Posts Tagged ‘Bombing’

More Information on Possible Plano Bomber Anson Chi

Thursday, June 21st, 2012

Yesterday I noticed a large number of search hits for Anson Chi Plano Bomber, and various combinations thereof. And today a little bird told me that Chi is indeed the hospitalized bombing suspect. So let me post a little bit more about him.

I’ve been following up on this story because I had initially guessed that the then-unknown bombing suspect might be part of Occupy Wall Street. When news outlets have revealed enough information to deduce that Anson Chi was the likely suspect, and it turned out he’s a Ron Paul supporter, then it seemed only fair to post that, since one of the guiding rules of blogging is to correct your own errors, even if it may temporarily hurt your “side.” The first side you should be on is the truth.

Now that I’ve been able to round up more information about Chi, my initial guess that he might be part of Occupy is, if not right, somewhat less wrong than it appeared at first. Indeed, he’s posted some pictures from various Occupy encampments around the world. While he’s not a fan of Obama or the IRS, he’s also not a fan of Christianity, genetically modified food or corporations. Chi seems one of those people both deeply interested in, and deeply disenchanted with, contemporary politics:

That, along with the other images in this post, are taken from Anson Chi’s Facebook page. If Chi is indeed the Plano bomber, he deserves to go to prison from a long time. But his web pages don’t give off the screaming capital letter fanaticism of some nuts; Chi actually comes across as a normal, intelligent, and ironic guy with issues about his own Asian heritage and a disenchantment with politics that, were it not for the bombing angle, would seem pretty normal.

So here are a few pieces of information on Anson Chi, gleaned from his various web pages (and some of which are NSFW).

  • He’s the author of the novel Yellow on the Outside, Shame on the Inside: Asian Culture Revealed, which you can download for free.
  • He’s not an Obama fan:

  • He has an online resume that doesn’t seem geared toward seriously finding another job, subtitled “Crap that I’ve done” with sections labeled “Paid Slavery” and “Miseducation,” which reads “Postgraduate Work in Music 2002/University of Texas at Dallas – B.S. (Bullshit) in Business MIS 2000.”
  • He seems to have moved a lot. His Facebook location reads “Lives in Truth or Consequences, New Mexico [a joke?]. From New York, New York.” His resume shows a variety of jobs all over the country:

    IBM – Dallas, Texas 2005 – 2006
    Web Middleware Engineer

    Ameriquest Mortgage Company – Orange, California 2005
    System Engineer II

    Atos Origin – Hsinchu Science Park, Taiwan 2004 – 2005
    System Engineer

    Heartland Payment Systems – Frisco, TX 2002 – 2003
    UNIX System Operator

    Loudcloud – Sunnyvale, CA 2001
    NOC Engineer

    Alcatel – Plano, TX 2000 – 2001
    UNIX System Administrator

    The political section of that resume shows “Travis County District 149 Precinct Chairman” and “Ron Paul 2008 Grassroots Campaign – Austin, TX 2007-2008 Campaign Director.”

  • Campaign contribution records also show that he gave $6,479 to the Ron Paul campaign over four separate donations.
  • Among the groups he supports are several environmental and organic groups: California Certified Organic Farmers, Oregon Tilth (an organic group), Organic Consumers Association, and We Are All Green.
  • He posted several times in support of IRS protestor Tom Cryer, who believed the income tax was unconstitutional. Cryer died this month on June 4.
  • He also appeared on an Austin Internet radio show in support of Cryer.
  • He posted this image to his Facebook page February 6:

  • He put up several anti-SOPA posts.
  • The thing that strikes me most about spending an hour wading through Chi’s Facebook page (which was last updated June 16) is how perfectly normal everything he put there was, except for the fact that, as far as I can tell, there’s no description of personal interactions at all (maybe they’re there but set to private so his only friends can see them). But Chi strikes me as someone believing in some ideas on the middle of the far left and the middle of the far right, but not as someone who would blow up a gas pipeline.

