government still not calling it terrorism from what i can tell, the only reason i can think of would be that they feel confident that Boston Police has a solid lead? What are reasons for the FBI to not take jurisdiction? Because ignoring any federal government legal issues, this was clearly terrorism.

4/15/2013 6:17:26 PM

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"Out of curiosity, what could Obama have done to convey more seriousness during his address?"

for one, act somber. he's done better in the past, this was too matter-of-fact.

4/15/2013 6:18:32 PM

Even if it is some crazy kid from Southie that planted the bombs, it's still terrorism.

4/15/2013 6:19:11 PM

it's largely an irrelevant distinction, the person or people that did this intentionally killed people, murder is murder

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"for one, act somber. he's done better in the past, this was too matter-of-fact."

so you wanted him to do the Bill Clinton fake crying thing?

I'd rather have a stoic as president.

[Edited on April 15, 2013 at 6:20 PM. Reason : /]

4/15/2013 6:19:27 PM

feds still wont call the fort hood shooting terrorism, but that doesnt mean it wasnt

4/15/2013 6:19:49 PM

^^ did you watch it? he wasn't even stoic, he was matter-of-fact like he was reading a dinner menu with inflections at the end of every sentence. it was not good.

4/15/2013 6:21:26 PM

here we go

4/15/2013 6:22:44 PM

^^ Yes I did. WTF did you want him to do?

I'm far from a fan of Obama, but blaming the man for not being more somber is bullshit.

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""The world used to be a nicer place" ^when"

For starters after it seems this kind of stuff happens a lot more, there were no dumbshits on the internet extrapolating their pet political theories for every event that happens when they have little to no information.

[Edited on April 15, 2013 at 6:26 PM. Reason : /]

4/15/2013 6:23:51 PM

i don't see where there was any blame

i just said he didn't do a very good job being somber or serious

4/15/2013 6:24:36 PM

dtownral clearly has a mental deficit.

4/15/2013 6:25:04 PM

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"dtownral is trolling clearly has a mental deficit."

4/15/2013 6:26:27 PM

Obama should use this as an excuse to invade New Hampshire!

4/15/2013 6:27:35 PM

i'm in the top 1% of geometry students

4/15/2013 6:27:37 PM

takes a piece of shit to troll a thread like this

4/15/2013 6:28:39 PM

what's the difference between trolling and being mentally deficient?

4/15/2013 6:28:55 PM

i'm not trolling, i was really disappointed that we didn't have a more somber and comforting statement from our president after a tragic event

4/15/2013 6:29:30 PM

Then you expect way too much from ANY President.

4/15/2013 6:30:28 PM

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"what's the difference between trolling and being mentally deficient?"

acting mentally deficient != being mentally deficient

4/15/2013 6:30:50 PM

^^ but this president has done a better job with other serious statements, so on the scale of just Obama's statements I was really hoping for more.

4/15/2013 6:32:01 PM

please ignore the troll -mgmt

4/15/2013 6:32:14 PM

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"so, have the conspiracy theorists started talking about this being an inside job yet?"

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"If this report is accurate, it clearly suggests there could have been some degree of prior knowledge of the bombing, which killed two people and injured at least 23."

http://www.prisonplanet.com/eyewitness-authorities-announced-drill-before-boston-explosions.html

4/15/2013 6:32:22 PM

CNN just said one of the 2 dead is an 8 year old child.

4/15/2013 6:34:58 PM

One of the two dead was eight years old.

4/15/2013 6:35:38 PM

If the govt did this they sure as shit wouldn't make the mistake of leaving a bomb to not explode and be checked into evidence. Obviously an amateur/non-scientific job.

4/15/2013 6:35:52 PM

just saw about the 8 year old.. jesus

4/15/2013 6:36:12 PM

the Saudi national was a guy who happened to be in the area and after the blast a civilian chased him and tackled him. he is being cooperative and denying all involvement.

