Explosion at Times Square recruiting station; Update: Bloomberg blasts the blast; Update: Security video released; Update: House Dems received letters, photo of recruitment center; Fox reports maybe more than 8 received letters; AP says manifesto was anti-Iraq war screed, “Happy New Year, We did it;” Newsday: At least 10 got the package
Scroll down for updates…Bloomberg weighs in: “The fact that this appears deliberately targeted at the recruiting station insults every one of our brave men and women in uniform stationed around the world.” …Politico reports that 8 Democrats in the House received letters and a photo of the targeted Times Square recruitment center…the Dems were NY representatives…Fox reports possibly more than 8 received letter; AP reports letter contained anti-Iraq war screed and gloating about the bombing, “We did it.”
Photo: Yahoo! News.
It has been happening for years–the targeting of military recruiting stations. It happened again this morning:
An explosive device caused minor damage to an empty military recruiting station in Times Square early Thursday, shaking guests in hotel rooms high above.
Police blocked off the area to investigate the explosion, which occurred at about 3:45 a.m., shattering the station’s glass entryway. No one was injured.
“If it is something that’s directed toward American troops than it’s something that’s taken very seriously and is pretty unfortunate,” said Army Capt. Charlie Jaquillard, who is the commander of Army recruiting in Manhattan.
He said no one was inside the station, where the Marines, Air Force and Navy also recruit.
Witnesses staying at a Marriott hotel four blocks away said they could feel the building shake with the blast.
“I was up on the 44th floor and I could feel it. It was a big bang,” said Darla Peck, 25, of Portland, Oregon.
“It shook the building. I thought it could have been thunder, but I looked down and there was a massive plume of smoke so I knew it was an explosion,” said Terry Leighton, 48, of London, who was staying on the 21st floor of the Marriot.
Members of the police department’s bomb squad and fire officials gathered outside the station in the early morning darkness, and police cars and yellow tape blocked drivers — most of them behind the wheels of taxicabs — from entering one of the world’s busiest crossroads. Police began allowing some traffic through around the start of rush hour.
Though subway cars passed through the Times Square station without stopping in the early hours of the investigation, normal service was soon restored, with some delays.
The recruiting station, located on a traffic island surrounded by Broadway theaters and chain restaurants, has occasionally been the site of anti-war demonstrations, ranging from silent vigils to loud rallies.
Ed’s got more. Here’s the NYT blog coverage.
Reader Laura e-mails:
Just up checking your blog and watching ABC’s GMA (a rarity for me).
Their coverage of the Times Square bombing of a military recruiting office just now (7am) barely made mention of WHAT was actually bombed. Dianne Sawyer went out of her way, it seemed to me, NOT to ask about WHAT was bombed. They went on and on about a “man on a bike” and the bomb itself (I’m a journalist and believe me, it was the worst report I’ve ever seen) but NOTHING about the target.
Their conflicted-ness was so apparent…here is a bomb, felt by people in their own studio when it went off, so they are shaken, yet only ONE reference, buried in the middle of the report to the recruiting station that was trashed. They also made an attempt, imo, to link this with the bombing of the British and Mexican consulates.
The NYPost:
The center is normally staffed by two noncommissioned officers but was empty at the time of the explosion, said Capt. Charlie Jaquillard, the commander of army recruiting operations in Manhattan.
“If it is something that is directed toward American troops, then it’s something that’s taken very seriously and is pretty unfortunate,” he said.
Members of the police department’s bomb squad and fire officials gathered outside the recruiting station, which has occasionally been the site of anti-war demonstrations, ranging from silent vigils to loud rallies.
Police cars and yellow tape initially blocked drivers from entering one of the world’s busiest crossroads, though some traffic was allowed through around the start of rush hour.
Guests at the Marriott Marquis on 46th Street said they heard a “big bang” and could feel the building shake. A large plume of smoke was also visible after the explosion, they said.
Terry Leighton, 49, from London, England, said he was on the 21st floor of the hotel when he heard the blast and looked out a window.
“I thought it could have been thunder,” he said. “I looked down and there was a massive plume of smoke. So I knew it was an explosion.”
Darla Teck, 25, was on the 44th floor of the hotel. “There was a big bang. I felt it,” she said.
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Yesterday: Phony draft card-burning.
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Update: NYC Mayor Bloomberg weighs in: “The fact that this appears deliberately targeted at the recruiting station insults every one of our brave men and women in uniform stationed around the world.”
Update: Bob Owens concludes, “This was an act of domestic terrorism.”
Update 2:04pm Eastern. NYPD has released security video in Times Square showing the man on the bike immediately before the explosion. A 10-speed bike has also been found in the vicinity.
Update 2:44pm Eastern. Allah’s posted the surveillance video.
