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There has been a lot of nasty angry rhetoric in politics lately. It may surprise some of you that I haven't touched this. To be honest, I want to avoid politics as much as possible. It is not my job to tell you who to vote for or what issues are good. To be honest, I have my opinions, but so do you and that is good. Sorry, back to rhetoric. I haven't touched it yet because it was just that typical low level of belligerent, angry, ridiculous, stupidity inherent in politics. Recently though, this has gotten way too violent. Most of you have probably heard about the recent "joke" by Roseanne Barr where she suggested that we behead the wealthy. First of all, not funny. I understand the connection to current events, but the suggestion of violence as a solution, even in jest, is a dangerous statement to make. Unfortunately, this wasn't the first statement of it's kind. Former Governor Palin used weapon targeting crosshairs to show the names of Democratic seats that she wanted to see flipped to Republicans. Her people stated that they were actually surveyors markings, but the connection to weapons was unmistakable. More recently, in response to Roseanne Barr, Hank Williams Jr. referred to President Obama as Hitler. We need to call for more from our politicians and celebrities and demand a less combative atmosphere in Washington.