VA Tech Shooting

[chefmike]

I don't believe this shit. My youngest sister graduated from there...hell, we used to smoke dope out on the fuckin lawn there...WTF? My oldest sister works only hours from there....

[chefmike]

I was up most of the night, so I just woke up and found out about this...America and guns, what is it with us, people?

[JohnnyWalkerBlackLabel]

my cousin attended there in the past, I understand what you mean

At least 20 people have been killed and more injured after a gunman went on the rampage at the campus of Virginia Tech university in Virginia, US.

Police say there were two separate shooting incidents - one at West Ambler Johnston Hall, a student dormitory, and Norris Hall, an engineering building.

The incidents were about two hours apart. Police say that the gunman at Norris Hall is dead.

The state university in the town of Blacksburg is home to 26,000 students.

"We have a ballpark figure on fatalities. It's at least 20 fatalities," Virginia Tech police chief Wendell Flinchum said.

Mr Flinchum said it was unclear if the assailant was a student, but said that a number of the victims were.

"Some of the victims were shot in a classroom," he said.

"Today the university was struck with a tragedy that we consider of monumental proportions," Virginia Tech President Charles Steger said, adding that the university was in the process of informing the next of kin of those killed.

[specialk]

I was up most of the night, so I just woke up and found out about this...America and guns, what is it with us, people?

I don't know Chef, I just don't have an answer

[whatsupwithat]

"I Don't Like Mondays"
by The Boomtown Rats


The silicon chip inside her head
Gets switched to overload
And nobody’s gonna go to school today
She’s gonna make them stay at home
And daddy doesn’t understand it
He always said she was good as gold
And he can see no reasons
'Cos there are no reasons
What reason do you need to be show-ow-ow-ow-own?

Tell me why
I don’t like Mondays
Tell me why
I don’t like Mondays
Tell me why
I don’t like Mondays
I wanna shoo-oo-oo-oo-oo-oot the whole day down

The Telex machine is kept so clean
And it types to a waiting world
And mother feels so shocked
Father’s world is rocked
And their thoughts turn to their own little girl
Sweet 16 ain’t that peachy keen
Now that ain’t so neat to admit defeat
They can see no reasons
'Cos there are no reasons
What reasons do you need?
Oh Oh Oh Oh

Tell me why
I don’t like Mondays
Tell me why
I don’t like Mondays
Tell me why
I don’t like Mondays
I wanna shoo-oo-oo-oo-oo-oot
The whole day down, down, down, shoot it all down

And all the playing's stopped in the playground now
She wants to play with her toys a while
And school's out early and soon we'll be learning
And the lesson today is how to die
And then the bullhorn crackles
And the captain tackles
With the problems and the hows and whys
And he can see no reasons
'Cos there are no reasons
What reason do you need to die, die?
Oh Oh Oh

Tell me why
I don’t like Mondays
Tell me why
I don’t like Mondays
Tell me why
I don’t like
I don’t like (Tell me why)
I don’t like Mondays
Tell me why
I don’t like
I don’t like (Tell me why)
I don’t like Mondays
Tell me why
I don't like Mondays
I wanna shoo-oo-oo-oo-oo-oot the whole day down

[hwbs]

what a tragedy....they did say they had another suspect in custody...

[chefmike]

22 people dead, 28 injured, killer committed suicide, apparently...

[tsmandy]

What a bummer, I always liked Blacksburg. I haven't been there since 2004, but I sure hope the friends that I had there are ok.

[JohnnyWalkerBlackLabel]

and to think I watched Bill Maher last night and laughed at a 'right to bear arms' joke that was made............

[whatsupwithat]

According to some peeps I know...(edited)...peeps were wrong.