Update 7:52pm Eastern. Politico reports that 8 Democrats in the House received letters and a photo of the targeted Times Square recruitment center…the Dems were NY representatives…
Fox reporting more than 8 House Democrats may have received letters and photo of the recruitment station, with an anti-Iraq war screed proclaiming, “Happy New Year, We did it.”
Capitol Hill postmaster and FBI investigating whether any Senate offices received the mailing.
More on the letter:
The Associated Press obtained a copy of an e-mail from the office of Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., to other lawmakers Thursday that reads:
“A few offices on the House side have received a letter today addressed to ‘Members of Congress’ with a picture of a man standing in front of the Times Square recruiting station that was bombed in New York today with the statement ‘We did it.’ He is standing in front of it with his arms spread out and he’s attached his political manifesto.”
The e-mail says the recipients were told to leave the letters alone and call police.
Update 9:39pm Eastern. Newsday has a few more details…
In an e-mail Thursday night, U.S. Capitol Police advised all members of Congress to be on the lookout for a 5 by 8 inch manila envelope with two $1 stamps on it that might contain the letter, which the e-mail said has been screened and poses no harm to the lawmakers.
The letters added a new dimension to the blast with an improvised explosive device made from army surplus materials at the recuitment station that caused minor damage but no injuries.
Aides to Long Island members of Congress said they had not gotten one of the letters taking credit for the blast.
The photo in the letter was the kind commonly sent as a holiday greeting card, showing a white man with thin graying hair in a striped flannel shirt and jeans, the Associated Press said, quoting an unnamed Democratic aide whose office received the letter. The card said: “Happy New Year. We Did It.”
Capitol Hill police, the FBI and postal inspectors are investigating the letters.
“Within the past twenty-four hours, a number of letters have begun arriving at various Congressional Offices on Capitol Hill,” the Capitol Police e-mail says. “The letters contain a reference to the military recruiting office in New York City.”
Authorities have not disclosed the content of the lengthy letters, said by sources to be between 10 and 30 pages long, that arrived in the office
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Hmmh, perhaps one of those people who are against the war and violence unless it’s violence against our troops? God knows there are plenty of these people out there. Losers, thank God no one was hurt.
I know its’ a hypothetical but why do I think that if there had been a strong response to the vandalism and protests at Berkeley by the Code Pink-ers that this would not have happened.
I do bekieve, that by the senior administration people (POTUS, SecDef, CJCS, Cmdnt USMC) doing and/or saying nothing, N-O-T-H-I-N-G, the anti-American anachists were emboldened.
Can Obama vouch for his pal Billy “I don’t regret setting bombs; I feel we didn’t do enough” Ayres’ whereabouts this morning?
Our “Reward” For Taking “Protesters” Lightly
Finally to many, it’s not a joke anymore. They saw our lame flippant responses to their actions and hi-jinx in Berkley and Toledo, so of course they’re embolden to take such action everywhere — and worst, truly believe the war angst in the country will “understandably” pardon their actions.
Time long past to get serious about Code Pink and Company and start persecuting plus.
James Greenidge
Queens NY
It is now time to get these protesters off the streets. The question of going to war has been settled. The right that is protected is peaceable assembly! This crosses the final line.
No more fluff. No more pandering. No more telling the public that they are simply stating their case. Find these [fill in with your favorite adjective] perpetrators and punish them severely.
NOW!
Gotta love them peace protesters, waking up a town that never sleeps with bombs.
If I want to enter a recruiting office and shake the hands of true Americans, true heroes, the peacers will not stop me - I’m shaking hands with my boys.
Looks to me like terrorism.
My questions: Given that we know the terrorists are targeting recruiting offices, why is there no video surveillance of these places? Why is there not armed security in these areas?
It’s long past time to start charging these terrorists (and their enablers) with aiding and abetting al queda. As the President once said “you are either with us or you are against us” - it’s time to take him up on that. Bombing a recruiting station is not a sign of being “with us”!!
Will wait patiently for ATF, FBI to do their jobs.
It may take awhile. Not jumping to conclusions or speculating is a good course of action here.
I’m waiting to see how long before the Loving and Tolerant Left™ start crying “Reichstag”.
Disgraceful…both the act and the lack of justice.
The line has been crossed by this overt act of treason, sedition, and rebellion. It is time to start revoking citizenship for these traitors. After they serve their prison terms hopefully in general population they can then be deported to the country of our choice. I would love to kick them out of an aircraft hatch onto the tarmac of Jeddah International Airport. I’m sure the “magic kingdom” will welcome them with open arms and tolerance provided they convert.
