Well, WHO in the hell else comes to mind immediately. Let's see: Hates taxes, wears stupid clothing

[JanMichael]

with tea bags on their hats and crap....dress up like some deranged Paul Reveres....threaten "a revoluuu shun!" constantly.

Seriously?

And DUer's are now saying, "why...how could you jump to conclusions?"

I don't know if the bomber is a TeaNut or not...but, come on: "How could you jump to conclusions?"

Gimme a damned break.

[Cleita]

1. Funny, I was thinking the same, but

keeping it to myself. Thanks for bringing it up though, because I think all possibilities should be examined and this is one.

[KittyWampus]

2. I don't know and will wait but I sure thought the same.

[JanMichael]

3. of COURSE you were thinking the same thing. Everyone who has

been reading the news for the past decade is thinking the same thing.

I get so tired of the self righteous "don't jump to conclusions" group.....

Frankly, I'll almost be a little stunned if it's not one of the TeaWhackers.

[Cleita]

5. Add a tea bag gun nutso to that.

Making a point that not only guns can be used to kill people. I know. Twisted logic, but whenever did they not have twisted logic.

[JanMichael]

9. you know...when you spend a decade buying COSTUMES

and putting yourselves out there as lunatics that escaped their third grade history teachers....and then something loony happens....

well, hell.

[WinniSkipper]

40. "Making a point that not only guns can be used to kill people"

With you on this. And I'm not on the control side of the argument

[trof]

29. I wasn't 'thinking', I was (and am) 'hoping'.

Call me goulish.
Whatever.
I am NOT making light of this tragedy.
Boston is my favorite U.S. city and I have many relatives and friends there.

But I am seriously hoping that those responsible are from some homegrown militia or tea party group.

OK, flame away.

[Wednesdays]

30. What will you do if it's not as you hoped?

[JanMichael]

31. What do you think he'll do??? Nothing. What a stupid question

Look, we all know these clowns have been threatening "violence" for a long time. Like I said upthread, they are so fucking insane they dress up like Paul Revere on Crack.

WHY is ANYONE with half a brain even mildly surprised that they are the first group to come to mind?

[TheCowsCameHome]

4. Let's take a deep breath and wait for the facts to be known.

Speculating does no one any good.

[JanMichael]

6. There is NOT one ounce of speculation in my thread. Not one.

I said "I don't know." I clearly WROTE "I don't know."

I wrote "it's obvious why people are thinking this."

Furthermore, I doubt any detectives from the Boston area are even REMOTELY interested in my opinion, so I could speculate if I were in the mood too.

[Cleita]

7. Speculating is okay as long as it is defined as speculating. When it's

thrown out like it's fact, which often happens on Fox News, then it does no good.

[DrDan]

16. I have seen a lot of speculation thrown out as facts here the past few days

[Cleita]

18. Well, surely your Google finger is still working.

You can look up stuff to verify or refute anything you doubt. I've had to do that since my very first day on DU. We do get a very high level of paid trolls here who constantly try to put astroturf up.

[DrDan]

24. no need - the speculation was obvious - just stated as fact

[JanMichael]

20. well, you haven't seen any under my name

like Cleita said, google whatever you want.

[DrDan]

25. I agree - haven't seen any from you - but there sure was a lot over the weekend - the

creative minds were working overtime

[Riftaxe]

10. It could be argued it allows

the buildup of a frothing unsubstantiated hatred for those who crave such things. It would appear to be something a few on DU do indeed desire.

[JanMichael]

14. "a frothing, unsubstantiated hatred." Are you kidding me.

I didn't realize that there was love for the TeaNut members on DU. Long term members have been "building up" their distaste for those clowns for a very long time.

[Riftaxe]

45. Lynch first

apologize second, seems like poor decision making skills to me.

No idea where you get the idea any one "loves" the tea party, perhaps you meant to post that on one of your hate sites.

[bushisanidiot]

8. I agree 100%

.

[davidn3600]

11. Because this COULD point to international terrorists too

A domestic right winger would bomb a government building or some type of link to the government or an abortion clinic or something like that. Right wingers target specific places because the government is what he's angry at.

An international terrorist typically wants to cause mass casualties, target public events, and will target civilians.
The fact also that multiple bombs were found is a trademark of Al-Queda. That organization loves to have successive bombings one after each other. They've been doing that for decades.
There is also reports that there are ball-bearings used in these explosives. These are very typical of IEDs found in Iraq and designed to cause as many casualties as possible. They are designed to kill people, not bomb buildings.

I dont know who this terrorist is...no one does right now. But we should calm down and not jump to conclusions. We don't have all the facts.

