Media & Administration: Greatest Tragedy of Ft. Hood Is Possible Backlash
Barack Obama was very insensitive about the Ft. Hood massacre, going about business as usual at a briefing. Obama also urged Americans not to jump to conclusions. Of course, Obama will now be travelling to Ft. Hood for a memorial service to save face. “Big Sis” Janet Napalitano is concerned about a possible backlash.
newsbusters.org has been working overtime to document many of the MSM news and opinion shows that show absolutely no concern about the dead, the wounded and their families, but are concerned because the alleged murderer was Muslin. MSNBC’s newest village idiot Dylan Ratigan says no one should be concerned about Hasan’s religion. Let me assure you Dylan, if Hasan were a fundamentalist Christian, you and your fellow propagandists would be harping about it 24/7.
Here’s a sampling. I got tired of posting links.
CNN’s Nguyen Asks: ‘Was It Taunting, Was It Teasing, Was It Harassment?’
Media ‘Cringe’ That Mass Killer a Muslim Since It ‘Inflames’ Right Wing, ‘That Makes It Much Worse’
ABC Frets: Plight of Muslim Soldiers Toughest Since Japanese-Americans in WWII
More Emerging Bias: Maddow Guest Suggests Lack of Health Funding Motivated Fort Hood Killer
MSNBC’s Dylan Ratigan: ‘Who Cares’ What the Religion of the Muslim Shooter Is?
NBC Analyst Unsure Ft. Hood Shooting Was Terrorism
LAT Jumps on PC Bandwagon, Ignores Islamic Beliefs of Ft. Hood Shooter
ABC’s Diane Sawyer Repeats Concern of Wishing Muslim Shooter’s ‘Name was Smith’; All Three Networks ID Hasan’s Faith
Emerging Bias: Newsweek Claims Fort Hood Shooter Exposed Overstretched ‘Military on the Brink’
ABC’s Raddatz Relays: ‘I Wish His Name was Smith’; CBS & NBC Fail to ID Hasan as Muslim
Hat tip: newsbusters.org and WMAQ (Chicago)
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They wish his name was Smith so they could attack him as a conservative Christian and say God, guns and republicans are the threat.
The left has long since become Dhimmis.
But that’s ok, because they convince few.
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Just saw a related piece via Glenn R. This is at The Atlantic, believe it or not:
When Muslims Commit Violence
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Saw that, INC.
The un-intelligentcia march in lockstep.
If the guy had left a video specifically saying he was doing this for Islam, the narrative wouldn’t have changed. It would be, and will always be, America’s fault.
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The press are rump riders. They won’t see the light, individually, till some terrorist is sawing at their neck.
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This is worse–this is at Pamela Geller’s Atlas Shrugs. General George Casey, U.S. Army chief of staff, was on CNN and talking with George S on ABC today–worried that speculation about Hasan being a terrorist could”cause a backlash against some of our Muslim soldiers. And I’ve asked our Army leaders to be on the lookout for that”
You’d think he might tell Army leaders to be on the lookout for Muslim soldiers who argue and rejoice when American soldiers are killed.
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Can you imagine the field day the press would have if a sleeper Al Quida cell, hung a poor Muslim and stuck a note to him that said ” don’t tread on me ” or ” this is payback for Fort Hood”.
The left wing press would go into full throttle attack mode.
The DHS would find some militia group to harass or arrest.
Obama and the left wing press and blogosphere would jump out quickly condemning this ” hate crime ” and blame Beck, Limbaugh, the “tea baggers”, Palin, Levin, Hannity, Bachman etc, etc.
There would be no ” let’s get all the facts “
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That was great, INC, and SO true. They wanted his name to be smith so that they could bash the mean ole Christians. ALL we heard about with Tiller was Conservative Christian this and that……religious motivation blah blah blah. This guy? No conclusions. White cop? Acted stupidly. Muslim shooter? Don’t jump to conclusions. It’s bs.
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Of coarse there is a backlash against Muslims, they are attacking us!!!the WH and MSM think American has no common sense what-so-ever. Per my own post from a previous thread, you want us to believe Hasan “snapped” because he was:
EFFECTED by his counseling of troops returning from Iraq/Afgan
EFFECTED by his orders to a combat zone
EFFECTED by harrassment from coworkers about his ethnicity
EFFECTED by his beliefs about the war against Islam
EFFECTED by lack of healthcare
NOT EFFECTED by a radical Imam preaching daily about death to infidels
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you people are all haters. Stop hating like a bunch of racist haters.
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Why do I get the feeling that people at MSNBC would read this thread and make an assumption that you are all racists.
Do you feel ashamed of yourselves?? First you bash the innocent Americans that just want to have health care last night. Today you trash hard working media personnel that are doing a wonderful job in difficult times.
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Well I don’t have to read this any more.
I’m going down to the arena for the hockey game where I hope some Canadian gets his a$$ kicked.
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Low-key visit to Ft. Hood by Former President and Laura Bush.
http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2009/11/low_key_visit_to_fort_hood_by.html
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INC,
Problem with the allegory “Would Patton have recruited nazis into his army? …” Army directly, no. The fact is Patton and much of the US Army did hire former Nazis to get the functions of industry and government running again.
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MI Conservative -
Go Griffins
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Good for Bush.
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Sweet Jesus!
you’re laying on the ground having your entrails eaten by a pack of hyenas, and the SPCA is hollering at you: “Don’t hate ALL hyenas“.
OK, I won’t. But can I at least take a poke at the ones gnawing on me?
