Bob Englehart, The Hartford Courant … [Read more...] about National Dialogue About Guns
Kitty Carlisle Hart (1910-2007)
For people of a certain age (we know who we are), "To Tell the Truth" was must see TV. The prime-time CBS game show featured three contestants who all claimed to be the same person. With host Bud Collyer at the helm, celebrity panelists asked the contestants questions to determine which was telling the truth. "To Tell the Truth" ran from 1956 to 1967 and included panelists … [Read more...] about Kitty Carlisle Hart (1910-2007)
Yet Another ‘Black Day in Baghdad’
Four large bombs exploded in mainly Shia areas of Baghdad yesterday, killing nearly 200 people, making it the deadliest day since the start eight weeks ago of the US-led 'surge' aimed at pacifying the capital, reports The Times. "As firefighters doused blazing cars, angry relatives gathered chanting 'Down with Maliki. Where is the security plan?' in a reference to the Iraqi … [Read more...] about Yet Another ‘Black Day in Baghdad’
Cho Ruled Mentally Ill by Court – Sent Package to NBC
A court ruled in 2005 that the Virginia Tech Killer, Seung-hui Cho, was mentally ill and potentially dangerous. “Then let him go.â€? Cho also sent a package to NBC - containing videos and photos. It is all very shocking I have to say, should NBC have aired this? Please click here to read more. … [Read more...] about Cho Ruled Mentally Ill by Court – Sent Package to NBC
Around The Sphere: Blog Reaction To Virginia Tech Massacre
Our famous linkfest offering readers a wide variety of links from blogs representing varying viewpoints. But this time, due to the worst mass killing in American history, we're offering links from a cross-section of blogs (most of them randomly selected after hours of looking at blogs). In this edition, we offer you links and a few quotes. GRASSY KNOLL DEPARTMENT: Read the … [Read more...] about Around The Sphere: Blog Reaction To Virginia Tech Massacre
Virginia Tech Rorschach Test
RJ Matson, The St. Louis Post Dispatch … [Read more...] about Virginia Tech Rorschach Test
US Town: Owning a Gun is Mandatory
(Lithograph of the June 27 Union charge on Confederates at the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain. Published in 1888 by Louis Kurz and Alexander Allison.) I find the American obsession with guns intriguing/fascinating. Whenever there is a major killing the pro and anti gun control groups clash and an emotional, almost violent, debate sweeps the US landscape/mindscape. Yet … [Read more...] about US Town: Owning a Gun is Mandatory
Is Another Congressman Going Down?
AP via NY Times: FBI Searched Calif. Congressman's Home FBI agents have searched the Oakton, Va., home of California GOP Rep. John Doolittle, who is under investigation in the congressional corruption investigation surrounding convicted GOP lobbyist Jack Abramoff, Doolittle's attorney said Wednesday. Fester / The NewshoggersDoolittle Raid — TPMMuckraker is forwarding a … [Read more...] about Is Another Congressman Going Down?
NAMI Press Release on the Virginia Tech Tragedy
The Virginia Tech Tragedy Distinguishing Mental Illness from Violence Statement of Ken Duckworth, MD NAMI Medical Director The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) extends its sympathy to all the families who have lost loved ones in the terrible tragedy at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute. We are an organization of individuals and families whose lives have been … [Read more...] about NAMI Press Release on the Virginia Tech Tragedy
Health Exception? Who Needs It?
My thoughts on the Supreme Court's just-released decision upholding a ban on partial-birth abortion, even when deemed necessary for a woman's health. Ironically, this may just reduce the number of wanted pregnancies. Few to no women would just randomly decide to abort 26 weeks after they became pregnant. I suspect most late-term abortions occur when a woman who wanted to … [Read more...] about Health Exception? Who Needs It?
Impressive Recovery, But Still
A video of a DEA agent shooting himself in the foot (literally) while giving a presentation on gun safety to a group of Florida children. This occurs right after he tells them that he's the only one in the room qualified to handle the handgun he's carrying. I'd mock him, but to be honest I'm impressed that he carried on the presentation relatively calmly after having shot … [Read more...] about Impressive Recovery, But Still
During Cho’s 2-Hour Break…
UPDATE: NBC News is broadcasting some of the footage NOW. During Cho's 2-hour break between murder sprees, he mailed a multimedia 'manifesto' to NBC News. NBC received the package this morning and turned it over to the FBI. MSNBC Capus said gloved NBC security personnel handled the package very carefully as soon as it arrived. The network immediately called the … [Read more...] about During Cho’s 2-Hour Break…
Missile Defense
Why does Europe oppose the Bush administration's plan to develop such a system? I analyze this question in a new post at Foreign Policy Watch. … [Read more...] about Missile Defense
Virginia Tech Protection Needed: As With Columbine Funerals and Memorial Services, Pastor Fred is Coming To Spread His Screed at VT.
Heads up: Calling all sister and brother bikers for funeral patrol... bring 'round those fatheads and flatheads, shovelheads, and ironheads, and make ready to ride the pegs if need be... your services may be called upon very shortly. Pastor Fred, a/k/a/ Fred Waldron Phelps Sr., who refers to himself and his grown children as “the most hated family in America,â€? claims he … [Read more...] about Virginia Tech Protection Needed: As With Columbine Funerals and Memorial Services, Pastor Fred is Coming To Spread His Screed at VT.
Virginia University Shooting In 2002 Stopped By Armed Citizens
Find out more about two brave souls, and then check out the moronic, "manly" comments of two action-hero obsessed bloggers who think the current students should have done the same thing and fought the gunman...At the very least, count the shots and jump him reloading or changing hands. Better yet, just jump him. Handguns aren’t very accurate, even at close range. I shoot mine … [Read more...] about Virginia University Shooting In 2002 Stopped By Armed Citizens
School Massacre
Mike Lane, Cagle Cartoons … [Read more...] about School Massacre
Virginia Tech Killings: Brisk Business At Gun Shop
A gun shop. While America and the world mourns for the dead at Virginia Tech, it was business as usual not far away at the shop from where the alleged killer, Cho Seung-Hui, bought the deadly weapons to carry out the massacre in the campus. "As this part of southern Virginia and the rest of the US was struggling to come to terms with the bloody carnage that took place on … [Read more...] about Virginia Tech Killings: Brisk Business At Gun Shop
It’s the Guns, Stupid
From my former colleagues on the Editorial Board of the Philadelphia Daily News: The innocent young people who were slaughtered were not even finished being identified, and their families notified, before gun- rights advocates were broadcasting their specious argument, the same argument they used after the shooting of 10 students in an Amish school in Lancaster just six … [Read more...] about It’s the Guns, Stupid
Iraq’s Refugee Crisis: Finally UN Wakes Up!
The Iraq war was supposed to spread democracy throughout the Middle East, but to date its most palpable result has been to spread Iraqis throughout the world, reports The Independent. "UNHCR, the United Nations' refugee agency, believes that up to two million have sought refuge outside the country since the war started, and 1.9 million have been forced to move within Iraq in … [Read more...] about Iraq’s Refugee Crisis: Finally UN Wakes Up!
Victory for Pro-Life Movement
The following post was published at my own blog. I wanted to cross post it here, but then saw that Holly had already posted about it. However, after talking to Joe, I have decided (with Joe actually) to publish my post on this anyway. For an interesting discussion be sure to check Holly's post - she was on top of this news when it broke. Mark Sherman reports for the AP (via … [Read more...] about Victory for Pro-Life Movement