The cops wouldn't take the sniper's calls

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Post #58,777 by marlowe 10/23/02 10:37:23 AM Reply	The cops wouldn't take the sniper's calls [link\|http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2317-2002Oct22.html\|Forget this Moose guy. Put Squirrel in charge!] Excerpt: The letter listed half a dozen calls that had been "ignored" by operators answering phones at the command center in Rockville, the Montgomery County police station and the FBI. It even named some of the people who had taken his calls. They had hung up, the letter stated; that was "incompetent." "Five people had to die" because of it, the letter said, according to one law enforcement source who has seen a copy of the letter. I say: And also because some money-grubbing asshole decided to shoot them. This guy should apply for a job at Microsoft. DUBYA WAS RIGHT about North Korea. [link\|http://www.angelfire.com/ca3/marlowe/index.html\|http://www.angelfire...arlowe/index.html] The nihilists and the liars have buried truth alive in a shallow grave. "The US party calls in mortar fire on the enemy positions. The UN party stands up, climbs over the lip of the trench, and recites Robert\ufffds Rules of Order as it approaches the machine-gun positions." - Lileks
Post #58,808 by drewk 10/23/02 11:36:02 AM Reply	Microsoft corollary to Godwin's Law As a discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler or, for the really vile, Microsoft,approaches one. === Microsoft offers them the one thing most business people will pay any price for - the ability to say "we had no choice - everyone's doing it that way." -- [link\|http://z.iwethey.org/forums/render/content/show?contentid=38978\|Andrew Grygus]
Post #59,001 by static 10/24/02 12:09:57 AM Reply	Well he's a bit unhinged. Calling the cops and identifying yourself with "I am God" will not endear them to you. Wade. "Ah. One of the difficult questions."
Post #59,003 by wharris2 10/24/02 12:13:45 AM Reply	Re: Well he's a bit unhinged. Not to mention that the police department probably gets hundreds, if not thousands, of calls from whackos claiming to be the sniper.
Post #59,687 by a6l6e6x 10/26/02 10:48:52 PM Reply	On CNN, I heard ~60K calls were handled. Can you imagine how many calls each white van generated. Alex "I have a truly marvelous demonstration of this proposition which this margin is too narrow to contain. -- Pierre de Fermat (1601-1665)

The cops wouldn't take the sniper's calls - (marlowe) - (4) - Oct. 23, 2002, 10:37:23 AM EDT

Microsoft corollary to Godwin's Law - (drewk) - Oct. 23, 2002, 11:36:02 AM EDT

Well he's a bit unhinged. - (static) - (2) - Oct. 24, 2002, 12:09:57 AM EDT

Re: Well he's a bit unhinged. - (wharris2) - (1) - Oct. 24, 2002, 12:13:45 AM EDT

On CNN, I heard ~60K calls were handled. - (a6l6e6x) - Oct. 26, 2002, 10:48:52 PM EDT

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