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I'm not defending the FBI for their conduct of the Boston Marathon bombing.  But, you must admit they did a marvelous job of tracking, identifying and harnessing the Boston Marathon bombers.  This is wonderful.   But the pundits are hard at work - what else are they to do?  They want to blame somebody.  For every tragedy there must be blame assigned.  It does not matter that the bombers were rapidly identified ; it does not matter they were caught in a matter of days ; it does not matter they (the FBI) minimized the subsequent lost of life.  We are at the stage of the classic "blame game" The FBI is now blamed for everything .   Why was there not a follow-up on the Tamerlan Tsarnaev visit to Russia, including the alert offered by Russia?  Why were we not alerted to this single cell plotting their nefarious deeds? Why was he not watched continuously?  N aturally , this case could have been overlooked or discounted by a ineffectual investigator.  That is an internal matt

This is a continuation of http://used-ideas.blogspot.com/2013/04/thoughts-part-ii.html ·          Your brain .   Your brain is the most deceitful entity you know.   It lies to you.   It purports truths that are false.   It convinces you are tired when you are not.   It tells you to stop when you should go; it tells you to go when you should stop.   In the words of some anonymous writer, "Don't believe everything you think."   All that said it is your adviser, your confidant, your most trusted ally.  But, your brain is just one part of you! ·          The Cheap War .   In the aftermath of the Boston Marathon bombing, we must acknowledge we are at war with Extremists, possibly of many types.   But for the perpetrators, it is a cheap war.   They, the bad guys, expend a trifling amount of money.   Estimate grossly the Tsarneav brothers (radicalized Islamic Boston bombers) spent about $25,000 on their little war.   The cost to Boston and the Federal Government now amoun