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Sorry Boston - you're the joke, and worldwide at that
02/02/07 · 9:28 am :: posted by Walter Brooks
Boston is the laughing stock all over the US as this Mike Peters' cartoon in the Sunday NY Times indicates.
When Mumbles Menino & Merciless Martha can't tell cartoons from Al Qaeda
We're in deep do-do & Armageddon outta here
Ten cities in America were subjected to another piece of guerrilla marketing this month.
Only Beantown went berserk.
The Hub's perpetual mayor Tom "mumbles" Menino shouted his anxious alarms for hours after someone in our state constabulary must have noticed these were rather amateurish and childish toys, not terror devices.
Boston Police Commissioner Edward Davis alerted the nation at a press conference while usually wiser Governor Deval Patrick frowned in the background with Mumbles.
And our humorless Attorney General Martha "pull the switch" Coakley made public announcements offering her grim face to an unsuspecting public.
Greatest Prank Ever
What seemed to be a possible national emergency turned out to be just the tenth city visited by these same merry pranksters.
What is ludicrous is that a “terror emergency” continued after it must have been obvious to those who found and deactivated the first one early in the day that it was just a hoax.
However, "Madame La Farge" Coakley told us of the government’s expert appraisal of the dire situation. As she said on CNN, "It had a very sinister appearance. It had a battery behind it, and wires." Wow, just like your i-Pod, Martha.
A photo caption on Yahoo! described the sinister object thus; “The device consists of light emitting diodes on a circuit board forming the shape of a gesturing character which is part of a promotion for the TV show 'Aqua Teen Hunger Force,' a surreal series about a talking milkshake, a box of fries and a meatball…”
Same hoax got "ho hum" in nine other cities
The only meatballs in Beantown were our leaders and law enforcement personal who allowed a million bucks to be spent protecting Boston from an obvious hoax.
Last night MSNBC's "Countdown with Keith Olberman" lampooned the debacle as did countless other national and international media. The devices have been in place for two to three weeks in 9 other US cities - New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Atlanta, Seattle, Portland, Austin, San Francisco; and Philadelphia. As soon as the company realized the problem law enforcement officials were told of their locations in all 10 cities. There were no reports from police of residents in the other nine cities spotting similar devices.
See the video of the devices being placed here.
Only The Alliance could act nuttier
It really frightens one to consider how Charlie Vinick, Sue Nickerson and the Alliance to Protract Nantucket Sound might react if they returned to Cape Cod in a few years and suddenly came upon 130 wind turbines.
Their reaction would probably give a whole new meaning to "Chicken Little".
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News-gal [Member] writes:
Ah, dear KMA, another over 35 humorless man heard from ;>)
Listen to any media other than Boston and you'll reaize we're the laughing stock of the country.
Listen to any media other than Boston and you'll reaize we're the laughing stock of the country.
Buzz [Member] writes:
In Pakistan and Afganhistan they disguise bombs as toys...the result, many children dead.
Hmmmm, I wonder if those children are the "lauging stock" of their countries?
Hmmmm, I wonder if those children are the "lauging stock" of their countries?
bubslola [Member] writes:
The first device was blown-up at 8am, that morning. Didn't anyone look at it to see that it was a battery operated device with zero explosives??? The next reports came in later...no one realized they were all the same device?? A man walking out of a bar a week earlier realized the device he saw that night and a few days earlier were the same. KMA let's all just face it Boston is sitting with some major egg on its face.
videopaul [Member] writes:
It never ceases to amaze me how fearful people are. I think we can thank the media for that. I just wish I would have been watching CNN yesterday as they made fools of themselves on another "developing story." The speculation and fear mongering must have been classic. So a litebrite flipping everyone the bird. Sounds like Turner broadcasting to me. Wow, what a nice marketing campaign. I do think the whole thing is ridiculous, but I hope they let the gorilla ad people have both barrels, using public property for their petty little TV show ad campaign. The thing is, a few million dollars in fines pale in comparison to how effective this little publicity ploy is. They probaby planned it that way from the beginning. I wouldn't be surprised if the original call to the police was from an agent of the gorilla ad network/Viacom, Time Warner, etc. These lowlifes would scream "fire" in every theater in the country to sell another prescription to cure RLS, the disease they made up.Just goes to prove what I say all the time - What left wing liberal media? Try scum-sucking-bottom-feeding-blood...
xhogstr [Member] writes:
The story is all over the news and radio shows here in the tri-state area... I think New Yorkers are just glad it didn't happen to them. This gives new meaning to how a milkshake and super-size box of fries can blow you up!
bubslola [Member] writes:
To add some more perspective, not only was it on every news channel but all of them were doing live feeds on the internet. Yes, you could do your work and watch live feed from your computer. Boston was put on the map and I don't think in a positive light. WOW!!!!
