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Can You Guess What Crime This Guy Is Accused Of? Take a Look at His Face

Sep. 17, 2012 8:17am Jonathon M. Seidl

We’ll give you one guess what crime this guy is accused of committing:

If you guessed three counts of attempted murder, you’re right. And if you said that those counts involved the attempted murder of police officers, you’re really good.

Officers were investigating a string of burglaries at an Anchorage, AK, hotel when Barnum opened fire, striking one of the cops. The officers on the scene returned fire, eventually striking Barnum in the arm. The Anchorage Daily News has more:

Described by police as a “serial burglar,” Barnum spent most of the past decade in prison on burglary and forgery convictions. The 37-year-old is now charged with attempted murder in the two-hour standoff that emptied the hotel, froze traffic on Fifth Avenue and drew nearly every on-duty police officer in the city.

Investigators arrested two others who were in the hotel room with Barnum — Stephanie Callis and Sam Williams Jr. — on warrants. District Court Judge Alex Swiderski set Barnum’s bail for the more serious charge at $500,000 at the Anchorage jail Friday afternoon.

Standing at the court lectern, Barnum shifted his weight from one foot to the other, glancing occasionally — the white of one eye black with tattoo ink — at reporters and bail bondsmen sitting in the gallery.

More charges may follow. Police say they’re still piecing together what happened at the hotel and investigating Barnum’s role in the string of Anchorage break-ins. Unlike many burglars, police believe Barnum wasn’t waiting for people to leave their homes. He was sneaking in while the owners were still inside, Henry said.

But Barnum’s tattoos aren’t the only oddity in the story. Police say that when they entered the hotel room and started questioning the occupants about the contraband in their room, they heard strange noises coming from the bathroom. Those noises were apparently one of the female suspects — Stephanie Callis — pretending to vomit in order to discourage officers from entering the bathroom and finding Barnum. But when officers were leading Callis away, Barnum emerged and opened fire.

The Daily News also has more on Barnum’s past, which includes eight and-a-half years in prison:

Since 2001, Barnum has spent roughly 8 1/2 years in prison. He was most recently released Dec. 30, 2011, after serving more than a year on a parole violation, according to the Department of Corrections. His distinctive tattoos once aided police investigators when a bank teller took note of the markings on his head and neck as Barnum tried to cash a stolen check.

Among Barnum’s convictions, according to court records:

• 1993 — first-degree burglary

• 1994 — burglary, larceny

• 1999 — resisting arrest, drunken driving

• 2000 — Second degree forgery, second-degree theft.

• 2004 — first-degree burglary, fourth-degree assault and resisting arrest

In 2000, Barnum cashed two checks stolen from an Anchorage home for $890, the charges say. He was connected to another burglary that year when guns, jewelry, checks and other items were stolen from two other homes, court records show.

In one 2004 case, Barnum was spotted walking out from behind a garage wearing a white hard hat. When the homeowner confronted him, Barnum mumbled that he was looking for a light pole, according to a police complaint. The homeowner went inside to find his house ransacked.

A series of burglaries Wednesday night and Thursday morning led police to Barnum’s hotel, but he may be connected to other break-ins that investigators don’t know about, Henry said. The thefts have been reported in the upper Hillside and Rabbit Creek area, he said, with about seven known burglaries so far.

Barnum allegedly confessed his burglaries to police and said they were an attempt to pay for a heroin addiction.

(H/T: HuffPo)

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Comments (267)

ellietoo
Posted on September 17, 2012 at 9:07am
Don’t know why anyone would be suspicious of this guy! I’ll bet he’s a OWS supporter.

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- Detroit paperboy
  Posted on September 17, 2012 at 9:19am
  He didn’t do that, government helped him………..
  
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- Shiroi Raion
  Posted on September 17, 2012 at 9:36am
  I was thinking the same thing… he looks like Occupy.
  He’s obviously a psychopath. I almost guessed right. I guessed murder, but didn’t guess attempted or police specifically.
  What the ___ did he do to his right eye?!?! Did he expect to ever find work after doing this to his face?
  
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- watersRpeople
  Posted on September 17, 2012 at 10:12am
  You animals just keep going on locking people up for every little thing under the sun you don’t like, and you’ll be the winner of one way tickets to the lake of fire.
  
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- Dodsfall
  Posted on September 17, 2012 at 10:14am
  It sounds like he has been finding plenty of work as a criminal.
  
