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| Jared Loughner Described by Classmate as "Left-Wing Pothead" |
| 2011-01-10 |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #17 746, you posted two questions just before the rollover last night. I thought you deserved an answer. #4 um whaddaya call medicare And social security? Posted by 746 2011-01-09 23:25 #5 what about food stamps and welfare checks? are these not already socialist? Medicare and Social Security? I'd call them, "About to go bankrupt." And yes, food stamps and welfare checks are indeed socialist. Fabian socialist rather than Stalinist, but socialist nonetheless. I suspect they'll be cut back significantly, soon. The thing is, as a society we have to choose between some sort of social net, workhouses and orphanages, or bodies of the poor found in stray corners and under bridges during the winter. But the safety net needn't be set at 150% of the poverty line, giving the working poor no reason to work. And it needn't give money without getting something in return. If it were up to me, I'd require every sane and capable person to do something for the money, if only stuffing envelopes or sweeping streets. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2011-01-10 22:55 |
| #16 Of course looks don't determine a person's sanity. Looks don't determine sanity, but they are a good window into it. If eyes are the window, his windows are broken out the frame. |
| Posted by: Fire and Ice 2011-01-10 22:22 |
| #15 I saw Loughner's mugshot. He looks nuts. He's got a grin and a glazed look. Of course looks don't determine a person's sanity. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2011-01-10 18:30 |
| #14 A backcracker who really cracks backs. |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2011-01-10 15:29 |
| #13 A chiropractor having a manic episode, that must be the most frightning thing i heard in quite a while now. (full disclosure: the wife is a chiropractor) |
| Posted by: Phaiger Trotsky4912 2011-01-10 13:53 |
| #12 I don't think pot was this guy's problem. He reminds me more of a glue sniffer type. Loony Wing. |
| Posted by: Goober Goobelopolous 2011-01-10 13:51 |
| #11 Years ago I had a friend who was a bit of a loose cannon. Nothing too amazing, though. He tried marijuana once. It made him manic. He was about 6'4" and well over 220# at the time. Not much of it fat. They had quite a time getting him under control. The docs put him on Li. It worked well. After a while he decided to stop taking it and hasn't had any relapses that I know of. He's a chiropracter today. |
| Posted by: gorb 2011-01-10 12:51 |
| #10 This guy apparently was a bundle of loose ends. Violent madness knows no political bounds, and has no reasons. |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2011-01-10 12:49 |
| #9 IIRC, pot is a really bad drug for paranoid schizophrenics, which Loughner reportedly displays all the classic signs thereof. It takes all the brakes off, and facilitates the journey between "troubled" and "full-blown homicidal loonytunes". Not to get too technical... ^_^ People like Loughner, btw, is why gun control is so popular among the drug-using left. They have more exposure to the sort of people who, indeed, ought to be no-where near anything as dangerous as an automobile or a handgun. I have to wonder why Loughner had to take a taxi to his assassination spree. Too disorganized to pass a driver's test? |
| Posted by: Mitch H. 2011-01-10 12:45 |
| #8 It's also been mentioned that he was a drunk and almost died of alcohol poisoning. Obviously drinking alcohol destroys brains and causes idiots to commit mass murder. We don't need any further proof! |
| Posted by: Goober Goobelopolous 2011-01-10 12:14 |
| #7 Seems to me he didn't smoke enough pot. |
| Posted by: Scooter McGruder 2011-01-10 11:57 |
| #6 Keep them honest OS. I'll be trek'n and Rantburgfrei for a few days. :-( |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2011-01-10 11:26 |
| #5 746 you lose. I mean really, if you're going to troll you have to do better than that. You'll simply end up on the fail list with weak stuff like that. |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2011-01-10 11:18 |
| #4 take a bong hit besoeker. |
| Posted by: 746 2011-01-10 11:15 |
| #3 But, but, but isn't pot smoking a ...."victimless crime." |
| Posted by: Beseoker 2011-01-10 06:34 |
| #2 Pot generally makes you sit around turning into a Dorito-munching vegetable. Left-wing politics...now that's another story, but it sounds like this kid had some other serious issues. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2011-01-10 03:37 |
| #1 A press release from Pima Community College was quoted in the Tucson Sentinel yesterday: College police found something Loughner put up on YouTube disturbing enough that the college administration suspended him 29 Sept 2010 after talking with their lawyers. That evening two (2!) college police hand-delivered the notice to him at his parents' residence. 7 Oct 2010 the college sent him a letter he could not return to the college without a letter from a mental health professional saying he was not a danger to himself or others. |
| Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2011-01-10 02:11 |