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'HE DID NOT WATCH TV. HE DISLIKED THE NEWS. HE DIDN'T LISTEN TO POLITICAL RADIO' (MSM throws up!)
drudge ^ | 1/12/2011 | dr

Posted on 01/12/2011 9:21:14 AM PST by milwguy

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TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: drudge; giffords; loughner; obama; tucson
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To: milwguy

From everything that I’ve been reading. He was:

1. Gay
2. Atheist
3. A Flag Burner
4. An Army reject
5. Unemployable
6. A Left Wing Pothead who lived with his parents

Doesn’t the above describe a hard core Democrat?


41 posted on 01/12/2011 9:43:33 AM PST by chopperman
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To: milwguy

We know he listened to heavy metal, and now we find out he was a gamer...why am I not surprised?


42 posted on 01/12/2011 9:43:33 AM PST by norge (The amiable dunce is back, wearing a skirt and high heels.)
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To: milwguy

Seems to me, the guy pretty much hated everybody. He was a deranged individual, and it was clearly just a matter of time before he acted on his insane fantasies.

[Later that day, he posted a rant titled “Why Rape,” which said women in college enjoyed being raped. “There are Rape victims that are under the influence of a substance. The drinking is leading them to rape. The loneliness will bring you to depression. Being alone for a very long time will inevitably lead you to rape.”]

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703791904576075851892478080.html?mod=WSJ_hp_LEFTTopStories


43 posted on 01/12/2011 9:44:24 AM PST by KansasGirl
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To: wardaddy

good point. There’s always a chance that someone that listens to talk radio and is anti-government may go on a shooting spree some day. Probably a good thing the media cried wolf so much on this one.


44 posted on 01/12/2011 9:45:30 AM PST by MNDude
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To: MarDav

I’m afraid I’m related to a few so it isn’t hard for me to think like a Liberal.

I just try to justify my every selfish, dark, and/or immoral urge, or blame them on other people or things, and voila! I’m thinking like Liberal.


45 posted on 01/12/2011 9:45:48 AM PST by Little Ray (The Gods of the Copybook Heading, with terror and slaughter return!)
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To: norge

A lot of Freepers listen to heavy metal and are gamers.

Some even have tattoos (GASP)


46 posted on 01/12/2011 9:45:52 AM PST by cripplecreek (Remember the River Raisin! (look it up))
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To: milwguy

This means he must have watched left wing news and read left wing magazines.
Did anyone think that a guy who post the Communist Manifesto as one his favorites would like FOX news?


47 posted on 01/12/2011 9:46:56 AM PST by USSR Didnt Fall
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To: chopperman

I read somewhere—yes, gossip, that his family and the Giffords family attend the same synagogue.


48 posted on 01/12/2011 9:47:06 AM PST by madison10
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To: FlingWingFlyer

No.

Society is not to blame any more than talk radio is.

Jared Loughner is to blame.

It’s probable, but not yet proven, that he is severely mentally ill and that was the root of his aggression and disordered thinking. But neither society nor Sarah Palin nor his parents nor the sheriff of Pima County can induce psychosis.


49 posted on 01/12/2011 9:49:31 AM PST by Jedidah
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To: chopperman

Not in this case.


50 posted on 01/12/2011 9:51:12 AM PST by Jedidah
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To: milwguy

The irony of this is unreal. What is more hateful than accusing innocent people of murder?

They wanted so badly for the right to be responsible for this tragedy that they engaged in the most hateful rhetoric I’ve heard.


51 posted on 01/12/2011 9:51:25 AM PST by JudyinCanada
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To: Jedidah

Ever hear of Cheech and Chong?


52 posted on 01/12/2011 9:52:40 AM PST by FlingWingFlyer ("New laws are always a "good idea" until the first time you have to enforce them." - Unknown)
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To: milwguy
The kid specifically says that "Zeitgeist: The Movie" had a "profound influence" on the murderer .

Sounds like real Sarah Palin/Tea Party material:

"Part II", entitled All the World's a Stage, uses integral footage of several 9/11 conspiracy theory films to claim that the September 11 attacks were either orchestrated or allowed to happen by elements within the United States government in order to generate mass fear, initiate and justify the War on Terror, provide a pretext for the curtailment of civil liberties, and produce economic gain. These claims include that the US government had advance knowledge about the attacks, the response of the military deliberately let the planes reach their targets, and the World Trade Center buildings 1, 2, and 7 underwent a controlled demolition.

I wonder what Paul Krugman would say...

53 posted on 01/12/2011 9:53:07 AM PST by dead (I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
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To: LostInBayport
We should compile a list of the pundits, politicians, columnists and “journalists” who in the 48 hours after the shooting started blaming the Tea Party, Sarah Palin, Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck and more.

