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Chemical bomb tossed into Occupy Maine encampment

...I think I was 7 when Columbine happened. I remember the shooting...I don't remember anything about explosives. Of course, idiot kids in the forest making things go "boom" is a LOT different than mentality disturbed young men going on a shooting rampage because nobody thought to get the little dicks any help.

Oh...well, in that case you're excused. :)
 
The partisian paranoia in this country has become certifiable. If something gets thrown at a gathering of "liberals", then it must have been a right-wing nut job that did it. If something gets hurled at a gathering of "conservatives", then it must have been a socialistic, bleeding-heart lefty that did it.

Dear lord, people, grow a brain! You remember what brains are... you had one as a kid. It's the thing between your ears that reminds you how to scratch your nose without poking your own eye out and how to tell the difference between fact and fantasy, specifics and speculations, that kind of thing.

If there is a bunch of crazed sickos throwing chemical bombs at strangers, I don't care if they vote republican or democratic or if they're too young to vote at all, throw their scrawny asses in jail and don't just throw the book at 'em, use the book to hit the buggers over the head!

Not everything in this world is based on righties versus lefties. :shock:

In reality, it's usually a Libbo that's involved in something stupid.
 
The right wing doesn't like the OWS protests very much.

PORTLAND — Occupy Maine protesters say Sunday morning's attack with a chemical explosive has left them with a mixture of anxiety and resolve.

"We are more motivated to keep doing what we're doing," said Stephanie Wilburn, of Portland, who was sitting near where the chemical mixture in a Gatorade bottle was tossed at 4 a.m. Sunday. "They have heard us and we're making a difference."

Wilburn said she was startled and briefly lost hearing in her left ear when the device exploded beneath a table about 10 feet away. Wilburn's hearing returned and police said no injuries were reported.

Portland police Sgt. Glen McGary said the bomb was thrown into the camp’s kitchen, a tarped area where food is cooked and served. Protest organizers said the explosion lifted a large table about a foot off the ground.

"There was no fire . . . We had a good 20 feet of thick smoke rolling out from under the table," Wilburn said. They could see the "G" on the 24-ounce bottle and its orange cap, as well as bits of silver metal, she said.

Chemical bomb tossed into Occupy Maine encampment | The Portland Press Herald / Maine Sunday Telegram
People in Maine can be brutal. :lol:
 
How much evidence is there of gun-totin', racist Tea Partiers compared to evidence of drug feinin' OWS'ers? Be honest, now!

You know, the "my protest movement was better than your protest movement" argument has gotten old. Fact of the matter is both sides have valid reasons for protesting.

I agree with the Tea Party movement in that the government has gotten way out of control with their spending, but I disagree with their position that this President is solely to blame for it.

I agree with the Occupy movement that wealthy individuals have for far too long gotten too involved with our national politics and have too much influence, and as such their influence has begun to drown out the voice of the People.

Both sides have valid positions.

Both sides have questionable activists among them.

Both sides have activists who have attempted to hijack each respective movement.

Anyone who sees either movement in absolute "can't do no wrong" terms is just fooling themselves.
 
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And thus, my point is made. Sadly.

:spank:

I think the statistics would actually show him to be correct - even though from a political stand point both party's are to blame.
 
I think the statistics would actually show him to be correct - even though from a political stand point both party's are to blame.

From where I stand, both parties are corrupted by deaf and blind hyper-partisian ****tards whose brains would explode if they even attempted to spark an objective, rational thought.
 
From where I stand, both parties are corrupted by deaf and blind hyper-partisian ****tards whose brains would explode if they even attempted to spark an objective, rational thought.

I would agree. My only point is, and of course I do not have the statistic to back this up, and not just the Carol Ann Burger and James Blanning sorta stuff either During the Health Care debate, there were many low profile stories which turned out to be false. The Colorado break in of the Dem Office blamed on the GOP by Pat Waak (11 windows smashed), another Democrats office was burglarized (can't remember which one right now) and it turned out to be one of his former employees - but it was initially blamed on Republicans. I'm not saying it doesn't happen - sure it does. I'm just saying it seems to me (and I could be wrong) that when it does happen it's more likely to be a person's who's ideology is further left than center. I totally admit that may be my partisan view of it.
 
