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TODAY'S CARTOON
President Obama on the Shooting in Connecticut
This afternoon, President Obama made a statement from the Briefing Room on the shooting at an elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut.
Watch the President's statement on the shooting in Connecticut.
President Obama's Remarks
Read President Obama's full remarks:
This
afternoon, I spoke with Governor Malloy and FBI Director Mueller. I
offered Governor Malloy my condolences on behalf of the nation, and made
it clear he will have every single resource that he needs to
investigate this heinous crime, care for the victims, counsel their
families.
We've endured too many of these tragedies in the past few years. And each time I learn the news I react not as a President, but as anybody else would -- as a parent. And that was especially true today. I know there's not a parent in America who doesn't feel the same overwhelming grief that I do.
The majority of those who died today were children -- beautiful little kids between the ages of 5 and 10 years old. They had their entire lives ahead of them -- birthdays, graduations, weddings, kids of their own. Among the fallen were also teachers -- men and women who devoted their lives to helping our children fulfill their dreams.
So our hearts are broken today -- for the parents and grandparents, sisters and brothers of these little children, and for the families of the adults who were lost. Our hearts are broken for the parents of the survivors as well, for as blessed as they are to have their children home tonight, they know that their children's innocence has been torn away from them too early, and there are no words that will ease their pain.
As a country, we have been through this too many times. Whether it's an elementary school in Newtown, or a shopping mall in Oregon, or a temple in Wisconsin, or a movie theater in Aurora, or a street corner in Chicago -- these neighborhoods are our neighborhoods, and these children are our children. And we're going to have to come together and take meaningful action to prevent more tragedies like this, regardless of the politics.
This evening, Michelle and I will do what I know every parent in America will do, which is hug our children a little tighter and we'll tell them that we love them, and we'll remind each other how deeply we love one another. But there are families in Connecticut who cannot do that tonight. And they need all of us right now. In the hard days to come, that community needs us to be at our best as Americans. And I will do everything in my power as President to help.
Because while nothing can fill the space of a lost child or loved one, all of us can extend a hand to those in need -- to remind them that we are there for them, that we are praying for them, that the love they felt for those they lost endures not just in their memories but also in ours.
May God bless the memory of the victims and, in the words of Scripture, heal the brokenhearted and bind up their wounds.
We've endured too many of these tragedies in the past few years. And each time I learn the news I react not as a President, but as anybody else would -- as a parent. And that was especially true today. I know there's not a parent in America who doesn't feel the same overwhelming grief that I do.
The majority of those who died today were children -- beautiful little kids between the ages of 5 and 10 years old. They had their entire lives ahead of them -- birthdays, graduations, weddings, kids of their own. Among the fallen were also teachers -- men and women who devoted their lives to helping our children fulfill their dreams.
So our hearts are broken today -- for the parents and grandparents, sisters and brothers of these little children, and for the families of the adults who were lost. Our hearts are broken for the parents of the survivors as well, for as blessed as they are to have their children home tonight, they know that their children's innocence has been torn away from them too early, and there are no words that will ease their pain.
As a country, we have been through this too many times. Whether it's an elementary school in Newtown, or a shopping mall in Oregon, or a temple in Wisconsin, or a movie theater in Aurora, or a street corner in Chicago -- these neighborhoods are our neighborhoods, and these children are our children. And we're going to have to come together and take meaningful action to prevent more tragedies like this, regardless of the politics.
This evening, Michelle and I will do what I know every parent in America will do, which is hug our children a little tighter and we'll tell them that we love them, and we'll remind each other how deeply we love one another. But there are families in Connecticut who cannot do that tonight. And they need all of us right now. In the hard days to come, that community needs us to be at our best as Americans. And I will do everything in my power as President to help.
Because while nothing can fill the space of a lost child or loved one, all of us can extend a hand to those in need -- to remind them that we are there for them, that we are praying for them, that the love they felt for those they lost endures not just in their memories but also in ours.
May God bless the memory of the victims and, in the words of Scripture, heal the brokenhearted and bind up their wounds.
The President also issued a proclamation honoring the victims of the tragedy, ordering U.S. flags to be flown at half-staff until sunset on December 18.
Child In Wheelchair Detained By TSA Agents
TSA detained a 12-year-old wheelchair-bound girl for nearly an hour
at the DFW International Airport after they found explosive residue on
her hands. TSA left the mortified girl in tears, but refused to let her
mother get close enough to comfort her.
Shelbi Walser was traveling to Florida with her mother, Tammy Daniels, to receive treatment for a bone disorder that keeps her in a wheelchair. The 12-year-old girl is forced to make this trip every 4-6 months for treatment and never had any problems with the Transportation Security Administration before.
But while going through security at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport last week, TSA swabbed the girl’s hands and found that she tested positive for explosive residue. Walser was detained for nearly an hour in front of hundreds of travelers, while TSA called in a bomb specialist.
“There were people saying, ‘Really? You’re going to do this to her? Y’all have to take her somewhere private where she’s not out in the public and everyone can see her,’” the girl’s mother told Fox.
