Timothy Mcveigh

No Medium, No Message, No Closure?

Jody Lyneé Madeira | Posted 05.01.2012

Read More: 9/11, Timothy McVeigh, Osama Bin Laden Dead, Osama Bin Laden Photos, Osama Bin Laden Death, Oklahoma City Bombing, September 11th, Osama Bin Laden, College News

If the federal government had the capacity to successfully arrange a secure broadcast of the execution of Timothy McVeigh in 2001, then surely it could arrange for a secure viewing of a select number of images of bin Laden's corpse now.

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What The Oklahoma City Bombing Investigation MISSED

Andrew Gumbel | Posted 04.28.2012

Read More: Oklahoma, Oklahoma City Bombing, Oklahoma City, Timothy McVeigh, Timothy Mcveigh Bombing, Timothy Mcveigh Execution, Terry Nichols, Books News

Ever since Timothy McVeigh's execution, four months to the day before 9/11, a certain conventional wisdom has taken hold that the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing was the work of just two disenchanted guys from the heartland who did something colossally heartless and stupid.

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EAT UP! Artist Recreates Famous Last Meals

Posted 03.12.2012

Read More: Victor Feguer, Timothy McVeigh, Last Meals, Famous Last Meals, John Wayne Gacy, Henry Hargreaves, Slidewide, Ricky Ray Rector, Ted Bundy, Video, Weird News News

You can have anything you want for dinner. The only catch is, this meal will be your last. From the pecan pie that Ricky Ray Rector never ate to th...

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When Buying a Gun Becomes Easier Than Voting

Josh Horwitz | Posted 05.05.2012

Read More: Second Amendment, National Rifle Association, Open Carry, Insurrectionism, Ted Nugent, Timothy McVeigh, One-Handgun-a-Month-Law, Abraham Lincoln, James Madison, Voter ID Laws, Sharron Angle, Wayne LaPierre, Politics News

Does anyone seriously believe that the vision of our Founders was that guys who carry a gun on their hips 24/7 are "super-citizens" with greater political rights than senior citizens, minorities, the impoverished?

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The Hurtful Legacy of Herman Cain's "Suspended," "Brother From Another Mother" Presidential Campaign

Ronald B. Robinson | Posted 02.04.2012

Read More: Robert C. Smith, Mass Incarceration, Timothy McVeigh, Ann Coulter, Terrorism, Right-Wing, White Supremacy, GOP Base, Extremist, Conservatism, High Tech Lynching, High Tech Rape, Clarence Thomas, Colorblindess, Tim Wise, South, Driving While Black, Black Men, Koch Brothers, Conservatives, Ron Robinson, Christian Conservatives, Herman Cain, Pew Research Study, Racism, White Conservatives, Tea Party, Republicans, Hannity, Video, Black Voices News

For a sustained period, Cain was the GOP candidate who most successfully stimulated the nostalgia for the good ole days of the "great communicator," Ronald Reagan, among "the base."

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Peter King's Muslim Hysteria

Wilfredo Amr Ruiz | Posted 01.25.2012

Read More: Islamophobia, Peter King, Islam, Latino Muslims, Terrorism, Muslim Americans, Congressman Peter King, Hispanic Muslims, Hispanic-Muslim-Identity, Nypd Demographics Unit, Timothy McVeigh, Anders Behring Breivik, Cia, Mayor Bloomberg, Wilfredo Amr Ruiz, Jose Pimentel, Religion News

Peter King's targeting of the Muslim community is wrong and should cease swiftly. His attitude damages not only the Muslim community but all minority communities.

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Georgia Militia Plot Suspects Lose Key Request

AP | By GREG BLUESTEIN | Posted 11.18.2011

Read More: Susan Cole, Georgia Militai Plot, Video, Georgia Milita Biological Attack, Timothy McVeigh, Terrorism, Dan Roberts, Ray Adams, Samuel Crump, Georgia Militia, Georgia Militia Biological Plot, Ricin, Frederick Thomas, Politics News

GAINESVILLE, Ga. -- A federal judge on Wednesday denied bond to the four Georgia militia men accused of plotting terror attacks against government emp...

