We got the two bombers but why they did this is still unclear. All I know is that the Russian government is happy that Chechens are involved. This will make it easier in the future for the Russians to go in and claimed that they are going after terrorists. In the past, the U.S. may have considered Chechens freedom fighters. I guess terrorists are the ones against your cause, while freedom fighters are those for your cause. From indications so far the bombers did not do this for political reasons. It seems likely that the older brother was radicalized because of feeling of alienation in this country. That certainly was a reason in terrorist activities in the U.K. But in this case, I think this is not a valid excuse for these brothers. For all account they were doing well financially and the young one was in school and had many friends. They had lived what most immigrants think of as the American dream. To turn against the country that gave them asylum is just evil. If they did not like it here, they could have gone back like their parents. In fact one went back for 6 months, he could have just stayed there if he thought America was evil.
So are they going to ban pressure cookers now? If shoe bombs and liquid bombs have failed and still we have to take off our shoes and give up our water before boarding, why allow pressure cookers which have succeeded, to be sold? Oh, I forgot. Being a successful weapon now, pressure cookers will be protected under the Second Amendment as arms.
Sunday, April 21, 2013
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I wondered if you would say anything about pressure cookers. I am thinking of starting my own lobbying group on behalf of all pressure cooker owners in America. The government can take my pressure cooker (if I actually had one or knew how to use it) from my cold, dead hands!
ReplyDeleteWe may never know what happened to the brothers to make them want to kill innocent people. It goes back to what I've been saying. If there's a will, there's a way. Though the use of a kitchen appliance is a new one.
Of course, it is most likely the big brother's fault since the elder brother usually some kind of radical and the younger brother is just there for the ride!
On a serious note, what is your opinion of how they are going to go about in questioning the surviving suspect? Is this just a political football now or does each jurisdiction really believe they have a right to question him with their own methods?
-LBOAYM
Well, I know there will be no torture in this interrogation, given the public scrutiny this case will receive. Since it is most likely that no terrorist group is involved, I think it would not matter who does the interrogation. If he had any terrorists info then he may get off lighter. Otherwise, he is looking at the death penalty or life in prison no matter how they are going to try him.
ReplyDeleteHow come so little attention is paid to West Texas where a lot more people died due to the explosion? This is another example of something causing more death than terrorism (industrial accidents, including mining). There are funds set up for Boston victims but what about for Texas victims? I have not seen Obama go out there yet. I think with the Boston situation settling, more attention should be turned to Texas.
Did anyone see the guy who was arrested the night of the shootout at Watertown? He was taken into a police car in handcuffs and naked. Apparently the cops wanted him to be take off all his clothes so that he couldn't hide any bomb before they approached him. Since then I have not heard anything about this guy. I assume he is not involved or we would have heard. Even if they had a good reason to arrest him, I thought after showing that he had no bomb on him, they could have given him some clothes before putting him in the police car! I would think CNN and other networks would mentioned what happened to this guy.
I was thinking the exact same thing the other day. Michigan State wore Boston decals on their helmets for the Spring football game. I thought, "why didn't they also incorporate something for Texas?"
ReplyDeleteI've always thought it was the media's fault when things like this happen. You might recall that all the major headlines before the bombing were about North Korea. After the bombings, we didn't hear anything about North Korea. Did they move the missiles? No, they're still there.
Then the explosion in Texas happened and yet we were still fed news about Boston. Maybe because we were looking for the suspects and that was the big news. Since the explosion in Texas wasn't a terrorist act, it didn't mean that much news-wise.
As far as the guy who got arrested. I don't recall seeing this. I did think that the best time to loot and steal in Boston was probably last week, when all the police were in a concentrated area. There had to be light patrols in other areas, right?
-LBOAYM
You are right about North Korea being completely silent since the Boston bombing. It just reinforce the theory that North Korea was just posturing and trying to rattle us. With the U.S. concentrating on Boston Kim probably figured that we would ignore whatever he does. Or worse yet, take out our frustration and bomb him. So he decided that he should keep low until the U.S. is back to worry about things we should not worry about.
ReplyDeleteThat naked guy got arrested around midnight pacific time so it was around 3 am in the east so most people would not have seen it. This did occur around Watertown so I am still confuse why nobody say anything about it, including this guy's friends or family. Also didn't they mentioned 3 other people were arrested that day the suspect was captured? Whatever happened to those people?
I read in CNN today about a Chinese American civil rights leader name Grace Lee Bogg who is 95 or 96 years old and lives in Detroit. I have never heard of her all these years. Have you heard of her?
Wow, I do know of Grace Lee Boggs. I didn't realize she was in Detroit though. I've seen her name in books but it never occurred to me that she was in Detroit. I don't think our paths ever crossed, though you never know.
ReplyDeleteShe has done a lot more for the African-American community than Asian-American community I think. She was a huge civil rights figure during the 60s and was a big supporter of Malcom X back in the day.
Speaking of activists, I am good friends with Jim Shimoura, who was one of the activists during the Vincent Chin case. His brother Gerry died a couple of weeks ago of a heart attack. We shared season football tickets at MSU for 20 years.
-LBOAYM
At least you have read about Grace Lee Boggs. I had not even heard of her before this week. I wonder if the Chinese community in Detroit shunned her because of her socialist leaning or the fact that she was married to an African American activist. Regardless of what one thinks of her politics, she is certainly one of a kind during the era.
ReplyDeleteI remember Jim Shimoura well even though I had never talked to him. During the meetings for the Vincent Chin case, Jim was front and center among the leaders. I remember he had an exchange with UAW leader Doug Fraser at one of those meetings. What is he doing now a days? I wonder if he knows Grace Lee Boggs?
Jim Shimoura was involved with ACJ and I think still does work with it. He's usually the go to guy when there is a Vincent Chin story.
ReplyDeleteWhen they put up a memorial for Chin on the anniversary of his death, he was a part of the ceremony.
Jim still practices law in the Detroit area and has a daughter at MSU. Next time I see him or talk to him, I'll ask if he knows of Grace Lee Boggs.
I emailed another friend of mine to see if she was familiar with her.
-LBOAYM