Unlikely 2.0


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Maria Damon and Michelle Greenblatt
Jim Leftwich and Michelle Greenblatt
Sheila E. Murphy and Michelle Greenblatt

A Visual Conversation on Michelle Greenblatt's ASHES AND SEEDS with Stephen Harrison, Monika Mori | MOO, Jonathan Penton and Michelle Greenblatt

Letters for Michelle: with work by Jukka-Pekka Kervinen, Jeffrey Side, Larry Goodell, mark hartenbach, Charles J. Butler, Alexandria Bryan and Brian Kovich

Visual Poetry by Reed Altemus
Poetry by Glen Armstrong
Poetry by Lana Bella
A Eulogic Poem by John M. Bennett
Elegic Poetry by John M. Bennett
Poetry by Wendy Taylor Carlisle
A Eulogy by Vincent A. Cellucci
Poetry by Vincent A. Cellucci
Poetry by Joel Chace
A Spoken Word Poem and Visual Art by K.R. Copeland
A Eulogy by Alan Fyfe
Poetry by Win Harms
Poetry by Carolyn Hembree
Poetry by Cindy Hochman
A Eulogy by Steffen Horstmann
A Eulogic Poem by Dylan Krieger
An Elegic Poem by Dylan Krieger
Visual Art by Donna Kuhn
Poetry by Louise Landes Levi
Poetry by Jim Lineberger
Poetry by Dennis Mahagin
Poetry by Peter Marra
A Eulogy by Frankie Metro
A Song by Alexis Moon and Jonathan Penton
Poetry by Jay Passer
A Eulogy by Jonathan Penton
Visual Poetry by Anne Elezabeth Pluto and Bryson Dean-Gauthier
Visual Art by Marthe Reed
A Eulogy by Gabriel Ricard
Poetry by Alison Ross
A Short Movie by Bernd Sauermann
Poetry by Christopher Shipman
A Spoken Word Poem by Larissa Shmailo
A Eulogic Poem by Jay Sizemore
Elegic Poetry by Jay Sizemore
Poetry by Felino A. Soriano
Visual Art by Jamie Stoneman
Poetry by Ray Succre
Poetry by Yuriy Tarnawsky
A Song by Marc Vincenz


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Gabrielle Giffords: Casualty of the Second Civil War
Part 2

Assassinations and the Insurrection Timeline

Since the very first YouTube clips of McCain / Palin supporters calling for Obama's assassination to the Tea Party threatening to 'water the tree of liberty with the blood of patriots and tyrants,' the only explanation offered by Mainstream Media and GOTP has been the same deflective excuse I've heard my entire life for the blatant, engrained, systemic, racism & hate in this country. "Oh, he's just a lone crazy," "Oh, he's just a lone crazy." Now after the assassination of Federal Judge John Roll, the near assassination of Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, and the death or injury of more than 20 other people, what explanation do we get for this atrocity? "Oh, he's just a lone crazy." Mainstream Media has completed denied and dismissed the alternate reality that has been created over the last three years, and brushed the event off as a mental health issue. As Joe Scarborough dismissively, insultingly, and outrageously said just days after the shooting: "The verdict is in - Political hate speech had nothing to do with this killing."

There are a number of preposterous thing we are supposed to believe about this incident, and MSM is desperately trying to convince us of them. That alone should make you extremely suspicious.

Really... No other chats, posts, texts, etc. Based on this 'evidence' (or lack there of) the Tea Party, GOP, FOX, and MSM, all want us to move on to the next diversionary event based solely on this 'information.'

If we won't accept that he never listened to a radio, saw a television set, saw the internet (not even on his phone), they have other things neatly prepared for us to believe. If you won't believe there was no political influence, believe that he was a "liberal lunatic" then. This talking point was floated and exposed as Tea Party Nation disinformation intended to deflect culpability on the same day, but just like the birther issue — fact is of no consequence to these people. No surprise, this ridiculous projection flew through the MSM and social media networks like it was the announcement of the first moon landing.

Don't feel like buying a Progressive plot to shoot a Democratic congresswoman who just won election over a Tea Party candidate (even after Glenn Beck spinning Progressives into Nazi Eugenicists)? Well then, how about the old stand by — Marijuana did it. Flashback to Refer Madness, since Loughner was 'reportedly' into smoking a plant (and opposed to the mind altering pharmaceuticals the rest of the society is hooked on), that must be what drove him to want to kill a Democrat.

