Mass shooting at Batman premiere in CO

[Bronco]

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ABC was reporting that he was yelling "corporations aren't people" in Arabic before he started shooting

[dbackjon]

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ABC was reporting that he was yelling "corporations aren't people" in Arabic before he started shooting

While checking voter ID cards and handing out copies of Al Franken last book.

[Bronco]

If I was this white Hispanic I would find the nastiest media hating attorney I could find and sue the Obama out of them

Exclusive: Interview With James Michael Holmes, Hispanic Tea Party Member Falsely Accused by ABC
Big Government ^ | July 20, 2012 | Joel B. Pollak

Breitbart News spoke to James Michael Holmes, the Tea Party member falsely identified this morning by ABC News' Brian Ross and George Stephanopoulos on Good Morning America as the possible suspect in the mass shooting early this morning at a screening of the new Batman movie, The Dark Knight Rises. He is a 52-year-old Hispanic conservative who joined the Tea Party after becoming disillusioned with the Republican party.

"It was freaky," said Holmes, describing his reaction when ABC News speculated that he was the culprit who entered a crowded theater and opened fire on dozens of innocent men, women, and children. He disconnected his telephone and says that he is worried about members of his family who might be contacted by the media.

ABC News has since corrected its initial report, but tried to share the blame with "social media" and "members of the public" at first:

An earlier ABC News broadcast report suggested that a Jim Holmes of a Colorado Tea Party organization might be the suspect, but that report was incorrect. Several other local residents with similar names were also contacted via social media by members of the public who mistook them for the suspect.

Now the correction has been updated, with ABC News and Brian Ross taking full responsibility, and apologizing:
An earlier ABC News broadcast report suggested that a Jim Holmes of a Colorado Tea Party organization might be the suspect, but that report was incorrect. ABC News and Brian Ross apologize for the mistake, and for disseminating that information before it was properly vetted.

(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...

[grizzaholic]

If I was this white Hispanic I would find the nastiest media hating attorney I could find and sue the Obama out of them

Exclusive: Interview With James Michael Holmes, Hispanic Tea Party Member Falsely Accused by ABC
Big Government ^ | July 20, 2012 | Joel B. Pollak

Breitbart News spoke to James Michael Holmes, the Tea Party member falsely identified this morning by ABC News' Brian Ross and George Stephanopoulos on Good Morning America as the possible suspect in the mass shooting early this morning at a screening of the new Batman movie, The Dark Knight Rises. He is a 52-year-old Hispanic conservative who joined the Tea Party after becoming disillusioned with the Republican party.

"It was freaky," said Holmes, describing his reaction when ABC News speculated that he was the culprit who entered a crowded theater and opened fire on dozens of innocent men, women, and children. He disconnected his telephone and says that he is worried about members of his family who might be contacted by the media.

ABC News has since corrected its initial report, but tried to share the blame with "social media" and "members of the public" at first:

An earlier ABC News broadcast report suggested that a Jim Holmes of a Colorado Tea Party organization might be the suspect, but that report was incorrect. Several other local residents with similar names were also contacted via social media by members of the public who mistook them for the suspect.

Now the correction has been updated, with ABC News and Brian Ross taking full responsibility, and apologizing:
An earlier ABC News broadcast report suggested that a Jim Holmes of a Colorado Tea Party organization might be the suspect, but that report was incorrect. ABC News and Brian Ross apologize for the mistake, and for disseminating that information before it was properly vetted.

(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...

I hope they get sued big time. Serves those buckets of hemorrhoid juice assholes right.

[dbackjon]

If I was this white Hispanic I would find the nastiest media hating attorney I could find and sue the Obama out of them

Exclusive: Interview With James Michael Holmes, Hispanic Tea Party Member Falsely Accused by ABC
Big Government ^ | July 20, 2012 | Joel B. Pollak

Breitbart News spoke to James Michael Holmes, the Tea Party member falsely identified this morning by ABC News' Brian Ross and George Stephanopoulos on Good Morning America as the possible suspect in the mass shooting early this morning at a screening of the new Batman movie, The Dark Knight Rises. He is a 52-year-old Hispanic conservative who joined the Tea Party after becoming disillusioned with the Republican party.

