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.
"Remember the human factor here. Now, because they were born in another country and are here illegally, these DREAMers are going to have to return to a country they don't know along with their parents. Now, that is what is sad" said Sen. Bill Nelson, D:FL.
No Sen. Nelson!
What is sad is that I am living in a country I don't know, exhibited every day now as I drive down S. Orange Ave in Orlando, where radical Islamic terrorists murdered 49 of our fellow citizens.
Yet, you and Obama continue to let thousands of refugees ISIS said they would infiltrate into America.
Sen. Nelson, you are nothing short of despicable!
Instead of worrying about the status of illegal immigrants currently here, how going after ISIS and sealing our border to help prevent the next terrorist attack perpetrated against the legal citizens of this country?
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.
Perhaps you just concluded watching "The Five" on Fox News Channel co-hosted by the lovely Kimberly Guilfoyle, but a depressing and deadly accurate article by Greg Gutfeld now requires your eyeballs.
"How can America defeat ISIS if we have vocal factions believing that we are worse? How can we fight the enemy if a large portion of our population thinks an inanimate object – a gun – caused Orlando?"
Damn good question.
Gutfeld: Orlando’s doom. The most depressing article you will ever share. Share it anyway by Greg Gutfeld
We will do just that!
The immediate consequences from the Orlando terror attack are obvious: dozens dead and maimed – families changed forever. The next layer of consequences, arriving soon, are not as obvious, but they are coming. Here they are: We are getting a divorce. First, a poll shows that Americans are pretty much divided on their opinions about the attack. Most of the Democrats see it as a gun control issue. Most Republicans see it as a terror attack. And there seems to be no sign of compromise (why can’t it be mostly “terror” and a little “guns?” asks the therapist, Dr. Gutfeld) This poll hints at an ongoing, disturbing change in this country – one that brings forth a series of even more problems – those of which I see as almost unsolvable. We quarrel about the quarrel. We cannot agree on the fight. And therefore we cannot begin to fight. Instead, we are like that proverbial snake that devours its own tail. Except, we think it’s sushi. But it’s blowfish. You get the idea. We’re dead.
"How can America defeat ISIS if we have vocal factions believing that we are worse? How can we fight the enemy if a large portion of our population thinks an inanimate object – a gun – caused Orlando?"
We assume different identities lead to different values. Does a black person, or a gay person or a fat white male, see a terror attack differently? I wouldn’t think so, but activists, talking heads and assorted thought-processors disagree. Now we no longer look at a tragedy as an American one, but through the divisive eyes of balkanized camps of competing identities. An activist at the University of Missouri, during a vigil for the victims of Orlando, actually expressed disappointment that she had to speak in front of grievers, who happened by birth, to be white. My only relief comes from the fact that a few people heckled her (a brave gay couple). That relief left when others drowned them out. The beat-down is dead. We need to train our populace on the basics of group self-defense – meaning how to cooperate and risk their skins to take down the lone aggressor. If ten people attack a man with a gun, one or two may die – but the alternative is worse. “Be Like 93” should be the motto – in honor of the heroic actions of the passengers of Flight 93, who saved uncountable lives on September 11, 2001 by attacking the hijackers and bringing the jet down in a Pennsylvania field. But that’s not what I’m really talking about. I mean justifiable aggression: explicitly meting out justice to those who deserve it. How can we do that, when we cannot agree who deserves it? The New York Times blamed Republicans for Orlando. The Huffington Post blamed Christians. Every liberal blames guns, as well as the complicit wife of the murderous, terrorist dirtbag. And the dirtbag’s dad blames social networks. He’s even suing them. The more we spread the condemnations around, the less we have for the truly guilty party. Hence our incremental approach to ISIS. President Obama treats the war on “terror” (a polite phrase for Islamism), like we’re playing Jenga. Slowly, and on rainy days. We lose respect for evidence. Our inability to call a spade a spade is the result of divorcing cause from effect. If we can’t call Islamism out for this horribleness, then what’s left? Blame Guns. Christians. White Zinfindal. It’s as though you blame a massive wild fire not on dry tinder and a lit cigarette, but on poor self-esteem among carbon products. Here’s science: Islamism preaches the murder of gays; then an Islamist murders a club full of gays. Cause…effect. Why does the left deny science? The way the media and our White House deny the effects of Islamism seems eerily similar to a certain industry we grew to loathe over time. Remember how the tobacco companies denied the role of their product in lung cancer? To deny that link, now, would have you laughed off the planet. My prediction: 20 years from now we will feel the same way about Islamism. “Remember when we had a president who refused to admit the link between atrocity and Islamism” will be the same as “Remember when people used to say cigarettes didn’t cause cancer.” Refusing to link Islamism to evil is denying the evidence before your objective eyes.
