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As president heads to
Newtown, stories of heroism,
courage and brutality emerge
in wake of shooting

Washington Times, by Ben Wolfgang and David Eldridge

Original Article

Posted By:Dreadnought, 12/15/2012 10:47:23 PM

NEWTOWN, Conn. — One day after the second-worst school shooting in U.S. history, a stunned nation on Saturday began a grim, all-too-familiar process: Mourning the loss of innocents, learning more about a killer and looking for answers in the wake of madness. The White House announced Saturday that the president would travel to Newtown, Conn., on Sunday to join grieving families at a vigil for the victims killed Friday in the shooting spree that claimed the lives of 28, including 20 children. Through the day Saturday, more details trickled out on the tragedy – from revelations

  

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Reply 1 - Posted by: quark, 12/15/2012 11:04:17 PM     (No. 9068372)

Hopefully all of the families will be "allowed" to attend.


Reply 2 - Posted by: LanieLou, 12/15/2012 11:06:30 PM     (No. 9068373)

If he takes the MSM with him, shame on Obama; If he tries to be a savior by declaring a temp. ban on guns while there... We know what true evil looks like, beyond the lkillings... those that take advantage of others grief.


   

 

  


 
Reply 3 - Posted by: Kurto, 12/15/2012 11:39:29 PM     (No. 9068416)

Will he allow them to touch the hem of his robe?


Reply 4 - Posted by: suedotsue, 12/15/2012 11:41:30 PM     (No. 9068425)

The Washington Times is as bad as the rest. Obama has won the election, can´t run again, yet they keep deifying him. Obama alone made the front page of the NY Daily News today in another Christ-like rendering.


Reply 5 - Posted by: Charactercounts, 12/16/2012 12:28:17 AM     (No. 9068480)

If I lived in that town, or was related to one of the victims, I wouldn´t go near this opportunistic Chicago thug. His purpose there is to further his agenda of gun control. He cares not for the victims--ask the people of Staten Island whom he used as a photo op and to help get him elected, then tossed aside.


Reply 6 - Posted by: TXknitter, 12/16/2012 12:39:00 AM     (No. 9068491)

The media, in general, gets worse every time something horrific happens. My neighbor watching nonstop. She says there is quite a bit of exaggeration about heroic acts, and all with little factual information. The sad part is that hopeful authors of new books, Hollywood film makers scouting for who will be willing to be part of the upcoming TV campaign for gun control, etc. are all going on as we speak. I really feel bad for the families of these babies. What they will be enduring from all those seeking to profit politically from this in the coming days and months is truly abuse.


Reply 7 - Posted by: mercedesops, 12/16/2012 12:48:43 AM     (No. 9068501)

Obama and the Democrats 2014 campaign to retake the House kicks off Sunday in Newtown,CT


   

 

  


 
Reply 8 - Posted by: bumbleshorts, 12/16/2012 3:25:01 AM     (No. 9068550)

Free T-shirts?


Reply 9 - Posted by: mrduc, 12/16/2012 4:48:32 AM     (No. 9068587)

I cannot help but think that George and Laura Bush would have come, but quietly and without cameras.


Reply 10 - Posted by: PLPointer67, 12/16/2012 5:45:04 AM     (No. 9068606)

I heard Geraldo Rivera call the pResident, the "Comforter in Chief." I almost gagged.


Reply 11 - Posted by: Jloophole, 12/16/2012 6:22:26 AM     (No. 9068618)

If he does not outright ban cameras, then we have every right to question his motive.


Reply 12 - Posted by: rplat, 12/16/2012 7:01:12 AM     (No. 9068634)

When the results of their failed social policies, their lack of solid moral values, their abandonment of God and their numerous hedonistic agendas come home to roost, they always attempt to pin blame on some inanimate object. Don’t believe their garbage, it’s the mind set and conscience of the country that must be changed . . . not the caliber of a gun.


   

 



 
Reply 13 - Posted by: srhcb, 12/16/2012 7:03:10 AM     (No. 9068638)

I´m sure the people of Newton, especially those who lost friends and family, appreciate our sentiment and support.