Buzz [Member] writes:
99.9% of the time it turns out to be nothing. I'd hate to be the one sent to investigate the .01%!
errata [Member] writes:
Hey "Bub" --
They weren't all the same device, what about the fake pipe bomb at Tufts-New England, planted there by a nut with a threatening note. Only added to the craziness.
E.
They weren't all the same device, what about the fake pipe bomb at Tufts-New England, planted there by a nut with a threatening note. Only added to the craziness.
E.
lenstewart [Member] writes:
VideoPaul:
"I hope they let the gorilla ad people have both barrels, using public property for their petty little TV show ad campaign."
You mean, like Doug Bennett???
"I hope they let the gorilla ad people have both barrels, using public property for their petty little TV show ad campaign."
You mean, like Doug Bennett???
Walter Brooks [Member] writes:
Are any of you people under 35?
As Bub's Lola states above "The first device was blown-up at 8am, that morning. Didn't anyone look at it to see that it was a battery operated device with zero explosives???"
If we can't tell the difference between a joke and a bomb, we're in for a long, hot future. The people who caused the problem and the expense were the Keystone Kops & publicity-hungrey pols.
So far four national newspapers have asked to run this as an Op-Ed piece, the Patriot Ledger ran it today, please read this Op-Ed.
As Bub's Lola states above "The first device was blown-up at 8am, that morning. Didn't anyone look at it to see that it was a battery operated device with zero explosives???"
If we can't tell the difference between a joke and a bomb, we're in for a long, hot future. The people who caused the problem and the expense were the Keystone Kops & publicity-hungrey pols.
So far four national newspapers have asked to run this as an Op-Ed piece, the Patriot Ledger ran it today, please read this Op-Ed.
Buzz [Member] writes:
Gee "B-farter" (that's your hip name), cause you apparently get the jive even though you B ova the tirty-Fiv.
You see daddy-O, the bomb sqaud operates a little differntly than....let's say, CCT. Unlike some who make the rules up as they go (e.g. Peckham) some operations have protocol and trainning in place "so nobody get killed".
Imagine that, a bomb squad that actually follows a strict agenda for dealing with suspicious packages placed in curious places.
Besides, how dangerous can it be to be a member of the bomb squad?
You see daddy-O, the bomb sqaud operates a little differntly than....let's say, CCT. Unlike some who make the rules up as they go (e.g. Peckham) some operations have protocol and trainning in place "so nobody get killed".
Imagine that, a bomb squad that actually follows a strict agenda for dealing with suspicious packages placed in curious places.
Besides, how dangerous can it be to be a member of the bomb squad?
videopaul [Member] writes:
Who's Doug Benett? You aren't talking about the recently deceased singer of Doug and the Slugs are you?
A milkshale, box of fries and a meatball.. sounds like your typical high-minded American pop culture.
Yeah, sorry I missed those live feeds. The best reality TV is watching these so-called "journalists" speculating to the high heavens with their expertise in breaking news stories. Bumbling bubble heads who can't even read copy are even more entertaining to watch as they fumble through without a script or having any idea of what's really going on.
"Back to you, Wolfe."
A milkshale, box of fries and a meatball.. sounds like your typical high-minded American pop culture.
Yeah, sorry I missed those live feeds. The best reality TV is watching these so-called "journalists" speculating to the high heavens with their expertise in breaking news stories. Bumbling bubble heads who can't even read copy are even more entertaining to watch as they fumble through without a script or having any idea of what's really going on.
"Back to you, Wolfe."
wahhmbulance [Member] writes:
Obviously looking back on it, the response was overkill. Time to move on.
However, if something blew up and people were killed, or if a couple of planes flew into some buildings, I'm sure there'd be commissions and committees formed to figure out why nobody did anything about it before it happened.
However, if something blew up and people were killed, or if a couple of planes flew into some buildings, I'm sure there'd be commissions and committees formed to figure out why nobody did anything about it before it happened.
Walter Brooks [Member] writes:
Today's NY Times laughs at Boston in their "Week in Review" cartoon.
solstice [Member] writes:
I am all for diligent homeland security. I shutter to think what will really happen in a true state of emergency. But please this was a pure case of overeaction by our leaders and once it happened they refused to admit they had egg on their face and furthered the harm by continuing to employ emergency tactics to show how well it handles this type of situation.