Via Freepmail to you?

54 posted on 01/12/2011 9:53:43 AM PST by SeeSac
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To: milwguy

Now we know that he didn’t watch tv.

Below is an excellent and well researched article re the insane killer with a lot of his personal quotes. No where did he profess any love/devotion for Palin/Rush/Beck/Fox News or the Tea Party.

There is no evidence that Loughner was a Sarah Palin fan or Rush Limbaugh fan. There is no evidence that he was associated with the Tea Party or that he was concerned with immigration. Instead, there is a steadily growing heap of evidence that Jared Loughner was suffering from a mental illness that was hidden by the Sheriff Dupnik, which enabled him to buy the gun used in the mass murder.

http://azdailysun.com/news/local/state-and-regional/article_663d67a8-0e82-569b-a2fe-46306174e1fe.html

Suspect in rampage called ‘very disturbed’

TIM STELLER Arizona Daily Star azdailysun.com

The man arrested for opening fire at a community meeting held by U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords Saturday — killing six people and injuring 13 others — disrupted classes at Pima Community College, tried to manipulate his dreams and posted rambling messages on the Internet.

The suspected shooter is Jared Lee Loughner, a 22-year-old who lives on the northwest side. He is mentally unstable and may have had an accomplice, Pima County Sheriff Clarence Dupnik said Saturday evening.

A former classmate of Loughner at Pima, from which he was suspended Sept. 29 for code-of-conduct violations, said he was “obviously very disturbed.”

“He disrupted class frequently with nonsensical outbursts,” said Lynda Sorenson, who took a math class with Loughner last summer at Pima Community College’s Northwest campus.

Dupnik said the suspected shooter has made death threats before and been contacted by law-enforcement officers. The threats weren’t against Giffords, Dupnik said.
Investigators are looking for a second person who may be an accomplice, Dupnik said. “We are not convinced he acted alone,” Dupnik said of the shooter. “We have photos,” he said, of a man in his 50s.

“There’s some reason to believe that (the shooter) came to this location with another individual. And there’s reason to believe the other individual would in some way be involved,” he said.

Loughner has several online accounts, which suggest he has spent most of his life on the northwest side: His MySpace profile says he attended Thornydale Elementary School, Tortolita Middle School and Mountain View High School.

As a middle school student, Loughner was “kind of an outcast,” said Shannin Macey, who said via e-mail she attended Tortolita and Mountain View with him.

In high school, Loughner was in jazz band and played the saxophone, but he dropped out in junior year, said Tommy Marriotti, who was a high-school friend of Loughner. At the time he dropped out, Loughner was having drug problems, Marriotti said, but he seemed to do well once he started taking classes at Pima.

Loughner attended Pima courses from summer 2005 until he withdrew in October after his suspension, the college said.

He tried to enlist in the Army in 2008 but was rejected, said First Sgt. Brian Homme, who oversees Army recruiting in Tucson. Loughner was sent to Phoenix to take a test and physical, but “he was found to be unqualified,” Homme said.

Loughner registered to vote for the first time in 2006, said Chris Roads, Pima County’s registrar of voters. He registered as an independent and last voted in the 2008 general election.

Sorenson, Loughner’s classmate at Pima, said he was asked to leave the pre-algebra class several times and eventually was barred from class.

Pima officials said in a news release that from February to September 2010, Loughner had five contacts with PCC police for classroom and library disruptions at Northwest and West campuses.

Another Pima classmate, Lydian Ali, said Loughner would frequently laugh aloud to himself during the advanced-poetry class they attended. Only about 16 people were in the class, so Loughner’s behavior stood out, Ali said.

“It almost seemed like he was on his own planet, because his comments would have nothing to do with what we were talking about,” Ali said.

Loughner’s online accounts contain some political comments but are dominated by bizarre discussions of his desire to establish a new currency and his disdain for what he considered the public’s low literacy rates. He also wrote threatening and despairing messages.

“WOW! I’m glad i didn’t kill myself. I’ll see you on National T.v.! This is foreshadow .... why doesn’t anyone talk to me? ..” he posted on MySpace Dec. 14.
On Dec. 13, he wrote: “I don’t feel good: I’m ready to kill a police officer! I can say it.”

In a posting on YouTube, Loughner wrote repeatedly about a new currency. “I’m thinking of creating a new currency,” he wrote. “Therefore, I’m thinking of a design for my new coins size, shape, color, material, and image to start a new money system.”

He also wrote repeatedly about literacy. In a message on YouTube, Loughner wrote: “The majority of people, who reside in District-8 are illiterate — hilarious. I don’t control your English grammar structure, but you control your English grammar structure.”

