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Supreme Court Backs Former Air Marshal In Whistleblower Case
” The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that a former air marshal can seek whistleblower protections for disclosing sensitive information to the news media about the absence of security officers on certain flights.
On a 7-2 vote, the court rejected arguments made by President Barack Obama’s administration, which was seeking to reverse an appeals court ruling favoring whistleblower Robert MacLean, who was fired for the 2003 leak.
” I believe the ruling will give other federal employees more confidence to expose wrongdoing,” MacLean, who was fired in 2006 and now works in residential construction management in California, said in an interview.
The legal question was whether MacLean’s actions may be protected by the U.S. Whistleblower Protection Act, a law that protects employees if a disclosure exposes unlawful conduct, gross mismanagement or threats to public safety.
In an opinion by Chief Justice John Roberts, the court concluded that U.S. Transportation Security Administration regulations that prohibited MacLean’s disclosures did not have sufficient legal force to bar him from receiving protections under the Whistleblower Protection Act.”
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As With All Things Progressive It All Depends On What The Meaning Of “Is” Is
By now everyone has heard of the latest effort from Nanny Bloomberg as the astroturfers in the liberal media regarding the epidemic of “school shootings” since Sandy Hook . 74 of them if the usual suspects are to be believed . Since this meme seems to be spreading like wildfire across the web we thought we would make a concerted effort to quantify exactly what the gun grabber Statists consider to be “school shootings” .
Below is our result . Make of it what you will and please understand that by quibbling with the Statist’s methodology we are in no way minimizing the pain and horror felt by the families that are made to suffer at the hands of thugs with guns . However , all sympathies aside , that does not grant the Left license to twist the English language to their will .
Let us start by saying that in our minds a school shooting at least as they have come to be understood is an incident where an disgruntled individual , whether it be student or adult enters a place of education with the intent to “avenge wrongs” however warped or imagined they may be by killing and maiming as many students and/or faculty as possible , usually before taking their own lives .
If that definition is acceptable it stands to reason that other types of shootings , whatever the reason , are not exactly honest comparisons to “going postal” . That means that common robberies , suicides , arguments over games , debts , girlfriends and what have you should be categorized as what they truly are , at least to those without an agenda , crimes , plain old ordinary , violent crimes .
That being the case , Everytown’s map is very misleading to say the least , and downright deceitful to be perfectly honest.We took they time to explore every single incident included on Bloomy’s map and provide the reader with a synopsis of the fatalities/injuries links to the sources and a diagnosis of the type of shooting that each incident represents .
Below is our result , survey the data , follow the links , bookmark the page and feel free to use these facts in any refutation you might need to defend against the Statists in your sphere of influence . At the end we have provided an approximate count on the actual school shootings that meet our above mentioned criteria along with what we feel are “other” categories … ie , robbery , suicide , lovers spats , gang violence , accidental discharges , fights that escalate to arms , etc .
Click here to read the full report.
# Date City State School Name School Type
1.1/08/2013 Fort Myers FL Apostolic Revival Center Christian School K-12
One 27 year-old killed … probable gang-related
“The shooting was not associated with the school and no children were hurt.”
2. 1/10/2013 Taft CA Taft Union High School K-12\
One student wounded , none killed
” Science teacher Ryan Heber calmly confronted the teenager after he shot and critically wounded a classmate, whom he claimed to authorities had bullied him for more than year at Taft Union High School.”
3. 1/15/2013 St. Louis MO Stevens Institute of Business & Arts College/University
Two wounded , financial advisor and shooter , none killed
” A former student at a downtown business school allegedly shot a financial advisor Tuesday before turning the gun on himself.”
4. 1/15/2013 Hazard KY Hazard Community and Technical College College/University
Two killed , in parking lot , unrelated to school affairs
” Hazard Police Chief Minor Allen said the shooting “could be related to a domestic-type situation” that was “not related to the school in any way.” “
5. 1/16/2013 Chicago IL Chicago State University College/University
One killed , on street outside the school after a night basketball game
” The shooting happened about 9:20 p.m. near a parking lot outside the school gym at East 95th Street and South King Drive, a fire department spokesman confirmed.”
6. 1/22/2013 Houston TX Lone Star College North Harris Campus College/University
Three wounded , none killed during fight between two students
” Carpenter said the fight happened in a courtyard area between two buildings. That seems to mesh with what a law enforcement source said earlier about the incident happening in an outside area between a library and a cafeteria.”
7. 1/31/2013 Atlanta GA Price Middle School K-12
One wounded , none killed
” The 14-year-old’s injuries are reportedly not life threatening and the teacher received only minor injuries.”
8. 2/1/2013 Atlanta GA Morehouse College College/University
One wounded , none killed during fight after basketball game
“… an argument began after a pick-up basketball game at the gym at Samuel H. Archer Hall. Four shots were fired and a Morehouse student was hit in the forearm, according to the statement.”
9. 2/7/2013 Fort Pierce FL Indian River St. College College/University
One wounded , none killed during shootout between police and thug outside
” A female student at Indian River State College was shot and injured as a gunman and police traded fire Thursday in the parking lot of the college’s campus, a college spokeswoman said.”
