{"id":18491,"date":"2010-04-09T06:37:33","date_gmt":"2010-04-09T11:37:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=18491"},"modified":"2010-04-09T06:37:33","modified_gmt":"2010-04-09T11:37:33","slug":"on-that-brave-healthcare-vote","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=18491","title":{"rendered":"On that “brave” healthcare vote"},"content":{"rendered":"

We’ve heard President Obama, Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid praise Congress for their courageous vote for heatlthcare. But it seems that Congress isn’t quite so brave in dealing with the public on that vote. The Washington Post <\/a>reports this morning that reports of threats against Congress members is on the rise after that vote;<\/p>\n

The lawmakers reported 42 threats in the first three months of this year, compared with 15 in last three months of 2009, said Senate Sergeant-at-Arms Terrance W. Gainer, who had information about threats involving both chambers.<\/p>\n

“The incidents ranged from very vulgar to serious threats, including death threats,” Gainer said. “The ability to carry them out is another question and part of an investigation to determine what, if any, appropriate steps to take.” <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

But are threats really on the rise?<\/p>\n

“Normally, we don’t give publicity to this,” said Rep. Dan Lungren (Calif.), the ranking Republican on the House committee that oversees the Capitol Police. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Maybe what’s on the rise is Congress desire to besmirch the public outcry against them which has put Congress on the defense for their very jobs. What’s on the rise is their desire to report the threats.<\/p>\n

Of course, this won’t work either. Congress members have erected physical barriers between them and their constituents to reinforce the ideological barriers.<\/p>\n

In response to the threats, Capitol officials have been working to ensure that the 454 Senate offices across the country are secure. Some of the offices, a quarter of which are in federal buildings, are receiving additional equipment to help with the screening of mail. In other instances, law enforcement officials are recommending new locks and surveillance cameras. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Well, so much for the “brave” Congress members who apparently don’t have the testicular fortitude to face the fruits of pissing off the folks what brung ya.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We’ve heard President Obama, Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid praise Congress for their courageous vote for … On that “brave” healthcare vote<\/span>Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[46,89],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18491","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-barack-obama","category-congress-sucks"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18491","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18491"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18491\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18491"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18491"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18491"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}