Dean Barnett: Thrust onto the stage
Please take the time to read this post. It is raw, honest, and moving. Here is just a bit:
Monday was the first time I had the privilege of pinch-hitting for Hugh. I had spent the weekend arranging an eclectic and interesting roster of guests, ranging from Roger L. Simon to Bill Kristol to a big rock star who is actually highly and movingly patriotic. (I’m withholding his name so when he does appear on the show it will still be an exciting surprise.) By Monday afternoon, all that was out the window.
But not everyone understands why it had to go out the window and why everyone in the media spent days talking about the Virginia Tech massacre and little else. Until I was part of the story Monday, I really didn’t appreciate how these things work. Now I do. Or at least I think I do.
April 22, 2007 - 01:56 PM on April 22nd, 2007
A very good piece. Last week was really a horrible week for Americans. The tragedy at Virgina Tech was heartrending and the week was also remembered for Columbine and Oklahoma City. Friday’s killing at NASA seemed to top it all off but I have to tell you, even my optimism faded yesterday when I saw the first news report of the Blue Angel crash. For the first time I found myself in tears. May each and every one of the victims rest in peace and my thoughts and prayers are with their families.
April 23, 2007 - 08:00 AM on April 23rd, 2007
I sent an email to Dean asking why the rantings of Cho are hyped instead of the Heroism of people who blocked doors so that students could escape? Why isn’t that professor who was a Holocaust survivor played more often than Cho’s rants?
April 23, 2007 - 08:03 AM on April 23rd, 2007
Good for you PCD although I’m not sure you’ll get an answer. There were alot of heros that day among them the boy who treated his own wound because he knew he had hit an artery. Amazing! And he learned that in the Boy Scouts!!!!!!!!
April 23, 2007 - 08:19 AM on April 23rd, 2007
3, Ah, no wonder the MSM wouldn’t run with that story. The dreaded and hated Boy Scouts strike again.