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Eric Chomko
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 Posted: Sun Apr 22, 2007 6:02 am Post subject: Re: FWD: Gunman at NASA building, police say |
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Rand Simberg wrote:
Texas. |
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Eric Chomko
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| Posted: Sun Apr 22, 2007 6:07 am Post subject: Re: FWD: Gunman at NASA building, police say |
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cfleon@hotmail.com wrote:
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On Apr 20, 3:14 pm, robert casey <wa2...@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
I thought that JSC was a gun-free zone? How could this have happened?
Someone get laid off?
It's Texas. The guy might have just been told it was his turn to buy
the beer...
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I hadn't thought about the beer angle, but yes, Texas. |
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Eric Chomko
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| Posted: Sun Apr 22, 2007 6:09 am Post subject: Re: FWD: Gunman at NASA building, police say |
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Nicholas Fitzpatrick wrote:
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In article <1177108467.345689.166930@n76g2000hsh.googlegroups.com>,
cfleon@hotmail.com <cfleon@hotmail.com> wrote:
On Apr 20, 3:14 pm, robert casey <wa2...@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
It's Texas. The guy might have just been told it was his turn to buy
the beer...
Good grief - people are dead here. Have some respect!
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Not for the killer. Same with the Virginia Tech massacre; I mourn 32
deaths not 33. |
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Mike Rhino
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| Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2007 2:49 am Post subject: Re: FWD: Gunman at NASA building, police say |
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"Rand Simberg" <simberg.interglobal@org.trash> wrote in message
news:46ba2457.1317805554@news.giganews.com...
Most 60 year old engineers are in coasting mode where if they keep their
jobs between now and retirement, that is all that matters. People that old
don't usually expect promotions. I'm surprised that a bad performance
review would upset him that much, unless it implied that he would be laid
off. I wonder if he lost his life savings in a divorce or something and now
he needs his job. |
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OM
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| Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2007 9:25 am Post subject: Re: FWD: Gunman at NASA building, police say |
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On Sun, 22 Apr 2007 15:49:13 -0700, "Mike Rhino"
<nowhere@junkrhino.com> wrote:
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Most 60 year old engineers are in coasting mode where if they keep their
jobs between now and retirement, that is all that matters. People that old
don't usually expect promotions. I'm surprised that a bad performance
review would upset him that much, unless it implied that he would be laid
off. I wonder if he lost his life savings in a divorce or something and now
he needs his job.
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....According to the latest reports, he was unmarried, with no
children, and living alone. What we'll probably find out is that the
boss he blew away was one he was recently reassigned under, and was
looking to clear away anyone with a) more experience or b) wasn't a
young punk who'll work cheaper, and was really putting the screws to
the poor guy in hopes he'd up and quit and save the company some
severance pay costs.
Personally, if this was in fact the case, this is the sort of thing
I'd love to see happen more often. Far too many qualified people have
been fracked over by incompetent paper pushers on a power trip...
OM
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| Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2007 9:48 am Post subject: Robert Mosley III Murders Two In Houston, Flees. |
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OM wrote:
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On Sun, 22 Apr 2007 15:49:13 -0700, "Mike Rhino"
nowhere@junkrhino.com> wrote:
Most 60 year old engineers are in coasting mode where if they keep their
jobs between now and retirement, that is all that matters. People that old
don't usually expect promotions. I'm surprised that a bad performance
review would upset him that much, unless it implied that he would be laid
off. I wonder if he lost his life savings in a divorce or something and now
he needs his job.
...According to the latest reports, he was unmarried, with no
children, and living alone. What we'll probably find out is that the
boss he blew away was one he was recently reassigned under, and was
looking to clear away anyone with a) more experience or b) wasn't a
young punk who'll work cheaper, and was really putting the screws to
the poor guy in hopes he'd up and quit and save the company some
severance pay costs.
Personally, if this was in fact the case, this is the sort of thing
I'd love to see happen more often. Far too many qualified people have
been fracked over by incompetent paper pushers on a power trip...
