While watching the House Intel hearings Monday I was impressed with Rep. Jackie Spier (D) of San Mateo, Ca. I was reminded that in 1978 as a Congressional staffer she accompanied her rep on a fact finding mission to Guyana. This was the scene of the infamous Jonestown cult colony that had lured many youths under Jim Jones' spell. As tension built up with some young people wanting to leave, gunfire erupted killing the congressman and Jackie Spier suffered five gunshot wounds and survived waiting twenty-two hours to be rescued. Today she holds that Congressional seat of her deceased mentor. I hope she goes far in government. Her injuries were overlooked as the headlines covered the mass suicides who took the poisoned Kool Aid.
tjs
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