Of course the media, latched on to this. They love nothing more than to have a breaking news report. Especially one that they can extend for days of news time. The real winners of this marketing ploy (NOT HOAX) was turner broadcasting, who received more air time then a million dollars of advertising would have given them. The real losers the people of Mass who had to suffer thru the traffic hold ups, the loss of revenue and the loss of esteem from from other states.
Of course the media, latched on to this. They love nothing more than to have a breaking news report. Especially one that they can extend for days of news time. The real winners of this marketing ploy (NOT HOAX) was turner broadcasting, who received more air time then a million dollars of advertising would have given them. The real losers the people of Mass who had to suffer thru the traffic hold ups, the loss of revenue and the loss of esteem from from other states.
Walter Brooks [Member] writes:
Not with unreconstructed mugwump, Yellow Dog Republicans like you running the state GOP. You dinosaurs are the best thing that ever happeded to the Democrats.
crusader [Member] writes:
And I don't always agree with Walter, but this time I do.
They really pushed the panic button this time....when I heard about it, I couldn't decide whether it was due to an unsophisticated lot who aren't prevy to electronic devices from computer geeks....or wanting to milk the commonwealth for another fat check, like another big dig. How much did this debacle cost us anyway? And will Warner pay or will they do some kind of deal with Menino and the new D.A.?
One has to wonder who are these people who are determining whether suspicious devices are actually lethal or not?
Just because it lights up, has wires and batteries doesn't mean it will explode!
I think they should have done a much better job investigating this material prior to pushing the panic buttons all over town.
Just add this one to the big dig bill!
They really pushed the panic button this time....when I heard about it, I couldn't decide whether it was due to an unsophisticated lot who aren't prevy to electronic devices from computer geeks....or wanting to milk the commonwealth for another fat check, like another big dig. How much did this debacle cost us anyway? And will Warner pay or will they do some kind of deal with Menino and the new D.A.?
One has to wonder who are these people who are determining whether suspicious devices are actually lethal or not?
Just because it lights up, has wires and batteries doesn't mean it will explode!
I think they should have done a much better job investigating this material prior to pushing the panic buttons all over town.
Just add this one to the big dig bill!
Buzz [Member] writes:
"Just because it lights up, has wires and batteries doesn't mean it will explode!"
Yeah, I mean I guess it could explode..and kill some dudes.
You don't investigate the material Crusader. You identifiy it as suspicous and blow it up. That's the way all bomb squads work.
I've seen them blow up a lunch box and a briefcase.
Yeah, I mean I guess it could explode..and kill some dudes.
You don't investigate the material Crusader. You identifiy it as suspicous and blow it up. That's the way all bomb squads work.
I've seen them blow up a lunch box and a briefcase.
Jack Coleman [Member] writes:
Yeah, it as an overreaction, as anyone with the consoling distance of hindsight can attest. But what I'm seeing about the reaction to the overreaction is that it's roughly falling along political lines. Those disparaging the officials in Boston appear doubtful that we face much of a threat of anything, that it's all part of a Bush plot to impose a police state, and that we've become paranoid.
Then there are those of us who believe the threat from Islamic fanatics is genuine because they are quite persistent in reminding us of that and have already pulled off a catastrophic attack on our soil, an attack as unlikely as it was savage.
Is it much of a stretch to foresee that those doing the disparaging now would be among the most vocal critics that Not Enough Was Done if we get hit again?
Then there are those of us who believe the threat from Islamic fanatics is genuine because they are quite persistent in reminding us of that and have already pulled off a catastrophic attack on our soil, an attack as unlikely as it was savage.
Is it much of a stretch to foresee that those doing the disparaging now would be among the most vocal critics that Not Enough Was Done if we get hit again?
crusader [Member] writes:
When the news was out, my daughter called me to say there were bombs in the trains, just as I entered the red line in Cambridge.
I asked her which train station, she said orange. I proceeded to my train.
This is exactly what is going on in this country.....promoting fear, and paranoia.....I'm not buying it........I won't ever vote for a republican president....I pray for a democratic president in 2008.....no more colonization of other countries.....we need to unite instead of sending our young men off to die in a war that is only about greedy family values...and you know which families I am referring to..where is our humanity?
911 was more than it seems....open your eyes and take a look at how this country really works behind the scenes.....capitalists....greed and inhumanity continue to flourish.
If my son ever gets drafted for this war, I am forcing him to become a deserter!
Many had during the Vietnam War, another scam, and they are walking around today able to have decent lives because they deserted.
Would you want your son or daughter to fight in a war that is greed?
