Bombs, hoax bombs, and a hoax hoax
by: Charley on the MTA
Thu Feb 01, 2007 at 15:17:24 PM EST
Let's disentangle some things here:
1. There were no bombs found yesterday.
2. There were indeed fake pipe bombs found yesterday near NE Medical Center and on the Longfellow Bridge. A former hospital employee "has been identified but has not been charged".
http://news.bostonherald.com/localRegional/view.bg?articleid=1803493. #2 has absolutely nothing to do with the Aqua Teen thing, the reaction to which indeed indicates a "post-9/11" mindset, i.e. hysterical.
Bombs are really scary. Fake bombs are still pretty damn scary. As Adam says, there was good reason for cops to be jittery, and probably even good reason to shut down some of the traffic yesterday.
http://www.universalhub.com/node/7471... and Aqua Teen was neither a bomb, nor a hoax bomb. In fact, the Aqua Teen thing was a hoax-hoax perpetrated by the powers that be. As for the rest of us, grip gotten. B
More:
http://www.bluemassgroup.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=6165Edited to add: Republickers are stupid, stupid creatures.
If you're feeling brave and strong of stomach, go see the conversation on the MassGOP blog:
Deval and Menino lied about WMDs
http://gopnews.blog.com/1497438/?page=last&msgsuccess=1#cmts