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Five men described by federal authorities as anarchists angry with corporate America and the government were charged Tuesday with plotting to bomb an Ohio bridge linking two wealthy Cleveland suburbs.

The men were arrested Monday night after unknowingly working with an FBI informant for months, a strategy that federal investigators have used repeatedly in recent years to nab alleged terrorists.

"They talked about making a statement against corporate America and the government as some of the motivations for their actions," U.S. Attorney Steven Dettelbach said in announcing the arrests with the head of the FBI in Cleveland, Stephen Anthony.

The alleged plotters researched explosives and obtained what they thought was C-4 explosives. The material, in fact, was harmless and the public was never at risk, because the men got it from the informant, officials said.

The men planted the fake explosives at the base of the bridge, armed them, went to a remote spot and "entered the codes that they thought would blow up the bridge with innocent people traveling over it," Dettelbach said.

ASUG8 wrote:Please 'splain to me how blowing up a bridge full of commuters teaches corporate America a lesson....

kalm wrote:

ASUG8 wrote:Please 'splain to me how blowing up a bridge full of commuters teaches corporate America a lesson....

Same way blowing up abortion clinics teaches abortionists a lesson

89Hen wrote:

kalm wrote:
Same way blowing up abortion clinics teaches abortionists a lesson

Ah, you went to the AZ School of Analogies.

While I agree that blowing up anything in this country is dispicable, it's not quite the same.

Grizalltheway wrote:

89Hen wrote: Ah, you went to the AZ School of Analogies.

While I agree that blowing up anything in this country is dispicable, it's not quite the same.

And why not, exactly?

kalm wrote:

ASUG8 wrote:Please 'splain to me how blowing up a bridge full of commuters teaches corporate America a lesson....

Same way blowing up abortion clinics teaches abortionists a lesson, or blowing up federal buildings teaches big government liberals a lesson.

(hint: they're anarchists)

ASUG8 wrote:

kalm wrote:
Same way blowing up abortion clinics teaches abortionists a lesson, or blowing up federal buildings teaches big government liberals a lesson.

(hint: they're anarchists)

Fail.
Abortionists are related to abortion clinics, federal buildings are related to government.

Me, your grandmother, you, whoever...driving on an overpass have no overt relationship to government or big corporations. Completely indiscriminant.

kalm wrote:

ASUG8 wrote:
Fail.
Abortionists are related to abortion clinics, federal buildings are related to government.

Me, your grandmother, you, whoever...driving on an overpass have no overt relationship to government or big corporations. Completely indiscriminant.

Give me a break. Innocent people can and have died in all three scenarios including the daycare in OKcity. All three scenarios suck, regardless of the intent. I'd consider dropping out of the JSO school of literal and exact interpretation if I were you.

And the JSO comment is below the belt....you're better than that.

kalm wrote:

ASUG8 wrote:
Fail.
Abortionists are related to abortion clinics, federal buildings are related to government.

Me, your grandmother, you, whoever...driving on an overpass have no overt relationship to government or big corporations. Completely indiscriminant.

Give me a break. Innocent people can and have died in all three scenarios including the daycare in OKcity. All three scenarios suck, regardless of the intent. I'd consider dropping out of the JSO school of literal and exact interpretation if I were you.

“God bless them” — Nancy Pelosi

There not that different from some of the protests that we saw coming from the tea party
Barack Obama 10/18/2011

ASUG8 wrote:

kalm wrote:
Give me a break. Innocent people can and have died in all three scenarios including the daycare in OKcity. All three scenarios suck, regardless of the intent. I'd consider dropping out of the JSO school of literal and exact interpretation if I were you.

Got it, I'll make more nebulous analogies from now on. I guess it would be kind of stupid to be pissed at someone specific but take it out on someone else entirely.
And the JSO comment is below the belt....you're better than that.

