Do you feel lucky punk?

I wasn’t sure if I should talk about Faisal Shahzad of Times Square infamy or not. Eventually though, after another think, I came up with a couple of angles which have one element in common and that one element is stupidity,

Let’s start with Michael Bloomberg, the mayor of New York City, who couldn’t have been more wrong with his predictions.

Well before Mr. Shahzad was identified and arrested the worthy Mr. Bloomberg predicted that the perpetrator of the attempted bombing in Times Square would be “homegrown”, and furthermore that he or she would be “disturbed or deranged”.

These idiocies were voiced in an interview with Katie Couric who agreed with joyful enthusiasm. Buoyed up by this support Mr. Bloomberg waxed even more eloquent leaving no doubt that, in spite of his claims to be a Republican, at best he is a RINO, (Republican In Name Only) and more likely a liberal. Why else would he seek to pin the blame for the terrorist attempt on a “Right Winger with a political agenda possibly because of a dislike of the healthcare legislation”?

What would have really made his day would have been to show a direct link to the Tea Party because that organization seems to be the bete noire of the liberal Left these days. Even Obama himself refers to its members as “Tea Baggers” which is a euphemism for a sexual act which I shall not define but if you’re interested Wikipedia will. What a sophisticated man he is, so urbane and polished.

But back to Mayor Bloomberg and his predictions who said not a word when the bomber turned out to be of Pakistani origin, was trained in that country and was heavily influenced by a cleric called Anwar al-Awlaki and since his arrest at least 8 others have been identified and arrested as well.

Now let’s turn to Faisal Shahzad who is perhaps simply the latest in a succession of stupid terrorists following hard on the heels of the “panty bomber” last Christmas. It can also be argued that the United States has enjoyed an amount of luck which we probably don’t deserve and cannot reasonably expect to continue.

"Yes, we have been lucky," House Minority Leader John A. Boehner (Ohio) said yesterday, "but luck is not an effective strategy for fighting terrorism."

The GOP's criticism has been broader than the questions that have been raised surrounding the circumstances of Shahzad's arrest, such as whether he should have been read his Miranda rights and why he made it aboard an airliner despite being put on the no-fly list earlier in the day.

While the FBI and local authorities deserve some praise, the intelligence agencies have, for the third time since the Fort Hood attack in November, failed to interrupt an individual before the act.

"I look at the Christmas deal," said Rep. Howard P. "Buck" McKeon (Calif.), referring to the attempted airliner bombing over Detroit, "and I look at this deal, and I say, 'Wow, one of these times they are going to get it right.' "

"How many times can we count on our enemies' incompetence?" said Rep. Mike Rogers (Mich.), a senior member of the House Intelligence Committee. Rogers contended that the intelligence agencies have curtailed some crucial information-gathering activities of overseas CIA officers, although he declined to specify which, saying it was classified.

Before the Bush Administration left office, Vice President Dick Cheney observed that, “We have to get it right every time. The bad guys have to get it right just once”.

How right he is!