10. 2/13/2013 San Leandro CA Hillside Elementary School K-12
One 19 year-old killed , behind school at night
” Witnesses reported hearing shots around 8:45 p.m. Wednesday at Hillside Elementary School, 15980 Marcella St., according to Alameda County Sheriff’s Sgt. J.D. Nelson. Deputies found Foster, suffering from at least one gunshot wound, in a grassy area in the back area of the campus, Nelson said.”
11. 2/27/2013 Atlanta GA Henry W. Grady HS K-12
The only reference to this “shooting” we could find was from Everytown itself or websites touting Everytown’s “map of 74”
12. 3/18/2013 Orlando FL University of Central Florida College/University
One dead by suicide , none hurt
” A student apparently killed himself in a dorm room at the University of Central Florida…”
13. 3/21/2013 Southgate MI Davidson Middle School K-12
One dead , suicide , none hurt
” An eighth grader at Davidson Middle School in Southgate Michigan is dead after shooting himself in one of the school’s boys bathrooms.”
14. 4/12/2013 Christianburg VA New River Community College College/University
Two wounded , none killed
” An 18-year-old college student was charged Friday with shooting and wounding two women at a mall branch of a southwest Virginia community college before he was subdued”
15. 4/13/2013 Elizabeth City NC Elizabeth City State University College/University
One 23 year-old wounded , none killed outside a dorm building at night
” Police at Elizabeth City State University are investigating a shooting that injured a 23-year-old student near a dorm Saturday night.”
16. 4/15/2013 Grambling LA Grambling State University College/University
Three wounded , none killed outside dorms at night
” Three Grambling State University students were shot Monday night during a fight outside one of the campus dormitories but none has life-threatening injuries …”
17. 4/16/2013 Tuscaloosa AL Stillman College College/University
One wounded , none killed during argument over money owed
” Williams is accused of shooting a 19-year-old man twice in the torso with a small caliber handgun after arguing with the victim over money owed on a bet over a video game …”
18. 4/29/2013 Cincinnati OH La Salle High School K-12
One dead by suicide , none wounded
” A La Salle High School student shot himself at the Cincinnati school, according to WLWT News.”
19. 6/7/2013 Santa Monica CA Santa Monica College College/University
Two dead , one wounded at and outside a home near the campus
” The suspect in the shootings at Santa Monica College in California is now in custody after being shot and wounded by police. A fire official says two men have been found dead in a burned home near a shooting scene outside Santa Monica College.”
20. 6/19/2013 W. Palm Beach FL Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts K-12
Two custodians dead , none wounded after school hours
” The bodies were identified Wednesday evening as Ted Orama and Christopher Marshall, according to the station. Both victims were reportedly custodians at the school. Officials don’t believe the deaths were student-related.”
21. 8/15/2013 Clarksville TN Northwest High School K-12
One dead , none wounded overnight in school parking lot
” Daniel Reed was found in the school’s parking lot around 6 a.m. after authorities received a call regarding a shooting at the school’s address on Lafayette Road off Fort Campbell Boulevard.”
22. 8/20/2013 Decatur GA Ronald E. McNair Discovery Learning Academy K-12
None killed , none wounded as suspect trades shots with police
” The suspect, identified later as 20-year-old Michael Brandon Hill, fired at least a half-dozen shots from the rifle from inside McNair at officers who were swarming the campus outside…”
23. 8/22/2013 Memphis TN Westside Elementary School K-12
None killed , none hurt from accidental discharge
” A gun brought by a 5-year-old student went off Thursday morning at Westside Elementary. Memphis police say no one was hurt.”
24. 8/23/2013 Sardis MS North Panola High School K-12
One dead , none wounded after night football game
” Panola County authorities were expected to announce charges Monday in the shooting death of a teenager after a high school football game Friday night in Sardis.”
25. 8/30/2013 Winston-Salem NC Carver High School K-12
One wounded , none killed after shooting outside school
” A shooting at Carver High School Friday left a 15-year-old student with injuries that are not life-threatening and another student in custody.”
26. 9/21/2013 Savannah GA Savannah State University College/University
One killed , none wounded in late night shooting that killed a non-student
” A shooting early Saturday morning on Savannah State University’s campus left one man dead. The victim, 20-year-old Donald Bernard Lewis, was not a student at the college, said SSU spokeswoman Loretta Heyward. No additional injuries were reported.”
27. 9/28/2013 Gray ME New Gloucester High School K-12
One dead of suicide , none wounded in school parking lot on Saturday afternoon
” A 19-year-old man shot and killed himself in a parking lot at Gray-New Gloucester High School Saturday afternoon, the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office said.”
28. 10/4/2013 Pine Hills FL Agape Christian Academy K-12
Two wounded , none killed outside school following a fight
” The shooting happened about 2 p.m. at the Agape Christian Academy on Hiawassee Road in Pine Hills after a fight broke out, Orange County sheriff’s investigators said.According to investigators, the confrontation was part of an ongoing dispute.”
29. 10/15/2013 Austin TX Lanier High School K-12
One dead by suicide , none wounded
” Friends and family of a Texas teen are grieving after he committed suicide at school, warning hours earlier on Facebook that he was planning to take his own life.”
30. 10/21/2013 Sparks NV Sparks Middle School K-12
Two dead including suspect , two wounded
” Police in Nevada say the two people killed in a school shooting were a staff member and a student who was likely the attacker.”
31. 11/1/2013 Algona IA Algona High/Middle School K-12
One 23 year-old dead of suicide , none wounded , found on school property
” Fonley confirmed that Ballenger’s body was found on Algona High School grounds shortly before 1:30 a.m. Friday. He said no students, staff or teachers were involved in finding Ballenger.”
