Watch Live: Congressional Hearing on IRS Scandal

Live Now on TheBlaze Radio: ‘The Buck Sexton Show’

Crime

Suspect in Killing of Slain SEAL Chris Kyle Had Been in Mental Hospital Twice in Last Five Months

Feb. 4, 2013 10:13pm Jason Howerton

Suspect in Killing of Chris Kyle Had Been in Mental Hospital Twice in Last Five Months

This photo provided by the Erath County Sheriff s Office shows Eddie Ray Routh. He was charged with murder in connection with a shooting at a central Texas gun range that killed former Navy SEAL and “American Sniper” author Chris Kyle and Chad Littlefield, the Texas Department of Public Safety said Sunday, Feb. 3, 2013. Credit: AP

FORT WORTH, Texas (TheBlaze/AP) — The Iraq War veteran charged with killing a former Navy SEAL sniper and his friend on a Texas shooting range had been taken to a mental hospital twice in the past five months and told authorities he was suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder, police records show.

Eddie Ray Routh, 25, also told his sister and brother-in-law after the shootings that he “traded his soul for a new truck” before he drove away, according to an Erath County arrest warrant affidavit obtained by WFAA-TV. Police said Routh was driving the truck of victim and ex-Navy SEAL Chris Kyle at the time of his arrest.

Routh is charged with one count of capital murder and two counts of murder in the shooting deaths of Kyle, author of the best-selling book “American Sniper,” and his friend Chad Littlefield at a shooting range Saturday in Glen Rose. He is on suicide watch in the Erath County Jail, where he’s being held on $3 million bail, Sheriff Tommy Bryant said.

Routh, a member of the Marines Corps Reserve, was first taken to a mental hospital Sept. 2 after he threatened to kill his family and himself, according to police records in Lancaster, where Routh lives. Authorities found Routh walking nearby with no shirt and no shoes, and smelling of alcohol. Routh told authorities he was a Marine veteran who was suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder.

“Eddie stated he was hurting and that his family does not understand what he has been through,” the report says.

Routh’s mother told police her son had been drinking and became upset when his father said he was going to sell his gun. She said Routh began arguing with them and said he was going to “blow his brains out.”

Police took Routh to Green Oaks Hospital for psychiatric care.

Dallas police records show Routh was taken back to the same mental hospital in mid-January after a woman called police and said she feared for Routh’s safety.

Green Oaks will not release patient information, citing privacy laws. Most people brought by police to the hospital are required to stay at least 48 hours.

In another brush with authorities, Lancaster police in May responded to a burglary reported by Routh’s mother that included nine pill bottles. Police say Routh was involved but no other details were available.

Authorities say Routh, Kyle and Littlefield arrived at the sprawling Rough Creek Lodge about 3:15 p.m. Saturday, and a hunting guide called 911 about two hours later after discovering the bodies. Kyle and Littlefield were shot multiple times, and numerous guns were at the scene, according to the affidavit.

Routh drove to his sister’s house, and told her he had killed two people and that he planned to drive to Oklahoma to evade Texas authorities, the affidavit said. Routh’s sister then called police, and he was arrested after a short police pursuit in Lancaster.

Jailers used a stun gun on Routh on Sunday night after he appeared ready to assault them when they entered his cell after he refused to return his food tray, the sheriff said. Then they put Routh in a chair that restrains his arms and legs in his solitary confinement cell, Bryant said.

Bryant said Routh has an attorney but hasn’t met with him at the jail in Stephenville, about 75 miles southwest of Fort Worth.

Attempts by The Associated Press to reach Routh’s mother and sister were unsuccessful Monday.

Sundae Hughes, an aunt of Routh’s, said she watched him grow up but hasn’t seen him since his high school graduation in 2006. Hughes was in disbelief that her nephew could be involved in such an incident.

“He has a kind heart (and was) someone willing to jump in and help, no matter what it was,” she said.

Routh joined the Marines in 2006 and rose to the rank of corporal in 2010. His military specialty was small-arms technician, commonly known as an armorer. He had been stationed at Camp Lejeune, N.C., and served in Iraq from 2007-08 and in the Haiti disaster relief mission in 2010.

He is now in the individual ready reserve. He could be called to duty, but it’s uncommon unless he volunteers, 1st Lt. Dominic Pitrone of the Marine Forces Services public affairs office said.

