This must be one of the 28% that still support Bush.

[William769]

Rifle-toting 'patriot' shoots at 'Iraqis'


CHARLOTTE COUNTY: A rifle-toting Charlotte County man is accused of taking aim at people he thought were Iraqis running through his friend's yard. He calls himself a patriot - deputies call him a criminal.

He missed his targets, but the shooting left about eight bullet holes in a neighbor's home on Bristol Street.

Arthur Miller, 58, told deputies he was firing the shots because he was trying to defend his country against the Iraqis he thought were running through his friend's backyard.

Annie Harrison was watching TV with her boyfriend when her house came under attack.

http://www.nbc-2.com/articles/readarticle.asp?articleid=13584&z=3&p=

And yes this is Florida, and I'm ready for the coments that are sure to follow.

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

1. Let me guess

the shooter is white, the people he thought were Iraqis are not.

[Chipper Chat]

5. I think they were very-tanned young male metrosexuals

delivering a refrigerator to a neighbor.

[completely_bushed]

10. He's Either Looney as a Loon or...

has a sense of irony beyond belief....

[proud patriot]

2. Oh Dear

:wow:

[Botany]

3. "Alcohol and medications do not mix,"

:rofl:

[proud2BlibKansan]

4. Tell the idiot that we are fighting them over there so we don't have to fight them

in his friend's yard.

[Sarah Ibarruri]

6. Look at his face. He's got that dazed Republican look! Scary!

[Selatius]

7. How was this man allowed to purchase a firearm?

It sounds like he has a history of mental illness.

[ManiacJoe]

28. It's not like firearms have expiration dates.

He could have easily bought it 30 years ago, when he was of sound mind.

[mcctatas]

8. It's bush's fault...

he's got every goober with a gun and a paranoid personality disorder thinking that they really did follow us home...or wait, is it Hillary's fault?......;)

[shaniqua6392]

9. Well, as my Daddy used to say.....

"YOU CAN'T FIX STUPID"!!!! :crazy:

[TahitiNut]

13. Yep. Acton said the same thing. (See my sig.)

:shrug: .... it's something I remind myself of on DU quite often. :dunce:

[karlrschneider]

15. Burke's observation is even more applicable.

frequently.

:shrug:

[TahitiNut]

19. Sadly, it doesn't forestall the dick-measuring contests on DU.

... nor does it compel folks to match the magnitude of their outrage with a proportional action to the degree they're able.

I keep wondering why, if we truly believe what we say to the degree that we say it, we're not placing a greater risk to our comforts in the actions we undertake. It perplexes me, to say the least. (And I'm being self-inclusive in that perplexity.)

It's a conundrum. :shrug:

[karlrschneider]

25. One-upmanship is a game no group has a monopoly on.

Neither, apparently, does ending a sentence with a preposition.
This is a situation up with which I will not put!
:eyes:

[TahitiNut]

26. I think of them as postpositions.

:dunce: ... Germanic roots.

[karlrschneider]

27. Yes. English is somewhat anomalous in its (our) grammatical structure.

The pre(post)position is a minor example; most languages make more 'sense' by placing adjectives -after- the subject or object: We say, for example, "I have a brown dog." The first word heard is the adjective which while significant, reduces the more important noun's impact. If I say it in, for example, Spanish, it's "Yo tengo un perro marron" which focuses the meaning more on the dog; its color is useful information but secondary to the major point.

And that's all I need to say, and way more than anyone wants to hear, about that.
;-)

[karlrschneider]

11. My SO was born in that county, we have 'family' there. No surprise.

And I lived in Tampa for 16 years. Now we're Okies, we see the same stuff here. :eyes:

[William769]

12. I'm just eight miles South of that County.

[karlrschneider]

14. You're in Lee? Monroe? I've forgotten the geography down there somewhat.

but there are a LOT of perfectly wonderful folks in that part of the world...and some assholes. Just like most everywhere else...
:-)

[William769]

17. Lee.

North Fort Myers. :hi:

[karlrschneider]

18. I should have known that. My SO's mom lives out on the Orange River

near Buckingham.

[William769]

20. Thats Southeast of me.

[karlrschneider]

22. Southeast of here too. About a thousand miles.

:D

[William769]

24. LOL!

[razors edge]

16. Pic, Kenny Rogers?

[opiate69]

23. Maybe Kenny Rogers on meth..

[JacquesMolay]

21. Note to self: Don't restrict my media exposure to only Rush ...

... Limbaugh and Michael Savage.

[momster]

29. Dang Terrorist Puppies!

Follering us home and runnin' thru the yard!