RE: Fort Hood Shootings

[FrenchieCat]

I was listening to MSNBC report on the Fort Hood shootings, and the person they were interviewing (didn't catch his name) was asked if there is anything special about today.
The interviewee said no.

Please note that today makes one year ago exactly that we elected Barack Obama.

I don't know if this makes it a "special day" from the standpoint of the shootings,
but certainly, November 5th of 2009 is a special day in the sense that it is the anniversary of something, not of nothing.

[Beaverhausen]

1. Guy Fawkes Day

Remember, remember the fifth of November,
The gunpowder treason and plot,
I know of no reason
Why the gunpowder treason
Should ever be forgot.

[bigwillq]

2. I thought it was Nov. 4

:shrug:

Wasn't the election Nov. 4, 2008?

ON EDIT: It was Nov. 4. I beeped my car horn last Nov. 4 because Obama won the election. I beeped my car horn this Nov. 4 because the New York Yankees won the World Series. :)

[FrenchieCat]

9. Ok...so it was the day after.......

I don't know why I thought it was Nov 5th! Doh! :crazy:

[bigwillq]

10. You had me confused!

:) My facebook status last night wouldn't have been accurate if the election was on the 5th!!

Beeped car horn on Nov. 4, 2008...Obama won election.
Beeped car horn on Nov. 4, 2009...Yankees win World Series

It's odd that it happened that way!

[MadBadger]

3. Wasnt the anniversary yesterday?

[ck4829]

4. We can't ignore any possibility

This sounds like it could be PTSD related, since the base works with sufferers of it, but this would probably be the first time in medical history where several people with PTSD coordinated to do an attack.

[Jennicut]

6. These are people under tremendous stress but to imagine more then one person

getting together to do this is unbelievable. It would change the way we look at PTSD forever. I guess we just have to wait and see.

[elocs]

11. Right, no speculation should be out of bounds because one of them will be right. n/t

[ck4829]

12. In your opinion, what do you think this is about?

[elocs]

14. I have no idea and that is why I will simply wait for the facts to come out.

Speculation is useless and most of it is wrong although given the width and spectrum of the speculation someone is bound to be right. But then everyone else is wrong.

I'll wait.

[ampad]

21. Exactly

We have no idea what is going on. I have heard the media speculate from PTSD to the last name of the Major who went on the rampage. We have no idea what is going on. Remember the DC snipers was a middle age white man, in a white van. We know this because the media told us.

[Beetwasher]

5. It's Also The Tea Party Protests On The Hill

n/t

[RepublicanElephant]

7. live local tv coverage:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/22886841#22886841

[ck4829]

8. I do know that Fort Hood isn't too far away from Waco

The eternal shrine of everything that is fringe right.

[cherokeeprogressive]

13. The anniversary was YESTERDAY.

I think that pretty much ends discussion on whether it happened because Barack Obama was elected President.

[Jennicut]

17. It could be hatred of Obama or PTSD or terrorists or something else.

We really have no idea until we hear more.

[cherokeeprogressive]

20. Absolutely true. But hey, let's put the "hatred of Obama" meme out there just in case... right?

Why would that be the FIRST of three possibilities that you list?

Just wanna get it out there? Hope to prove some kind of point?

[saracat]

15. Not everything is about Obama.

[jonnyblitz]

19. everything IS about Obama for FrenchieCat.

:crazy: :crazy: :crazy:

[CTyankee]

16. I was just thinking about the Oklahoma City bombings in the Clinton administration.

And all the attacks on abortion providers and clinics.

[onenote]

18. I love these emily litella moments