Travis Cox, director of FITCO Cares – the nonprofit that Kyle set up to give in-home fitness equipment to physically and emotionally wounded veterans – said he believes that Kyle and Littlefield were helping Routh work through PTSD.

Cox didn’t know how Routh and Kyle knew each other. He said the shooting range event was not a FITCO session.

Kyle, 38, left the Navy in 2009 after four tours of duty in Iraq, where he earned a reputation as one of the military’s most lethal snipers. “American Sniper” was the No. 3 seller of paperbacks and hardcovers on Amazon as of Monday, and the hardcover was out of stock.

Littlefield, 35, was Kyle’s friend, neighbor and “workout buddy,” and also volunteered his time to work with veterans, Cox said.

In CONTROL, Glenn Beck presents a passionate, fact-based case for guns that reveals why gun control isn’t really about controlling guns at all; it’s about controlling us. Find out more HERE.

Back to The Blaze »

Comments (66)

Currahee4-320
Posted on February 5, 2013 at 8:47am
MARSH626
PTSD is a real condition shared by a huge percentage of our soldiers who are asked to repeatedly deploy over and over again to combat and face real combat not just ice cream on the base. The high rate of reporting it now is because the military is taking it seriously and encouraging soldiers to seek help instead of drinking their way through it and screwing up their careers, family and lives which happens all too frequently as almost happened to me. I suggest you talk to some vets in some current combat brigades and get a feel for the divorce rate among multiple deployers to see what an effect toughing it out has on people.

Report this comment
Log in to Reply Reply
Marsh626
Posted on February 5, 2013 at 7:26am
Typical of modern Western soldiers. They apparently get PTSD at the drop of a hat – literally. What a bunch of degenerate losers. They’re a disgrace to our country.

A lot of these “veterans” don’t even see a day of combat. They spend their entire “tour of duty” sitting around in a vast air conditioned base complete with fast food chains.

The biggest “danger” they experience is a random mortar that rarely ever hits anything. And yet they’re apparently ruined for life after “suffering” through that non-experience.

We need to dramatically increase our recruitment standards. Getting into the military should be as hard as getting into the SEALs or the SAS. And the requirements for getting into the elite units should be doubled. There’s way too much trash in the U.S. military. They need to be cleansed out. A lot of these “soldiers” should stick to sweeping floors…

Report this comment
Log in to ReplyReply
- dsd13130
  Posted on February 5, 2013 at 7:45am
  Shut up please! You have absolutely NO IDEA what you are talking about. If you are going to comment on this story and generalize about EVERYONE in the military, produce some facts and stop just blowing off your mouth.
  
  Report this comment
nomemymine
Posted on February 5, 2013 at 6:28am
What kind of Psy drug(s) is he on ?

Report this comment
Log in to Reply Reply
Newtowns-Third-Law
Posted on February 5, 2013 at 5:54am
This guy knew his way around guns of all types, it was probably his most effective skill set and career field. He was probably very skilled with semi-auto pistols and could have been a fast draw.

Maybe he got in a gunfight and killed both of them dead fair and square. In Texas there is such a thing as self defense. Lets see what happened. Everybody here is rushing to judgement just because he fled the scene from dozens of heavily armed friends of the dead men.

Report this comment
Log in to ReplyReply
- Chris
  Posted on February 5, 2013 at 6:22am
  Sir, You are an IDIOT.
  
  Report this comment
- Melika
  Posted on February 5, 2013 at 7:18am
  That stupid troll comment doesn’t deserve a “sir”. Please stop using that polite term with morons, its really annoying.
  
  Report this comment
- SpeakSoftlyAndCarry
  Posted on February 5, 2013 at 7:55am
  I second Chris’s response to you!
  
  Report this comment
- Newtowns-Third-Law
  Posted on February 5, 2013 at 8:15am
  You are the Troll, my friend. Excuse me for being open minded. The whole Petty Officer Kyle legend is part myth, part marketing and part fact. The jury has not even been called, let alone, “still out!”
  
  In Pittsburgh and other places you are presumed innocent until tried by a court and and found guilty by a jury of your peers. Although a popular rock star sniper is sadly lost to us, and our proud United States Marine Corps has another regrettable black eye, we will not know the real story for a long time, and possibly never. Justice and truth will depend on Dallas Texas Law Enforcement now.
  
