Last week they busted a kid here in Portland for trying to blow up the city Christmas tree. It sounds like the anti-terrorism crew did a really good job, until you find out that the kid was entirely set up. He had no bomb, he had no connections to any terrorist organization, all he had was his righteous anger, which the po-po detected and fed until they convinced him to push the button, whereupon they arrested his ass. On one hand he did push the button, and he does spout a lot of hateful rehetoric. On the other, would he have ever been able to participate in a real crime?
Yesterday they busted a guy in California for having a house full of explosives. Not quite sure what he was going to do with them, no mention of any plans. Maybe he just liked having them around, kind of like Grandma and her doilies. Of course, doilies don't blow up, at least none that I have ever seen. This news comes to us via the UK and The Hyacinth Grrrl.
Once again I am thinking that we are victims of our own success. We have so much money, power and material wealth, we are the undisputed kings of the world. We have no competitors, so we spend our energies squabbling amongst ourselves, and that is the most interesting thing going on right now, or at least it sells the most newspapers and TV advertising minutes.
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