The suicide by Pro wrestler Chris "Canadian Crippler" Benoit, after he murdered his wife and son, has sparked a new controversy over the world of Professional Wrestling and whether steroids played a role in the killings.
The killings occurred over the weekend as reported Tuesday, by Fayette County Sheriff's office. They report that Benoit had strangled his wife, Nancy Benoit, 43, and then a day later he strangled his son, Daniel, 7, and placed Bibles next to both of their bodies, before hanging himself with cord from a weight lifting machine.
They found some legal prescriptions as well as some steroids in the home, but they do not know if he was using steroids at the time of the murders, and will have to wait until the toxicology reports come back from the coroner's office.
There are other reports that there had been some family problems in the past, but no recent events have been reported by family or friends. The people around the wrestling business said during interviews that pain medicaton and other medicines are part of the culture where pain is an ever present part of the job.
I have been watching reports and commentators who are jumping on the steroid angle as if this is what caused the murders and suicide, but I did some checking and I do not think this is going to be the cause. The articles I have read all day show that so called "Roid Rage" is just that. If the steroids caused Mr. Benoit to blast into a rage he would have struck immediately and violently, not slowly and deliberately as was the case. The opponents of not just steroids, but of professional wrestling are going to use this case to reign in or destroy this violent form of entertainment.
Now do not get me wrong I do not like Professional Wrestling, as I think it is just one more form of entertainment that desensitizes everyone who views it. Kind of a Roman spectacle aspect to it, as we inch closer to the actual gladiators of the Roman coliseum, and the death that was part of it. Right now however, it is simple fun for people who like to see a show and a soap opera ,as most of these shows have a dramatic storyline along with the wrestling. Seems silly to me, but I am sure that some of my entertainment would make those who like wrestling think my entertainment was silly as well.
I hope that there was some other cause of these killings, so that there can be a rational discussion of this form of entertainment.
One big thing that should come out of this during the talks about steroids, and that is what the drug does to your body, and particularly to young boys who want to get big and strong, and explain all of the detrimental effects that it will have on them in the future.
I always think to myself in these murder/suicides, "Why didn't the bastard do the right thing, and kill himself First, and leave his family to live." May the Mother and Son Rest In Peace," and Mr. Benoit, "May You Burn In HELL for Eternity"!!!
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Thursday, June 28, 2007
Wednesday, June 06, 2007
Sad News Of Kelsey Smith
I am just watching a very sad and grim news report about the discovery of a body by the Overland Park, Kansas, police on Wednesday. They believe it is that of a teenager who disappeared four days ago after she was apparently abducted from a department store parking lot.
Overland Park, Police Chief John Douglass said the body was found across the state line at a Grandview, Missouri., lake. Positive identification was pending, but authorities believed it was 18-year-old Kelsey Smith.
Officers had been searching woods at the lake since Tuesday after investigators isolated two signals from Smith’s cell phone to an area about 15 miles east of the Target store in suburban Kansas City.
Police have not identified a suspect or a motive in the slaying, Douglass said.
Authorities were still seeking information about a young man videotaped entering and leaving the Target store within moments of Smith. He said police still considered the unidentified man a “person of interest” and not a suspect.
Smith, who graduated from high school less than two weeks ago, left the store around 7:10 p.m. and put packages into her car when someone ran toward her, police said.
Investigators said they don’t know whether Smith was picked at random or abducted by someone she knew.
About two hours after Smith disappeared, her grandparents found her car in a parking lot at a mall in suburban Kansas City with her purse and packages still inside.
The Smith family increased the reward for information about Kelsey’s disappearance to $30,000. Greg Smith, who has been in law enforcement for 16 years, described his daughter as an outgoing young woman who planned to be a veterinarian.
I am so tired of watching these types of reports of murders of young people, children, innocents, by monsters. I hope that they catch this guy and that he tries to fight it out with the police and they blow him away. I do not want to see this man going to court where some slicky boy defense attorney can get him off or get him a reduced sentence, because he was "mentally" ill, or had a bad childhood or some other mumbo jumbo.
