{"id":13681,"date":"2013-04-15T16:25:37","date_gmt":"2013-04-15T23:25:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/ClaireWolfe\/?p=13681"},"modified":"2013-04-15T16:25:37","modified_gmt":"2013-04-15T23:25:37","slug":"boston","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/2013\/04\/15\/boston\/","title":{"rendered":"Boston"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s beastly, cowardly, and in every way barbaric. But why did it require a response from the president of the U.S.<\/a>? Not only a response, but one the news media treated as a drop-all-other-programming emergency? <\/p>\n

Is the president the leader of a country or is he our Daddy and Mommy who has to rush in to comfort us? <\/p>\n

Whoever or whatever bastards are responsible for blowing up the marathon, this appears to be a local catastrophe, not a national threat.<\/p>\n

Or … if it is<\/i> a national threat requiring the immediate intervention of the POTUS … then why didn’t the giant “security” apparatus we’ve spent 12 years surrendering our freedom to “protect” us from it before it happened? Isn’t that why they’ve been treating us all like suspects for the last decade +? To “save” us from mad bombers? Isn’t that what they’re always promising to do?<\/p>\n

Also, I just saw a post from someone whose sister was working at the race and “called to say she was okay just before they cut off cellphones.”<\/p>\n

First I’ve heard about “them” cutting off cell service. I know it’s been done before when Authoritah feared a riot or interference with cops. But, assuming the report is true*, why would “they” cut off cell service at a time when people need to call for help, reassurance, or a dozen other peaceable, necessary reasons?<\/p>\n

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* ADDED: And I have to say I don’t know for sure that it is; other reports seem to indicate that the cell system might just have gone into overload. AND: Several commentors have pointed out that, since cell phones can be used to detonate bombs, cutting off service might have been a prudent action.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It’s beastly, cowardly, and in every way barbaric. But why did it require a response from the president of the U.S.? Not only a response, but one the news media treated as a drop-all-other-programming emergency? Is the president the leader of a country or is he our Daddy and Mommy who has to rush in to comfort us? Whoever or whatever bastards are responsible for blowing up the marathon, this appears to be a local catastrophe, not a national threat. Or … if it is a national threat requiring the immediate intervention of the POTUS … then why didn’t the…<\/p>\n

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