  But you just go ahead and make up your mind if you need to rush to judgement.
  
  Report this comment
- ozchambers
  Posted on February 5, 2013 at 9:43am
  Yeah, Newton. I’m sure these guys said “hey, I think we should take this loser PTSD soldier down to the gun range so we can kill him for fun!” and then, this guy somehow managed to outgun one of the most effective SEALs in U.S. history, as well as his neighbor. So he defends himself against the would-be maniac killers and his own sister turned on him and lied to the authorities about him saying he “sold his soul for a new truck” that he stole after the shootout. And I’m sure his own parents also lied about him threatening to kill himself to make him look crazy. Wow, this guy doesnt have a single friend in the whole world. Except for Newton’s-third-law.
  
  Report this comment
- Lloyd Drako
  Posted on February 5, 2013 at 11:14am
  A gunfight? Haven’t I read that both Kyle and Littlefield were shot in the back?
  
  But it was not only Routh whose most “effective skill set” was firearms. That would also describe Kyle, who, for all his weapons expertise, and for all his good intentions, was out of his depth with psychotherapy.
  
  Report this comment
Simonne
Posted on February 5, 2013 at 5:34am
I just don’t understand why Kyle would have brought him there as he shouldn’t been allowed to even handle a gun. The whole thing is sad.

Report this comment
Log in to ReplyReply
- Mike Benton
  Posted on February 5, 2013 at 12:06pm
  How was Kyle to know he was so nuts? The doctors at the hospital let him out….
  
  Report this comment
Currahee4-320
Posted on February 5, 2013 at 5:03am
I am a veteran with PTSD on an SSRI. I do not have any desire to hurt anyone and the meds help me. All the blame on the meds is just skimming the facts. The fact is people who have very deep problems to begin with do terrible things. If they happen to have gone to a psychiatrist they probably got prescribed a med but they had a very deep problem to begin with. It is estimated up to 6% of the active duty force is being treated for PTSD. If the meds were that bad we would have an epidemic of “work place shootings”. The fact is that there are people deeply troubled people out there who will do terrible things regardless of what we do to try to prevent it. In most cases people saw the highly erratic behavior before the terrible event happens so look out for your buddy or family member.

Report this comment
Log in to Reply Reply
N37BU6
Posted on February 5, 2013 at 3:54am
Meds, meds, meds.

Report this comment
Log in to Reply Reply
OperationNorthwoods
Posted on February 5, 2013 at 2:56am
wonder what kind of SSRI drugs he was on?

Report this comment
Log in to ReplyReply
- raindropper
  Posted on February 5, 2013 at 3:07am
  Yeah, I was thinking the same also. I’ve seen how SSRI pills can turn a sane person into a horror flick monster.
  
  Report this comment
- Lamarr01
  Posted on February 5, 2013 at 3:46am
  That’s what I was wondering. My second thought was about the number of AR15′s at the site.
  
  Report this comment
LightvsDarkness
Posted on February 5, 2013 at 2:45am
I am still greatly shocked at the loss of Chris Kyle. Since reading his book over a year ago, I have greatly admired him. Please pray for his family.

Report this comment
Log in to Reply Reply
Eyeball
Posted on February 5, 2013 at 2:27am
This is another good reason for concealed gun permits, in order to protect ourselves from all the nut cases that authorities allow to walk around loose on the streets.

Report this comment
Log in to Reply Reply
stealthseesall
Posted on February 5, 2013 at 2:21am
What do you think guys??
During the Superbowl there was a commercial for a Mercedes Benz where William Defoe temps a guy to ‘sell his soul for the new Mercedes”
Then i found out Chris Kyles murderer told his sister and brother in law that he Traded his soul for a new truck. SEE BELOW
Eddie Ray Routh, 25, also told his sister and brother-in-law after the shootings that he “traded his soul for a new truck” before he drove away, according to an Erath County arrest warrant affidavit obtained by WFAA-TV. Police said Routh was driving the truck of victim and ex-Navy SEAL Chris Kyle at the time of his arrest.

