As reported by Nick Short, can you imagine that Seddique Mateen had a pair of large money transfers Turkey and Afghanistan, with the second transfer having occurred one week before the attack?
I am not sure what is going on, but there are significant questions surrounding almost all of the recent mass shootings. Unlike many, I am certain each of these events happened, but I do not think the public has been adequately informed of the motives and participants.
There remain questions about San Bernardino, and answers are far and few astonishingly between in Las Vegas. There were stand down orders given police in Orlando and Parkland. We call Central Florida home (and drive by Pulse almost on a daily basis), and there remain many unanswered questions about the Pulse shooting. Although the killer professed an allegiance to Islam, it has been categorized as an attack on the LGBT community (secondarily, it was, along with the Latino community) and the LGBT agenda has exponentially risen to prominence in the community since.
Without adequate answers being provided to the public, conspiracy theories will continue to be fed. Information that does trickle out like the info we got last night about the Pulse gunman's father gives additional evidence to those who think the truth in these events remains elusive.
"It amounts to exploiting our children, as well as those 17 deaths in Florida, for political purposes."
There is no question about it. Ferguson, Baltimore, and sadly Orlando are all examples where the organized radical left has organized in breathtaking fashion to advocate for an agenda which attacks the founding principles of our nation, sadly exploiting the uneducated "useful idiots" in the process.
In Orlando, the Pulse shooting massacre was not chosen as a vehicle to advance gun control, but rather to push the LGBT agenda. With the help of media partners and a very vocal minority, it has worked like a charm, as Orlando has become a leading gay community. (we don't have an issue with that, only the way it was seemingly forced upon us local residents rather than organically growing).
In fact, in the trial of the gunman's wife, which started this week, The Orlando Sentinel reports that federal prosecutors of Noor Salman considered the attack at Pulse on June 12,2016 was a terrorist act, not a gay club attack. While the media would never agree, we deem this assessment compete accurate.
These well organized groups of the radical left are making great progress, and our nation is paying a heavy price.
One has to wonder how many of our children, who while with heavy hearts wanted to pay tribute to the beautiful souls who were lost on Valentines Day in south Florida, were heavy influenced by the lies presented to them by these dishonest agents of those who aim to change the principles this nation was founded upon.
Perhaps a better course of action today would have been to adopt the words expressed on this wonderful sign making it's way through social media today:
Appearing to be on the run, Noor Salman, wife of Omar Mateen, who killed 49 people and wounded 53 others on June 12 at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, was arrested in San Francisco on January 16.
Why she was ever allowed to roam free was puzzling, but now we may know.
President Obama, in campaigning for Hillary Clinton, was quick to point out (incorrectly) that there had not been a terrorist act in America under his watch. The media never challenged Obama, and went overboard to describe the Pulse shooting as a hate crime; an action against the LGBTQ community.
After her arrest, Salman was charged with "Aiding and Abetting by providing material support to a foreign terrorist organization and Obstruction of Justice."
So, let the record reflect the authorities DO consider the Pulse shooting an act of terrorism by a foreign terrorist organization.
Therefore, beyond spreading "fake news", Obama allowed an accomplice to a horrifying and despicable act of terrorism to roam free for political expediency, potentially placing citizens in harms way.
That is disgusting, if not criminal, action by Obama, but we should not forget he does appear to have an allegiance to some who wish America harm.
We have been wondering about the whereabouts of the wife of the Orlando mass murderer Omar Mateen.
I drove by the Pulse Nightclub, the scene of the horrific, event this morning. It still hurts.
However, Orlando is picking up the pieces very nicely, and I am very proud of our community.
Although without question they were significantly impacted, there appears to be an overreach to the LGBT community. We disagree that the terrorist act was planned and plotted as an attack on the LGBT community, as we consider the event a terrorist act against The United States of America which took the lives of many of our beloved citizens, most of whom in this case, were LGBT and/or Latino.
The New York Times has located Noor Salman, and has presented a story attempting to make us sympathetic to her plight as the loved one who had no clue about the evil her husband was about to inflict.
I don't buy it for one minute.
