Ismail Ax; The synergy between Islam and insanity

Five and one half years after 9-11, there is much we still do not know about Islam. The main reason for this ignorance is that the MSM/DNC treats Islam like any other non-Christian religion - like Hinduism or Zoroastrianism. MSM/DNC largely refuses to discuss Islam, especially when the discussion would involve the continuing worldwide acts of terror at the hands of the "Religion of Peace."

One aspect that desparately needs to be explored is the existence of domestic criminals who initiate acts of terror/murder without orders or official connections to Al Qaeda or other Muslim groups overseas. The MSM/DNC has long accepted as an article of faith that unless one is taking explicit orders from Osama bin Laden, one is not a "terrorist" or a jihadist and does not reflect negatively on Islam. This assumption leads not only to the MSM/DNC campaign of misinformation about Iraq, but also leads the MSM/DNC to ignore and discount and misinterpret domestic acts of terror. The MSM/DNC provided tremendous publicity to the D.C. sniper in 2002, until it became apparent that the killers were Islamic and motivated by sympathy for the 9-11 terrorists. At that point, MSM/DNC forgot that the sniper murders ever happened.

While it is true that John Mohammed (probably) did not take orders from Al Qaeda, he was no less a terrorist. Mohammed's own insanity was fueled by the corrosive effects of Islam.

The case of Cho Seung-Hui may be different only in degree. The Islam/Insanity ratio in Cho appears to have been a little lower than in John Allen Mohammed. After hearing parts of his videotape, he appears to be rambling and incoherent, commenting on inequality of wealth like any ordinary John Edwards supporter. But his now multiple use of "Ismail Ax" and his celebrity status among foreign jihadists (of course they like Pelosi too - but that is another matter) indicate that Islam and the steady stream of Islamic hatred for the West played some role in this young man's craziness.

Of the greatest significance is the MSM/DNC's whitewash of the "Ismail Ax" phrase. As of yesterday afternoon, MSM/DNC had yet even to report or acknowledge the existence of this phrase, despite a worldwide internet feeding frenzy/blogburst directed solely to discovering the meaning of this phrase. The phrase was finally forced into the mainstream last evening when Michael Savage reported on his radio show that his people caught the phrase on the return address of Cho's package to NBC. Savage gleaned this phrase from the NBC broadcast even though NBC made no mention of the phrase or the connection to the writing on Cho's body or the worldwide blogburst of the previous two days.

Nightline then discussed this phrase at the end of their broadcast, but Martin Bashir discussed only the non-Islamic explanations. He discussed the Bible, James Fenimore Cooper and some recent literature that I don't remember. He did not mention the Koran or Isamail Adil Shah. All of Bashir's theories were inconclusive. If the Islamic influence theory is incorrect, why did Bashir not mention it? I believe the MSM/DNC ignored this phrase as long as it could for two days. It could wait no longer after the blogburst and Savage's radio broadcast. At that point, MSM/DNC's only choice was to broadcast a whitewash in the hopes that this murder spree would be dismissed as the work of a lunatic. MSM/DNC has once again whitewashed a massacre with possible Islamic connections and prevented Americans from learning more about the influence of Islam on domestic fringe elements.

We will face mayhem in the future at the hands of domestic lunatics. Islam may fuel this mayhem and provide justification in the minds of the lunatics for their rampages. MSM/DNC still wants you to believe that Islam is a religion of peace. To the extent that MSM/DNC is willing to permit America to fight back in the War on Terror, only those with proven connections to Osama bin Laden will be worth MSM/DNC scrutiny. Domestic lunatics, synergized with Islam, will continue to operate freely.

Quote of the day - Koran - Ismail Ax

"After making sure that nobody was left in town, Ibrahim went towards the temple armed with an ax. Statues of all shapes and sizes were sitting there adorned with decorations. Plates of food were offered to them, but the food was untouched. "Well, why don't you eat? The food is getting cold." He said to the statues, joking; then with his ax he destroyed all the statues except one, the biggest of them. He hung the ax around its neck and left."
--The Koran

[Ismail was Ibrahim's son. It was Ismail that Ibrahim wanted to sacrifice for Yahweh (with an ax).]

H/T "Ismail Ax Explained."

The Today Show interviews the gun dealer; Cho Seung-Hui; Ismael Ax

This morning on the Today Show I saw a piece of the interview with the gun dealer that sold a gun to Cho Seung-Hui. He really didn't seem to have much to say.

The best statement he could make would be something like this:

I wish I could have sold a gun to every student in those classrooms. Maybe then most of the 32 victims would not have died.

I play Monday morning quarterback with that interview because we are all going to have to decide what to do and how to respond when the subject of gun control comes up. We are being slowly disarmed in the face of danger. If we want to avoid being killed by some lunatic, we must be armed when the time comes. We must protect our Second Amendment rights now, which means being prepared when friends, relatives, associates, etc. ask about the Ismael Ax Massacre.

