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one_voice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-14-10 09:16 PM Original message |
Texas Mayor Kills Teen Daughter, Kills Self |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-14-10 09:21 PM Response to Original message |
1. That's tragic. I can't even imagine the depth of despair one must be feeling |
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w8liftinglady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-14-10 09:34 PM Response to Reply #1 |
8. her spouse died of CA in 2008...I bet that had something to do with it |
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MilesColtrane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-16-10 11:57 PM Response to Reply #8 |
70. According to reports they were both depressed. |
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cbdo2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-15-10 08:51 AM Response to Reply #1 |
41. or the selfishness |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-14-10 09:22 PM Response to Original message |
2. Recommend |
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mnhtnbb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-14-10 09:24 PM Response to Original message |
3. Republican? |
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virgogal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-14-10 09:30 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. Why would this matter? |
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mnhtnbb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-15-10 08:00 AM Response to Reply #6 |
37. Republicans tend to have control issues. The decision to kill her daughter |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-15-10 05:10 PM Response to Reply #37 |
59. Remember Savage saying that Liberalism is a mental |
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lame54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-16-10 09:41 PM Response to Reply #6 |
61. I too would like to know |
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Rebubula (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-15-10 08:47 AM Response to Reply #3 |
40. Really wish... |
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mnhtnbb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-15-10 09:32 AM Response to Reply #40 |
42. Yes, let's just all be sad and not interested in why people feel compelled |
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Rebubula (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-15-10 09:38 AM Response to Reply #42 |
44. Well... |
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lame54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-16-10 09:41 PM Response to Reply #40 |
62. goddamn right it matters... |
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Schema Thing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-14-10 09:24 PM Response to Original message |
4. I just realized that a friends daughter almost certainly went to school |
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Ilsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-14-10 09:27 PM Response to Original message |
5. Geez. If anyone had known there was a problem, they should |
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kevinbgoode (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-14-10 09:33 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. What? And violate their Second Amendment right |
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davidinalameda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-14-10 09:45 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. good to see people are keeping it classy |
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MilesColtrane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-17-10 12:00 AM Response to Reply #5 |
72. She borrowed the gun from a friend on the ruse that she needed one to take... |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-17-10 12:03 AM Response to Reply #72 |
73. Very very very deliberate. n/t |
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MrModerate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-14-10 09:36 PM Response to Original message |
9. Too sad. |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-14-10 09:39 PM Response to Original message |
10. Suicide Rates Significantly Higher in States with the Most Gun Owners |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-14-10 09:50 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Deleted message |
wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-14-10 10:03 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. Facts are facts, pardner. |
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senseandsensibility (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-14-10 10:05 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. Good response |
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JoeyT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-15-10 04:15 AM Response to Reply #14 |
36. States with the most gun owners are also generally the most conservative states. |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-15-10 09:53 AM Response to Reply #36 |
47. There is no simple answer to preventing suicide |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-15-10 10:10 AM Response to Reply #47 |
48. Actually, it's not an NIH study.. |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-15-10 10:22 AM Response to Reply #48 |
49. What kind of trials do you suggest? |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-15-10 10:42 AM Response to Reply #49 |
52. I already have - #29 & #38 |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-15-10 11:03 AM Response to Reply #52 |
53. And it's very easy, when looking forward, to choose a "randomized" group |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-15-10 11:28 AM Response to Reply #53 |
57. Please go get the study (or do some reading on case-control methodology) |
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Manifestor_of_Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-16-10 10:19 PM Response to Reply #36 |
66. Churches make it worse. They drive you even more crazy. |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-14-10 10:00 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. Another exercise in correlation = causation |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-14-10 10:07 PM Response to Reply #13 |
17. That concept has nothing to do with it at all! |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-14-10 10:22 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. No, another example of David Hemenway treating guns like bacteria |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-14-10 11:34 PM Response to Reply #20 |
33. Exactly- the disease model provides the most appropriate means for analysis |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-15-10 08:20 AM Response to Reply #33 |
