Have You Seen the Other Man in Tucson Massacre Update

Social outcast recognized by many for months
A 22-year-old man described as a social outcast with wild beliefs steeped in mistrust faces a Federal Court hearing on charges he tried to assassinate Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and killed others in a Tucson shooting rampage. Public defenders are asking that the attorney who defended Oklahoma City bombing conspirator Timothy Mcveigh and “Unabomber” Ted Kaczynski defend Jared Loughner, who makes his first court appearance Monday afternoon. The hearing in Phoenix comes just a few hours af...

Tucson Suspect Jared Loughner Due in Ariz. Court
Like this Story? Share it: This March 2010 photo shows a man identified as Jared L. Loughner at the 2010 Tucson Festival of Books in Tucson, Ariz. (AP/Arizona Daily Star, Mamta Popat) As Rep. Gabrielle Giffords remains in a Tucson Hospital after being shot in the head, investigators find evidence at the main suspect Jared Lee Loughner's house. Ben Tracy reports on the attempted Assassination. Bob Schieffer spoke with Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY), Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-MD), Nancy Cordes, Jan Crawfo...

Jared Loughner: Focus on delusions, not politics
(01-09) 21:10 PST San Francisco -- Posting strange and paranoid messages on the Internet and fixating on the end of the world, accused gunman Jared Lee Loughner appeared to be more driven by a delusional mind than a real interest in politics, Mental Health experts said Sunday. "I doubt people who say this is about politics have a good understanding of Mental Illness," said Dr. Bob Dolgoff, medical director of Alta Bates Summit Medical Center's Mental Health division. "It could be Conspiracy th...

Tea Party Nation on the defensive after Arizona shooting
The founder of Tea Party Nation, Judson Philips, is seeking to portray alleged Arizona gunman, Jared Loughner, as a "liberal lunatic." According to the Atlantic, "Phillips urged tea party supporters to blame liberals for the attack on Centrist Democratic Rep. Gabrielle Giffords of Arizona." In the wake of the tragedy that occurred in Arizona on January 8, the nation is struggling to understand what led to the horrific events of that day. When former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin's staff made an a...

Gunman to appear in court over Arizona shooting
A 22-year-old man will appear in court on Monday charged with attempting to assassinate a congresswoman during a Shooting Spree in Arizona in which six others died. President Barack Obama called on Americans to observe a moment of silence on Monday for Victims of the attack as some officials asked if the nation's often divisive politics had spiraled out of control. The lone gunman, who was overpowered by bystanders at the scene of the shooting, will appear in a Federal Court in the state capit...

Obama Decides To Lead National Moment Of Silence This Morning
Fox News: When President Barack Obama steps out on the South Lawn of the White House Monday morning, the thoughts of the nation will turn to Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and the other Victims of an Assassination attempt against her. Obama will lead the nation in a moment of silence to honor the congresswoman and the six people killed and 14 wounded in Saturday’s shooting outside a Tucson Supermarket. “It will be a time for us to come together as a nation in prayer or reflection,...

Would-be assassin rattles Washington
Tamsin McMahon, National Post · Monday, Jan. 10, 2011 It was supposed to be a friendly meet-and-greet, the kind Arizona Democratic Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords held regularly to hear the concerns of constituents. Instead, it turned into an Assassination attempt when she was shot in the back of the head by a gunman who killed six other people — including a judge and a nine-year-old girl — in a Shooting Spree. Incredibly, Ms. Giffords survived despite the bullet travelling t...

May seek Unabomber lawyer...
PHOENIX (AP) - A 22-year-old man described as a social outcast with wild beliefs steeped in mistrust faces a Federal Court hearing on charges he tried to assassinate Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and killed others in a Tucson shooting rampage. Public defenders are asking that the attorney who defended Oklahoma City bombing conspirator Timothy Mcveigh and "Unabomber" Ted Kaczynski defend Jared Loughner, who makes his first court appearance Monday afternoon. The hearing in Phoenix comes just a few hours...

