This event is a terrible reminder of the cruelty and injustice that still exists in the hearts of many. A despicable act of violence has occurred at a place dedicated to peace and remembrance, and in a building that is synonymous with respect. My heart and prayers go out to the family of the brave security guard who was wounded and has put his life on the line to protect all those who were inside the Museum.
I was scheduled to attend a play tonight at the Museum about the effects of bigotry and anti-Semitism. The Museum is a living memorial to the victims of crimes against humanity. While this crime occurred in the nation's capital, we are reminded that there are still those who seek to use fear and hate to change the world. Just this weekend, in my hometown of Memphis, a church was vandalized and desecrated by hate speech that made references to the KKK.
As we move forward from today's events, let us commit ourselves to fighting fear with hope and ignorance with education.
http://www.tremblethedevil.com/my_weblog/2009/06/overtaken-by-events.html
The befuddled branch of middle class liberals is being gradually transformed into Islamic fundamentalist supporting cadre.
Some gullible liberals ( not all) easily fall for pseudo-freedom propaganda slapped together for Western consumption.
Witness Ahmadinejad an ultra right religious fundamentalist if there ever was one. Some liberals support him solely because he includes some nonsense about neo-colonialism.
Some acts of violence are ignored altogether [such as IDF killing kids]
Some acts of violence serve larger purposes..... for special special people.
Gaza - yesterday and today a ghetto very much like Warsaw was. Hardly a word or whisper in the western media.
Now one lone person goes into a public place and shoots a guard. Within a few hours the news gets more coverage than Gaza has gotten cumulativly in years.
What are the values being displayed by ignoring the horrors of the 1.5 million prisoners in the Gaza Ghetto - the silence concerning the murdering of 400 children with American weapons by a country that has been recieving in excess of 3 billion dollars a year in $US weapons and aid while ethnically cleansing the Palestinian people, yet turns a blind eye to much greater tragedies and crimes when they are committed by the US or our allies. .
The author is right when he states " a terrible reminder of the cruelty and injustice that exists in the heart of many " -- too bad that the cruelty and injustices of the much larger magnitude that are silenced when they are committed by the United States and Israel don't count when it comes to the societies that kill children and destroy other cultures .
Jews are Americans too!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Your deflection to an unrelated subject is an implicit support for the beliefs and actions of Mr. Braunn. Shameful.
The man who did the shooting today was a 9-11 truther, and a fan of pro-Palestinian activists like Rachel Corrie. He hates both political parties, and he hates Christians as well as Jews. He is a member of CNIF, which is a Hamas supporting group. He's an Aryan conspiracy nut, and those folks work with the left as well as the right. This is an area where the right/left dichotomy doesn't apply, especially since today's right (as in Republicans, neocons, conservatives) tends to be more supportive of Israel than the left.
Don't hold your breathe.
Really, Palestinians would be better off using the Holocaust instead of trying to debunk it.
Wonder who may have taunted this guy in the last few days?
Who may have said.... HEY -- it's time BRO..... do it - make a difference before you die.
All these orgs are infiltrated .... and organized.
Pin the all too-sensical opposition to the Federal Reserve on crazy racists like this guy. Another cog in the propaganda machine. I'll bet he was a crazy Ron paul tea-bagger homegrown terrorist afraid of the black president.
This is how the machine works: Just like the Muslim shooter in the south and the abortion doctor, this guy was probably under FBI watch, maybe even the ever-so honorable Southern Poverty Law Center or even the ADL trying vigorously to paint all anti-Obama types as Klansman. Then, Fox and the right wing spin machine hype it up to provocate more copy-cats and Olbermann gets to do special comments on the brutality of it all.
Either way, the fight promoter at the top of the food chain laughs and continues to count your money he just stole from your back pocket.
Please, call things what they truly are.
I have written about this subject extensively. You can see my most recent piece here: http://fullpermissionliving.blogspot.com/2009/06/please-folks-call-craziness-what-it-is.html
Peter Loffredo
Just because someone acts on a heinous thought doesn't mean they are mentally ill.
If that were the case we all need padded cells.
Is there no way to end this???? am so saddened....
thank you again for this forum..