Saturday, January 8, 2011

The Assassin

This is getting a bit old after all these years. The man apprehended for the killing of Judge Roll and the attempted assassination of Gabrielle Giffords is one Jared Lee Loughner, a 22-year old student at Pima Community College.

From his Youtube and Facebook and Myspace accounts, Mr.Loughner seems obsessed with something called "conscience dreaming". He says that this is his favorite activity and that only 5% of America dreams. His Youtube entries are simply texts accomodated by music.

He claims people will accuse him of being a terrorist. He claims he is or has been a military recruit. He urges all Americans to read the Constitution so they would understand all the treasonous laws. He wants a currency based on gold and silver. He proclaims you, me,him--it's not clear--the Treasurer of the New Currency. He's sorry and says goodby to his friends because he can't go on anymore.

On his myspace, he lists alot of books he has read. His favorite books include Animal Farm, Brace New World, Main Kampf, the Communist Manifesto, Fahrenheit 451, and One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.

The general impression is someone anti-government with libertarian, right-wing leanings. And in a state where you do not need a permit to own a gun,he was a powderkeg waiting to happen.

President Obama made pubic remarks only about an hour ago. The doctors said Congresswomen Gabrielle Giffords will recover and that she was shot in the head "through and through". The young child, aged 9, died. If Ms. Giffords had died, she would have been the first congressperson assassinated since Leo Ryan died at Jonestown in 1978.

Hopefully, authorities will investigate how much the current political rhetoric fuled his actions.

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