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- aragona
  Posted on September 17, 2012 at 10:23am
  I agree, watersRpeople. How dare we lock this man up for murder! This country sure is going to H3!!. Unbelieveable. It’s only murder, after all. No biggie.
  
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- Machtyn
  Posted on September 17, 2012 at 10:24am
  @Detroit_Paperboy. Sadly, you may be more correct than we’d want.
  
  Oh, and I’d NEVER guess the guy had a drug problem.
  
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- TAXEVERYONE
  Posted on September 17, 2012 at 10:32am
  If Obama had a son…
  
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- watersRpeople
  Posted on September 17, 2012 at 10:36am
  aragona,
  My post was in reference to my other post which hasn’t appeared, because there isn’t quite freedom of speech on here, just another notch higher on the freedom scale more than Liberals want you to have.
  
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- SgtBarrett
  Posted on September 17, 2012 at 11:29am
  I was going to guess that he was guilty of being a politician… But they never go to jail for their serious crimes…
  
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- yiska8
  Posted on September 17, 2012 at 12:17pm
  What the heck are people doing to themselves??? Ink in your eyeball?? It’s bad enough you’re all tatted up. What other role other than criminal, tattoo artist or brief interview on NatGeo’s Taboo do we really think this guy could be successfully employed at? And Obama wants you and I to give this guy his fair share? From the wrap sheet, he’s used up his fair share in prison with three squares a day on and off since 1993!
  Speaking of tattoos, and need a laugh. Here you go. Enjoy.Gotta love Sebastian Maniscalco.
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFHCdTZR7n0
  
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- FREEDOMoverFEAR
  Posted on September 17, 2012 at 1:15pm
  You don’t have freedom of speech on this website because it’s privately owned. They can decide who to allow to post and who not to. You always say weird things I’m starting to think you are literally retarded.
  
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- bannedfromCNN
  Posted on September 17, 2012 at 1:21pm
  If Soetoro’s White half had a son, he’d look like this guy.
  
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- The Third Archon
  Posted on September 17, 2012 at 1:23pm
  @ARAGONA
  CORRECTION: ATTEMPTED murder.
  
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- Old Truckers
  Posted on September 17, 2012 at 1:35pm
  This guy has no future. The way he presents himself is demonic and the human society can never accept him. He has destroyed any chance of his being a good neighbour.
  
  Tattoos demean a persons worth in the eyes of decent people.
  
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- Walkabout
  Posted on September 17, 2012 at 1:53pm
  Of course if Jason has chosen to become a Christian at 14 or 15, then he would have turned out much worse accoding to the trolls..
  
  It seem that him At Lopughner dabbled in the ssame stuff. Remember Loughner had the skull altar in his bakckyard.
  
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- Secret Squirrel
  Posted on September 17, 2012 at 1:53pm
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  I’m surprised we haven’t been told that we need to hire guys like this.
  I mean, you’re a racist if you find his appearance, um, repulsive.
  He’s an artist and needs a grant from NEA.
  
  Actually, he’s the best reason for the swift application of the death penalty.
  
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- Secret Squirrel
  Posted on September 17, 2012 at 1:55pm
  .
  “It’s Bush’s fault.”
  If heroin was free, this guy would be a productive member of society.
  Snort, snort.
  
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- MIBUGNU2
  Posted on September 17, 2012 at 1:57pm
  People do this shi* to themselves and then want to know what
  we are staring at….”Stupid” comes to mind…NOT COOL !!!!!!
  
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- ZAP
  Posted on September 17, 2012 at 2:03pm
  Lauren W. Watlington working the streets,again?
  
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- DarkJello
  Posted on September 17, 2012 at 2:09pm
  People complaining about “no free speech” on this website are funny. #1) private business. #2) computers don’t always work. #3) Al Gore invented the internet and it is his fault. #4) Maybe it is GW Bush’s fault. #5) Less paranoia = better health.
  
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- jzs
  Posted on September 17, 2012 at 2:17pm
  I guess he couldn’t afford to have both sides of his face done.
  
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- girlnurse
  Posted on September 17, 2012 at 2:39pm
  YISKA8: Thanks! I ended up watching every video he had! He is hilarious!
  
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- MIBUGNU2
  Posted on September 17, 2012 at 2:50pm
  The “EYE” in the middle of his forehead makes for
  a good target.. for my .357, one shot one kill…
  would put an end to this AH. Got nightvision !!
  