'As he began college, even as late as 2007, his friends had begun to describe him as "quirky." Then he changed even more. What changed Jared into this person? He became a stoner. That's plain from the record.
'Certainly Loughner's rantings sound like those of some one so stoned that he thinks lunacy is genius:
"You don't allow the government to control your grammar structure, listener? The government is implying mind control and brainwash on the people by controlling grammar. What's government if words don't have meaning?"
'While other ravings about a lime green bird sound more like the result of a hallucinogenic drug (perhaps savia), much of his disconnected ramblings are described in medical literature, such Web MD, as "magical" or "random thinking."' 1

Without spending much time dignifying this diversion designed for dullards, there is one point worth examining. I might even be inclined to agree that Loughner thinks this lunacy is genius, but these delusions are a side effect of something other than marijuana. Note the following excerpts from one of Glenn Beck's episodes.

Beck:

"One way this administration and its helpers are doing it is by systematically stripping away our right to free speech... You will see that free speech is being eradicated for controlled speech: Control over the media; control over the Internet; control over you."
"And were they running it last week before this big buyout? You're damn right they were running it. But they will tell you this isn't nationalization. Just like they'll tell you the stuff in the bill is not really earmarks. Words have absolutely no meaning. No, no. No propaganda. Words have no meaning anymore." 2

Since the day of the shooting we've been told repeatedly that there is no connection to any of the endless, inescapable, delusional hate speech emanating from the Confederate Tea Party Disinformation Network. Because there was initially nothing more to work with than the six words on the envelopes, there was nothing to investigate and no way to disprove this preposterous assumption.

As thorough as the sanitation job that was obviously done on Jared Laughner (as I said before, you can't possibly believe six words is all there ever was), Pima Community College had saved one of Loughner's videos — presumably when they were determining if he would be allowed to stay. Whoever was cleaning up after Loughner to make any connections impossible, probably didn't know (or couldn't do anything about) the video the Community College had saved.

However, even what little there is in this 3.5min video speaks volumes to anyone remotely paying attention. The failure of anyone in MSM to recognize these obvious correlations could be anything from complicity to incompetence — but the fact remains they failed at even a modicum of investigation.

Loughner:

"I lost my Freedom of Speech to that guy [Loughner's professor]. This is what happens, and I'm in a terrible place. This is my genocide school. I haven't forgotten the teacher that gave me a B for Freedom of speech."
"Here's the best part... the bookstore. It is so illegal to sell this book under the Constitution. We are also censored by our freedom of speech. They are controlling the grammar. They control the grammar. All the teachers you have are being paid illegally and have illegal authority over the Constitution of the United States under the First Amendment. This is Genocide in America." 3

Loughner also reportedly asked Giffords: "What is government if words have no meaning?"

Needless to say, neither of these people (Beck or Loughner) sounds particularly sane, but they certainly do sound similar. In fact, a couple of sentences are almost word for word matches.

Beck said: "Free speech is being eradicated for controlled speech."

Loughner said: "I lost my Freedom of Speech to that guy. We are also censored by our freedom of speech. They are controlling the grammar."

Beck said: "Words have absolutely no meaning. No, no. No propaganda. Words have no meaning anymore."

Loughner said: "What is government if words have no meaning?"

It is no stretch to see the obvious relationship here. The chances of these odd beliefs being developed independently of each other are nil. There is one final interesting 'coincidence' worth noting, and it's why I'm relating this to the marijuana article. That 'coincidence' is what the topic of the Glenn Beck episode was that these excerpts are taken from: Glenn Beck: Legalizing Pot Debate.

Quite a number of coincidences, don't you think? This reported 'pot head' only has one video that survives the scrubbing of his on-line persona, and it happens to repeat the words and sentiments of Glenn Beck in an episode on legalizing pot. What are the odds? Quite astronomical to be sure.

So as I stated earlier, Mainstream Media has failed to investigate any of this and has offered us just the one intellectually lazy and journalistically irresponsible explanation — "He's one lone crazy." It's the same explanation we've gotten for every single instance of hate and violence since a Black Man decided to run for President.

In fact you would be surprised how many times we've heard that over the last three years... very surprised. Take a look at a few events compiled by the good people at the Coalition to Stop Gun Violence and you'll see very quickly how common these occurrences have been. This list is not all inclusive by any means (nor is the full list from CSGV), but these 'select' incidents are evidence of a very common theme.



References:

1 Marijuana Leads to Murder—Blaming a plant for Loughner shooting

2 Glenn Beck: Legalizing Pot Debate

3 School releases YouTube post from Loughner


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