Saturday, April 20, 2013

Reflecting on Boston


"Any time a bomb is used to target innocent civilians, it is an act of terror"
~Barak Obama ~ Eerily similar to my quote on facebook the day following the attack 
 
"We will find them an bring them to justice" ~Both Barak Obama and Sheriff of Boston Police Department.  I was skeptical because Obama made similar comments after Benghazi and nothing has happened since. But it happened, kudos to BPD and the President 
 
"(Just like the 78-year-old marathon runner) We may be temporarily knocked off our
feet, but we will pick ourselves up and we will finish the race" ~President Barack
Obama.  Also eerily similar to my silver lining posted on facebook earlier this week.
 
Black hat, suspect # 1 shot and killed as he hijacks a car ~ 
 
Wednesday Boston Bruins game, entire crowd sings National Anthem loud enough so the singer stopped and deferred to the crowd to do it.  Bravo on the Patriotism Boston.  I don't remember anything like that after 9/11, just a lot of flags but I don't
remember spontaneous karaoke night at the sporting event.
 
I must say I'm emboldened and proud of the American spirit since the Boston tragedy.
 
And those who starkly oppose our president will point out that it wasn't the Feds
or his men that killed suspect # 1 and captured # 2 but the local police that did.  I have always held that despite my personal differences with someone, I will give credit where credit is due.  The last five days Mr. President, thumbs way up, good job.  We got great words and great action!

I’m not sure what happened as different websites tell me different things but if Boston was forced to evacuate their homes, I had mixed feelings, on one hand it’s not the government’s right to force you from your home, on the other, if you don’t leave…..well….that seems like probably cause to see if you’re aiding and abetting.  I guess you could just let cops search your home while you’re in it.  My mixed feelings got some vindication because it was a homeowner who actually saw blood in his backyard, opened the tarp of his boat to find the 19-year-old and then called the cops.  So, if he was evacuated…..that wouldn’t have happened as the cops had already searched the house/shed.