Washington, DC (TLS). Pamela Geller over at Atlas Shrugs has received some explosive new information concerning Virginia Tech mass murderer Cho Seung Hui. According to a Virginia law enforcement official who has seen the text of the manifesto (which is still being withheld from the public), Cho quotes extensively from the Koran.
In addition, Cho's manner of shaving himself before a terrorist attack is reminiscent of the 9/11 terrorist attack.
All of this is in addition to his taking on an Islamic name prior to the massacre--Ishmail Ax.
This is big news, folks. So, click on the link below and go over to Atlas Shrugs to read this story. Read ALL of it. The most damning part of the videos have not yet been released, either!
Click here now:
http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/2007/04/ismail_and_the_.html
Showing posts with label Blacksburg Virginia. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Blacksburg Virginia. Show all posts
Wednesday, April 25, 2007
Monday, April 23, 2007
Virginia Tech History--Concealed Guns Save Lives
Blacksburg, Virginia (TLS). Before Virginia Tech enacted a ban on guns on campus, a crazed gunman was subdued by students who were carrying handguns, resulting in a minimum of loss of life. This was five years ago.
Before being subdued by gun-totin' students, the gunman had shot and killed three persons on campus and injured three others--a far cry from the 32 killed and 15 injured last week on a campus that had made sure its students were disarmed and unable to defend themselves.
This story is being retold time and again across the country in similar situations. Citizens who are allowed to carry firearms minimize the loss of life in the face of crazed murderers. Unarmed citizens are sitting ducks.
Virginia Tech made sure its students were sitting ducks through its ridiculous and totally illogical ban on guns.
Read the complete story here:
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=55326
Before being subdued by gun-totin' students, the gunman had shot and killed three persons on campus and injured three others--a far cry from the 32 killed and 15 injured last week on a campus that had made sure its students were disarmed and unable to defend themselves.
This story is being retold time and again across the country in similar situations. Citizens who are allowed to carry firearms minimize the loss of life in the face of crazed murderers. Unarmed citizens are sitting ducks.
Virginia Tech made sure its students were sitting ducks through its ridiculous and totally illogical ban on guns.
Read the complete story here:
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=55326
Wednesday, April 18, 2007
The Cho Manifesto Video Clips UPDATE
Washington, DC (TLS). Below you will find two links to the video clips that Virginia Tech mass murderer Cho Seung Hui mailed to NBC News the day of the killings.
Cho sent the package between the time he killed two persons in a dormitory and the time he killed another 30 students in a classroom building. Included in the package from Cho are the video clips, still images, and a 28-page manifesto of rantings that law enforcement officials are pouring over in order to find clues as to motive.
It was earlier reported that one of the first victims, Emily Hilscher, whom Cho killed at roughly 7:15 AM on Monday, was Cho's girlfriend. This information turned out to be erroneous. Cho had no friends, period, and certainly not a girlfriend. It is generally believed at this point that Hilscher's murder was totally random.
The clips you will see below are very disturbing and depict an evil, dangerous, and seriously mentally ill person. A court in the Commonwealth of Virginia had declared Cho to be mentally unstable and a threat to both himself and others. This declaration was made two years ago. Yet the information was not reported either to Virginia Tech officials or to state agencies that are supposed to keep records of such court pronouncements.
Virginia Tech police expressed shock and dismay that they would not know a court had issued such a declaration concerning Cho.
Tech faculty also stated today that Cho was viewed as a highly volatile and unstable person, yet somehow nothing could be done due to the fact that up to that point Cho had not made any direct threats to anyone, with the exception of being questioned for stalking two female students in the past. The two students did not press charges against Cho, however.
For the video clips of Cho's rambling rampage from Fox News, click here:
http://www.foxnews.com/video2/player06.html?041807/041807_fr_herritage1&FOX_Report&%27Blood%20on%20Your%20Hands%27&acc&US&-1&News&91&&&new
For the original version shown on NBC, click here:
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=0b5_1176937612&p=1
Cho sent the package between the time he killed two persons in a dormitory and the time he killed another 30 students in a classroom building. Included in the package from Cho are the video clips, still images, and a 28-page manifesto of rantings that law enforcement officials are pouring over in order to find clues as to motive.
It was earlier reported that one of the first victims, Emily Hilscher, whom Cho killed at roughly 7:15 AM on Monday, was Cho's girlfriend. This information turned out to be erroneous. Cho had no friends, period, and certainly not a girlfriend. It is generally believed at this point that Hilscher's murder was totally random.
