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SoCalDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-01-10 01:03 PM
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Discovery Channel Hq (Silver Springs,MD) evacuated...gunman inside
Edited on Wed Sep-01-10 01:14 PM by SoCalDem
Jeez Louise..

http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/09/01/maryland.discovery.channel/

Police: At least one hostage taken at Discovery Channel headquarters
By the CNN Wire Staff
September 1, 2010 2:00 p.m. EDT

Police say they are monitoring the suspect at the Discovery Channel's headquarters via closed-circuit cameras.


(CNN) -- A man believed to be armed has taken at least one hostage at the headquarters of the Discovery Channel in Silver Spring, Maryland, police said.

Montgomery County police received the call at about 1 p.m. of a man with a gun and possible explosives, said police spokeswoman Angela Cruz. The call came from One Discovery Place, the channel's headquarters. The area has been evacuated, Cruz said.

A SWAT team and additional resources are responding, said Montgomery County police Cpl. Dan Friz. Authorities are monitoring the man via closed-circuit cameras. He is in the lobby area, Friz said. Authorities were trying to get in touch with him.

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Binka Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-01-10 01:05 PM
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1. This Does Not Sound Good n/t
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GreatCaesarsGhost Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-01-10 01:18 PM
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2. All the local channels are covering it.
An Asian male is suspected says one channel.
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GreatCaesarsGhost Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-01-10 01:26 PM
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3. EMTs have entered the building, possibly situation is over.
Edited on Wed Sep-01-10 01:29 PM by GreatCaesarsGhost
edit update: not over yet.
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Cheap_Trick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-01-10 01:36 PM
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4. Wonder what his freeper name was?
Scrub scrub, Rimjob. Scrub scrub.
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nmbluesky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-01-10 01:37 PM
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5. Muslim did it
NT
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activa8tr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-01-10 01:44 PM
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6. Does the Discovery Channel broadcast anti-creationist "science"? I'm sorry
Edited on Wed Sep-01-10 01:45 PM by activa8tr
I'm sorry to sound so flippant about it. But the religionists of America and the gun rights folks of America foment these types of horrific with their bull pucky.

I really hope this resolves without injury, but why would ANY one attack a channel that broadcasts educational materials, intended to make us all wiser and more understanding? The only suspects I can think of are fundies who don't like a real education.

Of course, this could all be some personal domestic issue, too. I hope it all resolves soon peacefully.
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SoCalDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-01-10 01:49 PM
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8. education is considered "dangerous" to many
:(
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nonconformist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-01-10 01:45 PM
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7. Gunman's manifesto (appears to be legit, per ABC News)
http://savetheplanetprotest.com/

The Discovery Channel MUST broadcast to the world their commitment to save the planet and to do the following IMMEDIATELY:
1. The Discovery Channel and it's affiliate channels MUST have daily television programs at prime time slots based on Daniel Quinn's "My Ishmael" pages 207-212 where solutions to save the planet would be done in the same way as the Industrial Revolution was done, by people building on each other's inventive ideas. Focus must be given on how people can live WITHOUT giving birth to more filthy human children since those new additions continue pollution and are pollution. A game show format contest would be in order. Perhaps also forums of leading scientists who understand and agree with the Malthus-Darwin science and the problem of human overpopulation. Do both. Do all until something WORKS and the natural world starts improving and human civilization building STOPS and is reversed! MAKE IT INTERESTING SO PEOPLE WATCH AND APPLY SOLUTIONS!!!!

2. All programs on Discovery Health-TLC must stop encouraging the birth of any more parasitic human infants and the false heroics behind those actions. In those programs' places, programs encouraging human sterilization and infertility must be pushed. All former pro-birth programs must now push in the direction of stopping human birth, not encouraging it.

3. All programs promoting War and the technology behind those must cease. There is no sense in advertising weapons of mass-destruction anymore. Instead, talk about ways to disassemble civilization and concentrate the message in finding SOLUTIONS to solving global military mechanized conflict. Again, solutions solutions instead of just repeating the same old wars with newer weapons. Also, keep out the fraudulent peace movements. They are liars and fakes and had no real intention of ending the wars. ALL OF THEM ARE FAKE! On one hand, they claim they want the wars to end, on the other, they are demanding the human population increase. World War II had 2 Billion humans and after that war, the people decided that tripling the population would assure peace. WTF??? STUPIDITY! MORE HUMANS EQUALS MORE WAR!

