Left Wing Domestic Terrorist Convicted

Mmm! Nothing like a good Car-b-que!

Every now and then, you hear about some "genius" who sets a car lot of SUV's on fire or burns down some new construction to "save the environment". Here is the story of one such moron:

A Texas man who planted a gasoline bomb at a condominium development under construction in Pasadena was sentenced today to five years in federal prison.

Stephen James Murphy, 44, pleaded guilty in January to conspiring with another person involved in the underground extremist movement ELF to maliciously damage or destroy property.

"I apologize to the court and my fiance,'' Murphy told U.S. District Judge Manuel L. Real during the sentencing hearing. "I look forward to going home when this is over and leading a good, quiet life from there.''

According to prosecutors, Murphy learned from an unindicted co-conspirator how to construct an incendiary device using a 64-ounce plastic juice bottle, gasoline and a delayed ignition timer.

The two planned on committing arson on behalf of ELF by using the device to burn down the under-construction condo building in hopes of intimidating and inflicting economic harm on individuals and companies they believed were causing harm to the environment, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office.

Because nothing says "I love the environment" like sending toxic smoke from a burning building or SUV into the atmosphere! And seeing as how the building and cars burned by punks like ELF are insured, they will merely cause more pollution as their replacements are built and overly burden the poor and middle class whose insurance rates will go up to defray the cost of mindless vandalism.

Fortunately, the slackers who fancy themselves to be eco-terrorists are often an incompetent lot!

On Sept. 19, 2006, Murphy placed the device in a partially constructed unit in the condominium project known as Vista Del Arroyo Bungalows, which was being built directly beneath the Colorado Street Bridge in Pasadena, prosecutors said.

Before leaving the scene, Murphy lit the device with the intent to burn down the entire development under construction, according to the government.

However, the delayed-ignition timer failed before it could ignite the gasoline, prosecutors said.

Arson investigators determined that if the device had functioned the way it was designed, there would have been enough gas to destroy the entire Bungalows development, as well as other nearby structures, prosecutors said.

Murphy also admitted disabling the ignition of a tractor used on the job site and crediting ELF by scrawling "Another Tractor Decommissioned by the E.L.F.'' on the vehicle, prosecutors said.

What passes for thought inside the vast, empty canyons of such a one's head to imagine that creating more pollution is the way to "save" the environment?

According to the complaint, the Pasadena Fire Department was dispatched to the construction site and found what was described as a "crude incendiary device'' partially made from cigarettes.

Ah! An evil smoker! How did the other lefties ever let this guy in the club???

FBI officials said ELF-related attacks have led to millions of dollars in property damage nationwide.

As a public service to your country and to Mother Gaia: If you ever hear of any of these boneheads planning on "saving" the environment, drop a dime on them. The air will be cleaner as a result of it!

H/T Riehl World

Update:
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Cross posted at Say Anything