relatively unsophisticated, infiltrated early, and not connected to another terrorist groupper Sen. Schumer, were "infiltrated" by an "informant" (or were set in motion by an agent provocateur, who managed to give them an inoperative anti-aircraft missile system & 30 lbs. of "inert" C-4) & have now been arrested in a rather transparent attempt to whip up hysteria as the nation pretends it has any "morals" left, & tries hard to act as if it cares about torture or much of anything other than where its next meal is coming from.
Idiot New York City Mayor Bloomberg issued a statement.
“While the bombs these terrorists attempted to plant tonight were – unbeknownst to them – fake, this latest attempt to attack our freedoms shows that the homeland security threats against New York City are sadly all too real and underscores why we must remain vigilant in our efforts to prevent terrorism.”Apparently he has confused "our freedoms" w/ a synagogue & military aircraft. (Does "homeland security threats" mean that DHS was threatening us? No surprise if they were. If not, what does that mean?)
Our "freedoms," Mr. Mayor (as anyone of your age w/ a passing experience w/ high school civics should know) are not physical locations or objects, but laws & rights that can only be attacked by our government, w/ the permission of the citizenry. They are not something that stupid/crazy people can assault. If these so-called freedoms are lessened, it is because of hysterical reactions to terrorists by authoritarians in "our" gov't. playing directly into the terrorists' hands. An entire nation of sheep, played but good by media interests who were played by the F. B. I. & its four owned & operated losers.
Really, there's no hope left. None. It's over. Forget about it. Fuck it. Good night.
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M. Bouffant: "Our 'freedoms,' Mr. Mayor (as anyone of your age w/ a passing experience w/ high school civics should know) are not physical locations or objects, but laws & rights that can only be attacked by our government, w/ the permission of the citizenry. They are not something that stupid/crazy people can assault."
Well, no. A government provisioned "to secure the blessings of liberty" is designed to uphold the necessary social order within which said liberty can thrive. Yes, a government abusive of its responsibilities can violate freedoms, which is why we need a Constitution (and why we need to insist that its provisions are enforced). A government negligent of its responsibilities is one that allows those freedoms (e.g., the freedom to worship in the synagogue of one's choice, a right I assume you acknowledge even if you hold its practitioners in contempt) to be threatened by others -- including stupid/crazy people.
Reality-Connected Editor Responds:
An attack on a religious social club is no more or less than an attack on a mall or any other location. (Or do you like hate-crime legislation in this case?)
Are you going to state that bombing malls is an attack on our "freedom to buy plastic crap?"
The point being that "they" can attack "us" all they want, but it will be the forces of gov't. repression, using bogus events like this, to take away what "freedoms" we have.
And if you think this was anything but a guy who heard four ex-con losers shooting their mouths off, &
saw a chance to get some money from the FBI, which the FBI then parlayed into fear, well ...
You might want to check Dick Cheney's speech today, in which he comes out firmly against freedom of speech, because it helps the terrorists.
Or look at the telebision. There's a Congress member on right now moaning about the number of anti-aircraft missile launchers available, IGNORING THE FACT THAT THE EFFING FBI GAVE THEM THE (NON-WORKING?) LAUNCHER. We can only wonder if the clown on tee vee (who keeps going on about how vulnerable American aircraft are) is getting campaign financing from a company that sells anti-missile defenses.
I was sad to see that reporting hasn't gotten any less sensational. The used "jihad" right in the headline, feeling safe to go ahead and use it because after all, these guys are Muslims, and if there's one thing we know about Muslims, it that they are all about the jihad. If we know two things about Muslims, it's that the men kill their wives for "honor," not for the same American reasons that American husbands kill their wives. And they were so free and easy with the word "terrorism" in this case, unlike the guy who was building a dirty bomb in his basement (white guy), the guy who had ricin in his hotel room (white guy), and the guy who bombed all those sites in NYC, including the Mexican embassy (white guy). Nothing to fear from them, and God curse you if you point out they were Christians or right-wingers.
It's a good thing Americans can continue to believe that only the swarthies plan terrorism.
M. Bouffant: "An attack on a religious social club is no more or less than an attack on a mall or any other location. (Or do you like hate-crime legislation in this case?)"
Hm. Don't remember saying anything about hate-crime legislation. (A "religious social club," eh? Way to play the let's-trivialize-the-problem-so-we-can-trivialize-the-victim card. Would you describe the 16th Street Baptist Church in Selma, Alabama so contemptuously?)
"Are you going to state that bombing malls is an attack on our 'freedom to buy plastic crap?'"
Nope. Are you going to state that bombing synaguges isn't a crime? Are you saying that seeking to instill a climate of fear in synagogue-goers such that they will be reluctant to go to a synagogue does not infringe upon their freedom?
Snarla makes a couple of semi-interesting arguments. 1. "If we know two things about Muslims, it's that the men kill their wives for 'honor,' not for the same American reasons that American husbands kill their wives."
I haven't actually seen anyone argue that these murders for these reasons don't really happen in some Muslim cultures, have you? And I think it's also the case that there's a much higher rate of prosecution of men who murder women in the US than of men who murder their wives/sisters/daughters in tribal Muslim cultures. If I were a woman, I'm pretty sure I'd rather take my chances here.
2. Snarla on white-guy terrorism: "And they were so free and easy with the word 'terrorism' in this case, unlike the [white] guy who ... "
Um, these are terrorists. Who, precisely, says they aren't?
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