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To: DMaA who wrote (2803)	10/15/2006 10:06:20 AM
From: one_less	Respond to of 10087

Killed his father, mother, and three teen age sisters? The neighbors report that there were no signs of strife in the family. ================================== Son Suspected in Murder of Five in Iowa Family By JAMES BELTRAN AP DES MOINES, Iowa (Oct. 15) - Authorities were questioning a man arrested in Illinois after his parents and three teenage sisters were found shot to death at their home in southeastern Iowa. Shawn Bentler, 22, was arrested Saturday in Quincy, Ill., on an unrelated charge of possession of drug paraphernalia, according to the Adams County, Ill., sheriff's office. The Iowa Department of Public Safety said Bentler is considered a suspect in the slayings, but did not disclose a motive. Quincy is about 60 miles southeast of the family's home. The victims were found early Saturday near Bonaparte, according to the Van Buren County sheriff's office. They were identified as Michael Bentler, 53; his wife, Sandra, 47; and their daughters Sheena, 17; Shelby, 15; and Shayne, 14. Autopsies were planned for Sunday. The slayings shocked residents of this tiny town, located about 145 miles southeast of Des Moines. "The whole town knew the family," resident Marilyn Thomas said. "This is only a town of 465 people." Thomas said she didn't see any indications of strife in the family. The teens — a freshman, sophomore and senior — attended Harmony High School. School officials said they will have counselors available Monday to speak with grieving students.

To: DMaA who wrote (2803)	10/15/2006 2:06:54 PM
From: Elroy Jetson	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 10087

Presidents, like the leaders of many nations, don't have unfettered power. But when they are alcoholics, either currently using or sober, the effects are tragic. Likewise, alcoholic doctors, lawyers, electricians, or parents are all dangerous in their own way. The problem is that, even after they're sober, alcoholics still have the personality and character defects of an alcoholic. Becoming sober is only part of the battle. Their behavior is self-centered, grandiose, dishonest, short-tempered and belligerent. They frequently lie, even about things which don't matter - and even when telling the truth would be more beneficial. They view the world in a rigid one-dimensional way, where there are no subtleties - everything is black or white, right or wrong. Its difficult to see anything from a perspective other than their own. The tenure of an alcoholic leader, either sober or using, is usually associated with wars, chaos, financial irresponsibility, and intimidation. People who "try to control their drinking" are invariably alcoholics, by definition. They only drink on certain days, or only a certain drink, or a only certain number of drinks. Inevitably, they break their own rules and have to develop revised rules, which they break in turn. If they start drinking again after a long period of abstinence, they pick up where they left off and progress further. efap.torontopolice.on.ca . . . alcoholscreening.org The leaders of many nations around the world have unfettered power, yet the policies they pursue are not disruptive to the world and self-destructive, as occurs when the leader is an alcoholic or addict. The policies being pursued by the alcoholic running North Korea are not coherent and do not forward the interests of his nation or himself. He is unlikely to respond to the actions of other nations in a rational way. Checks and balances help curb the effects of a destructive personality, but they do not eliminate them. One of the most damaging personality traits of alcoholics is that they frequently try to extend and expand their authority through intimidation and manipulation. Laws and other constraints mean little to them unless their behavior is contained by force. .