Newtown CT – Idyllic, Horrific, Courageous

Craig Andresen  "I have never been to Newtown Connecticut…Never even heard of it until last Friday.

"In my mind, I can picture it now. I have no idea how accurate my mind’s eye might be but, let me share it with you.
"Last Thursday…
"Newtown Connecticut was the 21st century equivalent to a Norman Rockwell painting.
"It’s mid-December. The colorful leave have fallen, been raked up and taken away but, the sky is a vivid blue.
"Newtown, last Thursday, was a clean small town full of cheer.

...."Robbie Parker also talked about Emilie’s little sisters. “They seem to get the fact that they have somebody they’re going to miss very much.”

"And Robbie Parker spoke of the shooter’s family too… “I can’t imagine how hard this experience must be for you.”

"HE…Can’t imagine how hard it must be for…THEM.

"Healing in Newtown Connecticut is going to take time. There will always be voids that will never be filled but, if Robbie Parker is any indication of the strength of the folk who live there and I believe he is, they will find a way through this…Together."....

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Are evil people so evil that there is not even compassion for small children?

Let us count a few of the instances where not even the innocence of childhood was sufficient to spare victims  from murderers

Beslan school hostage crisis   "At least 334 hostages were killed as a result of the crisis, including 186 children, with a significant number of people injured and reported missing."

Sharia: The long list of Christian children raped, killed by Muslims  "It's not just that the little Christian girl with Down's Syndrome was beaten (along with her mother) for "blasphemy" under the sharia, or the 12-year-old Christian boy had his ears, nose and intestines gutted as part of the reprisal for an alleged act of blasphemy, it's that this is going on daily, the persecution of non-Muslims under the sharia in Muslim countries, and the media not only says nothing; they defame, smear, and destroy those of us who shine the light on these depraved acts in the cause of Islam."

Father and his two sons, and another girl, killed outside Jewish school   "And he could have taken inspiration from Norwegian right-wing extremist* Anders Behring Breivik - who last July went on a shooting spree that killed 77 people."
*No, not the TEA Party as Pelosi would say.

We need to point this out: American Muslims Mourn Rampage Victims. "“The Muslim Community at the Al Hedaya Islamic Center in Newtown CT and at other area Masajid in Danbury CT...share in the grief of the families of the children in today’s tragedy,” the center said in a statement on its website." We will look for instances of regret from these sources of Muslim-caused violence.

Confessed Fogel family murderer sentenced: unrepentant, says he’d do it again and the killers were praised by other Arab Muslims.

Until the Ma'alot massacre we thought that surely no terrorist would kill children.
At least there was some outrage in America over the massacres of American Indians - precious little but more than we see in Muslim nations over killings by Islamists.

http://photos.mercurynews.com/2012/12/14/cartoons-tragic-school-shooting/#3

Domino's owner sues feds over ObamaCare

MyFox  "The founder of Domino's Pizza is suing the federal government over mandatory contraception coverage in the new health care law.
"Tom Monaghan, a devout Roman Catholic, says contraception is not health care and instead is a "gravely immoral" practice. He's a plaintiff in a lawsuit filed Friday in federal court, along with his Domino's Farms, which runs an office park near Ann Arbor.
"Monaghan offers health insurance that excludes contraception and abortion for employees. The new law requires employers to offer insurance that includes contraception coverage or risk fines. Monaghan says the law violates his constitutional rights, and he's asking a judge to strike down the mandate.
"The government says the contraception mandate benefits women and their role in society. There are similar lawsuits pending across the country."

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