(CNN) — Gunfire erupted at a skating rink in New York City on Saturday night, leaving two injured, authorities said.
The shooting occurred at Bryant Park.
One victim was shot in the back and the second one in the leg, according to the New York Police Department. The victims’ injuries are not life threatening.
Megan Cutcher, a San Francisco resident visiting New York City, was having a drink with relatives at a nearby restaurant when the gunfire started.
“We sat down at one of the outdoor couches with a heater and ordered a drink,” Cutcher said. “Right after we ordered, we heard three shots. Initially, it just sounded like a pop gun, but then people started screaming, and we realized it was more serious.”
She grabbed her mother and pushed her under the table.
“We were at most 10-15 feet from the ice.,” she said. “Luckily, the couches we’d been sitting on blocked us from the view of the shooter.”
A few minutes later, the gunfire stopped and the restaurant staff ushered them into the kitchen for safety.
“I was able to calm down a bit, though my heart was racing,” she said.
Police ordered them to stay put while they searched the area. About an hour later, they got an all-clear to use a particular exit.
The shooter is still on the loose.

….and in Texas….

Via CNN:

(CNN) — A shooting at a house party near Houston left two people dead and 22 others injured, authorities said early Sunday.
The shooting occurred late Saturday night in the Cypress area, the Harris County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement.
It started at a birthday party in a two-story home, where about 100 people were gathered, police said.
Injuries range from critical to minor. It’s unclear whether all the victims were wounded in the shooting or the scramble to escape from the home.
Police are searching for two shooters.

I realize that it would be easy to blame the guns on these sort of incidents; but it is simply too much of the scape goat mentality to do so. The guns did not get up and decide to shoot these people; someone used that gun to do so! Therefore, one can deduct that this simply a societal problem. A Nation that forgets God, views Christians and Christianity with contempt, runs its political and financial systems like Rome once did — should expect this sort of a thing.

Simply put, our system is nearing collapse and these sort of things should not be a huge surprise to we that actually read the Word of God. There are some, even within the Fundamentalist Christian circles who are actually silly enough to believe that some sort of a so-called “revival” in this Country will stop the madness which is enveloping this fallen world. This is foolishness; judgment is coming swiftly to this Country, get your house in order and above all, be ready to meet the Lord.

Kudos to HotAir.com

Please Note: This posting is to replace the one that I published and pulled because I realized that what I wanted to do, was not going to work. (d’oh! )

This is just a short posting of thanks and gratitude to HotAir.com for being nice enough to acknowledge the ministry of Billy Graham. A while back HotAir.com got knocked by some Christian bloggers and writers for their movement away from Social Conservatism — which basically is what the Republican Party is doing and what the conservative movement/tea party is doing.

Anyhow, I have been known to criticize HotAir.com, when I felt it was warranted; but I also praise them, when I see that it is warranted as well. Happy Big Grin Batting Eyelashes

Which brings me to my real point of this blog posting: Billy Graham is a figure from a bygone era in America; which was before the cultural Marxists had actually gotten a foothold in America. It was before the days, when a Christian Pastor would have to worry about offending someone for preaching the truth of the Word of God. It was before the creation of the Jewish-owned, controlled and financed Anti-Defamation League. It was before the creation of the unindicted terrorist organization CAIR. It was before the era of the nasty atheists, like Madelyn Murray O’Hair who got exactly what was coming to her.

Admittedly, as a Fundamental Baptist Christian; I have some personal issues with Rev. Graham’s ministry; and you can read about that here. However, there is one thing that I will not criticize at all; and that was the man’s decision to follow Christ and preach his word to the people who did truly need it. Which is more than I can say for some of his critics, who made a cottage industry out of cutting down Rev. Graham’s ministry from the comfort of their dead, ineffectual Churches.

Again, this is just a small thank you, from someone; who is a part of the segment of society which is derided, ignored and often mocked —- The WASP’s of America. Winking