Linh is the surname. Voong is the bad transliteration of Vong(with a small question mark over the 'o') from Quoc Ngu, the name of the Vietnamese Alphabet which uses a bunch of diacritical marks to differentiate vowels. Quoc Ngu uses these diacritical marks with vowels something like English uses syllables. IIRC, most words in Quoc Ngu/Vietnamese are just one syllable. The spelling of a word can look almost the same except for the diacritical mark which changes the pronunciation and meaning.
1 posted on
04/03/2009 3:06:49 PM PDT by
neverdem
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To: neverdem; yorkie
Prayers for the victims & their families
2 posted on
04/03/2009 3:10:16 PM PDT by
pandoraou812
(Don't play leapfrog with a unicorn! ...........^............)
To: neverdem
What a waste. What a waste.
3 posted on
04/03/2009 3:11:04 PM PDT by
grace522
(your wallet is in jeopardy with democrats in office)
To: All
I updated the title, but I forgot to update the text. You might want to check the source for the latest update.
5 posted on
04/03/2009 3:11:50 PM PDT by
neverdem
(Xin loi minh oi)
To: neverdem
The number of these rampages seems to be escalating. I guess they missed the memo about “hope” and “change”.
6 posted on
04/03/2009 3:12:16 PM PDT by
Chet 99
To: neverdem
So an immigrant US citizen of 28 years goes in and kills a bunch of new immigrants taking/practicing for their citizenship test after losing his job...
I wonder if he blamed the new arrivals for his job loss?
7 posted on
04/03/2009 3:13:03 PM PDT by
icwhatudo
To: neverdem
Jiverly was probably pissed off that his job was going back to India, while he was stuck in Bingo.
8 posted on
04/03/2009 3:13:27 PM PDT by
pgobrien
(Most economists almost unanimously agree...)
To: neverdem
How very sad. Why did ABC news break the news to his family?
9 posted on
04/03/2009 3:14:01 PM PDT by
armymarinemom
(My sons freed Iraqi and Afghan Honor Roll students.)
To: neverdem
["Voong had recently been laid off...The gunman opened fire on a citizenship class, he said."]
An asshole taking revenge on society for his own failure as a human being.
We can be sure that Obama and the Democrats will use this -- and the other recent high-profile events -- as an excuse for more draconian "gun control" measures.
10 posted on
04/03/2009 3:14:46 PM PDT by
Mad_Tom_Rackham
(What did Obama's Teleprompter know, and when did it know it...)
To: neverdem
This Vong had lost face. Fired from his job, unable to pursue the American Dream, he likely snapped.
America turned into a mocking lie to him.Obviously he was isane.
But this is small potatoes, compared to what will happen when we have the political refugees from the Hamas controlled Gaza strip immigrating to America under the Obama plan.
Prayers up for those lost and their families, and most of all for the heroic secretary who put in the call that saved many lives, and who later passed away from wounds.
If there had been a guard with a gun there, or an armed citizen, this coould have been prevented or stopped early.
There is no such thing as a "gun free" zone.It us a myth of terrible proportions.
11 posted on
04/03/2009 3:14:52 PM PDT by
Candor7
(The weapons of choice against fascism are ridicule, and derision. (member NRA)
To: neverdem
"He carried a bag filled with high capacity magazines, a survival knife and a flashlight, according to police." We must immediately enact legislation to outlaw flashlights.
12 posted on
04/03/2009 3:16:00 PM PDT by
matt1234
To: neverdem
Another American Terrorist.
13 posted on
04/03/2009 3:16:34 PM PDT by
trumandogz
(The Democrats are driving us to Socialism at I00 MPH -The GOP is driving us to Socialism at 97.5 MPH)
To: neverdem
If someone wants to commit suicide, they could at least have the decency to leave innocent people out of it. This is all so senseless.
14 posted on
04/03/2009 3:16:43 PM PDT by
FlingWingFlyer
(We're All Garbage Dump Bears Now!)
To: neverdem
heavy caliber pistols
I guess they needed some additional adjectives since no evil "automatic" assault weapon was found.
To: neverdem
Officials said Voong entered the civic association armed with two heavy caliber automatic pistols -- a 9 mm and a .45 caliber handgun. He carried a bag filled with high capacity magazines, a survival knife and a flashlight, according to police.I see the press just couldn't help themselves with hyperbole and lies. Just what is a "heavy caliber"? Why would you bring a bag of "high capacity" magazines? He killed 14 people plus himself. With two pistols containing standard magazines, there was sufficient capacity with standard mags to do that. As for "automatic pistols"...I doubt it. Semi-automatic. The lying press is doing everything possible to help the anti-gun politicians set the stage for another gun ban.
18 posted on
04/03/2009 3:19:31 PM PDT by
Myrddin
To: neverdem
On this sad day, Sarah Brady, Gov. Paterson, and all the other gun grabbers in the NY legislature are happily dancing in the blood of these victims of NY disarmament. And no doubt they are already drafting up new laws to disarm legal gunowners to create more victims in the future.
19 posted on
04/03/2009 3:19:33 PM PDT by
GnL
To: neverdem
She said Voong is a U.S. citizen and has been in this country for 28 years.
And he still needed language classes? I don’t get it.
25 posted on
04/03/2009 3:21:40 PM PDT by
IM2MAD
To: neverdem
26 posted on
04/03/2009 3:23:42 PM PDT by
Does so
( I called it right on Perot: The 0bama will quit before 6 months are up.)
To: AdmSmith; Berosus; Convert from ECUSA; dervish; Ernest_at_the_Beach; Fred Nerks; george76; ...
Linh Phat Voong, was from Johnson City, N.Y... said a woman who identified herself as Voong's sister... her brother went to take classes today at the civic association and that she had not heard from him since. She said she did not know that he was involved in the shooting... Police also contacted Voong's sister to say her brother was dead. She told police that Voong was attending language classes at the civic center. She said Voong is a U.S. citizen and has been in this country for 28 years. Voong had recently been laid off from IBM in Johnson City, U.S. Rep. Maurice Hinchey, a Democrat whose district includes Binghamton, told the Associated Press. The gunman opened fire on a citizenship class, he said. "People were there in the process of being tested for their citizenship," Hinchey said. "It was in the middle of a test. He just went in and opened fire."
27 posted on
04/03/2009 3:23:53 PM PDT by
SunkenCiv
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To: neverdem
How does an IBM employee not have a public photo?
29 posted on
04/03/2009 3:26:03 PM PDT by
knarf
(I say things that are true ... I have no proof ... but they're true.)
To: neverdem
Voong had recently been laid off from IBM in Johnson City
Is there an IBM in Johnson City now? IBM had been in Endicott and had their country club in Endwell/Johnson City.
30 posted on
04/03/2009 3:26:41 PM PDT by
weef
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