I’m sure you’ve heard about the car bomb in Times Square, because I’m pretty sure it would be impossible for anyone to not have heard about it, but I had to chuckle at this line in this news story:

Kelly said it was too early to determine whether the device was crude or not.

Well, everything I’ve heard and seen about the bomb makes it sound like something I would put together … meaning a podged together mess that will likely not work exactly as intended. It really just seems like the person didn’t know what they were doing.

What really shows the person hasn’t got a brain was the fact he parked illegally, left the car running, and had the flashers on. Anyone with a brain would know that if one wants a car to go undetected, parking legally, turning the thing off, and not having the flashers on would mean the thing could sit there forever and not be noticed. How many legally parked, non-running, non-flashing cars do you ever notice? Probably none, unless it’s some sort of unusual or really cool-looking vehicle. I know I don’t really notice normally parked vehicles downtown. Now one that’s sitting somewhere it shouldn’t be, is running, and has the flashers on? Yes, I’ll give that one a look, if for no other reason than to roll my eyes and grumble about stupid Austin drivers.

So whoever did this –I’m not entirely convinced it was the Taliban, no matter what they say– is both dumb and crazy.