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- SquareHead
  Posted on September 17, 2012 at 2:57pm
  I am sure he could file a lawsuit, as they probably were profiling him.
  
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- SirDuff
  Posted on September 17, 2012 at 3:20pm
  If Charles Manson had a son, he would look like Jason Barnum!
  
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- t00nces2
  Posted on September 17, 2012 at 3:58pm
  Gutsy call on the whole doing “the white of one eye black with tattoo ink”. He should have no problem in prison. If you can put a tattoo needle gun in your eye, you won’t have any trouble having anyone put anything anywhere.
  
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- MidwestRay
  Posted on September 17, 2012 at 6:46pm
  One less vote for the Progressives.
  
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- DoubleThrowDown
  Posted on September 17, 2012 at 7:03pm
  Nothing screams I’m awesome like a face tattoo
  
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- mattmo79
  Posted on September 17, 2012 at 8:07pm
  Gross is his eyeball tattooed?
  
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- yiska8
  Posted on September 17, 2012 at 9:25pm
  @girlnurse
  Your welcome. Sebastian is old school and gave me sidestitches after his first comedy special. He’s a keeper.
  
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- The_Obama-Romney_Ticket
  Posted on September 17, 2012 at 10:47pm
  “Can You Guess What Crime This Guy Is Accused Of? Take a Look at His Face”
  
  Private monster-movie make-up artist (they’re union, you know)?
  
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- toto
  Posted on September 17, 2012 at 11:44pm
  Would love to know about this guy’s early history and his parents. What kind of people produce monsters like this?
  
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- The_Obama-Romney_Ticket
  Posted on September 18, 2012 at 4:46am
  Seeing this guy’s picture again … and then it hit me. The face. The eye. The garb. He looks like a Star Trek character! With a crayon!
  
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- poorrichard09
  Posted on September 18, 2012 at 8:16am
  His crime: really creepy tattoos!
  
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- MRMANN
  Posted on September 18, 2012 at 8:28am
  One spooky dude! The Dark Side is alive and well.
  
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- Evileye
  Posted on September 18, 2012 at 11:16am
  with out a doubt Probably went to went school in Portland Ore.
  Eating those Racist Peanut butter and Jelly Sandwiches
  Hes not a Bad dude just a misguided Childhood,.
  
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- RobbieTLHughie
  Posted on September 18, 2012 at 11:43am
  Oh yeah! Probably! Here allow me to assign my ridiculous political leanings to whatever person I do not like, so I can feel better about my beliefs.
  
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- DEMOCRATS.ARE.EVIL
  Posted on September 18, 2012 at 7:46pm
  JZS unveiled.
  
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jimbo_from_suwanee
Posted on September 17, 2012 at 9:05am
Looks like an Occupy Movement leader to me.

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- M13
  Posted on September 17, 2012 at 9:46am
  Looks like Encinom to me.
  
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- Gonzo
  Posted on September 17, 2012 at 9:49am
  I had no idea it was possible to tatoo the white of your eye. That guy is a nightmare walking.
  
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- Zipit
  Posted on September 17, 2012 at 11:36am
  GONZ!
  Maybe both of his eyes were black to begin with, and he inked in a little white to make himself look a little more normal! In any case, “You stay away from him Bobby Boucher, that man is the Devil”!
  
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- Old Truckers
  Posted on September 17, 2012 at 1:43pm
  If anyone has a tattoo, at least have the decency to cover it up with clothing.
  
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- SimpleTruths
  Posted on September 17, 2012 at 3:17pm
  “I had no idea it was possible to tatoo the white of your eye. That guy is a nightmare walking.”
  
  Not a tattoo, he’s wearing a full eye contact lens.
  
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- 4xeverything
  Posted on September 17, 2012 at 4:20pm
  @SIMPLE
  
  It is a tattoo. Search eyeball tattoos. It’s insane.
  
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- Eastinfection
  Posted on September 17, 2012 at 4:23pm
  @SIMPLE.. wrong… its an eyball tatoo. It’s all the rage with body-art freaks now:
  
  Here’s a few more geniuses who have them:
  
  http://www.oddee.com/item_96955.aspx
  
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kickagrandma
Posted on September 17, 2012 at 9:03am
Too bad the godless left cannot see this is how they really look with their “earth suits” stripped away.

DEAR GOD IN HEAVEN, please help us. We are trying as hard as we can, and with YOUR help, we will get this done.

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- The Gooch
  Posted on September 17, 2012 at 9:35am
  Um, get what done?
  
