On Sun, Jan 9, 2011 at 8:22 AM, James Leveque <jamespl79 at gmail.com> wrote:
> He also listed Plato, Orwell, Aldous Huxley, Lewis Carroll, Harper Lee, Ken
> Kesey and a half dozen other very random books. It struck me a smattering
> of
> "important" works, but nothing anybody could glean a coherent ideology
> from.
> So I think the listing of Mein Kampf with the Communist Manifesto is more
> or
> less meaningless. Much like a lot else in this whole sad crime.
>
> James
>
> On Sun, Jan 9, 2011 at 12:53 PM, Angelus Novus <
> fuerdenkommunismus at yahoo.com
> > wrote:
>
> >
> > Shooter of Jewish Congresswoman listed 'Mein Kampf' as favorite book
> > On his YouTube and MySpace pages, the Jared Lee Loughner posted masses of
> > anti-government ramblings on his MySpace page and on a YouTube account
> > "Classitup10" that was linked to him.
> >
> > Jared Lee Loughner, the key suspect in the shooting attack that
> critically
> > wounded Arizona Jewish Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords on Saturday,
> listed
> > Mein Kampf and the Communist Manifesto as two of his favorite books.
> >
> > On his YouTube and MySpace pages, the 22-year-old posted masses of
> > anti-government ramblings on his MySpace page and on a YouYube account
> > "Classitup10" that was linked to him.
> >
> > The MySpace page, which was removed within minutes of the gunman being
> > identified by U.S. officials, included a mysterious" Goodbye friends"
> > message published hours before the shooting and exhorted to his friends:
> > "Please don't be mad at me."
> >
> > The YouTube account is still operational.
> >
> > His exact motivation was not immediately clear. Federal law enforcement
> > officials were poring over captured versions of the MySpace page and over
> > uploaded Youtube videos.
> >
> > Loughner, a Tucson resident, is currently being held in custody. Pima
> > County Sheriff Clarence Dupnik described him as "unstable" but not
> "insane.
> >
> > The sheriff told a news conference that the suspect was tackled to the
> > ground after the shooting that left six people dead and 13 wounded.
> >
> >
> >
> http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/shooter-of-jewish-congresswoman-listed-mein-kampf-as-favorite-book-1.336025
> >
> >
> >
> >
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