Report this comment
Log in to Reply Reply
loveoursoldiers
Posted on February 4, 2013 at 11:51pm
Thinking about this
So there is such a thing as black ops ( on our side)
I suppose there is such a thing on the ‘other’ side ( our enemies.). Could there be a “black ops” group working within the US against citizens….. clearing the way.. getting rid of potential threats to the person/persons they are working for?
Here’s what I Imagine. They are given their subject to take out. They watch the person.. figure out how to do them in where there are no witnesses and in a way that will not raise suspicion of a planned hit.

Report this comment
Log in to ReplyReply
- Ditto Head
  Posted on February 5, 2013 at 12:13am
  Silver lining: This happened in Texas.
  
  Report this comment
- greg48
  Posted on February 5, 2013 at 2:01pm
  the manchurian candidate?
  
  Report this comment
- Lamarr01
  Posted on February 5, 2013 at 3:47pm
  SEALs used to keep their operations secret. Chris Kyle went on TV and wrote a book about his exploits. He made himself a high-value target. The CIA has been working on mind control since the Korean War. The killer may have only a foggy memory of the event and no apparent motive.
  
  Report this comment
Keatonc333
Posted on February 4, 2013 at 11:40pm
If only there were some law prohibiting mentally unstable people from owning guns… then this hero would still be alive today… shame such a law is so strongly opposed in this country.

Report this comment
Log in to ReplyReply
- Gonzo
  Posted on February 5, 2013 at 9:39am
  So, mentally unstable people will follow all laws passed to keep them from getting a gun? This cat didn’t bother following the laws we already have against murder…but I guess you know what’s best.
  
  Report this comment
loveoursoldiers
Posted on February 4, 2013 at 11:36pm
something is definitely going on.. something very very bad

http://www.wnd.com/2013/02/doctor-warns-obama-taking-over-psychiatry/

Report this comment
Log in to Reply Reply
freedomisasfreedomdoes
Posted on February 4, 2013 at 11:33pm
Routh, a member of the Marines Corps Reserve, was first taken to a mental hospital Sept. 2 after he threatened to kill his family and himself, according to police records in Lancaster, where Routh lives.

Why was he out of the hospital? Esp. given the recent history listed here as well of not only being in and out of a mental hospital but of the multiple threats he had made in the past.

Report this comment
Log in to ReplyReply
- BryanB
  Posted on February 5, 2013 at 12:02am
  @freedomisasfreedomdoes
  
  He got because he got the drugs that he wanted, and then B-S’ed the doctors, and they let him out.
  
  If you or I would pulled this, we would have went to jail. But he pulled the PTSD card, and became liability for the police.
  
  I can’t tell you how many times I’ve seen the mental illness game played just like this………
  
  Report this comment
- Xylliab_of_the_Znarghh
  Posted on February 5, 2013 at 12:25am
  He got out because people with mental problems don’t get better by keeping them in hospitals long term. The best thing for the patient is to stabilize him and get him back to a normal environment where he is surrounded by people more normal than him instead of by other crazy people. Patients who have to be kept in longer than that because they don’t have a home and family to go back to are just going to slowly get worse.
  
  Report this comment
- jsrdrnr
  Posted on February 5, 2013 at 1:29am
  Most mental hospitals are acute care settings just like a normal hospital. They get you stabilized and send you to your psych doc for further treatment and evaluation. If he was not a threat to himself or others at the time of discharge then they cannot keep him. He has serious issues of some sort and needs treatment, but he also needs to face responsibility for what he did.
  
  Report this comment
zetuff
Posted on February 4, 2013 at 11:31pm
why is that people never investigate anymore..? a few commies tells a story. and its end of story, tells us to move on,, makes me sick.. we all are getting what we deserve.. welcome to the UN.agenda 21.

Report this comment
Log in to ReplyReply
- Xylliab_of_the_Znarghh
  Posted on February 5, 2013 at 12:31am
  Sometimes a crazy vet whose treatment should not have included gun therapy is just a crazy vet whose treatment should not have included gun therapy.
  
  Report this comment
hard.right
Posted on February 4, 2013 at 11:31pm
Somebody in the military explain to me how you get PTSD from being an armorer. Would seem to be a ‘behind the scenes job’. Not that I believe in PTSD as anything more than ‘I saw some awful crap in war’, but assuming I did, explain it to me.