May Day Eve Quickly Turns Ugly In San Francisco
Yahoo ^ | 5/01/12

May Day Eve Quickly Turns Ugly In San Francisco

A day that is expected to be filled with anti-establishment protests all around the globe began early last night with a roving band of "anarchists" smashing car windows and store fronts in San Francisco's Mission District. The mini-riot (which was technically on April 30, but still) may have started as a "ruckus street party" organized by Occupy Oakland protesters who invaded their sister city

Bronco wrote:-
Howard Stern interview of future "anarchists" attending OWS

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kalm wrote:

ASUG8 wrote:
Fail.
Abortionists are related to abortion clinics, federal buildings are related to government.

Me, your grandmother, you, whoever...driving on an overpass have no overt relationship to government or big corporations. Completely indiscriminant.

Give me a break. Innocent people can and have died in all three scenarios including the daycare in OKcity. All three scenarios suck, regardless of the intent. I'd consider dropping out of the JSO school of literal and exact interpretation if I were you.

TAMPA, Fla. — Five self-proclaimed anarchists were arrested Monday after allegedly conspiring to blow up a bridge about 15 miles south of Cleveland. Based on statements in the affidavit, not only are the suspects linked to the Occupy movement, but one of them mentioned the Republican National Convention in Tampa as another possible target.

FBI Special Agent in Charge Stephen Anthony says, “The co-conspirators placed the inert IEDs at the base of a concrete support pillar and prepared to remotely detonate the devices.”

But officials say their plan fizzled out after an undercover agent sold them two inoperable explosive devices.
What’s troubling for many, though, is that two of the men — 26-year-old Douglas Wright and 20-year-old Brandon Baxter — also discussed timing and how to “make a good statement” at the Republican Convention in Tampa.Tampa Police confirm there is a special transportation committee set up whose prime objective is to keep our roadways and bridges safe during the convention and Ken Jones, the president of the Republican National Convention Host Committee, told 10 News earlier this year, “While it may be a little nervous to most people what we know is going on out there, we know they’re going to do their job to protect us at this event.”

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A staffer for President Barack Obama’s Department of Homeland Security is praising the left-wing “May Day” protests. On Tuesday evening, Nate Snyder, the special adviser to Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano for “Community Partnership and Strategic Engagement,” tweeted “Happy May Day! #solidarity.”
Snyder has his his current Homeland Security post since March 2011, according to his LinkedIn page. He was previously the department’s Deputy White House Liaison. Before joining the Obama administration, Snyder worked for the Service Employees International Union, and for Obama’s 2008 presidential campaign.

89Hen wrote:

kalm wrote:
Give me a break. Innocent people can and have died in all three scenarios including the daycare in OKcity. All three scenarios suck, regardless of the intent. I'd consider dropping out of the JSO school of literal and exact interpretation if I were you.

As I said, all three do suck. But if you can't see that blowing up a random bridge to protest governent, and blowing up an abortion clinic to protest abortion are rather different, I'm not sure I will be able to explain it to you.

89Hen wrote:

kalm wrote:
Give me a break. Innocent people can and have died in all three scenarios including the daycare in OKcity. All three scenarios suck, regardless of the intent. I'd consider dropping out of the JSO school of literal and exact interpretation if I were you.

As I said, all three do suck. But if you can't see that blowing up a random bridge to protest governent, and blowing up an abortion clinic to protest abortion are rather different, I'm not sure I will be able to explain it to you.

Pwns wrote:So you're going to teach Wall Street a lesson by killing a bunch of people who aren't Wall Street and destroying infrastructure that Wall Street doesn't need? All the while risking a blow to the economy that will affect the 99% more than the 1%?

Makes about as much sense as starting a huge fire to burn a lot full of SUVs.



At least right-wing terrorists usually pick targets that make sense.

Grizalltheway wrote:

89Hen wrote: As I said, all three do suck. But if you can't see that blowing up a random bridge to protest governent, and blowing up an abortion clinic to protest abortion are rather different, I'm not sure I will be able to explain it to you.

The government funded, designed and built the bridge, did it not?

kalm wrote:

89Hen wrote: As I said, all three do suck. But if you can't see that blowing up a random bridge to protest governent, and blowing up an abortion clinic to protest abortion are rather different, I'm not sure I will be able to explain it to you.

They're both acts of terror potentially involving innocent people. Are there a few differences? Sure. But do those differences really matter. Did I answer ASUG8's question with a good analogy? Yes.