I am not usually for the death penalty, but I think that a message needs to go out to all child killers that you will die, no mercy in any child murder case, and at 18, she was still just a child, having just finished school two weeks ago.
The best that can be hoped for is this young lady, Kelsey Smith was killed quickly and not raped and brutalized before he killed her. My fear is that the news we will hear may say that she did not die quickly and the monster did do things too her. I will pray for the family and for her that his was not the case.
We need to put her killer down like a rabid animal, as we should to all child killers and she was still just a child who did not have time to enjoy her life.
May, this young lady, Kelsey Smith, Rest In Peace!
And May they find her murderer, may they kill him and, may he be allowed to Rest In Hell!!
Overland Park, Police Chief John Douglass said the body was found across the state line at a Grandview, Missouri., lake. Positive identification was pending, but authorities believed it was 18-year-old Kelsey Smith.
Officers had been searching woods at the lake since Tuesday after investigators isolated two signals from Smith’s cell phone to an area about 15 miles east of the Target store in suburban Kansas City.
Police have not identified a suspect or a motive in the slaying, Douglass said.
Authorities were still seeking information about a young man videotaped entering and leaving the Target store within moments of Smith. He said police still considered the unidentified man a “person of interest” and not a suspect.
Smith, who graduated from high school less than two weeks ago, left the store around 7:10 p.m. and put packages into her car when someone ran toward her, police said.
Investigators said they don’t know whether Smith was picked at random or abducted by someone she knew.
About two hours after Smith disappeared, her grandparents found her car in a parking lot at a mall in suburban Kansas City with her purse and packages still inside.
The Smith family increased the reward for information about Kelsey’s disappearance to $30,000. Greg Smith, who has been in law enforcement for 16 years, described his daughter as an outgoing young woman who planned to be a veterinarian.
I am so tired of watching these types of reports of murders of young people, children, innocents, by monsters. I hope that they catch this guy and that he tries to fight it out with the police and they blow him away. I do not want to see this man going to court where some slicky boy defense attorney can get him off or get him a reduced sentence, because he was "mentally" ill, or had a bad childhood or some other mumbo jumbo.
I am not usually for the death penalty, but I think that a message needs to go out to all child killers that you will die, no mercy in any child murder case, and at 18, she was still just a child, having just finished school two weeks ago.
The best that can be hoped for is this young lady, Kelsey Smith was killed quickly and not raped and brutalized before he killed her. My fear is that the news we will hear may say that she did not die quickly and the monster did do things too her. I will pray for the family and for her that his was not the case.
We need to put her killer down like a rabid animal, as we should to all child killers and she was still just a child who did not have time to enjoy her life.
May, this young lady, Kelsey Smith, Rest In Peace!
And May they find her murderer, may they kill him and, may he be allowed to Rest In Hell!!
Tuesday, May 08, 2007
Luck Foils Terrorist Attack
To the Hollywood elite and the politicians who think we are safe, pay attention to the story out of New Jersey, with the 6 would be islamic terrorists and their plot to kill soldiers at Fort Dix.
If this does make you morons see the dangerous world that still exists then there is no hope for any of you. Now couple this plot with the idea of pulling out of Iraq and surely you can see what would happen. If we were not fighting them in Iraq, there would not be 6 terrorists here, there would be thousands upon thousands here all wanting to kill americans for Allah.
Six foreign-born Muslims were arrested and accused Tuesday of plotting to attack Fort Dix and slaughter scores of U.S. soldiers — a scheme the FBI says was foiled when the men asked a store clerk to copy a video of them firing assault weapons and screaming about jihad.
The defendants, all men in their 20s from the former Yugoslavia and the Middle East, include a pizza deliveryman suspected of using his job to scout out the military base.
Their goal was "to kill as many American soldiers as possible" with mortars, rocket-propelled grenades and guns, prosecutors said.
"Today we dodged a bullet. In fact, when you look at the type of weapons that this group was trying to purchase, we may have dodged a lot of bullets," said FBI agent J.P. Weis.
