Comments on: Thursday talk radio update

By: Anita

Anita — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 22:28:45 +0000

Well, I have family in Killeen, and a brother-in-law who had just left post before the massacre. Also, I lived near Killeen recently and taught at the local community college in Killeen where so many of my students were soldiers. Of course, I would think of those people first. At no time, however, did I think , “The soldier must have been a Muslim.” And I am definitely not so politically correct as to be able to control my first, unvoiced thoughts! Quite honestly, I was hoping it was no one I knew suffering from PTSD.

Also, I guess I’m not so pessimistic as to believe the West is being destroyed, at least not by ideas. I think people just don’t want to take responsibility for what they observe or fear in others. I’ve had personal experience with people turning a blind eye to the questionable behavior of those they know or love. Wishful thinking goes a long way in supporting denial. That’s nothing new. However, I was under the impression that the shooter HAD been brought to the attention of the authorities before this happened. Maybe I have my facts wrong.

That the soldier was a Muslim who had been radicalized is not surprising, just as it is not surprising that a radicalized Christian might kill a doctor at an abortion clinic or leave a bomb in a crowded area at the Olympics. All heinous acts. All to be decried.

By: Not Anita

Not Anita — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 13:57:49 +0000

I am being completely honest about this Anita, but my first thought was that the act was committed by a muslim soldier. Don’t ask me why I thought that, but it just seemed to make sense (and was later proven correct).

As for blaming Obama (or Bush), no. The blame is on the lone nut followed by those around him that did nothing to bring him to the attention of authorities (such as those he worked with or those in his Mosque where he was known to have “radical’ beliefs). Political correctness is slowly destroying the West … very sad.

By: ubercheesehead

ubercheesehead — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 23:51:44 +0000

Hey, congratulations! You made Mark Steyn’s “Reader of the Day” portal. Enjoy your 15 minutes of fame before sinking back into the realm of those of whom it is said, “Never have so many had so much to say to so few.”

By: Eric Coobs

Eric Coobs — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 16:10:20 +0000

I heard some of it, the administartion was criticized, rightly so, for instantly going into PC mode, not wanting anybody to know that the psychiatrist-turned-psycho was a muslim.

I was waiting for a bunch of liberals shouting about more gun controls, but I guess they figured out that disarming soldiers would be a tough-sell.

NPR kicked butt? Oh – you’re the one listening to them – wondered who it was – LOL

By: Anita

Anita — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 02:11:28 +0000

The first thoughts I had were for family. My sister teaches in one of the schools in Killeen, and her husband, who has completed two tours in Iraq, is based on Ft. Hood. My husband thought of his colleagues with The Nature Conservancy, which has a large project and employees associated with that project located on Ft. Hood. Having ascertained that all we knew were safe, my daughter, who was home all week, sick, turned to me and asked if this, too, was going to be blamed on President Obama.