T)he radical left net hub, NYC IndyMedia, is able to identify radical left motivations behind each of these attacks:

"The New York Times is reporting that police suspect a connection between this attack and similar blasts outside the British Consulate (May 5, 2005) and the Mexican Consulate in New York (Oct. 26, 2007). Unmentioned in the NY Times coverage: the British Consulate bombing occurred on the day of the UK's general elections, during which pro-war PM Tony Blair won a third term; the Mexican Consulate blast was on the one-year anniversary of the murder of (NYC-based) Indymedia journalist Brad Will, a killing widely attributed to PRI-backed paramilitaries."

http://nyc.indymedia.org/en/2008/03/95282.html

Today also happens to be the anniversary of the Weather Underground's first explosion; not an arbitrary association when one considers that this is a year when progressives are mobilizing to, in their own words, "Recreate 68" and a year after Bob Ross rounded up a bunch of young airheads to perform his revival of the SDS.

The evidence tying it to a "lone nut" on a bicycle is videotape of a "lone nut" pulling up to the locatioon on a bicycle, placeing the device, and riding off as it explodes.

http://hotair.com/archives/2008/03/06/surveillance-video-the-times-square-bombing/

The evidence of it being motivated by "anti-war" sentiment is indeed circumstantial - it is based on the long and persistent activities of violence and vandalism undertaken by the "anti-war" and "counter-recruiting" movements.

http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/4430901/detail.html

http://www.historyisaweapon.com/defcon2/domguemap.html

http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/07095/775380-85.stm

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1803587/posts

James, a trend isn't evidence unless an event can be specifically tied to the trend. I'd say that the Mexican embassy, which isn't involved in the wars of occupation at all (specific incident) being a target too (trend of targets, tied to specific by description of bomber and by method) points to a lone wacko.

I may be wrong, but there's no evidence yet to say so. Suggesting otherwise is illogical, Captain. Law of Excluded Middle.

Regards, C

but the evidence tying it to an anti-war movement or Islamist group …um…nil.

Aside from the fact that Islamist groups have a propensity for blowing things up, agreed. The fact that it was a military recruiting office leads to reasonable speculation that the military is a target.

My guess is that it's either some nut with a specific grievance (i.e., the recruiter turned him down or lied to him) or some yahoo having "fun".

Must be Code Pink or AQI then.

Welcome to the Scary World of John Hindraker.

Regards, C

A thrill seeker would use a unicycle....