Three confirmed efforts to attack Mayor Bloomberg and the President. Three envelopes, containing Ricin, written threats, a reference to some goddamned god-given the right bear arms, and a promise to do something far more dangerous and deadly. The same tone, the same choice of words, the same kind of attack.
First, a prediction, then some questions.
I believe that we are dealing with an individual, not an organization. If it were a group, they would have taken far more precautions about sending the letters, and varying the threats. I do not doubt that he may BELONG to a collection of gun nuts and bible beating morans, who think that they have been shortchanged by their erstwhile TeaBuggered pols. In fact, that is likely. But here, he acted and will act alone.
This individual is driven. To extremes, to distractions, to a local institution, although I doubt Louisiana provides mental health care anymore, given Jindal's hatred of federal medical programs. As late as 2009, Louisiana had only a handful of states that graded worse than it (Kansas, Kentucky,Mississippi, West Virginia) in terms of providing mental health treatment to its citizens. I suspect that when Jindal is through destroying health care in his state, it will easily earn an F. But, back to this miscreant, this conservative, christian, domestic terrorist, for no other name truly suits. He is driven, and because of that, he will make mistakes.
He will smile at each report he hears, he will search out news, possibly buying the NYT for the first time in his life. He will tape and save CNN and MSNBC discussions on it, and keep those tapes close by. He will laugh with others at the tavern, all wishing that they had thought of it first. At some point, to a few, select, close and dear fiends, he will admit what he has done. And at that point, the feral cat is out of the bag, and he will be caught. A secret remains a secret so long as not one other person knows of it. It will not. It cannot. Perhaps after too many pain killers and beers, he himself admits what he did.
In the meantime, he will probably plan some other act or acts. His targets? Abortion clinics, offices of congresscritters willing to require background checks, or maybe the entire state of California.
The upshot is, HE WILL BE CAUGHT. Either before or after he moves again, he will get caught.
Now for some questions.
Imagine the outrage if a liberal group pulled something like this. The GOP would furiously work itself into a frothy mouth, spittle-spewing outrage. This begs the question - WHERE ARE THEY NOW?
Second Question. Some years back, after President W commissioned a report, the religious Reich went apeshit when the report predicted that rightwing groups posed a huge danger to this country. This begs the question - WILL THEY ADMIT THAT THE REPORT WAS CORRECT?
Third Question. It is not only the Right that is suspiciously quiet on this issue. WHERE THE HELL ARE THE DEMOCRATS? WHY AREN'T THEY SAYING SOMETHING?
Fourth Question. Churches get worked up on Obamacare, abortion, and too much interference by Big Government. WHY ARE THEY SILENT ABOUT THESE ACTS OF DOMESTIC TERROR?