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- kickagrandma
  Posted on September 17, 2012 at 9:42am
  @ THE GOOCH~~~ Morning to you.
  
  “Get this done” was unclear. Excuse me.
  What I meant to infer was the following:
  Turn our country around.
  Return to GOD.
  Save AMERICA.
  Put GOD back into our schools, our lives, our government as THE ONE we worship, respect, adore and serve.
  Reach out to people who have been so confused that they would do things to themselves like this man has done to himself.
  
  That’s what I meant. I didn’t “misspeak” as do those on the left.
  I just didn’t speak clearly or concisely. My fault. Thanks for asking.
  
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- SLAPTHELEFT
  Posted on September 17, 2012 at 10:12am
  Fine and precise explanation.
  
  You’d think it wouldn’t be necessary, but it is the 21 st century in America.
  
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- allredtail
  Posted on September 17, 2012 at 2:23pm
  Biden says this is the 20th Century!!!
  
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Inlightofthings
Posted on September 17, 2012 at 9:02am
I was way off….I thought maybe assault when he offered to help an elderly woman cross the street. The people that choose to look like this and wonder why they can’t get jobs in businesses is not lost on me….”Would you like fries with that”….uhhhh, no; just cancel the order altogether please.

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- TheLeftMadeMeRight
  Posted on September 17, 2012 at 9:11am
  New game show this fall on NBC; What Crime This Guy Is Accused Of?
  
  If the panel of judges is correct punishment is doled out, if three X’s the prisoner is released into YOUR community..
  
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aquablue
Posted on September 17, 2012 at 9:00am
Eww…..shutter. He turned his face into a reflection of his inner self.

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- WakingSheep
  Posted on September 17, 2012 at 9:11am
  At least we know just by looking at him…..
  Bush claims to be Christian, looks like a descent man, and yet he is a member of skull & bones and bohemian grove.
  
  Nice guy though
  
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Charles
Posted on September 17, 2012 at 9:00am
The only thing missing is a bulls eye for aiming tattooed on its forehead. No problem. I could work around that if it broke into my home.

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Edg1
Posted on September 17, 2012 at 8:56am
He’s a Poster Boy for putting Prayer BACK in the Schools – AND HURRY!

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- Getoffthecouch
  Posted on September 17, 2012 at 9:47am
  Edg, did you fall on your head when you were a baby? Certainly hope so, no one should have that much hate in their heart for what has been part the American culture and fabric for the last 200 plus years.
  
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Amerigo Vespucci
Posted on September 17, 2012 at 8:53am
My guess was white supremacist. He’s probably that too, but the shooting at cops thing wins out.

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- Yakov-Yurovsky
  Posted on September 17, 2012 at 9:54am
  He will be now! Black and Latino supremacy groups in prison won’t accept him. lol Oh wait, Black and Latino supremacy/extremist groups in prisons don’t exist, those are called gangs! lol
  
  Judging the book by its cover, I guessed he was a cannibal. Wrong again Yakov, wrong again. But thats why I don’t prejudge, I new i’d be wrong! lol
  
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ComeNovember2012
Posted on September 17, 2012 at 8:50am
The “police must have acted stupidly.”

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- ScreaminEagle
  Posted on September 17, 2012 at 9:19am
  Seems a beer sumit might be in order.
  
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- supermansdad
  Posted on September 18, 2012 at 8:58pm
  I’m suprise Milradian and a few others are not on here defending him for attempting to kill the cops.
  
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wisehiney
Posted on September 17, 2012 at 8:47am
Bad seed. Get rid of it.

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- Max jones
  Posted on September 17, 2012 at 10:51am
  Hatred this deep and this apparent, is supernaturally acquired. Whether this is a result of nature or nurture, is what our political conflicts are all about. His face is a warning to all who who meet him. He is more honest about his intentions than say a Nancy Pelosi or a George Bush.
  The reason that the world is in turmoil is that the people who are running things can’t openly express their intentions. So we don”t find out who and what they are until the damage has been done; case in point- Barack Hussein Obama. Although I must say that I had a visceral dislike of him the first time I heard him talk.
  This Barnum character is the poster boy for for the condition of the world’s soul; desperate and perverse, and never realizing that perversity is the cause of the desperation. Intelligent enough to know he is lost and too proud to ask for directions. Self determination gone wild.
  
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- wisehiney
  Posted on September 17, 2012 at 11:33am
  Not intelligent, cunning.
  
