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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

I can’t believe that his parents didn’t observe his bizarre behavior. Did think that building a shrine in the backyard and putting a fake skull in it was NORMAL behavior. But then, liberal parents feel that they are not equipped to judge another person’s behavior so they probably ignored it and pretended he was just seeking his own path.


41 posted on 01/11/2011 5:52:36 PM PST by Blood of Tyrants (Islam is the religion of Satan and Mohammed was his minion.)
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To: Protect the Bill of Rights

Yea, there’s more to this than the media wants us to believe.


42 posted on 01/11/2011 5:55:53 PM PST by stevio (God, guns, guts.)
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To: kristinn

I read an article today that reported that neighbors said the Loughners were like The Addams Family.


43 posted on 01/11/2011 5:56:38 PM PST by mass55th (Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
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To: 9422WMR
"Hummmmm, maybe a stay at home dad raised this nut job killer? Maybe Dad needs a little more scrutiny here."

One neighbor was quoted as calling the father "the neighborhood prick."

44 posted on 01/11/2011 6:03:11 PM PST by mass55th (Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
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To: the rifleman

The Sheriff told that story about the black bag, on the basis of an interview with the father. Unfortunately the Sheriff is not reliable, but it seems likely that that’s what the father told him.

Did the father know what was in the black bag? Who knows? But why would he chase after the kid into the desert, unless he suspected something pretty bad?


45 posted on 01/11/2011 6:05:44 PM PST by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: livius

Liberalism = Mental Disorder.....


46 posted on 01/11/2011 6:07:21 PM PST by sentient
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To: NoLibZone

Jared Loughner held down a job as a retail sales clerk at Eddie Bauer. One of his friends said that his circle of friends considered him to be a ROLE MODEL not only because of steady work, but because he was well groomed and dressed very well.


47 posted on 01/11/2011 6:13:20 PM PST by hennie pennie
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To: 9422WMR

the dad could be schizophrenic as well - this can be a hereditary problem


48 posted on 01/11/2011 6:17:54 PM PST by Sioux-san
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To: mass55th; forgotten man; SE Mom; Morpheus2009; NoLibZone; livius; COBOL2Java; 9422WMR; Mmogamer; ...
WFTS Main: Tucson suspect worked at animal shelter

http://togo.abcactionnews.com/w/main/story/18256615/

"...The 22-year-old suspect in the Tucson shooting of U.S. Representative Gabrielle Giffords and 19 others was once a volunteer for the Pima Animal Care Center.A dog walker for the animal care center between January and February of 2010, Jared Lee Loughner explained on his application that he wanted the job for fun - and experience....

"...Loughner also wrote on the Pima Animal Care Center application that he once worked as a sales representative at Eddie Bauer. The ABC15 Investigators contacted Eddie Bauer locations in Tucson; both stores would not comment...."

Psycho with a 'killer smile' - m.NYPOST.com

http://m.nypost.com/p/news/national/psycho_with_killer_smile_GfrbSwStw26i3uaaDCOr8J

....One high-school pal said that in the past few months, Loughner, who sold clothes at Eddie Bauer, had become suicidal and grew increasingly introverted, believing his friends were plotting against him......

...Loughner also volunteered at the Pima County Animal Care Center to walk dogs last year, but was asked to leave after he kept walking the animals near a contaminated area, The Wall Street Journal reported.

Despite this, Gutierrez, 22, said, Loughner was "the best role model" for his friends, because he was very organized, physically fit, dressed well and held a steady job....

49 posted on 01/11/2011 6:25:05 PM PST by hennie pennie
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To: Sioux-san

Good question. I wouldn’t be surprised if Dad had Paranoid Personality Disorder.


50 posted on 01/11/2011 6:25:44 PM PST by RedWhiteBlue
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To: Cicero
I agree, the father must have known something. The kid was leaving notes in the safe and who knows where. That it was also reported that the parents cried in the street for and hour after hearing the news kind of fits with having prior knowledge of his intent. Unbelievable that they wouldn't have reported him and just remained in denial hoping he wouldn't do anything. I grieve for them having a son that age myself but you gota do what you gota do. Damn!
51 posted on 01/11/2011 6:29:11 PM PST by the rifleman
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To: Cicero
Don't depend on the media to get their facts straight, he might have been queer and this story is wrong or he might be straight.

Just today, I've read or seen on tv that there were 13,18,20 or 24 wounded. If they can't get something as elementary as that correct, they are total incompetents.

(Which we both knew anyway.)

52 posted on 01/11/2011 6:39:47 PM PST by Graybeard58 (Don't tell Obama what comes after a trillion)
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To: kristinn

An honest media, not leaning so far to the left to blame the right or ignore finding the truth, would dig into the background of the parents of this shooter. I am quite sure they would find that the kid was deranged and the parents not far behind him. Look into the father’s political and values leanings. Also, look into his mother’s S&L gov’t job, her leanings and what, if any, involvement she had in covering up her son’s past problems with the law which allowed him, with a clean record, to purchase guns and ammo.


53 posted on 01/11/2011 6:49:32 PM PST by AlphaOneAlpha
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To: kristinn

Let’s hope they don’t have any more murderers brewing in their little liberal clone factory.


54 posted on 01/11/2011 6:52:06 PM PST by Some Fat Guy in L.A. (Wanna learn humility? Become a Pittsburgh Pirates fan!)
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To: livius
I actually feel for them, because having a psychotic child is probably one of the most awful things ever for a parent

I am kind of wondering why the press didn't go after the family of the nut who killed 33 at the University of Virgina.

That family broke my heart. I don't have any reason to think that this family is just as devastated to have missed this.

55 posted on 01/11/2011 6:52:33 PM PST by submarinerswife (Stay focused and determined. Our destination is NOVEMBER!!)
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To: kristinn

Here’s a clue. Maybe his mental illness caused it.


56 posted on 01/11/2011 6:54:30 PM PST by Aquamarine
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Media is helping them hide something.. it will come out.

Maybe they're trying to hide the fact that these idiotimbecilemorons created this "loner" monster. They refused to let him go out and play with other children, making him instead sit inside the house and watch the other children play and have fun while giving him a feeling of inferiority and exclusiveness.

ABC News must have made a mistake when they reported that they didn't let him play with any of the other children in the neighborhood on Diane Sawyer's show on 01/09/11.

THIS is how loner monsters are made. Keep them isolated, then ignore them yourself. Easy.

Godspeed

57 posted on 01/11/2011 7:10:02 PM PST by HeartlandOfAmerica (Insane, Corrupt Democrats or Stupid, Spinless Republicans - Pick America's poison.)
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To: kristinn
Didn't they know their son kept this shrine in the backyard?......Or was it THEIR shrine? Photobucket
58 posted on 01/11/2011 7:17:59 PM PST by Ronald_Magnus
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To: Parley Baer

Unless a court orders it, you cannot force a adult child into mental health facilities. I know my 32 year old son is a schizophrenic.


59 posted on 01/11/2011 7:21:26 PM PST by waxer1 ("The Bible is the rock on which our republic rests." -Andrew Jackson)
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To: TomServo
Parents of Jared Loughner Say They 'Don't Understand' What Prompted Rampage..

Maybe he was listening to too much NPR...

60 posted on 01/11/2011 7:29:10 PM PST by GOPJ (When liberals are FORCED to pay for Rush Limbaugh's show, I'll be happy to pay for NPR.)
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