32. 11/2/2013 Greensboro NC North Carolina A&T State University College/University
None killed , one wounded outside at 10 pm by a ricochet ?
” Shots fired on homecoming weekend at North Carolina A&T State University prompted a brief campus lockdown after a 21-year-old man was wounded by a bullet fired from a “considerable distance,” authorities said.”
33. 11/3/2013 Stone Mountain GA Stephenson High School K-12
None killed , one wounded during fight on a Sunday afternoon
” The teenager was watching game films around 3:30 p.m. when there was some sort of confrontation between team members and a group of teens who don’t attend the school.”
34. 11/21/2013 Rapid City SD South Dakota School of Mines & Technology College/University
One dead from suicide , none wounded as professor kills self
” An ordinary day in the classroom for students at the South Dakota School of Mines & Technology turned chaotic Thursday when the sound of gunfire shattered the usual academic calm, and officials later found a professor dead of what authorities said was an apparent self-inflicted gunshot in a classroom building.”
35. 12/4/2013 Winter Garden FL West Orange High School K-12
None killed , one wounded during after school argument on soccer field
” The student was reportedly shot at the soccer practice field near the bus loop during an argument.”
36. 12/13/2013 Arapahoe County CO Arapahoe High School K-12
Two dead including suspect , none wounded
” The 18-year-old gunman who took his own life after shooting a fellow student at Arapahoe High School Friday was identified as Karl Halverson Pierson.”
37. 12/19/2013 Fresno CA Edison High School K-12
None killed , one teacher wounded during after school robbery by 4 armed alleged gang members
” Rick Montanez of ABC said that four to five teens tried to rob the male teacher. The teacher was shot two to three times but wrested the gun away from the suspect.”
38. 1/9/2014 Jackson TN Liberty Technology Magnet HS K-12
None killed , one wounded outside of school at dismissal
” Police learned that victim was shot outside, in front of the school, as school was being dismissed for the day. The shooter was identified as a 16-year-old Liberty student.”
39. 1/14/2014 Roswell NM Berrendo Middle School K-12
None killed , two wounded by 12 year-old perpetrator
” Two kids were seriously injured today in a shooting at a middle school in Roswell, NM, and authorities say the shooting suspect—another student—is in custody.”
40. 1/15/2014 Lancaster PA Martin Luther King Jr. ES K-12
None killed , none wounded after “shots fired” report
” A Lancaster city school was briefly locked down Wednesday after a report of shots fired near the building.”
41. 1/17/2014 Philadelphia PA Delaware Valley Charter HS K-12
None killed , two wounded … by one bullet in gymnasium
” An 18-year-old female student was shot in the arm. The same bullet then entered a 17-year-old male student’s shoulder.”
42. 1/20/2014 Chester PA Widener University College/University
None killed , one wounded on street at night during a “non-random act”
” The undergraduate student at Widener University was shot in a parking lot near the Schwartz Athletic Center at about 8:45 p.m. on Monday, according to officials at the private institution about 15 miles outside of Philadelphia in the city of Chester.”All indications are that this was not a random act of violence,” “
43. 1/21/2014 West Lafayette IN Purdue University College/University
One killed , none wounded
” This was not a typical active shooting,” said Purdue police chief John Cox. “It appears to be an isolated and intentional act and not a random shooting.”
44. 1/24/2014 Orangeburg SC South Carolina State University College/University
One killed , none wounded following an altercation between suspect and victim
” Robinson was shot to death Friday afternoon outside Hugine Suites after arguing with Justin Bernard Singleton, 19, of Charleston, the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division said.”
45. 1/28/2014 Nashville TN Tennessee State University College/University
None killed , one wounded during argument over money
” Witnesses told WKRN-TV that two people were fighting about a gambling debt when others joined in the altercation and a man opened fire.”
46. 1/28/2014 Grambling LA Grambling State University College/University
None killed , one wounded during burglary of local pawn shop
” Sutton says the campus was placed on lock down at 10:50 P.M. shortly after a shooting was reported at the intersection of Main and College Streets. He says, the male victim in that shooting was shot in the shoulder. Sutton says the victim was treated and released at the scene.”
47. 1/30/2014 Palm Bay FL Eastern Florida State College College/University
None killed , one wounded as student defends self against two pool cue wielding assailants
” One person was shot today and a second injured on the Palm Bay campus of Eastern Florida State College following a fight between a student and two men. The incident occurred shortly before 2 p.m. in the campus parking lot when a student who was in his car was approached by two men who pulled up in another vehicle. One of the men got out of the car and began beating the student with a pool cue. The student pulled a handgun from his car, shooting and wounding the man in the chest.“
48. 1/31/2014 Phoenix AZ Cesar Chavez High School K-12
None killed , none wounded as rival gangs shoot it out at basketball game
” An argument over turf and respect between two rival gangs escalated to what police now describe as a “gun battle” in January at Cesar Chavez High School in Phoenix.”
49. 1/31/2014 Des Moines IA North High School K-12
None killed , one wounded during fight after basketball game outside of school
” A teenage girl was recovering Sunday after being shot outside North High School. The
shooting occurred Friday night after a packed basketball game against Roosevelt. Police said several fights broke out during the game.”