My Dad was an Air Force recruiter in the 60s in San Francisco and I remember the long hours he put in back then. Talking with many that work this special duty assignment today not much has changed except that during the 60s the Air Force was turning men away trying to avoid their draft call-up. The hard part is trying to find qualified candidates for Basic Training thanks to the dumbing down of America by the NEA, but they still manage to fill the ranks. If this keeps up recruiters should start getting tax exclusion and combat pay in country. Next time we go into Boise Mrs. Boomer and I will have to bring some goodies by and thank the recruiters for their service again.
NYT headline: “This explosion brought to you by the Manhattan Chapter of Code Pink, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Soros Enterprises, Inc.”
I sent Fox and Friends an e mail, their silence on this being exactly what code pink targets is deafening. Not a word. They probably wouldnt say anything if the person on the bike was wearing a pink shirt.
wouldnt want to hurt the pinkies feelings would we Fox….. barf.
So the same people who protest the US Armed Forces bombing in Iraq and Afghanistan are bombing the US Armed Forces in the USA?
Can someone help me understand that logic?
I told you the left is now fighting an actual war. Look next for an alliance with the jihadis.
They (Code Pink) have been at the center of all the other anti-Military vandalism the last couple years. And who can forget their wonderfully “Patriotic” (Sarcasm) acts at the corner of the Walter Reed Hospital, disrupting recovering soldiers and acting like total Al-Qaeda Lobbying jerks.
In keeping with the theme. Send a message - bomb the CP HQ. Just kidding. But that would open their eyes, no? No one hinders them from doing their chosen line of work as repulsive as it is. Yet, they think it is perfectly acceptable to hinder military recruiters from doing their job. The ends do not justify the means. Find the perp and make an example out of him.
You are using common sense, tre. You will have to get a lobotomy first before you can understand them.
I am so sick and tired of these commie, self-righteous, socialist, hypocritical, Marxist, Leninist, code-pinko terrorists getting away with violent acts while claiming they support peace.
God Bless our Armed Forces, and please help the NYPD catch the BAST*** who committed this latest act.
No, it wouldn’t open their eyes, they would just go into screaming fits about how extreme conservatives are….
Rest assured, procopy, if the NYPD, DOD, ATF and FBI(by damaging Federal property, it now becomes a Federal crime)do catch the perp and bring him to trial, he will have the best defense team money can buy.
Don’t forget, he’ll have fawning MSM/liberal support, too.
And let’s not forget that the best money will be taxpayer-funded…
Last few posts… agreed. But I know there has got to be a lot of people at least as fed up as I am… Don’t you think someone will say “enough?” I mean someone whose opinion matters to the public at large?
“…agains all enemies, foreign and domestic…”
I’ve been waiting for that for quite some time…long before this latest attack.
I guarantee I am more fed up than you are.
I have been waiting too… I can only hope that this will be the last straw.
procopy
unfortunately, as I have said before regarding this stuff plus code pink plus any future AQ attacks on US soil …
until one of these idiots in DC is directly affected by having themselves or a close relative injured or worse in one of these incidents they will continue to deny that there is a GWOT and that all these things are strictly law enforcement issues …
in other words … they are still in a 9/10 world …
The Thunder Run has linked to this post in the - Has the Anti-War Crowd Gone Too Far? This morning at about 3:40 am an explosion occurred outside a very successful recruiting station in Times Square NYC. While no report seems to link the current escalation of force by the anti-war / peace movement I will. First we saw Code-Pink in Berkeley, CA swarm around and set up a continual protest against the USMC. Then we have crowds invading a recruiting station in Washington DC. Now…a bombing of a recruiting station in NYC.
I have been following this most of this morning. I missed the report iof the biker being a code pink member. The conclusion that it must of been a code pinker is not a stretch but it is jumping to acusation.
There definately is a pattern here with the British and Mexican embassies having explosive devices thrown at them and now this.
I am more inclined to think this is the work of some extremist who are against the North American Union. Something I too am against but do not support these acts of violance to stop the stupidity.
Bottom line is this is an act of domestic violance and needs a high priority to solve. Then a severe punishment.
I think it would open their eyes to just how vulnerable they truly are. I’m not advocating it. However, I recall when Medea came back from her little excursion over in the Middle East she was “shocked” by the not so welcoming treatment she received. While, it hasn’t caused her change her ways one bit - it was refreshing to me for her to see the world as it truly is and not how they wish it to be.
As offensive as the bombing is, isn’t it mildly refreshing to see the City of NY take it seriously? Well taken seriously so far anyway…..
Listening right now to the Mayor and Police Chief’s news conference. Condemning the action etc.
Unlike the action taken by the Berkeley Mayor and Police Chief (not even sure where he/she was).
It’s Bushs’ fault . See here :
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/3/6/73057/39935/573/470316
Pro, matty, PB, we could really get into an “I’m more fed up than you are” contest here, but I don’t think that’s necessary. We are disgusted with two things here: (1) the arrogant actions of the lefties, and (2) the insolent inaction of the government in not responding to it.
