another explosion tonight

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Originally Posted By: RamFan
Originally Posted By: antiqueshell
More government drills, I'm sure.


Here we go...


No kidding...people amaze me.
 
I'm not to enthused with the action in Boston, the shut down of the city and the near military invasion, terrorism as a reason or not. The remaining suspect was found by a citizen.

In the early '60's when Oswald shot and killed the President and made a break for it, the local Dallas police rounded him up with an hour or two. You can make the case the investigation was botched (there might have been an conspiracy police didn't uncover) and Oswald was not protected from being assinated himself, but they didn't need to shut down Dallas and go in with a full invasion to get their man.
 
This is getting political, so this is all I will say. It's like [censored] if they do, [censored] if they dont. Public safety was the point in locking it down. It's a different world than 1963. Law enforcement did what they felt was best. They got the guys...bottom line. Might seem extreme, might be extreme, but it was the best decision in their eyes.

All of these conspiracy theories. Feel free to think what you will, but let's let the folks who know what they are doing, do it. I have a BIL in the FBI and give him a ton of credit. They are doing things most of us would never do and acting quickly making informed decisions to protect as many as possible.
 
Originally Posted By: mechanicx
I'm not to enthused with the action in Boston, the shut down of the city and the near military invasion, terrorism as a reason or not. The remaining suspect was found by a citizen.

In the early '60's when Oswald shot and killed the President and made a break for it, the local Dallas police rounded him up with an hour or two. You can make the case the investigation was botched (there might have been an conspiracy police didn't uncover) and Oswald was not protected from being assinated himself, but they didn't need to shut down Dallas and go in with a full invasion to get their man.


Oswald had 1 target. The bombers did not, their target was the masses. Not only that but the "shutdown" wasn't a forced shutdown. It was voluntary, if a citizen wanted to leave their home they were free and able to do so.

In no way am I trying to insult you, I understand why some people disagree with the actions taken. I however do not have a problem with it, individual liberties were not infringed imo.
 
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I like the guy on the news "Everything is under control.. BOOM"

That'll be an internet classic.

On the topic of boston, houses were searched at random without warrants and without consent. As soon as you opened your door you were greeted by no less than three rifles pointed at you with no choice to say "no". This information comes from a friend living there who i trust and have no reason to doubt.
 
Originally Posted By: dakota99
I like the guy on the news "Everything is under control.. BOOM"

That'll be an internet classic.

On the topic of boston, houses were searched at random without warrants and without consent. As soon as you opened your door you were greeted by no less than three rifles pointed at you with no choice to say "no". This information comes from a friend living there who i trust and have no reason to doubt.


This is totally unacceptable, terrorism isn't a justification for treating everyone in the city as a potential terrorist. And the fact that people ignore it or even accept or even worse defend it is kind of scary.
 
No it definitely isn't. Most people just went right along with it from what i understand and that's the scary thing. Yeah i'm glad the punk was caught but to treat innocent people like they're criminals? Now we have michael bloomberg saying

"our laws and our interpretation of the Constitution, I think, have to change."

Hopefully people like him will be marginalized from american politics forever. Freedom is too dangerous to him.
 
Anyway back on topic, the latest report says three people have been transported critical to the USA Medical Center.

Evidently it was sparked by static charge.
 
Originally Posted By: dakota99
Anyway back on topic, the latest report says three people have been transported critical to the USA Medical Center.

Evidently it was sparked by static charge.


We had a fireworks factory 10 miles away spontaneously explode a couple years ago, for no apparent reason...it rattled my house, and literally lifted the roof of those local, and displaced them by inches.

Interestingly, there was no cause found, the factory was found to be complying with all relevant laws and standards at the time...

Interesting, as even 'though it was their factory that blew up, their factory that caused damage, as they were neither at fault nor negligent, they didn't have to pay out, nor their insurance companies.
 
Fires happen on fuel barges. Let the investigation begin.

I think the bigger wing nut is the one prominent politician calling for a change in the way we interpret our Constitution because some relatively minor blips in history.
 
Originally Posted By: RamFan
Not only that but the "shutdown" wasn't a forced shutdown. It was voluntary, if a citizen wanted to leave their home they were free and able to do so.


Just for the record, this is absolutely not true.
 
Wow! We heard the explosion last night. Some storms had just passed so at first we thought it was thunder. I checked the radar and there were no more storms...weird. We were getting ready for bed so I didn't feel like investigating any further.

We live about 20 miles to the east.
 
Originally Posted By: cchase
Originally Posted By: RamFan
Not only that but the "shutdown" wasn't a forced shutdown. It was voluntary, if a citizen wanted to leave their home they were free and able to do so.


Just for the record, this is absolutely not true.


For the record, it absolutely is.
 
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