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April 19th is the anniversary (Original Post) Are_grits_groceries Apr 2013 OP
And tomorrow is the Columbine Massacre . orpupilofnature57 Apr 2013 #1
Also of Lexington and Concord NoPasaran Apr 2013 #2
Virginia Tech: April 16 Chico Man Apr 2013 #3
And it's Animal Crackers Birthday Sherman A1 Apr 2013 #4
It's National Library Week. cali Apr 2013 #5
April 19 is the actual date of Patriot's Day Berlum Apr 2013 #6
Damn the gun hoarding rightwing terroristic extremists. Damn them. graham4anything Apr 2013 #7
Was that fire at the fertilizer plant arson? malaise Apr 2013 #8
They don't know yet, but they are treating the area as a crime scene as a precaution. redqueen Apr 2013 #9
My and my husband's wedding anniversary get the red out Apr 2013 #10
It's almost as if treestar Apr 2013 #11
Lots of very sad anniversaries in April davidpdx Apr 2013 #12
Actually my birthday is also on April, 19. nt Sadiedog Apr 2013 #13
My birthday too Victoria E Apr 2013 #14
Happy Birthday and Welcome to DU Victoria E! hrmjustin Apr 2013 #18
My Mom's Birthday also. kentuck Apr 2013 #19
We didn't start the fire.... Tommy_Carcetti Apr 2013 #15
Today (4/18) is the date of the 1906 earthquake. RexDart Apr 2013 #16
April 20 was Hitlers Birthday. undeterred Apr 2013 #17

Berlum

(7,044 posts)
6. April 19 is the actual date of Patriot's Day
Thu Apr 18, 2013, 06:25 AM
Apr 2013

Massachusetts was just making things "convenient" by commemorating the day -- with the Marathon and all the rest -- on Monday, April 15. Patriot's Day is tomorrow.

 

graham4anything

(11,464 posts)
7. Damn the gun hoarding rightwing terroristic extremists. Damn them.
Thu Apr 18, 2013, 06:39 AM
Apr 2013

Back when Waco happened-I have to be honest.

I never knew that there were terrroristic rightwing extremists groups that wanted to overthrow the government.
I never knew that people were stockpiling guns for such terroristic actions.

Only when I realized that Koresh was the least of the problems in the group, did the entire thing make sense.

Then they killed federal agents.

Then one of them inside blew them all up.

I do know Janet Reno was very patient. I like Janet Reno.
She gave them all the time in the world.
Then they killed.

And if today's security is available, maybe someone would have called McV in.
McV, who festered conspiracy theories in his brain and killed all those kids and people.

And like most criminals, this terrorist, this conspiracy theory believer, was in actuality
stupid. He got caught for a mundane thing.
The cop didn't even know then who he was arresting.

And from what you read, McV was also stockpiling guns and bullets and wished he had done that in many events, not just one.


Despicable these terrorists. Rightwing extremists that hate the government. Hate Taxes.

And have such a vast network of supporters to this day.

Like the killer of Dr. Tiller.
Like the one who did the Atlanta olympic park.

Haters of America. Haters of mankind. Hate hate hate.
All they seem to love are their guns and bullets and weapons.

I remember the people at Oklahoma City killed. The kids.

I drove to Oklahoma City on my way crosscountry and saw the monument.
It was late at night when I arrived there. It was quiet. It was eerie.
Very ghost like.
Very sad.
Tears rolling down while I was there.

effected me like the first time I was at the Vietnam memorial

Very, very ghost like.

redqueen

(115,103 posts)
9. They don't know yet, but they are treating the area as a crime scene as a precaution.
Thu Apr 18, 2013, 07:13 AM
Apr 2013

Right now they're still doing search and rescue.

davidpdx

(22,000 posts)
12. Lots of very sad anniversaries in April
Thu Apr 18, 2013, 08:33 AM
Apr 2013

Today was the saddest of all, my birthday...lol

Hello mid-life crisis.

Tommy_Carcetti

(43,181 posts)
15. We didn't start the fire....
Thu Apr 18, 2013, 10:47 AM
Apr 2013

There's the fiery end to the Branch Davidian siege, which was a main motivator for Timothy McVeigh in the Oklahoma City bombing. McVeigh's OKC bomb in turn was said to be an inspiration for Eric Harris, one of the Columbine shooters. Harris and Klebold were then praised by Sueng Hui Cho just before he shot up the Virginia Tech campus.

It's just a chain of bloody tragedy, all in mid April.

RexDart

(188 posts)
16. Today (4/18) is the date of the 1906 earthquake.
Thu Apr 18, 2013, 11:26 AM
Apr 2013

Usually I see something in the paper about it, but I've seemed to have missed it. At 107 years I doubt there's anyone left to roll in front of the cameras.

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