“It’s possible she didn’t know because he was not confiding in her, but she does have every incentive in the world to retell this story as a different kind of victim,” said Mia Bloom, a professor at Georgia State University. “I am not trying to minimize the experience she had in a domestic abusive relationship, but it doesn’t give her a free pass as a bystander to not come forward.”
The "I was unaware" excuse has run it's course. They all know.
She should be considered an accomplice, and charged accordingly.
Central Florida's own Lloyd Marcus accurately notes the immoral and fraudulent position the American Left has taken. The American Left is evil, and they are destroying the foundation and principles of our nation as founded.
"Summarizing the Left’s media blitz, they said if you do not affirm the LGBT community and the implementation of their agenda, you are equal to the Orlando shooter; a rabid hater, responsible for those killed in the nightclub. I wonder how many Americans are falling for it."
Too many.
Sadly, the Orlando terrorist attack is a clear and glaring example of the leftist agenda, as nobody seems interested in holding those responsible accountable (radical Islam), only in the promotion of the LGBTQ community.
In a despicable display of partisanship, Anderson Cooper flew the coop attacking Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi about her actions opposing gay marriage in Florida.
Cooper, who is highly regarded for his journalistic integrity among the media elites and even by some on the right, including firebrand conservative Glenn Beck, is being applauded by progressives, liberals and the LGBT community for his blindside of Bondi.
I have always considered Cooper among the very best of the national mainstream media, which can no doubt be considered strongly left leaning. But I found his attack on Bondi nothing short of strongly offensive.
The LGBT community, which includes Cooper, is miffed with Bondi for her opposition of the legalization of gay marriage. Bondi was acting on behalf of the state of Florida (I am a resident of the Sunshine State) in leading the opposition, as her job having been elected dictates. As she pointed out, the majority of the residents of Florida are against the measure, as am I.
That does not in any way suggest she, or any of the other Floridians against that initiative, hate the LGBT community. We do not. We just happen to believe marriage is between a man and woman, as our Christian beliefs dictate. Certainly, the greater majority are in favor of a civil union which would allow for loved ones to have legal standing, contrary to Copper's suggestion otherwise.
Incidentally, this is a position recently held by both President Obama and Hillary Clinton until it became politically expedient to change positions, with Clinton calling it a "sacred bond" and a "bedrock principle."
At any rate, as common sense would suggest, this was not an appropriate time to address this issue with AG Bondi. Unless your manners and professionalism took a back seat to your personal agenda. They did with Cooper, and my respect for him immediately flew the coop.
In a rather stunning speech Tuesday, a petulant Obama hunkered down in defense of Islam essentially blaming America for the grotesque loss of life in Orlando. Obama took a shot at Donald Trump, as did Hillary in a follow up speech.
But it is Trump who has accurately assessed the real issue, radical Islamic terrorists, and make no mistake, it is the left, led by these two anti-American elites, and their policies, that are in large measure to blame for this terrorism.
"Perhaps it is those who preach tolerance that we should be most afraid of. Democrats and liberals preach tolerance. But in doing so they have chosen to ignore the dark truths of a religion which is the most intolerant of all" noted Hopkins.
Agreed.
Cooper, and his progressive partners in the media, do not seem to have any anger whatsoever against radical Islam and the destruction that surrounds them. No, they take aim, with fervor, attacking opponents of the LGBT cause, which is dear to them.
The safety of the citizens of America, all of them, are dear to me.
If only Anderson Cooper would extend such efforts calling out those who are looking the other way as terrorists murder our citizens rather than taking this opportunity to advocate on behalf of the LGBT agenda.
Maybe he could have waited until we bury our neighbors categorized not as LGBT or Latino unless it is an agenda item for you, but as fellow Americans, before engaging AG Bondi?
Evil are these terrorists, not AG Bondi, and this was without question a terrorist attack on all of us.
When will the leftists ever learn. As Hopkins accurately notes, they may never.
With ISIS running roughshod and terror in the air, and with an economy that looks fair with manipulated data but is incredibly fragile and on the brink of collapse, in recent weeks, issues surrounding those not heterosexual have dominated the news. With age old common law and Christian values whipsawed from every angle, many of us feel we're climbing through the pages of Dr. Seuss's Inside Outside Upside Down.