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Jenny Lind
Posted on September 17, 2012 at 8:44am
Does Alaska have something like a three strike Law? He’d be a poster boy for it. I think he has worn out his welcome to live with the rest of the law abiding public.

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progressiveslayer
Posted on September 17, 2012 at 8:42am
The libs will say what made this man choose a life of crime? We need to understand him,no we need to put one in his head and put him in a hole.

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- The Gooch
  Posted on September 17, 2012 at 9:00am
  Plenty of so-called conservative and/or religious busybodies will assert this man must be saved. And some of those demanding he be saved will want some gubment money in order to do it. Save him no matter the cost. What about the starving children, neglected veterans and underserved elderly? Hmm, I’ve been told “Not my problem!” by people who allegedly care about other human beings.
  I’ve been in the mental health field long enough to know addiction isn’t just manifested in the people using drugs. Gubment money excites folks across the ideological spectrum. Hell, the substance abuse crusaders NEED this type of idiot in order for job security.
  
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- Walkabout
  Posted on September 17, 2012 at 9:02am
  I agree with the libs to a point. If we had nigh High School 100% graduation rate, low taxes (a 20% flat tax rate or less ), no public debt & south of 3% or 5% unemployment rate, then we could try to rehabilitate him. That would include laser treatment for the tattoos, job training & psychological treatment.
  
  But you don’t cut back on Johny or Sue in high school to give to felon. It is immoral.
  
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- Pittakos
  Posted on September 17, 2012 at 9:03am
  Libs would also say that this is just natural because animals act the same way. Libs would also say that he should be able to marry someone just like him and be able to adopt kids.
  
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- MONICNE
  Posted on September 17, 2012 at 9:08am
  Mr. About, are you a United States Citizen?
  Thanks
  
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- The Gooch
  Posted on September 17, 2012 at 9:27am
  Walkabout
  If addiction and its costs are a concern, then the “war on food” makes a helluva lot more sense than the “war on drugs.” And yet with states cutting back on services to the elderly and developmentally disabled, there are piles and piles of cash being thrown at people who CHOSE to destroy themselves (i.e., the great American junky). No one can “cure” this lot. Those who beat chemical addiction choose to do so. NO provider has a cure for this behavior. And the money thrown at this busybody endeavor is not supported by results. I say substance abuse treatment should be viewed the same as abortion: Only private monies should cover the expense.
  
  Pittakos
  I’ve worked with plenty of God-fearing, church going conservatives who believe this junky and his ilk deserve whatever time and money it takes to “save” him. Your money and my money. This isn’t a leftist problem; this is gubment/busybody problem. The left does not have a monopoly on holier than thou busybodies.
  
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- WindyDualism
  Posted on September 17, 2012 at 10:14am
  Encinomom -
  Why do you post as monicne ?
  Thanks
  
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jeezpeeps
Posted on September 17, 2012 at 8:40am
I was wrong on my guess. I guessed child molester.

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HOOT_OWL
Posted on September 17, 2012 at 8:38am
Oh I get it now – If Satan had a son…

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PABlackie
Posted on September 17, 2012 at 8:37am
If Obama had a son, he’d look like …..

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- WakingSheep
  Posted on September 17, 2012 at 9:08am
  No….. Santans children are busy at bohemian grove.
  
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biohazard23
Posted on September 17, 2012 at 8:34am
Wow. Just…. wow….

That scleral tat must have hurt like a b&^%$.

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watersRpeople
Posted on September 17, 2012 at 8:34am
Ah, I do love Judgment.

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- Max jones
  Posted on September 17, 2012 at 11:22am
  Timmy…..spiritual discernment is most important in these times. It is not judgement in the classical sense. All of us have met people who affect us negatively, and we remove ourselves as quickly as we can. This is a judgement of character that is made from a “gut level”, and is very necessary. I have judged you through your posts on the blaze, and I would not consider you to be very experienced nor practical. I have “discerned” your character to be simplistic and rather childish. That is not a spiritual judgement, more of an intellectual rating. I would “rate you as milk drinker in a world of carnivores, and am concerned for you, in that environment
  Barnum is not condemned to any eternal judgement, yet, but my “gut” tells me that it will be near impossible for him to reach any kind of redemption from his dark nature. He has made it obvious that he respects no-one. Including himself.
  
