They ran him to ground, tracked him using every means possible and caught him. He will never ever see the sun again as a free person for the rest of his life.

Still doesn't ballance the books in my eyes

Still doesn't ballance the books in my eyes [/quote]


my eyes too

In this age of instant reporting, tweets, and blogs, there's a temptations to latch on to any bit of information sometimes to jump to conclusions. When a tragedy like this happens, with public safety at risk and the stakes so high, it's important we do this right. That's why we have investigations that's why we relentlessly gather the facts, that's why we have courts. That's why we take care not to rush to judgement, not about the motivations of these individuals and certainly not about entire groups of people  
quote from president hopey-change.

Now, for one f'ing second, does anyone believe he would have said this and NPR repeated the same thing ad-nauseam if the original photos had been two southern good-ole boys; one with a Confederate flag on his shirt and maybe the other with a don't tread on me hat? I was driving most of the day yesterday and the only station I could pick up regularly with updates was NPR. I about threw up listening to them remind listeners every 20 seconds not to assume Islam was to blame in any shape or form....

in fact, to follow up on that, I just read my local St. Louis Post-Dispatch and they had a front page article titled 'lives of two brothers show no penchant to become terrorists by an AP writer. Really? how do you call yourself a reporter, write a story with that title and leave out any mention of the you-tube videos?

He he ... I am not a liberal nor an Obama fan ... I am however an NPR fan. Yea I hear conservatives say Librull public radio ... and liberals rail about it being another faux news ... My local affiliate is more conservative leaning than the WA DC or Boston ones I think though. Much of this was Boston produced.

And ... I have been a news junkie since tuesday atleast ...

However there is a reason why it is mentioned. Islam is a religion. Being a confederate sympathizer is not a religion.

The correct comparison is - Did they say the same thing when christian fundamentalist Eric Rudolph bombed the atlanta olympics ?
I dunno I was not listening to radio then I think. However googling it, I dont think so ... cos from 96-98 he was unknown. Then till 2003 he was on the lam and said to be a christian fundamentalist and they said christian fundamentalist compounds in the appalachian mountains etc etc have given him refuge.

Now they did mention he was a christian fundamentalist - as opposed to a christian non fundamentalist ? I dunno, but they know their listening audience is well familiar with christianity. They may not need to say further than "fundamentalist". I would at some time in my past have liked to hear what the difference was in more detail, but I guess I dont need to now.

Cool.
Srinath.

Even as frequently as the cameras come in handy, do you guys really want to live in a police state? The USA is becoming an oversized version of Israel...  

45acp wrote on 04/20/13 at 19:18:54:



OK you do know these are private cameras right ? the FBI asked for it from people, who voluntarily gave them up right ?

I dont see how this is different from holding a gun to the head of an intruder while you call the cops.

This is the sequence of events as I see it.

Wearing a baseball cap, sun glasses and back pack = Not a crime.
Sitting backpack down on the ground = Not a crime.
Walking away = not a crime but suspicious.
Backpack explodes = Big crime.

Only way to stop this is to get pics/video all the way along.

Cool.
Srinath.