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Of course you would OM, you're a violent fascist. The only difference
between you and any other nutjob, is that you'd take out the chick too.
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Jeff Findley
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| Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2007 4:31 pm Post subject: Re: FWD: Gunman at NASA building, police say |
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"Eric Chomko" <pne.chomko@comcast.net> wrote in message
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Not for the killer. Same with the Virginia Tech massacre; I mourn 32
deaths not 33.
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The shooter was one screwed up individual. It's a pity he didn't get the
help he needed before he bought two hand guns and a boat load of ammunition.
I suppose he also lied on the applications to purchase those handguns, but
there isn't any way to check that information on those things is accurate.
Jeff
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little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor
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Jeff Findley
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| Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2007 4:37 pm Post subject: Re: FWD: Gunman at NASA building, police say |
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"OM" <om@all_trolls_must_DIE.com> wrote in message
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...According to the latest reports, he was unmarried, with no
children, and living alone. What we'll probably find out is that the
boss he blew away was one he was recently reassigned under, and was
looking to clear away anyone with a) more experience or b) wasn't a
young punk who'll work cheaper, and was really putting the screws to
the poor guy in hopes he'd up and quit and save the company some
severance pay costs.
Personally, if this was in fact the case, this is the sort of thing
I'd love to see happen more often. Far too many qualified people have
been fracked over by incompetent paper pushers on a power trip...
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Circuit City recently downsized by firing its most experienced (i.e. highest
paid) salesmen and are set to replace them with poorly paid kids who don't
know anything about the products they're selling.
At the bank where someone I know works, it's routine to come up with reasons
to fire or lay off middle management employees who are nearing the date
where they become fully vested in their pensions. You simply promote some
other poor schmuck who thinks they'll be promoted out of middle management
before they become fully vested in their pension. It saves the company a
lot of money in the long run.
Welcome to 21st century business practices in the good old USA.
Jeff
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little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor
safety"
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OM
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| Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2007 9:28 pm Post subject: Re: FWD: Gunman at NASA building, police say |
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On Mon, 23 Apr 2007 08:31:18 -0400, "Jeff Findley"
<jeff.findley@ugs.nojunk.com> wrote:
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The shooter was one screwed up individual. It's a pity he didn't get the
help he needed before he bought two hand guns and a boat load of ammunition.
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....No, the pity is that he didn't test the ammo on the Glock by seeing
how it worked against his right temple.
OM
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| Posted: Tue Apr 24, 2007 12:14 am Post subject: Re: FWD: Gunman at NASA building, police say |
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On Apr 22, 10:25 pm, OM <om@all_trolls_must_DIE.com> wrote:
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On Sun, 22 Apr 2007 15:49:13 -0700, "Mike Rhino"
nowh...@junkrhino.com> wrote:
Most 60 year old engineers are in coasting mode where if they keep their
jobs between now and retirement, that is all that matters. People that old
don't usually expect promotions. I'm surprised that a bad performance
review would upset him that much, unless it implied that he would be laid
off. I wonder if he lost his life savings in a divorce or something and now
he needs his job.
...According to the latest reports, he was unmarried, with no
children, and living alone. What we'll probably find out is that the
boss he blew away was one he was recently reassigned under, and was
looking to clear away anyone with a) more experience or b) wasn't a
young punk who'll work cheaper, and was really putting the screws to
the poor guy in hopes he'd up and quit and save the company some
severance pay costs.
Personally, if this was in fact the case, this is the sort of thing
I'd love to see happen more often. Far too many qualified people have
been fracked over by incompetent paper pushers on a power trip...
OM
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dude your beligerent disrespectul hate filled words qualify you as
someone who is not exactly the most civil person in society or in
usenet, as i dont think you would want people discussing your personal
tragedies in such a manner..
