There's terrorism and then there's terrorism.

Did you hear about the IED found in Austin, TX? Not surprising if you didn't. You see it was found outside a womens' clinic that performed abortions in the wake of the bizarre Supreme Court decision. Aside from the original AP report, there's been precious little coverage:

The national press? Aside from 97 words from the AP and a brief mention from CNN — nothing (according to a Nexis search at 5:15 pm today). In that lone CNN mention, we’re told that “Officials from the Homeland Defense Team, which includes police officers, also other Austin officers, the Department of Emergency Ordnance Disposal unit and the FBI and the U.S. Bureau of the Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms and Explosives” were on the scene. Yet still, not a peep from the national press. Now, imagine if this clinic had been a bank, or a high school, or a sports arena. I bet we would have heard something about it then.

The Statesman did weigh in and included some interesting statistics:

More than 200 arsons and bombings have occurred at reproductive health care clinics across the United States and Canada since the mid-1970s, according to the National Abortion Federation's Web site.

According to the federation, 32 incidents of violence or disruption against abortion providers in the United States and Canada were reported in the first three months of 2007, along with five hoax devices or suspicious packages. In 2006, abortion clinics reported seven bomb threats and four attempted bombings or arsons.

It seems the media only considers terrorism worth reporting when the perp's (or or falsely alleged perp's) are US minorities or brown-skinned folks from the Middle East. When women are targeted by radical right hate groups - well, move along, nothing here.