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- PaxInVeritate
  Posted on September 18, 2012 at 12:17am
  MAX JONES… his chances would increase if we fast and pray for his conversion. No one is beyond salvation. But you’re right, if he is left to his own “spiritual” devices it will be extremely hard for him.
  
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LOTO
Posted on September 17, 2012 at 8:33am
He’s a nice guy. I just disagree with his policies.

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- progressiveslayer
  Posted on September 17, 2012 at 8:43am
  Bingo
  
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The Gooch
Posted on September 17, 2012 at 8:31am
No way! He’s a junky!?! We must SAVE this man!!!

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- ComeNovember2012
  Posted on September 17, 2012 at 8:51am
  Don’t worry, the libs will be out with their stupid signs supporting him before long.
  
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- Cavy from VA
  Posted on September 17, 2012 at 10:21am
  Ahhh another product of our “progressive” goverment schools … must have been a great student before he quit in the 6th grade … Hey it’s because we don’t pay the teachers enough … this is the bargain basement product of our fine schools system … or maybe just the product of some of those highly intelligent teachers you see on the picket line in Chicago … Hey Hey Ho Ho we don wanna go (back to skool) … Johnny has feelings … we don’t want to upset him by telling him he can’t do this to himself … We just don’t understand him … Bet his momma is proud!!! … Maybe he is an aspiring teacher himself … NAH … he is just lazy and thinks that he will just take whatever he wants … besides who would hire this fool with those tats? … He just needs three hots and a cot in the greybar motel …
  
  TEA … especially for paying for fools like this!
  
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- whiteybad
  Posted on September 17, 2012 at 1:13pm
  Looks like it’s just a case of Workplace Violence. Don’t be hating, were just not spending enough money to rehabilitate these lost souls. Just keep working, shut up, and pay your taxes….
  
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Psychosis
Posted on September 17, 2012 at 8:29am
this is obama’s base

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- The Gooch
  Posted on September 17, 2012 at 8:38am
  You seriously believe this heroin addict is politically aware? Most junkies I’ve had the misfortune of engaging care about one thing: Themselves (and getting the next fix). I say give it all the needles and smack it wants; the problem will “fix” itself.
  
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woodyee
Posted on September 17, 2012 at 8:28am
Hmm…brings a pertinent question to mind…

Do Saudi Arabians pay disability to those whose hands have been, erah, “removed” for theft?

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- Inlightofthings
  Posted on September 17, 2012 at 12:18pm
  No. They immigrate to the US and collect “workers compensation” under the disability clause….
  
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ireport uderide
Posted on September 17, 2012 at 8:28am
I was going to say that his crime was having tattoos on his face… Oh wait that used to be considered a mental illness and was illegal almost everywhere in this country. That was when this country was really barbaric, we’ve become more sophisticated since then.

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- woodyee
  Posted on September 17, 2012 at 8:29am
  Nice!
  
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- The Gooch
  Posted on September 17, 2012 at 8:34am
  Some idiot turning its body into a billboard harms you how?
  
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- ireport uderide
  Posted on September 17, 2012 at 8:53am
  Gooch
  It doesn’t harm me one bit. As a matter of fact I’m glad this guy telegraphs the choices he’s made in his life, it gives me a head start if I meet him on the street.
  
  On a side note:
  
  This could have been a Blaze Photo Caption entry.
  
  “A failed attempt to recreate the Redcoats secret weapon against the Colonists”.
  
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- The Gooch
  Posted on September 17, 2012 at 9:09am
  ireport uderide wrote:
  It doesn’t harm me one bit. As a matter of fact I’m glad this guy telegraphs the choices he’s made in his life, it gives me a head start if I meet him on the street.
  
  Exactly. If this guy wants to be a spectacle, it will let us squares (otherwise known as the sane, average citizen) know to avoid the show as much as possible. Who needs a state-mandated scarlet letter? Hell, this guy tagged himself as a loser for the benefit of the rest of us. Thanks, buddy!
  
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- ireport uderide
  Posted on September 17, 2012 at 9:10am
  This is to easy..
  I see this guy lawyering up.
  His third eye is crooked.
  
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- FightingBear
  Posted on September 17, 2012 at 9:34am
  Gooch,
  
  Take a look at the big picture….the rebellious little teenagers will think it is cool….they will go out and get tatoos to immitate this guy….they become unemployable because of their appearance…. the U..S goes even further into debt because the cool teenagers with tatooed faces are now adults collecting entitlements (welfare/food stamps/subsidized housing/government supplied cell phones…) all because they made a stupid decision when they were young after they saw some idiot with totoos on his face. You and I will be paying more in taxes to support these people because nobody will hire them because of their appearance.
  
