Word Play

Updated: Friday, Feb. 15, 2008, 1:11 pm -- Police have amended their earlier statements to say that five students are dead in the NUI shooting. They had earlier erroniously reported that six students had died. Additionally, the shooter, armed with three handguns (not two as earlier reported) allegedly had stopped taking medication, police say, and

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Updated: Friday, Feb. 15, 2008, 8:43 am -- A seventh victim of the Northern Illinois University (NIU) has died. Police still do not have a motive for the shooting, which left students -- defenseless because of the lack of progressive thinking among today's college administrators -- scrambling for the doors yesterday.

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You be the judge . . .

"Police say they have no motive for the rapid-fire assault, carried out by the gunman who fired indiscriminately into the crowd with a shotgun and two handguns as students dove to the floor and ran toward the exit." -- from Time.com

"The gunman fatally shot four women and a man in a "brief, rapid-fire assault" that sent terrified students running for cover, university President John Peters said." -- from the Associated Press.

Media is crediting the quote to the Northern Illinois University president. I would suggest we watch and listen closely in the coming days. This phrase will be used a lot by the MSM to inflame the public.