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cali Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-09-11 03:40 PM
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Jared Lee Loughner's statements tied to conspiracy theory


By CARRIE BUDOFF BROWN | 1/9/11 2:24 PM EST

Jared Lee Loughner’s rants about grammar and mind control track closely to the writings of a conspiracy theorist who believes that is how the government controls the populace, one leading group says – and the man tells POLITICO he agrees with some of Loughner’s statements.

The far-right activist, David Wynn Miller, said in a telephone interview that he didn’t know Loughner, but agreed with his statement in a YouTube video that “the government is implying mind control and brainwash on the people by controlling grammar.”


“Absolutely I would agree with it,” said Miller, 62, a former tool-and-die maker from Milwaukee who claims 1 billion “students” worldwide.

But he said any suggestion that his writings influenced Loughner to go on a shooting rampage is “ridiculous.”

“I have nothing to do with anything like that,” Miller said, suggesting that Loughner might have been under the influence of government mind control.

Mark Potok, director of the Southern Poverty Law Center’s Intelligence Project, first mentioned Miller during an appearance Saturday on MSNBC’s “Countdown with Keith Olbermann.”

Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0111/47329.html#ixzz1AZZBgvTK
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Ozymanithrax Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-09-11 03:42 PM
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1. Grammar cops control the world?
Loons...
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elehhhhna Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-09-11 03:47 PM
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3. omg then my sister must be queeen of the UNIVERSE.
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valerief Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-09-11 03:42 PM
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2. doubleplusgood. nt
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JustFiveMoreMinutes Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-09-11 03:47 PM
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4. So therefore our Spanish speaking friends and neighbors are immune?
So shouldn't we be MAKING SURE they stay here to protect us from the government that is trying to control us with *ENGLISH* grammar?

Just sayin'......
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Hannah Bell Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-09-11 03:54 PM
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5. this guy seems to be a bigger inflence than palin et al
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glinda Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-09-11 03:59 PM
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6. I think they want to speak "Palin-mis-speak". Defensive about lack of
their own English skills and using bashing "other Cultures" to justify their poor skills.
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Jim__ Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-09-11 04:10 PM
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7. "... the government is implying mind control and brainwash on the people ..."
Anybody know what that means?
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woo me with science Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-09-11 04:13 PM
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8. I would translate:
"The government is applying mind control and brainwashing on the people by controlling their grammar."

I think he meant "applying."
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flying rabbit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-09-11 06:42 PM
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10. So... you are policing up his grammar... Hmmm...
:tinfoilhat: :rofl:
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woo me with science Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-09-11 08:01 PM
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11. Relax. Read my post slowly.
Edited on Sun Jan-09-11 08:01 PM by woo me with science
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flying rabbit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-09-11 08:10 PM
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12. Yum!
This grammar control really works!:9
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cutlassmama Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-09-11 04:28 PM
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9. pretty common for schizophrenics.
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