http://cain.ulst.ac.uk/mccormick/photos/no1337.htm#photo

It was technically (just) possible to calibrate a propane cylinder (stuffed with explosives) tossed from a larger decapitated propane tube, set on rubber tires for recol,

to hit a military helicopter, if the rig was on the back of a truck, which adds a bit more recoil compensation to the scheme.

One just needed to have a rough idea when it was arriving or leaving.

Mostly they were hit with anti-aircraft guns out in the sticks.

We all said things like that in Paris, Berlin, or I seem to think we did, I can’t really remember to be perfectly honest.

I’ve always tended to frown upon rich kids playing with bombs myself, if only because they’re not very good at it.

The white working classes are a lot better and usually have a few genuine issues allied to the mechanics of being a dynamiteur.

If a gizmo goes off prematurely, and scatters your friends all over the place and you just scrape off the blood and body parts, one is probably a real terrorist.

That’s what it takes, it doesn’t take a message that works, it is akin to a cult, it is enough to have the strength of will and charisma to go forward and hold to a task.

It doesn’t really matter how belittling that objective may be to the human condition.

The idea of stopping whilst comrades are in prison, is difficult to accept, if the thing was worth the candle to begin with, that should be unacceptable.

On the other hand, there was always something psychiatric about rich kids playing with bombs.

a) First, to share that I studied with Bill Ayers, a man who may cause trouble for Obama down the line. It was surprising to me to see that someone I knew in grad school is now being linked to Obama in this way;

b) To argue that if Obama’s connection with Bill Ayers causes him trouble with the press and in the election, he has no one to blame but himself.

Given her long history in Washington, I’m sure Hillary knows people who would make Bill Ayers look like a choir boy. I’m not a naive idiot. I’m just glad that the golden boy Obama is finally being exposed for what he is — a politician who will associate with whomever he has to in order to get ahead and obtain the power he craves. He’s no different than Hillary or any other politician and I’m sick of people pretending otherwise.

p.s. Why don’t you ever email me anymore? You just send these snotty anti-Hillary comments. *sigh*

One should not vote for candidates who associate with unsavory people.

Both Clinton and Obama associate with unsavory people.

Clinton’s unsavory associates are less unsavory than Obama’s unsavory associates.

Therefore, vote for Clinton.

The issue that I raise is that all politicians have (a) skeleton(s) in the closet. Surely you can give us a better reason to vote for Hillary then an ad hominem attack (linked to Fox News no less) against Obama.

Oops, guess not. A slum lord, a terrorist…yes, Obama is a breath of fresh air in Washington.