CNN and Peter King is playing up the South Park angle

[itsrobert]

CNN spending a lot of time on it.

[grantcart]

1. Is it too much to ask that some minor amount of context be given so that

those that are not streaming cable may have an indication what you are talking about.

[itsrobert]

4. Yes

n/t

[KittyWampus]

10. I have no idea what the f*ck you are talking about so congratulations on a useless OP.

[itsrobert]

21. I had to go to work. I had no time to explain

Looks like other people took up the slack for me. Sorry to ruin your day. ;)

So let see since you were without electricity and such the whole weekend.

Saturday evening someone parked a SUV in Times Square. Police were alerted by TShirt salesman who happens to be a veteran. Police respond, looks suspicious as it is on fire. Emergency crew responds, they put out fire. Times square is ev actuated. Police cordon off the area for several hours. CNN/FOX/MSNBC report a possible explosive device in Time Square. Speculation is it's muslim extremist. About 10:30P the President is notified. About 2:20A.M. Sunday morning, the NY Mayor has a press conference near the scene. Wires, clocks, fireworks and propane was said to be found. Later reports of fertilizer is found. The UK Telegraph paper reports the SUV was located near Viacom HQ which owns Comedy Central and airs the TV Show Southpark. Southpark recently aired a show mocking the showing the image of Mom hammed (SPELLING). Muslims were outrage and threaten Viacom. Telegraph speculates that this maybe the work of Muslim Extremist for the Southpark episode. The networks play up the Southpark angle. The NYPD discounts that scenario, almost ruled it out. Monday morning CNN plays up the Southpark angle as Peter King who is a right wing windbag congressman from NY thinks it's credible and a Pakistan group claims responsibility. Itsrobert, while getting ready for work, flipped on CNN for a minute and hears the story. Itsrobert, who has no life, post on DU quickly as he is in a rush to work. Itrobert is quickly attacked on DU and he gets his feeling hurt, but has no time to explain, because he doesn't want to be late for work. Itsrobert replies back with a "Yes" and leaves for work. Itsrobert gets to work and writes out a rambling reply.

[blogslut]

5. Mr. King is happily squawking his "theory" to a receptive press

http://blogs.laweekly.com/ladaily/city-news/south-park-inspire-car-bomb/
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/95495-top-republican-nyc-car-bomb-could-have-been-related-to-south-park-controversy
http://www.examiner.com/x-44562-National-News-Headlines-Editor~y2010m5d2-Time-Square-Terrorism-Scare-NYC-officials-rule-out-Taliban-review-South-Park-threats
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/comic-riffs/2010/05/times_square_bomb_a_south_park.html

[liberal N proud]

12. It's like they have these brain farts while watching some TeeVee

and think that all the world has nothing better to do but be doing the same thing. So we should know the context of that brain fart.

[Matariki]

28. +1

wtf? :shrug:

[Richardo]

2. That's very informative.

It's almost as though I'm actually watching CNN right in my cubicle.

[blogslut]

3. It makes for sensationalist viewing

The sad truth is the media/press/whatever has always loved a freak show and there's no one freakier than Peter King.

[Jennicut]

6. All I know is, the person who made the bomb seems to have CT connections.

LOTS of stuff on the local news here about it:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jfmcZFaZGXE&feature=player_embedded

Stratford/Bridgeport area.

[Renew Deal]

7. Anything he can do to pin it on muslims

[Toucano]

8. What is "the South Park angle"?

I am out of the loop.

[KittyWampus]

11. according to the OP'er, it's too much to expect them to give us a clue.

[leftynyc]

14. Real Quick

South Park did an episode last week where they had Muhammad dressed as a bear. The creators were threatened (apparently images of Muhammad are forbidden in certain sects of Islam). The Viacom building (which owns Comedy Central) was close by to where this happened.

[Toucano]

16. Thanks! n/t

[MicaelS]

27. ‘South Park’ Episode Altered After Muslim Group’s Warning

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/23/arts/television/23park.html

Parker and Stone were also threatened.

“We have to warn Matt and Trey that what they are doing is stupid, and they will probably wind up like Theo van Gogh for airing this show. This is not a threat, but a warning of the reality of what will likely happen to them.”

[Iggo]

24. Actually it was Santa Claus dressed as a bear.

Joke's on them...lol.

[JHB]

15. Speculation that the Times Square (failed) Bomber was a Muslim extremist...

...delivering the bomb because of the flap about "South Park"'s quasi-representation of Mohammed.

[eShirl]

9. I guess I'm going to have to start ignoring people who make these "mystery posts"

[gatorboy]

13. Yeah, but generally don't Muslims STAY in the car?

To make sure the bomb is successful?

[JHB]

17. No, that's suicide bombers

There is some overlap, but one does not equate to the other.

[gatorboy]

18. But generally speaking, Muslim bombers aren't afraid to "go down with the ship" as it were.

[JHB]

19. ...or are they just the ones we hear about the most?

And the '93 WTC bombers certainly didn't hang around.

Beware of creating inaccurate profiles.

[jobycom]

20. That reminds me of the time I woke up naked in an art gallery, although at the time

most people seemed to believe it until I explained it to them. But really that was someone else.

[grantcart]

22. lol

[spiritual_gunfighter]

23. On Saturday Peter King was on Fox speculating that it could be Communists

because of the May Day connection. He is idiotic.

[skip fox]

25. Missing the obvious? The McVeigh parallels?

Parallels between NY City attempted bombing and Timothy McVeigh’s bombing:

The botched NY bombing shares a number of striking parallels with the Timothy McVeigh bombing in Oklahoma City beside the obvious vehicle-building-walk-cooly-away narrative . . . although that, in itself, is very compelling–the botched bomber replicating the act of his (or her?) hero in broad strokes. But there seem to be a couple light strokes as well.

The botched bomber placed eight bags of fertilizer which the investigators say was non-explosive, into a gun box. If he knew the fertilizer was useless, it would be a clear homage to McVeigh. (The gun box being a tip of the hat to McVeigh's military background.) (If he didn't know this it could still be an homage, hoping to replicate his hero's methods as closely as possible.)

The NY attempted bomber locked the van's doors, leaving the keys inside. Some accounts say McVeigh left the keys in the Ryder's cab and locked the doors. (I think the case is that he took the keys, but there is no accounting where these people get their information. Source: http://history1900s.about.com/cs/crimedisaster/p/okcitybombing.htm)

Fireworks went off in the NY van alerting vendors. The attempted bomber appeared to be inept in a number of ways, so it is not likely that the clock set off the fireworks. It is more likely that he lit a long fuse. Similarly, McVeigh lit two fuses just before he left the Ryder.


Additionally, MSNBC played a show based on The McVeigh Tapes: Confessions of an American Terrorist on the 19th of April.

I could be way off, but if I was leading the investigation I'd be putting resources into this question, hoping to find him before he is successful with his homicidal intentions.


Therefore, in an investiation taking these matters seriously:

I’d look into far-right web/hate sites, those where McVeigh is discussed glowingly. Maybe Free Republic.

Since the person’s issues were important enough to kill for, I think his alignment to McVeigh would be apparent in his screen name (anagram of “Timothy McVeigh”? a character’s name in The Turner Diaries?)

I'd look very closely at those who passionately referenced MSNBC’s April 19th The McVeigh Tapes: those who ranted against MSNBC's commentary and/or those who relished new McVeigh quotes from the tapes.

I’d perhaps put some resources looking into the extreme fringe of the Tea Party, but I think the far-right hate sites would be more fruitful . . . (In which case the FBI should soon be onto him . . . or her!)

[Flaneur]

26. Peter King is a dangerous reactionary idiot.