However, all this is coming uncomfortably close to maudlin.

Maybe we should let them, especially the families of the young children, have their privacy now?


Reply 14 - Posted by: LZK, 12/16/2012 7:35:11 AM     (No. 9068660)

He had best be very careful how he handles this grief....

If it becomes a photo/op -- shame on him....

If it becomes a spinning point for gun control -- shame on him....

Be very careful how you handle this. In fact -- don´t handle it. Just comfort low/key and leave...

LZK


Reply 15 - Posted by: franq, 12/16/2012 8:08:23 AM     (No. 9068697)

Hussein´s whistling voice is the last thing I would want to hear.


Reply 16 - Posted by: Me?Opinionated?Nah!, 12/16/2012 8:09:31 AM     (No. 9068701)

His tears were uncommonly invisible.


Reply 17 - Posted by: MDetwill, 12/16/2012 8:13:33 AM     (No. 9068710)

Why didn´t Obama head to Mexico for the hundreds, (if not thousands) that were killed with his Admin´s previous plan to get gun control on the table? Since he claimed Exec Privilege on that, doesn´t that make him responsible for more murders than this misguided kid?? Just asking...


   

 

  


 
Reply 18 - Posted by: strike3, 12/16/2012 8:19:05 AM     (No. 9068720)

The grieving parents have every right not to talk to him. I hope they exercise it.

We can always count on this sociopathic bumbler to do the wrong thing. I know it´s Alinski´s teachings but it only works when the target doesn´t know Alinski too.


Reply 19 - Posted by: Yephora, 12/16/2012 8:20:33 AM     (No. 9068722)

President DryEyes better bring this:
http://www.walgreens.com/store/c/walgreens-artificial-tears-lubricant-eye-drops-32-pack/ID=prod6002862-product


Reply 20 - Posted by: Chiritwo, 12/16/2012 8:21:45 AM     (No. 9068726)

another empty chair photo op. I wish he would just stay away from Newton. There is so much unimaginable grief there that he should just away.


Reply 21 - Posted by: JLoophole, 12/16/2012 8:22:53 AM     (No. 9068728)

Already the story is about him. Headline mentions him first. If he cared, he would stay away and send a statement to be read, if anything. Now, Obama, keep the cameras away. Keep them out. Not one picture of you, with anyone, at anytime. Maybe after that I MIGHT believe you are doing this for the right reason.


Reply 22 - Posted by: nonsense, 12/16/2012 8:31:24 AM     (No. 9068747)

Imagine the vision of a caravan of 22 large black vehicles with dark windows and flashing lights charging through a despondent town in CT. What comfort can this add to a town suffering from such a horrific tragedy? Sends chills down my spine.


   

 



 
Reply 23 - Posted by: ROLFnader, 12/16/2012 8:33:21 AM     (No. 9068754)

Oh, I´m sure it will be billed as private with no video but I wouldn´t be surprised if a cellphone video ´accidentally´ captures him flipping his airtears with his middle finger as a repeat of his message to the NRA on Friday.


Reply 24 - Posted by: planetgeo, 12/16/2012 8:33:43 AM     (No. 9068756)

Zeroism meets heroism.


Reply 25 - Posted by: dodge boy, 12/16/2012 8:39:53 AM     (No. 9068765)

Since this was not Obie´s screwup, you never know, he might actually look a few of the grieving parents in the eye with the suspect fake emotion as opposed to the Benghazi marine´s father. when Obie shook the father´s hand, he just looking past the guy like he wasn´t there. make it quick Obie. get your photo op then get the H out of Newtown.


Reply 26 - Posted by: cgood, 12/16/2012 9:29:47 AM     (No. 9068866)

Obama, every day in every way, fueled by crises.


Reply 27 - Posted by: M Stuart, 12/16/2012 9:46:45 AM     (No. 9068903)

Let´s see...how will he insert himself into this? He will cry and wipe away crocodile tears and get himself and his wife in the middle.

Picture HIS MAJESTY 0BAMBAM a la Rosa Parks´ bus, moon landing remembrance...