I asked her which train station, she said orange. I proceeded to my train.
This is exactly what is going on in this country.....promoting fear, and paranoia.....I'm not buying it........I won't ever vote for a republican president....I pray for a democratic president in 2008.....no more colonization of other countries.....we need to unite instead of sending our young men off to die in a war that is only about greedy family values...and you know which families I am referring to..where is our humanity?
911 was more than it seems....open your eyes and take a look at how this country really works behind the scenes.....capitalists....greed and inhumanity continue to flourish.
If my son ever gets drafted for this war, I am forcing him to become a deserter!
Many had during the Vietnam War, another scam, and they are walking around today able to have decent lives because they deserted.
Would you want your son or daughter to fight in a war that is greed?
Buzz [Member] writes:
Well, well. Crusaders back to her old self.
Sounds like lifes not so good in Somerville afterall?
Typical response...blame it all on the republicans. Shortly after Bush takes office, America is attacked. Remind you Crusader, Clinton was President when they were planning the attacks.
Also, who told your daughter there were "bombs on the train"?
Is that something "you" made up?
Sounds like lifes not so good in Somerville afterall?
Typical response...blame it all on the republicans. Shortly after Bush takes office, America is attacked. Remind you Crusader, Clinton was President when they were planning the attacks.
Also, who told your daughter there were "bombs on the train"?
Is that something "you" made up?
whatever [Member] writes:
"bombs on the train"? Is that like "snakes on a plane"?
crusader [Member] writes:
KMA,
To the contrary, I'm quite content living in my old neighborhood once again.
I am making a heathly paycheck here as opposed to there with people who know how to respect their employees and co-workers. They also know the definition of "working as a team".
I don't miss the mean-spirted city haters. At least here, we accept all walks of life, including blacks and tolerate differences of opinion.
I like to chime in now and then just to keep you guys on your toes.
My daughter heard it on the news, one of those Warner signs must have been placed on or near a train station.
To the contrary, I'm quite content living in my old neighborhood once again.
I am making a heathly paycheck here as opposed to there with people who know how to respect their employees and co-workers. They also know the definition of "working as a team".
I don't miss the mean-spirted city haters. At least here, we accept all walks of life, including blacks and tolerate differences of opinion.
I like to chime in now and then just to keep you guys on your toes.
My daughter heard it on the news, one of those Warner signs must have been placed on or near a train station.
Buzz [Member] writes:
Crusader,
We're so happy you're "with your own" types. We're all just a bunch of backwoods, black hating, non-team playing city haters. I think you nailed it.
So, the "news" reported bombs on a train? I don't think so. Never, ever did a news organization report there were bombs on a train.
We're so happy you're "with your own" types. We're all just a bunch of backwoods, black hating, non-team playing city haters. I think you nailed it.
So, the "news" reported bombs on a train? I don't think so. Never, ever did a news organization report there were bombs on a train.
crusader [Member] writes:
....and the best part.....I still get to keep my vacation house on lower cape....that way I can still enjoy the only reason most of us go to the cape....vacation...and don't have to be subjected to sexual harassment, work sabotage by envious co-workers and slave labor anymore.....
I get holidays OFF and PAID....401k and pension plan.....no commute...and those who suffer from mental illness, alcoholism and drug addiction are forced to deal with it......they are not freely roaming around disrupting other people's lives........
One former co-worker described the Cape as an asylum without bars.......not too far off.....
It's still a whaling community and always will be......soon it will become a place only the rich can afford.....
I get holidays OFF and PAID....401k and pension plan.....no commute...and those who suffer from mental illness, alcoholism and drug addiction are forced to deal with it......they are not freely roaming around disrupting other people's lives........
One former co-worker described the Cape as an asylum without bars.......not too far off.....
It's still a whaling community and always will be......soon it will become a place only the rich can afford.....
videopaul [Member] writes:
Check out the press conference with these two kids. I just loved how they wrangled the parasite presscorp. Granted, they're young and foolish, but oddly enough fearless against the media barrage. Everybody should talk to all the little copy readers like this.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2fGzmphx4U
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2fGzmphx4U
Jack Coleman [Member] writes:
"911 was more than it seems"? Cue theme from Twilight Zone ...
Crusader, please tell me you aren't one of the lunatic fringe who believes 9/11 was a conspiracy. Let me amend that: it was a conspiracy -- by al Qaeda.
Your idea of unity is for Americans to huddle isolated in a cave and hope the monsters outside will go away if we ignore them. They've already made clear they won't. We've tried what you suggest twice in the last century. Pearl Harbor and 9/11 soon followed.
