Please, oh please

[chalcedony]

It would make me happy far beyond my ability to express my happiness if the guy they're looking for in NYC turned out to be a Tea Party member. And considering the fact that he's white, I figure my chances are greater than zero. :)

(Yes, I know the Taliban has claimed responsibility, but the FBI has already dismissed their claim.)

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[k2daisy.livejournal.com]

I would not be surprised if you are right about this. The scrambling to somehow make it someone else's fault will be something to see!

[kirbyfest.livejournal.com]

There was some expert on our news this morning that said that at least part of the reason they're discounting the Taliban's claims of responsibility is that this particular branch of the Taliban claims responsibility for pretty much anything and everything. And he said it while practically (not actually) rolling his eyes.

So, grandstanders.

[cybertardis.livejournal.com]

MSNBC has been consistently characterizing this as domestic terrorism. I think everyone knows this isn't the Taliban.

Wish they'd done that with the anthrax scares, however. That was clearly domestic, and everyone dropped the ball. Whoever did it was a genius for doing it right after 911 when it was sure to get blamed on Muslim extremists.

[nitasee.livejournal.com]

Yes, it would be lovely if it was a Teabagger. But you know of course if it is, the Tea Party will be scrambling to claim "government witchhunt" and "liberal media bias".

Get some popcorn ready. Good times.

[realthog.livejournal.com]

I know the Taliban has claimed responsibility, but the FBI (?) has already dismissed their claim, without explaining why

It's the "Pakistan Taliban" who've claimed responsibility, not the Taliban proper. Apparently the "Pakistan Taliban" have claimed responsibility for other atrocities that they've obviously had nothing to do with. Sounds to me like the "Pakistan Taliban" is one acned teenager in Islamabad waiting for the mailman to bring him his copy of this month's Playboy.

It's of course a leap of logic to assume that the guy in the CTV pix changing his shirt had anything to do with the crime. But if so, and if the group really exists, it's possible they might have a middle-aged white member/recruit prepared to plant a bomb but, clearly, the cops think it's improbable.

It would make me happy far beyond my ability to express my happiness if the guy they're looking for in NYC turned out to be a Tea Party member.

Me too! I gotta confess, the moment I found out about this thing I assumed some domestic wingnut was responsible: a religious extremist would have been prepared to go up with the bomb, surely, not jettison the car in an illegal spot as soon as the combustibles began smoking. And the bomb would have been far more carefully and professionally made. At the moment this cries out that it's the work of some amateur knucklehead with not too many neurons to rub together.

[amilyn.livejournal.com]

Fwiw, Husband said that the vehicle was full of petrol and containers of propane--not well triggered, just the containers--and a bunch of fireworks. Whoever rigged the vehicle was apparently hoping that the fireworks, when lit, would trigger the petrol and propane and make it all blow up.

Instead, a local street vendor saw the vehicle, said, "That doesn't look like a vehicle that's supposed to be there. Hey...it's smoking..." and he told a nearby cop, who notified the right people, who rapidly ended any possible threat.

So whoever put together the vehicle was incompetent and Husband's understanding is that the FBI/Homeland Security/Whoever is pretty much laughing at the Taliban/Anyone Serious and saying, "Um, no. If you'd done this it would not have been a complete JOKE of a ridiculous fuck-up in terms of competence in bomb-building."

I mean, it could have made problems, and I'm very grateful that this guy didn't get lucky...but it was poorly conceived, poorly constructed, and about as competent and informed as the shoe bomber who was trying to light his C4 with a lighter to get it to blow up (cuz that's gonna work on an explosive that requires an electric ignition source).

I'm always grateful for dumb criminals.