He´s as fake as a three dollar bill. Rachel Scott´s father said that parents don´t really care about having strangers come and try to give comforting advice when they are grieving. BamBam should stay away, but then he wouldn´t have great photo-ops.

Just which pResident started this whole idea that they need to go and be physically present at sites of damage? I don´t recall that this used to be the case. Not Kennedy. Not Johnson. Not Nixon. Not Ford. Who?


Reply 28 - Posted by: Lonestar Jack, 12/16/2012 10:21:18 AM     (No. 9068999)

Obama

Go to Bengazhi, please.

What about the kids in Detroit and Chicago?


Reply 29 - Posted by: JAN, 12/16/2012 10:28:22 AM     (No. 9069010)

But first he´ll stop in Chicago where ten people were shot last night and six died.


Reply 30 - Posted by: jackie, 12/16/2012 10:32:29 AM     (No. 9069017)

I wonder if he will cry from just one eye like he did when he was supposedly so caught up in grief Friday. He only wiped the tears? from his left eye. Maybe that is the only way a devil cries. Who knows..


Reply 31 - Posted by: KanCreeper, 12/16/2012 11:03:57 AM     (No. 9069079)

Judas Priest!

Does the Democ´RAT Clown Prince have no conscience?
Get ready for another Shameless Photo-OP.
The LSM will then give him the obligatory reach-around, and then he´ll fly away to Hawaii; till the middle of January when he´ll return for his next Immaculation.

While Val-Jar makes all his decisions.


Reply 32 - Posted by: ebuilder, 12/16/2012 11:18:08 AM     (No. 9069108)

On May 24-26, 15,000 muslims came to Hartford to insist on passage of shariah law as a means of judging muslim incidents in the CT courts. They have targeted other cities as well. Shariah law has been adapted by many cities in Great Britain, and is on the move in a declining Europe. There is a promise by an Almighty God in Hosea 4:6. -- "If you forget Me I will forget your children." He cannot lie. Michelle Bachmann is the only vocal representative saying Obama wants to lifet up the Islamists -- in a sense taking us away from His pre-eminence and protection. I am not saying there is ANY connection. Chaos is random. But our policy is chaos and total transformation, which no one can explain. You also may have not read about Russian nuclear submarines off the eastern coast, and of at least one Pakistani mini submarine supposedly off loading Pakistanis on our shores -- Pakistan being one terrorist country with nukes. For some reason we will not rededicate our country to Christ. Worse, we booed Christian values at the democrat convention, and we see these values under attack by the republican leadership. There is no parent in this country who is not heartbroken to numbness over the enormity of this evil. Evil the reality, not the cliche. We are heartbroken for our country, to many of the greatest of all countries, and to others the source of all the world´s problems. We are loss to explain the disparity in understanding this place, and what has come to us. Please God, may these little ones, now in Heaven, lead us back to your covering and peace.


Reply 33 - Posted by: Republic Can, 12/16/2012 11:19:30 AM     (No. 9069109)

Tears gather in the inside corners of the eyes. See Boehner, John. 0bama has no soul OR tears for babies.

Its only through the grace of God that our current POTUS didn´t emulate the same acts as a young man. He, however was given the attention he needed to turn that evil immoral sociopath into our Resident instead of a tragedy like Newtown. He would have been just like Lanza. He can thank only his grandparents for that.


Reply 34 - Posted by: geronimo, 12/16/2012 11:19:56 AM     (No. 9069110)

Not Obie´s screwup?

FTA: "But federal and state officials, citing beefed up security and safety procedures in recent years, say that the country’s K-12 schools have become safer in recent years, according to the most recent statistics.

The U.S. Department of Education reported that the number of people killed in so-called “school-associated” incidents fell from a high of 63 in the 2006-2007 school year to 33 in the latest full school year."

These gov´t reassurances make me feel SO much better. Only 33 in the last year. What a relief.

How do those comments square with this:

http://www.washingtonguardian.com/washingtons-school-security-failure

How can that vile druggie hypocrite show his deadfish face in Newtown?


