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Old 01-08-2014, 11:59 AM
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Cache of explosives in Glen Burnie, MD

It's said that we shouldn't judge a book by its cover, but really, just to look at this guy, wouldn't you suspect him of something ... off?



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A Maryland man was being held on $400,000 bond Tuesday after local, state and federal authorities discovered working bombs, more than 100 pounds of bomb-making chemicals and numerous manuals for creating bombs and booby traps in his home, police said.

The man, Todd Dwight Wheeler Jr., 28, of Glen Burnie, in the Washington suburbs, was held on two counts of making explosives, two counts of possessing explosive materials and one single count of reckless endangerment. Federal charges were pending.



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He looks like he belongs on Breaking Bad! Then again, there hasn't been a good terror scare lately -- sounds like a perfect excuse to create a cause to pass more Homeland Security laws
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Old 01-08-2014, 12:03 PM
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Now, if that had been a cache of firearms and crate loads of ammo . . . he's a patriot.
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Old 01-08-2014, 12:23 PM
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I wonder if they would have profiled a skinny white guy as a terrorist?
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I wonder if they would have profiled a skinny white guy as a terrorist?
Convenient case for harassment of the public at large, without regards to background, etc.

Frankly, even if he had succeeded in causing some harm, SO WHAT? Bombings were much more common in the 70s and early 80s (think Symbionese Liberation Army and friends), and somehow we survived as a country.

The best thing the media can do is not to give people like this publicity, since (a) it empowers them and (b) it perpetuates a culture of fear.
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Old 01-08-2014, 12:35 PM
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Rats. One more contact down.
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^^^^I don't know him!^^^^
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Old 01-08-2014, 01:28 PM
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It's said that we shouldn't judge a book by its cover, but really, just to look at this guy, wouldn't you suspect him of something ... off?

Nah, he looks like a fine, upstanding young man.
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Old 01-08-2014, 01:31 PM
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It's said that we shouldn't judge a book by its cover, but really, just to look at this guy, wouldn't you suspect him of something ... off?








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Hmmm, I think he's dating one of my kids.
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Actually, get rid of the tats and put some clothes on him, and he could be a 1910's-era Russian revolutionary. The glasses even work.
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Nah, he looks like a fine, upstanding young man.
sounds like a song lyric . . .
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Old 01-08-2014, 01:40 PM
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Good point!

Put an icepick in his skull and you've got Trotsky!
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^^^^I don't know him!^^^^
M-hm, m-hm...
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I feel like I've "known" you for a long enough period of time now...
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Nah, he looks like a fine, upstanding young man.
Give 'im a li'l coffee and he'll look just fine. That's probably what many people look like before the first cup.
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I wonder if they would have profiled a skinny white guy as a terrorist?
The very look of him terrorizes ME
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The very look of him terrorizes ME

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