May 1, an SUV filled with fertilizer was left in New York City's Time Square, as an attempt at a terrorist attack. An impressive quick response, included evacuating and closing down Times Square, while the bomb was diffused and the investigation ensued. Most were careful not to jump to conclusions, no unnecessary and unfounded claims of middle east, Taliban or Al Qaeda ties were made. Unless you listened to Mayor Bloombergs assessment on CBS's Evening News' interview with Katie Couric.
In the interview, he preceded his conclusion with this evidence. "There is some speculation that the materials in the Nissan Pathfinder were similar to ones that were found to some failed attacks in the U.K." He also states, "You'd need a timer, you'd need a battery as an energy source you'd need some explosive and you'd need something to enhance it. That's going to be true no matter where or when the...another attack took place. So, anything would have enough commonalities for the conspiracy theorists to blow it up if you don't mind the pun and make something out of it." He continues, in saying, "There is no evidence that it's tied in to anything else. It looks like an amateurish job, done by at least one person".
After his statements diminishing "conspiracy theorists" and pointing out commonalities with failed attacks in the U.K., he gives his two cents, or he states his "twenty five cents":
"If I had to guess, twenty five cents, this would be exactly that," Bloomberg said. "Homegrown, maybe a mentally deranged person or someone with a political agenda that doesn't like the health care bill or something. It could be anything."
If I were in Katie Couric's highly paid and expensive journalist shoes, instead of interjecting the same conclusion of "homegrown", I would have given a follow up question, such as this "Mayor Bloomberg. You cited evidence of some commonalities with failed U.K. bombings, and yet came to the conclusion this is possibly motivated by someone who is against the health care bill or homegrown. Is there any evidence to support these claims?" Where were you on that one Katie? I find this completely astronomical! Heaven forbid anyone comes to the conclusion of this as a possible foreign terrorist attack, even though the evidence is stacked in that direction. But how easy and unquestioned by a journalist to point the finger at the American people who disagree with the health care bill? I was shocked! How many hundreds of thousands of American's have participated in town halls, tea parties, rallies across the country and have broken any laws, committed any violence, planned any terrorist attacks?!? NONE, Mr. Bloomberg! Yet, this is the group you first suspect with your twenty five cents? You should be ashamed Mayor Bloomberg. I ache for patriotic leadership like Mayor Giuliani.