I tried finding evidence of ANY Muslims killed in the U.S. based on their religion since 9/10/2001. I could NOT find any!
Lots of Jews killed by Muslims, Christians killed by Muslims…but no Muslims killed. If there were any I would stunned if it is more than one or two.
Certainly not THOUSANDS! Like 9/11 and now Ft. Hood
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Dr. D, I was just noting what the general was saying.
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JR,
That would make an interesting website. A memoriam of the Muslims killed by unbelievers, the circumstances, and details on the attacker and their religious affiliation.
Oh and you can find deaths of Muslims! Only they are like this, the death of two Muslim teenagers — by their father.
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I know INC, the author just picked the wrong example.
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Hasan told military colleagues infidels should have their throats cut;
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/6526030/Fort-Hood-gunman-had-told-US-military-colleagues-that-infidels-should-have-their-throats-cut.html
Notice how we are getting more of the story from the foreign press?
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http://www.longwarjournal.org/threat-matrix/archives/2009/11/more_troubling_information_eme.php
No jump to any conclusions now!
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Somebody should have done us a favor and turned the respirator off two days ago.
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What I said that night – don’t let this guy live through the night, someone save us all the trouble and expense.
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bc – that was just sad to see those 2 BEAUTIFUL girls, so happy and full of life in that photo.
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It’s too bad that it’s gotten so ideologically incorrect to just call a “spade a spade,” without first going through a news agency’s spam filter.
Anything to do with ethnicity or ordained minorities is gently caught and covered over. Other less PC groups, or representatives of those groups, are put through the wringer and destroyed by the press piling on to cover a story that may not even be much of a story.
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If we don’t get by all of this PC crap, we will all be dead.
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MDefl, amen! (or whatever the Islamic equivalent is)
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God, HHR has beome a zoo. I am not even allowed to state obvious facts.
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Eph,
Are you over here?
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Knova just had a meltdown as well, dude had one rough day the day and still can’t get over it, what a classy way to exit.
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MDefl permalink
“God, HHR has beome a zoo. I am not even allowed to state obvious facts.”
Gee, I wonder how that heppened.
I remember my late mother’s comments about how one bad apple can spoil them all.
I enjoy the polls on HHR (which is pretty much all it has) but we’re six months away from primaries.
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Even many of the Republicans at HHR are getting on my nerves. Maybe it is time for a little break. I think I will hang here for a while.
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Knight,
I really do like Knova. He took a position and people were hitting him hard on that position. He never did answer my question. Sometimes, when cornered he could get a little obnoxious. I am guilty of the same at times so I recognize the behavior. For a while, his alter ego yesterday was funny.
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I never had an issue with him, still don’t really. he got real obnoxious the other day, as did jason, instead of letting it go though at the end of the day the two just continued it… His method of exit makes him look like an ass though, he should have just walked away without slinging insults in every direction.
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I’m off to play some poker. catch you later.
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Yeah, must be rough if peeps are coming HERE for peace and quiet, heh…
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Lazy Sunday afternoon. Was supposed to go shooting but my little dude is still sick. Ah well. It’s beer:30 anyway.
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‘I’m going to do good work for God’
Excuse me while I jump to a conclusion.
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INC- that could mean anything. For all we know he just really wanted a Klondike bar.
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‘I’m going to do good work for God’
Hmmm. (Here comes the stretch….) Does that mean that the woman who capped this idiot was performing acts of a secularist?? If that is the case, the MSM is missing a hero.
She’s a hero for me to have the clear headed presence to stop him.
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In the era of “cat and mouse” political gamemanship that we seem to be living in, it was interesting to read a thread in polipundit dealing with Joseph Cao and his dissenting vote in HC. Is it too far-fetched? Anyway, to me it seems to be either tongue-in-cheek speculation, or plain old spin!
Joseph Cao, political genius Link
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Herre is a young lady that stands out in regimental formation
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Jan,
Saw that. Don’t know what to think. In a heavy Dim district it was probably the politically expedient thing to do. But was not the right thing to do for the country.
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Can you name a more dishonest group of people than the U.S. media?
I cannot.
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Atlas resurgent: an interview with Ayn Rand biographer Jennifer Burns Reason TV link
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bc3b, try Congress.
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#42 did you see comment #2 on your linked article:
Andrew | November 8, 2009 2:54 PM | Reply
Wait… it took me a few minutes of scrolling, but I finally discovered there are text parts to this article
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TLS,
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Boy this has got to hurt the Leftist crowd. Scientists find that sugar consumption in worms shortens their life span. What’s a Leftist to do?
– If they tax sugary drinks then we all live longer and blow the curve on the HC costs.
– If they don’t tax sugary drinks, well then they lose all that luscious near term revenue.
What a problem to have.
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drdog….a problem to have, indeed.
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“Eph,
Are you over here?”
BROTHER MD! WELCOME BACK!!!
Yes, the HHR has gone to sh*t. You are correct
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“Even many of the Republicans at HHR are getting on my nerves. Maybe it is time for a little break. I think I will hang here for a while.”
MD, If you want serious debate and fantastic (and frequesnt) threads hang here.
If you want naked chicks and 600+ posts per thread go to the HHR.
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(and frequent)
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If you want naked chicks and 600+ posts per thread go to the HHR.
Whaaaat? Our observations on GI Barbie on the other thread was chopped liver?
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Hate to say I told ya so, Eph. Chek is toxic waste.
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55. No, just a ton of anger and regret in her life. I wish she would get help.
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54. True, but she had most of her clothes on!