Maybe someone overfilled their bong and it exploded when someone tried to milk the sh!t out of it. It's easy to mistake bong water for a toxic chemical...
 
You know, the "my protest movement was better than your protest movement" argument has gotten old. Fact of the matter is both sides have valid reasons for protesting.

I agree with the Tea Party movement in that the government has gotten way out of control with their spending, but I disagree with their position that this President is solely to blame for it.

I agree with the Occupy movement that wealthy individuals have for far too long gotten too involved with our national politics and have too much influence, and as such their influence has begun to drown out the voice of the People.

Both sides have valid positions.

Both sides have questionable activists among them.

Both sides have activists who have attempted to hijack each respective movement.

Anyone who sees either movement in absolute "can't do no wrong" terms is just fooling themselves.

Yeah, I imagine it has. Espeicially since your movement was proven to be crap by, um, yourself. :lamo

Wanna talk about all those TP'ers that were arrested, again?
 
I think we're all missing the point

Pb apparently knows who perpetrated the act. He should really contact the police and let them know or he's simply helping out a terrorist. I mean, he MUST know who did it, otherwise why would someone say such a ****ing retarded statement trying to do nothing but dispicable partisanship blaming a terrorist act on an entire political ideology based on zero factual information?

Please Pb, turn the individual into the cops. Its the only right thing to do since you have such a plethora of information on the situation.
 
I agree with the Occupy movement that wealthy individuals have for far too long gotten too involved with our national politics and have too much influence, and as such their influence has begun to drown out the voice of the People.

When you have apposing voices lets listen to the voice that produces wealth for our country and ignore the voice that is a little slurred by drugs and lack of sleep, who is wanting us to give them more drugs and not wake them up so early.


Both sides have questionable activists among them.

What would that be from the TEA Party people?
 
When you have apposing voices lets listen to the voice that produces wealth for our country and ignore the voice that is a little slurred by drugs and lack of sleep, who is wanting us to give them more drugs and not wake them up so early.




What would that be from the TEA Party people?

Right, because everyone on wellfare uses drugs.
 
Well, I mean...those signs aren't so bad. It's conspiracy theory crap, but hardly overly offensive. I was expecting, "Let's go Hitler on Wall St. millionaires" or something about ovens. I'm actually pleasantly surprised that these signs are as mild as they are.

At the risk of godwining the thread, that was the kind of antisemitic message that ultimately led to the holocaust.
 
File that under DUH...

But of course. Violence = Right winger. He is condemned as he stands and to be safe we should just arrest everyone that is farther to the right compared to Bernie Sanders.
 
OK, OK, I admit it. It wasn't a bomb. It was just me, cutting the cheese. :mrgreen:
 
Yeah, I imagine it has. Espeicially since your movement was proven to be crap by, um, yourself. :lamo

Wanna talk about all those TP'ers that were arrested, again?

I'd rather discuss the grievances the Occupy movement have since it's obvious few outside the movement wish to really get into the merits. All the pundits want to discuss are those issues on the fringes, i.e., who got arrested, how many, etc., etc. But you're afraid to discuss the real issues because you know the Occupiers have valid points.
 
'd rather discuss the grievances the Occupy movement have

Of course, because your attempt at, "The Tea Party did it too!", turned into a smack down for you.



since it's obvious few outside the movement wish to really get into the merits. All the pundits want to discuss are those issues on the fringes, i.e., who got arrested, how many, etc., etc. But you're afraid to discuss the real issues because you know the Occupiers have valid points.

Communism and Socialism don't have merit, IMO.

But, go right ahead and discuss their merits. I would love to see them, because so far, they haven't been presented.
 
Communism and Socialism don't have merit, IMO.

But, go right ahead and discuss their merits. I would love to see them, because so far, they haven't been presented.

I like socialism because it is more of an idea to me. The idea to me is that a country should be able to produce enough goods to support everyone in their country.
 
I like socialism because it is more of an idea to me. The idea to me is that a country should be able to produce enough goods to support everyone in their country.

It's proven to be impossible.
 
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