The recent case of the student who brought a fake bomb to school is an obvious PR stunt. From the incongruous and obviously coached statements he makes to the confluence of his father’s political agitation and the nature of his own sudden fame, this is a set-up. “If you see something, say something.” Unless it’s coming from the only demographic proven to be a current concern in the Global War on Terror, which the Department of Defense now calls an “Overseas Contingency Operation”.

Judging by the Obama administration’s cooing over this provocation and the stink0eye applied to law enforcement and school officials, the new rule is “If you see something, say nothing”. Insert appropriate Soviet agitprop here. Like Obama’s race-baiting presidency itself, this case is designed to offer no traction for attack except by frontal assault. There is no room for subtlelty here. No GOP fan-dance nonsense will do This requires the full-throated condemnation that only Gingrich and Trump offer in the political arena. And we’re fresh out of Gingrich. Good luck investigating the connections and travels of a 17-year old — age is the new race in the arsenal of the left. Exect more of this juvenile provocation.

No doubt somebody here will recognize the principle and its provenance. It’s not enough for your to be beaten, You must beat yourself. You must doubt what you know, and do what you despise. The enemy has not won until you defeat yourself, and that is the focus of our enemy, not mere domination. You must accept it.

You used to know what marriage was — now you’re not so sure. You used to know what man and woman were — now not so much. And you say that you still understand, but with every unchallenged assertion, you let yourself be convinced, one synapse at a time. The reason Orwell’s 1984 focuses so much on the agent corroding Winston Smith’s resistance, breaking his hold on reality, forcing him to adjust his view of the world, is that no victory is complete until your opponent is utterly annihilated. And unless you want to kill billions, you;re just going to have to convince them that they were wrong to oppose your rule, Not defeated, not unfortunate, but mistaken at the core.

So bring a clock to work. It doesn’t have to work — it doesn’t have to tell time. But it does have to be composed of a circuit board, some electircal tape, a case of some sort. and enough danger signals to make Jack Bauer hyperventilate. And let’s see who feels like saying something.

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Recall that the positive aspect of this story so far is that the youth has been charged under the section of Texas law concerned with producing a “hoax bomb”, which is worth quoting in full:

TEX PE. CODE ANN. § 46.08 : Texas Statutes – Section 46.08: HOAX BOMBS

• (a) A person commits an offense if the person knowingly manufactures, sells, purchases, transports, or possesses a hoax bomb with intent to use the hoax bomb to:
  • (1) make another believe that the hoax bomb is an explosive or incendiary device; or
  • (2) cause alarm or reaction of any type by an official of a public safety agency or volunteer agency organized to deal with emergencies.
• (b) An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor.