While the far left is blaming Bill O’Reilly and the pro-life movement for the death of George Tiller, another shooting has left military recruiter William Long dead at the hands of an anti-military Muslim convert.
Mainstream liberals like Keith Olbermann and news sources like NBC have already blamed O'Reilly for Tiller's death, as have websites like Salon, the Huffington Post, and the Daily Kos.
Markos Moulitsas may have celebrated the deaths of Blackwater fighters and wished for a similar fate for Michelle Malkin, but nevermind that.
And Olbermann did call our troops fighting in Iraq "cold-blooded killers," but that obviously had nothing to do with the hate some on the left feel against the military.
To be sure, I'm not saying that Olbermann or Kos are somehow to blame for one lunatic's deranged actions, I am simply saying that those two lunatics are responsible for their own deranged comments. Saying that someone is responsible for murder based on their civic dissent is nothing more than first-degree fear mongering.
It's part of a broader effort the left has been engaging in now that they have risen to power.
First it was Obama's attacks on Rush Limbaugh then the left blamed Glenn Beck for causing the murder of three police officers. Just one day before the Tea Parties, the Department of Homeland Security released a memo warning of right-wing terrorists.
In March, the state of Missouri released a memo warning that supporters of third-party candidates might be terrorists. Only in the sense that they might threaten the two-party status quo...
The take away from these efforts is an attempt to discredit critics and push for a Censorship Doctrine disguided as localism to further stiffle dissent.
PS: While Michelle Malkin, Allahpundit, Red State, and other conservative bloggers have denounced Tiller's murder, Keith Olbermann, Think Progress, the Huffington Post, Crooks and Liars, and AmericaBlog haven't even mentioned William Long's murder at the recruiting center as of this writing.
—Mitchell Blatt is the editor of the foreign affairs blog Bombs and Dollars.
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Those left wingers
June 2, 2009 - 07:02 ET by well99Only care about political advantage they can get from Tillers death.They wont talk about the soldier's death because they cant smear Conservs or anyone they isnt a left wing punk.I wouldnt urinate in their mouths if they were dieing of thirst and I was driving a water truck.They can FOAD in a hard way.
Well the soldier's
June 2, 2009 - 07:13 ET by MidAmericaWell the soldier's shooter is black and a Muslim so he has two sympathy cards from the press right there and if he comes from a poor family and didn't know his father that practically makes any case against him unjustified. Plus... if the police who picked him up were white, that would have to be a case of racism. The police oficers should be put on leave while they are investigated. Call out the protesters!
No doubt he was
June 2, 2009 - 08:35 ET by motherbeltJust another "disenfranchised youth".......
I didn't think it was physically possible, but this both sucks and blows. -Bart Simpson
OK
June 2, 2009 - 07:41 ET by 10ksnookerSo how would it look on the "new" middle east apology tour to have a Jihadi Muslim shoot up an Arkansas recruiting center as the lead story.
You think the state run media would carry that story?
I brought up the Moulitsas
June 2, 2009 - 08:34 ET by motherbeltI brought up the Moulitsas thing re Blackwater in yesterday's thread on this subject.
You link doesn't work, but his words regarding the murder of private security guards, who, by the way, were providing security for food shipments were:
They were there to wage war for profit. Screw them.
Which is how he got dubbed with the nickname Markos "Screw them" Moulitsas.
I didn't think it was physically possible, but this both sucks and blows. -Bart Simpson
I don't know what it's
June 2, 2009 - 08:44 ET by ConservativeRexI don't know what it's going to take for this country. I am really at a loss. We should ban all moolisms from preaching in our prisons, a recruiting area for these bastards.
But, we have a mooslim president and I know we can't expect anything more out of this dimwit. Anyone heard a peep out of obami yet on these soldier shootings? Figures, just crickets. He was quick to jump on Tiller the baby killer shooting. He did it within minutes of it happening. You gotta admit, obami knows his base, and it sure isn't the military. Well, maybe if we're lucky they'll be the ones to throw him and his out in the street when it's all said and done. Who is going to stop them?