38. It's a sociological / criminilogical problem |
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MilesColtrane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-17-10 12:05 AM Response to Reply #17 |
74. Relative risk? |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-14-10 10:12 PM Response to Reply #13 |
18. Another poorly-thought-out straw man. |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-14-10 10:28 PM Response to Reply #18 |
22. Have you read the underlying study? |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-14-10 10:30 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. If you're not careful, your links are going to bite your ass clean off. |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-14-10 10:39 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. I have the paper copy, thanks. |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-14-10 10:42 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. Does the paper one come to a different conclusion? |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-14-10 10:54 PM Response to Reply #25 |
29. No, the conclusion is the same, but the paper has the criteria.. |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-14-10 10:13 PM Response to Reply #10 |
19. That study has been debunked about a thousand times. |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-14-10 10:27 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. You're proving my point. |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-15-10 05:07 PM Response to Reply #21 |
58. What makes you think that that proves your point in any way? |
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blogslut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-15-10 10:24 AM Response to Reply #10 |
50. The National Mental Health Association says different |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-15-10 11:13 AM Response to Reply #50 |
55. . |
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rainbow4321 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-14-10 10:05 PM Response to Original message |
15. She murders her daughter..yet was worried about their pets |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-15-10 12:38 AM Response to Reply #15 |
34. I was wondering when I watched this on the news tonight |
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w8liftinglady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-15-10 08:36 AM Response to Reply #15 |
39. because of my work with ptsd sufferers-sometimes,the closest ones |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-14-10 10:42 PM Response to Original message |
26. They were both shot in the head which makes me skeptical of this story |
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w8liftinglady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-14-10 10:44 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. good point-I hope it is investigated thoroughly |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-14-10 10:47 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. Now that you point it out, it is strange. n/t |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-14-10 10:56 PM Response to Reply #26 |
30. She left notes, and a key in an envelope on the front door. |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-15-10 09:36 AM Response to Reply #30 |
43. They were planning to go on a trip.. |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-15-10 09:47 AM Response to Reply #43 |
45. Putting your house key in an envelope on your door? |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-15-10 10:29 AM Response to Reply #45 |
51. And some of the notes were typed and others hand written |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-15-10 11:15 AM Response to Reply #43 |
56. No, the first note told what the cops would find inside |
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jberryhill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-14-10 11:09 PM Response to Reply #26 |
32. Are you suggesting that her behavior was not normal? |
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Ter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-17-10 02:07 AM Response to Reply #26 |
75. I still smell a CIA (or similar secret group) hit |
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JI7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-14-10 11:05 PM Response to Original message |
31. Why didn't she just kill herself ? |
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Mariana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-15-10 12:54 AM Response to Reply #31 |
35. Unless she explained it in the notes, we'll never know. nt. |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-15-10 09:47 AM Response to Reply #31 |
46. Hard to know, but that may not have been her original plan. |
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rainbow4321 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-16-10 09:39 PM Response to Reply #46 |
60. Interesting info in today's paper |
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HipChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-16-10 09:48 PM Response to Reply #60 |
63. Her house was on the foreclosure list, but had not made it to auction yet.. |
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rainbow4321 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-16-10 09:58 PM Response to Reply #63 |
64. I just wanted to cry when all this new info came out |
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w8liftinglady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-16-10 10:03 PM Response to Reply #64 |
65. I know-sometimes,the innocents pay the highest prices...it's sad... |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-15-10 11:08 AM Response to Original message |
54. Police don't sound completely convinced either |
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Ter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-17-10 02:09 AM Response to Reply #54 |
76. The CIA/FBI will take it from here |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-16-10 11:15 PM Response to Original message |
67. It gets worse.. |
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w8liftinglady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-16-10 11:18 PM Response to Reply #67 |
68. well...what the hell?It defies most suicide/murder I've seen done by moms...jeez. |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-16-10 11:19 PM Response to Reply #68 |
69. Defies most murder / suicides, period. n/t |
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Manifestor_of_Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-16-10 11:59 PM Response to Reply #69 |
71. The daughter was going to leave and be independent. |
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rainbow4321 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-17-10 02:03 PM Response to Reply #71 |
77. I also wonder if the mother kept from her their financial woes |
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