Monday - January 10, 2011

Now, how did he know that?

No, I haven’t touched this Loughner situation. It’s pretty sick. Or the yapping dogs of the left who immediately used it for political gain. That’s just as sick but in a different way. Or the idiot in Congress who wants to outlaw crosshairs and target symbols because of it. Not even Glen Beck’s dare to political leaders to “sign the pledge” decrying violence driven by political disagreement.

I did run across this bit over at Moonbattery a few minutes ago ...

When this event first happened, the local sheriff got on TV an identified the shooter as Jared Loughner. He pronounced the guy’s name properly as “Lockner”, even though at first glance most Americans would read it and say “Loffner”. Sheriff Dupnik then shot off his mouth and blamed Sarah Palin and the Tea Party for this wretched act of mayhem.

But how did Dupnik know? Hmm ... it turns out that the good sheriff actually knows little crazy Jared, and has been dealing with him for ages. Writes a Tuscon native ...

The sheriff has been editorializing and politicizing the event since he took the podium to report on the incident. His blaming of radio personalities and bloggers is a pre-emptive strike because Mr. Dupnik knows this tragedy lays at his feet and his office. Six people died on his watch and he could have prevented it.  He needs to step up and start apologizing to the families of the victims instead of spinning this event to serve his own political agenda.

Jared Loughner, pronounced by the Sheriff as Lock-ner, saying it was the Polish pronunciation. Of course he meant Scott or Irish but that isn’t the point. The point is he and his office have had previous contact with the alleged assailant in the past and that is how he knows how to pronounce the name.

Jared Loughner has been making death threats by phone to many people in Pima County including staff of Pima Community College, radio personalities and local bloggers. When Pima County Sheriff’s Office was informed, his deputies assured the victims that he was being well managed by the mental health system. It was also suggested that further pressing of charges would be unnecessary and probably cause more problems than it solved as Jared Loughner has a family member that works for Pima County.

... and more here, wherein this blogger notes that just one prosecution for these threats would have shut the guy out of NICS forever. That means no guns.

... and then back to Moonbattery, where a commentor refers to “whole language”, which is a “new” method of teaching reading skills to students that doesn’t seem to put much emphasis on spelling, grammar, or structure. Radical leftist Mad Hatter Noam Chomsky is behind it ... because, as you’ve read 100 times this weekend, “words mean nothing”. Interesting.

This is not completely off the press radar; Reuters carried a bit of it the other day. So, the guy has been threatening to kill people for some time. And nobody pressed charges? Ever? No arrests were made, ever? Wonder why. The above links have an answer, but I can’t say if it’s THE answer.

Posted by Drew458     on 01/10/2011 at 07:10 PM   
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