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If you want to get technical, there really have not been any major terrorist attacks in the United States aside from 1993's WTC bombings. Do we credit all the past presidents with keeping terrorism on a low? Besides, most of those presidents did it without sending their country trillions of dollars into debt and killing thousands of American soldiers. Now for the minor terrorist acts: [hide=1990s terrorism]# 1993 January 25: CIA Shooting: Mir Aimal Kasi opened fire to cars waiting at the stop light in front of CIA Headquarters in Langley, VA killing two and injuring three others. # 1993 February 26: First World Trade Center bombing killed six and injured 1,000. The attack was carried out by radical Islamist Ramzi Yousef, a member of Al Qaeda. # 1994 December 10: Advertising executive, Thomas J. Mosser, is killed after opening a mail package from the Unabomber, being the second fatality of the mailbomb campaign. # 1995 April 19: Oklahoma City bombing: A truck bomb shattered the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in downtown Oklahoma City, killing 168 people-including children playing in the building's day care center. Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols launched the attack as part of the scheme of an anti-government militia. # 1995 April 24: Timber industry lobbyist, Gilbert P. Murray, is the third and final fatal victim of the Unabomber's mailbomb campaign. # 1996 July 27: Centennial Olympic Park bombing by Eric Robert Rudolph occurred in Atlanta, Georgia, during the Atlanta Olympics. One person was killed and 111 injured. In a statement released in 2005 Rudolph said the motive was to protest abortion and the "global socialist" Olympic Movement. # 1997 February 24: 69-year-old Palestinian Ali Abu Kamal opens fire on tourists at an observation deck atop the Empire State Building killing a Danish national and wounding visitors from the United States, Argentina, Switzerland and France before turning the gun on himself. A handwritten note carried by the gunman claims this was a punishment attack against the "enemies of Palestine". His widow claimed he became suicidal after losing $300,000 in a business venture. In a 2007 interview with the New York Daily News his daughter said her mother's story was a cover crafted by the Palestinian Authority and that her father wanted to punish the United States for its support of Israel. # 1999 December 31 An arson fire causes one million dollars in damage and destroys the fourth floor of Michigan State University's Agriculture Hall. In 2008 four people that the government claimed were Earth Liberation Front members were indicted for that incident[/hide] [hide=2000s terrorism]2000-present * 2001 September 11: September 11, 2001 attacks carried out by Al-Qaeda. Islamic fundamentalists use airplanes to destroy the twin towers of the World Trade Center and heavily damage The Pentagon. A fourth plane crashed prematurely in Pennsylvania. * 2001 September 18: November - 2001 anthrax attacks. Letters tainted with anthrax kill five across the United States, with politicians and media officials as the apparent targets. . On July 31, 2008 Bruce E. Ivins a top biodefense researcher committed suicide. On August 6, 2008 the FBI concluded that Ivins was solely responsible for the attacks and suggested that Ivins wanted to bolster support for a vaccine he helped create and that he targeted two lawmakers because they were Catholics who held pro choice views. * 2001 May 21 The Center for Urban Horticulture at the University of Washington burned. Replacement building cost $7,000,000. Earth Liberation Front members pleads guilty * May 2002 Mailbox Pipe Bomber: Lucas John Helder rigged pipe bombs in private mailboxes to explode when the boxes were opened. He injured 6 people in Nebraska, Colorado, Texas, Illinois, and Iowa. His motivation was to garner media attention so that he could spread a message denouncing government control over daily lives and the illegality of marijuana as well as promoting astral projection. * 2002 July 4: Hesham Mohamed Hadayet, a 41-year-old Egyptian national, kills two Israelis and wounds four others at the El Al ticket counter at Los Angeles International Airport. The FBI concluded this was terrorism, although they found no evidence linking Hadayet to any terrorist group. * October 2002 Beltway Sniper Attacks: During three weeks in October 2002 John Allen Muhammad and Lee Boyd Malvo killed 10 people and critically injured three others in Washington D.C, Baltimore, and Virginia. An earlier spree by the pair had resulted in 3 deaths in Louisiana, Alabama, Georgia, California, Arizona, and Texas to bring the total to 16 deaths. No motivation was given at the trial but evidence presented showed an affinity to the cause of the Islamic Jihad. * 2006 March 05: Mohammed Reza Taheri-azar injured 6 when he drove an SUV into a group of pedestrians at UNC-Chapel Hill to "avenge the deaths or murders of Muslims around the world". * 2006 July 08: Naveed Afzal Haq walked into the Jewish Federation in downtown Seattle, Washington and began shooting after shouting, "I'm a Muslim American; I'm angry at Israel". Haq killed one and wounded five others (three critically). * 2007 October 26: A pair of improvised explosive devices were thrown at the Mexican Consulate in New York City. The fake grenades were filled with black powder and detonated by fuses causing very minor damage. Police were investigating the connection between this and a similar attack against the British Consulate in New York in 2005. * 2008 February: In the first reported incident of animal-rights extremists physically assaulting the family members of animal researchers, six masked activists attempted to force their way into the home of a University of California, Santa Cruz, researcher and injured the researcher's husband. * 2008 March 3: Four multimillion-dollar show homes place in Woodinville, Washington are torched. The Earth Liberation Front is suspected in the fires. * 2008 March 6: A military recruiting station in Times Square was bombed in the early hours resulting in minor damage to the facility. It is believed a simply constructed device was used. Surveillance video that recorded the explosion also captured a bicycle riding man who prior to the blast stopped and walked up to the facility. Police are investigating a possible link between this attack and recent attacks on the Mexican and British consulates in New York. Police are offering a $15000 reward for information that leads to an arrest * 2008 May 4 Multiple nail laden pipe bombs exploded at a Federal Courthouse in San Diego at 1:40 AM causing "considerable damage" to the entrance and lobby and sending shrapnel two blocks away. The F.B.I. is investigating links between this attack and an April 25 explosion at the FedEx building also in San Diego. * 2008 July 27 Jim D. Adkisson opened fire in the Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church in Knoxville,Tennessee killing two and injuring seven before being tackled to the ground by congregation members. A note found in his SUV indicated this was intended as a suicide attack and said the church was apparently targeted because of its support of liberal social policies. * 2008 August 2, August 3 University of California-Santa Cruz molecular biologist David Feldheim's home was firebombed. A car belonging to another researcher from that University was destroyed by a firebomb in what is presumed to be related. FBI is investigating incidents as domestic terrorism related to animal rights groups.[/hide] Whoops! looks like terrorist has DOUBLED since the 1990s.

