Evangicide

KNOXVILLE, Tennessee (CNN) -- A man suspected of fatally shooting two adults at a Knoxville church Sunday was motivated by frustration over being unable to obtain a job and hatred for liberal stances, police said Monday.

Jim Adkisson, 58, was charged with first-degree murder after Sunday's shooting at the Knoxville church.

A four-page letter found in the vehicle of Jim Adkisson -- who also is accused of injuring seven other adults -- indicated he may have targeted the Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church because of recent publicity about the church's liberal policies.

"He did express that frustration, that the liberal movement was getting more jobs," Knoxville Police Chief Sterling Owen IV told reporters Monday. "And he felt like he was being kept out of the loop because of his age."

Police said Adkisson, 58, of Powell, Tennessee, walked into the church's sanctuary during a children's musical performance and fired a shotgun before being overpowered by congregants. Adkisson -- who police said wasn't a member of the church -- has been charged with one count of first-degree murder.

Killed in the shooting were Linda Kraeger, 61, and Greg McKendry, 60, police said. Witnesses said McKendry, an usher and board member at the church, tried to shield others when he was shot, according to The Associated Press. Video Watch scene at church after shooting »

Four of the seven surviving wounded were still in the University of Tennessee Medical Center on Monday evening. Officials there said two patients were in critical condition and one was "stable." The hospital would not release information about the fourth person.

Owen said the case is being investigated as a hate crime. He said the letter, signed by Adkisson but not addressed to anyone, expressed hatred for gay people.

Well the conservative wacko in Tennessee decided that it was time for some liberals and fags to die. He dished out a heapin' helpin of old testament justice to the heathens. Like Eric Rudolph and the other homicidal members of the right to life movement who like to pick off abortion doctors and blow up clinics for sport, we celebrate the rights of the unborn, but once your feet hits the pavement, your ass is toast. I rarely hear of these murderers being condemned by their bible toting ilk.

I was raised a Unitarian and you couldn't find a nicer bunch of folks. Their message is one of love and tolerance. I guess we now have to tolerate the intolerance of right wing scumbags like the Knoxville shooter. Or those that hate gays or jews, or catholics or blacks or anyone who doesn't think like us or look like us. Or face the wrath of the New American Taliban.

I blame this president, I do. He has pandered to the right wing fringe, allowed the Air Force Academy to get turned into a revival meeting, stocked his Justice Department with litmus test bearing christian zombies from Regent University, pushed for creationism and intelligent design instruction in the schools and appointed Supreme Court Justices who have stripped away physical protections and clear right of way at Abortion clinics.


The bogeyman for the right the last eight years, the sworn enemy, is multiculturalism. The "wackos" will of course wash their hands of responsibility for the actions of a deluded man. But I do blame them. Like the good book says, you reap what they sow. We stand at a crossroads - we can either let people live their lives without imposing our religious judgements on their private personal activity or we can go back to stoning people in the streets.

Well they tell me of a pie up in the sky
Waiting for me when I die
But between the day you're born and when you die
They never seem to hear even your cry

So as sure as the sun will shine
I'm gonna get my share now of what's mine
And then the harder they come the harder they'll fall, one and all
Ooh the harder they come the harder they'll fall, one and all

Well the officers are trying to keep me down
Trying to drive me underground
And they think that they have got the battle won
I say forgive them Lord, they know not what they've done

And I keep on fighting for the things I want
Though I know that when you're dead you can't
But I'd rather be a free man in my grave
Than living as a puppet or a slave

Yeah, the harder they come, the harder they'll fall one and all
What I say now, what I say now, awww
What I say now, what I say one time
The harder they come the harder they'll fall one and all
Ooh the harder they come the harder they'll fall one and all