Things go boom

[Anna Mae Bollocks]

Everyone in my town is pretending nothing happened in Boston. One person mentioned it and was rushed away by her husband. I mentioned it in passing and was given the freeze. It's weird and it's making my head spin in uncomfortable ways.

Having spent time in Georgia, I can hazard a guess.  I was just ranting about intellectual laziness, and this is just another form of it.  To the people I knew in Georgia, TERRORISM = ISLAM.  I think, though, that they can SMELL that this isn't what they want it to be, that maybe it was ONE OF THEM, meaning some white assbag with a head full of Rush Limbaugh.  So they have to pretend that it ISN'T HAPPENING.  IT ISN'T HAPPENING.  THIS CAN'T BE HAPPENING.

Ho ho ho!  You betcha it's happening.  You bet your Gramma's ass it's happening.  All the stupid hate and vitriol that's been spewed since 1980 has COME HOME TO ROOST.  They can sense this.  They have The Fear.

I'm curious as to how long before they rationalize it into something else that's palatable for them?
Because that's exactly what they're going to do. Or wait for Rush to do FOR them.

[The Good Reverend Roger]

Everyone in my town is pretending nothing happened in Boston. One person mentioned it and was rushed away by her husband. I mentioned it in passing and was given the freeze. It's weird and it's making my head spin in uncomfortable ways.

Having spent time in Georgia, I can hazard a guess.  I was just ranting about intellectual laziness, and this is just another form of it.  To the people I knew in Georgia, TERRORISM = ISLAM.  I think, though, that they can SMELL that this isn't what they want it to be, that maybe it was ONE OF THEM, meaning some white assbag with a head full of Rush Limbaugh.  So they have to pretend that it ISN'T HAPPENING.  IT ISN'T HAPPENING.  THIS CAN'T BE HAPPENING.

Ho ho ho!  You betcha it's happening.  You bet your Gramma's ass it's happening.  All the stupid hate and vitriol that's been spewed since 1980 has COME HOME TO ROOST.  They can sense this.  They have The Fear.

It's really weird. I can't get over Georgia - at least this part of it - how the people react to things. Everything remotely controversial is just swept under the rug and Not Discussed. It Isn't Done, you see. There Are Rules. It's . . . eerie, I guess. I have the feeling that if I walked downtown I'd see line after line of people with their heads stuck in the dirt of the scenic petunia sidewalk plantings, like ostriches in the sand. Heads down, hands covering their assholes.

I bet if the government caught some clown from Yemen with a duffel bag full of bombs, they'd have something to say.

[The Good Reverend Roger]

Everyone in my town is pretending nothing happened in Boston. One person mentioned it and was rushed away by her husband. I mentioned it in passing and was given the freeze. It's weird and it's making my head spin in uncomfortable ways.

Having spent time in Georgia, I can hazard a guess.  I was just ranting about intellectual laziness, and this is just another form of it.  To the people I knew in Georgia, TERRORISM = ISLAM.  I think, though, that they can SMELL that this isn't what they want it to be, that maybe it was ONE OF THEM, meaning some white assbag with a head full of Rush Limbaugh.  So they have to pretend that it ISN'T HAPPENING.  IT ISN'T HAPPENING.  THIS CAN'T BE HAPPENING.

Ho ho ho!  You betcha it's happening.  You bet your Gramma's ass it's happening.  All the stupid hate and vitriol that's been spewed since 1980 has COME HOME TO ROOST.  They can sense this.  They have The Fear.

I'm curious as to how long before they rationalize it into something else that's palatable for them?
Because that's exactly what they're going to do. Or wait for Rush to do FOR them.

Don't hold your breath.  They're still stuck on that "TAKIN' OUR COUNTRY BACK" gibberish.  They haven't had to learn for so long that they seem to have forgotten how.

But never you fear.  The liberals will do the same fucking thing, sometime next Thursday.

[The Good Reverend Roger]

Oh, the Irish Hibernians should have no say in what goes on here. I seem to recall Faust commenting on guns about a year ago,

Actually, he was on about it right after Sandy Hook. 

But he wasn't who I had in mind, though on reflection, he'll do nicely.

[Cardinal Pizza Deliverance.]

Everyone in my town is pretending nothing happened in Boston. One person mentioned it and was rushed away by her husband. I mentioned it in passing and was given the freeze. It's weird and it's making my head spin in uncomfortable ways.

That's... kinda weird.

Yeah. The Sandy Hook thing got mention. Every person I talked to was all "Those poor kids. All those poor kids. Those poor families." As you would expect.

But the Boston thing? Nary a peep. I didn't hear anything on the radio, either, come to think of it. Maybe I just missed it.

[Nephew Twiddleton]

Oh, the Irish Hibernians should have no say in what goes on here. I seem to recall Faust commenting on guns about a year ago,

Actually, he was on about it right after Sandy Hook. 

But he wasn't who I had in mind, though on reflection, he'll do nicely.

