Bomber To Neighbor: The World Is ‘Never Going To Forget Me’ | Talking Points Memo

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — It seemed like a friendly chat between neighbors. Only after a bomb exploded in downtown Nashville on Christmas morning could Rick Laude grasp the sinister meaning behind his neighbor’s smiling remark that the city and the rest of the world would never forget him.


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We’ll give him an honorary Florida Man™ and lump him in with that pipe bomber (who somehow managed not to kill himself).

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In a world of 7 billion people, most folks are never even going to hear about him in the first place.

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Agree. Let’s forget his name and face as quickly as possible.

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Actually, within a year, he will just be yet another totally forgettable disturbed white male terrorist.

Just like Trump.

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Who? The story we should be talking about are the votes held today in the House.

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We’ll give him an honorary Florida Man™

How about instead of that, we come up with a less-tired joke?

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“Nothing about this guy raised any red flags,” Laude said. “He was just quiet.”


It’s the quiet ones ya gotta watch . Ya know that one eh? Every time ya see a story about a serial killer on T.V. What do they do? they bring on the neighbor. And the neighbor says “Well, he was always very quiet.” And someone in the room says “It’s the quiet ones ya gotta watch. This sounds to me like a very dangerous assumption. I will bet you anything that while you’re watching a quiet one, a noisy one will fucking kill you! Suppose you’re in a bar and one guy is reading a book not bothering anybody and another is standing in the front with a machete banging on the door saying “I’LL KILL THE NEXT MOTHER FUCKER WHO COMES IN HERE!” ……who ya gonna watch? Ya goddam right. — G. Carlin.


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President Donald Trump hasn’t publicly commented on the explosion but has spoken to Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee and offered resources and support, according to the governor’s office.

He doesn’t have much to say when the terrorist is white, huh.

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Already forgotten.

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Bomber To Neighbor: The World Is ‘Never Going To Forget Me’

Neighbor To Bomber: ‘Wanna bet?’

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Really, Mr. Warner? In a million years, the world will not have forgotten you? A septillion years? A googolplex of years? Makes you wonder what unremitting Paradise means for those who believe they will be ‘saved’ after death, doesn’t it?

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You seem a tad defensive.

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Bomber To Neighbor: The World Is ‘Never Going To Forget Me’

OMG! Just what we needed, another narcissist!
Sigh

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You seem a tad defensive.

(He’s not really defending Florida, is he?)

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A law enforcement report released Monday showed that Warner’s only arrest was for a 1978 marijuana-related charge.

Welp - that settles it. Obviously he had some kind of reefer-induced flashback that turned him into a terrorist. So the only answer is to ban the maryjane. Better burn those Partridge Family albums too, just to keep them out of young people’s hands.

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We could make him an honorary Arizona Man instead.

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Yeah, Florida ain’t got nothing on Arizona for crazy.

'Course then, there’s always Idaho.

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These twats are always vain. To wit: the hair.

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