"It was freaky," said Holmes, describing his reaction when ABC News speculated that he was the culprit who entered a crowded theater and opened fire on dozens of innocent men, women, and children. He disconnected his telephone and says that he is worried about members of his family who might be contacted by the media.

ABC News has since corrected its initial report, but tried to share the blame with "social media" and "members of the public" at first:

An earlier ABC News broadcast report suggested that a Jim Holmes of a Colorado Tea Party organization might be the suspect, but that report was incorrect. Several other local residents with similar names were also contacted via social media by members of the public who mistook them for the suspect.

Now the correction has been updated, with ABC News and Brian Ross taking full responsibility, and apologizing:
An earlier ABC News broadcast report suggested that a Jim Holmes of a Colorado Tea Party organization might be the suspect, but that report was incorrect. ABC News and Brian Ross apologize for the mistake, and for disseminating that information before it was properly vetted.

(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...

He should sue. Irresponsible reporting.

And James Holmes is not a combination of uncommon names.

[bluehenbillk]

And James Holmes is not a combination of uncommon names.

True, but still falls short to John Holmes.

[HI54UNI]

The solution is obvious - time to ban comic books and anything related to them.

[Ibanez]

The solution is obvious - time to ban comic books and anything related to them.

Time to ban books. Somehow, i'm sure the violence in the Bible is to blame.

[Bronco]

Didn't see this here or in the locker room, so I posted it.

It's cases like these with no chance of false conviction where the death penalty seems justifiable. Of course anyone who would do something like this MUST not understand right from wrong and it wouldn't be faaaaaaaaaaair to put them on death row.

http://www.cnn.com/2012/07/20/us/colora ... ?hpt=hp_t1" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

So why make it a political issue?, dumb ass.

I started a thread about this in the Locker Room.

I was looking around the net and saw these headlines

Isn’t the motto of the BHO white house “don’t let a crisis go to waste”

TIME Magazine: “Nothing Wrong With Politicizing” Colorado Movie Tragedy…

Left-Wing Propagandist Michael Moore Taunts The NRA After Colorado Movie Shooting…

Video: Obama Supporters Hoot And Holler Through His Remembrance Speech For Victims Of Colorado Movie Shooting – Chant “Four More Years”….

Obama On Colorado Movie Killings: “What If Malia And Sasha Had Been At The Theater?”…

White House Calls For “Common Sense” Gun Control Laws In Wake of Colorado Movie Shooting…


Tea Party Member Falsely Accused By Brian Ross of Carrying Out Colorado Shootings Receiving Death Threats…

[grizzaholic]

The solution is obvious - time to ban comic books and anything related to them.

Time to ban books. Somehow, i'm sure the violence in the Bible is to blame.

Best way to start is CGI.

[dbackjon]

Bronco FAIL, again - President Obama cancelled campaign appearances today.

President Obama paid tribute to the victims of today's Colorado shooting tragedy and asked for Americans to pray for the people of the Denver suburb where the shooting spree happened.

Obama's remarks came in Florida where he was scheduled to speak at a campaign event. But Obama spoke only briefly and centered his comments on the tragedy.

"There are going to be other days for politics," Obama said. "This is a day for prayer and reflection

[Col Hogan]

Holmes was not wearing NVGs...he was wearing a gas mask which would have limited his sight...

He was wearing a vest and other protective gear, but someone hitting him with a bullet traveling about 2375 feet a second will startle him...hurt him...distract him...or STOP him...

He gave up without a fight outside. He's a bully, not willing to fight back...