[Cleita]

15. Another poster on another thread begs to differ from you.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022679270

Islamist attacks tend not to be this crude, they usually go for buildings. I've never heard of an al-Qaeda attack like this, they'd try to bring a building down, or attack a large crowd, not people dispersed in a marathon.

Really the evidence points toward right wing extremists...and possibly white supremacists. We can't rule out some small isolated al-Qaeda wannabe group or individual, but the (admittedly quite limited) evidence so far clearly points toward one type of group.

I guess we are going to have to wait for the bomb experts to weigh in.

[MNBrewer]

34. They've been known to bomb gay bars

why not the Boston Marathon on Tax Day?

[ileus]

12. And probably an NRA member to boot.

Of course we'll have to wait and see...but for now it's safe to assume.

[originalpckelly]

13. The usual suspects:

1. Al-Qaeda
2. Christian Fundies
3. RW political types
4. Other middle eastern nuts
5. Environmental terrorists

Of the top 5 suspects, the circumstances of the day:
April 15, tax day
3rd Monday in April, Patriots day, remembers the first two battles of the Revolutionary War

There you go.

Personally, start thinking of things that have relationships to patriotic holidays, and avoid them.

We have a new threat on the loose.

[geckosfeet]

17. And ten years ago it would have been a jihadist.

Meet the new boss, same as the old boss.

On edit: Patriots day is a big deal in MA. It is a state holiday. Banks close etc. Lots of re-enactments of various historical events. Lots of costumes and period dress etc. etc. It's actually quite interesting and my sense is that most of these people are quite harmless - just having fun and reliving history.

I suspect, that someone is capitalizing on the significance and events of the day. Perhaps knowing, expecting and planning on the tensions of the day bubbling out. Then just sitting back and waiting for the lynchings to begin.

[HipChick]

19. Mark my words...

This was one of our home-grown, anti-government, white Christian, tea party "patriot" terrorist

[hughee99]

21. Yes, it's just like the Times Square bomber...

remember the Teabagger who was pissed about Obamacare?

[Marr]

22. Boston itself is very symbolic for that crowd.

Much more than it would be for an international group, I should think. I think you've got a good point.

[underpants]

23. Two explosions made me think of Eric Rudolph but EVERYTHING IS PURE SPECULATION AT THIS POINT

[JanMichael]

28. you are correct. And so what? My point was "of course people

are thinking this."

Jesus. That group has been acting loony since their creation. Fruitloops. Insane people.

So, of course it's the first thing that comes to people's minds. Rudolf was a nutjob extraordinaire, no doubt. So was that jackwipe that bombed OK City.

[olddots]

26. the tea buggers are the anochrists of the 21st. century .

no projections here but history repeats its self with different brand names

[spanone]

27. seriously....? we don't have a clue.

[JanMichael]

32. no. But, be honest.

did you think "idiot teabagger?"

Did you?

Boston? Tax Day?

Get real. I didn't think that for a minute during the Aurora, CO shootings, nor any other mass murder. But this? Shit. Please.

[The2ndWheel]

33. No government building though

If you're anti-tax, you're going to bomb a street with marathon runners on it, just because it's tax day?

[MNBrewer]

36. The finish line is on Boylston Street in front of the Boston Public Library

http://www.boston.com/sports/marathon/course/finisharea/

[The2ndWheel]

39. Could be the target, could not be

There are a lot of buildings in that area. It's also the finish line of a marathon.

[MNBrewer]

41. I agree, but it's not like there aren't government buildings there.

My guess is that it was chosen because it was the finish line of the marathon, not because it was near a library.

[The2ndWheel]

44. I meant no government building as the target, as far as we know, like McVeigh

Whatever the reason is, there's always a defined reason.

Anti-tax and anti-government...and it's tax day...so let's bomb the finish line of a marathon!

Add the location, the timing, the city, and the event, and it doesn't point to anyone specific. It could be the next McVeigh, but at the same time, the variables in the equation are sort of all over the place.

[kestrel91316]

35. All you have to do is look at who threatens violence against liberals and who says that all

liberals should be killed to know who you are up against with ALL THESE DOMESTIC TERRORISM ATTACKS.

The people who jump in and have to immediately tell us to STFU about the speculation about RW terrorism are just their paid sockpuppets and supporters who are letting their masks slip, AFAIAC.

[Cleita]

38. So you think Ann Coulter did it?

She's the most rabid on all those rants about liberals being responsible for everything in this country including constipation and that they should be shot.

[MNBrewer]

42. That woman wouldn't have the initiative to actually do something like that

She's more likely to say that something like that should happen and that she hopes that someone does it.

[Nye Bevan]

37. Yep. These people have always struck me as dangerous terrorists.

I mean, just look at them.

[napkinz]

43. we may have Bingo