WHY?? What can we do?

Those who are making threats other than to vote for someone else in the next election are out of line. This is not the United States of Loudmouth Thugs. I believe that anyone who threatens the family of any legislature should be arrested as this is particularly disgusting. As individual citizens, I believe that whether one is for this legislation or opposed to it, none of us should support this type of behavior.

I guess all those of us who are not among the loons making these threats can do is to strongly and loudly denounce them. I really don't know what the political leaders can do other than condemn them but the problem is too many of them are actually condoning these actions by their silence or their halfhearted criticism followed or preceded by "...but these people are angry..." or something to that effect. I don't care how angry someone is, I don't care how much they oppose the health care bill or any other legislation, nobody has the right to threaten a member of Congress or anyone else for that matter! I was against the war in Iraq, I was against the Patriot Act, I was against the Bush tax cuts for the rich but I never even considered threatening anyone who voted for these things and anyone who did so deserved to be dealt with to the fully extend of the law. Annie

I haven't sent any of these threats. Nor do I condone them being sent. I believe it is wrong to threaten someone like that. But I think we should look further at what it means. People usually only attack when they believe they have been attacked first. With this high of an amount of people attacking unrelated to each other, I think it is safe to assume they feel threatened. So they are attacking the point that threatened them. The health care bill and those who voted for it, usually in specific their own representatives. Now MOST of these people would not carry out these threats, they are simply exemplifying how much it irritates them (yes that is putting it politely) that their representatives voted for this bill. Using their free speech. I think it would be wrong to throw them in jail or something, Because this is a group of people even if they can't voice themselves eloquently and peacefully, who have taken the same stance on an issue without speaking to each other likely. That means even if they are a minority who haven't matured enough to voice their opinions not as children, they are still a group of people who aren't terrorists and have a bonafide concern that shouldn't be shrugged off. What should be done? They feel attacked. Punish the one who hit first. The representatives but in more specific, the bill. There are particular parts of the bill that infringed on people's rights, and many believe that the budget for the bill (myself included in this) is not only wrong, but taking the money for this in the first place is wrong. We were sucker punched, in the name of good, but hurting millions to help thousands is not right. That is making an end justify a means that hurts many. I would rather voluntarily give my money than have it go to pay an IRS man to check and make sure I paid. (I would like the option to give my fine money to a med school scholarship fund.) And I do believe someone is going to at least attempt to follow through on their threats. And I think we haven't seen the last of "terrorists" attacking government employees. I think the only question is, at what point will people stop seeing them as "terrorists" or lone nut jobs with a funny sense of thinking, and start asking WHY they think this way, and what should be done about it? It's not always a cookie cutter answer as certain people would have us to believe.

Vote all incumbents out of office!!! They don't do what We the People want, they listen to the special interest group wnat and forget the people that voted them into office. Make them remember who they represent, vote them out of office, show them who is in charge!!!!