My US Rep, Jackie Speier, was reelected yesterday. This woman is a total badass. As a congressional aide in the 1970's, she went on a fact-finding mission to Jonestown, Guyana. In the ambush that ensued, she suffered five gunshot wounds and had to wait *twenty* hours before she was evacuated.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackie_SpeierPosted Nov 4, 2010, 4:41 AM UTC
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