Whatever action the Feds take will be colored by the fact that this is an election year, and that the name of the game is politics.
The only good thing about this is that if the perp is ever brought to justice, it won’t be in a city or state court, it will be in a Federal court.
The scary thing, though, is that if “they,” whoever “they” might be, get away with this, the next IED might be aimed at the recruiters themselves.
Maybe that’s what it will take to wake people up. Not the government - the citizens of this great country. They need to open their eyes and take a good look around them. Reminds me of a Phillip K. Dick title: “The Sheep Look Up” - that’s what we need.
Take the time today - make the time - call or visit your local recruiting office. Let them know you’re there and that you’ve got their back! Don’t just TALK the talk - Walk the walk! Let them know you support them. They will appreciate it, believe me.
The liberal progressives SCREAMED about the abortion clinic bombings. Let’s hear them scream about this bombing.
There is NO circumstance that makes such bombings legitimate.
{^_^}
For those watching FNC (and Bill Hemmer’s mindless commentary), a “low order” detonation doesn’t mean it was a “simple” device, it means the yield was low (due to any number of factors, including the type of explosive, device construction, etc).
There are cameras all over the place around there. If this was indeed a direct attack on an American military ‘installation’ on domestic soil, which it appears to be, and if this was Code Pink, then they now have reached the status of terrorist organization. I hope they all rot in Guantanamo Bay.
Or maybe it was one of ConEd’s exploding manhole covers..
Maybe Obama’s weather underground bomber buddy could help these people build a better bomb. After all, he says he didn’t do enough when he bombed the Pentagon and a NY police station. This country has bought into the liberal idea that these are not bad people, just frustrated patriots that are doing what they can to get their point across. Just a few years ago these people would have been hunted down as traitorous anarchists. How far down the slop we have slipped.
Both network news reports I saw explicitly linked it to the consulate bombings, and one went so far as to say police suspect it was the same man. I also noticed them giving a roll call of buildings in the area while being awfully circumspect about the actual target.
The MSM’s hatred of the military is so profound that Hillary Clinton, the symbol of 1960s liberalism, called General Patraeus a liar right to his face. And that made her a hero to people like Diane Sawyer and Katie Couric. Calling an active duty General a liar to his face as did Hillary Clinton is a sign of “sistahood” to people like Diane Sawyer and Katie Couric and Campbell Brown. The only generals they like are left wing retired generals like Wesley Clark and Anthony Zinni. If the guy who bombed the military recruting center is caught, I am positive that the criminal will be allowed to go on every morning news program and he will probably get a flirtatious interview with Diane Sawyer. Recall that Diane Sawyer had a flirtatious interview with Bashar Assad in which Diane batted her eyes, winked at Bashar and asked him coyly “What’s on your ipod?”
You guys should work for the police. You do investigations way faster than they do.
Guys, I am upset at this too- my first thought was “How DARE they!” and my second was “Thank God no one was hurt” (Yeah, I got my priorities reversed, gotta work on that)
Fact is though that we do NOT know who did this yet- let’s reserve judgement until we have a confirmed suspect, or at least a decent photo or witness. Don’t give Code Pink any more glory and fame than they smarmily get for themselves. This could be a lone nut, or some Al Qaida cell in the US too.
Lets just thank God for no injuries meanwhile, ok?
Road Stink is what it is.
By all means, let’s put some more military-hating liberal Democrats in office so we can see more of this vile behavior. Ugh!
Part of the problem is clearly that there is not enough diversity in color and race in the Homeland Security staffing which no doubt contributed heavily to this breach of peace. /s
You could pick up in the news briefing with the mayor, the left wing hostile media questioning the “wisdom” of having a military recruiting station in such a high profile location of NYC! Oh the humanity! I’d like to know which media outlet this gutter bellied rat works for. Anyone know who asked the questions?
almeehan (#46) My guess would be NYT.
Boomer, procopy. Your words are right on target. These people are enemies of the USA and have attacked our country the same as the islamic facists on 9-11-01 when they hit the pentagon. Attempted murder is too civil a crime for these anti-americans if they are citizens they should loose that and be people without a country.
Hope the left wing loons are proud of themselves. This hate America crowd needs to take a closer look at themselves in the mirror.
Looks like one of the f—wits at DailyKos has already fleshed out the bomber’s motives…
Whatever you say, Inspector Clouseau.
Meanwhile the Dems are still playing footsie with FISA.
Yet another example of the “non-violent,” nature of the domestic, anti-war anarachists running amock in our country and currently embraced by the hard core, progressive mob scene that is the Dem Party. I guess your ordinary, blatant vandalism wouldn’t do in this circumstance, huh? This anarchist thug wanted to up the ante with an IED instead of just of your garden variety red paint job.