50. 2/7/2014 Bend OR Bend High School K-12
One killed by suicide , none wounded
” A Bend High School student shot and killed himself in a modular classroom amid other students Friday afternoon, bringing police and medics rushing to the scene as the school was placed in lockdown for several hours, officials said.”
51. 2/10/2014 Salisbury NC Salisbury High School K-12
None killed , one wounded outside after school hours
” According to reports, the shooting happened around 3 p.m. outside the school’s gymnasium. School was dismissed at the usual time at 2:30 p.m.”
52. 2/11/2014 Lyndhurst OH Brush High School K-12
None killed , none wounded as two kids shoot guns in school parking lot at night
” Two people are under arrest after shots were fired in the Brush High School parking lot Tuesday night.”
53. 2/12/2014 Jackson TN Union University College/University
One killed , none wounded as boyfriend kills fiance in late night parking lot
” On Saturday, February 15, Jackson Police announced that they had charged Olivia’s 21 year-old fiance, Charles Pittman, a Christian studies student, with first-degree murder and tampering with evidence. They say he shot her with a gun he took from a friend as she sat in her car then staged the scene to make it appear that she committed suicide.”
54. 2/20/2014 Raytown MO Raytown Success Academy K-12
One killed , none wounded in parking lot of school
” The superintendent said that neither the victim nor the person police have in custody have any connection to the district.”
55. 3/2/2014 Westminster MD McDaniel College College/University
None killed , none wounded as shots fired at dorm after fight hit no one
” Just before 3 a.m. Sunday, a fight nearly broke out between a group of McDaniel College students and four men near campus. When one man flashed a handgun, the students took off into Whiteford Hall. Moments later, gunshots were fired through the lobby window.”
56. 3/7/2014 Tallulah LA Madison High School K-12
None killed , one wounded following a fight outside a school dance
” Two students were in an altercation after leaving the dance from a back door.17 year old Levecion Williams has been arrested for shooting a 16 year old in the arm.”
57. 3/8/2014 Oshkosh WI University of Wisconsin – Oshkosh College/University
None killed , none wounded as shot was fired into ceiling during a fight at a school dance
” UW-Oshkosh police say they were called to Reeve Memorial Union around 11 p.m. Saturday for a report of a fight during a Black Student Union-sponsored dance. While police were there, they say someone fired a handgun into the ceiling. No one was hurt. The shooter has not been identified, but police do not believe he is a student.”
58. 3/21/2014 Newark DE University of Delaware College/University
Could not confirm any shooting at U/Del on the date in question , though the Newark campus has been home to numerous other shootings in years past .
59. 3/30/2014 Savannah GA Savannah State University College/University
None killed , none wounded as one shot is fired during attempted robbery
” SSU campus police officers are investigating an attempted robbery that occurred in University Village. At approximately 9:20 p.m. this evening, dispatch received a report of a single shot fired in unit 536. No injuries reported.”
60. 4/3/2014 Kent OH Kent State University College/University
None killed , none wounded after one shot was fired into ground
” A Kent State University student who is accused of hiding a gun in connection with the shot fired on the Kent State campus April 2 has been charged with a felony.”
61. 4/7/2014 Roswell NM Eastern New Mexico University-Roswell College/University
One killed , none wounded during self-defense against dorm invaders
” Officials have identified the man who was shot and killed on the Eastern New Mexico University Roswell campus.The student said two men had walked into his dorm room and he thought one of them was reaching for a gun so he shot at them.”
62. 4/11/2014 Detroit MI East English Village Preparatory Academy K-12
None killed , one wounded in gang related drive-by shooting
” The victim walked over to about 100 people were gathered outside of the school for a red carpet event when a vehicle pulled up.Two people inside the car began shouting gang affiliations and opened fire.”
63. 4/21/2014 Griffith IN St. Mary Catholic School K-12
One killed , none wounded as husband shoots wife on street outside of school
” A Chicago woman is dead after her estranged husband shot and killed her in a grade school parking lot Monday afternoon and then killed himself minutes later by his house in Gary, the Post-Tribune is reporting.”
64. 4/21/2014 Provo UT Provo High School K-12
None killed , one wounded in botched attempted suicide
” A student at Provo High survives shooting himself in the face on school grounds. Police say it was an attempted suicide.”
65. 4/26/2014 Council Bluffs IA Iowa Western Community College College/University
None killed , one wounded during attempted robbery
” One of the suspects pulled a gun and demanded the students’ wallets. The 19-year-old didn’t think the gun was real and tried to grab it. During the struggle the gun fired, wounding the student in the left shoulder.”
66. 5/2/2014 Milwaukee WI Marquette University College/University
None killed , one wounded during attempted robbery . The only connection to school on this one is that the victims were all students of Marquette
” Two people have been officially charged in connection with a series of armed robberies and a shooting incident involving Marquette University students. Police say four Marquette University students were robbed at gunpoint in separate incidents — and one of them was shot.”
67. 5/3/2014 Everett WA Horizon Elementary School K-12
None killed , one wounded after argument during basketball game on playground after hours
” Just after 6:30 p.m. on May 3, 2014, officers were dispatched to Horizon Elementary School (222 W. Casino Rd) on the report that a male had been shot. Arriving officers found a teen on the basketball court with a gunshot wound. Officers were told a small group of teenagers were playing basketball when a group of 15-20 males in their late-teens came to the court. A verbal argument turned physical and a teen from the original group playing basketball was shot.”
