So, I scanned the internet looking at CBS, NBC, Fox and ABC but found no trace of John F. Kennedy or Pearl Harbor coverage. Kennedy was killed in Dallas on November 22, 1963. The Japanesse bombed Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. There was no rememberance. There was no nothing? Why?
Millions Billions of dollars were paid out by Homeland Security for tons of items but we got little or nothing in return.
Crew has the rest of the story.
Nice video. Bo Bice - Witness.
There has been a lot of discussion about what Oprah Winfrey will mean to Barack Obama’s campaign. First of all, Oprah isn’t like any other celebrity. She isn’t the Hollywood type that comes with all of the liberal Hollywood stereotypes. That’s a plus. Secondly, the media is pushing that Oprah reaches 8 - 9 million households per day. I would multiple that number by 2 or 3. Even if someone didn’t see a particular episode of Oprah her friends did. Soon, there’s a phone call, “Did you see who Oprah had on yesterday?” Finally, Oprah has a long history of delivering the goods for her audience. Whether it is books that they like or the best turkey to order or whatever, Oprah has a history of delivering and not letting her audience down. Oprah’s endorsement is HUGE.
Finally, the Hillary Clinton and John Edward camp have been thinking about how to respond. I’m not sure that there is an answer for Oprah. I know that you can’t attack Oprah. Folks have tried over the years and it hasn’t worked out so well for them.
We examine these types of incidents over and over again. We look for some clue that will tell us how to prevent these tragedies. We search for the one thing that will help us spot the next guy.
As far as I know we can’t predict individual behavior. We calculate that this particular series of stressors will lead to depression or violence. I guess what I’m saying is that we look for something that isn’t there. There are no good answers from something like this.
BTW, we, now, have all of these images of the shooter in the mall. What is the purpose of these mall cameras? I thought it was to identify bad people so that we could intervene. If we can’t identify “bad” people then why are we being watched?
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From AP:
As police released surveillance images of a shaggy-haired, bespectacled Robert Hawkins taking aim at holiday shoppers, more details were revealed Friday about the teenager’s suicide note, in which he wrote that he “just snapped.”
“I know everyone will remember me as some sort of monster, but please understand that I just don’t want to be a burden on the ones that I care for my entire life,” he wrote. “I just want to take a few pieces of (expletive) with me.”
The 19-year-old gunman left the note at the suburban house where he lived Wednesday before going to Omaha’s Westroads Mall with an AK-47 and opening fire on the midday holiday shopping crowd, fatally shooting eight people at the Von Maur store before turning the gun on himself. (more…)
Errington C. Thompson, MD, is a surgeon, scholar, fulltime sports fan and part-time political activist. He is active in a number of community projects and initiatives. Through medicine, he strives to improve the physical health of all he treats...