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Expert Says 9/11 Terror Threat May Not Match Size Of Previous Attacks

HuffingtonPost.com | Andrea Stone | Posted 11.09.2011

Read More: Terry Nichols, Timothy McVeigh, Terrorism, Stratfor, Fbi, Decade After 9/11 - National Security, Anders Behring Breivik, Al Qaeda, Faisel-Shahzad, September 11, Time Square Bomb, Ramzi Yousef, World Trade Center, Credible-Threat-New-York, Oklahoma City Bombing, September 11 Anniversary, Ayman Al-Zawahri, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- As counterterrorism officials here and in New York search frantically to confirm a "credible" report of an "active plot" to set off expl...

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Why Breivik Was A Christian Terrorist

Mark Juergensmeyer | Posted 09.26.2011

Read More: Christian Terroism, Anders Behring Breivik, Timothy McVeigh, Oslo Bombing, Anders Breivik Christian, Norway Shooting, Christian Terrorist Anders Breivik, Norway Bombing, Religion News

It is true that Breivik was much more concerned about politics and history than about scripture and religious belief. But much the same can be said about Osama bin Laden.

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Fingering Alleged Right Winger in Norway Shooting Didn't Stop the Muslim Bashing

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 09.25.2011

Read More: Anti-Muslim Bias, Anders Behring Breivik, Terrorism, Islamophobia, Bush Administration, Oklahoma City Bombing, Timothy McVeigh, Politics News

Despite the steadily mounting evidence that Breivik's anti-Muslim hatred was a prime motive for the rampage, it didn't stop the avalanche of chatter that there had to be a tie somewhere with Islamic terrorism.

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Un-American, Anti-Muslim Hearings Serve No Useful Purpose

Rep. Bobby Rush | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Rep. Keith Ellison, Sheriff Lee Baca, Weather Underground, Bobby Rush, Terry Nichols, Terrorists, Rep. Peter King, Muslims, Timothy McVeigh, Ku Klux Klan, Arlington National Cemetery, Muslim Americans, WW II Internment Camps, Denis McDonough, Ted Kaczynski, Japanese Americans, Eric Rudolph, Politics News

I want my Muslim brothers and sisters to know that Thursday was not a day that brought honor to the U.S. House of Representatives.

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True Threats

Craig Alan Silverman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gun Control, Death Penalty, Gabrielle Giffords, Loughner Death Threats, Clarence Dupnik, Timothy McVeigh, Jared Loughner, Denver News

It is critical that we start thinking more seriously about how to arrest people who make serious violent threats.

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Tucson Tragedy: What Obama Can Learn From Oklahoma City

HuffingtonPost.com | Howard Fineman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gabrielle Giffords, Timothy McVeigh, Rep. Giffords Shooting, Bush 9/11, President Clinton Oklahoma City, President Obama Tucson, Barack Obama, Oklahoma City Bombing, George W. Bush, Clinton Oklahoma City, Bill Clinton, Obama Tucson, Giffords Shooting, Gabrielle Giffords Shooting, Obama Giffords, Arizona Shooting, Politics News

The deaths in Tucson are not about politics in the narrow sense, ideology or party. From what we know, Jared Loughner's acts were those of a madman divorced from reality, let alone from public debate. But that doesn't make Tucson politically meaningless.

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Profile Away!

Ann Miller | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Iraq War, Body Scanning, Iraq, Peace, Timothy McVeigh, Salee, Tsa, Sarah Palin, Politics News

Wow! Sarah Palin's amazing! As another major holiday travel season approaches with the whole TSA / body scanning / "junk" fiasco still on our minds,...

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Father-Son Bank Bombing Exposes Anti-Government 'Underworld'

AP | JEFF BARNARD | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Timothy McVeigh, Bank Bombing, Bruce Turnidge, Barack Obama, Oklahoma City Bombing, Salem, Birther, Rural America, Gun Rights, Tea Party, Anti-Government, Joshua Turnidge, Oregon, Politics News

SALEM, Ore. — People who knew Bruce Turnidge and his son say they loved their guns, hated President Obama, and fantasized about starting a milit...

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Execution Is Inhuman

Bruce Tenenbaum | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Politics, Death Penalty, Dc Sniper, Execution, Timothy McVeigh, Capital Punishment, Politics News

One year ago today, they executed the 'D.C. Sniper,' John Allen Muhammad. I don't feel any better. In fact, I feel worse.

