May They Be At Rest In The Arms Of God

I am sick. The senseless and savage slaughter of 32 innocent people at Virginia Tech University has left me with a hollow feeling in the pit of my stomach. I grieve for the fallen as well as those who held them dear. I cannot even begin to imagine the utter sorrow of the parents who are being forced to bury their children who they believed were safe at school preparing for bright futures. My prayers and somber thoughts are with all who have been touched by this horrible travesty.

I am disgusted by the media machine that is taking the opportunity of this tragedy to advance it's own political agenda! I am dismayed by the vultures who seem to appear on television only after innocent people have lost their lives. I have watched expert after expert point out the mistakes made by the school and the police in response to this maniacal killer. These experts who feed off of others misery only to achieve their next fifteen minutes of fame are pitiful! They were sitting on their asses at their homes when this slaughter happened. With little information they have rushed to the cameras to explain why they would have made better choices and decisions than those who were at the scene and had all available information. They were spewing their bile before the bodies of the dead were even carried off of the campus. There will surely be a time for second guessing but it definitely is not yet that time!

The media has also attempted to turn the massacre of innocent college students into an indictment of American culture. Before the blood had dried they allied themselves with the anti-gun left and attempted to begin a national debate on gun control. They have blamed everything from American society to George W. Bush for this slaughter. The simple and clear fact is that none of this is relevant at this time. College students at Virginia Tech went to school in order to learn. They went to school holding dreams of the lives that their education would bring them. I am sure that some were dwelling on minutia and others were distracted by their latest love interests. Professors went to work as they did each day and attempted to impart some knowledge to eager students. Then one sick lunatic showed up with guns and ended their lives. Yes, one degenerate gunman, not American society or the NRA, showed up with evil in his dark little mind and took away the dreams of people just living their lives. His intent was to cause maximum casualties and then to take his own pathetic and unfulfilled life!

This is a time to mourn. This is a time to feel for the victims and their families. This is a time to attempt to help all of those who have been touched by this terrible tragedy. There will be a time for a discussion about these issues later but not when the wounds are still raw. If there is a lesson to be learned it is that the media will take advantage of any opportunity to politicize a story in order to advance their ideological agenda. I will not fall into this trap and debate gun control or second guess those who did their best to make tough decisions. I will not obscure the deaths of these people with an ideological debate! Instead I will sit here and reflect on those that died. I will pray for them and their families. I will dry my tears and silently ask God to take good care of them.