John Roll
Few are charged over threats against US officials
Breitbart - 13th Feb 2011FILE - In this Jan. 10, 2011, file photo Assistant U.S. Attorney Patrick... WASHINGTON (AP) - One man posted a message to the White House website threatening to kill the president. "This is not a joke," he warned, and typed in his name. Another v…
Read more >>Palin is not walking back 'retreat, reload' catchphrase, says aide
Washington Post - 31st Jan 2011
Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin's aide Rebecca Mansour is firing back after the Reno Gazette-Journal reported that, instead of her usual catchphrase "don't retreat, reload" Palin said to a Nevada audience "don't retreat, stand tall." Yesterday…
Read more >>Giffords to leave Tucson for Texas rehab center
msnbc.com - 21st Jan 2011TUCSON, Ariz. — U.S. Representative Gabrielle Giffords will be moved Friday from the University Medical Center in Tucson to a special rehabilitation facility in Houston, Texas, just 13 days after she was shot in the head. The move was …
Read more >>Giffords' husband 'extremely hopeful' for full recovery
msnbc.com - 20th Jan 2011TUCSON, Ariz. — Rep. Gabrielle Giffords' husband says he is "extremely hopeful" that the congresswoman will make a full recovery in a matter of months. Giffords, hospitalized after a gunshot to the head in a shocking Jan. 8 Shooting Sp…
Read more >>Heroism in Tucson
National Review Online - 19th Jan 2011Arizona Federal Judge John Roll’s final act was to save another man’s life, according to video footage of the Tucson shootings. The Wall Street Journal reports: As the shooting starts, the video shows Judge Roll pushing another man, Ro…
Read more >>McCain praises Obama and defends Palin in op-ed
Examiner.com - 16th Jan 2011On March 26, 2010, Sarah Palin wrote an op-ed for The Arizona Republic stating, "In the campaign, I got a chance to see up close the qualities I'd long admired from afar. As we traveled across the country, I got to know John McCain personally. He'…
Read more >>A Note To Glenn Beck: I Reserve My Rights
Examiner.com - 15th Jan 2011
At at one point not too long ago I called Glenn Beck possibly "the great conservative hope”. But I will freely admit that the man drives me bonkers when he goes off into his own little world of self-reflection. Not only am I cert…
Read more >>Coming together
Watertown Daily Times - 14th Jan 2011
Part of an American president's job is to put national events into perspective and, at times of tragedy, lead the mourning, help people heal and move the nation forward. President Barack Obama handled those duties well in Tucson, Ariz., Wedn…
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