Obradovich: Don't let shooting fuel phantom fears, restrict access to officials
The tragic shooting in Arizona of U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and 19 others was not an act of politics. President Barack Obama didn't cause this shocking incident. Neither did Sarah Palin. The Tea Party didn't pull the trigger. Neither did the Republicans or the Democrats, for that matter. This wasn't Hollywood's fault, or the Internet's, or even society's in general. We don't know what motivated the accused shooter, Jared Loughner. So far, there's no evidence that he was a paid assassin or a...

Unclear whether shooter's motivation was political
A sign is shown on the lawn of University Hospital Sunday, Jan. 9, 2011... Tucson, Ariz. (AP) - Soften the political tone: that's been the message from lawmakers from across the nation since a gunman tried to assassinate an Arizona congresswoman and killed six people after posting confusing online rants about his views. Yet as an image of the suspected shooter emerges, friends and online ramblings paint a picture of a troubled young man whose beliefs are unclear. Some Democrats have suggested ...

Giffords' suspect due in court as nation mourns
TUCSON, Ariz. — A 22-year-old man charged with trying to assassinate U.S. congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords in a Shooting Spree that killed six people and wounded 14 was due to appear in court Monday on charges of Murder and Attempted Murder. Doctors were optimistic that Giffords would recover after undergoing emergency Brain Surgery, but she was still in critical condition in a Tucson Hospital. The attack in Tucson Saturday has fueled debate about extreme political Rhetoric in the U...

Shooter kept bizarre shrine in backyard
Accused Tucson shooter Jared Lee Loughner kept a bizarre shrine featuring a creepy replica of a human skull behind his home, according to a report Monday that raised questions about the occult. In a front page story, The New York Daily News reports that Loughner, who is charged with targeting Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.), had a camouflage tent set up in the backyard of the home he shares with his parents. Continue Reading Text Size - + reset Inside the tent sits a replica white skull pla...

Federal Judge: Liberal Sheriff, Media Exploiting Attack
"He should be strung up." The speaker: one very angry Federal Judge furious at the cynicism displayed by both Arizona Sheriff Clarence Dupnik and the Mainstream Media in the shootings that took the life of one federal judge, wounded Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, and killed or wounded 17 others. The judge, a personal friend of the murdered Federal Judge John Roll, declined to be cited by name but was brimming with anger at what he termed the "cynicism and downright evil" of the liberal medi...

Shooting suspect's nihilism rose with isolation
At an event roughly three years ago, Rep. Gabrielle Giffords took a question from Jared Loughner, the man accused of trying to assassinate her and killing six other people. According to two of his High School friends the question was essentially this: "What is government if words have no meaning?" Loughner was angry about her response — she read the question and didn't have much to say. "He was like ... 'What do you think of these people who are working for the government and they can't d...

Jared Loughner: The Making of a Political Assassin and an American Terrorist
When the sound of gunfire had finally stopped, 18 people were shot. Of the 18 wounded, six of them were dead or were dying, including John M. Roll, the chief U.S. District Judge in Arizona, and Gabe Zimmerman, Giffords's local director of community outreach. Also killed was Christina Taylor Green, age 9, who ironically was born on Sept. 11, 2001, and had gone to the event with a neighbor. Two other Giffords Staffers, district director Ron Barber and community outreach aide Pam Simon were among t...

America'sMisguided Debate: Blaming Sarah Palin for Arizona ShootingIs Wrong
Following this weekend's tragic shooting, many on the left in the United States are calling for Sarah Palin and the Tea Party to be called to account for their alleged culpability in the killings. But these claims are spurious and could do more to help the left's political detractors than harm them. Saturday's Assassination attempt on Democratic Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords is a tragedy, but this tragedy could also present an opportunity in American politics -- a chance to return to a m

Beware The Leftist Scorned
Posted by Melissa Clouthier on Jan 10 2011 Filed under Culture, Featured, News & Opinion, Politics, Tea Party. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can leave a response or trackback to this entry Heaven has no rage, like love to hatred turned, …..Nor Hell a fury, like a woman scorned. William Congreve: The Mourning Bride (1697 ) Since the Left seems obsessed by assigning motives, it seems fitting to examine theirs when it comes to attributing any form...

