"Hinckley's supposed motivation behind the attack stemmed from an obsession with actress Jodie Foster due to erotomania. While living in Hollywood in the late 1970s, he saw the film Taxi Driver at least 15 times, apparently identifying strongly with Travis Bickle, the lead character.[1][2] The arc of the story involves Bickle's attempts to protect a 12-year-old child prostitute, played by Foster; toward the end of the film, Bickle attempts to assassinate a United States Senator who is running for president. Over the following years, Hinckley trailed Foster around the country, going so far as to enroll in a writing course at Yale University in 1980 when he learned that she was a student there after reading an article in People magazine.[3] He wrote numerous letters and notes to her in late 1980.[4] He called her twice and refused to give up when she indicated that she was not interested in him.[2] Convinced that by becoming a national figure he would be Foster's equal, Hinckley began to stalk President Jimmy Carter, but was arrested in October 1980 at Nashville International Airport for illegal possession of firearms;[5] though Carter made a campaign stop there, the Federal Bureau of Investigation did not connect this arrest to the President and did not notify the Secret Service.[6] His parents briefly put him under the treatment of a psychologist. Subsequently, Hinckley turned his stalking attention to President Ronald Reagan. His decision to target presidents was also likely inspired by Taxi Driver.[7] He wrote three or four more notes to her in early March 1981. Foster gave these notes to her dean, who gave them to the Yale police department, which sought to track Hinckley down but failed.[8][9]"
Does this mean that it is Jodie Foster's fault, or maybe it is those damn voilent movies? Or even worse those horribly voilent video games? Give me a break with this blame game, pray for those killed or injured and lets wait for some facts. Trust me I could go tit for tat on voilent rhetoric from left and right. The fact is average sane Americans do not open fire in public places because someone someone called Pelosi a loon or Glenn Beck a fascist.
It amazes me that partisanship and being so far up your parties ass can make you this blind. Guess who is voting for this law... Liberals who want more government control... who is voting against it and trying to stop this crap law... conservatives. But somehow this is still conservatives fault?
Get your head out of the donkey's ass and wake up to what is really going on. Conservatives want the government out of our lives and more personal responsibility and the internet is no different.
So get out of your MSNBC, Keith Olbermann house and get some fresh air.
I'm conservative individual, but I'm not a Palin fanatic. I think she is a good person, but I would likely not vote for her in a presidential election unless there were no other options besides Dems. While Palin may say stupid shit, I find Democrats to be even worse with their idiotic ideas on fiscal responsibility.
I don't agree with her statement, but I agree with idea that some sort of punishment should be dealt for this issue. I disagree with the target of that punishment being WikiLeaks. There should be heads rolling at the state department on how security is handled around secret documents and the person who stole these documents should be punished to the full extent of the law. I believe that there is a reason for "classified information" as it pertains to national security. There are laws that classified documentation will get published publicly at a certain date. I'm ok not knowing that information until then.
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I wonder if any of this sounds familair? From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reagan_assassination_attempt.
"Hinckley's supposed motivation behind the attack stemmed from an obsession with actress Jodie Foster due to erotomania. While living in Hollywood in the late 1970s, he saw the film Taxi Driver at least 15 times, apparently identifying strongly with Travis Bickle, the lead character.[1][2] The arc of the story involves Bickle's attempts to protect a 12-year-old child prostitute, played by Foster; toward the end of the film, Bickle attempts to assassinate a United States Senator who is running for president. Over the following years, Hinckley trailed Foster around the country, going so far as to enroll in a writing course at Yale University in 1980 when he learned that she was a student there after reading an article in People magazine.[3] He wrote numerous letters and notes to her in late 1980.[4] He called her twice and refused to give up when she indicated that she was not interested in him.[2] Convinced that by becoming a national figure he would be Foster's equal, Hinckley began to stalk President Jimmy Carter, but was arrested in October 1980 at Nashville International Airport for illegal possession of firearms;[5] though Carter made a campaign stop there, the Federal Bureau of Investigation did not connect this arrest to the President and did not notify the Secret Service.[6] His parents briefly put him under the treatment of a psychologist. Subsequently, Hinckley turned his stalking attention to President Ronald Reagan. His decision to target presidents was also likely inspired by Taxi Driver.[7] He wrote three or four more notes to her in early March 1981. Foster gave these notes to her dean, who gave them to the Yale police department, which sought to track Hinckley down but failed.[8][9]"
Does this mean that it is Jodie Foster's fault, or maybe it is those damn voilent movies? Or even worse those horribly voilent video games? Give me a break with this blame game, pray for those killed or injured and lets wait for some facts. Trust me I could go tit for tat on voilent rhetoric from left and right. The fact is average sane Americans do not open fire in public places because someone someone called Pelosi a loon or Glenn Beck a fascist.
I Heart You Jane Q. Public, well done.
It amazes me that partisanship and being so far up your parties ass can make you this blind. Guess who is voting for this law... Liberals who want more government control... who is voting against it and trying to stop this crap law... conservatives. But somehow this is still conservatives fault? Get your head out of the donkey's ass and wake up to what is really going on. Conservatives want the government out of our lives and more personal responsibility and the internet is no different. So get out of your MSNBC, Keith Olbermann house and get some fresh air.
I'm conservative individual, but I'm not a Palin fanatic. I think she is a good person, but I would likely not vote for her in a presidential election unless there were no other options besides Dems. While Palin may say stupid shit, I find Democrats to be even worse with their idiotic ideas on fiscal responsibility. I don't agree with her statement, but I agree with idea that some sort of punishment should be dealt for this issue. I disagree with the target of that punishment being WikiLeaks. There should be heads rolling at the state department on how security is handled around secret documents and the person who stole these documents should be punished to the full extent of the law. I believe that there is a reason for "classified information" as it pertains to national security. There are laws that classified documentation will get published publicly at a certain date. I'm ok not knowing that information until then.
I dunno, he might leave the country. I would.
Anyone else tired of fair-weather Americans? I know I am.