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Indiana Man Got 'Riled Up' Watching Fox News, Drank 45 Beers, And Then Set Fire To A Mosque
TBI ^ | 12-21-2012 | Aleksi Tzatzev

Posted on 12/21/2012 11:21:22 AM PST by blam

Indiana Man Got 'Riled Up' Watching Fox News, Drank 45 Beers, And Then Set Fire To A Mosque

Aleksi Tzatzev
Dec. 21, 2012, 10:13 AM

A 52-year-old truck driver has pleaded guilty to driving from his home in Indiana to set a mosque on fire in Ohio, Toledo Blade reported yesterday.

Randolph Linn said he got "riled up" watching Fox News and drank 45 beers in seven hours before setting the Islamic Center of Greater Toledo on fire, according to The Sentinel-Tribune.

The drive from his Indiana home to the mosque was nearly two hours.

Linn said he wanted "to get some payback" for Americans who had been killed, according to the Blade.

He admitted, however, that he didn't personally know any Muslims, but believed they were extremists from what he saw on the news, according to the Toledo Blade.

Linn will spend 20 years in prison as part of a plea agreement and pay restitution to the mosque.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: alcohol; arson; beer; churchburning; fire; foxnews; islam; mosque
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To: Drill Thrawl

The mosque was twenty minutes away. The trip took two hours because he stopped seventeen times to pee. :=)


41 posted on 12/21/2012 11:51:15 AM PST by Bob
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To: blam

It would be interesting to pull up the “many” stories about Muslims on Fox that supposedly set this guy off. I betting there weren’t any. If there were any, I’m betting they were so mild that even an idiot liberal would be surprised anyone was “set off” by the story.


42 posted on 12/21/2012 11:54:10 AM PST by techcor
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To: blam

That does it, shut Fox News down. They are a terrorist organization.


43 posted on 12/21/2012 11:54:20 AM PST by crosshairs (It's all about good vs evil. In the end, evil is destroyed.)
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To: MeganC
45 beers? No one needs 45 beers! 24-pack cases of beer need to be banned to prevent this kind of tragedy from taking place. All anyone ever needs is just a six-pack of beer.

Yes! High capacity beer cases are unneccesary for hunting.
44 posted on 12/21/2012 11:56:22 AM PST by crosshairs (It's all about good vs evil. In the end, evil is destroyed.)
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To: massgopguy
So what was his Blood Alcohol Level?
Yeah, I was wondering that too. One beer = .02 BAC, so 45 beers would be .90 BAC.
But your body burns off .02 every hour, so 7 hours would be .14.
Subtract .14 from .90 and his BAC would be .76 or about ten times the legal limit.
HTH he wasn't dead is beyond me.
45 posted on 12/21/2012 11:58:35 AM PST by oh8eleven (RVN '67-'68)
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To: Reo

42 beers at 12 oz each is a little over 4.2 gallons. How does a person consume over 4 gallons of anything in 7 hours? I’m not sure I could do that with water.


46 posted on 12/21/2012 11:58:48 AM PST by Dutch Boy
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To: Bob

where can i donate bailmoney,gas,and matches if he promises to burn another one?


47 posted on 12/21/2012 11:58:57 AM PST by Craftmore
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To: M Kehoe

Probably ‘sex in a canoe’ beer. Especially if it was anything with ‘Lite’ in it’s name. Probably not that big a feat.

I’d want to see him drink 45 bottles of ‘Arrogant Bastard’ in 7 hours, but I don’t really want to watch someone die of alcohol poisoning.


48 posted on 12/21/2012 12:00:11 PM PST by Riley (The Fourth Estate is the Fifth Column.)
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To: blam

He must have been O’Reiled up!.............


49 posted on 12/21/2012 12:00:45 PM PST by Red Badger (Lincoln freed the slaves. Obama just got them ALL back......................)
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To: blam

After 45 beers, he wouldn’t remember what he was watching


50 posted on 12/21/2012 12:02:20 PM PST by annieokie
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To: blam

Yeah, I noticed that.

It’s written by a Muzzie who wants Sharia speech control over America. Screw him.


51 posted on 12/21/2012 12:05:41 PM PST by SaraJohnson
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To: blam

Fox New is awful. Its only the media’s way of deluding conservatives. It has no conservative foundation.


52 posted on 12/21/2012 12:12:23 PM PST by nickcarraway
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To: blam

You gotta respect a man that can hold that much alcohol.


53 posted on 12/21/2012 12:16:38 PM PST by matt1234
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To: blam

“The drive from his Indiana home to the mosque was nearly two hours.”

And the mosque was 1/2 mile away.


54 posted on 12/21/2012 12:20:36 PM PST by jughandle
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To: gdani
If this guy is drinking 45 beers & still functioning he needs to start drinking a MUCH better quality of beer than whatever crappy lager he prefers.

Or else he's gone to the Ted Kennedy school of holding your liquor. Uncle Ted's training will turn your flabby liver into a rock solid drinking machine.

(Due to Ted's unplanned three year sobriety, classes will be taught by one of the next generation of Kennedys holding up a fine family tradition.)

55 posted on 12/21/2012 12:22:53 PM PST by KarlInOhio (Big Bird is a brood parasite: laid in our nest 43 years ago and we are still feeding him.)
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To: Craftmore

Yeah, I was thinking this could create a new weekend sport here in Texas.....I already know some that have the drinking part covered, just need to give em some combustible/flammable material and dare ‘em.


56 posted on 12/21/2012 12:26:55 PM PST by Quickgun (I came here screaming and covered in someone else's blood. I can go out that way if I have to)
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To: blam
Outlaw Fox News.

Outlaw all 24-hour news stations.

Just because nobody has yet shot up a church full of white people after having been "riled up" by racist Chris Matthews doesn't mean it won't happen.

57 posted on 12/21/2012 12:27:34 PM PST by ArGee (Reality - what a concept.)
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To: richmwill
So it was what he watched on tv and not at all the 45 beers within a 7 hour span that caused him to do this. That’s what I’m expected to believe?

Actually, it was that Rush Limbaw feller. He's on Fox News, right? It's his fault.

58 posted on 12/21/2012 12:29:09 PM PST by ArGee (Reality - what a concept.)
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To: blam

Fox News is HATE SPEECH! Ban it now! Draft the bill, Feinstein!


59 posted on 12/21/2012 12:29:09 PM PST by Pinkbell
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To: blam
This has the makings of a Country Song. Yes it does.

45 Beers - And a Mosque on Fire...

 

Randolph's got a gold watch
Don't seem like a whole lot
After thirty years of drivin'
Up and down the interstate
But Randolph's been watchinig too much Fox News

Forty Five Beers and a Mosque on Fire
Ten more miles on his four day run
A few more songs from the all night radio
Then he'll spend the next 20 years in jail

60 posted on 12/21/2012 12:29:33 PM PST by Responsibility2nd (NO LIBS. This Means Liberals and (L)libertarians! Same Thing. NO LIBS!!)
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