MSNBC talking head: "These two men have changed Boston forever."

[WilliamPitt]

Wrong. We're going to hose these fuckwits off the sidewalk and then go about our business. Count on it.

Tick tock, asshole.

[Marrah_G]

1. They are dead wrong

[JVS]

2. No, it was these two men who changed Boston forever

[Dash87]

3. These are the same people that have said "9/11 changed everything!" obnoxiously for 12 years so far.

[RKP5637]

4. No way! If we let these assholes change our way of life, then they have won and that

is their objective. No way will these assholes change Boston forever. Fuck them and those like them.

Stupid talking head dribble.

[TheCowsCameHome]

5. Quite the opposite

Boston will change those two fuckwits forever - one has been changed already.

[MannyGoldstein]

6. Oh, I hope not.

I often think about how fortunate we are to live in such a relaxed and safe place. Hopefully this is a road bump.

[DinahMoeHum]

7. Talking head / drama queen had nothing better to say?

Sheesh, when will they learn it's not about them?

[Jane Austin]

8. Yeah, it was Mika.

Just repetitive drivel.

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

16. She was embarassing this morning

Compose yourself, or get the fuck off the air.

[JayhawkSD]

20. She's embarassing every morning. (n/t)

[NWHarkness]

27. I felt the same

I am glad I was not the only one. She sounded like she was on the verge of panic all morning. And her constant characterization of the brave people of Boston as cowering in abject terror was insulting.

I was never so glad to hear Chuck Todd come on the air as I was this morning. MSNBC should be embarrassed that they left such an important story for the morning coffee klatch crew to handle.

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

28. She didn't have Dead Intern Joe yanking her chain as usual

She was untethered, I guess.

[Fantastic Anarchist]

9. I hope not. My mom and kid sister live there.

Great town.

[PCIntern]

10. forever is a long time, Mika mouse...

but in the cable news business, three weeks is 'forever'...so what do I know?

[Bucky]

11. Stunning. So desperate for drama (ie, ratings) that they yield to terror's agenda.

Look on the bright side. Who looks more like a dumbass right now than Alex Jones?

[caseymoz]

12. Despite myself

I would say the general aggression and fear level in Boston has been raised. It's the main effect violence has and it probably can't be undone. It's not that it goes back to what it was before, it's just that you stop noticing the change.

Your will to "fight it" with aggressive metaphors shows the effect.

It was really rude for the reporter to hint at this during this crisis.

[valerief]

13. Terrah! Terrah! Terrah! Bullshit press. nt

[LWolf]

14. Why does it always have to "change things forever?"

That's the same thing that kept people compliant in the wake of 9/11.

[AAO]

26. Because it's the only thing people fear more than terrorism. Mika has been hanging w/SCAR too long.

[LWolf]

32. So...because fear is a weapon used

to manipulate people, and people allow it.

[FailureToCommunicate]

15. I'm taking the President up on a bigger Marathon next year. Gonna step up my running

to maybe qualify. (unlikely)

REPORTING should be something that "changes" though

[JayhawkSD]

17. Changed Boston for a couple of days

While the culprits are caught and kicked to the curb.

And then Boston will go the the hockey arena and sing the national anthem. Ooorah.

[WilliamPitt]

18. So does a snowstorm.

And then we plow.

[Skittles]

31. I remember that parking space hijacking pic you posted after a snowstorm

I laughed so hard; I remember thinking, THAT'S BOSTON

[blackspade]

19. And that is exactly what both the bombers and our.....

corporate masters want.
Both want fear but for different reasons.

[marions ghost]

21. Both want fear

and compliance.

[Eleanors38]

22. And the glorifying (and goo-goo eyes) begins...

After a mass murderer relieved himself in Germany a few yrs back, there was an outcry over MSM's televising Citizen Kane pictures of the punk. I think that "practice" stopped.

No more Bonnie & Clyde trash! No more grinning carrot tops!

No more gas giants!

[AAO]

23. Just like -everything changed after 9/11.

Sure, torture, wire-tapping, email-reading, indefinite detention, disappearing, take you out with a drone - yup, it changed alright. Will someone with some common sense please change it back!

[Bully Taw]

24. The Red Sox are on a six game winning streak...

we aren't going to let these two terrorists screw with our good time...life will go on good here, and their people will continue to soak in that sewer they created in Chechnya and the two terrorists will be rotting in an unmarked grave.

[Hassin Bin Sober]

25. Does this mean I can't haz clam sandwich or pasta in the North End?

[NWHarkness]

29. Mika also said

That the suspects were rampaging through the city "murdering anyone in their path", which is, hm, what's the word I'm looking for....oh yeah, bullshit.

[Hubert Flottz]

30. If Mitt had beaten Obama...

We would have invaded Iran by now.(the next PNAC Pearl Harbor)

As long as Boston has Red Peters the city will be a beacon of liberty to me.

I have some friends who worked on the Big Dig, who would kick those punk's ass into orbit.

Change nothing about Boston, because we can't let the terrorists win in any city in America, most of all Boston, the cradle of the American dream.