Office Shot at Overnight
Post by: BEG on March 25, 2010, 11:03:48 PM
Kos pulled the entire article and all 52 comments.

I'm sure it has been saved.
Title: Re: Rep. Cantor's Richmond Campaign Office Shot at Overnight
Post by: NHSparky on March 26, 2010, 12:17:16 AM
I'm sure it has been saved.

Bet on it.  The screen shots are archived in some enterprising FReeper computers.
Title: Re: Rep. Cantor's Richmond Campaign Office Shot at Overnight
Post by: littlelamb on March 26, 2010, 05:47:27 AM
People just never cease to amaze me with their stupidity
Title: Re: Rep. Cantor's Richmond Campaign Office Shot at Overnight
Post by: Woodhick on March 27, 2010, 07:21:21 AM
Here is interesting short fiction story that I think ya'll will enjoy.
If you have seen this before please except my apologies.

http://www.yauponcreek.org/GunControl/WindowWar.html
Title: Re: Rep. Cantor's Richmond Campaign Office Shot at Overnight
Post by: The Village Idiot on March 29, 2010, 11:30:22 AM
Man arrested for posting Youtube threat against Rep. Cantor

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2482314/posts?page=1

not many details yet
Title: Re: Rep. Cantor's Richmond Campaign Office Shot at Overnight
Post by: The Village Idiot on March 29, 2010, 11:52:11 AM
What kind of weirdo... never mind.
Title: Re: Rep. Cantor's Richmond Campaign Office Shot at Overnight
Post by: Javelin on March 29, 2010, 12:02:45 PM
I just heard a recording of a message on Rush's show.  The guy was threatening to shoot tea party people for allegedly spitting on that rep.  I think we are going to have real confrontation and the violence isn't going to come from our side first. 

Five years ago I heard an FBI agent say that this country if not careful is moving toward another civil war.  This guy was pretty savvy and was mainly pointing it out due to his predictions about the economy.  But sometimes what someone says really sticks out in you mind much later when you see events unfold.  This whole country is losing its mind.  Its like a pressurized tank reaching its maximum capacity yet more pressure keeps getting applied. 

Yet still Obama pushes forward.  Things are going to get scary for us normal people LOL!
Title: Re: Rep. Cantor's Richmond Campaign Office Shot at Overnight
Post by: The Village Idiot on March 29, 2010, 12:06:43 PM
Normal LaBoon, white Muslim

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2482329/posts

Any MSM coverage of this??
Title: Re: Rep. Cantor's Richmond Campaign Office Shot at Overnight
Post by: maverickguy on April 02, 2010, 10:26:31 PM
I didnt realize supposed liberals were harassing republicans. I guess the caller to Jean Schmidt epitomizes whats going on. One group feels like they are having something taken away and the other group feels they are getting something they are entitled to or deserve. It comes down to political ideals. Do you feel that those 30 million uninsured should be insured at ANY expense? Some obviously feel they should be. If you were discriminated against for decades and it felt like someone was going to throw you a bone, and you were starving, would you fight for that bone?

In a college sociology class I took years ago I remember talking about power struggles. And when someone gains power, some other group or person must lose it. So that's what we have here to some extent--it may not even really have much to do with healthcare--who knows how it will all shake out and effect our collective health or the economy? No one knows...it's just speculation. So we struggle for power and control similar to the 60's. But now instead of being black and white, I think its more liberal vs. conservative.....
Title: Re: Rep. Cantor's Richmond Campaign Office Shot at Overnight
Post by: docstew on April 03, 2010, 12:41:46 AM
I didnt realize supposed liberals were harassing republicans. I guess the caller to Jean Schmidt epitomizes whats going on. One group feels like they are having something taken away and the other group feels they are getting something they are entitled to or deserve. It comes down to political ideals. Do you feel that those 30 million uninsured should be insured at ANY expense? Some obviously feel they should be. If you were discriminated against for decades and it felt like someone was going to throw you a bone, and you were starving, would you fight for that bone?