68. 5/4/2014 Augusta GA Paine College College/University
None killed , none wounded as shots were fired at dorm
” Paine College officers and Richmond County deputies are investigating a Sunday afternoon shooting at a male dorm on campus. Paine College Officials say suspects fired shots on campus Sunday afternoon putting the the college in a lock down mode.The suspects were not students at the college.”
69. 5/5/2014 Augusta GA Paine College College/University
None killed , one wounded during an argument
” Around 1 p.m., authorities said Cooper, 21, of Augusta, went into the administration building and had a confrontation with another man on the third floor. Cooper then shot JaJuan Lawayne Baker, 21, in the head, according to the Richmond County Sheriff’s Office, and fled.”
70. 5/8/2014 Georgetown KY Georgetown College College/University
None killed , one wounded in accidental shooting
” A 24-year-old Georgetown College student is charged with first-degree wanton endangerment following what officials say was an accidental shooting early Thursday on the east side of the campus that wounded another student.”
71. 5/8/2014 Lawrenceville GA Georgia Gwinnett College College/University
None killed , one wounded in parking garage
” One person received a gunshot wound in a parking deck at Georgia Gwinnett College Thursday afternoon.It happened on the top level of the parking deck at the Lawrenceville campus.”
72. 5/21/2014 Milwaukee WI Clark Street School K-12
None killed , one wounded by stray bullet
” Chief Ed Flynn said two people were shooting at each other and missed. Police said the 10-year-old girl caught in the crossfire was shot. She was taken to Children’s Hospital with serious injuries.”
73. 6/5/2014 Seattle WA Seattle Pacific University College/University
One killed , three wounded
” One person was killed and three other people were shot Thursday afternoon when a gunman with a shotgun entered a building on the campus of Seattle Pacific University and opened fire, police said.”
74. 6/10/2014 Troutdale OR Reynolds High School K-12
Two dead including suspect , three wounded
” A teen gunman armed with a rifle shot and killed a 14-year-old student Tuesday and injured a teacher before he likely killed himself at a high school in a quiet Columbia River town in Oregon, authorities said.”
There is your data . As you can see each alleged “school shooting” from the infamous map , as defined by Bloomberg & Co is represented with a link to a legitimate news story about the incident . Two incidents claimed by the map were unable to be corroborated by yours truly and so that brings the count to 72 alleged incidents .
Of those 72 “school shootings” we can only count 8 as meeting our criteria as far as being as school shooting in the Columbine/Sandy Hook interpretation . Of course none of them come anywhere near the horror of those but that is an argument for another day .
Of the 64 incidents left our count leads us to the following statistics :
Gang related/Drive-by – 3
Robbery/Crime – 6
Fights – 13
Suicides – 10
Personal – 8
After Hours/Proximity To School – 12
Accidental Discharges/Irresponsible Shooting/Stray Bullets – 10
Self-Defense – 2
The death toll for all of these shootings combined compares to the average weekend in Chicago at 31 fatalities . Of those thirty one lost lives ten were non-students who were found/killed on school property after hours , eight were suicides , three were the perpetrators themselves and one was a criminal killed in self-defense which leaves nine students and/or teachers killed .
It goes without saying that any loss of life is a tragedy but at the same time it is just as unseemly to dishonestly climb atop the graves of these unfortunate lost souls and attempt to gain cheap political points in order to further one’s personal agenda and that is what is taking place here .
Bloomberg and his allies , like the progressives in general , are attempting to tug at the heartstrings and push their legislative goals wrapped as a moral imperative that is not to be questioned under pain of being called uncaring . It’s just another card out of the “racist” deck cavalry . Whenever they are losing an argument on the merits they jump up , knock the cards from the table and cry “have you no decency” ?
Just an aside before we leave you . The number of children that die at the hands of their parents every year in America dwarves the numbers above . Yes , you read correctly . It is estimated that somewhere in the neighborhood of 400 children under the age of five are killed each year by their parents . Think about that before deciding that school shootings are some sort of epidemic .
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Here Are Some Things I Expect To See As A Natural-Born American Taxpayer.
” Dear Rep. Trey Gowdy,
I probably speak on behalf of many (millions?) of American citizens when I say I am most happy at the US House of Reps. forming a select committee to fully investigate Benghazi.
However, right from the get-go, I have reservations on what the intended outcome of this committee will be. You see, I don’t trust most folks in Washington, Deceit.
Will House Speaker John Boehner make a premeditated political show of this thing by reverse engineering it to appear to seek the truth in Benghazi, but actually just produce nothing but Republican-advantageous noise and prosperous backroom deals all during this 2014 election year?
So, the charter or mission statement and limits of jurisdiction and judicial empowerment of said committee must be disclosed up front to all Americans to see for themselves if the stated mission is to be a noble-full-weight-of–the–law mission or a theatrical-no-one-will-be-punished mission, especially if Boehner and his pals risk being indicted for his involvement in any Benghazi-associated cover-up.
If we fast forward to the year 2017 and see Barry Soetoro-Obama retiring with a hefty pension, hefty health care package, hefty Security coverage, new Obama Presidential Library, and lucrative speaking engagements instead of rotting in a jail cell for any convicted treasonous involvement with the Benghazi murders, then we will know. And my grandson in the year 2074 will know when he is my age, that this so-called select committee never intended to find the whole truth and never intended from the get-go to punish anyone involved in Benghazi….and America just drifts out to sea as a lawless, immoral disheveled ship of state.
