Yikes, Daniel!

I'm finding out some remarkable things about the shooting in Tucson:

- The little girl who died was born on 9/11/2001

- A staffer 5 days into the job go to the congresswoman and propped her up against his chest so she would not asphyxiate, and applied pressure to her wound until medics got there.

- A 61-year old woman wrestled a second clip out of the hand of the gunman.

- two other bystanders tackled the gunman until police got to him.

And the hall of shame:

- the Westboro Baptist Church plans to picket the funeral of the little girl (for one)

However:

- A group of volunteers calling themselves "Angels" will block the WBC protesters from sight of the mourners.

and:

- The Arizona legislature is rushing through a bill to keep protesters 300 ft away from funerals.

The new truck came thorough it with flying colors, it just isn't 4WD, so I couldn't crawl it out.

I'm glad I had the upper right tie rod end replaced last week, it was ready to snap and would have done so with the strain.

I'm OK, a bit of adrenaline hangover last night, then zonked out for 9 hours on the CPAP/BiPAP...

- A staffer 5 days into the job go to the congresswoman and propped her up against his chest so she would not asphyxiate, and applied pressure to her wound until medics got there.

I just saw this gentleman on the Rachel Maddow Show. Adding the the remarkableness imho is the fact that he is in his early 20s, a Junior in college, and ran toward the shooting to help.

Most people on this board vent about their jobs from time to time. When they do, they don't get offered links to job openings in other cities. They get sympathy or invocations of smiting, or practical suggestions to deal with the immediate situation.

Apologies, Tep. I kind of thought it was in the nature of a joke between you and Tom. But you've mentioned before not wanting them and I'm sorry that the situation continued.

I just saw this gentleman on the Rachel Maddow Show. Adding the the remarkableness imho is the fact that he is in his early 20s, a Junior in college, and ran toward the shooting to help.

In college, when my professor was trying to make a point about how society had changed, he asked people what they would do if they heard someone calling for help. I spoke up and said I would go see if I could help. He said I was an atavism, a throwback. He said most people would ignore it or call the police.

I've always hoped he was wrong. At least in this case he was.

If someone were just shouting or yelling, no, I probably wouldn't go see what it was at first.

Extended screaming? More likely.

Someone shouting for help? Unless the situation was set up thus that I suspected danger, always.

- the Westboro Baptist Church plans to picket the funeral of the little girl (for one)

WTH? What can they possibly be protesting that would have them disturb a child's funeral?

WTH? What can they possibly be protesting that would have them disturb a child's funeral?

Reality.

Reality.

Actually, I find myself protesting that a lot.