Two fire hydrants were not working to help fight Destiny USA fire in Syracuse
What a cluster.
How many minutes after he was arrested was he released with no bail?
Fox made a big deal last Sunday night about the tree lighting. With all the left wing hate thrown at Fox, it’s not surprising some commie nut was motivated to burn it down.
The lesson the GOP-e and Faux News refuses to learn.
Going Dem-lite will not make them love you.
Hate crime against Christianity.
He may unwittingly have been doing God’s will:
Jeremiah 10:1-7
Saw it yesterday during Fox Business show - it was decorated red, white & blue.
Mugshot please.
Already heard he is ‘mental’ and they don’t know what his motive was.
Forget about knowing the truth.
The arsonist isn’t political. He’s a mental health consumer. Sometimes people are just crazy.
Though I am Jewish and because of that clearly don’t believe as Christians do regarding certain matters, I always like it when that tree goes up each year - it is not just that it is pretty and dresses up an otherwise drab city (which is really just a minor effect), but more importantly it is something that unifies a great part of the population (we are anything but unified, ICYMI); further, the “Christmas spirit” of being kind to others (which is universally a good thing) is reinforced with a symbol like this.
So, of course, I was as shocked and ticked off as anyone else about this. My first thought after that was that this is a sick person - emotionally and spiritually. Perhaps Communist, but definitely anti-religion in general, and anti-Christian in particular. He is not the problem (though he is A problem, to be sure) - the problem is the utterly secular educational system and a society that doesn’t merely tolerate but seems to revel in anything and anyone who bucks tradition or who tears down that which is good.
But, as bad as this incident is, it may actually be a net positive, depending upon what happens in the next day or two. One key here is the reaction of the Leftists throughout society, but particularly in politics, academia and the media. If they celebrate this (and it appears that many of them are doing so) then they are - as usual - revealing themselves. That will lead a fair number of the basically normal, non-political, fence-sitters to pay attention and understand who and what the Left really is - how utterly uncaring (and cruel) it is, how it is nothing but a force for destruction. That could help stiffen the backbone of our society and strengthen the reaction to the wave of Leftist actions over the last few decades. Remember what Rush Limbaugh said: they (Dems or Leftists, whichever is at issue in any given situation) ALWAYS overplay their hand, thus guaranteeing that there’s a reaction that slaps them back significantly - and if this kind of an incident is not “overplaying their hand” than there’s no such thing. The second key is what those who are believers (or at least friendly to/tolerant of believers’ rights and feelings) do and say - if a replacement tree is put up (and it definitely SHOULD be, today or tomorrow), and if some people who are actual leaders in politics and our culture not merely condemn this action but use it to bolster the message of kindness and also of resistance to evil, then this can become a net positive. It can become a teachable moment - and should.
Oh, and there damned well had better be guards posted 24-7 so that this doesn’t happen again. Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me.
Craig Tamanaha.. JAPANESE? Hmmm...
I'll BET THIS WAS REVENGE FOR AMERICANS KICKING JAPAN'S ASS IN WWII.. TAKE NOTE THIS ARSON OCCURRED ON THE NIGHT OF PEARL HARBOR DAY, DEC. 7TH!
( Under New York City law, arson is only considered a felony if the suspect harms or tries to harm a person or if the act is a hate crime, Mark Bederow, a Manhattan prosecutor turned criminal defense lawyer, told FOX News.)<{P>