What are the chances that the bombings were carried out by a Boston resident who simply hates the logistical inconveniences caused by the Marathon? Or hates / envies joggers (the bombs appeared to target the lower extremities, and were packed with pellets, ball bearings, and nails or tacks)?
— And of course, who doesn’t like his taxes being raised, because he doesn’t want to pay his fair share…?
Which raises the question: has the Atlanta Journal-Constitution verified yet that Richard Jewell is not only merely dead, but is really quite sincerely dead?
captain food stamp is such an unbelievable petty petty little man
#nopestillnotmypresident
It is always about money, government money for persons of a certain political persuasion.
Axlerod: “. . . let’s just make clear that we’re going to get the people responsible.”
And still Axlerod can count it to his benefit in the process to “get” people who have nothing to do with it, who are not responsible, seeing as nothing indeed precludes such rhetorical predations. His benefit, his “master’s” benefit, his “people‘s” benefit, however that may go.
We needn’t imagine no one in the press would call him out for injecting vile projections into his speech, for here alone we have a perfect demonstration of the lack.
It is certainly reasonable to include the possibility of domestic terrorism but, I have heard no mention anyone other than “right wing” groups as a possibility. Peta, ARF, “Occupy”, “Anarchists,” an Unibomber type, nope.
I think it may be someone upset about the death of Annette Funnicello or maybe even Jonathan Winters.
Particularly curious, bgbear, when Ayers, Dohrne, et al., actually used bombs. And the most violent domestic terror groups are the environmental wackos, ‘d be my guess.
If the pressure cooker bomb is mainly associated with Afghanistan then could this be an attempt to either speed up the withdrawal or pull us back in there?
Someone needs to follow up with Columbia and see if they are setting aside any sort of academic position(s) for the perpetrator(s).
None of these theories advance a narrative, Jeff. At least, not one that will get the right people elected.
How unhelpful of you.
*“You don’t have a brain at 26 miles,” Monroe-DuPrey said. “They got us off the course, and then I was panicking.”
Which makes for a peculiar kind of social equilibrium for those racers who start the course without one.
Or the end of Breaking Bad.
-For Mr. Jewell’s sake, I hope he stays dead.
-What gets me about these Boston press conferences is the way every top official that’s there — every single Goddamn one — has to get before the mike and speak. Whores, meet Babylon.
-Thanks for the linky love, Jeff.
and Bob they don’t even have the decency to all have proper Boston accents. I would hope that Patrick Deval could at least try to fake one after all these years away from Chicago.
Do you mean Richard Jewell is dead dead?
Not a word from Qaeda central thus far, yes? Even though it takes a bit of time for Zawahiri to react publicly to sudden events (like, days), were the planning done by the honchos they would have the capacity to pre-place their claims to origin. So.
” let’s just make clear that we’re going to get the people responsible”
He’s just waiting for the next Tides Foundation board meeting.
I do not know who did it. I hope it is not home grown (leftist or right) because of the impact that would have on civil liberties. It seems to have the pattern of a Jihadi attack. And the investigation does seem to be going there (even if this Saudi “person of interest” is cleared or not).
But Matthews is getting his tingles over his own prejudices being confirmed (if only in the echo chamber of his empty skull). Axelrod is a craven douchebag who does what ever he thinks is politically expedient, so to spin a tax day tweet is just what he does.
What gets me about these Boston press conferences is the way every top official that’s there — every single Goddamn one — has to get before the mike and speak. Whores, meet Babylon.
Let’s not forget that Boston/all of MA is in political turmoil right now, even without the terrorist attack yesterday. Mumbles Menino is retiring as Mayor after 20+ years – there will be at least 8 candidates to replace him. Several will be current Boston City Council members, who will have to give up their seats to run for the office.
Add to that the the upcoming special election to replace John F’ing Kerry (*spit) – if Ed Markey wins that and moves to the Senate from the House, his seat will be open. And the state government is in-fighting among the Democrats over how to raise our taxes and how much (not if, how) to fund the bloated crony job system known as the MBTA.
Maybe Axelrod and Obama could call Ayers and Dorhn to get some expert input on what may have occurred. Since they are from the neighborhood and all.
Jewell died August 29, 2007, from natural causes at the age of 44. He was suffering from severe heart disease, kidney disease, and diabetes.
Says Wiki.
Security at his gravesite has orders: if Arnold Toynbee shows up to take Jewell’s corpse to planet Jupiter, they’re to shoot to re-kill.
Union thugs.
Well, they’re not waiting long before ensuring that this particular “crisis” doesn’t “go to waste”.
Clearly, we need more cameras.
Prepare yourselves for the 100% always-on full surveillance state, you bitter-clinging hobbits. What do you mean, “a right to privacy”? No penumbras and auras for you. You’ve got nothing to hide, because you’ve done nothing wrong… right? RIGHT?
I wonder if hats with pre-mounted infrared LEDs on full blast in all directions will become a growth industry…
They have quite a few already.
I hope it was some fat guy who was driven to madness by the skinny people making him miserable all his life. What started as teasing on the playground and in the lunchroom, turned into societal mockery and shunning by those who know what’s best for him and don’t want to let people like him be a burden on our glorious new system of socialized medicine.
Then we can demand a return of public drinking and smoking, and trans fats, and salt, and Happy Meals and Big Gulps. If it will save just one child from suffering the horrors of yesterday…
On the other hand, Squid, if it turns out it was a disgruntled soldier largely beaten down and forgotten by society since returning from overseas, we may be able finally to ban war.
And if it was just some nameless hopeless dickless loser desperate to have the media plaster his face across the nation’s televisions and newspapers, we may be able finally to ban Shep Smith.
if only that guy with the gun and chick-fila had succeeded, we would have gay marriage by now.
Whoever the culprit proves to be and whatever his motivation, 24-hour-news-cycle talking heads hardest hit.
-Bgbear wrote: I would hope that Patrick Deval could at least try to fake one after all these years away from Chicago.
Oh, God, please no. He’s such an ignoramus [the dickhead can’t even get his name order right – what is he Japanese?] that I have no doubt he would try a Kennedy Accent(tm), which is a hybrid of New York [where they mostly lived] and Boston. It always drives me mad hearing it on TV and in film.
-VekTor is right. No matter what other bad ‘reforms’ come out of this attack, the Left will use it as an excuse to turn us into Britain CCTV.
Well put, Scott. The Commonwealth is a political mess right now. However, you forgot to mention those handful of Republicans who are in the House and Senate: they’re gathered in a utility closet plotting their comeback.