"We had a group that was forming a platoon to take on an army. They identified their target, they did their reconnaissance. They had maps. And they were in the process of buying weapons. Luckily, we were able to stop that."
Authorities said there was no direct evidence connecting the men to any international terror organizations such as al-Qaida. But several of them said they were ready to kill and die "in the name of Allah," according to court papers.
Investigators said they infiltrated the group with two informants well over a year ago and bided their time while they secretly recorded the defendants, five of whom lived in Cherry Hill, a Philadelphia suburb about 20 miles from Fort Dix.
"This is what law enforcement is supposed to do in the post-9/11 era — stay one step ahead of those who are attempting to cause harm to innocent American citizens," U.S. Attorney Christopher Christie said.
Weis saluted the unidentified New Jersey store clerk who noticed the suspicious video as the "unsung hero" of the case. "That's why we're here today — because of the courage and heroism of that individual," the FBI agent said.
In addition to plotting the attack on Fort Dix, the defendants spoke of assaulting a Navy installation in Philadelphia during the annual Army-Navy football game and conducted surveillance at other military installations in the region, prosecutors said.
One defendant, Eljvir Duka, was recorded as saying: "In the end, when it comes to defending your religion, when someone ... attacks your religion, your way of life, then you go jihad."
The six were arrested Monday night trying to buy AK-47 assault weapons, M-16s and other weapons from an FBI informant, authorities said.
They appeared in federal court Tuesday in Camden and were ordered held without bail for a hearing Friday. Five were charged with conspiracy to kill U.S. military personnel; the sixth was charged with aiding and abetting illegal immigrants in obtaining weapons.
Four of the men were born in the former Yugoslavia, one was born in Jordan and one came from Turkey, authorities said. All had lived in the United States for years. Three were in the United States illegally; two had green cards allowing them to stay in this country permanently; and the sixth is a U.S. citizen.
One defendant, Mohamad Ibrahim Shnewer, spoke of using rocket-propelled grenades and other weapons to kill at least 100 soldiers, according to court documents.
"My intent is to hit a heavy concentration of soldiers," he was quoted as saying. "You hit four, five or six Humvees and light the whole place (up) and retreat completely without any losses."
"It doesn't matter to me whether I get locked up, arrested or get taken away," another defendant, Serdar Tatar, was alleged to have said. "Or I die, it doesn't matter. I'm doing it in the name of Allah."
The men trained by playing paintball in the woods in New Jersey and taking target practice at a firing range in Pennsylvania's Pocono Mountains, where they had rented a house, authorities said.
They often watched terror training videos, clips featuring Osama bin Laden, a tape containing the last will and testament of some of the Sept. 11 hijackers, and tapes of armed attacks on U.S. military personnel, erupting in laughter when one plotter noted that a Marine's arm was blown off in an ambush, authorities said.
Asked if those arrested had any links to al-Qaida, White House spokesman Tony Snow said it appears "there is no direct evidence of a foreign terrorist tie."
The FBI's Weis said the U.S. is seeing a "brand-new form of terrorism," involving smaller, more loosely defined groups that may not be connected to al-Qaida but are inspired by its ideology.
"These homegrown terrorists can prove to be as dangerous as any known group, if not more so. They operate under the radar," Weis said.
In court documents, prosecutors said the suspects came to the attention of authorities in January 2006 when a Mount Laurel, N.J., shopkeeper alerted the FBI to a "disturbing" video he had been asked to copy onto a DVD.
The video showed 10 young men "shooting assault weapons at a firing range ... while calling for jihad and shouting in Arabic 'Allah Akbar' (God is great)," the complaint said. The 10 included six of those arrested, authorities said.
Within months, the FBI had managed to infiltrate the group with two informants, according to court documents.
One of the suspects, Tatar, worked at his father's pizzeria and made deliveries to the base, using the opportunity to scout out Fort Dix for an attack, authorities said. "Clearly, one of the guys had an intimate knowledge of the base from having been there delivering pizzas," Christie said.