With the caveat that I largely agree with him, there's no reason for me, as a Northeastern city dweller, to have a gun, I've never seen the need to, nor will ever see the need to, actually own one. I just recognize that in certain parts of North America, it's a good idea to own one.

[Cardinal Pizza Deliverance.]

Everyone in my town is pretending nothing happened in Boston. One person mentioned it and was rushed away by her husband. I mentioned it in passing and was given the freeze. It's weird and it's making my head spin in uncomfortable ways.

Having spent time in Georgia, I can hazard a guess.  I was just ranting about intellectual laziness, and this is just another form of it.  To the people I knew in Georgia, TERRORISM = ISLAM.  I think, though, that they can SMELL that this isn't what they want it to be, that maybe it was ONE OF THEM, meaning some white assbag with a head full of Rush Limbaugh.  So they have to pretend that it ISN'T HAPPENING.  IT ISN'T HAPPENING.  THIS CAN'T BE HAPPENING.

Ho ho ho!  You betcha it's happening.  You bet your Gramma's ass it's happening.  All the stupid hate and vitriol that's been spewed since 1980 has COME HOME TO ROOST.  They can sense this.  They have The Fear.

It's really weird. I can't get over Georgia - at least this part of it - how the people react to things. Everything remotely controversial is just swept under the rug and Not Discussed. It Isn't Done, you see. There Are Rules. It's . . . eerie, I guess. I have the feeling that if I walked downtown I'd see line after line of people with their heads stuck in the dirt of the scenic petunia sidewalk plantings, like ostriches in the sand. Heads down, hands covering their assholes.

I bet if the government caught some clown from Yemen with a duffel bag full of bombs, they'd have something to say.

Oh yeah. THAT would get their mouths flapping. But if it turns out to be some disgruntled American or even worse, a Southerner, you can damn bet my town will be all zombie and no brains.

[Nephew Twiddleton]

Everyone in my town is pretending nothing happened in Boston. One person mentioned it and was rushed away by her husband. I mentioned it in passing and was given the freeze. It's weird and it's making my head spin in uncomfortable ways.

That's... kinda weird.

Yeah. The Sandy Hook thing got mention. Every person I talked to was all "Those poor kids. All those poor kids. Those poor families." As you would expect.

But the Boston thing? Nary a peep. I didn't hear anything on the radio, either, come to think of it. Maybe I just missed it.

You can't tie it in with gun rights. And like Roger said, it's probably an American that did it. That makes for an uncomfortable thing.

No true Scotsman.

[The Good Reverend Roger]

Oh, the Irish Hibernians should have no say in what goes on here. I seem to recall Faust commenting on guns about a year ago,

Actually, he was on about it right after Sandy Hook. 

But he wasn't who I had in mind, though on reflection, he'll do nicely.

With the caveat that I largely agree with him, there's no reason for me, as a Northeastern city dweller, to have a gun, I've never seen the need to, nor will ever see the need to, actually own one. I just recognize that in certain parts of North America, it's a good idea to own one.

Not really my point.

[Nephew Twiddleton]

Oh, the Irish Hibernians should have no say in what goes on here. I seem to recall Faust commenting on guns about a year ago,

Actually, he was on about it right after Sandy Hook. 

But he wasn't who I had in mind, though on reflection, he'll do nicely.

With the caveat that I largely agree with him, there's no reason for me, as a Northeastern city dweller, to have a gun, I've never seen the need to, nor will ever see the need to, actually own one. I just recognize that in certain parts of North America, it's a good idea to own one.

Not really my point.

I know. I'm just noting my indifference to the whole thing. I can see both sides. It was a rare time where I advocated for gun ownership.

[The Good Reverend Roger]

Everyone in my town is pretending nothing happened in Boston. One person mentioned it and was rushed away by her husband. I mentioned it in passing and was given the freeze. It's weird and it's making my head spin in uncomfortable ways.

Having spent time in Georgia, I can hazard a guess.  I was just ranting about intellectual laziness, and this is just another form of it.  To the people I knew in Georgia, TERRORISM = ISLAM.  I think, though, that they can SMELL that this isn't what they want it to be, that maybe it was ONE OF THEM, meaning some white assbag with a head full of Rush Limbaugh.  So they have to pretend that it ISN'T HAPPENING.  IT ISN'T HAPPENING.  THIS CAN'T BE HAPPENING.

Ho ho ho!  You betcha it's happening.  You bet your Gramma's ass it's happening.  All the stupid hate and vitriol that's been spewed since 1980 has COME HOME TO ROOST.  They can sense this.  They have The Fear.

It's really weird. I can't get over Georgia - at least this part of it - how the people react to things. Everything remotely controversial is just swept under the rug and Not Discussed. It Isn't Done, you see. There Are Rules. It's . . . eerie, I guess. I have the feeling that if I walked downtown I'd see line after line of people with their heads stuck in the dirt of the scenic petunia sidewalk plantings, like ostriches in the sand. Heads down, hands covering their assholes.

I bet if the government caught some clown from Yemen with a duffel bag full of bombs, they'd have something to say.

