Michelle Malkin » The bad economy didn’t murder the Lupoe family

The bad economy didn’t murder the Lupoe family

By Michelle Malkin • January 28, 2009 12:03 AM

The Lupoe children: Brittney (8), Jazmin and Jassely (5), and Benjamin and Christian (2).

I think it’s disgusting how Los Angeles politicians and the MSM tried to turn the horrific suicide-murders involving Ervin and Ana Lupoe and their five children today into an object lesson about the bad economy.

The Lupoe parents lost their jobs at Kaiser Permanente. From the way Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa milked the case, you’d think they were unjustly and unexpectedly laid off as a result of corporate belt-tightening:

Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa said the city and county have hotlines available for people in desperate straits, including job centers, counselors and suicide hotline workers. “Know we are waiting with a helping hand and an open heart,” he said.

The New York Times perpetuated the Desperate Times story line:

“A man who recently lost his job allowed the despair to put him over the edge,” said Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, who held a news conference outside the house. “Unfortunately, this has been an all-too-common story in the last few months. But that does not and should not lead people to resort to desperate measures.”

A man killed his ex-wife, her parents and friends at a Christmas party in West Covina last month after losing his job. In October, a 45-year-old father of three shot and killed his wife and children in their Porter Ranch home after describing financial stress in a suicide note.

Mayor Villaraigosa urged Los Angeles residents experiencing financial stress to talk to friends and neighbors and seek counseling “to get back on their feet and keep their families afloat.”

But if you actually read the rambling, crazy letter Lupoe sent to KABC TV in Los Angeles, you’ll see that he was up to his eyeballs in serious employment troubles that had little if anything to do with the economic downturn.

More: “It looks like there may have been grounds for the termination,” Los Angeles police Capt. William Hayes said.”

This selfish, disturbed, evil individual — possibly with his wife’s consent and/or cooperation — made a premeditated decision to murder his 8-year-old daughter and two sets of twins (5-year-old girls and 2-year-old boys), his spouse, and then himself rather than leave the children “in someone else’s hands.”

Kaiser Permanente didn’t kill those innocent children. The bad economy didn’t kill those innocent children. Ervin Lupoe killed those innocent children. It’s bloody rotten of the press and the pols to make this cowardly murderer of innocents look like the victim of happenstance.

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#101

On January 28th, 2009 at 1:29 pm, Misscheryl said:

#94 – it’s nothing new – children have been slaughtered since the beginning of mankind…I would attribute it to a Godless people lacking in spirituality, kindess, love, faith, and lacking godliness..course that’s just a guess. lgm thinks it’s the economy…
#102

On January 28th, 2009 at 1:42 pm, PeterX said:

There’s a special place in hell reserved for people like Lupe and his wife.
#103

On January 28th, 2009 at 1:51 pm, cheapseat said:

somedamn body made me do it. i’m not responsible for five children, a crappy work record, a crappy attitude, or a crappy job. did i graduate from high school. by reading his letter, i find it hard to believe. sorry for the kids, the parents don’t deserve anything but scorn.
#104

On January 28th, 2009 at 2:13 pm, Tazed and Confused said:

It is Bush’s fault of course !!!
#105

On January 28th, 2009 at 3:02 pm, stoptheinvasion said:

I’m interested Ervin and Ana’s immigration status here. just curious, you know.

also, isn’t it interesting how some people choose to have multiple amounts of children regardless of their ability to care for them or feed them? then it’s everyone else’s fault when they can’t care for them or feed them and instead they decide to murder them (that’s just so American isn’t it? wait, no it’s NOT.

and to see the Rat King of the Invaders Tony VivaLaRaza run right out and spout his idiot nonsense and self-aggrandizing posturing over the dead bodies of these crazies was just so swell.

and sorry, all these posts about how the children are in a better place and “living” in heaven and all that – please. they’re dead. it was a savage murder of children by total cretins and to try to throw some kind of rationalized positive light on it just to feel better today is kind of childish IMO. can’t we just face bad news and be adults about it?

I think suicide should be legal (not child murder of course, just suicide in itself). we’d have a lot less mental illness and problems in our society if we let nature take its course. guess that’s why I’ll never be President. LOL
#106

On January 28th, 2009 at 3:21 pm, 30 pcs of silver said:

and sorry, all these posts about how the children are in a better place and “living” in heaven and all that – please. they’re dead.

Not to make light of being dead; however, that is the prerequisite for Heaven/Hell matters.

it was a savage murder of children by total cretins and to try to throw some kind of rationalized positive light on it just to feel better today is kind of childish IMO.

If you don’t happen to believe in God and by extension Heaven/Hell that’s your deal. But to suggest that those who do are rationalizing this tragedy simply to put a positive spin on this is not only wrong but cruel.

can’t we just face bad news and be adults about it?

Who here hasn’t? You may not agree but the buck doesn’t stop with you. In fact, this isn’t about you or us for that matter.
#107

On January 28th, 2009 at 3:47 pm, stoptheinvasion said:

my opinion is as valid as yours, mr self-righteous silver pieces. but thanks popping in. toodles.
#108

On January 28th, 2009 at 3:54 pm, 30 pcs of silver said:

On January 28th, 2009 at 3:47 pm, stoptheinvasion said:
my opinion is as valid as yours, mr self-righteous silver pieces.