4. Civilization must be exposed for the filth it is. That, and all its disgusting religious-cultural roots and greed. Broadcast this message until the pollution in the planet is reversed and the human population goes down! This is your obligation. If you think it isn't, then get hell off the planet! Breathe Oil! It is the moral obligation of everyone living otherwise what good are they??

5. Immigration: Programs must be developed to find solutions to stopping ALL immigration pollution and the anchor baby filth that follows that. Find solutions to stopping it. Call for people in the world to develop solutions to stop it completely and permanently. Find solutions FOR these countries so they stop sending their breeding populations to the US and the world to seek jobs and therefore breed more unwanted pollution babies. FIND SOLUTIONS FOR THEM TO STOP THEIR HUMAN GROWTH AND THE EXPORTATION OF THAT DISGUSTING FILTH! (The first world is feeding the population growth of the Third World and those human families are going to where the food is! They must stop procreating new humans looking for nonexistant jobs!)

6. Find solutions for Global Warming, Automotive pollution, International Trade, factory pollution, and the whole blasted human economy. Find ways so that people don't build more housing pollution which destroys the environment to make way for more human filth! Find solutions so that people stop breeding as well as stopping using Oil in order to REVERSE Global warming and the destruction of the planet!

7. Develop shows that mention the Malthusian sciences about how food production leads to the overpopulation of the Human race. Talk about Evolution. Talk about Malthus and Darwin until it sinks into the stupid people's brains until they get it!!

8. Saving the Planet means saving what's left of the non-human Wildlife by decreasing the Human population. That means stopping the human race from breeding any more disgusting human babies! You're the media, you can reach enough people. It's your resposibility because you reach so many minds!!!

9. Develop shows that will correct and dismantle the dangerous US world economy. Find solutions for their disasterous Ponzi-Casino economy before they take the world to another nuclear war.

10. Stop all shows glorifying human birthing on all your channels and on TLC. Stop Future Weapons shows or replace the dialogue condemning the people behind these developments so that the shows become exposes rather than advertisements of Arms sales and development!

11. You're also going to find solutions for unemployment and housing. All these unemployed people makes me think the US is headed toward more war.

Humans are the most destructive, filthy, pollutive creatures around and are wrecking what's left of the planet with their false morals and breeding culture.

For every human born, ACRES of wildlife forests must be turned into farmland in order to feed that new addition over the course of 60 to 100 YEARS of that new human's lifespan! THIS IS AT THE EXPENSE OF THE FOREST CREATURES!!!! All human procreation and farming must cease!

It is the responsiblity of everyone to preserve the planet they live on by not breeding any more children who will continue their filthy practices. Children represent FUTURE catastrophic pollution whereas their parents are current pollution. NO MORE BABIES! Population growth is a real crisis. Even one child born in the US will use 30 to a thousand times more resources than a Third World child. It's like a couple are having 30 babies even though it's just one! If the US goes in this direction maybe other countries will too!

Also, war must be halted. Not because it's morally wrong, but because of the catastrophic environmental damage modern weapons cause to other creatures. FIND SOLUTIONS JUST LIKE THE BOOK SAYS! Humans are supposed to be inventive. INVENT, DAMN YOU!!

The world needs TV shows that DEVELOP solutions to the problems that humans are causing, not stupify the people into destroying the world. Not encouraging them to breed more environmentally harmful humans.

Saving the environment and the remaning species diversity of the planet is now your mindset. Nothing is more important than saving them. The Lions, Tigers, Giraffes, Elephants, Froggies, Turtles, Apes, Raccoons, Beetles, Ants, Sharks, Bears, and, of course, the Squirrels.

The humans? The planet does not need humans.

You MUST KNOW the human population is behind all the pollution and problems in the world, and YET you encourage the exact opposite instead of discouraging human growth and procreation. Surely you MUST ALREADY KNOW this!

I want Discovery Communications to broadcast on their channels to the world their new program lineup and I want proof they are doing so. I want the new shows started by asking the public for inventive solution ideas to save the planet and the remaining wildlife on it.

