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55. If our ideas counted

Reply to leveymg (Reply #49)

Mon May 6, 2013, 07:06 AM

May 2013

we could be a leader of good things in the world, instead of a misguided greed fueled bully.

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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