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Explosions reported near finish line at Boston Marathon [W:162, 896, 911]]

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austrianecon said:
But you still had to jump to conclusion and get your two cents in as well?
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I didn't conclude -- I'm just honest about how this appears to be a domestic sovereign citizenlike attack.

Like I say, if you asked me to bet about it, I'd bet I'm wrong, since the facts are probably not what they appear to be at this moment.
 
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LaMidRighter said:
If memory serves me Harris and Klebold used propane cannisters rigged to blow, but didn't oxygenate it properly or something so they didn't get ignition, that's off memory though. OKC was a fertilizer/diesel bomb.
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the worst industrial explosion in US History was this one:

Texas City Disaster - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

It was ammoniumn nitrate
 
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Jerry said:
Some of us are adults and can handle the real world.
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Moderator's Warning:
Jerry, knock off the trolling, now.
 
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nota bene said:
I don't see the President's job as being Reporter-in-Chief; I see him as Uniter-in-Chief.
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Yep. His job right now is to be the national spokesman in support of Boston.
 
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Fisher said:
I wasn't. It was people watching the runners.
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That doesn't really matter at this point.
 
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Needless to say it was an explosive finish....
 
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mtm1963 said:
he should wait until they have better information. right now the information is so fluid at the moment, it's accuracy could be in doubt.
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I watched and listened to President Obama a few minutes ago, what he said sounded pretty good to me.
 
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Peter King said:
Yes, this is the ultimate moment to redo the lost presidential election why don't we. At times of crises it is always best to bring partisan politics of lost presidential elections into it :doh
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We have plenty to criticize this President over, but I think for one thread we should try to address this issue as Americans and not partisans.
 
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APACHERAT said:
Your not suppose to remember that guy. It happened on Obama's watch just like the terrorist attack at Fort Hood.

The Obama administration says because the kicker charge on the underwear bomb failed to set off the main charge, there was no terrorist attack.
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Or the Comedy Central attack. South-Park made an episode which included Mohammed as they have many times before. Terrorist threats were made to Comedy Central, who then heavily edited the episode. Many fans thought the censorship was part of a gag, but Matt and Trey were pissed because they didn't approve of it before hand.

So Matt and Trey make another episode, the one where the handicapped boy was raped by a shark, to make a point. Then John Stewart called out both Comedy Central and terrorists in general on his Daily show.

A few days later there was a car bomb right outside Comedy Central's building. It failed to detonate; faulty fuse.
 
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Fenton said:
We have plenty to criticize this President over, but I think for one thread we should try to address this issue as Americans and not partisans.
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You ever heard of sarcasm? I responded because someone dragged presidential nonsense into this tragedy. At times like this there should be no political stuff being pulled into it.
 
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Well they know it was planned. As they discovered the other 2 bombs that had not detonated. If one would looks at overview map of that area of Boston. U will see that it was designed to hit the major heart of Boston. With the Way the Bombs were placed.
 
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head of joaquin said:
I didn't conclude -- I'm just honest about how this appears to be a domestic sovereign citizenlike attack.

Like I say, if you asked me to bet about it, I'd bet I'm wrong, since the facts are probably not what they appear to be at this moment.
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It looks nothing like the sort.. domestic sovereign attacks tend to be very specific in target, like a federal building, abortion clinic and such. This was attacking random people.
 
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LaMidRighter said:
Geez! Amazed I never heard of that one.
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Really ? It was massive.

Two explosions, the first drew people in, the second did enormous damage.

There was also the Houston Ammonia spill.
 
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austrianecon said:
It looks nothing like the sort.. domestic sovereign attacks tend to be very specific in target, like a federal building, abortion clinic and such. This was attacking random people.
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Well.. it wasn't a lone wolf.
 
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Jredbaron96 said:
That doesn't really matter at this point.
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Sure it does. To have bombs go off blowing up civilians in an area with police, fire, rescue, and bomb-sniffing dogs already on scene at the least political event imaginable will remind people that the government cannot protect them. Obama just lost any initiative he still had on gun bans.
 
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MMC said:
Well they know it was planned. As they discovered the other 2 bombs that had not detonated. If one would looks at overview map of that area of Boston. U will see that it was designed to hit the major heart of Boston. With the Way the Bombs were placed.
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Haven't heard they found any other devices yet, source for this?
 
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I guess you can't guarantee perfect security all the time. No doubt they had some.
 
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MMC said:
CNN is reporting it live Right now.
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I'm watching CNN, have been, haven't heard that. The police conference before the POTUS came on said they hadn't found any other devices.
 
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