Wasn’t it thoughtful that the perpetrator decided to stick it to the military by doing a “bike by” instead of a driveby? At least he/she reduced their carbon footprint at the same time they intentionally increased that of the NYC Police Department and those that have to clean up after their destruction. Now that’s domestic terrorism with a “conscience”….
Now the peace protestors are bombing their enemies for peace. While the bulk of peace protestors are basically goofy college kids thoughtlessly riding the protest fad and treating demonstrations like Mardi Gras, the hard core who organize the protests are violent thugs. I’ve been physically assaulted twice at “peace” marches in DC by ANSWER organizers or independent communists. In fact, “peace” marches are the only place I’ve been attacked in my adult life. It’s interesting that I served in the military for eight years and nobody laid a hand on me in anger but I’ve been to ten big demonstrations and been attacked twice by the demonstrators. Peace demonstrations are far more violent than the military.
What is ignored by the media is that “peace” demonstrations are not conducted by peaceable people, but rather by very angry, undisciplined, irrational people who misbehave as much as they can to get their way. They have no respect for any other point of view nor the people who hold them. Fortunately, they are largely cowards who back down immediately when confronted. Most of the time.
“Peace” demonstrations are not for peace, but are simply demonstrations against America. You will never see a protest sign criticizing America’s opponents in a “peace” demonstration, no matter how grisly the violence of our enemies. You will not even see the other side mentioned. You can go to dozens of “peace” demonstrations against the war in Iraq without seeing Saddam’s name on a protest sign.
This bombing of the military recruiting center in Manhattan reveals the true face of the “peace” movement, which is anything but pacifist.
This guy will be found and they should give him the Jack Bauer treatment. Find out who he associates with and shake them down.
Life in prison is the least a person should get for domestic terrorism, even if it seems to be just be a “juvenile act-out” in some people’s eyes.
Find them, gut them and hang them from the ramparts as an object lesson.
Oh, sorry. For a moment there I forgot we are supposed to be nice to everyone these days lest we damage their self-esteem, or something equally harsh. Mea culpa, Pookie.
No, no, why don’t you and your buddies in the Troll Liberation Front, join up and get right on the case? Gosh, you all like to seed chaos and dissent and spout charming trollisms without blinking an eye so this should be easy.
Don’t forgt to put your tin-foil hat on first, okay?
emjem24,
You meant AFDB right?
The link to the story on msn.com refers to a “small blast.”
Of course, “Small Blast at Abortion Clinic” is a headline one would never see.
emjem24 and Azygos,
You made a sick woman well. Thanks for the laughs.
Burning phony draft cards, protests against the war and our military, and now physical attacks on our servicemen-women and recruiting centers, are all the result of liberal professors and college instructors attempting to vicariously relieve the sixties by recreating them through our kids.
College students today are bombarded with leftist instruction that teaches them to not only distrust and question everything American, but to revile our country’s most basic values and institutions, such as the military.
These professors have corrupted the instructional concept of opposing viewpoints, and misused it to present the U.S. to their students as either merely evil or super evil, often tingeing such messages with a level of negative emotion that leads motivated students to act against the perceived oppressor – their own government.
If these colleges and their far-left instructors are allowed to continue filling our students’ minds with unopposed liberal hash, while parents sit idly by worrying about how to pay for the garbage their kids are learning, then we can only expect to see more events like this bombing in NYC, and worse.
#3 Texas Tiger said:
And it bears repeating that Hillary Clinton supported the pardoning of those who set off bombs THAT KILLED New Yorkers in the 1970s and 1980s.
With anti-war, environmentalist and animal rights violence spiking right now, it seems to me that liberals have a lot to explain for.
lgm, I understand your flippant, liberal response on this subject. I wouldn’t want to be in the position of waiting to find out which one of my buddies tried to kill New Yorkers either.
Question: Should liberal, domestic violence be a campaign issue for the ‘08 Presidential Election?
I think it should.
LGM,
Come now. There is a huge difference between speculation and investigation.
Given the somewhat long and colorful past of anti-war protests starting in the latter half of the 20th century in the U.S., it is not an unreasonable speculation that leftist radicals did perpetrate this crime.
After the Oklahoma City bombing, Talk Radio, specifically Conservative talk radio was under fire for fostering hate and encouraging violence.
Should not the same standard be applied now? Shouldn’t Code Pink and their ilk be looked at by the MSM for their fostering of hate of the military?
Dare to dream.
emjem24 you are now financially liable for the damage to my keyboard for the spilled coffee <ROFL> That troll picture was the best of the week. TLF, indeed!
BTW…
For those of you who weren’t around for it, this is Viet Nam redux. Been here, done this. “Peace” people throwing bombs. That’s exactly who the left attracts. Always.