Report this comment
Log in to ReplyReply
- American Soldier (Separated)
  Posted on February 5, 2013 at 12:18am
  Did it say that all he was was just an armorer? Being the company or platoon armorer doesn’t mean you’re necessarily on the sideline, you are either trusted by the CO to be the armorer, which essentially maintains the arms room and issues out weapons and sensitive equipment to other soldiers. Usually, it has to be someone who’s at least competent with paperwork. Our platoon armorer was just one of the NCOs, who was still part of the normal platoon structure and went out on mission like the rest of us.
  
  Report this comment
- jsrdrnr
  Posted on February 5, 2013 at 1:18am
  I think a little research for you on PTSD is appropriate. It does not occur in everyone. It could be that he had an unknown mental disorder before joining the military. Having another mental disorder makes you more likely to suffer PTSD if you are exposed to a traumatic situation. Trauma is different for everyone and everyone handles it different.
  
  PS…I am not taking up for the guy. It was wrong. I am simply stating that PTSD is not a farce.
  
  Report this comment
- ToTheSurface
  Posted on February 5, 2013 at 4:30am
  It says his MOS was “small arms technician.” If you are a small arms technician, you’re not just a company armorer. He could have been attached to a company but with an mos like that, he wa probably apart of some maintenance detachment. He probably would not be out the wire often on a deployment. They usually stay at bigger fobs to do the maintenance or they travel to the small bases in large convoys for quick repair jobs.
  
  Report this comment
- Dismayed Veteran
  Posted on February 5, 2013 at 12:47pm
  Ameican Soldier
  
  Thanks for the information regarding armorers. When I was in the Army, the armorer was part of the H&HC and only pulled guard duty or perimeter security duty not direct combat operations.
  
  For the Marines out there, does the armorer routinely engage in direct combat operations?
  
  Report this comment
BryanB
Posted on February 4, 2013 at 11:25pm
Well nothing that is described in the article of the suspects mental state is PTSD.

“Eddie Ray Routh, 25, also told his sister and brother-in-law after the shootings that he “traded his soul for a new truck” before he drove away”

“was first taken to a mental hospital Sept. 2 after he threatened to kill his family and himself, according to police records in Lancaster, where Routh lives. Authorities found Routh walking nearby with no shirt and no shoes, and smelling of alcohol”

“Routh’s mother told police her son had been drinking and became upset when his father said he was going to sell his gun. She said Routh began arguing with them and said he was going to “blow his brains out.”

“In another brush with authorities, Lancaster police in May responded to a burglary reported by Routh’s mother that included nine pill bottles. Police say Routh was involved but no other details were available”

His problem is drugs and alcohol, he’s using the war as an excuse………..

Report this comment
Log in to ReplyReply
- jsrdrnr
  Posted on February 5, 2013 at 1:25am
  I dont know if he has PTSD or not, however you response is not totally valid.
  
  People often abuse substances in order to medicate the recurrent triggers and flashbacks of the trauma. People with PTSD often have violent mood swings and can sometimes present as other disorders.
  
  PTSD or other mental disorder, his friends should have known better than to take someone in his condition to the shooting range. You dont take people with PTSD from war to places where they are likely to be triggered.
  
  Report this comment
- ToTheSurface
  Posted on February 5, 2013 at 4:46am
  @JSRDRNR – Just because someone has been over there and has “signs or symptoms” of PTSD, doesn’t mean they have PTSD. I’m not saying you are saying he does or doesnt but I work with wounded, injured, or sick soldiers. I’ve heard of doctors telling soldiers about signs and symptoms of PTSD, the soldier had been overseas, and they are allowed to claim it. The soldier didn’t do anything overseas that would be traumatic worse than maybe that nervous feeling when you first go over there. I’m jut saying, I don’t always believe it when I see it.
  
  I do agree it’s different for everyone, including myself. And I agree that some people like that should stay away from the range. I don’t think we’ll ever know exactly why he killed Kyle, but I don’t think there should be any slack on punishment for him. I believe he knew full well what was happening and why he did what he did.
  
  Report this comment
- Chris
  Posted on February 5, 2013 at 6:26am
  You are absolutely right. He served as a Armouror. He most likely saw zero combat and spent his time behind the lines in a support capacity.
  
  Report this comment
Tretka
Posted on February 4, 2013 at 11:21pm
Someone needs to really talk with the man that is alleged to have shot Mr. Kyle.

