Sniper Search near Seattle (digging for evidence)

Local NBC News Channel | Oct 23, 02 | MSNBC

[spycatcher]

MSNBC reporting sniper related digging and searching of a building in Tacoma WA. FBI is involved. May be related to something the sniper told police

[11th_VA]

Shep just said that the 'rumor is' that the sniper is a native american of hispanic extraction. What the heck does that mean?

His Great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-grampa was a scout for Cortez ;)

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

Search Warrants all over the country? Sounds like Muslim Extremists to me.

Nah. It's got Militia written all over it.

[ASP]

Might wanna take a look at link below. Fort Lewis soldier connected to shootings on I-5 Washington. Name of Blankenship. Not sure if this has anything to do with search going on in Tacoma right now.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/774699/posts

[vikingchick]

Isn't he at Gitmo now?

[OReilly]

Can anyone believe how long Greta can talk about a tree stump and what it might mean? Geeeeshh

[wimpycat]

So it would be just from linguistics?

I think that's how it's done. I hunted around to find an easy example, but couldn't find one. But I just happen to have a real life example. This sentence below is the text of an actual e-mail I received this afternoon, from one of my brothers-in-law:

"OK thanks, I habe entered your e-mail in me directory."

This particular brother-in-law of mine spent a year studying in the U.S. about 10 years ago, so he understands a lot of English, but is by no means fluent. Notice the "b" in "habe". In Spanish, "b" and "v" sound almost exactly alike and are often used interchangeably. Notice how he says "me directory". He should have said "my directory" of course, but in Spanish, "mi" means "my" in English, but the English "me" sounds like the Spanish "mi".

If I didn't know who this e-mail was from, I would be able to tell it was from someone who speaks Spanish as a first language.

These kinds of errors can give someone away as a non-native English speaker. The way they may omit pronouns, the placement of adjectives, slang or colloquialisms from their native language translated literally into English. You can pretty much tell the difference between a poorly educated English speaker and someone for whom English is not their first language. Even people who are born deaf may write in a stilted, strange-sounding way, because American Sign Language's grammar is different from English.

[Shermy]

Padilla

[calawah98]

Local news, said, Latino. That is why Moose asked immigrants if they knew any thing to call, if they were illegal they would not be taken into custody

[Grampa Dave]

His name was Padilla.

[sinkspur]

You must be a knee jerk liberal if you already think this is an American. There isn't any evidence to suggest this is an American. All liberals look down on America.

99% of past serial killers are American white men.

The killer may be French, or Hispanic, or Irish, or black, but he's likely a citizen.

I'm not a liberal, jackass. You're the knee-jerk, labeling someone who disagrees with you a liberal.

[DaughterofEve]

Cars are in the yard behind me...I seriously think probably oil drums too. I wouldn't be surprised if they came a-diggin'! Altho he seems like a nice guy.

[small voice in the wilderness]

I know, it just sounds funny, flying the stump evidence across the country, guarding it to protect it from possible tampering, news organizations meeting the stump in Gaithersburg, cameras filming the arrival of the stump. I almost expect a female FBI agent to descend the plane ramp with a pink suit with stump mud splattered on her.

[kjam22]

Can anyone believe how long Greta can talk about a tree stump and what it might mean? Geeeeshh

She talked for 3 years about clinton... almost like talking about a tree stump.

[floriduh voter]

Yes, the Russian pulled from the Aeroflot Boeing jet earlier today - that story quietly slipped away.....

[hispanarepublicana]

he was probably one of the bullies I went to school with in NM

I've heard from college friends from NM just how bad the "battos" in NM were about being bullies.....that's not how it was where I grew up in TX.

[dogbyte12]

Johnny Cochran to defend the stump?? Playing race card instead of Tarrot Card????

If the stump wasn't hit, you must acquit?

[spycatcher]

[lelio]

Fort Lewis soldier connected to shootings on I-5 Washington
That was someone that just went nutty one night. I'm thinking it was stress associated with Iraq. Maybe on drugs? Who knows.

King5 says that the two large items taken from the house are two tree trunks. Plus some piles of wood.

[Arkinsaw]

WHAT!!!!! Glorioski!

Old news. FOX was freaking out.

[kjam22]

Former home of Ft Louis soldier. FBI has asked army base to cooperate in investegation.