Hillary Clinton and Bill Clinton pardoned members of a radical PuertoRican group in exchange for endorsements from some prominent PuertoRican political ward bosses. Other than the WSJ having an article on the editorial pages, the MSM and in particular the New York Times, has no interest in pursuing the story. The Times Jim Ruttenberg is busy looking at credit care receipts from Ms. Izeman.
There is a new alert status for military recruiting stations; it will no longer be Code Red. Instead, in honor of our patriotic peace pagans, it will be known as “CODE PINK-O!”
Where’s
WaldoMedea? Definitely NOT a face worth fighting for…Don’t waste your time, Chuck. lgm was just doing a little drive-by trolling.
Did anyone besides me notice that lgm removed the link from his moniker for his web page?
Barry F,
I hadn’t notice. But I’m glad you are on the case. Our super sleuth.
No, this won’t be the last of them, at least until the Obamessiah is annointed president and peace will rule the planet.
#67 Barry F said:
I did. He used to claim NYC as his back yard. That struck me when he decided that his first comment on this disturbed situation should be the pace of speculation on this site, rather than the fact that someone just tried to kill New Yorkers.
Deep within his stunted, liberal heart, he knows that this was most likely perpetrated by someone from a subculture that he aligns himself with.
Bloomberg weighs in: “The fact that this appears deliberately targeted at the recruiting station insults every one of our brave men and women in uniform stationed around the world.”
Still waiting for presidential candidate Hillary to say something about this act of domestic terrorism that ocurred in her home state.
At this point, we don’t know who did it or why but I’m sure it was someone the New York Times would call an activist since he did not bomb an abortuary.
If someone remotely right-wing does something, the book gets thrown at his @$$. Ruby Ridge? Most of them were killed. Waco? Gen. Janet Reno left the compound a flaming mound o’ death. Eric Randolph? Never getting out of jail. Timothy McVeigh? Currently shoveling coal in hell, where he belongs.
But the left-wing terrorists get all kinds of breaks and charming profiles in the paper. Bill Ayers and his wife are hanging with the Obamessiah, working cushy academic jobs, and living posh lifestyles. ELF/ALF terrorists are labelled “anti-sprawl activists,” like they’re at city council meetings trying to challenge zoning laws. The Unabomber was practically a folk hero to the left, even though he’s not ever getting out of jail.
Don’t expect anything much to happen to this bomber unless he’s a Ron Paul supporter.
Michelle,
This link to Debra Burlingame’s 2/12/08 WSJ editorial on ‘Clinton Terror Pardons’ has a photo of what it looks like when liberals blow up New Yorkers for their political purposes.
Methinks photos like these tend to get lost amongst the shuffle of Timothy McVeigh/Michigan Militia stories.
Bloomberg made a pretty good, no nonsense, speech about the military during the press conference. Said we unfortunately need the military and thanked the brave men and women who put their lives at risk by volunteering to serve. I was impressed.
#71 Ricco said:
Keep waiting. Her advance team is still weighing whether it’s too soon for her acknowledgment of this bombing to remind voters of all the previous NYC bombings she and Bill pardoned while she was running for the senate.
The real surprise will be if Hillary does say something negative about the bombing. It is well known among those who served at the white house under the Clinton years that many comments of a disparraging view were made to the faces of the military who were posted there to provide protection to the Clintons.
That article should be a huge talking point of the campaign right now, Brian. But, you won’t see Obama bring it up, because it clearly defines the last Democrat president’s approach to dealing with known terrorists carrying out heinous attacks on our own soil.
Barry F said:
I’m not surprised. I’m no Cindy Crawford but this guy looked like your typical, nit wit, liberal, dork, college prof who fails anyone who disagrees with him.
As for Bloomberg and his “unfortunately we need the military” speech-I wasn’t that impressed by that little statement. The rest of it was okay but he could have left that little tid bit out. He reminds me of those people we read about in History class who were against a standing army after the Revolution.
CarpiJugulum, I’ve often heard and read stories about the Clinton’s pressing the military who were at the White House into service to distribute munchies at White House receptions but don’t know if it’s true or not.
Azygos #57:
Darn it that was my idea! LOL Is it patented? Is it designed to not only be aerodynamic but insulated to keep out rain, sleet, hail, snow, and original ideas and thought?
30 pcs of silver #59:
I’m sorry you’re under the weather. I hope you feel better. If you’re still feeling kind of sick or just need a pick-me-up, could I interest you in a flying pug? They’re excellent moonbat repellant!
The anti-war and anti-military Democrats have been actively violent for at least half a century. The level and amount of violence just ebbs and flows like some type of evil tide that rises whenever the USA has to defend itself. To be blunt, the leadership of the Democrat Party has aided and abetted the American terrorists by excusing or even openly supporting their acts. This bombing in NYC is straight out of the “make love, not war” liberal socialist hippie generation playbook that fills their drug scarred minds with a sense of entitlement to do whatever they want because they are righteous in their own sight.
