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Yo_Mama

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7. This is just weird

Sun May 5, 2013, 03:05 PM

May 2013

This attack killed three, not 3,000.

It wasn't the result of some large conspiracy, but of a relatively garden variety nutcase-I-hate-the-world type thing.

The US didn't react much differently to this incident than it did to the Eric Rudolph bombing of the Olympics, and that's because they were similar deals.

In reality, the US hasn't changed its stance at all on the more organized type of Islamic terrorism under Obama. If anything, it's gotten more intense - we are out there bombing in more countries now.

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Boston bombing reveals a new American maturity toward insecurity [View all] sheshe2 May 2013 OP

It also helped mightily to have a rational adult in the WH BeyondGeography May 2013 #1

EXACTLY!!!!! Yavin4 May 2013 #14

It has helped Immensely, BeyondGeography.. Cha May 2013 #40

It did, BeyondGeography! sheshe2 May 2013 #43

If only the samed "maturity" can be used regarding Syria! kelliekat44 May 2013 #47

Lock down an entire city for one teenager with pipebombs? That's maturity? leveymg May 2013 #2

What if there were more bombers? marions ghost May 2013 #3

They knew exactly who they were looking for. The lockdown didn't happen until that was known. leveymg May 2013 #4

Maybe overkill, yes marions ghost May 2013 #21

Every major terrorist incident of the past decade has been blowback. Here's the new idea: end the leveymg May 2013 #49

If our ideas counted marions ghost May 2013 #55

I wish those were pipe bombs. nadinbrzezinski May 2013 #6

That's essentially what pressure cooker bombs are. leveymg May 2013 #8

They are more powerful nadinbrzezinski May 2013 #9

I have no problem with locking down Watertown for a few hours. I do have a problem with an entire leveymg May 2013 #10

It wasn't martial law nadinbrzezinski May 2013 #11

I'm sorry Nadin. When you have an entire city with armed troops in the street and people told to leveymg May 2013 #12

You might want to continue use the wrong term, that does not mean you're correct nadinbrzezinski May 2013 #13

States of seige or exception (suspension of constitutional rights) can go on for years. As in Chile leveymg May 2013 #17

Whatever nadinbrzezinski May 2013 #18

Rude much? leveymg May 2013 #19

Nobody was detained in Boston, let alone disappeared nadinbrzezinski May 2013 #20

Thank you Nadin. sheshe2 May 2013 #25

You welcome nadinbrzezinski May 2013 #26

Leveeymg, a question, were you here? sheshe2 May 2013 #22

I went to school in Boston, lived 1/2 mile from Copley, ran 2 marathons. leveymg May 2013 #48

So you were only here a few years for school? sheshe2 May 2013 #52

What is this, a contest of true connectedness to the Back Bay? leveymg May 2013 #53

Your belief that we lost liberties and that loss is real ! sheshe2 May 2013 #54

It wasn't an entire city Warpy May 2013 #28

For six hours they did nadinbrzezinski May 2013 #29

Well I don't live in Watertown and we were told to stay in. It involved the city and virgogal May 2013 #51

You were advised to stay indoors leftynyc May 2013 #59

I agree. virgogal May 2013 #60

The alternative being pretending there's nothing to worry about bhikkhu May 2013 #33

The lockdown was a joke! And a bad example to the next nut! n-t Logical May 2013 #58

yeesh. a little try hard, ya know? n/t galileoreloaded May 2013 #5

Meaning? sheshe2 May 2013 #23

Most people are trying hard to deal with reality.. others are merely Cha May 2013 #36

This is just weird Yo_Mama May 2013 #7

Exactly alarimer May 2013 #16

THIS!!!! Squinch May 2013 #27

Exactly, and creating a generation primed for blowback. morningfog May 2013 #57

Those who did as law enforcement suggested and stayed inside were very mature... AmericanLoudspeaker May 2013 #15

Yes, because obedience to authority has always worked out so well historically... TampaAnimusVortex May 2013 #24

You are seriously comparing a shelter in place nadinbrzezinski May 2013 #30

Gobsmacked on steroids! sheshe2 May 2013 #35

You are purposely trying to equate sheshe2 May 2013 #31

More like deliriously. Follow the cheerleader: freshwest May 2013 #32

Great comeback,freshwest! sheshe2 May 2013 #34

Check my reply below for the full script! Be skeert! Very skeert! freshwest May 2013 #39

Let's just clear the air here (Warning, Glen Beck's Boston Nazis video): freshwest May 2013 #37

God save us from the glenn becks, sheshe2 May 2013 #41

Those who were in Boston, sing a different tune: freshwest May 2013 #42

True, thank freshwest! sheshe2 May 2013 #50

George Carlin is the first to tell you to distrust authority TampaAnimusVortex May 2013 #45

"A Quiet Resolve".. Exactly, she.. and all the whinging in the Cha May 2013 #38

Maturity? RobinA May 2013 #44

Kick for BostonStrong! Cha May 2013 #46

Maturity? I seriously cannot believe someone actually wrote that garbage. nt Demo_Chris May 2013 #56