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Well, I guess I was mistaken. by ER April 19, 2013 11:41 am

And more coming. by bowser 2013-04-25 15:05:18
- Yo, Bowz.... by ER 2013-04-25 19:43:29
  - Not at all. Not even close. by bowser 2013-04-26 03:41:20
    - There is a difference between criminal behavior and national policy. by ER 2013-04-26 05:07:42
      - Unresponsive, irrelevant and untrue. by bowser 2013-04-26 06:33:20
        
        Since when has any nation's national policy been guided by morality? by ER 2013-04-26 07:33:25
        
        We have both learned something over the years. by bowser 2013-04-26 09:58:59
        
        You act as if this were all something new. by ER 2013-04-26 14:26:37
- Precisely what standards do you hold this country to? n/t by RobVG 2013-04-25 18:14:10
  - Well, help me understand. by bowser 2013-04-26 03:52:07
    - As every nation in the world except the US knows, the way we have acted in the last 15 or ... by RobVG 2013-04-27 11:26:59
      - My only complaint. by bowser 2013-04-27 16:45:45
Okay what if it was a right wing nut job fanatic? What if it was full on crazier than shit house ... by Jody 2013-04-20 09:00:34
- The goal is criminalizing certain political beliefs. by TB 2013-04-20 20:07:42
  - An amazing lack of self awareness by Tony 2013-04-23 10:00:39
    - It does kind of make a difference if they're actually criminals. by TB 2013-04-23 10:10:00
  - Zeus did not give us a brain so we could spin. by ER 2013-04-20 21:31:17
    - Some points by TB 2013-04-21 12:44:17
      - It's pointless talking to you. by ER 2013-04-21 13:50:03
        
        "Moving the goalposts" by TB 2013-04-22 09:08:24
        
        So what is the REAL problem, Bucko? by ER 2013-04-22 11:07:50
        
        You did it again. by TB 2013-04-22 12:43:56
        
        I'm getting me a Hollywood toilet next week. by ER 2013-04-22 13:23:07
        
        I see. by TB 2013-04-22 14:03:02
        
        "Ridicule is the only weapon which can be used against unintelligible propositions." - Jefferson by ER 2013-04-22 14:36:26
        
        Dunt! by TB 2013-04-22 15:04:05
        
        Dunt tread on me. by ER 2013-04-22 15:14:04
        
        Time's up. by TB 2013-04-22 15:28:11
- The fact that the nation is threatened by terror is obvious. by ER 2013-04-20 09:56:15
My usually defaults in these cases: male, young, religious, caucasian by podrock 2013-04-19 15:00:47
- They come from the area of the Caucasus Mountains. They actually are Caucasian! by ER 2013-04-19 15:29:58
Well said. by TB 2013-04-19 14:37:17
- You "might want to consider" the Waco massacre on 4-19-93 and the Oklahoma City bombing on 4-19-95. n/t by RobVG 2013-04-19 16:47:18
  - The first step in fixing a problem... by TB 2013-04-20 07:22:46
    - I get your point. by RobVG 2013-04-20 08:30:24
      - Rob, by TB 2013-04-20 19:41:30
        
        Thanks for that. n/t by RobVG 2013-04-23 19:28:01
      - No. by TB 2013-04-20 08:40:01
        
        Your own little world. n/t by alcaray 2013-04-20 11:47:39
        
        And as far as I can tell, by ER 2013-04-20 12:15:08
        
        So Mcveigh's all the Left's got, eh? by ER 2013-04-20 09:39:13
    - The easist way to screw up a solution... by ER 2013-04-20 07:38:12

Could someone explain the "enemy combatant" angle to me? by Tony April 23, 2013 10:03 am

The Conservatives are afraid that if the terrorist gets a fair civil trial he may be acquitted. by ER 2013-04-23 10:29:39
- Governments are afraid of acquittal... by FrankC 2013-04-23 14:08:29
  - You have a point. by ER 2013-04-23 14:41:05
    - on the plus side by Tony 2013-04-23 16:11:48
      - They don't have any oil. n/t by ER 2013-04-23 16:32:22
Some background by TB 2013-04-23 10:17:51
- Thanks for that by Tony 2013-04-23 16:23:59

Terror plot thwarted in Canada by TB April 22, 2013 1:32 pm

What's the scary part. Entrapment? I don't have a problem with it in these cases. n/t by RobVG 2013-04-22 18:27:18
- The scary part is that there's so many of these plots. by TB 2013-04-22 20:05:29
- It proves I'm wrong. by ER 2013-04-22 18:43:42

Right wing terrorism in the USA by ER April 20, 2013 9:44 am

Yeah but....and this is why I am the way I am....look at who wrote the link you posted. EVERYONE has an ... by Jody 2013-04-20 10:02:26
- "Everyone has an agenda." by ER 2013-04-20 10:13:33
  - "We don't see things as they are, we see things as we are." -- Anais Nin by Jody 2013-04-20 10:25:08
    - Did you know Anais Nin was part Cuban? by ER 2013-04-20 10:31:53
      - I absolutely love her. My Facebook quote for today...and this is how I feel about the Zoners... Each friend represents a world ... by Jody 2013-04-20 10:40:35
        
