Tearful Obama mourns 'beautiful kids' after school massacre

Google – AFP, 14 December 2012

US President Barack Obama speaks about the Connecticut school shooting, 

in the White House on December 14, 2012 (AFP, Mandel Ngan)

WASHINGTON — A grieving President Barack Obama wiped away tears and struggled to compose himself Friday as he mourned the dead in the Connecticut school shooting, and promised "meaningful" action to stop gun tragedies.

"The majority of those who died today were children, beautiful little kids between the ages of five and ten years old," Obama said. "They had their entire lives ahead of them, birthdays, graduations, weddings, kids of their own."

Obama paused for several seconds, and breathed heavily, several times wiping a tear from the corner of his eye, as he gave his first reaction to the killing of 26 people including 20 children, in the White House briefing room. The shooter also died.

"Among the fallen, were also teachers, men and women who devoted their lives to helping our children fulfill their dreams," Obama said, noting that he was reacting "not as a president, but as anybody else would, as a parent."

"Our hearts are broken today, for the parents and grandparents, sisters and brothers of these little children and for the families of those who are lost.

"As a country we have been through this too many times," Obama said, mentioning earlier shooting massacres in Colorado, Oregon and Wisconsin.

"These neighborhoods are our neighborhoods, these children are our children.

"We are going to have to come together and take meaningful action to prevent more tragedies like this regardless of the politics," said Obama, the father of two young girls.

"May God bless the memory of the victims and in the words of scripture, heal the broken-hearted and bind up their wounds."

Obama's remarks were heard in silence in the normally raucous White House House briefing room, broken only by the furious clicking of cameras as he paused and gathered his emotions.

Earlier, the president ordered US flags on the White House, official buildings and at military facilities to half staff to honor the victims of the school shooting rampage, which he called a "heinous" crime.

The order remains in effect until sunset on December 18, the president said in a proclamation, decrying the attack as a "senseless acts of violence" moments before giving his first on camera reaction to the tragedy.

Obama was informed about the shooting in the middle of Friday morning by his top anti-terror and homeland security advisor John Brennan in the Oval Office.

But officials said it was too early, as details of the outrage were becoming known, to plunge into an immediate debate about whether Obama would back more stringent gun control legislation -- a bitterly contested issue in Washington.

He had telephone calls with FBI director Robert Mueller and Connecticut Governor Dannel Malloy to offer condolences and help, Carney said.

In a note of irony, Obama made his statement in the White House briefing room, named after James Brady, a former press secretary who was badly wounded in an assassination attempt on former president Ronald Reagan, who became the spur for new gun control laws.

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Matthew’s Special Message – December 15, 2012 - New

Commentary on the Newtown Tragedy - New

The 2012 Scenario, Steve Beckow, 15 December 2012

A resident of Newtown asked me to request information from channelers on the tragedy and I promised her I would post the responses. Mike Quinsey asked SaLuSa to impress upon him an answer and here’s what Mike has forwarded. I’ll add other channel’s comments to this post as they come in.

Hi Steve,

I “asked” SaLuSa to impress me with an answer, and I wrote down that:

Some people are on edge and easily toppled over by the powerful energies coming to Earth. They cannot cope with them and they effectively lose their mind. Such incidents are foreseen and the victims are subconsciously aware that they accepted this exit as part of their life contract. Bear in mind that the greater good can result from such tragedies. Such happenings are tragic in your minds and incomprehensible, but freewill is at the base of them. You can ease the pain by sending out your love to all concerned.

I obviously send as I receive, and my own thoughts are that there must be many incidents of people being unable to assimilate the new energies, but not all turn out to be so devastating.

In Love and Light Mike Quinsey

"A Summary" – Apr 2, 2011 (Kryon channelled by Lee Carroll) (Subjects: Religion, Shift of Human Consciousness, 2012, Intelligent/Benevolent Design, EU, South America, 5 Currencies, Water Cycle (Heat up, Mini Ice Ace, Oceans, Fish, Earthquakes ..), Middle East, Internet, Israel, Dictators, Palestine, US, Japan (Quake/Tsunami Disasters , People, Society ...), Nuclear Power Revealed, Hydro Power, Geothermal Power, Moon, Financial Institutes (Recession, Realign integrity values ..) , China, North Korea, Global Unity,..... etc.) - Text version)

“… Japan

Let us talk for a moment about Japan, and then I'll close the day of messages. There are thousands of souls on my side of the veil and they're just fine, more than fine. We have spoken so often of what happens at the Wind of Birth. I told you, before they even came in, they saw the potential. I looked in their eyes. "You may not last long. You know that, don't you? You're coming into this planet and you may not be here very long. And the passing that you will have with your family will not be pleasant, if any ever are. Why would you come in anyway?" I want to tell you what they said. When a soul has the mind of God, it understands fully what generates peace and what generates energy shift. You can clearly see what generates what the planet needs the most when you are about to arrive. So they said, "We're going to be part of one of the biggest compassion events the planet has ever seen." One earthquake, one tsunami. All of those who left that day will change the earth forever. And it already has. It was the same for the last tsunami as well.

Every single one of them on my side of the veil is getting ready to come back. Many old souls were involved, and just for a moment, if they could give you any information, if they could talk to you right now, if they could speak your language and look into your eyes, they would thank you for your compassion for them and those who are left. And they would say, "Be with those family members who are still alive. Enter their hearts every day and give them peace and keep them from crying, because we're OK." …”