Here are some things I expect to see as a natural-born American taxpayer:
1) You pretty much set up the mission and have free-reign to prosecute like the trained and experienced professional you are; let the cards fall where they may and the convicted get punished per existing laws. Why you? Because you appear to be a Nun among Whores in Washington, Deceit.
2) Include private citizens who have shown a commitment to pursue this case to a whole-truth-and-consequence conclusion, such as Tom Fitton and Larry Klayman of Judical Watch, Sherriff Joe Arpaio and LT Mike Zullo, the Citizens Committee on Benghazi, Orly Taitz, and other outside professionals.
3) Set a timetable and move this investigation along expeditiously, say, completed by October 2014 or sooner if possible. If any stonewalling, delays, resistance, lying, boycotts, witness tampering, etc. are detected, swiftly fine or imprison the offenders for contempt or obstruction of justice. “
Read the read at Western Journalism
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The Truth Behind Baby Carrots
” We decided to dig up the truth on baby carrots, and here’s what we found.
Most baby carrots sold in U.S. supermarkets are really what the industry calls “baby cuts” – made from longer carrots that have been peeled and cut into a smaller size. These carrots have been specifically bred to be smaller in diameter, coreless and sweeter than regular carrots.
Bob Borda, a spokesman for Grimmway Farms, the world’s largest carrot grower (it ships 10 million pounds every day), says that over the years the company has developed a hybrid that combines the best qualities from over 250 known commercial varieties.
“Naturally, you breed carrots to get the sweetest flavor and crunch,” he told FoxNews.com
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But baby carrots didn’t start out that way. Prior to the mid-1980s, broken and misshaped carrots were discarded, leaving some farmers with as little as 30 percent of their crop to take to stores. Tired of throwing away perfectly good food, California carrot farmer Mike Yurosek took the carrots and used a potato peeler to reshape them into small pieces more suitable for quick munching. Yurosek purchased an industrial green bean cutter to quickly whittle the carrots into the familiar 2-inch portions we still see today — and their popularity took off.”
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Democrats Demand Issa Withdraw Subpoena
” The ranking Democrat on the House Oversight Committee on Monday demanded that Chairman Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) withdraw a “misguided” subpoena of an official who is working to fix the federal ObamaCare website.
In a blistering letter, Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) accused Issa of hurling “unfounded accusations” against Todd Park, the administration’s chief technology officer (CTO).
Cummings said Issa’s subpoena was “diverting Mr. Park’s energies” from his work and could “seriously impair” the race to repair HealthCare.gov.
Issa subpoenaed Park last week, ordering him to testify Wednesday before the Oversight Committee.
The committee chairman said he offered a handful of opportunities for Park to speak in front of his committee but was continuously rebuffed by the White House, which said Park was too busy to appear.”
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Sandy Hook School To Be Completely Destroyed, Demolition Contractors Sign Confidentiality Agreements
” The people in charge of destroying the remaining ‘evidence’ of the alleged Sandy Hook Massacre have stated that they do not want ‘exploitation’ of anything at the crime scene, so that is why they now have armed guards patrolling the area day and night, stopping people from taking pictures or video of the place.
Some understand that this is an effort to conceal something. Along with all the other ways that people investigated this ‘massacre’ have been stifled, jailed, or halted, now the people concealing this event are destroying the only remnants of this event that can still be investigated. If they didn’t destroy this building, an independent investigation could yield the truth, and that is why they are demolishing the entire building.
If you really want to keep people from stealing stuff and putting it on EBAY, put barbed-wire fence around it and call it a day…NEWTOWN, Conn. — When the old Sandy Hook Elementary School is demolished, building materials will be pulverized on site and metal will be taken away and melted down in an effort to eliminate nearly every trace of the building where a gunman killed 26 people last December.
Contractors also will be required to sign confidentiality agreements and workers will guard the property’s perimeter to prevent onlookers from taking photographs or videos.”
The writer asks a valid question , why is there NO video of Lanza ? Every other mass shooting in a public place has yielded some sort of surveillance video and still photos , why not Newtown ? No other public building has been razed , why Newtown ?
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Published on Oct 8, 2013
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Feds spend 5 billion on eve of shutdown:http://www.defense.gov/contracts/cont…Feds ordered to make the sequester as painful as promised.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2…Feds try to close down the ocean:
http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/10/03…Abuse of NSA domestic spying:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09…Rand Paul Supports the use of drones to kill Americans on U.S. soil:
http://www.forbes.com/sites/rickungar…NDAA of 2013 passes unanimously:
http://rt.com/usa/ndaa-military-deten…http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2nMwm…
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Thanks to Justin Breen for help with the animations at the end.”
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‘I am Bradley Manning’: High-profile Americans take to YouTube
” A group of influential Americans, including celebrities, journalists and international activists who oppose the American wars in the Middle East and beyond are putting together a video.
The video trailer above is for the “I am Bradley Manning” campaign, and it features several American celebrities along with public thinkers, all pledging and voicing support for Manning.”
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Benghazi Shows Democrats At Most Desperate
” The party that swept into power on promises of transparency and accountability scrambled Wednesday to circle wagons in an extravagant attempt to protect administration officials, the White House and the woman many Democrats hope will be their next nominee for president.
