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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (151673)	1/20/2013 6:44:21 PM
From: lorne	6 Recommendations Respond to of 224878

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (151673)	1/20/2013 6:46:32 PM
From: jlallen	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 224878

Nah.....we will persevere......Americans have always been resilient.....his re-election only means that the austerity needed to rectify the damage he is doing will be that much more severe..... J.

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (151673)	1/20/2013 6:47:05 PM
From: lorne	3 Recommendations Respond to of 224878

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (151673)	1/21/2013 12:15:51 AM
From: Wayners	3 Recommendations Respond to of 224878

Affects you negatively as well. You just don't see it.

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (151673)	1/21/2013 6:42:36 AM
From: TideGlider	1 Recommendation Respond to of 224878

Democratic assemblyman jailed after he threatened to shoot colleague and arrested in possession of a loaded gun Nevada assemblyman, Steven Brooks, 40, reportedly threatened to shoot fellow Democrat Marilyn Kirkpatrick Brooks found with a loaded gun when arrested in traffic stop Colleagues had recently started to notice Brooks' 'erratic' behavior By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED:18:38 EST, 20 January 2013\| UPDATED:04:40 EST, 21 January 2013 Police arrested a Nevada assemblyman on Saturday after he claimed he was going to shoot a fellow Democratic representative. Steven Brooks, 40, was stopped for making the threats against speaker-elect Marilyn Kirkpatrick and found in possession of a loaded gun. Brooks was taken to the Las Vegas City Jail on one count of intimidating a public officer by threat of physical violence. He was reportedly unhappy with his committee assignments. Threats: Las Vegas Assemblyman Steven Brooks was arrested after he said he would shoot a fellow lawmaker. He was stopped in possession of a loaded gun The assemblyman for North Las Vegas publicly threatened to shoot Kirkpatrick on Saturday afternoon. When witnesses corroborated the allegations, police tracked Brooks down and took him into custody with a traffic stop with no incident at 6 pm. He was carrying a loaded weapon. More... EXCLUSIVE: Boy, 15, 'shoots his pastor father and family dead with military-style assault rifle' in bloody shooting rampage Condoleezza Rice joins CBS News, takes first snipe as a journalist at Democratic President Barack Obama on TV today Brooks, who was first elected in 2010, reportedly spent Saturday night in jail. Kirkpatrick was said to be shaken but doing fine. The Las Vegas Sun reported that colleagues had begun to notice Brooks' 'erratic' behavior in caucus meetings. Steven Brook claimed he would shoot Marilyn Kirkpatrick (pictured), a fellow Democrat in the Nevada Assembly The Nevada assembly has been in a state of flux, and Marilyn Kirkpatrick (center) recently became speaker-elect The Nevada State Assembly has recently experienced turmoil after its previous speaker lost his bid for re-election. Brooks was reportedly hoping to be named as chairman of the Assembly Ways and Means Committee, a group that controls changes to the governor’s proposed budget. But the prestigious position went to Assemblywoman Maggie Carlton instead. Executive Director of the Assembly Democratic Caucus Brendan Summers told Ktnv: 'We understand an investigation is currently ongoing and we have no further comment at this time.' Colleagues had recently begun to to notice Brooks' 'erratic' behavior Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2265596/Democrat-assemblyman-jailed-threatened-shoot-fellow-lawmaker-arrested-possession-loaded-gun.html#ixzz2IbqWaLwn Follow us: @MailOnline on Twitter \| DailyMail on Facebook