The left wing elite in this country, with the likes of Clinton, Obama, Pelosi, Reid, Kennedy, Soros - and most of the education and media establishment - are bent on destroying the very foundation of America. From FISA to Iraq to Gitmo to this act of home grown violence, they are all in the same anti-American camp (although they like to say that it is just because they hate Bush so much).
The Democrats have a real hatred for a free people acting freely. To them, the only way to deal with this is to slowly strangle the freedoms that have made America great and to turn America from “the land of the free and the home of the brave” into some communistic paradise run by the likes of Castro and Chavez,- or better yet, Stalin and Mao.
According to the oh so bright DUmmies the majority opinion is that this is all a set up by the govt. A “black ops” deal. LOL
OK-
Where is Medea Benjamin??? Anybody know? Maybe she got mad because the Marines didn’t help her at Berkeley last month??
I’m sorry for your keyboard, Chuck. I, too, have had spillage issues with both my lcd panel and keyboard. Have you tried scotchguard or a paper towel?
Oh, I have several troll pictures. The internet is an abundant resource for all things troll. They actually make quite good lawn ornaments (I’ve heard) and can scare the dickens out of squirrels and other assorted pests like nosy/gossipy neighbors (I’ve haven’t tried this out yet).
Do you want to hear something equally jaw-dropping? At some of our air force bases like Minot, our airmen have witnessed Catholic nuns chaining themseves to the front gate and if they can get past security they’ll try to chain themselves to and/or vandalize missile silos (not a smart move). They do this at Vandenberg AFB as well.
I’m envious. I wish I had a philosophy that was self sustaining like the DU has. Anything bad that looks like it was done by my side must have been done surreptitiously by the other side. And here I’ve got to struggle with things like facts, truth and doubt.
NYPD released the video of the perp. I pray they get the low-life.
Hmmmm? I wonder what the chances are of getting some good prints off that bike they found nearby. Obviously, this person wasn’t too bright, since they bombed a building in NYC with cameras everywhere. Would that make the odds pretty good that he/she might have left prints to connect them to the bike and, possibly, to the crime, via video?
Michelle & My Fellow Washington State Friends, We (military folks) have been advised by Fort Lewis to stay away from the Tacoma Mall on the 15th. “Anticipated activities include distributing anti war and anti military literature, confront local recruiters or persons trying to enter their facilities, and attempts to interact with soldiers, family members and/or civilians who appear to be military or have DOD decals on their vehicles.”
FUN, huh? I’m sure all they’ll want to do is have an intelligent debate on the issues of war and the military. Especially since they were so good at it in the Port of Olympia. Ha!
So far, these acts have been taken against unoccupied sites at times of the night when there would be no, or little, chance of hurting anybody. The ELF does the same thing against homes and cars, so far unoccupied. It’s only a matter of time, unfortunately, until some nutcase decides that these acts aren’t garnering the attention they desire. This bomb went off at 3:45 AM; the next one could be 3:45 PM. In Times Square? That would be a bloodbath. It’s only a matter of time …
I’ve thought about this a lot. What happens when some old wino crashes in an unfinished house ELF has decided to burn. But, sigh, the left is so versatile they’ll surely find a way to blame someone else. Probably the wino since blaming the victim seems to be popular for the left.
Actually, jungatheart, the left wouldn’t blame the wino. After all, he is also just a poor, hapless victim of ruthless right-wing politics and ideals.
It’d be Boooosh’s fault.
If McCain wins this year, it’d be his fault.
I hope the nation’s foremost forensic investigator, Rosie O’Donnell, is called in.
Just saw this while at work … my favorite comment by a coworker was “it wasn’t meant to hurt anyone, it was just meant to make a statement” … American pride on display here in Chicago
Keep hammering it home. Someone ask Hillary if this bomber should eventually be pardoned like all the others (who bombed and terrorized NYC back in the 1970s and 1980s) who she supported her husband pardoning. If not, what’s the difference.
In short, what are Hillary’s standards for pardoning domestic bombers and terrorists?
TT #92:
I sure hope not. I would fear for the mental health of the poor forensic guys/gals who’d have to support her. Be scared. Be very scared.
Speaking from personal experience, I was an AF Recruiter in a big city, all Armed Forces group building during the 70’s. Our business car was blown up by a hippie with the sense of a rock. I will not give these drug-induced, communist-loving, anti-patriot hippies a moment of my time today. I know that if any of the recruiters were scared back then, they never showed it (especially the Marine contingent who were all highly decorated Vietnam vets)—and contrary to regulation, most of them were armed. Thanks, Michelle, for posting these stories for all to see. There are traitors in our midst. We must be vigilant. To you recruiters: let us know if we old Vietnam era vets need to cover your 6!
