Boston

I was writing about something else when the news of the attack in Boston came through.  We should all be cautious when commenting about these things as, inevitably, the first reports have a high degree of inaccuracy. I won't comment on the event itself, except to say I hope the perpetrators are caught and spend an eternity in hell.

I am troubled by some of the comments being made by senior officials. I understand the need to avoid a rush to judgment and caution is understandable and welcome. That, however, does not excuse the nonsense being said, for example, by Axelrod clearly trying to link the attack in people's minds to conservative opposition to federal taxes.

I am also surprised bothered by how quickly a host of officials, including the woeful Homeland Secretary Janet Napolitano, come rushing out to say there is "no evidence of a broader plot." This is the same sort of nonsense said about that creepy Islamist Fort Hood shooter and about the DC sniper. In my view, in neither of those cases did authorities fully explore the possibilities of much "broader plots." Why the hurry to say there was no "broader plot?" We all know "broader plots" get hatched every day all over the world in fetid little caves in SW Asia, in London and Parisian slums, and among foreign students here in the United States, just to name a few "broader plots" from the recent past. Why say such a thing? Is that supposed to give comfort to the public? It's stupid. Just say all possibilities are being explored.

We don't KNOW who did this, but I think most of us have a pretty good idea. Boston is the home of political correctness so we can expect a torrent of it, but others should be a little more circumspect not only in assigning blame but in ruling out where blame should go.

I hope the injured make a full recovery and, as I said, the perpetrators, regardless of who they are, get the justice they so richly deserve.

Those favoring "strict gun control" should note that the murderers here used no "assault weapon" in the attack, and that a host of local, state, and federal laws strictly prohibit building and using bombs. How'd those work out?

BTW, the attack seems eerily reminiscent of the bomb plot in the dark British "comedy" The Four Lions.