        "Each friend represents a world..." by ER 2013-04-20 11:15:58
        
        Reality by TB 2013-04-20 19:33:33
        
        Our brains are not designed to figure out how the world works. by ER 2013-04-20 21:48:09
        
        I think that we have a good idea what works ER...I think too many people don't care how it works. by Jody 2013-04-21 14:01:42
        
        We have 4 tools to help us understand the world. by ER 2013-04-21 14:53:59
        
        I agree. I think survival today is just as consuming as it always has been. The trick is making sense of it ... by Jody 2013-04-21 15:18:57
        
        "Our brains are not designed to figure out how the world works." by TB 2013-04-21 12:46:01
        
        It certainl does. by ER 2013-04-21 13:50:56
        
        That is where my detachment plays an integral part of my reality. I have to stand on my own solid ... by Jody 2013-04-20 11:39:33
        
        TB knew Anais in a previous life too. by ER 2013-04-20 11:49:26
        
        No bankers in my bloodline. by TB 2013-04-20 19:34:54
        
        We're not talking bloodlines. by ER 2013-04-20 21:33:22
        
        I think she and I were lovers in a previous life... by ER 2013-04-20 10:56:15
        
        :) You don't wanna know who I was in love with in a previous life. by Jody 2013-04-20 11:36:32
        
        Try me. by ER 2013-04-20 12:19:57
        
        Clue...he was a carpenter. by Jody 2013-04-20 14:19:08
        
        Wait, wait...don't tell me... by ER 2013-04-20 14:34:19
        
        I would say so. by Jody 2013-04-20 15:05:56
        
        Is it this guy? by podrock 2013-04-20 15:00:11
        
        LMAO! Nope... by Jody 2013-04-20 15:05:06
        
        That particular carpenter is still alive...the other guy is ummm...sorta dead now. by Jody 2013-04-20 15:06:39
        
        Is this what is meant by the 'Jody-o-Christian tradition'? n/t by ER 2013-04-20 18:26:31
        
        LMAO!!! ER!!...I am so gonna burn in hell...if there was a hell. The heart wants what the heart wants...or wanted ... by Jody 2013-04-20 19:35:35
        
        I wouldn't worry about it. by ER 2013-04-20 21:35:14

Gerard O'Neill's "High Frontier" available free on Kindle for limited time by TB April 20, 2013 8:21 pm

The terrorists won this one. by ER April 19, 2013 6:15 pm

When you think about it... by TB 2013-04-19 18:30:23
- I agree. by ER 2013-04-19 19:21:59
- And of course it's easier to destroy than to build. by TB 2013-04-19 18:32:39
  - I think that "war of civilizations" stuff is way exaggerated-- by ER 2013-04-19 19:12:03
    - As I said, it's not a war of civilizations. by TB 2013-04-19 20:12:19
      - After 9/11, I felt the same way. by ER 2013-04-20 05:22:25

Got him. Wounded, but alive. (n/t) by TB April 19, 2013 6:06 pm

A lucky break... by TB 2013-04-19 18:38:10

One bombing suspect dead, one being hunted down. by TB April 19, 2013 6:34 am

Webcam of police scanner by TB 2013-04-19 08:21:17
- Well, crap. by TB 2013-04-19 16:08:17
  - Location? by TB 2013-04-19 16:51:24

Tribute to Beantown by ER April 19, 2013 9:55 am

Suspect arrested? by TB April 17, 2013 11:13 am

Story still "evolving." The link now says no arrests yet. by TB 2013-04-17 11:52:06

Boston Marathon Bombing by Jody April 15, 2013 1:36 pm

Why is it? by bowser 2013-04-16 08:55:07
- Was that remark meant for me Bowser? by Jody 2013-04-16 19:13:52
- I call BS on that, Bowser. by ER 2013-04-16 09:24:06
  - I completely agree ER. by Jody 2013-04-16 19:14:42
- Only one side in this discussion deliberately plans to target and kill large numbers of innocent civilians. by TB 2013-04-16 09:18:06
  - Let's talk "Shock and Awe". by bowser 2013-04-16 09:58:55
No Mercy by RobVG 2013-04-15 17:07:33
- Let's not be hasty, now. by ER 2013-04-15 18:00:33
  - Very good points. by RobVG 2013-04-15 18:27:26
    - No need to apologize. by ER 2013-04-15 18:36:00
      - My granddaughter's Daddy lives in Boston and as soon as I heard I texted him to see if he was ... by Jody 2013-04-15 19:15:25
        
        Don't worry. They'll get these guys, whover they are. by ER 2013-04-15 20:03:53

Pressure cooker bombs? by TB April 16, 2013 9:37 am

A history of pressure cooker bombs by TB 2013-04-16 18:52:09
And maybe pressurized gas tanks, such as scuba, welding and liquid gas. by ER 2013-04-16 11:39:57
I think the Boston bombings is a home grown terrorist attack. Has it been claimed as such? by Jody 2013-04-16 11:27:13
- A lot of people are thinking that. by ER 2013-04-16 11:53:37
  - You were the first here to note the domestic angle. by RobVG 2013-04-16 18:12:58
    - Not really an angle, by ER 2013-04-16 18:34:39
      - I think it is a home grown nut job. by Jody 2013-04-16 19:10:46

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