Reply 35 - Posted by: RancherJack, 12/16/2012 11:30:52 AM     (No. 9069131)

Gee, no attendance at funerals for the 2,000 children murdered every day


Reply 36 - Posted by: BetseyRoss, 12/16/2012 11:54:06 AM     (No. 9069172)

I think Obama is going to promote his gun control agenda. He is showing his Islam buddies and murderers that he is willing to disarm America and we will be ready for whatever mayhem awaits us. Where else to kill as many people as possible than in an elementary school, day care center, nursing home or senior center or any place where people gather and there is no known armed resistence. Gun free zones are the stupidest Liberal idea ever. It´s just a sign for any terrorists to mark their targets and cause unbelievable suffering and tragedy. If I were a parent I would not send my child to a school that is not secure. From now on I would hope that people would start demanding security for their kids in a public school or any place where children or elderly are. Ever since the SC decided that life was not precious, we have had to deal with this. Apparently it will not go away until someone shoots back or the bad guys can´t count on being successful enough to make the news. They don´t care about their lives, they just want big numbers of our lives. The culture of death and we know which party is enamoured of that.


Reply 37 - Posted by: Eheu Fugaces, 12/16/2012 12:22:51 PM     (No. 9069237)

Interesting to see the similarity in so many fellow L-dotters reactions.

One is torn between horror at what happened, and sorrow for the families -- and fury at the vulgar, brassy opportunism of some politicians and political activists. The latter types have certainly taken Rahm´s (or was it Axelrod´s) advice about never letting a crisis go to waste, haven´ they? Obama, who was just barely tolerable in his message to the nation, hasn´t the civility to for once step back and allow one major event to pass without making it all about him.

As for the news media, as usual they are giving their best nauseating imitation of those clownish ghouls who tie up the traffic on highways after an accident by slowing down to a crawl hoping feverishly for glimpses of blood and guts strewn over the road.

I am sure that families nearly paralyzed by grief really enjoy having microphones thrust up their noses while the entire horrendous event is turned into a cheap soap opera.


Reply 38 - Posted by: ebuilder, 12/16/2012 12:23:52 PM     (No. 9069238)

Went back and listened to the 12-15-12 Jack Van Impe Report again. Al-Qaeida has decared a firebombing policy against the US. Part of the "plan" is to use Pakistani minisubs. The 2 Pakistani terrorists caught here were nationalized Americans and not "off loaded" from a minisub. My mistake.


Reply 39 - Posted by: vesicant, 12/16/2012 12:40:04 PM     (No. 9069264)

You won´t see it in the MSM, but in one picture of scumbama "crying," he´s using his middle finger.


Reply 40 - Posted by: larryp, 12/16/2012 2:31:36 PM     (No. 9069400)

We are not the soviet union yet. the parents that choose to can meet in a park way from all the commotion, whether WH -style or reporter style.


Reply 41 - Posted by: ocjim, 12/16/2012 2:34:03 PM     (No. 9069405)

Everything Obama does is political. And as corroborated by former staff, he is not a people person. He doesn´t even like people in the words of one staffer. What is he doing going to Newtown other than to clog up that tragic place with enormous security and delays.


Reply 42 - Posted by: strike3, 12/16/2012 3:24:48 PM     (No. 9069457)

Obama´s inevitable assault on gun ownership concerns me more than the probability of another psycho like this doing another mass killing. In a mall with thousands of shoppers present, if nobody else has a weapon, the body count could easily surpass 100. Fast & Furious didn´t play well for him but this one is the perfect storm for gun control.

That said, the shooter´s mother has every right to own legal weapons but why would she have top of the line handguns and a Bushmaster unlocked in the house when she obviously had a very troubled child at home? Part of the responsibility lies with her but I guess we´ll never know how much.


Reply 43 - Posted by: Philipsonh, 12/16/2012 4:00:50 PM     (No. 9069503)

The Chicago Tribune reported 10 shootings
on Friday alone. You think the President will
show up there and point out that his former Chief of Staff cannot control the city. Don´t expect so, or he would have to go there every weekend, because there are shootings every weekend.


