Monday, June 15, 2009
Abortion vs. Domestic Terrorism: Tiller vs. Muhammed
In case you are oblivous to the world around you: the shooting of Army Pvt Long occurred in Little Rock this weekend. Abdulhakim Mujahid Muhammad ( i know i know...the name...BIG surprise) was trained in Yemen and had plans to kill many more people. This was covered by page 8 in the New York Times and, aside from the coverage from Fox News and by Anderson Cooper (briefly- i'm surprised CNN put it in at all) at 10pm, it wasn't covered on any other networks. Was the killing of the abortion doc just one day before not also based on crazy fundamentalism? Another muslim fanatic (shocker!!) kills another citizen ON U.S. SOIL and not even a whisper. The reaction from liberals and their networks was quite the opposite. They painted Dr. Tiller as this hero of women's rights. One can't be reminded enough that most abortions are the result of incest and who better than Tiller to save the day. The "media" was outraged at conservatives such as Bill O'Reilly. There were hour long specials galore on how conservatives are to blame for this man's death. Private Long, however...there's a different story. Not even a 30 minute special. Tiller the Baby Killer got hour long specials. Why not Long? Well, the answer is because the assailant was a Muslim trained professionally in Yemen. Before the murder he lived in Little Rock where he was suspected of planning several other murders. To me, this seems like a pretty big story. But that's not what libral networks are interested in (the war on Islamic fundamentalism). They are much more interested in issues surrounding abortion. Tiller pocketed over 1 mill a year and has killed over 60,000 kids through late term abortions. According to testimony, many were because the mom simply changed her mind. SOME were health related. Look...i'm not condoning the murder of this guy. Nobody has the right to be a vigilanty. However, I'm honestly not sad he's dead. Because late term abortions are so barbaric, the practice is mostly illegal and only practiced by 3 docs in the country. Now only 2 :-) All I'm saying is that the murder of this man, in my eyes, is hardly any more news worthy than the murder of Private Long. That said, where's the coverage of Private Long? Why did Tiller get the headlines?
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