Congressional Democrats strenuously tried covering up the inquiry into the botched handling and dishonest aftermath of the terrorist attack on a U.S. facility in Benghazi that left our ambassador to Libya and three other Americans dead.
It was a performance the likes of which have not been seen in this town since the darkest days of the Iraq War when Republicans on Capitol Hill scraped and scrounged for any sort of defense that could be made of the Bush administration and the mountains of bad news that kept emerging from Iraq.
A Democratic Congress, we were promised back then, would be different. Democrats vowed to be a check on the White House and the administration no matter who was president. Turns out, that was just something that sounded good in the heat of an election campaign.”
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Boston And More Government Lies
” Days later, after the FBI solicited the help of the public in identifying two men in grainy video images, the two Chechnyan brothers came out of hiding, killed an MIT police officer in cold blood in an effort to steal his sidearm, car jacked an Asian man, drove to a convenience store and robbed it, then engaged in a firefight with police. The two men were armed with a small arsenal of five pipe bombs, an M-4 carbine, two handguns and a BB gun. They planned to kill as many people as they could and then, depending on who is talking, blow up New York or party there, authorities said.
Police begin to look pretty incompetent if they are having a shootout involving dozens of police officers and just two suspects if the suspects escape, even if the suspects are armed with several weapons. But now we know that the pair did not have an arsenal, as first reported, but only one Ruger 9 mm handgun.
If police will lie about the weapons the pair had and what happened during the shootout, what else are they lying about?
The FBI claims it’s looking for other members of the Tsarnaev’s terror cell. Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick insists they acted alone. It can’t be both, but no one outside of alternative media is asking which it is.
The FBI, the CIA and other non-government organizations (NGOs) use patsies to stage terror events. Even Obama mouthpiece The New York Times has outed the FBI for staging terror attacks so it could swoop in at the last minute and “save” Americans from attacks that would not have happened without FBI help. They have long been known to lie to advance their agendas: Aurora, Colo.; Newtown; Waco; Ruby Ridge; Oklahoma City; 9/11; Gulf of Tonkin;USS Liberty — the “official” stories on all these are lies.”
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GENERAL ON BENGHAZI : ” This Thing Runs Very Deep “
” There has been no acceptable explanation for not rescuing Americans under siege in Benghazi, and nothing less than a special House committee investigation will satisfy the retired U.S. Army general who played a key role in organizing a letter signed by more than 700 special operations veterans in demanding the formation of the special committee.
Retired Lt. Gen. Jerry Boykin served in the Army’s special forces and in the Army Rangers. Boykin is now executive vice president at the Family Research Council, and he’s a member of the WND board of directors.
He told WND the lack of action during the Benghazi crisis, and the lack of answers since, have been bothering him for months.
Boykin said he and his colleagues directed the letter toward the House of Representatives rather than the U.S. Senate because there are already 70 House co-sponsors for a resolution calling for the creation of the same select committee to probe what went wrong before, during and after the Benghazi attacks. He is very cautiously optimistic that House leaders will approve the committee, but he cautioned the reaction over the next day or so will be critical in determining whether it will happen.
The general agrees with Special Operations Speaks Co-Founder Larry Bailey, who told us earlier in the week that to this point House leaders have been somewhat complicit in allowing key questions on Benghazi to go unanswered.
“If you look at the fact that the commander of the Africa Command, Gen. Carter Ham, has never been brought in to testify, if you look at the fact that there are at least 32 survivors of this incident and none of them have ever been brought in and questioned, if you look at the fact that one of those 32 is still in Walter Reed and a member of Congress has visited him twice but he’s never been asked to come across town and appear before a committee or subcommittee, this is inexcusable and it reeks of a cover-up of some kind , Boykin said .”
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GOP Should Subpoena Benghazi’s Silenced Witnesses
” Benghazi: The House GOP has threatened to subpoena the survivors of the Benghazi terrorist attack, those who know the truth, and hold up the? nomination of our murdered ambassador’s replacement. It should do both.
The Obama administration is fond of using a familiar tactic, the shield of an “ongoing investigation,” to cover up its malfeasance in the deaths of Americans serving their country.
It was used to hide the truth regarding the administration’s Fast and Furious gun-running operation to Mexican drug cartels, which resulted in the deaths of agents Brian Terry and Jaime Zapata. They are using it again concerning Benghazi.
The only American witnesses to the Benghazi attack who have been named by the Obama administration are the four whom the terrorists killed in the Sept. 11 attack on our Benghazi mission — Ambassador Chris Stevens, State Department Information Management Officer Sean Smith, and former Navy SEALs Tyrone Woods and Glen Doherty, who were working for the CIA.”
We’re a day late with this one but it is very much worth your time .
The Legacy Andrew Breitbart Left for The Next Generation
” Today is the one year anniversary of the death of New Media pioneer and American patriot Andrew Breitbart. In his memory I’m reprinting the article I published a year ago in response, explaining the impact he had, originally titled “Immortality: Andrew Breitbart’s 5 Gifts to Generation Y Conservatism.”
Greg Gutfeld on his friend Andrew Breitbart:
My wife called him the wizard, for he could conjure up anything at any time with limitless energy.
As an enthusiast for pop culture’s fruits, perhaps Big Hollywood’s founder would allow a Harry Potter reference to describe the impact he left on American political culture and the lives of those who knew him.”