Reply 44 - Posted by: steveracer, 12/16/2012 4:40:43 PM     (No. 9069587)

I am a resident of Sandy Hook. Did not vote for Obama but will swallow that thought and will attend. The innocent dead and the community need our prayers.


Reply 45 - Posted by: cgood, 12/16/2012 8:27:33 PM     (No. 9069848)

Sure you are #45. What´s it like to live in a school?


Reply 46 - Posted by: boliver, 12/16/2012 10:13:26 PM     (No. 9069948)

#47 - Sandy Hook is a village in the town of Newtown, CT. My suspicion is that poster #45 lives in the village, not the school...


Reply 47 - Posted by: Momma Walton, 12/16/2012 10:19:25 PM     (No. 9069949)

The sad part to witness is that "now" we can pray, ask for God´s intervention. Before we denied children/teachers to pray in school, then we want to blame Him when havoc occurs. The ACLU has controlled our schools, not God!

America needs to stand up for Righteousness (God´s will/way)!

Abortion is the law of the land. Many of these children were probably not wanted by the government, only by their parents, who sacrificed to provide their needs.

This country has turned away from God, denying His existence even, not wanting Baby Jesus to be seen anymore.

Political correctness is diabolical. Satan has caused all this havoc. Sadly too many politicians stand on both sides, first agreeing, then when havoc occurs, they wonder "where was God"?! They had already said we don´t want You here or anything about you.

Look at our President´s Christmas Card - a doggie on it. He speaks from both sides of his mouth.

Guess all decision are beyond Obama´s pay grade.

One day Obama will stand before Almighty God and he will not be able to pass the buck and blame US!

We are all accountable for our actions!

Scripture says: Let God arise and His enemies be scattered!

May it be so and the sooner the better. Amen


Reply 48 - Posted by: artlover, 12/16/2012 10:59:48 PM     (No. 9069988)

As for me, I won´t know what he does unless I just happen to hear someone say, as I don´t listen to him. I don´t know how I am going to get through four years.



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Amerian Spectator, by Ross Kaminsky    Original Article
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If ponies rode men and grass ate cows, And cats were chased into holes by the mouse … If summer were spring and the other way round, Then all the world would be upside down. Once in a long while, an event evokes one of my favorite historical images: the British Army band, at Lord Cornwallis’ surrender at Yorktown which sealed the Americans’ revolutionary victory, playing “The World Turned Upside Down.” In this case, the event is the dramatic change over the past two weeks

Seattle to melt buyback guns
into peace bricks

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Associated Press, by Staff    Original Article
Posted By: maggie2u- 5/7/2013 1:13:31 PM     Post Reply
The Seattle Police Department collected more than 700 guns during a buyback in January, and now city officials have a plan for what to do with them. Mayor Mike McGinn is expected to announce Tuesday that they´ll be melted into bricks carrying messages of peace, and the bricks will be placed around the city. The buyback program was announced a month after last December´s elementary school massacre in Newtown, Conn., by city leaders sick of hearing about gun violence. Private sponsors including Amazon.com contributed tens of thousands of dollars

Sanford gets second chance:
On political scrapheap 4 years ago,
ex-governor wins 1st district seat

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Post & Courier [Charleston, SC], by Glenn Smith*    Original Article
Posted By: Attercliffe- 5/8/2013 12:59:28 AM     Post Reply
Former Gov. Mark Sanford completed the trail to political redemption Tuesday with a win over Democrat Elizabeth Colbert Busch to reclaim his old seat in Congress. Sanford defeated Colbert Busch 54 percent to 45 percent, according to full unofficial results. Turnout was heavier than expected, with about 32 percent of the district’s 455,702 registered voters casting ballots. Sanford, who has never lost an election, returns to the 1st District seat he held for three terms from 1995-2001. It’s a remarkable comeback for a man many pundits had written off after his highly publicized affair with an Argentine