Unabomber lawyer to represent Loughner
Jared Loughner, the gunman who shot Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and others near Tucson, Ariz., on Saturday, will be joined in court on Monday by Judy Clarke, the lawyer who represented the “Unabomber.” The renowned Defense Lawyer, Judy Clarke, also has represented the 1996 bomber of the Atlanta Olympics and Susan Smith, the mother from South Carolina who in 1994 drove her car into a lake, killing her two Children. The Arizona Republic reports that the Federal Public Defender’s Of...

Arizona shooting: Latest developments
For more information, visit CNN affiliates KGUN, KOLD, KVOA, KPHO and KMSB. Six people were killed and 14 others wounded, including U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, when a gunman opened fire in front of a Safeway Supermarket in Tucson, Arizona, authorities said. The congresswoman had been hosting a meeting with constituents Saturday morning when the attack began. [Updated 4:50 a.m.] Astronaut Mark Kelly, Giffords' husband, released his first public statement since the weekend shooting rampage ...

US charges sole gunman in lawmaker shooting
US prosecutors charged a lone young gunman over the attempted Assassination of a congresswoman as doctors voiced guarded hope she would recover from the attack that killed six others. President Barack Obama called on Americans to observe a moment of silence on Monday for Victims of the attack in Arizona as some officials asked if the nation's often divisive politics had spiraled out of control. Representative Gabrielle Giffords, 40, was in an induced coma as doctors treated bullet wounds to her ...

US charges gunman in lawmaker shooting
US prosecutors charged a lone young gunman over the attempted Assassination of a congresswoman as doctors voiced guarded hope she would recover from the attack that killed six others. President Barack Obama called on Americans to observe a moment of silence on Monday for Victims of the attack in Arizona as some officials asked if the nation's often divisive politics had spiraled out of control. The gunman, who was detained by bystanders at the scene of the shooting, is due to appear in a federal...

Intern may have saved Congresswomans life
A 20-year-old intern to U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords said Sunday he used his hands to apply pressure to a gunshot wound to her head while holding her in his lap. A 61-year-old Tucson woman grabbed the magazine from the gunman, and two men tackled him. All four are being hailed as heroes in the shooting that killed six and gravely injured the lawmaker during an event at a Tucson Grocery Store. The sheriff said the woman, Patricia Maisch, likely saved dozens of life. “We could have had 31 mo...

How can the mentally-unstable own guns?
When the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the Handgun ban in the nation’s capital in 2008, Representative Gabrielle Giffords applauded the ruling, calling Gun Ownership “an Arizona tradition.” That she had co-signed a congressional amicus brief against the ban came as no surprise: she has always been pro-gun, and she represents a state with a history of proud Gun Ownership and lax Gun Laws. So there is at least a touch of irony to the fact that her name is being invoked, followin...

I've Got Your "Inflammatory Rhetoric" Right Here
If you were logged in to Facebook on Saturday after the shooting in Arizona, you may have noticed a trend in your newsfeed. I did, anyway. Many of my leftist Facebook friends were collectively engaged in assuming and articulating the Tea Party's culpability. More specifically, they blamed, as the media eventually did as well, the "inflammatory Rhetoric" of the Right Wing. The arguments scrolling down my newsfeed went something like this: Of course, there are psychotic nutjobs on both the left an...

Capitol Hill Happenings: Today in Congress
The House of Representatives plans to observe a moment of silence at 11:00 a.m. ET to honor the Victims of Saturday's shooting rampage at a "Congress on Your Corner" event in Tempe, Arizona hosted by Democratic Rep. Gabrielle Giffords. Six people were killed, and another twenty wounded, including Giffords, who remains in critical condition after being shot in the head at point blank range. Flags at the Capitol complex will remain at half staff in memory of those who lost their lives in the attac...