The men also allegedly conducted surveillance at other area military installations, including Fort Monmouth in New Jersey, Dover Air Force Base in Delaware, and a Philadelphia Coast Guard station.
Besides Shnewer, Tatar and Duka, the other three men were identified in court papers as Dritan Duka, Shain Duka and Agron Abdullahu.
Fort Dix is used to train soldiers, particularly reservists. It also housed refugees from Kosovo in 1999.
The arrests renewed worries among New Jersey's Muslim community. Hundreds of Muslim men from New Jersey were rounded up and detained in the months after the Sept. 11 attacks, but none were connected to that plot.
"If these people did something, then they deserve to be punished to the fullest extent of the law," said Sohail Mohammed, a lawyer who represented scores of detainees after the 2001 attacks. "But when the government says `Islamic militants,' it sends a message to the public that Islam and militancy are synonymous."
"Don't equate actions with religion," he said.
This has got to be paid attention too, we were so lucky that these idiots decided to dub a video and a great american chose to put his life on the line, otherwise their could be scores of dead soldiers right now. This man will now have to fear for his life as the terrorists know who he is and I am sure some moronic media elite type will leak his name as quickly as they find out who he is, for the do not care anymore about this country then do the hollywood elite and the politicians who choose surrender and retreat over victory.
This is life or death, and words and nonsense that you people spout will not save you anymore. The terrorists want all of us dead, we need to understand that, and know it is true, because they pray to Allah for that to be the case everyday. The next time they may be smarter and then we will have another bunch of dead americans.
If this does make you morons see the dangerous world that still exists then there is no hope for any of you. Now couple this plot with the idea of pulling out of Iraq and surely you can see what would happen. If we were not fighting them in Iraq, there would not be 6 terrorists here, there would be thousands upon thousands here all wanting to kill americans for Allah.
Six foreign-born Muslims were arrested and accused Tuesday of plotting to attack Fort Dix and slaughter scores of U.S. soldiers — a scheme the FBI says was foiled when the men asked a store clerk to copy a video of them firing assault weapons and screaming about jihad.
The defendants, all men in their 20s from the former Yugoslavia and the Middle East, include a pizza deliveryman suspected of using his job to scout out the military base.
Their goal was "to kill as many American soldiers as possible" with mortars, rocket-propelled grenades and guns, prosecutors said.
"Today we dodged a bullet. In fact, when you look at the type of weapons that this group was trying to purchase, we may have dodged a lot of bullets," said FBI agent J.P. Weis.
"We had a group that was forming a platoon to take on an army. They identified their target, they did their reconnaissance. They had maps. And they were in the process of buying weapons. Luckily, we were able to stop that."
Authorities said there was no direct evidence connecting the men to any international terror organizations such as al-Qaida. But several of them said they were ready to kill and die "in the name of Allah," according to court papers.
Investigators said they infiltrated the group with two informants well over a year ago and bided their time while they secretly recorded the defendants, five of whom lived in Cherry Hill, a Philadelphia suburb about 20 miles from Fort Dix.
"This is what law enforcement is supposed to do in the post-9/11 era — stay one step ahead of those who are attempting to cause harm to innocent American citizens," U.S. Attorney Christopher Christie said.
Weis saluted the unidentified New Jersey store clerk who noticed the suspicious video as the "unsung hero" of the case. "That's why we're here today — because of the courage and heroism of that individual," the FBI agent said.
In addition to plotting the attack on Fort Dix, the defendants spoke of assaulting a Navy installation in Philadelphia during the annual Army-Navy football game and conducted surveillance at other military installations in the region, prosecutors said.
One defendant, Eljvir Duka, was recorded as saying: "In the end, when it comes to defending your religion, when someone ... attacks your religion, your way of life, then you go jihad."
The six were arrested Monday night trying to buy AK-47 assault weapons, M-16s and other weapons from an FBI informant, authorities said.
