Robert Dreyfuss is a goddamned fool

Sorry, but this, goes well beyond stupid right here:

Twenty children killed in Newtown, Connecticut, and a huge outpouring in response: wall-to-wall media coverage, an avalanche of flowers and stuffed animals, a river of ink in editorials, nationwide flags at half mast, memorial funds and much, much more.

Tens, hundreds, thousands of children killed in Afghanistan. Response: almost nothing.

Are Afghan children any less precious? Or does it make a difference that the killers were wearing American uniforms, piloting US helicopters and fighters, and operating drones?

via Newtown, Afghanistan | The Nation.

This right here, is a perfect example of why I cannot take the far-left serious at all. Comparing a tragic event like Newtown to a war; what an out of touch, liberal buffoon!

Here is hoping that mass shooting finds Robert Dreyfuss in the middle of it. America would be such a better place for it. 😡

This guy must be in competition with Cornell West.

 

I respect David Brody, Pat Robertson and CBN, but this is just morbid

How morbid can you be, David?

Guess what folks? Huckabee and Fischer are not alone. There are millions of evangelicals who believe the same thing. This is not heartless. It’s based on the biblical principle of reaping and sowing. Not that these little children sowed anything but are our schools left unprotected because of the past actions of our nation when it comes to removing God from our public schools?

The conversation is now all about banning guns but should the conversation really be about allowing God back into public schools?

Food for thought. It’s a discussion worth having.

via Sandy Hook Shooting: Is It about Banning Guns or Banning God?.

They did nothing to deserve what happened to them. Pat Robertson and David Brody ought to be ashamed.

The only thing worse than using tragic events like the one in Newtown CT for political purposes and that is using it to push a religious agenda. The reason I feel this way, is for a good number of reasons:

  • For one, it cheapens the Gospel of Christ. — It reduces the Gospel of Christ to a level of ridicule that should never be brought against the Christian World. It also turns the name of Jesus into a money-making machine. Pat Roberson and David Brody are a part of a ministry that makes tons of cash and now that tragic event in Newtown is a part of that money machine. 
  • Secondly, It cheapens the lives lost in this tragic event and the event itself.  — Every life is precious in the eyes of the Lord, even the little ones and to bring your brand of religion into this; is just morbid. 

I think Christians of all stripes really need to reconsider this whole idea that somehow or another Christians need to use tragic events like this to promote their particular brand of Christianity. As a Christian of 30 years — although, I do not always act like it, but I digress — it saddens me to know that there are Christians who actually believe that tragic events like this are good for use as an evangelistic tool and for proselytizing the victims and their families.

Think of it like this: if a Muslim group began to say that the shooting in Newtown, CT was the result of American rejecting Allah and Islam, the Christian right and most of America would be screaming from the rooftops about it. But because it is a Christian saying it, it is okay? Not hardly. 

If I were the families of these victims, I would come together as a group and file a lawsuit against the Christian Broadcasting Network and Pat Roberson personally for defaming the families and victims of this horrible tragedy. What has basically happened here, is that every last one of the so-called Evangelical Christian leaders, that has weighed in on this and made these sort of statements has slandered every last one of these families and have inferred that somehow that they are godless heathens and somehow deserved this fate.

As I have written on this blog many times. There is a rottenness in this Country which is exists on the Christian Right and this is a glaring example of it. There is a time and a place for sharing the gospel of Christ; anyone who happens to think that this is one of them, does not worship the same God and Jesus as I do. There is something called about Godly wisdom, and I am afraid that it is sorely lacking in these circles.

There is always a reason why they snap

Always:

NEWTOWN, CONN. –  The gunman who slaughtered 20 children and six adults at a Connecticut elementary school may have snapped because his mother was planning to commit him to a psychiatric facility, according to a lifelong resident of the area who was familiar with the killer’s family and several of the victims’ families.

Adam Lanza, 20, targeted Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown after killing his mother early Friday because he believed she loved the school “more than she loved him,” said Joshua Flashman, 25, who grew up not far from where the shooting took place. Flashman, a U.S. Marine, is the son of a pastor at an area church where many of the victims’ families worship.

“From what I’ve been told, Adam was aware of her petitioning the court for conservatorship and (her) plans to have him committed,” Flashman told FoxNews.com. “Adam was apparently very upset about this. He thought she just wanted to send him away. From what I understand, he was really, really angry. I think this could have been it, what set him off.”

A senior law enforcement official involved in the investigation confirmed that Lanza’s anger at his mother over plans for “his future mental health treatment” is being looked at as a possible motive for the deadly shooting

via EXCLUSIVE: Fear of being committed may have caused Connecticut gunman to snap | Fox News.

I have always said, when it comes to these sort of shootings; there is always a reason for them. Nobody does these sorts of things for no reason at all. There is always a reason for it. Good on Fox News for bringing this to light.

Others:  The Camp Of The SaintsWeasel ZippersThe Gateway PunditMyFOX8.comThe Other McCainHit & RunVox PopoliFox News Insider and The Daily Caller (Via Memeorandum)

Audio: Scanner Audio of the unfolding tragedy in Newtown School Shooting

These audio clips come via RadioReference.com, which is an awesome service, I highly recommend that you go hit their tip jar.

Needless to say, these things are chilling to listen to.

Newtown Police/Fire

Response starts at the 22:45 Mark

(9:13 AM – 9:43 AM)
http://areg.radioreference.com/20121…41506-7623.mp3

Continues here…

(9:43 AM – 10:13 AM)
http://areg.radioreference.com/20121…82442-7623.mp3

(10:43 AM – 11:13 AM)
http://areg.radioreference.com/20121…88411-7623.mp3

Fairfield County Police, Fire, and EMS

Response starts at the 5:45 minute mark (9:34 AM to 10:04 AM)

http://areg.radioreference.com/20121…53453-9921.mp3