I got about 10 deep in the Kos comments before I got sick. Man those people are nuts.
Clearly it wasn’t Al Qaida, or they wouldn’t have set the bomb off in the wee hours of the morning when nobody was there. In fact, you can probably guess that it had to of been one the anti-war folk from that fact alone.
Give these idiots an inch and they’ll take a mile. Next time they try a blockade and the local gov’t won’t do anything then the feds need to be sent in.
EXACTLY my opinion, also! Failure to slap treason down is encouragement to those adhering to an agenda that says VIOLENCE is an acceptable way to make social changes. That particular agenda was ordered to be created by Joseph Stalin, published in the ’50’s, then published in the Congressional Record on January 10, 1963 — then adopted by the Dim Party as their platform!
And the Justice Dept has been fomenting ANARCHY, ever since!
They aren’t going to like it on Judgement Day when the consequences of their abuse of power to prevent Justice is held against them.
You seem to be a few decades late, thinking up THAT “future” course of action!
What if one of them sets off a fire that takes down 15 city blocks, or half the city, or something like THAT?
They should be tried for TREASON - for an act of WAR.
This is a democratic republic and they have access to the BALLOT BOXES to vote ONCE, EACH. They have the right to send petitions to the politicians and letters to the editors, and buy block time on other media.
They do NOT get to exchange the Bill of Rights for the Joseph Stalin AGENDA published in the Congressional Record in 1963.
bring a couple of korans with you so they can use them to reinforce the building if these morons figure out how to make a real bomb..
Code Pink et al are the likely suspects, but a Youth or Youth Wannabe also as a motiff, granted a Youth would more likely bomb with people there and they don’t even have to be military. For now I’m more inclined to suspect Code Pink et al.
Never fear Chertoff is still the DHS secratary, I’m sure this is his top priority………. next to the invasion.
Just heard on Fox that 8 house Democrats were mailed photos of Times Square with letters saying “We Did It”
Nice.
I’m wondering, were these mailed BEFORE or AFTER the explosion?
Inquiring minds would like to know.
Chertoff & DHS continue to be worthless.
Arming the Military personnel that work there would be a bonanza for the KOS punks and Code Pink traitors as well as the MSM.
Expect this malicious mischief to continue as long as Law Enforcement and DHS sits on their hands.
Expect some real harm next time as these thugs are obviously getting pretty bold.
So appropriate that the Dems received their letters of “we did it!” They sure did, Harry Surrender Reid, Nancy withdrawal Peelothsom and so many more of the we did it crowd. They can be proud they are such fine role models for these bent minds running around our country. Obviously the perp is a product of our “constitutionally protected” students taught by union credentialed teachers. Nothing but the best–condoms on bananas, bombs in lunch pails.
They finally did it? What they went over the edge? When there is a manifesto, most the time it turns out to be one really disturbed lone nut.
I don’t think this was the pinkers cause they are really punks.
“The letter was postmarked Feb. 28, a week before the explosion in New York, according to several Capitol Hill sources.” - Politico
Feb 28th to March 6th for the letter/pic/manifesto to arrive & be looked at by workers at the Dem offices - is that a normal time frame?
apitol Hill police, the FBI and postal inspectors are investigating the letters.
“Within the past twenty-four hours, a number of letters have begun arriving at various Congressional Offices on Capitol Hill,” the Capitol Police e-mail says. “The letters contain a reference to the military recruiting office in New York City.”
So that means some of the letters arrived yesterday. Why didn’t somebody think to turn them over to the FBI?
Oh yeah, they were sent to Dems.
From CNN.com…
ALL received by DEMOCRATS…hmmmmm….with letters blaring ‘We did it’! And the Democratic Party wonders why we continue to question their patriotism?
When you lie down with dogs, you wake up with fleas….you pandering liberal moonbats.
Well, it certainly appears that all of the anti-war rhetoric coming from the Democrats has hads its effect. It has now breached the realm of political theater and stirred their followers to action.
The party leadership needs to take a hard look at the statements made by its members, and ask themselves if they believe continuing to make outlandish accusations and continuing to echo the words of Al Qaeda is such a good idea, particularly in a time of war.
But Democrats, being Democrats, will accept no responsibility for contributing to the bombing, since being a Democrat means never having to say you’re sorry…
#108: It takes about a week for a letter or package to get through the security process. If they were mailed on Feb 28, it would fit. This timing factor may be key to unraveling this entire event. (Awaiting more information.)
Now it is being reported the letter and the bombs are NOT connected: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080307/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/times_square_blast_letters
I knew the timing was too good. But the investigation continues.
Why do liberals beat around the bush (no pun intended)? Why don’t they just swear allegiance to Osama (no, not Obama, osama) and get it over with.