Gun control in Brazil - does it work?; Rio De Janeiro Gun Control Massacre v. Ismail Ax Massacre

Brazil has one of the world's strictest gun control laws.

Permits will be issued only to police, security guards and others in high-risk professions - but they must be at least 25 years old.

Anyone else caught carrying a firearm will face up to four years in prison.

So Brazil should not suffer from incidents like Virginia Tech's Ismail Ax Massacre, right? But yesterday I noted a mass shooting in which 19 people were killed in Rio De Janeiro.

But police say they are terrified of being outgunned by heavily armed and well-financed gangs that control the cocaine trade in the seaside city, a favorite of tourists.

Gun control doesn't work any better in the U.S. than it does in Brazil.

On this blog, April 17 will always be remembered as the anniversary of the Rio De Janeiro Gun Control Massacre.

The Ismail Ax murders; Today Show's teleprompters consider every other angle

This morning on Today, Meredith Viera's and Matt Lauer's teleprompter never mentioned that the phrase "Ismail Ax" appeared on the body of Cho Seung-Lui.

But they mentioned everything else:

- They mentioned Cho's writings, even showing a picture of a copy of "Richard McBeef."
- They pointed out that he was a loner.
- They interviewed friends of Cho's parents in the D.C. suburbs.
- They interviewed members of the Korean community in Los Angeles.
- They interviewed a former teacher who had recommended counseling for Cho, but who admitted she hadn't seen him since December 2005.
- They managed to find a VT student who was also a student at Columbine in 1999.
- They tracked down the gun store owner that sold a gun to Cho.
- They interviewed friends of victims.

So we know what he wrote in English class, that he was a loner, where he bought a gun, who his former teacher was, that the Korean community fears a backlash, etc. -

But they never mentioned that he had a probable Islamic phrase written on his body at the time of his death.

Had the name "Jesus Christ" appeared on Cho's body, this incident would be forever known as "The Jesus Christ Shooting Rampage." Or "The Jesus Christ Shooting Rampage that proves the need to fight global warming." Or "The Jesus Christ Shooting Rampage that proves the need to promote gay rights, gun control and higher taxes."

But because Cho identified himself with the Religion of Peace, the MSM/DNC cannot even mention the simple fact that these words appeared on Cho's body. Whether it turns out to be an Islamic reference or not, the MSM/DNC's attempt to surpress this fact is, itself, a major story.

On this blog, I will now refer to the Virginia Tech murders as the "Ismail Ax murders."
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update - Wednesday 11:45 AM
Atlas refers to the Ismail Ax story as another "Gutenberg moment." Check out her post to see info on the developing blogburst.

Also, it was inevitable. Someone has grabbed the domain name Ismailsax.com.

The MSM/DNC will continue to look more ridiculous the longer it ignores and appears to fear this phrase. Regardless of what this phrase turns out to mean, MSM/DNC's attempt to suppress it is quickly joining Rathergate, Reuters fauxtogate, etc. among MSM/DNC scandals and watershed events.
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update 12:55 PM

From "The Age" (Australia) "All at once, the world went searching for the meaning of 'Ismail Ax'."

The whole world except for the MSM/DNC.

Also from The Age - "The rapid search and response of that term offered another snapshot of how quickly the web disseminates information and connects people."

This episode shows even more how the MSM/DNC is out of touch with the world. When the MSM/DNC finally does acknowledge this term, it will be sure to have some innocuous story that it can stick to and that it hopes will pacify those who are investigating the phrase that America's media giants seem to fear.

News coverage - Virginia Tech murders - the unfolding story; Cho Seung-Hui; Ismail Ax

The story of the Virginia Tech shooting has emerged slowly over the past two days. We still know very little about the killer and his motives, although we are getting hints from the various news items. We still don't know the full story of how the events of the day unfolded yesterday.

Last week I watched old NBC news footage of the Jonestown massacre from November 1978. It was interesting that even 48 hours after the massacre, the anchors gave the death count at just below 400 (instead of the 900+ it actually turned out to be), while they speculated that 500+ cultists were hiding in the jungle. That turned out to be incorrect, as those 500+ had died with the others.

I observed the same immediate confusion in the coverage of 9-11. CNN replayed its 9-11 coverage on the five year anniversary seven months ago. The CNN anchors were still speculating about navigation errors 15 minutes after the second airplane hit the towers. The full story of the hijacking took hours to emerge, with crucial details still dribbling out the following morning.

I recall when President Reagan was shot in 1981, we did not understand the motives of his attacker, John Hinckley, until the next day (or later) when details of his obsession with Jodie Foster became known.

