Virginia Tech Shooting

FIRST AND FOREMOST, I WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT THIS BLOG IS IN NO WAY TO DOWNPLAY THE INCIDENTS THAT OCCURRED MONDAY, APRIL 16, IN BLACKSBURG, VA!!!

I am feeling the same feelings that everyone else is feeling. Obviously I have never lost a child, but I have lost my best friend in a car wreck without a chance to ever truly say goodbye. I know that these families are searching, searching for answers for a multitude of different questions. My heart goes out to those that lost loved ones in yesterdays horrible incident. It is truly a tragedy, and the healing process for most will be slow and deeply painful.

I am so fed up with our country's media! People have died, others are injured, and thousands are searching for answers. But in a time where everyone on the news says the healing process will begin, how can anything begin with all this second guessing that the media keeps trying to feed us on a silver platter and expect everyone to believe and think about.

I for one see right through all this crap that the media is trying to pull over on us. The media keeps asking why wasn't the campus shutdown? Why did it take so long for a email to be sent out?
The police responded to the shooting at the residence hall, and did what they deemed appropriate. They treated the situation as isolated, and took the appropriate steps, that they have in place for VT Police Dept. Once the second shooting began, they acted quickly and did everything in their power to halt the situation.

There are numerous other questions that the media keeps raising - no matter what the situation - the media always pulls this crap.

I for one am sick of the media turning this into a bigger problem, people are dead! Families are in shock! The nation is mourning! Media for once, find a way to be respectful and truly let the healing process begin that you keep referring to so much!

I am behind the Administration and Police Department at Va Tech - they took the steps that they felt were appropriate.

Don Imus and Rutgers...

A blog I created on myspace and decided to put on here as well:

Isn't it funny how screwed up of a nation we live in. A nation where it is ok to say certain things but when certain people say it, then we are in a freaking uproar. Example:

"I make it rain on them hoes" - Fat Joe "Make it rain"

"That's some nappy-headed hos there, I'm gonna tell you that now." - Don Imus (radio)

My beef is the fact that no one has a problem with the fact that Fat Joe degrades women in practically the same way Imus did. His song is degrading and practically inappropriate, however as soon as Don Imus says what he said about the Rutgers team everyone is offended.

And it was only a matter of time until Al Sharpton and others spoke out on the issue.
I am in no way defending Don Imus for what he said, it was inappropriate, but it makes no sense that we are so upset by this "bigotry"; however when a rap star says something and then a Caucasian says something similar, we spend 15 dollars on the rap stars CD, but demand the radio host be fired from his job because of his comments.

I applaud Rutgers for reaching the NCAA Championship, however I wonder how many of them, in all honesty, really have a problem with Fat Joe's song lyrics. It is obvious that C. Vivian Stringer and her team are upset with Imus, but why not speak up about the rap lyrics that people seem to find so great.

My ultimate beef comes down to the media and the Rutgers women's basketball team. Why be so upset about this comment when it is all over song lyrics that come over the some of the same airwaves? Why does the media always get so bent out of shape about every little bump in the road?

To the media - freaking drop the matter!

To the Rutgers Women's basketball team - think about what exactly you are speaking out about.

ENOUGH WITH THE DOUBLE STANDARDS!!!!