[sakic]

This one ain't Muslims.

[RippleFire]

Postal officials were working with the Iowa state crime lab to devise a gadget similar to a fishing pole that would allow inspectors to open a mailbox without having to get close to it, said Ron Jensen, a postal inspector from Des Moines, Iowa.

In Illinois' Carroll County, Sheriff Rod Herrick spent Saturday morning opening mailboxes for worried residents. He fastened a clamp to the mailbox handle, tied fishing line to the clamp, then stepped behind his car and pulled on the line.

"It's no high-tech thing. I'm not a bomb expert," Herrick said. "But I need to do something to keep the calm here."

Maybe the postal officials ought to call the Sheriff.

[cake_crumb]

Rural Midwest FReepers:

Has there been any increase in cult activity and/or Earth/Rainbow/any other envirowacko rallies in your areas lately?

[muawiyah]

Sounds Serbian.

[Western Phil]

That bomb, which appeared to include a note and was similar to the other devices, was detonated by the Nebraska State Patrol

These guys are destroying all the evidence.

[wheezer]

Might be time for folks to take off their mailbox doors....for a little while anyway.

[wingnuts'nbolts]

I do not think this is the work of home grown terrorists. The note left with the bomb sounds way to ambiguious in it's message. It's suggestion of repression of the "Peope" by the government sounds much too middle estern, trying to sound western, to me. Spreading terror is how these imported terrorists work, and blowing up themselves , instead of mailboxes, would be much too obvious. No, I think this is Middle Eastern Terrorism.

[cake_crumb]

"Postal officials were working with the Iowa state crime lab to devise a gadget similar to a fishing pole that would allow inspectors to open a mailbox without having to get close to it, said Ron Jensen, a postal inspector from Des Moines, Iowa"

How about a long bamboo rod with a hook at the end? Like a fish spearer. Without the point on the end, of course. Doesn't take too much 'devising.'

[apochromat]

Some times call for poor speculation if any.

[apochromat]

I think everyone should leave it to the pros, who should give every appearance of being incompetent. Ha! Ha!

[Aliska]

LOOK AT THIS!:

" gluttony is just another slow form of suicide and self destructive people only care about themselves so if every fat person got dismissed from this reality, the human race would be better off"

found here:

Marilyn Manson

I've gone over the letter a few times and he used that term dismissed twice referring to people. It was too late to deal with it last night but I did a search on Google this morning and came up with the above link. I thought song lyrics might play in this guy's head. Rock fans would know where they got this expression.

[pttttt]

Cui bono?

Who benefits?

It took trouble, knowhow, resources, planning, covered a lot of ground in a short time. Sounds like more than a bunch of kids or the Unibomber.

[Orion78]

"I opened it up, my mail was there and there was a clear Ziploc bag in there. I could see it was a pipe and it had a 9-volt battery in there," he said.

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FBI Gives Mailbox Bomber Profile

"That the bombs were planted overnight indicates they likely were not targeted at rural residents but rather at the mail carriers, Van Zandt said.

It's his believe we wouldn't go to the mailbox until the mailman got there," he said. "You know if he comes at noon every day, so there's no use in going out at 8 a.m. His target is either the post office itself or mail carriers as representatives of the government."

[Cindy]

These are a couple of my postings yesterday as I sat down and read the bomber's letter:

  4 suspected Pipe Bombs found in Nebraska
Posted by Cindy to ATOMIC_PUNK
On News/Activism May 4 12:50 PM #74 of 163
re post #62:

Some of the phrases jumped out at me on the bomber's letter as posted here. So, I did some Google research on several phrases. I have come to a very tentative conclusion, that maybe, and I do mean maybe; the writer of this bomb letter might be someone who is interested in the subject of the assisted-suicide movement.

On News/Activism May 4 7:38 PM #153 of 163
Re: Post #62: Part of the bomber's note stated, "The United States strives to provide freedom for their people. Do we really have personal freedom? I've lived here for many years, and I see much limitation.

The bomber wrote, "The United States strives to provide freedom for THEIR PEOPLE." The phrase "their people" indicates a non-citizen making a statement. The bomber wrote, "I've lived here for many years, and I see MUCH LIMITATION." Speaking in this stilted manner indicates a bad translation job or an illegal/legal immigrant. Also, that sentence smacks of a propaganda statement.

The bomber's note on the whole reads like a propaganda piece and a person who is uncomfortable translating his thoughts into English. Here is an example of the bomber's note which seems to back up my opinion: "To "live" (avoid death) in this society you are forced to conform/slave away. I'm here to help you realize/ understand that you will live no matter what!"

I paid special attention to that term "forced to conform/slave away." That phrase reminded me of speeches by the open the borders now crowd. Anyway, another opinion on the 'net.

[Archie Bunker on steroids]

BEtween the bombs and anthrax, I'd start investigating the mail handlers union. Maybe a scheme to get hazardous duty pay for postal employees.