Pro-Life Protester Shot and Killed by Angry Gunman
James Pouillon was shot to death in front of a high school full of kids, as he was protesting against abortion. The man arrested for killing him, Harlan James Drake, also allegedly killed the owner of a local gravel company.
Perhaps some may consider me as rude and impudent as Rep. Joe Wilson (R-SC, 92%), [...]
Prosecutor: Anti-Abortion Protester Shot Dead Because of Political Views
The Michigan Free Press reports:
Harlan Drake, 33, of Owosso, was arraigned this afternoon on two counts of first-degree murder, one count of using a gun in commission of a crime, and carrying a gun with the intent to commit a crime.
James Pouillon, 63, was shot multiple times at around 7:30 a.m. as he protested across [...]
Obama Quietly Issues Statement on Terrorist Attack in Arkansas
After two days of silence, President Obama issued a statement Wednesday on the shooting of two U.S. soldiers by a Muslim militant in Arkansas–but the White House didn’t even email the statement to its list of national reporters. Rather, the White House appears to have quietly released this statement to a local AP bureau in [...]
The Double-Standard Gauntlet Is Thrown
From yesterday’s New York Times unsigned (thus from the editorial board) editorial:
The murder of Dr. George Tiller, who was shot to death as he stood in the foyer of his church in Wichita, Kan., on Sunday morning, was a reprehensible act of domestic terrorism directed toward the dwindling cadre of physicians who risk their safety [...]
A Tale of Two Shootings
Just out of curiosity, does anybody believe that the Arkansas shooting of two Army recruiters, one fatally, will get the same kind of political scrutiny as the shooting of a late-term abortion doctor in Kansas?
Will the former be adduced as left-wing extremism against the military, as the latter is already being exploited as right-wing extremism [...]
No Statement from Obama on Shooting of U.S. Soldiers in Arkansas
Senator Joe Lieberman issued the following statement today in response to the shooting of two U.S. soldiers at an Arkansas recruiting station by a “Muslim convert who said he was opposed to the U.S. military”:
“Hadassah and I offer our deepest sympathies to the families of the U.S. soldier shot and killed and a second soldier [...]