We are.
June 2, 2009 - 09:08 ET by AgentAmericanCR, it boils down to one key factor...We The People...and when.
Apparently, it's going to be I, Obama. The GOP continues to drive me into the Libertarian corner with their lack of resolve and action.
2010: A GOP Hill
Keep the prison door open to evangelism
June 2, 2009 - 11:24 ET by nkviking75I hate the idea of Muslim proselytizing in prisons, but if we slam the door on that, we also close the door to Christians evangelizing in prisons. As an evangelical Christian, I don't want that opportunity lost. The answer is for Christians to be more aggressive in offering an alternative to Islam.
When you put the clowns in charge, don't be surprised when a circus breaks out.
I mentioned this...
June 2, 2009 - 08:50 ET by taocpasame thing in another thread.
I find it ironic there is no moral outrage from the left over the
shooting at the military recruiting center. I am
sure that's justifiable to save lives.
They have gone ape over the Tiller shooting, however all in the name of "choice." Who's choice? Certainly not the unborn child's.
I don't expect any outrage. I won't hold my breath. I will turn blue and die.
When will the madness end? Hopefully, January 20, 2013.
Tom
The members of the press
June 2, 2009 - 09:04 ET by BDThe members of the press will not mention the murderous attack at the recruiting station because for some DEMENTED reason they find more value in George Tillers Life than in PFC Long's.
After all, Long belonged to that unprotected class - the US Serviceman. Indeed, his attacker will likely have puff pieces writeen about him concentrating on how he was abused by the system and was thus forced to conduct his murderous attack.
BAN MUSLIMS
June 2, 2009 - 08:50 ET by Six String SpiffSo is the world just going to sit by and watch the leading exporters of death (which just so HAPPENS to be Islamists) continue to murder because profiling them is bad? What's worse; Dead people or offended people? I mean seriously. Here are a group of people that murder over something so trivial as a CARTOON. Nope. Nothing to see here. Wouldn't want to do anything silly like profiling. It's not OUR fault that 99% of global terrorism is committed in the name of Islam.
BUT WATCH OUT FOR THOSE RIGHT WINGERS! So says Ms. Napolitano.
Islamic Religious Services Will Be Held at the Firing Range At 0800 Daily.
You have a point. The DHS
June 2, 2009 - 09:08 ET by BDYou have a point. The DHS report that has been withdrawn shows just what the current administration thinks.
THe islamic attacker who killed him was not listed as a potential threat in the same portion that young PFC long would have been this time in two years when he would return from overseas as a veteran.
How did we get so screwed up with this politically correct crap?
Tiller was open about his business and was infamous before BOR
June 2, 2009 - 08:59 ET by lotrHate to burst the pop-liberal bubble, but many of us who self-identify as pro-life knew about Tiller (and actively prayed for him) well before Bill O'Reilly, to his credit, started reporting on Tiller's lucrative abortion business. I mean, come on -- it's not like Tiller operated incognito, flying under the pro-life radar -- he openly advertised and boasted his craft. Not only that, but does it strike anyone as a tad bit more than coincidence that Tiller recently became the subject of national attention recently, as he was shamelessly acquitted by a stacked justice system? Duh.
This blame-game has a strange familiarity about it. Sounds a bit like the TEA parties, when the CNN "reporter" tried to spin the notion that it was somehow FNC that orchestrated the whole thing.
"Let's wrap him up, alright?" -- Keith Olbermann
Black American islam
June 2, 2009 - 09:16 ET by slickwillie2001I've always been disgusted/fascinated by the fashion trend of American blacks converting to islam. It started with idiots like in the 'nation of islam' movement in the sixties and a myth that in Africa, the native religion of those taken as slaves was islam. Part of the phenomenon is also a rejection of Christianity, which they saw as associated with the white race.
I had hoped that with the outbreak of the war between islam and the rest of the world that conversions would drop off. Who knows if they have. Some of these folks need to visit East Africa and Soddy Arabia and see how black muslims are treated by arab muslims.