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Eric Chomko
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| Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2007 6:59 am Post subject: Re: FWD: Gunman at NASA building, police say |
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On Apr 23, 8:31 am, "Jeff Findley" <jeff.find...@ugs.nojunk.com>
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"Eric Chomko" <pne.cho...@comcast.net> wrote in message
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Not for the killer. Same with the Virginia Tech massacre; I mourn 32
deaths not 33.
The shooter was one screwed up individual. It's a pity he didn't get the
help he needed before he bought two hand guns and a boat load of ammunition.
I suppose he also lied on the applications to purchase those handguns, but
there isn't any way to check that information on those things is accurate.
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Perhaps, but the system should have indicated that he was in fact
screwed up despite what he indicated on his applications.
Eric
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Eric Chomko
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| Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2007 7:03 am Post subject: Re: FWD: Gunman at NASA building, police say |
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On Apr 22, 6:49 pm, "Mike Rhino" <nowh...@junkrhino.com> wrote:
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"Rand Simberg" <simberg.interglo...@org.trash> wrote in message
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On Fri, 20 Apr 2007 15:03:54 -0500, in a place far, far away, OM
om@all_trolls_must_DIE.com> made the phosphor on my monitor glow in
such a way as to indicate that:
http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/04/20/nasa.gunfire.reut/index.html
...So, anyone know the whereabouts of the usual suspects? Guth?
Znkfba?, Cowing? Bell? Elfritz?
I thought that JSC was a gun-free zone? How could this have happened?
Most 60 year old engineers are in coasting mode where if they keep their
jobs between now and retirement, that is all that matters. People that old
don't usually expect promotions. I'm surprised that a bad performance
review would upset him that much, unless it implied that he would be laid
off. I wonder if he lost his life savings in a divorce or something and now
he needs his job.
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Now he'll be in the Texas penal system for well after his retirement
time. Sort of dumb from a standpoint of a job that wasn't working.
Eric |
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Fred J. McCall
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| Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2007 7:53 am Post subject: Re: FWD: Gunman at NASA building, police say |
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Eric Chomko <pne.chomko@comcast.net> wrote:
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:Perhaps, but the system should have indicated that he was in fact
:screwed up despite what he indicated on his applications.
And just how does that work, exactly, Eric?
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Eric Chomko
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| Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2007 4:49 am Post subject: Re: FWD: Gunman at NASA building, police say |
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Fred J. McCall wrote:
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Eric Chomko <pne.chomko@comcast.net> wrote:
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:Perhaps, but the system should have indicated that he was in fact
:screwed up despite what he indicated on his applications.
And just how does that work, exactly, Eric?
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In the case of the Virginia Tech shooter, the indications of "a
threat to himself and others", via several psychological evaluations,
ends up in the database for gun purchase background checks other than
just whether he was a felon or not.
Are you saying the system was just fine WRT which Cho purchased his
weapons, despite what was known about him?
Eric
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Fred J. McCall
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| Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2007 6:36 am Post subject: Re: FWD: Gunman at NASA building, police say |
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Eric Chomko <pne.chomko@comcast.net> wrote:
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:Fred J. McCall wrote:
:> Eric Chomko <pne.chomko@comcast.net> wrote:
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:> :Perhaps, but the system should have indicated that he was in fact
:> :screwed up despite what he indicated on his applications.
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:> And just how does that work, exactly, Eric?
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:In the case of the Virginia Tech shooter, the indications of "a
:threat to himself and others", via several psychological evaluations,
:ends up in the database for gun purchase background checks other than
:just whether he was a felon or not.
Well, that would be handy but that's not what they apparently found.
Otherwise he wouldn't have been walking around loose.
Hint: What I've seen says he was found to NOT be a threat to others.
The real question is when we'll get around to charging mental health
professionals for malpractice when they make such errors.
:Are you saying the system was just fine WRT which Cho purchased his
:weapons, despite what was known about him?
Apparently you don't know "what was known about him".
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truth who believes nothing than he who believes what is wrong."
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