Daniels believes the agents lacked common sense in their treatment of this incident. Wheelchairs pick up dirt, residue and anything they roll through. The 12-year-old girl rolled her own wheelchair, making it possible for her to pick up residue from the wheels.
But TSA never tested the girl’s wheelchair to see if this might have been the case. The bomb specialist and the agents began talking on their cell phones, while other airport passengers watched in disbelief as the crying girl continued to be detained.
“Through all of this, no common sense ever kicked in. No one ever tested her wheelchair,” Daniels told CBS. “If it was all about safety, why didn’t they remove her from her wheelchair and start testing the seat?”
While the distraught girl was crying, TSA refused to let her mother get close enough to comfort her. Daniels says she never lost her temper and was respectful at all times, but a TSA agent made a call and referred to her as being “aggressive”.
The girl said she was afraid the TSA agents would take her away from her mother.
After the hour-long detainment TSA agents suddenly told Daniels and her daughter that they were free to leave, without offering any sort of explanation about the incident.
“It was a little much. I don’t know what to learn from this one. Somebody, they need to go back to the drawing board on this one,” Daniels said.
After reporters contacted TSA, the agency refused to discuss the incident and simply provided a general statement about TSA’s mission.
“[We] will address any alleged issued directly with the passenger and not through the news media,” TSA wrote in a statement to CBS News.
But this isn’t the first time the agency took their screening procedures too far with wheelchair-bound children. Earlier this year, a YouTube video was released showing a TSA agent giving a pat-down to a 3-year-old boy who was wearing a body cast and bound to a wheelchair, while letting the boy’s family continue through security. The boy was on his way to Disney World but was detained by TSA on the way. With a look of terror on his face, he was subjected to a screening that outraged many of the video’s viewers and caused it to go viral.
In 2011, two other wheelchair users were forced out of their wheelchairs and allegedly groped by agents at the Greater Rochester International Airport. That same year, a six-year-old girl also received an intense patdown at the New Orleans’ Louis Armstrong International Airport, prompting Rep. Jason Chaffetz to introduce legislation prohibiting patdown searches of minors without parental consent.
Despite constant complaints against TSA agents for their treatment of children and wheelchair-bound passengers, new incidents are constantly arising as passengers contact the news media about inappropriate treatment.
The explosives residue was most likely from her nail polish.
Shelbi Walser was traveling to Florida with her mother, Tammy Daniels, to receive treatment for a bone disorder that keeps her in a wheelchair. The 12-year-old girl is forced to make this trip every 4-6 months for treatment and never had any problems with the Transportation Security Administration before.
But while going through security at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport last week, TSA swabbed the girl’s hands and found that she tested positive for explosive residue. Walser was detained for nearly an hour in front of hundreds of travelers, while TSA called in a bomb specialist.
“There were people saying, ‘Really? You’re going to do this to her? Y’all have to take her somewhere private where she’s not out in the public and everyone can see her,’” the girl’s mother told Fox.
Daniels believes the agents lacked common sense in their treatment of this incident. Wheelchairs pick up dirt, residue and anything they roll through. The 12-year-old girl rolled her own wheelchair, making it possible for her to pick up residue from the wheels.
But TSA never tested the girl’s wheelchair to see if this might have been the case. The bomb specialist and the agents began talking on their cell phones, while other airport passengers watched in disbelief as the crying girl continued to be detained.
“Through all of this, no common sense ever kicked in. No one ever tested her wheelchair,” Daniels told CBS. “If it was all about safety, why didn’t they remove her from her wheelchair and start testing the seat?”
While the distraught girl was crying, TSA refused to let her mother get close enough to comfort her. Daniels says she never lost her temper and was respectful at all times, but a TSA agent made a call and referred to her as being “aggressive”.
The girl said she was afraid the TSA agents would take her away from her mother.
After the hour-long detainment TSA agents suddenly told Daniels and her daughter that they were free to leave, without offering any sort of explanation about the incident.
“It was a little much. I don’t know what to learn from this one. Somebody, they need to go back to the drawing board on this one,” Daniels said.
After reporters contacted TSA, the agency refused to discuss the incident and simply provided a general statement about TSA’s mission.
“[We] will address any alleged issued directly with the passenger and not through the news media,” TSA wrote in a statement to CBS News.
But this isn’t the first time the agency took their screening procedures too far with wheelchair-bound children. Earlier this year, a YouTube video was released showing a TSA agent giving a pat-down to a 3-year-old boy who was wearing a body cast and bound to a wheelchair, while letting the boy’s family continue through security. The boy was on his way to Disney World but was detained by TSA on the way. With a look of terror on his face, he was subjected to a screening that outraged many of the video’s viewers and caused it to go viral.
In 2011, two other wheelchair users were forced out of their wheelchairs and allegedly groped by agents at the Greater Rochester International Airport. That same year, a six-year-old girl also received an intense patdown at the New Orleans’ Louis Armstrong International Airport, prompting Rep. Jason Chaffetz to introduce legislation prohibiting patdown searches of minors without parental consent.
Despite constant complaints against TSA agents for their treatment of children and wheelchair-bound passengers, new incidents are constantly arising as passengers contact the news media about inappropriate treatment.