Oh yeah. THAT would get their mouths flapping. But if it turns out to be some disgruntled American or even worse, a Southerner, you can damn bet my town will be all zombie and no brains.

No, I think it was a local.  Why?  Because the Boston Marathon is a regional thing.  Outside of Boston and the marathon/self-flaggelation crowd, it's unknown.  So it was someone from that region.  It occurred on tax day, so it was more than likely a right wing loon.  I can accept the possibility that it was a local self-radicalized Muslim or something like that, but that possibility seems pretty slim.  The choices of date & target don't add up.  The symbolism is all wrong.

Given the incompetence in the bomb making, I assume it was an amateur, another Eric Rudolph, maybe.

[Nephew Twiddleton]

Everyone in my town is pretending nothing happened in Boston. One person mentioned it and was rushed away by her husband. I mentioned it in passing and was given the freeze. It's weird and it's making my head spin in uncomfortable ways.

Having spent time in Georgia, I can hazard a guess.  I was just ranting about intellectual laziness, and this is just another form of it.  To the people I knew in Georgia, TERRORISM = ISLAM.  I think, though, that they can SMELL that this isn't what they want it to be, that maybe it was ONE OF THEM, meaning some white assbag with a head full of Rush Limbaugh.  So they have to pretend that it ISN'T HAPPENING.  IT ISN'T HAPPENING.  THIS CAN'T BE HAPPENING.

Ho ho ho!  You betcha it's happening.  You bet your Gramma's ass it's happening.  All the stupid hate and vitriol that's been spewed since 1980 has COME HOME TO ROOST.  They can sense this.  They have The Fear.

It's really weird. I can't get over Georgia - at least this part of it - how the people react to things. Everything remotely controversial is just swept under the rug and Not Discussed. It Isn't Done, you see. There Are Rules. It's . . . eerie, I guess. I have the feeling that if I walked downtown I'd see line after line of people with their heads stuck in the dirt of the scenic petunia sidewalk plantings, like ostriches in the sand. Heads down, hands covering their assholes.

I bet if the government caught some clown from Yemen with a duffel bag full of bombs, they'd have something to say.

Oh yeah. THAT would get their mouths flapping. But if it turns out to be some disgruntled American or even worse, a Southerner, you can damn bet my town will be all zombie and no brains.

No, I think it was a local.  Why?  Because the Boston Marathon is a regional thing.  Outside of Boston and the marathon/self-flaggelation crowd, it's unknown.  So it was someone from that region.  It occurred on tax day, so it was more than likely a right wing loon.  I can accept the possibility that it was a local self-radicalized Muslim or something like that, but that possibility seems pretty slim.  The choices of date & target don't add up.  The symbolism is all wrong.

Given the incompetence in the bomb making, I assume it was an amateur, another Eric Rudolph, maybe.

I'm still avoiding speculation, but I can't see any flaws.

[The Good Reverend Roger]

Oh, the Irish Hibernians should have no say in what goes on here. I seem to recall Faust commenting on guns about a year ago,

Actually, he was on about it right after Sandy Hook. 

But he wasn't who I had in mind, though on reflection, he'll do nicely.

With the caveat that I largely agree with him, there's no reason for me, as a Northeastern city dweller, to have a gun, I've never seen the need to, nor will ever see the need to, actually own one. I just recognize that in certain parts of North America, it's a good idea to own one.

Not really my point.

I know. I'm just noting my indifference to the whole thing. I can see both sides. It was a rare time where I advocated for gun ownership.

Why are we deliberately steering away from the original concept, here?  You know, that an American has as much (or as little) right to comment on what's best for Ireland as Irish folks have to comment on what's best for America?

[The Good Reverend Roger]

I'm still avoiding speculation, but I can't see any flaws.

I can.  I'm speculating.  I am also not an expert.  I have some counterinsurgency training, way the fuck back in the stone age, but that was in terms of infantry in suppression of, not political motivations for, terrorists.

But it's a good guess, I think, and I'm sort of sticking to it until facts either prove me right or cause me to publicly wallow in my shame.

[Nephew Twiddleton]

Oh, the Irish Hibernians should have no say in what goes on here. I seem to recall Faust commenting on guns about a year ago,

Actually, he was on about it right after Sandy Hook. 

But he wasn't who I had in mind, though on reflection, he'll do nicely.

With the caveat that I largely agree with him, there's no reason for me, as a Northeastern city dweller, to have a gun, I've never seen the need to, nor will ever see the need to, actually own one. I just recognize that in certain parts of North America, it's a good idea to own one.

Not really my point.

I know. I'm just noting my indifference to the whole thing. I can see both sides. It was a rare time where I advocated for gun ownership.

Why are we deliberately steering away from the original concept, here?  You know, that an American has as much (or as little) right to comment on what's best for Ireland as Irish folks have to comment on what's best for America?

I thought I was commenting in my role as an American? I'm speaking as a Bostonian. I'm socialized to have an abhorrence to firearms, but recognize that it is a regional necessity.