And in case you hadn't noticed, this particular breed of monster treats women far worse than men.
To borrow a line from great leader whose birthday I'll celebrate tomorrow, this conflict can have only one outcome -- we win, they lose.
Crusader, please tell me you aren't one of the lunatic fringe who believes 9/11 was a conspiracy. Let me amend that: it was a conspiracy -- by al Qaeda.
Your idea of unity is for Americans to huddle isolated in a cave and hope the monsters outside will go away if we ignore them. They've already made clear they won't. We've tried what you suggest twice in the last century. Pearl Harbor and 9/11 soon followed.
And in case you hadn't noticed, this particular breed of monster treats women far worse than men.
To borrow a line from great leader whose birthday I'll celebrate tomorrow, this conflict can have only one outcome -- we win, they lose.
bittersweet [Member] writes:
Boy, you're the one who needs the twilight zone music if you think they could have pulled 911 off without some inside help. And if it was only al- queda, why aren't they going after them??? The Bin-Laden's and the Bush's have been in collaberation for years, that's why. Read about the Carlyle Group. They all love the same thing, Money and lots of it. They have spy technology that can spot a postage stamp from way up in the sky; you don't think they can scope out Bin Laden? Face it--they don't want to! One day maybe we will learn what they are really up to.
crusader [Member] writes:
bittersweet:
Thanks for bringing up the truth they refuse to face.
Some time ago, I did a blog on Bush, and it caused a lot of static with the Bush lovers....on this site.....I brought up the "C" group and got an unfriendly comment from a supposed employee of the "former presidents club".....caused some to shiver in their boots......
welcome to wonderful USA--otherwise known as home to a newly formed facist government that encourages leaders to oppress the innocent through fear tactics, paranoia and martial law.
We will learn about it someday like the Kennedy assasinations.....many years later when everyone who is responsible is either dead of old age or disease, instead of rotting in jail as they should.
Even his own party is disgusted with him......that says a lot.......a president gets elected to do daddy's bidding...hires the same henchmen as daddy.....and gets the supreme court to back him up....where is Bill Maher and Michael Moore?
We need another protest march in D.C.
Thanks for bringing up the truth they refuse to face.
Some time ago, I did a blog on Bush, and it caused a lot of static with the Bush lovers....on this site.....I brought up the "C" group and got an unfriendly comment from a supposed employee of the "former presidents club".....caused some to shiver in their boots......
welcome to wonderful USA--otherwise known as home to a newly formed facist government that encourages leaders to oppress the innocent through fear tactics, paranoia and martial law.
We will learn about it someday like the Kennedy assasinations.....many years later when everyone who is responsible is either dead of old age or disease, instead of rotting in jail as they should.
Even his own party is disgusted with him......that says a lot.......a president gets elected to do daddy's bidding...hires the same henchmen as daddy.....and gets the supreme court to back him up....where is Bill Maher and Michael Moore?
We need another protest march in D.C.
crusader [Member] writes:
Jack,
Did it ever occur to you that just maybe some of those monsters are U.S. citizens....Jack.....born and raised....traitors....who only care about the almighty dollar instead of humanity?
There are many questions about 911 that have yet to be answered.
Many professors in our country to visit these native lands we are at war with know the real truth about what goes on.....when this happened I felt deeply saddened for the victims and families of those who died at the World Trade Center....and I also begged the question: What did we possibly do to anger these terrorists so in order to provoke such a horrific tragedy?
Many professors I once worked with claimed this government brought this tragedy upon us, Jack.
An intelligent person takes in all and any possibilities and weighs it against the facts at hand......problem is .....we don't have all the facts....do we?
You can blame Clinton all you want....I remember feeling more financially secure and safer during the Clinton years. I can't say that now. Who knows what this bungling Bush will do next..
Did it ever occur to you that just maybe some of those monsters are U.S. citizens....Jack.....born and raised....traitors....who only care about the almighty dollar instead of humanity?
There are many questions about 911 that have yet to be answered.
Many professors in our country to visit these native lands we are at war with know the real truth about what goes on.....when this happened I felt deeply saddened for the victims and families of those who died at the World Trade Center....and I also begged the question: What did we possibly do to anger these terrorists so in order to provoke such a horrific tragedy?
Many professors I once worked with claimed this government brought this tragedy upon us, Jack.
An intelligent person takes in all and any possibilities and weighs it against the facts at hand......problem is .....we don't have all the facts....do we?
