Threats to Congress on the rise

[malaise]

http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2010/04/09/2262430.aspx
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Per the Washington Post, “Anger over the health-care overhaul has led to a nearly threefold increase in recent months in the number of serious threats against members of Congress, federal law enforcement officials said. 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.”

More: “Nearly all of the recent threats appear to come from opponents of the health-care overhaul, said Gainer, who also served four years as chief of the U.S. Capitol Police. And, he said, there have been "significantly more" threats against House members than against senators.”
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On what basis do federal law enforcement officials state that the reason is anger over health-care?
Where is the empirical evidence for that statement.

[NJmaverick]

1. All it takes for evil to thrive is for good men (and women) to do nothing

I fault the entire Republican and Conservative movements for not doing more to stop this.

[shraby]

2. It must be that evil is thriving because there are no

good men and women in the Republican party much less ones who would move a finger or waggle a tongue to stop it.