Posted on 03/31/2009 7:50:29 AM PDT by AngelesCrestHighway
Atlanta – Four Oakland, Calif., police officers shot down. An Alabama man strolling a small town with a rifle, looking for victims. Seven elderly people shot dead at a North Carolina nursing home. And on Sunday, six people, including four kids, died in an apparent murder-suicide in an upscale neighborhood in Santa Clara, Calif. The details in all these cases are still emerging. In most, the exact motive has yet to be determined – or may never be fully understood. On a broader level, however, such incidents may be happening more often because an increasing number of Americans feel desperate pressure from job losses and other economic hardship, criminologists say. "Most of these mass killings are precipitated by some catastrophic loss, and when the economy goes south, there are simply more of these losses," says Jack Levin, a noted criminologist at Northeastern University in Boston.
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Oh, but he’s good cop/bad cop .. so cruel and so caring, too:
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Excerpt:
SAMHSA News Bulletin
Date: 3/31/2009
Media Contact: SAMHSA Press Office
Telephone: 240-276-2130
New National Online Resource Provides Practical Advice and Hope for People Dealing with Emotional Health Issues Related to Financial Stress
Provides essential information on how economic conditions can affect physical and mental health and where people can turn for help
A first-of-its-kind, online guide now provides crucial information and resource referrals for people dealing with emotional or other health problems associated with economic hard times. The “Getting Through Tough Economic Times” guide http://www.samhsa.gov/economy/ provides practical advice on identifying health concerns, developing coping skills and finding help.
http://www.samhsa.gov/newsroom/advisories/090330SAMHSA%20Pre2442.aspx
The economy, and Bush, will be blamed for the economy, but nearly all the crimes committed are repeat offenders. Every time a thug is caught in a local crime, I check out their records, and so far, 99.99% of them are repeats. The ones who beat their kids and wives to death are druggies, and those who don’t have a record, are known for their violence they got away with. The economy has nothing to do with it, since most never worked in the first place.
“....take any personal responsibility for this....so, I’ll go cap 8 people!....”
I have a few in mind...**cough** in Washington, DC...**cough**
I asked my neighbor how long will it be before they stop asking and start demanding? Things are getting 'tight', I guess.
“Thanks again SSRI.”
BS
There is a link.
Not linked to the recession. Linked to the fact that criminals know that softer times are coming for criminals, thanks to BHO.
That was quick!
I’ve read most of the literature regarding this subject; I just don’t agree with the conclusions.
Linked to the fact that criminals know that softer times are coming for criminals, thanks to BHO.
In a nutshell!.....
If you look at Bush I, Clinton, Bush II, and the Obama administrations, it's truly surprising how the great majority of these horrors happen in DemonRat administrations. The really shocking thing is how fast and frequently they've started happening under Obama. It looks to me like the overall DemonRat appeal of lawlessness and personal unaccountability encourages inherently evil people to act out what would otherwise remain their most hideous fantasies. Obama, of course, is their greatest role model in that he isn't a native born American; the deal he, Michelle, and the University of Chicago Hospitals did on his election to the U.S. Senate reeks of bribery; and he still became TOTUS without being seriously challenged.
Wait until riot season arrives (summer)you will see alot more of the same.
Why, thank you! I attempt to be brief but memorable ;-).
I agree. Anyone who's ever FReeped a "peace" demonstration has seen what liberals think about the rules of civilized behavior. Absolutely horrifying people.
Is journalism linked to stupidity?
ditto liberalism, progressivism, communism.
It's not incompetence...it's Zen-like quietude.
"I'm yo' 'ho', Negro bro'" -Chuck Todd
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