The clips you will see below are very disturbing and depict an evil, dangerous, and seriously mentally ill person. A court in the Commonwealth of Virginia had declared Cho to be mentally unstable and a threat to both himself and others. This declaration was made two years ago. Yet the information was not reported either to Virginia Tech officials or to state agencies that are supposed to keep records of such court pronouncements.
Virginia Tech police expressed shock and dismay that they would not know a court had issued such a declaration concerning Cho.
Tech faculty also stated today that Cho was viewed as a highly volatile and unstable person, yet somehow nothing could be done due to the fact that up to that point Cho had not made any direct threats to anyone, with the exception of being questioned for stalking two female students in the past. The two students did not press charges against Cho, however.
For the video clips of Cho's rambling rampage from Fox News, click here:
http://www.foxnews.com/video2/player06.html?041807/041807_fr_herritage1&FOX_Report&%27Blood%20on%20Your%20Hands%27&acc&US&-1&News&91&&&new
For the original version shown on NBC, click here:
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=0b5_1176937612&p=1
Reality Bombards the Mountain Paradise
Blacksburg, VA (TLS). The small town of Blacksburg, Virginia, nestled in the near-idyllic setting of the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains, hardly seems the setting in which the most horrific mass shooting in our nation's history would occur. This place is as near paradise as one can get in the real world.
Yet reality came swooping down on paradise like a buzzard aiming for his next meal.
The mountains of the Appalachian chain stretch from Alabama to Maine, encompassing some of the most scenic mountain ranges in the country, from the Great Smokies, to the Blue Ridge Mountains, to the Adirondacks. Not only are these hills serene, but the people who inhabit them historically have been known as being some of the most humble and hospitable people on earth.
Crime statistics to this very day prove the point. Look at most any sector of the Appalachian Mountains, and you will find some of the lowest crimes statistics in the country. This is in spite of the fact that per capita, more people own guns in these hills than just about anywhere else in America.
These gentle but rugged mountain folk live by a code that has been inbred in them for generations, a code that arises out of the strong and vibrant evangelical Christianity for which these hills are known, particularly in the South. The people have been taught that cold blooded murder is a mortal sin. Thus, their guns are used primarily for hunting and for defense against those wayward souls who have forsaken their upbringing and discarded the code.
Perhaps this is one of the reasons the massacre at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg is so strikingly shocking. This is one of the last places one would expect such a thing to happen, in spite of the fact that this small town is home to a large university with 30,000 students.
Most students and alums here report that they have always felt safe at Virginia Tech. All it took to change that, however, was one lone gunman and the shots that rang out one cold Monday morning in April.
In an ideal world no one would ever use a gun to kill innocent people. Tragedies such as Columbine and the Twin Tower attack would be foreign concepts. But then again, in an ideal world no one would die of cancer, heart disease, or auto accidents. And certainly no one would ever even think of suicide.
But who ever seriously thought that this was an ideal world to begin with?
It is easy to be lulled to sleep in idyllic settings such as Blacksburg, Virginia, or Boone, North Carolina, or Lake Placid, New York. For one brief moment in time we forget that we live in a world of imperfection where there is disease and hunger, war and murder, violence and abuse...and death.
Yes, death. The one thing we all have to face eventually.
Despite the fleeting moments of bliss in the midst of our delusion that we live in paradise, the real world is still out there with all its pain and sorrow.
It is too easy at times such as this to seek scapegoats. 'The campus police didn't do their jobs.' 'The President of Virginia Tech ought to be fired.' 'Someone should have known that Cho Seung Hui was a time-bomb waiting to explode.'
Or the classic scapegoat, 'If we could pass strict gun control measures, this would not happen.'
If all else fails, it's always the gun's fault.
Yet, at the end of the day, when all of our attempts at blame hit brick walls, we are still left with one unexplainable fact--one single, solitary young man, a deeply disturbed young man, chose to do great harm. He did it out of his own free will. And out of that free will he chose not only to do himself in but to take 32 others with him.
The fact that Cho was a South Korean is entirely irrelevant. South Koreans have been immigrating to the United States for many years, and they have proven themselves to be some of the most endearing and productive naturalized citizens we have.
Cho did not commit these heinous crimes because he was South Korean but because he was very sick and very dangerous. He chose to do evil.