In a message posted on his MySpace account, titled “Goodbye friends,”Loughner said: “Dear friends...please don’t be mad at me. The literacy rate is below 5%. I haven’t talked to one person who is literate.” It was unclear when it was posted.

In a MySpace profile, Loughner said “My favorite interest was reading, and I studied grammar. Conscience dreams were a great study in college.” Conscious dreaming is trying to manipulate your dreams, an interest Loughner pursued, Marriotti said.

He lists among his favorite books “Mein Kampf” and “The Communist Manifesto”. But he also includes a broad variety of other titles, including: “Animal Farm,” “Brave New World,” “To Kill a Mockingbird,” and “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest”.

In another YouTube message, Loughner said: “I know who’s listening: Government Officials, and the People. Nearly all the people, who don’t know this accurate information of a new currency, aren’t aware of mind control and brainwash methods. If I have my civil rights, then this message wouldn’t have happen.”

“In conclusion, my ambition - is for informing literate dreamers about a new currency; in a few days, you know I’m conscience dreaming! Thank you!”

In a YouTube video dated Dec. 15, titled “Introduction: Jared Loughner,” he describes himself as a U.S. military recruit who had applied to join the Army.

In the video, Loughner makes a rambling mention of “MEPS in Phoenix” an apparent reference to the Military Entrance Processing Station in the state capital that all Arizona recruits from every branch of service pass through before leaving for basic training.

“Every United States military recruit at MEPS in Phoenix is receiving one mini bible before the tests,” it said. “Jared Loughner is a United States military recruit at MEPS in Phoenix. Therefore, Jared Loughner is receiving one mini bible before the tests.

“I didn’t write a belief on my Army application and the recruiter wrote on the application: None.”

Sgt. Homme declined to say why Loughner was rejected, citing confidentiality laws.

Loughner has had at least two minor run-ins with police, online court records show.

In October 2007, Loughner was cited by the Pima County Sheriff’s Department for possession of drug paraphernalia, a charge that was dismissed in November 2007 when he completed a diversion program.

One year later, in October 2008, Loughner faced a “local charge” in Marana Municipal Court. That charge was also dismissed following the completion of a diversion program in March 2009.

Court records indicate the Marana case file is due to be purged in December 2013. It’s unclear what the exact charge was.

Grant Wiens, 22, attended Mountain View High School with Loughner, although they were not in the same grade. Wiens also took a class at Pima Community College with Loughner, where they occasionally talked, he said.

“He was a guy in high school who definitely had his opinions on stuff and didn’t seem to care what people thought of him,” Wiens said. “He did his own thing.”

Star reporters Carol Ann Alaimo, Alex Dalenberg, Fernanda Echavarri, Patrick Finley, Ernesto Portillo Jr. and Sarah Trotto contributed to this report.


55 posted on 01/12/2011 9:54:19 AM PST by Grampa Dave (ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION IS DESTROYING AMERICA-LOOK AT WHAT IT DID TO THE WHITE HOUSE!)
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To: LostInBayport
I wonder if Baker's proposed law would make the New Hampshire Constitution illegal:

Art. 10: Government being instituted for the common benefit, protection, and security, of the whole community, and not for the private interest or emolument of any one man, family, or class of men; therefore, whenever the ends of government are perverted, and public liberty manifestly endangered, and all other means of redress are ineffectual, the people may, and of right ought to reform the old, or establish a new government. The doctrine of nonresistance against arbitrary power, and oppression, is absurd, slavish, and destructive of the good and happiness of mankind.

56 posted on 01/12/2011 9:54:51 AM PST by mvpel (Michael Pelletier)
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To: milwguy
'HE DID NOT WATCH TV. HE DISLIKED THE NEWS. HE DIDN'T LISTEN TO POLITICAL RADIO'

But he did like Mein Kampf and The Communist Manifesto. Hmmm?

57 posted on 01/12/2011 9:55:43 AM PST by Reagan Man ("In this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem.")
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To: cripplecreek

Just sayin’, CC


58 posted on 01/12/2011 9:56:17 AM PST by norge (The amiable dunce is back, wearing a skirt and high heels.)
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To: milwguy

I hope this doesn’t get me banned, but I still think that Ashley Banfield is a little hottie. There’s something about the nerd glasses and the pointy facial features. Weirdly smoking.


59 posted on 01/12/2011 9:56:23 AM PST by dead (I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
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To: Hotlanta Mike

Great cartoon!


60 posted on 01/12/2011 9:56:26 AM PST by nutmeg (The 111th Congress: Worst. Congress. Ever.)
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