George W. Bush, accompanied by his father, George H. W. Bush, threw a heater down the middle to Nolan Ryan before the start of game 4 last night. And the crowd went wild.
(Photo: AP)
MLB has taken down the video, but here’s a link I found. Not great quality, but it tells the story. No boos, no mom jeans, no limp-wristed wild pitch.
Love ya, Dubya.
These newly released details will make your blood boil.
WASHINGTON – Army superiors were warned about the radicalization of Major Nidal Malik Hasan years before he allegedly massacred 13 soldiers at Fort Hood, Texas, but did not act in part because they valued the rare diversity of having a Muslim psychiatrist, military investigators wrote in previously undisclosed reports.
An obvious “problem child’’ spouting extremist views, Hasan made numerous statements that were not protected by the First Amendment and were grounds for discharge by violating his military oath, investigators found.
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In searching for explanations for why superiors did not move to revoke Hasan’s security clearances or expel him from the Army, the report portrays colleagues and superiors as possibly reluctant to lose one of the Army’s few Muslim mental health specialists.
The report concludes that because the Army had attracted only one Muslim psychiatrist in addition to Hasan since 2001, “it is possible some were afraid’’ of losing such diversity “and thus were willing to overlook Hasan’s deficiencies as an officer.’’
“Several of his supervisors explicitly mentioned Hasan’s potential to inform our understanding of Islamic culture and how it relates to the current conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan,’’ the investigators found.
In one classroom incident not previously described by the Army – which parallels another episode around the same time that has received press attention – Hasan gave a presentation in August 2007 titled “Is the War on Terrorism a War on Islam: An Islamic Perspective.’’
But the presentation was “shut down’’ by the instructor because Hasan appeared to be defending terrorism. Witnesses told investigators that Hasan became visibly upset as a result.
“The students reported his statements to superior officers, who took no action on the basis that Major Hasan’s statements were protected by the First Amendment,’’ the investigation found. “They did not counsel Hasan and consider administrative action, even though not all protected speech is compatible with continued military service.’’
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Twelve people have been killed and 31 wounded in a shooting spree at a Texas military base in a murderous rampage that officials believe was carried out by an Army officer.
The suspected gunman was identified by ABC News as Major Malik Nadal Hasan.
Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchinson, R-Texas, told Fox News that military sources informed her that the gunman was about to be deployed to Iraq.
The shooter was killed and two other suspects, who are also soldiers, have been apprehended, Lt. Gen. Robert W. Cone said.
The general said there were “eyewitness accounts of more than one shooter,” and the others were tracked to an adjacent facility.
My prayers go out to the families of those who were murdered in cold blood while serving our country.
Updates to follow as they become available.
UPDATE: Congressman John Carter just told Bret Baier that he had received word that the two suspects were released, but there is currently a manhunt underway for a different suspect. This is information which was given to the congressman minutes before appearing on Special Report.
UPDATE: Jake Tapper on Twitter:
Source tells Air Force Times that Hasan was a psychiatrist recently reassigned from Walter Reed to Darnall Army Medical Center @Fort Hood.
UPDATE: Michelle Malkin linked to a picture of the suspect on Twitter. See above.
UPDATE: CNN just reported that they have heard from sources that Hassan was being “watched” by federal authorities for internet postings/activity
UPDATE: Colonel Terry Lee interview on Fox. Colonel Lee worked with Hassan and claims he made disturbing comments including that Muslims should “rise up” against and fight against the “aggressors” in Iraq & Afghanistan.
SPITFIRE MURPHY 