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"Muslims Killed Us On 9/11?"

Andy Ostroy | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Islamic Cmmunity Center, Rush Limbaugh, Timothy McVeigh, Oklahoma City Bombing, The View, Newt Gingrich, Son of Sam, Joy Behar, Sarah Palin, Whoopi Goldberg, Wayne Williams, Conservatives, Sean Hannity, Muslim Extremists, Bill O'Reilly, Ground Zero, Republicans, Politics News

There's nothing like a little good old fashioned racist propaganda to scare the bejesus out of the blissfully unaware and bolster one's position.

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Who Should We Hate Next?

Dave Hackel | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Catholics, Democracy, Islamic Cultural Center, Fear, Muslims, Timothy McVeigh, 9/11, U.S. Constitution, park51, Twin Towers, New York, Politics News

Who should we hate next? All car owners because one person drove drunk? It wasn't all Muslims who attacked us. It was an evil few, and they were all members of al Qaeda.

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Mosque Moaning: The GOP Diversion Tactic From Unfavorable Polls Gives Terrorists the Win They Want

Brian Ross | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: United States Constitution, Islam, MSNBC Poll, Gop, First Amendment, Timothy McVeigh, Founding Fathers, Poll, Mosque, 9/11 Attacks, Msnbc, Constitutional Framers, Manhattan, American Muslims, Murrah Building, First Amendment Rights, Muslims, Newt Gingrich, Republican Party, Benjamin Franklin, Ground Zero Mosque, Lower Manhattan, Mayor Bloomberg, President Barack Obama, Thomas Jefferson, Democrats, Barack Obama, Al Qaeda, Ron Ramsey, Newt Gingrich Ground Zero Mosque, Fox News, Harry Reid, World Trade Center, Republicans, Jeff Greene, Ground Zero, Barbary Pirates, Religion, 2010 Elections, Elections 2010, Politics News

The latest GOP election sleight-of-hand? Divert attention from the news that projected Republican gains are going to be confined largely to the South by amping up the rhetoric on the mosque project in Lower Manhattan.

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A Mosque Near Ground Zero

Parvez Ahmed | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: 9/11, Islam, Cordoba Initiative, Mosque, Muslim, Timothy McVeigh, Pamela Geller, Sarah Palin, Ground Zero, Muslim Condemnation of 9/11, New York News

The fact that other mosque-construction projects across the country have also encountered similar opposition points to something more to than just outrage over the proposed mosque's proximity to ground zero.

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McVeigh - Arizona

Jeff Danziger | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Arizona Law, Immigration, Timothy McVeigh, Politics News

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A Gun-Toting, Pistol-Packing, Rifle Looney From Manhattan Takes on the NRA

Al Eisele | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Nra, Firearms, Timothy McVeigh, Oklahoma City National Memorial, Politics News

One of the most interesting responses to my post on Timothy McVeigh came in a letter from Jim Coyne, an old classmate with an intimate knowledge of firearms. His response is thoughtful and thought-provoking, to say the least.

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What Do the Second Amendment Rallies Tell Us About the Gun Rights Movement?

Josh Horwitz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gun Violence, Second Amendment, National Rifle Association, Insurrectionism, Insurrection, Constitution, Timothy McVeigh, Health Care Reform, Gun Control, Larry Pratt, Wayne LaPierre, Mike Vanderboegh, Politics News

There is now a segment within the gun rights community that is hostile to all progressive interests and believes it has a right to use firearms to counter the results of our democratic process.

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There Bill Clinton Goes Again

Tony Blankley | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bill Clinton, Timothy McVeigh, Oklahoma City Bombing, Contract With America, Politics News

Former President Bill Clinton last week inadvertently demonstrated Karl Marx's shrewd observation: "History repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce."

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Radical Rush Blames Clinton For OK City Bombing; The Press Yawns

Eric Boehlert | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bill Clinton, Howard Kurtz, Washington Post, Rush Limbaugh, Timothy McVeigh, Wolf Bliter, Cnn, Media News

Why isn't Limbaugh held accountable for his words and actions? Why wasn't it considered big news that the de facto leader of the Republican Party went to a place previously considered unconscionable and unpardonable by the press corps?

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