Never do this again.
17 year anniversary of this atrocity is tomorrow.
Posted on 04/18/2010 7:02:49 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
The upcoming 15th anniversary of the Oklahoma City bombing, which killed 168 people in the nation's worst act of terrorism before Sept. 11, 2001, has prompted renewed concerns about growing anti-government sentiment.
Is the political environment becoming so toxic that we could see another Timothy McVeigh emerge?
No one knows the answer, but fears that anger could escalate into action beyond the ballot box are not misplaced. Ninety-nine percent of angry Americans might be perfectly satisfied to rail at their television sets -- or to show up at a Tea Party rally -- but it takes only one.
The biggest concern for security folks in Washington is the lone operator, the John Hinckley, who tries to take out a president for his fantasy girlfriend. Or some variation thereof.
This is why "Don't retreat. Reload," Sarah Palin's recent imperative to her Tea Party audience, felt so off. Obviously, she wasn't suggesting that people arm themselves, as she has explained several times since. Hunting and military vocabulary are hardly new to politics. We "target" audiences or "set our sights" on policies and politicians all the time. In the world of healthy competition, trophies are victories, not dead people.
But words matter, as we never tire of saying. And these are especially sensitive times, given our first African American president and unavoidable fears about the worst-case scenario. If Jodie Foster could bestir the imagination of Hinckley, a Sarah Palin in the Internet age could move regiments.
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I thought she was banned from FR. :)
How about, not use military weapons and tactics against American civilians causing a retaliation? Just a thought . . .
All the violence will be from the SEIU thugs, their gravy train has run out of track. The US govt is BANKRUPT.
Here is a thought. Don’t attack religious people and burn them alive(24 children) and let these kooks try to retaliate on the anniversary date.
The libs should deal with these threats the same way they deal with any other terrorist. Ask themselves what they’re doing to make people mad.
Here is a thought. Don’t attack religious people and burn them alive(24 children) and let these kooks try to retaliate on the anniversary date.
Wasn’t Tim McV a disgruntled Democrat, pissed at Clinton and the Feds for killing women and children at Waco?
They’re still trying to get someone to start trouble while trying to blame talk radio for it. So transparent.
The vermin can run but they can’t hide anymore.
Under Bush this would have been about how the administration is decisive and antagonizing the American public into violance. Under obamba it’s about the radical right extremist, oh and did I mention the violent raciest.
Those things would be a good start. That piece of s**t Clinton might have looked here and found his answer but he looked to the tea party folks as a distraction.
Give it a rest Kathleen.
“Because there might be one McVeigh out of 100, all ‘anti-govt’ protest must be stopped.”
That’s the short version.
Libs are re-writing history again...This time we all know the truth...
Fixed that.
The lefties hate the conservatives so much that they’d be happy to see another attack. Nothing matters more than their socialist agenda.
Please tell me Ms Parker. Where has there been one incident of violence in any of the Tea Party gatherings that was started be Tea Party members? It has all been directed at either Tea Party attendees or Town Hall attendees. You are one sick puppy. You are just p.o.’ed because we aren’t listening to your claptrap anymore. And give the Palin bashing a rest while you are at it. You just don’t count anymore.........
Simple - stop electing communists.
OK, that probably won't stop events like the Oklahoma City bombing, but it will definately have a calming effect on normal, working Americans who don't wish to have the fruit of their labor stolen by the government.
How bout what the media can do to prevent future Rodney Kings?
Never do this again.
17 year anniversary of this atrocity is tomorrow.
My thought exactly.
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