Icheoku says blame Rush Limbaugh, FoxNews, Tea Party activists, Senator John McCain (That One) as well as some other Republican Party establishment people for the tragedy of Tucson, Arizona. The suspect, Jared Lee Loughner, 22, most likely, acted out the script written by these people; people who on a regular and sometimes daily basis, use their respective pulpits to divide America between the "Real Americans and those who hate America". Regrettably, Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords was classified by necessary implication of these anarchists' acerbic rhetoric, into the later category; being a Democrat in a bloody-red state Arizona and the rest as they say now belongs to history.
Their rhetoric was swallowed hook, line and sinker by this crazed-out white nincompoop as a call to action to protect his America from being destroyed by those people who hate it and he went on a killing rampage; leaving in its trail a dead Federal Court Judge, a nine-year old child and four others. His mayhem also wounded 13 others, including a United States Congress woman Gabrielle Giffords, whom he shot in the head, his bullet piercing through her brains and taking some of them as it exited from the opposite side of her head. The prognosis post surgery does not look good and appears grim, despite the cautious optimism expressed by her crisis management team. It is her brains that was impacted and Icheoku fears the congresswoman might never recover fully with all her faculties in tact. The congresswoman may end up in a vegetative condition or become so debilitated s a result of her injury that she can no longer live a full and very meaningful life of representing the good people of her district in the United States congress, all thanks but no thanks to a nut-crack, who was inspired by some right-wing talking-heads to go on a killing rampage.
In a wacko state like Arizona which permits packing of loaded guns publicly and which has become the poster-child of anti-people state in America, it is very easy to see coming, a scenario like played itself out in Tucson. There was an incensed "real American" with a loaded gun, which the law in Arizona allowed him to carry and a sitting target, who has been derided as an "American hater" by some public officials utterances; the two converging at the same place was a bad mix as evidenced by the resultant explosive tragedy? It should have been anticipated by the congresswoman's security details that the possibility of a lost-cause coming to the venue of the 'Congress in the constituency' meet and greet is highly likely and additional security provided just in case. But they never did, resulting in the sudden death of six innocent people and the fatal wounding of 13 others, whose blood was spilled by this monster white boy, "real American?"
Icheoku says, if you one is a "real American" and have been constantly bombarded with tales that some people are destroying your America, it is only natural that you have to fight back to stop the bleeding and defend your America? This is our theory of the mayhem of Tucson and exactly what possibly drove the nut-job, Jared Lee Loughner, to go after an identified "suspect and one of those destroying his America?" These band of "real Americans" recently read the constitution publicly, yet they do not abide by the letters of the constitution therein contained by not respecting the freedom of speech and association of other Americans who differ from them. Icheoku says Democrats and other none-Republican Tea Party activists in America equally have rights under the constitution to be different and to have beliefs which is at variance with the formers' far right extremist viewpoints and agenda. But to call to question their love for the country or deprive them their right enshrined under the constitution is the real anti-American move and hatred for the American way.
But regrettably these hypocrites are so perverted in their myopic 'Americanness' that they believe that it is only their viewpoint that is protected under the constitution and nothing more. For them the constitutional provision of freedom of speech and association should be skewed and interpreted to read as follows:- "viewpoints are only protected as longer as it is extremist and resonates as ours, likewise the right of freedom of association." However, now that one of their disciples have spilled the blood of so many innocent Americans, motivated by what he has heard over the years coming out of the mouths of his heroes and people he looked up to, they are crying holly-molly and pretending not to know what triggered the massacre of Tucson. Icheoku calls it another sad day in America, a case of domestic terrorism by a white-boy American, on American soil; a boy who has now joined the ranks of Timothy McVeigh as yet another infamous American bloody domestic terrorist. His very wicked act will complicate the good works of our security agencies and makes it much more difficult for them to easily discern the terrorists that will or are planning to attack our motherland. Icheoku asks, should we still be looking only for Arab or Middle Eastern looking terrorists when we now have such an all American white boy doing the bidding of Al-Querida in Tucson Arizona? An animal who have indulged and obliged Al-Querida plans and made their wish come through by shooting and mass killing Americans on their soil and in their public place, their grocery shopping center?
It is indeed laughable that all those who in one way or the other motivated this domestic terrorist, the agent provocateurs, are now pretending not to know what triggered the Tucson massacre. They are the same people who repeatedly over the last two years since Obama became president, gingered the likes of lunatic Jared Lee Loughner with their inciting words that the Democrats and Obama are destroying their America. Now that Jared rose in defense of "their America" as a "real American," Icheoku wonders why the Senator John McCains, Speaker John Boehners, Sarah Palins, Sharon Angle and other Republican Tea Party activists of America are surprised that their instigation have finally born fruit? The dots are very easy to connect and they should rather be "delighted" that their message have finally been heard by a "real American" who decided to use his second Amendment right to defend "their America" as Sharon Angle once suggested and advised.
The tragedy of Tucson is akin to a mother or father constantly complaining in front of their grown-up adult son that someone is disparaging their family's name. Eventually, if the boy rises to defend the family's honor by eliminating the subject matter of the parent's complain, wouldn't it be ridiculous for such parents to subsequently open their mouths to say they did not know what tipped their son over? If Icheoku had its way, several other people including Rush Limbaugh, Senator John Mccain, Sharon Angle, Sarah Palin and other divisive elements of America, th so called "real Americans", will be summoned and bound over to tone down their rhetoric, at the pain of being arrested and tried as instigators for creating the caustic atmosphere that led to the Tucson tragedy. Enough should now really be enough and political partisanship bickering moderated to avoid such wacko-doddle as Jared Lee Loughners of America from misinterpreting such fighting words as a call for arms in defense of their America. It is regrettable that the charged partisanship in the land had to boil over with the senseless massacre and blood letting that took place in Tucson. Icheoku sympathizes with all the victims and our condolences to the families who lost their loved ones in the ensuing mayhem, our hearts goes out to them all. Icheoku says, please America, 'Tone Down the Rhetoric!'