These are the demands and sayings of Lee.
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sixmile Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-01-10 01:55 PM
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9. Each of these will be dissected and labeled like an experiment
From this he appears to hate people and has serious race problems, maybe an ultra-nationalist eugenicist?

My prediction is that he will be spun as a liberal eco terrorist.


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SoCalDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-01-10 01:58 PM
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"liberal eco terrorist"...BINGO!
that's how the media will spin it.. a misguided person from the "angry left" :(
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CBR Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-01-10 01:58 PM
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11. Yup, unfortunately, that will be the spin. nt
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Lilith Velkor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-01-10 02:17 PM
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17. RTFM - those 'race problems' are with the entire human race n/t
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amb123 Donating Member (764 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-01-10 03:13 PM
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25. "PROOF THAT LIBERALS DESPISE CHRISTIAN CIVILZATION, DESCRIBE IT AS 'FILTH'!!!"
AAAUUUGGGHHHHHH! :tinfoilhat: :tinfoilhat: :tinfoilhat:

You're right on target with that one. "liberal eco-terrorist"

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CBR Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-01-10 01:58 PM
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10. I think I will go have a baby now. nt
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alfredo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-01-10 02:00 PM
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13. Projecting his self loathing
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SoCalDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-01-10 02:01 PM
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15. perhaps he could not find anyone who wanted a baby with HIM
:(
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sixmile Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-01-10 02:05 PM
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16. "Women seem wicked, when you're unwanted..."
Jim Morrison handily summarized violent sociopathic psychology with that one line IMO.

It applies to terrorists, and your run of the mill loons like this guy.
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alfredo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-01-10 03:03 PM
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24. Looks like he doesn't likes babies.
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nonconformist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-01-10 06:26 PM
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28. That's basically what I got out of that. Hates Babies, Loves Squirrels.
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SoCalDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-01-10 06:30 PM
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29. Apparently "hated" is the operative word. they killed him
It's probably what he wanted anyway. Maybe he was too distraught to continue, but could not bring himself to commit suicide.

Perhaps he thought he would martyr himself for his "cause".

The guy needed mental health care... a long time ago...
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alfredo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-01-10 08:36 PM
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30. Squirrels taste good in the hands of a knowledgeable cook.
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lapislzi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-01-10 02:31 PM
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18. Especially the squirrels?
I want to make a snarky remark about nuts, but it would be inappropriate.

Squirrels. Sure, why not?
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anarch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-01-10 02:36 PM
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19. well, point #5 there ought to appeal to conservatives
and I'm glad he's listed all of the species he wants to make sure are saved (emphasis on squirrels). All other species are OK to exterminate, I guess?

but yeah, mostly I'm guessing this will just be seen as an instance of a leftist nutcase wreaking havoc. :(
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slackmaster Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-01-10 02:43 PM
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20. Total nut jobbie
Why am I not surprised?
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gvstn Donating Member (485 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-01-10 02:57 PM
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23. Thanks for the list!
His website has been down for a while.
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Zephie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-01-10 01:59 PM
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12. self delete, article I listed already posted
Edited on Wed Sep-01-10 02:00 PM by Zephie
Still say this is going to be pinned on us by the right though =_=
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sixmile Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-01-10 02:01 PM
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14. If someone tries to wipe a booger on you do you let them?
Or do you punch them in the face?
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earth mom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-01-10 02:46 PM
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21. It's not popular, but this guy is right about overpopulation killing us AND the planet.
He went to the extreme to prove his point and nothing good will come of it, I fear.

They will probably kill him and then he will be raked over the coals as some far left fringe whack job, when really he is right about overpopulation.

I doubt that he will ever get his day in court.

And NO-I don't agree with everything he says or that babies are filthy. I actually think babies are beautiful.

But there just needs to be less babies born and more educated people about how we are destroying our mother earth AND ourselves.
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HiFructosePronSyrup Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-01-10 04:32 PM
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27. kick
marking for future reference.
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Fuzz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-01-10 02:47 PM
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22. Damn, the dude looks like my wife's cousin.
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SoCalDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-01-10 03:51 PM
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26. "...we heard he was from CALIFORNIA...and he paid homeless people..."
and the beat goes on..

before the day is done, he will turn out to be a long-lost Obama-cousin with ties to al qaeda :(
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