Gotta love politicians when they speak!

[thewayne]

"Some of the speculation that has come out is that yes, it was a foreign national and, speculating here, that it was potentially a person on a student visa. If that's the case, then we need to take a look at the big picture."
—Rep. Steve King, opponent of immigration reform, on the Boston bombings

YES! We need to oppose legislation because of speculation! Iraq helped Bin Ladin and has WMDs!

Need I mention that King is a Republican?

FACT: we don't know who did the Boston bombings on Monday. My personal speculation is that it was a domestic group because most foreign terrorist groups like to claim credit ASAP to increase their profile. Domestic terrorists tend to keep a bit quieter.


In other news, Teabagger shiny boy Texas Senator Ted Cruz wants to increase funding and expand the Justice Dept and Federal prosecutors to increase prosecution of people who lie on firearms background check purchasers. I thought Teabaggers wanted smaller government, and where is he going to get the money from? I guess that's a House problem since they're the ones who propose the budget. Meanwhile, law enforcement states repeatedly that it is difficult to prosecute people who lie on background check forms because they have to prove deliberate falsification and not ignorance. If the background check prevents the person from obtaining the firearm, that's enough in my book.

http://www.npr.org/blogs/itsallpolitics/2013/04/16/177479675/background-check-battle-more-prosecution-or-more-checks

Comments

[silveradept]

Steve King is desperately trying to ensure that when the knowledge of who was responsible comes, he can point his finger at something foreign, instead of having to admit that the United States does plenty of things that can create terrorists.