My sister is SMI and though it takes time and patience (because they often do not tell stories in order and they often have mini delusions (delusion=fixed idea on something they can’t let of even with strong evidence to the contrary) right in the middle of their explanations/stories so it is confusing. But eventually you get the truth if you work at it. You can’t get between a person with SMI and their delusion, you have to work around it until they reveal the facts.

What meds if any was he on? And how much did the medical professionals share with the family about his condition prior to the shooting?

Further, they need to know if there was anyone else out on that range. By the way, where were the rangers? Were they at the rifle range or the shooting complex? I wonder. Either way, if you read the Rough Creek website…families go there. Rangers always handle the shooting line. Why would it be different here?

Why…there is that stubborn question again. Always ask why.

Report this comment
Log in to Reply Reply
Attila_the_Hunney
Posted on February 4, 2013 at 11:08pm
Someone needs to find out what goes on at Green Oaks Hospital.

Report this comment
Log in to Reply Reply
sqeptiq
Posted on February 4, 2013 at 11:06pm
Routh should have sought more treatment rather than murder people. He should have committed himself. I’m willing to pay taxes to fund mental health treatment, but people needing it have a responsibility to seek it, and not commit crimes. The insanity defense is no defense, in my view.

Report this comment
Log in to ReplyReply
- Melika
  Posted on February 5, 2013 at 7:42am
  If someone is insane, they generally don’t know it. I have a neighbor who regularly gets off her medications and one winter, she threatened her son with a carving knife. They threw her in the nut house for a few weeks until the medications started working again, then sent her home. She took her medications again for a number of months, but then decided that she didn’t need them any more. Same thing. She is in and out of the nut house about every 6 months. When she is crazy, she doesn’t realize she is crazy, so there is no way she will commit herself.
  While I would be very careful as to who gets what treatment and drugs, I do find it deplorable that people can not grasp the idea that there are those who need the medications or that somehow these medications make people bonkers. Yes, everyone is an individual and there could be rare reactions to certain medications, but most people who go off the deep end like this aren’t doing it because they are on the drugs, rather it’s because they get off of them suddenly without telling anyone. If you aren’t a professional and you don’t know all of the facts, STOP telling people their drugs are bad for them. That’s why the nuts get off them – “normal” people tell them to do it. We can either medicate & let them live a normal life, kill them, or keep them in the booby-hatch. Which would you prefer?
  
  Report this comment
neverending
Posted on February 4, 2013 at 10:50pm
It all just makes no sense – how could he take two men down and it all happened in a very short period of time and I just think that is why it was a set up and especially with Chris being such a professional, capable, skilled and I have to believe sure quite strong. They haven’t really said much about the other hero. There is just too many instances like this that all fall right into barry’s trap and it also happened on the day before the Super Bowl event – perfect way to hide a story no matter how tragic. My heart just breaks for his family and Littlefield’s family. If they have faith and trust in God he will see them through as I know he can and will. I can’t imagine what they are going through – everytime I read the story or more about it I cannot hold back the tears.

Report this comment
Log in to Reply Reply
DefyTYRANNY
Posted on February 4, 2013 at 10:24pm
Awesome story bro.

Gun, shootings, Mental Health, and PTSD all in yet another narrative furtherance propaganda piece.

You couldn’t have done better if you worked for CNN. Congratulations.

Report this comment
Log in to Reply Reply
taintso
Posted on February 4, 2013 at 10:22pm
The problem is not the gun it is the nut.

Report this comment
Log in to Reply Reply
Maxim Crux
Posted on February 4, 2013 at 10:20pm
he was programed

Report this comment
Log in to ReplyReply
- 1947
  Posted on February 4, 2013 at 10:53pm
  He was only there as for a coverup…..the government knows what to do
  
  Report this comment
- Maxim Crux
  Posted on February 4, 2013 at 11:06pm
  the first question of any sane vet should be, ” have you been to see a shrink lately?” vets should stay away. family and God
  
  Report this comment
- Xylliab_of_the_Znarghh
  Posted on February 5, 2013 at 12:29am
  You’ve been programmed, or you wouldn’t automatically say a daft thing like that without taking a minute to think rationally about whether it really makes sense to believe that anyone would program an assassin for a hit on a writer and former Chief Petty Officer.
  
  Report this comment

It appears that you have Javascript Disabled. Please enable Javascript in your browser preferences for a better user experience on TheBlaze. You can not comment without Javascript enabled.