You can blame Clinton all you want....I remember feeling more financially secure and safer during the Clinton years. I can't say that now. Who knows what this bungling Bush will do next..
crusader [Member] writes:
capri,
No kahoonas.....
No kahoonas.....
CCToday [Member] writes:
"...in other news, a nervous Boston raised it's terror alert status from Scooby-Doo Brown to SpongeBob Yellow... (Detroit News cartoon)
Jack Coleman [Member] writes:
You could be right, Crusader. One of those U.S. citizens who could be a monster goes by the name of Padilla ...
Our newly formed "facist" government that's got you trembling in a cave -- are Pelosi and Reid part of the junta?
Our newly formed "facist" government that's got you trembling in a cave -- are Pelosi and Reid part of the junta?
crusader [Member] writes:
Jack,
I'm not the one trembling dear heart, it's those cowards who refuse to believe we have been bush-wacked-by-the-bullying-Bush's.
So Jose Padilla, the terrorist.....what of the American terrorists Jack? The ones who put there suits on & work on Wall Street to make the big dough for their greedy bosses?
Enron ringing any bells for you?
What of the Enron terrorists who stole millions out of the pensions of many unfortunate retirees? Ken Lay is probably basking in the sun on some remote island in the South Pacific just to escape a long jail sentence like his partner in crime-- Skilling.
Hurray for Pelosi and Reid that they call Bush to the carpet for his arrogance aimed at destroying the American dream. It's been nothing but a freaking nightmare since this boob took office.
It's the fleecing of America aimed at the middle class. Yeah, Bush has learned a great deal from his facist friends hasn't he---how to make us poorer and more dependent on a tyrant who is running this country like his Enron buddies.....wake up American it's time to vote for a Democrat in 2008!
I'm not the one trembling dear heart, it's those cowards who refuse to believe we have been bush-wacked-by-the-bullying-Bush's.
So Jose Padilla, the terrorist.....what of the American terrorists Jack? The ones who put there suits on & work on Wall Street to make the big dough for their greedy bosses?
Enron ringing any bells for you?
What of the Enron terrorists who stole millions out of the pensions of many unfortunate retirees? Ken Lay is probably basking in the sun on some remote island in the South Pacific just to escape a long jail sentence like his partner in crime-- Skilling.
Hurray for Pelosi and Reid that they call Bush to the carpet for his arrogance aimed at destroying the American dream. It's been nothing but a freaking nightmare since this boob took office.
It's the fleecing of America aimed at the middle class. Yeah, Bush has learned a great deal from his facist friends hasn't he---how to make us poorer and more dependent on a tyrant who is running this country like his Enron buddies.....wake up American it's time to vote for a Democrat in 2008!
Buzz [Member] writes:
Hey Crusader,
Wake up and smell reality....Ken Lay's dead!
Still blaming everyone else for your shortcomings I see.
Wake up and smell reality....Ken Lay's dead!
Still blaming everyone else for your shortcomings I see.
crusader [Member] writes:
KMA,
Are we absolutely sure he is dead? Maybe he's living among the Nazi's in Brazil.
How convenient,
they guy probably faked his death just before sentencing.
We may just find him next to Hoffa and Whitey.....nothing would surprise me.....you guys are so gullible....just keep believing the BS our lame media continues to tell us.....there is no backbone in journalism anymore....just a bunch of whinning little wimps worried about saving their precious little jobs.....can't be ruffling the government's feathers now can we......
Are we absolutely sure he is dead? Maybe he's living among the Nazi's in Brazil.
How convenient,
they guy probably faked his death just before sentencing.
We may just find him next to Hoffa and Whitey.....nothing would surprise me.....you guys are so gullible....just keep believing the BS our lame media continues to tell us.....there is no backbone in journalism anymore....just a bunch of whinning little wimps worried about saving their precious little jobs.....can't be ruffling the government's feathers now can we......
Buzz [Member] writes:
Apparently Crusader you're the one that "believes our BS lame media".
Remember, you said they claimed there was a "bomb" on the train. A claim I can't find any proof of any media outlet saying....except your daughter.
So tell me, who's gullible?
Remember, you said they claimed there was a "bomb" on the train. A claim I can't find any proof of any media outlet saying....except your daughter.
So tell me, who's gullible?
Buzz [Member] writes:
Did I mention that Ken Lay is dead?
Jack Coleman [Member] writes:
Lemme guess, Crusader -- your favorite movie is "The Motorcycle Diaries"? I nailed it, didn't I?!
This allegedly "facist" government running the show -- are Pelosi, Reid, et al, part of cabal or are they just there for show, to dupe the sloe-eyed proles like me while only keen Machiavellian types like you can see through the ruse?