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BOB WOODWARD: A ‘Very Senior’ White House Person Warned Me I’d ‘Regret’ What I’m Doing
” Bob Woodward said this evening on CNN that a “very senior person” at the White House warned him in an email that he would “regret doing this,” the same day he has continued to slam President Barack Obama over the looming forced cuts known as the sequester.
CNN host Wolf Blitzer said that the network invited a White House official to debate Woodward on-air, but the White House declined.
“It makes me very uncomfortable to have the White House telling reporters, ‘You’re going to regret doing something that you believe in,'” Woodward said.”
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JUDICIAL WATCH WANTS TRUTH ON BENGHAZI
” The leading legal and investigatory government watchdog announced Feb. 20 that it filed suit in federal court demanding the President Barack Obama and the director of national intelligence release documents relating to the Sept. 11-12 attacks on our diplomatic mission in Benghazi.
“With all of the Benghazi lies coming out of the Obama administration, the only way to get at the truth is to release these records immediately,” said Thomas J. Fitton, the president of the Washington-based Judicial Watch, a conservative, non-partisan education foundation.”
The Sandy Hook Hoax Fake Actors Exposed
We here at YouViewed don’t pretend to know the truth of Sandy Hook but we do believe that we haven’t heard it yet . The conflicting stories , lack of first hand details and the major rush to legislate all seem to point towards a government that will stoop to anything in order to get it’s way . Below are a collection of links that take the opinion that we are being lied to . We won’t try to sway your beliefs one way or the other . Check the links and decide for yourselves , but we do believe that it is high time we returned to the mantra of the sixties radicals , who just happen to hold the reins of power today , that we should ” QUESTION AUTHORITY ” .
” Some say there is no Newtown conspiracy theory I beg to differ a lot of questions still have not been answered..
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Robbie Parker Fake Actor Sandy Hook Shooting Exposed
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKWgCRBR5qE
Memorial service and wake held for Emilie Parker in Utah YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0L7R_5mGnKw
RE: Sandy Hook Rampage – Gene Rosen’s Greatest Hits – It’s all been like a really bad movie!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YfuWAv33edA
Gene rosen audition video – sandy hook HOAX !!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7T_GN_OVMI
(I don’t believe everything in this next clip but those parents are bad actors)
Sandy Hook Families Interviewed All Fake Update
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1jg0H-MfVY
Dec 31 2011 New Years Anderson Cooper Talking to David Gergen
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2d5fzuKta-c
SANDY HOOK Shootings: Victims plug gun control
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igfmbZ353yY
Newtown’s Daniel Barden Who Died, His Little Sister Writes Letter To Obama About Guns 😦
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3XEc9BK67rE
Has Adam Lanza Even Been Alive The Last 3 Years?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MmSKS4hwJ24
Alex Jones asks David Gergen about Bohemian Grove Rituals
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHFoUZEjuNM
Sandy Hook Elementary School Nurse Sally Cox EXPOSED Newtown Shooting FRAUD
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9BJFS4Y9ks
Regular people don’t talk like this
Sandy Hook shooting – Noah Pozner’s mother’s lack of emotion
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rORvvz8-deo
(Note not all people I’ve seen were actors..there were some who were normal people but they were not focused on by the media because they not aware of the hoax and were not as polished as the parents who lost children)
For example
A few people in this video seem like real people-still trying to find the other video I saw where a lady says she got a text from CBS??
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXWjKNzKwms
Sandy Hook shooting: What happened?
http://www.cnn.com/interactive/2012/12/us/sandy-hook-timeline/index.html
List of disinfo videos
1/8/2013 — Sandy Hook School Shooting Tribute Vid — UPLOADED 1 MONTH BEFORE !
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDKpyD1jPOM
Glad I’m not the only one..doesn’t matter who wants to call it ignorant or sickening…what is sickening is people just labeling things conspiracy theories without even looking in to them
FAU professor James Tracy makes no apologies for calling Connecticut school massacre a hoax and says it was staged to get the whole country behind gun control
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VpsI-3nf8dY
Did This Shooting Really Happen Or This Just Wicked Media!? ”
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“OPEN LETTER TO GENERAL PATRAEUS FROM A FORMER NAVY SEAL”
“General Patraeus Sir,
We seem to have a President who was willing to let GOOD MEN DIE to hide something else, something very sinister that was happening in Benghazi. You KNOW more than what you let on, Sir.
Your recent testimony before Congress appeared to throw the Administration under the bus, but lingering questions remain. Rice is a distraction. We want to know the truth.
WHAT WAS OBAMA HIDING THAT HE LET 4 GOOD MEN DIE IN BENGHAZI?
You were the head of the CIA and as such you have the information that the people seek. Silence will betray your honor, if the full truth is not revealed.
That night we got our rear handed to us by Muslim Brotherhood ideologues who alternately want to kills us or enslave us. The people YOU call co-workers are either in league with the enemy or have the same objectives. Four American men and a little piece of America died that night. They died because someone in this Administration watched the battle rage for 7 hours, yet still gave the order to STAND DOWN as Americans were overrun, tortured and massacred.
WE WERE ROUTED BY THE ENEMY AND OUR OWN GOVERNMENT CHOSE TO LET OUR PEOPLE BE SLAUGHTERED!
WHO GAVE THAT ORDER, SIR? “
We All Deserve The Truth .
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