You don’t even need to bring up Orlando. Try honor killings. Read up on the Taliban and what they do to girls who want to go to school. Google “Taliban” and “acid.” President Obama isn’t just on the wrong side of history, he’s on the wrong side of the future. For a guy who claims to be all about science, he lives in a fairy tale. We have murdered sympathy. A product of modern leftism’s regressive identity politics: we see victimhood as a zero-sum game. If you grieve for the victims of terror, is there any left for Black Lives Matter? If you light a candle for Orlando, why not for Ferguson? If you aren’t gay, how are you able to sympathize with gay victims of terror? What if you’re against gay marriage? Are you as evil as terrorists? Perhaps, some might say (or have said). One anchor at another network actually chided a sympathizing politician, in the state where the terror took place… because she did not support gay rights enough to his satisfaction. I was bummed he’d play bouncer to the “Who gets to grieve” night club. That’s beneath him. Obama was against gay marriage just a handful of years ago, my friend. Now sympathy is saddled with considerations for approval of other groups and classes. Maybe just keep quiet instead of expressing sympathy, one might conclude.
We have killed debate. To better enhance well-being, one must be able to argue and even allow oneself to be proven wrong. Science is all about that: prove me wrong, please. Now, no one wants to be wrong, even when it’s an abstract debate. Look, I think the gun control debate is a deflection from the core concern, which is terror. But I’m willing to listen to some common sense, or at least informed opinions on how to prevent terrorists from getting guns. Sadly, the gun control argument is a misleading one: used not to ban guns (we know it ain’t happening), but to drive the debate away from the more volatile issue, which Islamism’s universal plans. And! – wouldn’t it be nice to talk about gun control with people who actually knew something about guns? Or control? If Orlando had been done not by gun, but by bomb -- where would the left’s argument be? Where it was, after Boston. Nowhere. We have disabled our impulse control. My motto has always been: your first public thought is often your worst public thought. Meaning: think before unloading. We now know that this is an impossible wish in this current climate of Twitter, Facebook and Piers Morgan. What happened to reserve? Contemplation? Thoughtfulness? What about waiting a few days before you spout an opinion? Now every celebrity and their less famous sibling is on Twitter lecturing us on “assault weapons” and “tolerance” as if the world right now really needs a hot take from a sitcom star on his third bout of chlamydia. The strong and silent type has been replaced with the weak and loud. I’d include myself in this, except that I only speak when spoken to. Otherwise, I sit quietly in a corner and drink copious amounts of wine. We no longer cooperate. This sad and sober consequence is the result of combining all the results mentioned above together. Without cooperation, society is doomed. Cooperation contributes to better lives, over all. If what’s good for you, is good for them you help them get what you have. That’s not the case in this era of moral relativism. The problem is: we no longer believe that what we have is good. How can America defeat ISIS if we have vocal factions believing that we are worse? How can we fight the enemy if a large portion of our population thinks an inanimate object – a gun – caused Orlando? And not this pernicious ideology you can’t even call a death cult, because radical Islam is worse than that? It’s a death movement. A death phenomenon. It’s a force that sees our conscious lives as inferior to what happens after you die. Which is why, for them, killing gays is an act of love. They’re doing those sinners a favor – in their twisted skulls, killing innocents in a night club just gave the murdered a Fast Pass to Nirvana. Boy, this is a depressing article. And I wrote it. Read it and weep.
For the victims. For the country. For your family. For you and me.
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.
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.