That’s missus. You are correct – it is your opinion … you may be wrong but owning up to one’s mistake is rarity. Kudos.

but thanks popping in.

This ain’t yer blog.
#109

On January 28th, 2009 at 4:33 pm, CO2 Producer said:

Heya, 30. Good to see your righteous self popping in here still.

Stoptheinvasion, check yourself before you start calling others self-righteous.

Everybody’s so offended by everything now, including the belief in God. If mentioning God in a positive way offends you, then you must be a glutton for punishment by being here. For the record, I’m skeptical of the existence of God, but I’m not going to cut on people who believe in Him. Your commentary isn’t going to change anyone’s mind, especially not with that approach.

My self-righteous rant on this thread is complete. Have a good day.
#110

On January 28th, 2009 at 4:47 pm, 30 pcs of silver said:

Hey, CO2,

Yeah. I’ve been called worse. I can live with being labeled self-righteous.
#111

On January 28th, 2009 at 5:02 pm, DanMan said:

In my usual parlour game mode when an AP story breaks, I Google the writer. Thomas Watkins sure has a fixation for positing the cause of suicides and other harsh realities. Turns out he chonicled the lack of security clearances for military personel due to debt in 2006 and he was a big promoter of the military suicides associated with stress due to combat meme. I don’t take anything AP, Reuters, etc say at face value because it is so easy to make the case a story is concluded before it is researched and written. On second thought, for there to be so much misrepresentation, it probably has to be thoroughly researched.

Remember when the story broke about the two kids that were going to go on a racial rampage if Obama won? Google Laura Jakes Jordan. You can do this with almost any of them. The AP reporters generally start with a conclusion and write the story from scant details.
#112

On January 28th, 2009 at 5:14 pm, chapoutier said:

In my usual parlour game mode when an AP story breaks, I Google the writer.

Remind me to take a pass on game night at your house.
#113

On January 28th, 2009 at 5:17 pm, CO2 Producer said:

I know you can, 30. I just get a little defensive when someone goes after one of my friends. I’m OK now.
#114

On January 28th, 2009 at 6:01 pm, Jet Jaguar said:

On January 28th, 2009 at 5:14 pm, chapoutier said:

In my usual parlour game mode when an AP story breaks, I Google the writer.

Remind me to take a pass on game night at your house.

ha-ha
#115

On January 28th, 2009 at 6:20 pm, RetFireman said:

On January 28th, 2009 at 11:44 am, pabarge said:

Let me see if I can put this in the most simplest terms for you…and yes…even that little piece of filth not worth scraping off your shoe, LGM, can understand:

The ONLY person who is to blame, the only THING that is to blame, is the foul little freek who wrote that note and pulled that trigger. NO ONE, not the politicians, not the people at Kaiser, not their parents, not the schools, not anything else, living or dead, has ANYTHING WHAT-SO-EVER to do with the deaths of these people.

Why you or anyone else feels the need to place blame on anyone or anything else is amazing and very telling of your character.

It is this blatant lack of a little thing called “personal accountability” that has lead this country into the mess it is in, as well as allowing a Socialist/Marxist into the Oval Office. No one wants to accept responsibility for their own thoughts or deeds. It is not their fault that they signed those mortgage papers without knowing what they said, it is not their fault that they did not utilize the time in school to study and work hard in order to get decent paying jobs, it is not their fault they spent money on credit cards like drunken monkeys, it is not their fault they partake in risky behaviors and become addicted to drugs or get AIDS or other STD’s, etc., etc., etc.

It must be someone else’s fault. It is the government’s, their parents, the schools, television, movies, aliens, ghosts, whatever.

But you see…no one is forced to do anything they do not willingly want to do. Even if the CIA flooded the ghetto with tons and tons and tons of crack cocaine…no one, not anyone forced anyone else to take it. It was the individual who chose to do the things that lead them to their own personal ends, and only ther individual can make the changes, no matter what you are told or believe.
#117

On February 5th, 2009 at 4:40 pm, uhangtight said:

I know this is outdated, but had to comment. These are the facts from someone who knows..

They committed a fraud using company property. They were fired for the fraud and making it appear that the company was a party to the fraud. They were fired legitimately and would have been fired in a good or bad economic climate.

They had re-mortgaged their house way beyond its value. Had they left their original mortgage alone, they would have been fine financially. Also, with their type of work, they could have arranged for working 2 different shifts so that one could be home with the kids while the other one worked. Rather than trying to commit fraud with the Day-Care, this option would have worked best.

Also, according to the Daily Breeze, the brother-in-law was expecting the family to come live with him in Kansas where they were planning to get themselves back on their feet. The wife’s brother was expecting them, he called his sister and when she didn’t answer the murderer called him back. Don’t think the wife was in on the ’second plan’ devised by this evil or sick monster.

Just thought anyone reviewing these comments in the future might want to know the facts. Apparently, the media and Tony VivaLaRaza didn’t care about the facts…