Interesting read. Here's a link in case the images did not come through: http://boortz.com/nealz_nuze/2011/01/sarah-palins-map.html
A great deal has been made of a map that Sarah Palin put on her website The media is particularly pinpointing this entire incident on Sarah Palin<http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/tobyharnden/100071004/the-unseemly-rush-to-blame-sarah-palin-the-tea-party-and-republicans-for-murder-in-arizona/#dsq-content>. Here's just one example from the New York Daily News: Rep. Gabrielle Giffords' blood is on Sarah Palin's hands after putting cross hair over district<http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/2011/01/09/2011-01-09_palin_put_a_target_on_her_she_should_have_known_the_dangers.html>. Here's the deal. Months ago during the election, Sarah Palin put Giffords on her "target list" of Democrats in vulnerable districts who voted for ObamaCare. The list included a map with what the media and those on the left are calling telescopic scope images placed over vulnerable districts. Somehow, the liberals have construed that to mean that Sarah Palin literally wanted to "target" Giffords to be shot. Were the symbols on Palin's map really the crosshairs through a gunsight, as claimed by Congresswoman Giffords herself? Palin's office says they were not. They claim they were surveyor's marks. So who's right? "Aw, come on Boortz! Don't feed us this surveyor's mark nonsense. That's just a convenient excuse. We know those are gun sight crosshairs." Oh really? Fine ... work with me here. First ... let's take a look at the map that was posted on Palin's website: OK ... An argument could be made that those are cross hairs. But Palin's office says they were surveyor's marks. Can that argument be sustained? I want you to click on this link.<http://egsc.usgs.gov/isb/pubs/booklets/symbols/topomapsymbols.pdf> This is from the U.S. Geological Survey. The title of the document is "Topographic Map Symbols." Now ... start scrolling down the page. About halfway through on the right column you will see "CONTROL DATA AND MONUMENTS." Now remember .. these are symbols for maps - maps like Sarah Palin's map. The first entry under the title bar is labled "Principal point," and there you have it. Just to the right. Just about the exact same symbol that appears on the Palin map. It's a map symbol ... just what you might expect to find on a .... MAP! Crosshairs are placed on people. Map symbols are placed on maps. That's not going to be enough for some of you. You see the political advantage that can be gained by insisting that those are crosshairs on the Palin map. So ... let's move to a few more maps! The above map appeared on the website of the Democratic Leadership Committee back in 2004. Please make note of the use of the word "enemy" to refer to Republicans, as well as the phrase "ripe targets for Democrats." You've already notice that on this map there are no surveyor's marks. What you have are bull's-eyes. Yup ... bull's-eyes. Clearly the type of bull's eyes you would use for a target for shooting purposes. Now .. another map: This map was posted on the website of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee about a year ago. Surveyor's marks or anything that could be mistaken for surveyor's marks? Nope. Again ... bull's eyes with a legend that said the bull's eyes represented "targeted Republicans." You need to know that Congressman Chris Van Hollen was quick to make an appearance on MSNBC with Chris Matthews to condemn the Palin Map. He said that it was really dangerous to try to make your point in that particular way. Christ Van Hollen was the leader of the DCCC when the above map was placed on their website J - Collective fear stimulates herd instinct, and tends to produce ferocity toward those who are not regarded as members of the herd. - Bertrand Russell ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:333123 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
