Creep of the Week - May 31, 1997
Timothy McVeigh
"It's All Over But The Frying"
That's one down, one to go. Timothy McVeigh's trial for the Oklahoma City bombing went to the jury this
week, and although they haven't come in with their verdict as of this moment, the bomber's defense
really bombed. After all the bluster provided by Timothy's lawyer
Stephen Jones and a gang of other high-priced attorneys,
after spending two years and tens of millions of taxpayer dollars preparing for this trial,
and after seeing his best friend and his sister testify against him to save their own hides,
Timothy's pathetic
defense lasted three-and-a-half days. Public defenders trying jaywalking cases do better than that.
What did Timothy and Stephen have to say for themselves?
- The FBI did it: The FBI crime lab was so corrupt and incompetent that no evidence they came
up with can be believed. And besides that, the seams on J. Edgar Hoover's nylons were crooked.
- The international conspiracy of Muslims did it: Stephen actually travelled to the mid-east (on
our tab, of course) to check this one out. No specifics, no information, no nothing. No doubt the
fundamentalists over there think Timothy is way too crazy even for them.
- The leg did it: One extra human leg was found in the debris from the explosion which couldn't be
matched to any body. Timothy's claim was that the leg belonged to the real bomber. Wouldn't the bomber
need more than a leg? He'd at least have needed a middle finger to flip at the victims as they perished and
a set of brass balls to even think this caper up in the first place. Maybe it was a Heaven's Gate cult member
who'd dispensed with his balls already.
In his opening statement, Stephen promised us an alibi and incontrovertible evidence of Timothy's
innocence. We didn't hear any of that. What we did hear was the story of an angry young man who went
bad because the Army wouldn't let him join the Green Beret's. If he'd just been getting laid like
every other person in the Army, maybe this wouldn't have happened. The event that finally put
him over the edge
was the carnage at Waco. OK, even a complete psychotic intent on revenge might go after a few
federal officials, but why kill 168 innocent civilian bystanders? Timothy compared them to the soldiers in
Star Wars who fought for Darth Vader. Individually, they may have been nice, innocent people, but they
were guilty of associating with the enemy. And only a high body count would spawn the mad riot
against the government that Timothy was dreaming of. The only riot he's likely to see now is the mad dash
by the survivors and family members to observe his execution. Good-bye, Tim. Your hero David Koresh
will be there to give you a guided tour of Hell.
Up next - Terry Nichols, Timothy's partner in crime. He's been pretty quiet up to now and you can bet
he's none too pleased by how Timothy fared on court. What defense does he have up his sleeve (or pants
leg)? Be prepared for: "Timothy is one whacked-out mother. I was too scared of him not to do
everything he said" or "Timothy's always joking around. I never thought he was serious. I was just
trying to hit on his sister"
or "Be on the lookout for the one-legged bomber".
Let me know what you think at
montgome@servtech.com
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