I was in Germany on the day of the OKC bombing

MrScorpio

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Mon Apr-19-10 09:06 AM
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I was in Germany on the day of the OKC bombing

I couldn't help but thinking, after it was revealed that an had AMERICAN lit the fuse, that America had lost its mind.

Looking at the teabaggers today, it's hard to consider any notion that it ever regained its senses.

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Lost4words

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Mon Apr-19-10 09:17 AM
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1. +1

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sui generis

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Mon Apr-19-10 09:22 AM
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2. uh, wasn't it Americans that killed MLK and JFK?

not to mention Lincoln.

Oh no we've been wearing this Eau d'Batshit cologne for a while Herr Scorpio.

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MrScorpio

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Mon Apr-19-10 09:26 AM
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3. Political assassination by gun is one thing

Edited on Mon Apr-19-10 09:27 AM by MrScorpio

Well, this country has this stupid gun culture and we've paid dearly for it.

However, to set off such a huge bomb, with the intention to kill off a lot of innocent people... That takes a whole lot of batshit crazy.

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NNN0LHI

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Mon Apr-19-10 09:26 AM
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4. We fought a civil war that had brothers killing brothers over the "States Right" to own human beings

That wasn't enough to convince you?

Don

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Ishoutandscream2

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Mon Apr-19-10 09:28 AM
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5. +1. We're pretty fucking nuts, aren't we?

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MrScorpio

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Mon Apr-19-10 09:28 AM
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6. It's one thing to read about it in the history books

To see it happen with ones own eyes, really brings it home

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ShortnFiery

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Mon Apr-19-10 09:29 AM
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7. We don't know the whole story. Do you think that McVeigh and Nicols acted alone?

I don't. There should be a fuller investigation ... what about "John Doe #2?"

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MrScorpio

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Mon Apr-19-10 09:31 AM
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9. Good question

It's quite possible that there were others

Nichols' brother, here in Michigan, is another nut case

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NNN0LHI

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Mon Apr-19-10 09:31 AM
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10. I agree. Terry Nicols was a member of the Michigan Militia

Edited on Mon Apr-19-10 09:37 AM by NNN0LHI

Why didn't we destroy those terrorist training camps back then like we did the ones in Afghanistan after 9/11?

Don

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slackmaster

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Mon Apr-19-10 09:30 AM
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8. I was sure it must have been Islamist extremists

I was wrong.

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NNN0LHI

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Mon Apr-19-10 09:36 AM
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11. Cable news was reporting at the time anyone even closely resembling someone from the Mideast ...

... who happened to be traveling on public transportation that day were being detained for questioning so its kind of understandable that you thought that.

Don

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