This evil that lurks within the heart of humanity cannot be legislated out of existence. When it rears its ugly head, it finds a way to perpetrate mayhem, no matter what laws men have passed to prevent it.
The hope for us all lies in the code that many of the mountain folk in the Appalachians discovered well over a hundred years ago. Human beings have the capability to choose to do great harm or to do great good. Through the religious faith that has sustained generations all over the world for thousands of years, we can choose to do great good.
And when we do so, the demons are kept at bay.
Neither Virginia Tech nor Blacksburg can ever be defined by the actions of one crazed gunman in 2007. Too many years have gone by that have set the standard for this area and this university. Those years have shown that people who live by the simple code that these mountain folk hold so dear can overcome evil with good.
And that is what defines this area and this institution.
Yet reality came swooping down on paradise like a buzzard aiming for his next meal.
The mountains of the Appalachian chain stretch from Alabama to Maine, encompassing some of the most scenic mountain ranges in the country, from the Great Smokies, to the Blue Ridge Mountains, to the Adirondacks. Not only are these hills serene, but the people who inhabit them historically have been known as being some of the most humble and hospitable people on earth.
Crime statistics to this very day prove the point. Look at most any sector of the Appalachian Mountains, and you will find some of the lowest crimes statistics in the country. This is in spite of the fact that per capita, more people own guns in these hills than just about anywhere else in America.
These gentle but rugged mountain folk live by a code that has been inbred in them for generations, a code that arises out of the strong and vibrant evangelical Christianity for which these hills are known, particularly in the South. The people have been taught that cold blooded murder is a mortal sin. Thus, their guns are used primarily for hunting and for defense against those wayward souls who have forsaken their upbringing and discarded the code.
Perhaps this is one of the reasons the massacre at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg is so strikingly shocking. This is one of the last places one would expect such a thing to happen, in spite of the fact that this small town is home to a large university with 30,000 students.
Most students and alums here report that they have always felt safe at Virginia Tech. All it took to change that, however, was one lone gunman and the shots that rang out one cold Monday morning in April.
In an ideal world no one would ever use a gun to kill innocent people. Tragedies such as Columbine and the Twin Tower attack would be foreign concepts. But then again, in an ideal world no one would die of cancer, heart disease, or auto accidents. And certainly no one would ever even think of suicide.
But who ever seriously thought that this was an ideal world to begin with?
It is easy to be lulled to sleep in idyllic settings such as Blacksburg, Virginia, or Boone, North Carolina, or Lake Placid, New York. For one brief moment in time we forget that we live in a world of imperfection where there is disease and hunger, war and murder, violence and abuse...and death.
Yes, death. The one thing we all have to face eventually.
Despite the fleeting moments of bliss in the midst of our delusion that we live in paradise, the real world is still out there with all its pain and sorrow.
It is too easy at times such as this to seek scapegoats. 'The campus police didn't do their jobs.' 'The President of Virginia Tech ought to be fired.' 'Someone should have known that Cho Seung Hui was a time-bomb waiting to explode.'
Or the classic scapegoat, 'If we could pass strict gun control measures, this would not happen.'
If all else fails, it's always the gun's fault.
Yet, at the end of the day, when all of our attempts at blame hit brick walls, we are still left with one unexplainable fact--one single, solitary young man, a deeply disturbed young man, chose to do great harm. He did it out of his own free will. And out of that free will he chose not only to do himself in but to take 32 others with him.
The fact that Cho was a South Korean is entirely irrelevant. South Koreans have been immigrating to the United States for many years, and they have proven themselves to be some of the most endearing and productive naturalized citizens we have.
Cho did not commit these heinous crimes because he was South Korean but because he was very sick and very dangerous. He chose to do evil.
This evil that lurks within the heart of humanity cannot be legislated out of existence. When it rears its ugly head, it finds a way to perpetrate mayhem, no matter what laws men have passed to prevent it.
The hope for us all lies in the code that many of the mountain folk in the Appalachians discovered well over a hundred years ago. Human beings have the capability to choose to do great harm or to do great good. Through the religious faith that has sustained generations all over the world for thousands of years, we can choose to do great good.
And when we do so, the demons are kept at bay.
Neither Virginia Tech nor Blacksburg can ever be defined by the actions of one crazed gunman in 2007. Too many years have gone by that have set the standard for this area and this university. Those years have shown that people who live by the simple code that these mountain folk hold so dear can overcome evil with good.
And that is what defines this area and this institution.
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