Chocolate Roses Vs Shotgun

[RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE]

desperate job seekers yesterday we had some guy in Oakland California shoot it out with the police his mother said he was tired of left wing politics also "He hasn't been able to get a job because he's an ex-felon and nobody will hire him," she said.

http://crooksandliars.com/karoli/sho...en-result-pent

One morning in May of 2009, Marguerite DiGaetano put on her best suit, stuffed her briefcase with chocolate roses, marched into a Miami office building and asked to see the human resources manager. Having received no response to her online application for an executive assistant position, she decided to personally deliver her resumé with a little something extra to get herself noticed.

DiGaetano says the receptionist told her the HR manager was not available and promised to pass along her resumé, cover letter and chocolate roses. She never heard back from the company.

"I never even got a thank you for the chocolates, let alone an interview!" she told HuffPost. "No one can believe that."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/0..._n_651193.html

[JWeeks]

Originally Posted by RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE

desperate job seekers yesterday we had some guy in Oakland California shoot it out with the police his mother said he was tired of left wing politics also "He hasn't been able to get a job because he's an ex-felon and nobody will hire him," she said.

http://crooksandliars.com/karoli/sho...en-result-pent

One morning in May of 2009, Marguerite DiGaetano put on her best suit, stuffed her briefcase with chocolate roses, marched into a Miami office building and asked to see the human resources manager. Having received no response to her online application for an executive assistant position, she decided to personally deliver her resumé with a little something extra to get herself noticed.

DiGaetano says the receptionist told her the HR manager was not available and promised to pass along her resumé, cover letter and chocolate roses. She never heard back from the company.

"I never even got a thank you for the chocolates, let alone an interview!" she told HuffPost. "No one can believe that."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/0..._n_651193.html

The first story can't be right. Ex-felons are prohibited by law from possessing firearms, especially in Khalifornia. Plus, ex-felons are always politically conservative.

[Moot]

desperate job seekers yesterday we had some guy in Oakland California shoot it out with the police his mother said he was tired of left wing politics also "He hasn't been able to get a job because he's an ex-felon and nobody will hire him," she said.

http://crooksandliars.com/karoli/sho...en-result-pent

It is highly likely he was motivated by FoxNews and Limbaugh. I've noticed they've really ramped up their foaming at the mouth against Obama for not creating enough jobs for cons.

[JWeeks]

Originally Posted by Moot

It is highly likely he was motivated by FoxNews and Limbaugh. I've noticed they've really ramped up their foaming at the mouth against Obama for not creating enough jobs for cons.

Sorry; the "tough on crime" party doesn't complain about cons not getting jobs.

[Moot]

Originally Posted by JWeeks

Sorry; the "tough on crime" party doesn't complain about cons not getting jobs.

You are confused because I was talking about your ilk. A con, is a con, is a con no matter what side of the bars they sit on.

[JWeeks]

Originally Posted by Moot

You are confused because I was talking about your ilk. A con, is a con, is a con no matter what side of the bars they sit on.

I feel comfortable with the idea that, if you had the power, you would probably lock me up.

[PanAM]

Originally Posted by RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE

desperate job seekers yesterday we had some guy in Oakland California shoot it out with the police his mother said he was tired of left wing politics also "He hasn't been able to get a job because he's an ex-felon and nobody will hire him," she said.

http://crooksandliars.com/karoli/sho...en-result-pent

I'm inclined to take the mother's assertion with a grain of salt, given that she also said this:

She said she then checked the locked safe where she kept her guns, all legally purchased and owned, and found that they were also missing.

Janice Williams said she kept the guns because "eventually, I think we're going to be caught up in a revolution." But she said she had told her son many times that "he didn't have to be on the front lines."

I can't say for sure based on these sparse quotes whether this man was as anti-government as he is being painted. But his mother certainly sounds like she is, and it's not unreasonable to assume that she wasn't shy about making her views well-known to her son.

Caught up in a revolution... Sharron Angle's call for a "Second Amendment solution" echoed in those words. So did Sarah Palin's call for a revolution. Is it coincidence that Glenn Beck had a 7-hour long call for "American revival" among right-wingers yesterday and today we have someone armed, armored, and dangerous taking pot shots at California Highway Patrol officers?

Here's the thing. This mom and her son may have just been crazy, but that's always been the danger with inflamed rhetoric. It's not the sane ones I worry about. It's the angry, alienated, paranoid, out-of-touch with reality people who are stoked up on the nonsense spewed by Sarah Palin, Sharron Angle, Glenn Beck and Rush Limbaugh.

And let's not kid ourselves. It isn't only those out on the fringe stirring the pot. The phrase 'railroading through all those left-wing agenda items?' John McCain said virtually the very same thing in the Arizona debate Friday night. Republican senators routinely use the terms "shoved down" to refer to legislation passed that they've worked hard to block. Shoved and rammed down are two of their favorite phrases for any legislation passed by this Congress.

People hear it. Some dismiss it. Others laugh at it. Still others put on their armor like Glenn Beck told them to, pick up their breastplate of righteousness like he preached on stage yesterday, load up the guns and head out to fire the first volley.

Is this what happened?