There have been attacks on bakeries, who due to their religious faith appropriately determined they would be unable to make a cake for a gay wedding. A similar issue arose for a pizza parlor in the middle of nowhere that got attacked from all points across the globe. Quite a disturbance for such a limited amount of people.
Then, there is the sad tale of former Olympian champion Bruce Jenner, who has determined he is actually a woman and has begun making his transition, now referred to as Caitlyn. I think he has major psychological issues, but I hope he finds peace.
These issues have not come to the forefront by accident. Nobody was shocked the media was poised to promptly react as each of these issues became public knowledge. Obama did not read about it in the news.
In fact, I deem the whole thing orchestrated.
I recall something I found interesting while watching the Celebrity Apprentice in 2012, noting that a disproportional amount of the charities designated by the contestants were associated with some arm of the LGBT movement. We posted here on BAHL Revere about this the time.
Vice President Joe Biden supposedly misspoke regarding Obama being a supporter of gay marriage, but that was not the case, simply presented that was to open the door for Obama, no doubt a man of principle, to change course once the wind changed direction allowing political expediency. Same with Hillary Clinton, who for decades stood tall for marriage between a man and woman, citing it as a "bedrock principle".
These folks are liars. They do not give a damn about gay people, although seemingly non-credible reports indicated both may be bisexual. Both Obama and Clinton are using the LGBT movement, which again, represents approximately five percent of the population with a full stretch of the figures, to further their political ambitions.
And now, with the Supreme Court recently ruling in favor of same sex marriage, the slippery slope begins a frantic struggle for friction.
As famed economist and Hoover Institution Senior Fellow Thomas Sowell so eloquently stated recently stated in the supreme editorial pages of Investors Business Daily, "When any branch of government can exercise powers not authorized by either statutes or the Constitution, "we the people" are no longer free citizens but subjects, and our "public servants" are really our public masters. And America is no longer America. The freedom for which whole generations of Americans have fought and died is gradually but increasingly being taken away from us with smooth and slippery words".
The reasons for this embrace of the LGBT movement are plentiful; however, most notably,progressive activists in the United States want to use these kinds of laws to destroy free speech in America. Hate speech is defined as speech that offends, threatens or insults groups, based on race, color, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, disability, or other traits. There you have it, if your religion finds homosexuality offensive, and you think that, you have no doubt offended somebody, and this day and age, that somebody could force your incarceration.
I'll go ahead an offend someone, as I believe marriage is between a man and a woman, with same sex couples free to seek civil unions, allowing them equal rights under the law but not necessarily in the church.
Moving forward now, all legal forms must be altered, and for students filling out forms it will move to parent name rather than the name of the mother and father, diminishing the value of the traditional family. If churches fail to embrace the LGBT crowd, from performing marriages to hiring staff, even if this goes against traditional beliefs of the church, the churches risk losing their tax exempt status. Calls for the stripping of the tax exempt status have already begun. Christian churches are officially under attack now, and will be set up to be in violation; however, you will not see such effort being made at any mosques. Islam is being championed; left alone, however, Christianity is deemed unworthy by these elites as traditional America must be discredited and destroyed for the new socialist utopia of one world governance to take root. Hate speech can fly vigorously aimed at those who don't share admiration for the LGBT community, with labels of bigotry and racism tossed about with little ramification. Free speech will be punished in the court of public affairs if it is deemed inappropriate by the wizards of doublespeak. If you own a private company, you will be declared ineligible for consideration for government contracts or dealings with government agencies if you are deemed to profess discrimination against the gay community, or for that matter, illegal immigrants. If it were only gay marriage, that might be one thing.
However, the issue is never the issue with the left, and the floodgates of rewriting common law and destroying valued traditions with escalating government control is running roughshod, issuing punitive damage to those who dissent.
The LGBT crowd are useful idiots, utilized as a political mechanism by the progressive movement to gain control over the citizenry. With the help of a rogue Supreme Court who deems themselves able to operate outside of the Constitution, these doors have just been kicked wide open.
BAHL is a REALTOR, Real Estate Investor and Residential Real Estate Appraiser in Orlando. He holds a BS degree in Economics from Florida State University.