In a college sociology class I took years ago I remember talking about power struggles. And when someone gains power, some other group or person must lose it. So that's what we have here to some extent--it may not even really have much to do with healthcare--who knows how it will all shake out and effect our collective health or the economy? No one knows...it's just speculation. So we struggle for power and control similar to the 60's. But now instead of being black and white, I think its more liberal vs. conservative.....

Actually, the group who feels entitled is contributing nothing towards what they are receiving, while the group who is losing is seeing their taxes go up.  Now, as far as being discriminated against, what hospital could people not go to and receive health care?
Title: Re: Rep. Cantor's Richmond Campaign Office Shot at Overnight
Post by: BEG on April 03, 2010, 12:54:37 AM
Actually, the group who feels entitled is contributing nothing towards what they are receiving, while the group who is losing is seeing their taxes go up.  Now, as far as being discriminated against, what hospital could people not go to and receive health care?

We also worry about quality of care. People like me who have a rare auto immune disease, or any other serious disease for that matter. 
Title: Re: Rep. Cantor's Richmond Campaign Office Shot at Overnight
Post by: Woodhick on April 03, 2010, 07:17:37 AM
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Now, as far as being discriminated against, what hospital could people not go to and receive health care?
Tha will be the ones that shut their doors because they don't have enough Dr's who no longer continue thier practices because they can't afford to with government intervention into their PRIVATE practice.
Title: Re: Rep. Cantor's Richmond Campaign Office Shot at Overnight
Post by: NHSparky on April 03, 2010, 09:25:02 AM
I didnt realize supposed liberals were harassing republicans. I guess the caller to Jean Schmidt epitomizes whats going on. One group feels like they are having something taken away and the other group feels they are getting something they are entitled to or deserve. It comes down to political ideals. Do you feel that those 30 million uninsured should be insured at ANY expense? Some obviously feel they should be. If you were discriminated against for decades and it felt like someone was going to throw you a bone, and you were starving, would you fight for that bone?

In a college sociology class I took years ago I remember talking about power struggles. And when someone gains power, some other group or person must lose it. So that's what we have here to some extent--it may not even really have much to do with healthcare--who knows how it will all shake out and effect our collective health or the economy? No one knows...it's just speculation. So we struggle for power and control similar to the 60's. But now instead of being black and white, I think its more liberal vs. conservative.....

Well, there's where the classroom meets reality.  Your sociology prof was incorrect.  Power is not a zero-sum game.
Title: Re: Rep. Cantor's Richmond Campaign Office Shot at Overnight
Post by: Thor on April 03, 2010, 12:21:25 PM
Tha will be the ones that shut their doors because they don't have enough Dr's who no longer continue thier practices because they can't afford to with government intervention into their PRIVATE practice.

One of our local hospitals discontinued seeing patients that have Blue Cross/ Blue Shield as their health insurance. All of the doctors tied to the hospital followed suit. It's pretty clear that Doctors and Hospitals are only in the business for the money, not actually treating the ill.
Title: Re: Rep. Cantor's Richmond Campaign Office Shot at Overnight
Post by: The Village Idiot on April 03, 2010, 12:25:28 PM
Oh yes, we must force these people and businesses to operate at a loss!! It's for the "common good" after all. Also, the notion that people should be paid for work is so old fashioned!
Title: Re: Rep. Cantor's Richmond Campaign Office Shot at Overnight
Post by: Ptarmigan on April 03, 2010, 12:56:03 PM
One of our local hospitals discontinued seeing patients that have Blue Cross/ Blue Shield as their health insurance. All of the doctors tied to the hospital followed suit. It's pretty clear that Doctors and Hospitals are only in the business for the money, not actually treating the ill.

Really? That's not good.
Title: Re: Rep. Cantor's Richmond Campaign Office Shot at Overnight
Post by: Thor on April 03, 2010, 04:26:59 PM
Really? That's not good.

Oh hell yeah, it's real. With my insurance, TRICARE Standard, I've had a hell of a time finding Surgeons that accept it. One of the ones that accept it, I wouldn't let operate on YOUR dog.
Title: Re: Rep. Cantor's Richmond Campaign Office Shot at Overnight
Post by: maverickguy on April 09, 2010, 10:20:12 PM
Well, there's where the classroom meets reality.  Your sociology prof was incorrect.  Power is not a zero-sum game.