They appeared in federal court Tuesday in Camden and were ordered held without bail for a hearing Friday. Five were charged with conspiracy to kill U.S. military personnel; the sixth was charged with aiding and abetting illegal immigrants in obtaining weapons.
Four of the men were born in the former Yugoslavia, one was born in Jordan and one came from Turkey, authorities said. All had lived in the United States for years. Three were in the United States illegally; two had green cards allowing them to stay in this country permanently; and the sixth is a U.S. citizen.
One defendant, Mohamad Ibrahim Shnewer, spoke of using rocket-propelled grenades and other weapons to kill at least 100 soldiers, according to court documents.
"My intent is to hit a heavy concentration of soldiers," he was quoted as saying. "You hit four, five or six Humvees and light the whole place (up) and retreat completely without any losses."
"It doesn't matter to me whether I get locked up, arrested or get taken away," another defendant, Serdar Tatar, was alleged to have said. "Or I die, it doesn't matter. I'm doing it in the name of Allah."
The men trained by playing paintball in the woods in New Jersey and taking target practice at a firing range in Pennsylvania's Pocono Mountains, where they had rented a house, authorities said.
They often watched terror training videos, clips featuring Osama bin Laden, a tape containing the last will and testament of some of the Sept. 11 hijackers, and tapes of armed attacks on U.S. military personnel, erupting in laughter when one plotter noted that a Marine's arm was blown off in an ambush, authorities said.
Asked if those arrested had any links to al-Qaida, White House spokesman Tony Snow said it appears "there is no direct evidence of a foreign terrorist tie."
The FBI's Weis said the U.S. is seeing a "brand-new form of terrorism," involving smaller, more loosely defined groups that may not be connected to al-Qaida but are inspired by its ideology.
"These homegrown terrorists can prove to be as dangerous as any known group, if not more so. They operate under the radar," Weis said.
In court documents, prosecutors said the suspects came to the attention of authorities in January 2006 when a Mount Laurel, N.J., shopkeeper alerted the FBI to a "disturbing" video he had been asked to copy onto a DVD.
The video showed 10 young men "shooting assault weapons at a firing range ... while calling for jihad and shouting in Arabic 'Allah Akbar' (God is great)," the complaint said. The 10 included six of those arrested, authorities said.
Within months, the FBI had managed to infiltrate the group with two informants, according to court documents.
One of the suspects, Tatar, worked at his father's pizzeria and made deliveries to the base, using the opportunity to scout out Fort Dix for an attack, authorities said. "Clearly, one of the guys had an intimate knowledge of the base from having been there delivering pizzas," Christie said.
The men also allegedly conducted surveillance at other area military installations, including Fort Monmouth in New Jersey, Dover Air Force Base in Delaware, and a Philadelphia Coast Guard station.
Besides Shnewer, Tatar and Duka, the other three men were identified in court papers as Dritan Duka, Shain Duka and Agron Abdullahu.
Fort Dix is used to train soldiers, particularly reservists. It also housed refugees from Kosovo in 1999.
The arrests renewed worries among New Jersey's Muslim community. Hundreds of Muslim men from New Jersey were rounded up and detained in the months after the Sept. 11 attacks, but none were connected to that plot.
"If these people did something, then they deserve to be punished to the fullest extent of the law," said Sohail Mohammed, a lawyer who represented scores of detainees after the 2001 attacks. "But when the government says `Islamic militants,' it sends a message to the public that Islam and militancy are synonymous."
"Don't equate actions with religion," he said.
This has got to be paid attention too, we were so lucky that these idiots decided to dub a video and a great american chose to put his life on the line, otherwise their could be scores of dead soldiers right now. This man will now have to fear for his life as the terrorists know who he is and I am sure some moronic media elite type will leak his name as quickly as they find out who he is, for the do not care anymore about this country then do the hollywood elite and the politicians who choose surrender and retreat over victory.
This is life or death, and words and nonsense that you people spout will not save you anymore. The terrorists want all of us dead, we need to understand that, and know it is true, because they pray to Allah for that to be the case everyday. The next time they may be smarter and then we will have another bunch of dead americans.
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