Topic: White House shootier/shooting
started by: hymiebravo
Posted by hymiebravo on Nov. 18 2011,8:00 am
I saw this this morning on a crawl during Good Morning America. It made me think of when Maddog was promoting the Obama is the Antichrist mantra, here.
Obama has a long way to go before he tops that guy throwing the shoe at Bush though. lol
Posted by Grinning_Dragon on Nov. 18 2011,8:31 am
Too bad the shooter missed.
Posted by nphilbro on Nov. 18 2011,9:55 am
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Oscar Ramiro Ortega-Hernandez, 21, is accused of firing shots at the White House on Friday, including some that hit the building near the residence area where Obama and his family live, according to a complaint document made public after the suspect's initial court hearing Thursday.
In Idaho Falls, Idaho, police spokeswoman Joelyn Hansen said the man -- identified there as Oscar Ramiro Ortega -- was reported missing October 31. Hansen said Ortega is the same man who the Secret Service is calling Oscar Ramiro Ortega-Hernandez.
In Idaho Falls, Idaho, police spokeswoman Joelyn Hansen said the man -- identified there as Oscar Ramiro Ortega -- was reported missing October 31. Hansen said Ortega is the same man who the Secret Service is calling Oscar Ramiro Ortega-Hernandez.
-CNN
Hmmm, that name sure doesn't sound very anglo in origin. What say you now those who hate both mexicans AND the president? This has to be tough one for you!
Posted by Self-Banished on Nov. 18 2011,2:26 pm
(Grinning_Dragon @ Nov. 18 2011,8:31 am)
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Too bad the shooter missed.
no, we don't want to make him a martyr.
Posted by Glad I Left on Nov. 18 2011,7:14 pm
plus, he was in asia... I mean Hawaii at the time. 
Posted by hymiebravo on Nov. 19 2011,7:21 am
It is closer to being Asia/Asian than anything else. You would never mistake it, say for example, Copenhagen. If you are a livid President Obama hater the details probably don't matter as much as the "implied" intent.
There is a long storied history of attacks on the White House.
I would imagine the 24 hour news has elaborated on that quite a bit.
Posted by Self-Banished on Nov. 19 2011,1:45 pm
If I'm not mistaken didn't some whackjob take a shot at Bush ?Whitehouse years ago???
Posted by hymiebravo on Nov. 20 2011,8:02 am
Here's at least one incident: QUOTE
February 7, 2001
Two weeks after George W. Bush’s inauguration, Robert W. Pickett, a former Internal Revenue Service employee with a history of mental illness and suicide attempts, waved a gun at tourists and police outside the White House, firing several shots. A Secret Service agent shot him in the knee after a 10-minute standoff. Pickett spent two years receiving psychological treatment at a Bureau of Prisons hospital.
< http://www.history.com/news...attacks >
Two weeks after George W. Bush’s inauguration, Robert W. Pickett, a former Internal Revenue Service employee with a history of mental illness and suicide attempts, waved a gun at tourists and police outside the White House, firing several shots. A Secret Service agent shot him in the knee after a 10-minute standoff. Pickett spent two years receiving psychological treatment at a Bureau of Prisons hospital.
< http://www.history.com/news...attacks >
Ouch right in the knee!
Posted by Self-Banished on Nov. 20 2011,12:48 pm
a cold day, snow on the groundn and someone mentios getting shot in the knee. woke my arthritus right up. 