The explosives residue was most likely from her nail polish.
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In China, 22 school students stabbed: Time to ban knives in China and only permit sporks and chop sticks
Beijing: The dreaded attacks on school children returned to haunt China
on Thursday after 22 of them were injured besides an 85-year-old woman
after a "mentally deranged" man, armed with a knife, went on a slashing
spree at a primary school.
Armed with a knife Min Yingjun, 36 attacked group of children at the gate of a primary school in central China's Henan Province setting off panic in the village. The woman and most of the injured students suffered head wounds.
Some of them were in shock, according to the People's Hospital of the county, which received most of the people injured in the attack.
All the injured people have been sent to three local hospitals and at least two of them, one student and an 85-year-old woman, are in serious condition, state-run Xinhua news agency reported.
The attack took place this morning at the entrance of Chenpeng Village Primary School in Wenshu Township of Guangshan County in the city of Xinyang.
Local police said they had detained Min, stated to be mentally deranged person. Min burst into the 85-year-old woman's house, located next to the school and went baresark after an argument, according to the daughter of the old woman. Liu is said to have seized a knife at the house and attacked the elderly woman. He then left, rushed into the school campus and slashed students, according to villagers.
The suspect was unknown in the village and might be mentally ill, some villagers said.
"I want to go home," cried a 7-year-old student surnamed Wei, who arrived at the hospital in a serious condition with a skull fracture.
The boy's coat was stained with blood and he was quite scared after being wounded, according to the boy's relatives.
China has been experiencing the school attacks in different places for some time. Dubbed as social revenge attacks by frustrated people marginalised by China's rapid development in recent years, the attackers mainly targeted school children to make maximum impact.
A number of attackers have already been given executed after courts gave them death sentences.
After several such attacks since 2010, the government has ordered all schools to beef-up security and the official media stopped reporting the incidents to avoid copy-cat imitations.
PTI
Armed with a knife Min Yingjun, 36 attacked group of children at the gate of a primary school in central China's Henan Province setting off panic in the village. The woman and most of the injured students suffered head wounds.
Some of them were in shock, according to the People's Hospital of the county, which received most of the people injured in the attack.
All the injured people have been sent to three local hospitals and at least two of them, one student and an 85-year-old woman, are in serious condition, state-run Xinhua news agency reported.
The attack took place this morning at the entrance of Chenpeng Village Primary School in Wenshu Township of Guangshan County in the city of Xinyang.
Local police said they had detained Min, stated to be mentally deranged person. Min burst into the 85-year-old woman's house, located next to the school and went baresark after an argument, according to the daughter of the old woman. Liu is said to have seized a knife at the house and attacked the elderly woman. He then left, rushed into the school campus and slashed students, according to villagers.
"I want to go home," cried a 7-year-old student surnamed Wei, who arrived at the hospital in a serious condition with a skull fracture.
The boy's coat was stained with blood and he was quite scared after being wounded, according to the boy's relatives.
China has been experiencing the school attacks in different places for some time. Dubbed as social revenge attacks by frustrated people marginalised by China's rapid development in recent years, the attackers mainly targeted school children to make maximum impact.
After several such attacks since 2010, the government has ordered all schools to beef-up security and the official media stopped reporting the incidents to avoid copy-cat imitations.
PTI
45-year-old man has right to be in women’s sauna at the Evergreen State College pool
Washington State residents are experiencing firsthand the horrors that accompany the Homosexual Agenda.
Only days before the anti-marriage referendum passed in the state, a disgusting story surfaced.
“Colleen” Francis -- a 45-year-old man who claims to be a woman -- was lounging in the women’s sauna at the Evergreen State College pool when a local high school girls' swim team came in to use the facilities.
The sauna’s glass wall gave “Colleen” full view of the girls while they were changing!
The swim coach threw the man out, but school officials quickly apologized to "Colleen" and insisted he be allowed to continue using the women’s facilities.
College officials claim that his right to violate the women’s rooms is “protected” since Washington State has given homosexuals and transsexuals a superior “protected-class” status.
As disturbing as this is, instances like this are becoming far too common.
And President Obama’s Justice Department is doing its best to make sure this continues.
Not that long ago, Public Advocate alerted pro-Family Americans to the case of “Jennifer.”
This 38-year-old man actually bragged about using the women’s restrooms at the University of Arkansas.
And when actual women complained about “Jennifer” using their facilities, Obama’s Department of Justice rushed to defend his “special rights.”
The Homosexual Lobby is determined to see their agenda anywhere and everywhere.
That’s why the efforts of Public Advocate in states like Washington get more important every day.
And why your support of Public Advocate means more now than ever before.
The Homosexual Lobby won’t settle for the recent passage of homosexual “marriage” in Washington State.
They’ll stop short of nothing but absolute victory for their agenda in the hearts and minds of our children and our country.
But with your help, Public Advocate is fighting back against homosexual “marriage” and the creation of "special rights” for deviants like “Colleen” and “Jennifer.”
For the Family,
Eugene Delgaudio
President, Public Advocate of the United States
P.S. Please consider chipping in with a donation of $10 or more to help fund Public Advocate's fight for traditional values.
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