[BlueHen86]

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Here's a good video of what can happen when there was just one gun in the hands of a citizen

http://www.mrctv.org/videos/elderly-man ... -abc-notes" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;


Elderly Man Saves a Cafe Full of People By Shooting Gun-Wielding Robbers;

Who's to say that some of the people in the theater weren't armed?

If only George Zimmerman were there.

[Bronco]

Bronco FAIL, again - President Obama cancelled campaign appearances today.

President Obama paid tribute to the victims of today's Colorado shooting tragedy and asked for Americans to pray for the people of the Denver suburb where the shooting spree happened.

Obama's remarks came in Florida where he was scheduled to speak at a campaign event. But Obama spoke only briefly and centered his comments on the tragedy.

"There are going to be other days for politics," Obama said. "This is a day for prayer and reflection

As usual the fail again belongs after your name not mine

Here's a video of BHO on the campaign trail today talking about everyone of the BHO headlines I posted.

http://www.mediaite.com/tv/president-ob ... -shooting/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

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[BlueHen86]

Bronco FAIL, again - President Obama cancelled campaign appearances today.

President Obama paid tribute to the victims of today's Colorado shooting tragedy and asked for Americans to pray for the people of the Denver suburb where the shooting spree happened.

Obama's remarks came in Florida where he was scheduled to speak at a campaign event. But Obama spoke only briefly and centered his comments on the tragedy.

"There are going to be other days for politics," Obama said. "This is a day for prayer and reflection

As usual the fail again belongs after your name not mine

Here's a video of BHO on the campaign trail today talking about everyone of the BHO headlines I posted.

http://www.mediaite.com/tv/president-ob ... -shooting/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

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Give it a rest. Only an asshole would politicize this. Regardless of what you think about Obama, you're politicizing it.

Please stop.

[Screamin_Eagle174]

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What is the usual thing that happens is the media is desperate to blame someone on the right and it usually turns out to be a moonbat on the left
Time will tell

Another example of how biased the media is, and how they will attempt to slant a story for cosumption by sheeple. How does anyone hear this news and determine "oh it must be some tea party guy" or even suggest that a political party is somehow responsible? Completely illogical. The killer is a total wacko and we have no idea what his motivation was or why he is damaged enough to do this.

THIS. The whole thing is just so fucked up.

[JohnStOnge]

Ok so I came here first because I expected the discussion to get political. Hardly any way to avoid it. But I didn't post anything because I wanted to see what the discussion in the Locker Room was like and whether that'd be a better place to post what I was thinking. So I go to the Locker Room and there's only one response in the thread I see and it's a link directing the reader back to here. So I'll go ahead and post what I think.

Of course I thought about the fact that this is going to inspire gun control debate as these things often do but that goes without saying. What I was really thinking about is that my initial impression without really digging into it is that there is an association between this kind of thing and fairly high intelligence. This guy may have dropped out of his Ph.D. program because he was having some academic problems but he was still an honors graduate in Neuroscience. And he graduated from a school in the UC system. My bet would be if you looked at his standardized test scores when he came out of high school they were very high. I'd bet in the top 1 percent for sure.

I just don't recall ever hearing about some person that one would think has a below average IQ doing this sort of thing. I wonder if there is something to that cliche about the thin line between genius and insanity.

[JohnStOnge]

My other thought is that we as a culture over-react to this sort of thing. I mean it grabs our attention more than objective analysis says it should. And I'm as "guilty" of that as others. That's why I'm here discussing it.

But, you know, according to the latest data available at the injury and mortality reports query at http://webappa.cdc.gov/cgi-bin/broker.exe" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; there were 16,799 homicides in the United States in 2009 (latest year available in the query). That's an average of about 46 per day.

There were 11,493 firearms related homicides. That's about 31 per day. Constant background. So why is it that an incident like this inspires such riveted national attention? Why DOES it suddenly make the gun control debate flare? Especially since a guy like this was capable of concocting a nerve gas or something if guns weren't available. Nerve gas would work great in a theatre. THIS guy, more than the "typical" person, could have found a way to kill a bunch of people. So why the focus on firearms? I'd think homicides by people less potentially capable of coming up with alternatives, such as those that happen day in and day out in their mundane way that never make national news, would be better intellectual ammunition for gun control advocates.