Can't remember who said this but it's one of my favorite quotes -- try to be the sort of person on whom nothing is lost. For you it's the opposite, Crusader -- just about everything is.
This allegedly "facist" government running the show -- are Pelosi, Reid, et al, part of cabal or are they just there for show, to dupe the sloe-eyed proles like me while only keen Machiavellian types like you can see through the ruse?
Can't remember who said this but it's one of my favorite quotes -- try to be the sort of person on whom nothing is lost. For you it's the opposite, Crusader -- just about everything is.
barbaradurkin [Member] writes:
Many people seem to think that these toys with lights and wires were obviously not bombs. But, what if they had been contaminated by something invisible? Bacteriological and biological warfare was a focus of our own government in the 1950s. What we can’t see can be much more dangerous than what’s visible. Armchair quarterbacks might consider that things are not always what they appear to be. There are some deranged people and governments in our world; and there will always be copycats.
videopaul [Member] writes:
Ah yes! What Americans are so good at these days, being fearful. "What if the lite brites contained nerve gas? What if a 'nucular' bomb went off in NYC? What if I don't make $50,000 a year before I'm 20? What if my boobs aren't big enough? What if nobody likes me? What if a meteor strikes the earth?"
Live in fear and be ruled by fear. Sounds like a good plan for America orchestrated by our brave politicians. If ya get too scared just go shopping or to Disneyland. Yeah... that's the ticket.
Live in fear and be ruled by fear. Sounds like a good plan for America orchestrated by our brave politicians. If ya get too scared just go shopping or to Disneyland. Yeah... that's the ticket.
Jack Coleman [Member] writes:
Wow -- talk about clueless. Thousands of Americans murdered by fanatical Muslims in the last two decades and this clown is comparing that to getting hit with a meteor. Tell this to the survivors of firefighters and police who rushed into the burning towers.
Then again, some people have good reason to feel less threatened by this than others. Terrorists would save the useful idiots for last.
Then again, some people have good reason to feel less threatened by this than others. Terrorists would save the useful idiots for last.
videopaul [Member] writes:
JC - Whatever... mean-spirited and predictable as usual. yaawwnn... Big surprise. REMEMBER 9/11! Yeah I get it. Still ain't scared though.
PP - I'm talking about the idyllic times where people don't throw their constitutional rights out with the bathwater cause they're so scared. "War on Terror", even Orwell couldn't have thought that up and sold it as a concept in fiction. And it looks like it could go on for 100 years are more. The question is can you assist by permeating that terror on the homefront enough to keep continued support for an already unpopular war? Doesn't look like that's going to happen.
PP - I'm talking about the idyllic times where people don't throw their constitutional rights out with the bathwater cause they're so scared. "War on Terror", even Orwell couldn't have thought that up and sold it as a concept in fiction. And it looks like it could go on for 100 years are more. The question is can you assist by permeating that terror on the homefront enough to keep continued support for an already unpopular war? Doesn't look like that's going to happen.
Buzz [Member] writes:
PP, I think the idyllic time Video is refering to was when Perl Jam hosted the MTV awards.
videopaul [Member] writes:
Nope - I dispise MTV.
videopaul [Member] writes:
And actually it's Pearl Jam, grampa.
Buzz [Member] writes:
Oh...wow...sorry dude, my bad!
crusader [Member] writes:
videopaul,
ahhhhh.......sign of relief from someone with a much needed sense of humor......thanks for keeping things light....no one likes to be terrorized......but if you allow to be mind controlled by the terrorists.....than they've got you.
I say start with the Saudi's, nap Bin Laden and cut off the $$$$$$.....but we all know this won't happen.
I don't trust the Saudi's. They have poured way too much money into our country...just check out how many have donated and invested their blood money....they owns us.....that's the sad, but true story.....
ahhhhh.......sign of relief from someone with a much needed sense of humor......thanks for keeping things light....no one likes to be terrorized......but if you allow to be mind controlled by the terrorists.....than they've got you.
I say start with the Saudi's, nap Bin Laden and cut off the $$$$$$.....but we all know this won't happen.
I don't trust the Saudi's. They have poured way too much money into our country...just check out how many have donated and invested their blood money....they owns us.....that's the sad, but true story.....
Jack Coleman [Member] writes:
I'll try to be less mean-spirited, videopaul, I'd forgotten how easily you bruise (coming from someone who earlier expressed loathing for the "parasite presscorp," I'll take your last comment in the spirit it was intended).