I just visited CNN & MSNBC's News sites...
June 2, 2009 - 09:17 ET by DMartyrNeither has even a mention of the muslim who shot soldier William Long. CNN only mentions "muslim" in a poll on how Americans view the muslim world.
MSNBC's main news page is dominated by the abortion doctor's murder.
Is it a sad day in America when a soldier's death by a homegrown terrorist isn't even worth a mention.
Don't worry, Obama will be
June 2, 2009 - 09:30 ET by SickofLibsDon't worry, Obama will be apologizing to the muslim world in a few days for our part in causing this poor muslim to go off the rails.
→ White Elephant?
June 2, 2009 - 10:13 ET by Cool ArrowThis is so wrong on so many levels.
Other than his having converted to Islam before killing an American recruiter, do you notice anything else about the suspect?
White Elephant: n. a valuable possession whose upkeep is excessively expensive
I'm ok with the definition, but the liberal version of the term "White Elephant" could use some shading.
"The only reason Clarence Thomas is on the court is because he's black". - Joe Biden
Of elephants and mass-media propaganda
June 2, 2009 - 11:44 ET by lotrYou can forget about them discussing the White Elephant -- to the pop-liberal media, this is a 12000 pound elephant in the room.
"Let's wrap him up, alright?" -- Keith Olbermann
→ I guess so, lotr
June 2, 2009 - 11:53 ET by Cool ArrowBut I really didn't know the exact definition of White Elephant until I looked it up this morning. It just surprised me how much it reminded me of the Liberal Plantation.
"The only reason Clarence Thomas is on the court is because he's black". - Joe Biden
Straight jacket and padded cell
June 2, 2009 - 10:18 ET by Blogger Guy00001Olbermann is out of his mind. For his protection, and that of other people, he should be in a straight jacket and a padded cell.
Olbermann is out of his
June 2, 2009 - 11:01 ET by Chris NormanOlbermann is out of his mind, but not in that he believes everything he says or is genuinely outraged by any of it. Rather, he says this crap to taunt conservatives. He revels in making these wild accusations. He wants to be known as over-the-edge outrageous. He's a liar and a provacateur - and he loves it. This sick attitude requires it's own mental illness.
The "Mainstream" Media: By liberals. For liberals.
It's probably because he
June 2, 2009 - 11:53 ET by wiwfIt's probably because he didn't hear about at his news sources: MSNBC and the dailykos.
The Rocky Mountain Collegian: Illustrating Idiocy
If there would be any
June 2, 2009 - 11:54 ET by SnappyIf there would be any mention or critisism over the recruiting center shooting you know it would take a familiar form.
"It was an unfortunate event that was predicated by the Bush administrations war on and racism against Muslims, furthermore, due to the constant critism by Rush, Hannity, Malkin etc. This poor man was just frustrated by the attacks against his faith and people and felt this was the only option left to him by an intolerant society."
Now of course is the time for us to finally sit down and apologize to the shooter for driving him to do this. Get him some taxpayer funded counseling and then give him a fat check in the form of news and talk show interveiws, book deals and maybe we can learn something from him...let the healing begin...
-----I am at a loss for words over the hypocritical "burying" of this story, which in my opinion should shout for all that we are not safe, none of this is over and unfortunatly this is probably just the start of an increasing trend we will see now that the apologist administration has taken the White House.---
Herr Olbergoebbels
June 2, 2009 - 12:18 ET by Lord ErondWhy don't you go suck Bill O'Reilly's BIG RATINGS
"Let him who would move the world, first move himself." -Socrates
"We sit together, the mountain and I, until only the mountain remains." -Li Po
It is clear that the despicable Olbermann and...
June 2, 2009 - 13:36 ET by jawebster1other Liberals like him are responsible for the death of the military recruiter. Over the years, they have ginned up hatred against the military and tolerance of Muslim militants and this killing of William Long is the sad result. Jim Webster