Years from now, we will forget that we were in the dark for so many days or hours in the immediate aftermath of the killings at Virginia Tech. MSM/DNC becomes more polished the more time passes in the wake of any news item. As various parts of the MSM/DNC "get their story straight," the MSM/DNC line becomes standard and can be reduced to a few soundbites. That is why immediate coverage of any major story is interesting. We have the chance the catch the MSM/DNC off guard.

I have specific memories of a few highlights of the unfolding story from yesterday and today. I first heard mention of the story shortly before 1:00 on Fox Sports Radio. I almost immediately compared the coverage at the websites of NBC, ABC and CBS. ABC had interrupted regular programming with Charles Gibson, who speculated as to roughly 21 deaths. NBC's Brian Williams provided roughly the same death toll, even though MSNBC was simultaneously reporting only one death and that police had a gunman in custody. [This statement about a gunman in custody remained on the MSNBC website even as ABC and NBC reported that the lone killer was dead].

Upon checking CBS' website, it appeared that CBS was still talking about Don Imus. It was difficult to navigate the CBS website and its videos, as I kept getting interrupted by commercials from Katie Couric describing new CBS web features and e-mail alerts that CBS can send to your mobile phone. I guess it is important that CBS keep us informed of updates on the Imus story.

ABC news and others quickly got the gun control drums beating with polls and commentators discussing the gun control angle.

As the day progressed, through eyewitnesses interviews, we gradually learned that the killer was "Asian." The death toll gradually approached and exceeded 30.

By seven o'clock this morning, Matt Lauer's and Meredith Viera's teleprompter took to the airwaves and repeated last evening's updates in a tone that suggested that these updates were somehow new.

This morning, we learned of the killer's name, country of origin and student and citizenship status. During the day, details emerged of his "disturbing" writings and status as a loner. We learned that after he had killed two people at the dormitory, he went back to his room before proceeding to the engineering building and beginning the largest part of the massacre.

Emily





Only this afternoon did we see the photo of Emily - the first victim whose (as of yet) unexplained relatioship with the killer might explain the rampage.

Today also we learned that the killer had the words "Ismail ax" written on his body. This phrase has (among other explanations) Islamic implications, which means that the MSM/DNC will never investigate its meaning.

Aside from the usual MSM/DNC propaganda, the things we learn about the shootings in the next few days will make the posts of the last few days appear to be a strange time capsule.
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afternoon 4-18-07 update

I don't intend to update every development in this case, but the examples below help demonstrate my point that stories develop slowly.

ABC News reported this afternoon that, less than 18 months ago, Cho was determined by a court to be "mentally ill" and was then released. Much of the focus and discussion of this case will turn to the premature release of mentally ill or dangerous patients. We will soon forget that we were ever in the dark about Cho's mental problems.

It also appears that "Emily" had no relationship with Cho, even though she may unintentionally have become the Jodie Foster of this story. Years from now, we may surprised to look back on the early news coverage and see that many of us believed that an actual relationship existed between Emily and Cho.

The MSM/DNC remains largely silent on Ismail Ax. While I don't doubt the insanity theory as an explanation for this tragedy, that theory doesn't rule out the possibility of the corrosive effects of Islamism on this young man. Who among us believes that Mohammed Atta was sane in the days or months leading up to 9-11? Or that John Allen Mohammed was/is sane?
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update - 4-19-07 - noon.
Last night, it was revealed that Cho had mailed a package to NBC containing videotape of Cho's suicide message, fueling greater speculation and debate. The tape aired yesterday evening for the first time.

Virginia Tech shooting

This is one post I really don't want to write. I hate to consider the political implications of any tragedy before the facts are known, but the MSM/DNC leave us little choice. It is unknown how many people have died today or what motivated this horrific crime, but ABC news is already discussing the implications for one of their favorite pet projects - gun control. ABC also has a poll on their website asking about gun control. I don't feel like linking to it. You will just have to take my word for it.

We will hear more about gun control as the presidential campaign heats up. Virginia Tech will become as much of a rallying cry as "Columbine." In fact, Virginia Tech will push "Columbine" right out of the national discussion, except as an historical footnote. The propaganda campaign is already getting started. MSM/DNC will not let Friday's (April 20) 8th anniversary of Columbine pass without using that occassion to draw dubious parallels. Michael Moore is planning a movie about Virginia Tech. Rosie O'Donnell is planning even more insane rants than those she has spewed about 9-11. Jesse Jackson wants to know if minority students were targeted disproportionately by the shooter.

We cannot surrender the field to those who would use this tragedy to restrict more of our freedoms.

Please remember that if the victims had guns in their possession at the time of the shooting, the casualty total would have been much smaller. If stricter gun control is enacted, shooters will have an even freer hand in killing the innocent.

When you are confronted with inanities pouring from your TV tonight, remember this phrase, "More Guns, Less Crime."


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update - Michelle Malkin includes links to self-defense bills that have been rejected in the legislature.