Based on what? Im not sure I agree with you. With money it usually is--I buy, you sell. In war it seems like it is--Hitler took power from the Jews, we took power from Hitler and Japan. Now China is taking financial power from us.
Title: Re: Rep. Cantor's Richmond Campaign Office Shot at Overnight
Post by: The Village Idiot on April 09, 2010, 10:24:11 PM

Man A sells apple to Man B for a quarter. Why? Man A values the quarter more than his apple and Man B values the apple more than the quarter.

Both men are satisfied with the transaction. Which one do you see as losing and which as winning?

Title: Re: Rep. Cantor's Richmond Campaign Office Shot at Overnight
Post by: Woodhick on April 10, 2010, 01:42:50 AM
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Now China is taking financial power from us.

 For the USA to bounce the ball so to speak back into China's court, all the USA has to do is put a import tax of 50% on all goods being imported from China.
The job market would improve because the goods would then have to be made here in the USA. 
Will the lawmakers on the hill having enough balls to do it is the question.
Title: Re: Rep. Cantor's Richmond Campaign Office Shot at Overnight
Post by: Lacarnut on April 10, 2010, 02:37:30 AM

 For the USA to bounce the ball so to speak back into China's court, all the USA has to do is put a import tax of 50% on all goods being imported from China.
The job market would improve because the goods would then have to be made here in the USA. 
Will the lawmakers on the hill having enough balls to do it is the question.

Donald Trump advocated that on Hannity the other night. He also said what they make in the form of furniture and toys is junk that falls apart in a year or two. They will be importing their death trap cars in the near future. A big import tax could help to bring manufacturing back to this country; we desperately need jobs.
Title: Re: Rep. Cantor's Richmond Campaign Office Shot at Overnight
Post by: NHSparky on April 10, 2010, 10:42:18 AM
Based on what? Im not sure I agree with you. With money it usually is--I buy, you sell. In war it seems like it is--Hitler took power from the Jews, we took power from Hitler and Japan. Now China is taking financial power from us.

Once again, incorrect.  Try reading Ayn Rand sometime.  Specifically:

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"If you ask me to name the proudest distinction of Americans, I would choose--because it contains all the others--the fact that they were the people who created the phrase 'to make money.' No other language or nation had ever used these words before; men had always thought of wealth as a static quantity--to be seized, begged, inherited, shared, looted or obtained as a favor. Americans were the first to understand that wealth has to be created. The words 'to make money' hold the essence of human morality.

"Yet these were the words for which Americans were denounced by the rotted cultures of the looters' continents. Now the looters' credo has brought you to regard your proudest achievements as a hallmark of shame, your prosperity as guilt, your greatest men, the industrialists, as blackguards, and your magnificent factories as the product and property of muscular labor, the labor of whip-driven slaves, like the pyramids of Egypt. The rotter who simpers that he sees no difference between the power of the dollar and the power of the whip, ought to learn the difference on his own hide-- as, I think, he will.

Money is but one manifestation of power.  But as Francisco's "money speech" also states, the power of the MIND is the ultimate power.  There are instances in which a true "win-win" situation can exist, and the expansion of money, power, what have you--is limited only by our will and our imagination; hence, our minds.
Title: Re: Rep. Cantor's Richmond Campaign Office Shot at Overnight
Post by: The Village Idiot on April 10, 2010, 11:15:03 AM
A big import tax could help to bring manufacturing back to this country; we desperately need jobs.

1000% so we can be like North Korea.

More taxes is not the answer to high taxes
Title: Re: Rep. Cantor's Richmond Campaign Office Shot at Overnight
Post by: NHSparky on April 10, 2010, 11:25:51 AM
1000% so we can be like North Korea.

More taxes is not the answer to high taxes

No, but isn't it amazing how much of a trade deficit exists when our markets aren't open to their goods, and they basically piss all over our copyrights and trademarks?