My money is on some teabagger anti-government, anti-tax extremist

[Hugabear]

Not jumping to conclusions, but I wouldn't be surprised if the person behind the bombing attack in Boston was some extremist anti-government, anti-tax nutjob. After all, it is the teabagger's most hated day of the year.

[Warpy]

1. It was an attack against people

away from the stands where the dignitaries were sitting.

Offhand, I'd say you're right about that.

Lefty bombers are more likely to do crimes against property.

[justiceischeap]

2. I don't want to speculate however your speculation has merit

The reason I agree your speculation has merit is because "professional" terrorists tend to go for mass casualties. The timing of these bombs actually happened when there were fewer bystanders in the bandstands. That doesn't sound like something a "professional" terrorist would do.

[onehandle]

3. Crowded event in a Liberal City. Many Newtown families involved. Tax Day.

Whether it is Domestic or International terrorism, it's a right-winger.

[City Lights]

4. My first thought was that it was a right-wing nut. nt

[backscatter712]

5. Pretty safe bet.

Normally, the right-wing extremists fall into three groups: The fundie/Dominionist theocratic Christians, the white-supramacist KKK/neo-Nazis, and the anti-fed/anti-tax/sovereign-citizen/militia types. All three of the above are enraged about the current round of gun-regulation in the works, especially the last group.

Seeing that today's Tax Day, and Patriot Day, and there were Sandy Hook family members in the stands, I'm betting it's the anti-feds, though any one of these three groups have the motive to do this.

[Marrah_G]

6. yup

Patriots day, Tax day, scary Kenyans winning marathons.

I'm betting on a home grown nut.....probably a local one.

[silverweb]

7. Agreed.

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[KingFlorez]

9. I thought about that too

Especially when I read that the explosion was near the VIP section where some of the Newtown families were seated. Some crazy might have justified setting off a bomb punish people for trying to "take away guns".

[Nuclear Unicorn]

10. Maybe the TP wil make t-shirts of a silhouetted portrait of the perpetrator on a red background

Grow up

[Hassin Bin Sober]

24. Hit too close to home?

[Warren Stupidity]

11. The date is certainly a clue.

But probably best to hold off until there is more data.

[bluestate10]

12. A third bomb exploded at the J F K Library. That may be significant. I am doubtful that

international terrorists would choose that site, they would go for a subway.

[cali]

16. The library says that there was a fire in a mechanical room.

[napkinz]

27. according to Tweety just now on MSNBC

nt

[Odin2005]

13. I'm almost for certain it's a Teabagger.

[napkinz]

22. Tax Day plus Tea Bag ....

Makes for a bad combination.

Sad.

[SummerSnow]

14. Im going..

to speculate that my speculation is speculative.

[cali]

15. I'd laugh if I weren't so upset.

and wingnuts are sure the perps are Islamic.

We just don't know.

and yes, of course you're jumping to conclusions. How on earth you can actually claim you're not, is mindboggling. Jumping to conclusions is precisely what you're doing.

[KG]

17. let's get up a pool!

[Floyd_Gondolli]

18. Murdoch's NY Post has already been caught

Pushing the Saudi national meme. Apparently the BPD has already debunked that (someone posted a link earlier but I have no desire to hunt it down).

[Raine]

19. It sounds EXACTLY like the kind of thing they do. nt

[The2ndWheel]

21. Sounds like you want it be someone like that at least

There isn't anything "government" about this so far, so the anti-government thing is a leap at the moment.

[slackmaster]

23. My money would go against you.

I don't have any idea who did it, but early speculations made without a hint of evidence are almost always wrong.

[RZM]

25. Sorry. Had to

[napkinz]

26. does it walk like a duck ...

[lpbk2713]

28. It made me think of this ...

When the guy flew a plane into an IRS office.


Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/19/us/19crash.html?_r=0

[moondust]

29. I, too, would bet on RW insurrectionists.

They've been talking tough and stockpiling guns and ammo for years. Probably only a matter of time before somebody makes the jump from talk to action.

We'll see...

[napkinz]

31. on MSNBC

someone flew a plane into an IRS building on another "tax day" years ago?

Now that I think about it, I have a vague memory of that incident.

[Bucky]

30. I'm not sure how you combing "Not jumping to conclusions" with "My money is on"

But actually, both of those statements are wrong. You clearly are jumping to conclusions and you aren't actually putting any money on this.