Giffords shooting kills six, injures 14
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Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.) remained in critical condition Sunday following a close-range shot to the head sustained during Saturday's shooting attack. The attack, allegedly carried about by 22-year-old Jared Lee Loughner, resulted in six dead and 14 injured.
Many of the 14 wounded continued to fight for their lives Sunday. Giffords' office confirmed that two of the injured are Gifford staffers-- Pam Simon and Ron Barber. But a third staffer has been pronounced dead. All of those injured and killed were in the vicinity of Saturday's town hall, held outside a Tucson Safeway supermarket.
Following the jump is a profile of the six people killed in Saturday's shooting*:
Christina Taylor Green: Green was just 9 years old at the time of her death. She had recently been elected to the student council and was interested in government, her family told local media outlets. Green reportedly attended Saturday's town hall with a neighbor. Her family tells the media that Green was born on Sept. 11, 2001 and was featured in a book called "Faces of Hope: Babies Born on 9/11"."I just want her memory to live on, she's a face of hope, a face of change," Green's mother, Roxanna Green, told MSNBC. "Stop the violence, stop the hatred."
Dorothy Murray: Murray was 76. (Further details about Murray have yet to be publicly released.)
John M. Roll: Roll, 63, was a federal judge who began his judicial career in Arizona in the 1970's. In 1991, President George H. W. Bush nominated him to serve on the U.S. District court. He rose to chief judge in 2006. Mark Kimball, a Giffords aide, told the Associated Press that he believed the judge, who lived in the area, went to the supermarket Saturday to shop. "I have never met a more sincere ... fair minded, brilliant federal judge or any judge, for that matter, in my whole life," Pima County Sheriff Clarence Dupnik said of Roll.
Phyllis Schneck: Schneck was 79. (Further details about Schneck have yet to be publicly released.)
Dorwin Stoddard: Stoddard, 76, was a retiree who performed maintenance work at his church, the Mountain Avenue Church of Christ, reports the Arizona Daily Star. Stoddard's minister, Mike Nowak, called Stoddard "a terrific guy, a jack-of-all-trades." When the shooting started, Dorwin reportedly tried to protect his wife by laying on top of her. She was wounded but is expected to recover.
Gabe Zimmerman: Zimmerman, 30, served as Giffords' outreach director and was attending Saturday's event as a staff member. Zimmerman's colleagues told reports on the scene that Zimmerman carried out his job with compassion. "Gabe was a master at dealing with people. He truly cared about helping people. There were no politics involved in this," Giffords spokesman C.J. Karamargin told the Arizona Republic. House Speaker John Boehner announced Sunday that flags would be flown at half staff to honor Zimmerman. Zimmerman was reportedly engaged to be married
What Does It Take to Survive a Bullet to the Brain?
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A person's chances of surviving such a trauma to the brain depend on the areas of the brain that are struck, the velocity of the bullet and whether the bullet exits the brain, said Dr. Keith Black, chairman of neurosurgery at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles.
If a bullet passes through both the right and left hemispheres of the brain, instead of being confined to one side, as it was in the case of Rep. Giffords, then the damage is likely to be much worse, Black said.
"The brain is somewhat redundant - it can sometimes tolerate losing one half," Black said. Like a twin-engine plane that has lost one engine, he said, a person whose brain was pierced by a bullet on only one side has a better chance than someone who has suffered injury to both sides.
It's also a positive sign if the bullet misses the brain's "high-value real estate," such as the brain stem and the thalamus, Black said. These deep brain structures are crucial to consciousness and basic functions such as controlling breathing and the heartbeat. And a person has a better chance of recovering if the bullet misses the major blood vessels that bring oxygen to areas where it's needed.
The left side of the brain, where Giffords was struck, controls language and speech, so the fact that Giffords was responding to those speaking to her after her injury shows that she may be able to understand and process language - a very good sign for her recovery, Black said.
A bullet that misses the brain's ventricles - the cavities within the center of the brain that are filled with cerebrospinal fluid - also leaves a person in better shape than one that strikes these regions. If struck, the cavities may fill with blood, which may lead to complications such as hydrocephalus (a swelling of the brain), which can further endanger the victim.
The speed of the bullet as it travels through the brain makes a difference as well.
"A high-velocity bullet does more damage than a low-velocity bullet," Black said. High-speed bullets, such as those fired by an AK-47 or other military weapon, do more peripheral damage to the regions of the brain around their path as they pass through than slower-moving bullets, such as those fired by handguns.
And, "if it stays in the brain, it does more damage," Black said, than a bullet that exits the brain, as it did in Rep. Giffords' case.
A shooting victim stands a better chance if they don't stop breathing and if their blood pressure remains high enough - both functions are needed to maintain an adequate oxygen supply to the brain. Arriving at a Level 1 trauma center - the highest level and most prepared to provide care for such injuries - shortly after such a trauma can help maintain or sometimes restore these functions, Black said.
The medical team treating Giffords removed part of her skull, and Black said this allows the brain to swell without becoming compressed.
"Inside the skull, the brain is like jello in a jar," Black told MyHealthNewsDaily. "If it doesn't have any place to expand, there can be even more damage. Confinement can prevent blood flow."
Later, when the swelling subsides, the part of the skull that was removed is replaced, he said. Swelling often peaks on the third day after such an injury, but in Rep. Giffords' case, doctors may wait as long as several months to replace the bone, he said.
"With a gunshot wound, they may be worried that the bullet brought in bacteria. They may want to make sure there's no evidence of infection before they replace the skull," Black said