"First Responders"

(Updated/bumped from 2005-07-08 19:26:23)

We noted yesterday that if the bombings in London were the work of al-Qaeda you would see theories spring up that the real perpetrators were someone else. That's already begun, and the culprits are (wait - this will surprise you) the Jooooooos.

There's another branch of the World Left that had a slightly different first response. The "what about me? This proves I'm not safe" response.

This from a Daily Kos post:

As a civilian right here in New York City, I'd like to be "defended" a little bit with some adequate port security, mass-transit security and first-responder resources. Is that too much to ask? And I'd also like it if the members of our military didn't have to serve as utterly useless and cynical bait as part of a worthless war in Iraq.

Today, dailykos has received over 700,000 visits, the most I can remember, though markos can tell us if it is the alltime record.

Of course, it was the atrocities in London that helped push the number so high. But it certainly speaks to the quality of the site and the community that so many came here for news, discussion and comfort on this day.

Update/bump: Charles Johnson notes that (oddly enough) Kos has begun to ban commenters who are speculating that Bush and Blair were behind the bombings. He says he doesn't want wackos on his site - but trying to clean a toilet on the left wing information sewer is a thankless (and hopeless) task.

He might be desperately trying to convince his political advertisers that his site is something other than a gathering place for the mom's basement with tinfoil curtains drawn crowd. But jeesh, even Howard Dean must know that's now the Democrat's base.

2005-07-08 19:26:23