4/15/2013 6:36:23 PM

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"acting mentally deficient != being mentally deficient"

Yeah, that's trolling. It seems like people think you can say whatever dumb shit comes to your head regardless of the situation and then when people get upset with you about it, people say the phrase "gotten to" as if that somehow excuses everything you just stated. I'm personally all for exposing the person's identity, copying everything they wrote down, and send it to spouses, children, parents, bosses at work, friends, maybe then they'll stop and have an ounce of decency. Having an anonymous account on an internet message board does not give you the right to say anything with no repercussions.

4/15/2013 6:37:01 PM

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"The news station also reports that Stevenson “thought it was odd there were bomb sniffing dogs at the start and finish lines.”"

lol why would there be bomb sniffing dogs at an event that attracts a hundred thousand people?!?! MAKES YOU THINK HUH?

4/15/2013 6:38:46 PM

They should retire those dogs.

4/15/2013 6:40:23 PM

nbc talking of a foreign national on a student visa related to the attack

4/15/2013 6:40:52 PM

i am opposed to a ban on dogs

4/15/2013 6:41:59 PM

And already the blaming of Obama has begun before the blood has even dried (not to mention a comment to kill all Muslims by conservative commentator Erik Rush).

4/15/2013 6:42:40 PM

i am opposed to a ban on drugs

4/15/2013 6:44:17 PM

Who cares what Obama has to say about it? Nothing he says or now way of how he says it will change how anyone is feeling.

Deval Patrick and Thomas Menino should be the ones giving messages to the people of Boston.

4/15/2013 6:45:55 PM

One positive thing to think about... the bombs could have detonated when the first people were finishing... I imagine the area would have been a LOT more crowded at that time.

4/15/2013 6:53:45 PM

hearing that they're speculating that the explosives was TATP.

4/15/2013 6:55:38 PM

My theory: Domestic terrorism based around tax protest. Think about it, April 15, Boston, no taxation without representation, 100 other connections.

Of course this could prove to be 100% wrong, but right now it's as good a theory as any given the lack of evidence and information at this point.

4/15/2013 6:57:29 PM

i'm not comfortable taking the leap from a tax protest to killing people at the boston marathon.

4/15/2013 6:58:25 PM

not an actual tax protest, just someone who really hates taxes.

4/15/2013 6:59:28 PM

i forgot to claim those gambling profits and got audited...

4/15/2013 6:59:43 PM

wtf is dtownral blabbing about??

4/15/2013 7:00:16 PM

^^exactly

[Edited on April 15, 2013 at 7:00 PM. Reason : ^]

4/15/2013 7:00:20 PM

has dtownral been making fake tweets about the attack? i mean if you read twitter for news, you're just asking to get fooled

4/15/2013 7:01:37 PM

Now that snake wolf blitzer decides to casually mention some hateful right wing supremacist blowing up a mlk parade in conjunction with this event

But I bet he had yet to mention fort hood

4/15/2013 7:01:47 PM

I blame Michael Glapion

4/15/2013 7:03:21 PM

i don't understand why what i said was particularly offensive or interesting enough that anyone is still complaining about it after the conversation moved past it. i didn't think the president did a very good job with the statement, i thought it was too matter-of-fact and not nearly serious enough for something so tragic. i've seen him do better on similar statements and was hoping for a more comforting and unifying statement from the president.

apparently that's offensive or something

4/15/2013 7:03:31 PM

Stock market crashed minutes before the explosion and you're saying no conspiracy?

4/15/2013 7:03:37 PM

The stock market crashed?

4/15/2013 7:05:06 PM

wat

4/15/2013 7:06:04 PM

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"i mean if you read twitter for news, you're just asking to get fooled"

this +1


there are all kinds of fake reports and rumors on twitter right now as well as fake accounts asking for RT's for charity. Twitter is a terrible place for news unless you are capable of recognizing parody and understand the difference between verified news and rumors.

4/15/2013 7:07:18 PM