#-o That's funny, because 81% of Americans think he is.

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You have pretty much unlimited free speech. Just wait until this guy comes to your college campus. He is absolutely ridiculous. Him and his cronies travel to campuses around the country trying to get people to attack them and then suing the University. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brother_Jed

He didn't have go through the War in Iraq, he PUT himself and the American public through that. I think he'll mostly be remembered for being a complete imbecile and the worst public speaker on record.

Really, and how many years have you been in the workforce? Why don't you go tell the thousands of layed off Ford employees to get off their lazy [wagon] and get a job. How about the guys working the graveyard shift in a machine factory through a temp service trying to support their families to "go create some work for themselves". In fact, why don't you come all the way to my house and tell my Dad that too. When his company layed him off and he was forced to go back to school, he found out it was a little tough. He came out of school and had to work temp jobs for nearly 5 months before he finally found an INTERNSHIP for his field. Still without pay. Take your elitist "pull oneself up by his own bootsraps" theories and shove them up your middle-class-sheltered-life [wagon].

I just got back from my ex-girlfriend's house. She gave me a birthday present.

Last year in AP Chem I got a special Mol cookie from my teacher since my birthday is the 23rd and this year in Chem lab my prof gave me an extra credit point for the next test I take. What a great day to be born on.

I love it. We need more of those signs.

Nothing will beat Season 1's "Three Stories" for me. Just amazing writing.

I have a friend that plays on the U.S. national team. His origins are Sri Lankan though.

Sorry for being blunt, but that might have been the dumbest rhetorical question I've seen...

The single greatest electronica song I have EVER heard is... "The World Is Mine (F*** Me I'm Famous Version)" by David Guetta. Seriously man, get that song and be prepared to be blown away.

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I've watched every House episode to date, and it is easily one of my favorite shows on television. The only ways you can watch them would be illegally, which is mostly what I do since I have a study group on Tuesday nights when House AND Fringe are on.

Fally is pretty ridiculous, I've gotten a few relatively good pks around Edge, but I'm waiting another week or two before I go at it again, it's just too hectic right now for a good fight.

It isn't even worthy of being called "reality". It's just bad TV.

Finally. I can't believe how awesome this is. I'm 121 regardless of pvp or non-pvp.

First of all, if you're recording a drum set, invest in a good set of mics and matching heads.

Target isn't a toy store. It's a department store.

I remember your post from around Christmas time last year where you said it would cost Americans around 2 cents per year in taxes to eliminate Malaria completely. I told my whole family about it when we got together last year for Christmas (Aunts, Uncles, Cousins, and Grandparents too) and we all pooled some money (around $400) and sent it towards malaria. This is absolutely amazing news that Malaria will finally be put to an end.

Wear a black undershirt and unbutton the top button (maybe even top two) and you're looking classy, my friend. =D>

That's a good thing. The rich in the America are a very small percentage compared to the middle class. Taxes have been killing the middle class for years and will continue to until something is done. The standard of living is defined by the middle class, and if we keep holding it back with the middle class high tax, we have nowhere to go. Taxing the upper class is the best decision that could be made at this point.

Semi-formal usually means tie. This is what I was always taught: Formal-Tie with Jacket and Trousers Semi-Formal-Tie with Trousers but no Jacket Business Casual-Trousers and a Dress Shirt Casual-Jeans and a Polo (just an example)

This is a great spoof on that haha.