13 dead, 31 wounded in Fort Hood shooting (unemployment, Cheney, United States, campaign)

[Austin13]

Originally Posted by mossomo

Holy ****. Nidal Malik Hasan had come to the attention of authorities six months ago because of Internet postings that discussed suicide bombings and other threats, law enforcement officials said Thursday.

Evidently he was not a convert to Islam, but was a lifelong -- and observant -- Muslim.

His parents are Palestinians from the West Bank, according to his aunt, Noel Hasan of Falls Church.

AP sources: Authorities had concerns about suspected Fort Hood shooter, reviewed Web postings | StarTribune.com (http://www.startribune.com/nation/69322567.html?elr=KArksCiUMEaPc:UiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUL PQL7PQLanchO7DiUr - broken link)

And some people posting on CD don't think anyone is paying attention to their posts.

[freefall]

The muslims are coming, the muslims are coming!

[Katarina Witt]

Originally Posted by dcadca

Not true. Had he showed an ounce of emotion I would feel differently but there was nothing. What hit me the hardest was the "shout out" he gave when he first walked out very wrong IMO.

Had he done that, you would have criticized him for being "weak", or "womanly", or something.

Originally Posted by dcadca

Are there some that will find fault with everything he does? Yes but in my case no. I have given him credit for things when it was due but I can also call him out when I feel he does something off and to me this was off way off.

I think the correct statement should be is there nothing that he can do WRONG in the eyes of his sheep.

Perhaps you can give one, just one, example of you giving him "credit". Maybe you meant you loaned him money to buy a car, or something.

Originally Posted by Marlow

Yes. He was at a previously scheduled meeting to address a tribal nations group. He spoke to them for about two-and-a-half minutes and then addressed the Ft. Hood killings. His mood was not exactly "light-hearted." He smile a bit and recognized a medal of honor winner. He was hardly yukking it up and telling jokes.

How do you think he should have handled it?

And if he had not gone on with his tribute to the Native Americans, the RW would be criticizing him for that! e.g. "what could he do about that mess in Ft. Hood, anyway? "He dissed these Native Americans", etc.

[malamute]

Originally Posted by tinman01

No doubt fear of being called a xenophobe or a racist was part of it, that would be a career breaker.
It disturbs me that so many knew he was bad news and no action was taken. Worse still they had this lunatic treating soldiers.

And most likely they allowed him to continue on simply because he was a Muslim. Would a Catholic proclaiming the Vatican should destroy the USA be promoted? Would a Bible thumper speaking of his open hate of America be promoted? This guy was not even a good doctor but was given a good position because????

[newtoli]

Originally Posted by Cunucu Beach

No, it's not just tonyandclair89 who are disgusted with the way Obama handled his press conference. There are many others who feel that Obama should have spoken solely about the shootings at Fort Hood.

More info is coming out about Major Hasan. He was a member of Obama's Homeland Security Policy Institute Presidential Transition Task Force and his name is listed on page 29 of this report. http://www.gwumc.edu/hspi/old/PTTF_ProceedingsReport_05.19.09.pdf (broken link)

Considering this task force was formed in April of 2008, it's not "Obama's" Presidential Transition Task Force... and he was not a member. But hey, just repeat things you read on FR or WND without checking into them, k?

http://mediamatters.org/research/200911060011

WorldNetDaily falsely claimed that alleged Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan "advised Obama transition" in the headline of an article by Jerome Corsi highlighting his listing as a "participant" in a report for the Homeland Security Policy Institute (HSPI) at George Washington University's Presidential Transition Task Force. However, Corsi himself acknowledges that there is no evidence that "the group played any formal role in the official Obama transition" -- indeed, the Task Force was initiated in April 2008. Moreover, while Hasan was listed as one of approximately 300 "Task Force Event Participants" in the report's appendix, HSPI has reportedly said he was not a "member" of the Task Force, and was listed because he RSVP'd for several of the group's open events.

FRIDAY MORNING UPDATE: Daniel Kaniewski, the institute's deputy director, confirms that Hasan attended task force meetings as an audience member, and stresses that he was not a member of the task force. "All of our events are open to the public," Kaniewski says, "and when someone RSVPs we put their name in the [report] so everyone knows who was in the room." He says institute staffers recall Hasan attending at least one task force event, and that he RSVP'd for several. "We do recall him speaking at one of our events as an audience member," he says, "but none of us recall what he actually said. Generally, our events are attended by people in the homeland security community, and Hasan had a very legitimate reason to be there. He was a fellow at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences."

[ecvMatt]

As i said in the other thread, how would people react if the Principal of Columbine had said the follow immediately after the shootings:

"First, i want to congratulate Billy Holcomb on winning the national merit award, and the football coach is here, great job coach, now, about the shootings..."


How would you react if your place of work had been shot up and the president of the company said:

"Congratulations on a terrific second quarter, Bob Smith is here, he sold 10,000 units last month, great job Bob. Now, these terrible shootings we had..."

[tinman01]

Hasan's cousin says that he was a good american!!!!
Yes good americans always go on killing rampages against their co-workers.

[obo]

Originally Posted by sickofnyc

As long as you have brought up Bush's name and are comparing Obama's reaction to Bush's, here goes....Bush sat in a classroom as if he were a mannequin for way too many minutes before a reaction, after hearing the news that we were attacked on a grand scale. Bush was to busy helping McCain blow out b'day candles while New Orleans drowned. Bush with the help of his evil and self serving administration sent thousands of soldiers to their death based on a lie. What a stomach churning statement you make when dare to assume that Bush did not deserve any of the bashing that he has received. Demise you say? We had a criminal administration bring this country to its knees and then just ride off into the sunset without a thought to the devestation they had left behind!

You really need to see a doctor for your incredible case of BDS.

[malamute]

Originally Posted by Austin13

"When the word finally comes out".........

So far, the word is that the man did not have anyone else helping him, so perhaps it was an act by "one single individual"......

A lot like many of the Muslim suicide bombers -- that is what Muslim terrorism is about. They don't build up armies and navies to defeat their enemies, they commit acts just like this or blowing up innocent students in sidewalk cafes in Israel.

[meson]

Originally Posted by tinman01

Hasan's cousin says that he was a good american!!!!
Yes good americans always go on killing rampages against their co-workers.

Good Americans crack every day, just look around you...