I realize it's different than most homicides in certain respects. But it really doesn't much impact the...here we go...risk picture. I guess it's just "sensational." And, like I said, I'm the same as others. No question it grabbed my attention.

[BlueHen86]

Ok so I came here first because I expected the discussion to get political. Hardly any way to avoid it. But I didn't post anything because I wanted to see what the discussion in the Locker Room was like and whether that'd be a better place to post what I was thinking. So I go to the Locker Room and there's only one response in the thread I see and it's a link directing the reader back to here. So I'll go ahead and post what I think.

Of course I thought about the fact that this is going to inspire gun control debate as these things often do but that goes without saying. What I was really thinking about is that my initial impression without really digging into it is that there is an association between this kind of thing and fairly high intelligence. This guy may have dropped out of his Ph.D. program because he was having some academic problems but he was still an honors graduate in Neuroscience. And he graduated from a school in the UC system. My bet would be if you looked at his standardized test scores when he came out of high school they were very high. I'd bet in the top 1 percent for sure.

I just don't recall ever hearing about some person that one would think has a below average IQ doing this sort of thing. I wonder if there is something to that cliche about the thin line between genius and insanity.

Agreed. I just think we should wait before we get into a political discussion. Lets care for the wounded and bury the dead first. There will be plenty of time to place blame later.

Not talking to you JSO, but using this as an excuse to attack Obama post after post is uncalled for.

[93henfan]

Not talking to you JSO, but using this as an excuse to attack Obama post after post is uncalled for.

Especially when it's Bush's fault.

[BlueHen86]

Not talking to you JSO, but using this as an excuse to attack Obama post after post is uncalled for.

Especially when it's Bush's fault.

[BDKJMU]

Cool. Take a tragedy and make a political issue out of it.

Looks like many are making it political this AM

So far I've seen these stories

MSNBC Ties Colorado Shooting to Watergate

MSNBC (live) | 7/20/12
Per "Jansing & Company:" "Shooter bought ticket, went out through fire door, taped door lock open like they did in Watergate...""Is there something far more sinister going on here than just the shooting...?" Clint Van Zandt: "We have to ask: is this shooting tied to the one in Columbine? Unfortunately, we are getting far too many mass shootings to be able to tie them all together..."

When I was growing up outsaide of Fredericksburg, VA back in the 80s-early 90s the Van Zandts's live 2 houses down from me. Clint Van Zant was with the FBI back then. Whole family was a little weird..

[Bronco]

As usual the fail again belongs after your name not mine

Here's a video of BHO on the campaign trail today talking about everyone of the BHO headlines I posted.

http://www.mediaite.com/tv/president-ob ... -shooting/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

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Give it a rest. Only an asshole would politicize this. Regardless of what you think about Obama, you're politicizing it.
Please stop.

Bullshit
You’re talking to the wrong person…you need to call your dem handlers and tell them to stop
Go back to page one and read
The dems made this political

I expect BHO to start fund raising off this tragedy by Sunday asking for 3 bucks…
Just got an email from Moveon.org

Sign the Mayors Against Illegal Guns petition to our leaders: "Join me in standing with the victims and families of the Aurora, Colorado shooting and pledge to end gun violence." <http://www.moveon.org/r?r=277865&id=467 ... xwVzTx&t=1>

[polsongrizz]

In other news the Zionists are blaming Iran for this.

[Grizo406]

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Here's a good video of what can happen when there was just one gun in the hands of a citizen

http://www.mrctv.org/videos/elderly-man ... -abc-notes" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;


Elderly Man Saves a Cafe Full of People By Shooting Gun-Wielding Robbers;

Cool fuckin' beans right there, folks!