Dumb and Dumber

Today, an MIT sophomore was arrested for allegedly wearing a fake bomb inside the terminal at Logan Airport. It consisted of a circuit board, wires and Play-Doh. How stupid can this girl be? Miss Teen South Carolina seems like a genius next to this electrical and computer engineering major. The prankster is a young woman from Hawaii.

Her explanation for the device was to call it art. Art my arse! I had hoped when I first read the story that she was merely mentally ill with a death wish. While this may still be the case, I would venture to say that the cold hard reality is the that she is just beyond stupid. In this climate, how could anyone possibly think that such an act would have anything that resembles a good outcome? She could very easily and quite appropriately have been shot and killed. Although, I would guess that either she did not consider that possibility or she really is mentally ill. I am beginning to wonder if anyone takes the times that we are in seriously. At first glance, it seems that this young woman has no clue as to how serious the threat of terrorism is. I suppose that she could just be a victim of her own upbringing. Or maybe she is just another ignorant, idealistic college student whose brain has been filled with liberal pablum, spoon-fed to her by Bush and US hating professors. You can't even walk onto an airplane with knitting needles, nail files or a screwdriver. Yet, she thought it would be OK to walk into an airport with an artistic rendition of a bomb!


She should be held accountable for her stupid and reckless actions. She should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. She implied that she had a bomb by her actions and appearances. The fact that it was not a bomb is meaningless. If a person implies that they have a weapon in the commission of a crime, the fact that they did not actually have one has no bearing. It is the threat of deadly force that is considered. Certainly she caused panic and acted in a threatening manner while pretending to have a bomb. She should be treated the same way as anyone else who threatens to do harm with explosives.

I do have to wonder if the unbridled liberalism that pervades college campuses added to her stupidity. On many campuses it is quite likely that she will be hailed as a hero for her brilliant method-acting performance as a would be suicide bomber. I can envision a Hollywood movie already in the works. She was profiled and singled out for wearing a fake bomb. Her freedom of expression was violated as she was not able to proudly display her artwork extolling the virtues of hand-crafted explosive devices.

She might even get to speak at Columbia University eventually. Columbia would roll out the red carpet for sure. After all, they are welcoming Mahamoud Ahmadinejad as a guest speaker but cancelled a speech by one of the Minutemen. I imagine that Ann Coulter would not be welcomed as a dissenting voice either. Funny how liberals talk about the free exchange of ideas , as long as they come from the left.

Don't forget the kid who was expelled from grade school for a drawing that resembled a gun.

I guess that was a bit of a rambling tangent. But, this is my opinion.