Saturday, January 08, 2011

Jesus Fucking Christ

Rep. Gaby Giffords (D-AZ8) was shot in the head this morning at a Tucson Safeway while holding a regularly scheduled meet 'n' greet with the public. If you were anywhere near a TV or computer today, you've heard and seen. Giffords managed to survive a through-and-through to the head with a 9mm slug at close range; among the dead are federal judge John Roll and a nine year old girl. The shooter is a 22-year-old dipshit who has yammered on YouTube about mind control, an amazingly poor grasp of the Constitution, and the gold standard (!). He is in custody.

There are no words.

It has been a surreal, sickening day.

1 comment:

Damien Huffer said...

I was so upset and saddened by this, I was in near-tears all morning :( I called home around 10AM Canberra time to get on-the-ground news, and will just have to follow the news like everyone else. I'm sure more insanity will emerge out of this story, as always seems to happen in our fucked up State...