A new ‘Dawn’ at ABC:
Newsman becomes newswoman

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New York Post, by Tara Palmeri    Original Article
Posted By: KarenJ1- 5/8/2013 11:26:11 AM     Post Reply
Top ABC News editor Don Ennis walked into his Manhattan office on Friday in a “little black dress” and a brunette bobbed wig and announced to colleagues that from now on, he would like to be known as Dawn. The 49-year-old father of three said he’s splitting from his wife of 17 years to become a woman, or Dawn Stacey Ennis, as she is now known on her governmental records. “Today I begin anew,” she wrote on her Facebook timeline, where she debuted a flirty new profile picture. “Please understand: This is not a game of

Dem Congressman At Benghazi
Hearing: "Death Is A Part Of Life"

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Real Clear Politics, by Ian Schwartz    Original Article
Posted By: Desert Fox- 5/8/2013 2:27:15 PM     Post Reply
Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD), ranking member of the House Oversight Committee, tells Benghazi witnesses that "death is a part of life." CUMMINGS: And, as I listen to your testimony I could not help but think of something that I said very recently -- two years ago now -- in a eulogy for a relative. I said that death is a part of life, so often we have to find a way to make life a part of death. And, I guess the reason why I´m saying that, going back to something Mr. Nordstrom said, he wanted,

Benghazi: Incompetence,
but no cover-up

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National Journal, by Michael Hirsh    Original Article
Posted By: Fiesta del sol- 5/8/2013 6:04:54 PM     Post Reply
There was tragic incompetence, plainly, in the Obama administration’s handling of the Benghazi attacks, and even possibly some political calculation. It is a record that may well come to haunt Hillary Clinton, the first Secretary of State to lose an ambassador in the field in more than three decades, if she runs for president in 2016. But the obvious Republican effort to turn this inquiry into the Democratic (Obama) version of the Iraq intelligence scandal that has tarred the GOP since the George W. Bush years -- led by that least-credible of champions, the almost-always-wrong Darrell Issa --

Stephen Hawking backs
boycott of Israeli academics

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Associated Press, by Gregory Katz and Aron Heller    Original Article
Posted By: Scottyboy- 5/8/2013 12:08:27 PM     Post Reply
British physicist Stephen Hawking has dropped plans to attend a major international conference in Israel in June, citing his belief that he should respect a Palestinian call to boycott contacts with Israeli academics. The University of Cambridge released a statement Wednesday indicating that Hawking had told the Israelis last week that he would not be attending "based on advice from Palestinian academics that he should respect the boycott." University officials said they had "previously understood" that Hawking´s decision was based solely on health concerns — he is 71 and has severe disabilities — but had now been told otherwise by Hawking´s office.

The High Cost of Rush: Talker
Bleeds Millions From His Carriers
as Toxic Talk Slumps, Cumulus Seems
Set to Part Ways With Rush Limbaugh

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Daily Beast, by John Avlon    Original Article
Posted By: Pluperfect- 5/8/2013 5:41:29 AM     Post Reply
“We´ve had a tough go of it this last year,” Cumulus CEO Lew Dickey said Tuesday morning. “The facts are indisputable regarding the impact certain things have had on ad dollars." Dickey told analysts on the earnings call that his radio empire’s revenue was down $5.6 million in the first quarter of 2013 on top of a boatload of debt. Why? Parse the weasel words (“the impact of certain things”) and you’ll see that Dickey is blaming one man for the precipitous decline of right-wing talk radio’s profitability: Rush Limbaugh. El Rushbo is still a giant in the industry,

Fox Analyst Shreds ‘Cowardly,
Duplicitous’ Admin Over Benghazi:
‘Sacrificed American Lives For Politics’

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Mediaite, by Meenal Vamburkar    Original Article
Posted By: KarenJ1- 5/8/2013 11:47:07 AM     Post Reply
Ahead of the Benghazi hearings in which three witnesses are set to testify before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, Fox & Friends co-host Brian Kilmeade invited Fox News analyst Lt. Col. Ralph Peters to discuss the issue. Peters was unflinching in his criticism of the “cowardly” Obama administration — and the “establishment media” that aids it. “Is this a national security coverup?” Kilmeade asking, explaining that the witness testimony is expected to say the administration was deceitful in its handling of the situation. “The administration, facing the election, went into panic mode, wanted to contain it,”


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