The terrorist Oscar Lopez Rivera

During his trial convicted terroist Oscar Lopez Rivera stated , "I am an enemy of the United States"! Today that would bring you to a quite little place in eastern Bulgaria with water and a board waiting for you. Back in the 80's it brought him a 35 year prison stint. As founder and leader of the Saul Alinsky influenced FALN, Lopez directed terrorist activities throughout Chicago, New York, and Puerto Rico. Dozens of people were killed and injured by this group and its members until a mass arrest occurred soon aftet the bombinh stopped according to the Spectator magazine.

Lopez is not a Ghandi who's non-violent resistence ties up traffic or pushes cotton price higher. Through the inspiration of Saul Alinsky, Lopez with co-conspirator Carlos Torres led a wave of violence similar to the other Chicago based terrorist organization the Weather Underground. Curious how the teachings of Alinsky only inspire violence and radicalism. Not only was Lopez a tactical commander, he also kept the material to make the bombs used in his apartments throughout the states. Lopez was a hands-on terror leader.

As listed in the Daily News these were among the dead in the 1975 Manhattan bombing. Harold H. Sherburne, 66, whose career on Wall Street spanned four decades, and a young banker, Frank Connor, 33, who had worked his way up over 15 years from clerk to assistant vice president at Morgan Guaranty Trust. Two executives, James Gezork, 32, of Wilmington, Del., and Alejandro Berger, 28, who worked for a Philadelphia-based chemical company, had traveled to New York for business meetings. Sources have FALN as having carried out over 120 bombings during the 70's and 80's.

If it took me twenty minutes to find the information of the murdered and the facts of Oscar Lopez Rivera and have a negative opinion, what did singer Ricky Martin do who now supports his release? I would say that Ricky must be in agreement that murder is a justified means to forward the cause of Puerto Rican independence like the Macheteros promote. Ricky is aligning himself with a personality equal to Bin Laden. Lopez could be referred to as the Bin Laden of Puerto Rico. No he was more like Abu Musab al-Zarqawi who got his hands dirty for the cause.

Lest Puerto Rican forget this terrorist was no Martin Luther King. Oscar Lopez was a lucky man to not be charged with murder or conspiracy to murder, he was smart enough to stay distant enough to have some plausible deniability.

Ricky remember the phrase, "Guilt by association" .