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Parents of Jared Loughner Say They 'Don't Understand' What Prompted Rampage
ABC News ^ | Tuesday, January 11, 2011 | Devin Dwyer, Tonya Kerr, Josey Crews, and Emily Friedman

Posted on 01/11/2011 5:00:40 PM PST by kristinn

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To: kristinn

They must be “stupid and unintelligent”.


21 posted on 01/11/2011 5:21:48 PM PST by dforest
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To: Cicero

The parents have been lawyered up to protect their precious monster as well as the sheriff who had been protecting him over the past 3 years.


22 posted on 01/11/2011 5:21:58 PM PST by jimbo123
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To: jimbo123

It sounds like there just be a lot of things that these people “don’t understand”.


23 posted on 01/11/2011 5:23:44 PM PST by hal ogen (1st Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
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To: COBOL2Java

How did she get ahold of FLOTUS’s dress?


24 posted on 01/11/2011 5:26:03 PM PST by annieokie
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To: livius
Are these his parents? Seriously?

No. It's an old photo been floating around FR for years.

25 posted on 01/11/2011 5:26:11 PM PST by sionnsar (IranAzadi|5yst3m 0wn3d-it's N0t Y0ur5:SONY|Why are TSA exempt from their own searches?)
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To: NoLibZone

“The dad hasn’t worked in 22 years.”
Hey, that is the same length of time that the son has been alive. Hummmmm, maybe a stay at home dad raised this nut job killer? Maybe Dad needs a little more scrutiny here.
Liberal Mom works a gov job and supports the only son and deadbeat non-working father, for TWENTY TWO YEARS?????????
WTF? Something way weird in that household.....


26 posted on 01/11/2011 5:27:57 PM PST by 9422WMR (Illegal is not a race.)
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To: 9422WMR

Media is helping them hide something.. it will come out.


27 posted on 01/11/2011 5:28:53 PM PST by Mmogamer (I refudiate the lamestream media, leftists and their prevaricutions.)
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To: kristinn

This story about the high school girlfriend has been reported over and over. I feel sorry for that poor girl too.


28 posted on 01/11/2011 5:31:24 PM PST by Straight Vermonter (Posting from deep behind the Maple Curtain)
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To: kristinn

None of the facts of this case will have any bearing on the actions of the politicians who want to take advantage of these shootings. In their minds, they’ve hit paydirt.


29 posted on 01/11/2011 5:32:18 PM PST by popdonnelly (Your political opponents want you to shut up.)
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To: jimbo123
The parents have been lawyered up to protect their precious monster as well as the sheriff who had been protecting him over the past 3 years.

They are protecting themselves. The father sounds like a nut. The parents made this kid a lunatic. Many kids go bad all by themselves and with their friends. But in this case I see bad parents. We shall see.

30 posted on 01/11/2011 5:32:30 PM PST by dennisw (- - - -He who does not economize will have to agonize - - - - - Confucius)
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To: livius

Make drugs legal and we will see a lot more Jared Loughners


31 posted on 01/11/2011 5:34:02 PM PST by dennisw (- - - -He who does not economize will have to agonize - - - - - Confucius)
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To: Cicero
Fox News just presented an unconfirmed report that the father saw the son take a black bag from the trunk of the car had a few words with the boy then chased him, the kid out ran the father into the desert. This occurred just a few hours before the shooting. If the father new what the kid was planing and was unable to stop him yet didn't report him he's culpable. This is all unconfirmed and personally I hope untrue.
32 posted on 01/11/2011 5:34:17 PM PST by the rifleman
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To: the rifleman

http://www.fox8.com/news/nationworld/sns-ap-us-congresswoman-shot,0,5766608,full.story

That morning, Jared Loughner’s father saw him take a black bag out of a car trunk, Sheriff Clarence Dupnik told the AP.

The father approached Loughner, and he mumbled something and took off running, Dupnik said. The father got in his truck and chased his son as he fled on foot...


33 posted on 01/11/2011 5:36:29 PM PST by jimbo123
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To: kristinn
he went from a stable high school student to a violent, self-medicated "monster" after his girlfriend dumped him during his junior year of high school.

That'll do it every time!

34 posted on 01/11/2011 5:36:44 PM PST by Graybeard58 (Don't tell Obama what comes after a trillion)
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Jared needed help, and his parents maybe didn't want to admit that. We all hope our kids get by without a serious type intervention plan. I mentioned recently to my daughter, in this regard, that we are ALL weak, however; it's what we use (or take!) to ease that weakness, that makes us either strong or wrong. Moral of this sad story (and all these tragic tales) is to try to keep track of your kids (no matter what age or stage), and help them out at ALL cost when you see things just ain't right. Prayers for the victims and their families. Prayers for the Loughners too.
35 posted on 01/11/2011 5:37:18 PM PST by mlizzy (Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee ...)
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To: Graybeard58

I thought he was a homo.


36 posted on 01/11/2011 5:37:54 PM PST by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: livius

“They were probably a little lax (they sound very liberal) and kept telling themselves that it was “just a phase”

My former boss, who is now retired, has a 16 year old girl who sends sexual text messages to girls, accused other kids of beating her up, stole his car (she is classified learning disabled and not 16 yet). He has made excuses for her that she is not really on parole, and did not really steal his car. He reads National Review online and has Palin stickers all over his car.
I am also surprised at parents who view themselves as very conservative that are in favor of the boy girl sleepovers. I am not as conservative as many on this forum, but my daughter, when faced with a boy girl sleepover quandry (she went to a girls house after HC and learned there was to be a boy girl sleep over) decided to leave on her own, and told us why.
I feel for them also. Very sad for all.


37 posted on 01/11/2011 5:41:34 PM PST by merry10
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To: livius

You nailed it. I mentioned on another thread earlier that denial is a big problem in mental health care. Since teens are often troubled just by the nature of being a teenager parents hope the problems will go away. They often delay getting their child help for years. What may be a small problem for a 14 year old is a big problem for a 20 year old (of course, years of drug or alcohol abuse also magnify the problems).

Once the child turns 18 it is much harder to compel using medication or getting therapy. I hope people will learn to not delay getting help for their kids, especially ones that have had a emotional trauma. Unfortunately, there is still a stigma attached to psychological issues and kids often suffer as a result.


38 posted on 01/11/2011 5:42:02 PM PST by Straight Vermonter (Posting from deep behind the Maple Curtain)
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To: Protect the Bill of Rights

That was my first thought when he said what he did when he did. I wonder about the family’s political connections.


39 posted on 01/11/2011 5:44:47 PM PST by stevio (God, guns, guts.)
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To: stevio

I wonder if there is a connection between the Sheriff and the family. Multiple arrests, no record. I wonder if he ever went to court or if the paperwork disappeared.


40 posted on 01/11/2011 5:52:05 PM PST by Protect the Bill of Rights
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