Domestic terrorism hits Sweeney's office

by: Adam L

Fri Apr 09, 2010 at 08:36:58 PM EDT

A downtown Salem office building was evacuated this afternoon when a package addressed to State Senate President Stephen Sweeney was opened and found to contain what was first deemed a suspicious white powder.

In a climate where more legislators are being threatened with violence (mostly Democrats, by the way), and on the heels of "suspicious white powder letters" being sent over the past few years to the likes of former US Senator Tom Daschle, current Senator Pat Leahy, Keith Olbermann and the gas line at Rep. Tom Perriello's brother's house - quite simply, this right wing domestic terrorism shit has to stop.

Someone is going to get killed.  Someone is going to cite what they were told by Sarah Palin/Glenn Beck/Sean Hannity/Rush Limbaugh/Michelle Bachmann or another right wing extremist kook, and everyone will throw up their hands and say "who could have known?"

Bullshit.

What makes this even more ironically aggravating is the simple fact that to shut down government offices, send people to hospitals for examination, summoning police, firefighters, rescue workers and hazardous material crews, investigate and prosecute the right wing domestic terrorists who are responsible for this costs We the People money.  Aren't the teabaggers against excessive government spending?  Isn't this something that perpetuates exactly what they claim to be against?

And where is "law and order" Governor Chris Christie on this disgusting and cowardly display of terroristic activity?  Why is he not condemning this act and talking about how much New Jersey taxpayers will now have to pay in order to deal with this?

I won't hold my breath.