  Yes…it effects every one of us.
  
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- The Gooch
  Posted on September 17, 2012 at 6:54pm
  FightingBear,
  You hint at the problem, but get hungup on the idea that, right or left, we must “save” everyone. The problem is, punks like this will forever be saved from themselves… to the detriment of us who go about our business in peace. Yes, my goodness, the much-vaunted social safety net (including the penal system) demands this creature and others like it CANNOT be allowed to self-destruct. Why? Guilt? Meh, a creature like this makes its bed, how is that your responsibility or my burden to make sure such a creature is fed, clothed & generally pampered?
  What’s REALLY funny is the people on this forum hinting schools own this. If your school is raising your child, your opinion doesn’t matter to me from the start.
  Tattoos are not the end of civilization. Trying to save all the savages from themselves? Oh, that sure as hell will break us all.
  This goon is job security for many in gubment or dependent on gubment money used to save such a creature. Time to address the problem from BOTH ends of the spectum…the junkies and their enablers. I’m for helping those, who thru no fault of their own, need our help. I’m for stepping over this type of puke as it dies in the gutter. Give it ALL the poison it wants… as long as it is not hurting another human being. Cheaper & more humane in that is WON’T be trying to kill me or you for its next fix.
  But heaven forbid we let people own their choices. That’s not brave. That’s rank cowardice.
  
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- TulsaYeeHaw
  Posted on September 17, 2012 at 7:54pm
  Touchdown GOOCH!!!!
  
  Great call!
  
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watersRpeople
Posted on September 17, 2012 at 8:26am
How many men do we read about every year getting released after serving 10, 15 years for rapes they didn’t commit – in this woman worshiping society? Well, America’s kind of bankrupt now, having locked up half the people in the nation – I guess most will be getting released.

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- The Gooch
  Posted on September 17, 2012 at 9:02am
  …and then you proved how nuts you are.
  
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watersRpeople
Posted on September 17, 2012 at 8:24am
And for every one Jason behind bars – there’s four pot smokers behind bars, and for every Jason behind bars, there is an innocent person behind bars. Sounds like a good justice system to me, how bout you?

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- The Gooch
  Posted on September 17, 2012 at 8:51am
  Newsflash: There are lots of stats being flung about by politicians and substance abuse treatment concerns in this country. The purpose is to have more money thrown at addressing irrepressible human behavior. Overwhelmingly, the issue of substace abuse in this country revolves around LEGALLY produced poisons. I mean, you folks know how herion addiction is treated, yes? You substitute a lawfully manufactured product for the smack. It’s “bad” to be addicted to heroin, but not bad to ingest what the pharmaceutical companies provide, right?
  We all want better living thru chemistry… or else someone would go after the real pushers at work in this country.
  
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- BernieKittyCat
  Posted on September 17, 2012 at 9:01am
  @Water
  
  Let me get this straight. For every guilty person in prison there is an innocent person in prison. Half the prison population is innocent. Riiiiight. I bet if you asked the prisoners themselves you couldn’t get a more ridiculous proportion.
  
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- watersRpeople
  Posted on September 17, 2012 at 9:03am
  The Gooch,
  Whatever. At some point or another roughly half of the U.S population has been at least one night in jail. When all these are considered DUI, mistaken identity, reckless driving, misreported crimes, nosy neighbors, and domestic disputes, half of America has at some point been behind bars.
  
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- watersRpeople
  Posted on September 17, 2012 at 9:06am
  BernieKittyCat,
  Check it out. It doesn’t matter what you think because now that the U.S is bankrupt things will be a changing. That is unless you want to pay a 90% tax rate to keep them behind bars, which I might add, when you strip away welfare, millions and millions more will be committing crimes.
  
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- The Gooch
  Posted on September 17, 2012 at 9:14am
  Yep. Whatever. Do you have a favorite psychotropic or opiate? Your posts make one wonder….
  
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- OlderCowGirl
  Posted on September 17, 2012 at 1:00pm
  So Waterspeople…do you advocate not jailing anyone at all…so that the “innocent” folks are not accidentally punished?
  
  Stuff happens.
  
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bikerdogred1
Posted on September 17, 2012 at 8:22am
This is what the mars rover sent back from mars,the only thing that makes sense to me.

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