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This is a vanity I'm posting to salute bluecollarman. We've all watched the idiot profilers for the last couple of weeks, mostly fingering a 30-ish crazy white male militia member as the likely perp. Well, way back on 10/8, FReeper bluecollarman just nailed the profile of the perp. Here's a portion of his post (linked above), from 10/8! Okay here is my conclusion , For what it's worth,  which is not much. A Single Shooter, Dark Skin  or Black Man, 20-30, Muslim with US Military Training with M-16, probably Marine. Maybe hired or just pissed off. Since this is my...

Fred Foldvary's Editorial The Government's War on Bumper Stickers by Fred E. Foldvary, Senior Editor Watch out, your bumper sticker may cost you a traffic ticket! The FreeRupublic.com forum in March 27 reported that police officers are looking out for "extremist" bumper stickers. The December 1999 issue of the FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin has provided guidelines to the police when they conduct a traffic stop. The bulletin tells the police that suspected members of extremist groups may reveal their affiliations by the vehicles they drive. An obvious clue to the driver's viewpoint is the bumper stickers on the car....

Local psychologist believes sniper kills done by terrorists By J.J. Stambaugh, News-Sentinel staff writer October 15, 2002 The recent sniper shootings in the Washington, D.C., area are probably terrorist attacks rather than the work of a traditional "spree killer," according to a local psychologist who specializes in violent behavior. Dr. Helen Smith, a forensic psychologist and author of the book "The Scarred Heart," earned her doctorate from the University of Tennessee in 1994. She often is called to testify as an expert witness in Juvenile Court proceedings; in "The Scarred Heart," she dedicated a chapter to the 1997 Lillelid murder...

Profilers: Montgomery County Shooters are Likely From Area Whoever killed five people with single shots in Montgomery County is probably a white man in his 20s or early 30s who lives nearby, two former FBI profilers said Thursday. The shooter and an accomplice likely dumped the white truck police were looking for Thursday night, the experts said. "That vehicle will be in a garage or a lake," said Clinton Van Zandt, a former FBI agent. Both Van Zandt and another former profiler, Robert K. Ressler, said it's unlikely that one person carried out the killings. They said one person...

To ensure we Americans never offend anyone - - - particularly fanatics intent on killing us - airport screeners will not be allowed to profile people. They will continue random searches of 80-year-old women, little kids, airline pilots with proper identification, Secret Service agents who are members of the President's security detail, 85-year old Congressmen with metal hips, and Medal of Honor winning former Governors.Let us pause a moment and take the following test. In 1972 at the Munich Olympics, athletes were kidnapped and massacred by: (a) Olga Korbut (b) Mark Spitz (c) Arnold Schwartzenegger (d) Muslim male extremists mostly...

I have been trying to "update" my profile in Free Republic this morning. Now, when I click "ok" it puts all the HTML with NO pictures on my BOOKMARK page. The follow errors is what I need help with because I do not understand what FR is trying to tell me: HTML Error Summary HTML Error Summary Count Tag Attribute Error Correction 6 P STYLE invalid attribute remove attribute The above errors must be corrected before your HTML will be accepted. Try selecting the "HTML - Auto Corrected" option from the Format menu. I need to know what Count -...

Please....no flames. Just asking. When I first joined last year it seemed like everyone had one. It is a great way to allow other freepers to orientate themselves toward you. Maybe I am missing saomething.

I have been fingerprinted and racially profiled. As we wrestle with ways to prevent another September 11, I remember both incidents well. I was fingerprinted when I lived in Japan. As a foreigner living there, I had to make my way to the police station to get my gaijin (foreigner) card. I filled out a form, had my picture taken and was fingerprinted. One of the fingerprints appeared on the card and very occasionally I had to show the card to police, but only very occasionally. "Don't lose it," I was warned, "and make sure you hand it back in...

LOOK FOR TERRORIST, NOT WEAPONS Folks, an Israeli expert on the airline security subject said that the basic difference between the way Israelis and Americans screen passengers is that the Israelis look for terrorists, and the Americans look for weapons. He said we're focusing on the wrong thing - but that means we have to look for Muslim-Arab men, and once you start doing that, then all sorts of grief descends upon you as a racial profiler. You've heard stories about nuns being pulled out of lines while waiting to go through a metal detector because there's "suspicion" she might...

Posted on Wed, Apr. 03, 2002 Financial companies to discuss how to use consumer databases to profile terrorists WASHINGTON (AP) - Top financial companies are working to figure out how to use public and private consumer databases to catch possible terrorists and whether the information banks are up to the task. The group, holding its first organizational meeting today, will explore how to use credit reports, marketing databases and other information for domestic security. ``We have to think about how to use information to create profiles about what a bad guy might look like,'' said Marty Abrams of the Center...

It would be a great help if more FReepers would fill out their profile page. Come on now; some of you have been here for years and have not so much as a state flag flying. You don't need to tell your life story, but at least a state or national flag would help. For instance, I know there's more Wisconsin FReepers out there than are on the WI location page. How can anyone alert you to the upcoming (state) FReeper event UNLESS your screen name is on the (state) page?