    Is Anson Chi the Plano Bombing Suspect?

    Tuesday, June 19th, 2012

    It would appear that the Plano bombing suspect is one Anson Chi, based on the following:

  • The house raided by the bomb squad is reported belonging to Swia and Fai Chi, both in their 60s. “A neighbor described them as ‘hard-working people, blue-collar people’ who shared the home with at least one adult son.”
  • Searching on their names brings up a directory listing for an Anson Chi on Anchor street.
  • His MySpace page would suggest that, far from being an Occupy Wall Street supporter, that Chi is in fact a Ron Paul fan.
  • More details when I have them…

    Added: More details Here. While Chi is not a fan of Obama or the IRS, he’s also not a fan of Christianity, genetically modified food or corporations, which makes him a very atypical Ron Paul supporter.

    More Plano Bomber Tidbits: Occupy Wall Street Related?

    Tuesday, June 19th, 2012

    A few more details are dribbling out about the alleged Plano gas pipeline bomber.

    Among the most interesting:

    1. “Neighbors also said the son who lives there is often out and about and doesn’t seem to hold down a job.”
    2. “They said he typically carried a backpack with him.”
    3. “One neighbor told News 8 the son seemed to change over the last couple of years. He said his neighbor started running at night, saying he ‘was in training.’ That same neighbor said the young man lived a minimalistic life, saying he was against modern technology, but would then talk about spending hours on his computer.”

    No job, backpack, hates technology. Let’s see: Who does that description fit?

    Is it too soon to guess at an Occupy Wall Street connection? Probably. There’s only a few shreds of evidence. And yet, want to guess what the most recent concern on the Occupy Dallas website was?

    Would you believe “Protecting our Community from Gas Drilling”? Indeed it seems to be a continuing concern.

    Certainly other Occupy [Place Name Here] factions have been indicted in bomb plots. And as for the bomb detonating prematurely and injuring the bomb maker, well, let’s just say that such incidents are hardly unknown among the radical left.

    This is all very speculative and tentative, and the bomber could still be a lone nut. But at least the Occupy Dallas connection would explain the bomber’s motivation.

    New York Times “80 Dead” Number in Oslo Shooting Almost Certainly Wrong

    Friday, July 22nd, 2011

    The New York Times is reporting 80 dead in the shooting spree attributed to Anders Behring Breivik. That’s almost certainly a mistranslation or a wild exaggeration. While theoretically possible, it would make him not only far and away the most deadly “active shooter” ever, but the death toll for his victims would be higher than that of Texas Tower Sniper Charles Whitman, Virginia Tech shooter Seung-Hui Cho and Columbine shooters Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold combined.

    I’m not buying it.

    Norway Shooter Anders Behring Breivik is a…What?

    Friday, July 22nd, 2011

    Norwegian police are fingering Anders Behring Breivik as the bomber/shooter. Some are saying he’s a Right Wing Extremist (though what that means in a Norwegian context I’m not clear on). Some are saying that he’s a Norwegian Christian Conservative (which ruins my idea that he may be a fan of Norwegian Black Metal), and even a Freemason. What a blast from the past if that’s true. The conspiracy theory nuts are going to have to start dusting off their old Albert Pike and C. W. Leadbeater books. Next we’re going to hear that Breivik is a Jew, a Reptoid, and a member of both Opus Dei and the Trilateral Commission.

    But right now, despite Ansar al-Islam’s claim of responsibility and past Jihadest attempts in Norway, I’m not seeing anyone claim that Breivik is a convert to Islam.

    Oslo Bombing Update: 7 Dead, Ansar al-Jihad Takes Responsibility, More Shot at Youth Camp

    Friday, July 22nd, 2011

    So it was Ansar al-Jihad, as predicted by Jihadwatch.

    Now at least four more appear to be at a most-likely related shooting at a Youth camp.

    Remember, the only thing unusual about the Norway attacks is the location. Islamic terrorism kills this many people in other places around the globe pretty much every single day.