Tell me, Capt. Courageous, as president of the US on Sept 12, 2001 -- whaddya do? It's your call.
Tell me, Capt. Courageous, as president of the US on Sept 12, 2001 -- whaddya do? It's your call.
crusader [Member] writes:
KMA,
I suggest next time you do your homework before accusing me or my daughter of making up falsehoods:
"Peter Berdovsky, 27, and Sean Stevens, 28, were released on $2,500 cash bond after each pleaded not guilty to placing a hoax device and disorderly conduct for a device found Wednesday at a subway station…………The men did not speak or enter their own pleas, but they appeared amused and smiled as the prosecutor talked about the device found at Sullivan Station underneath Interstate 93, looking like it had C-4 explosive".
http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1584698,00.html
I suggest next time you do your homework before accusing me or my daughter of making up falsehoods:
"Peter Berdovsky, 27, and Sean Stevens, 28, were released on $2,500 cash bond after each pleaded not guilty to placing a hoax device and disorderly conduct for a device found Wednesday at a subway station…………The men did not speak or enter their own pleas, but they appeared amused and smiled as the prosecutor talked about the device found at Sullivan Station underneath Interstate 93, looking like it had C-4 explosive".
http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1584698,00.html
Jack Coleman [Member] writes:
With a nod toward the first song broadcast on MTV -- looks like a tough question stilled the videopaul ...
Buzz [Member] writes:
Oh Judith,
Your daughter never heard any news orginization say there were bombs on the trains and you know it.
Your daughter never heard any news orginization say there were bombs on the trains and you know it.
videopaul [Member] writes:
Yeah... actually I have better things to do at times believe it or not. Plus, I have little interest in interacting with someone who calls me petty names. The baiting thing...ya know - me being president after 9/11 doesn't interest me either. I will say it would have had a lot more to do with Afghanistan than Iraq. And as far as JC and KMA goes, there's no discussion with them, just sandbagging rhetoric. Like I said before, I usually skip over your comments... humorless, meanspirited, etc. Just look at the two previous posts and it says it all. I don't think that you even know yourself what you're saying half the time. Pompous, pontificating, partisan parrots. Not interested.
Jack Coleman [Member] writes:
Not interested, videopaul? Not capable is more like it. Faced with superior firepower, you beat a hasty retreat, same as you'd like us to do in Iraq. Never let it be said you aren't consistently craven.
videopaul [Member] writes:
You don't know me. Just pat yourself on the back and move on to your next tirade.
Jack Coleman [Member] writes:
Thanks anyway, videopaul, but I'd hate to detract from your stock in trade.
videopaul [Member] writes:
...ZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.....
barbaradurkin [Member] writes:
I knew you'd put his lights out, Jack ;)
maverick [Member] writes:
Jack C...your on target again.
"Then again, some people have good reason to feel less threatened by this than others. Terrorists would save the useful idiots for last."
I have enjoyed and respected your comments on this blog. Do these folks live in the same world as we do? Is Walter still with us?
Capri for impeachment? Did George B. join Cheney in a quail hunt?
This crowd will never understand until el quada is sitting in their living room. The German subs from sixty years ago still lay on the bottom a few miles from shore all over the East Coast.
Were they here sightseeing?
"Then again, some people have good reason to feel less threatened by this than others. Terrorists would save the useful idiots for last."
I have enjoyed and respected your comments on this blog. Do these folks live in the same world as we do? Is Walter still with us?
Capri for impeachment? Did George B. join Cheney in a quail hunt?
This crowd will never understand until el quada is sitting in their living room. The German subs from sixty years ago still lay on the bottom a few miles from shore all over the East Coast.
Were they here sightseeing?
Jack Coleman [Member] writes:
Thanks, maverick, appreciate it. Apparently we have to get hit repeatedly for the message to sink in. Ever see "Full Metal Jacket"? It took three dead soldiers at the end of the movie for the squad to take the threat seriously. One should have been more than enough.
That's it, videopaul, continue your slumber, like it's the '90s all over again and everything's peachy.
Thanks, Barbara, but I'd chock it up more to an opponent's self-inflicted wounds ;)
That's it, videopaul, continue your slumber, like it's the '90s all over again and everything's peachy.
Thanks, Barbara, but I'd chock it up more to an opponent's self-inflicted wounds ;)
videopaul [Member] writes:
Ah... now come the pats on the back for saying absolutely nothing of any substance. Oh yes, the Iraq war is just like the movies. Armchair historians with no credentials other than that they can sort-of type and can operate a DVD... I mean VHS deck. "I can't get this clock set on this thing! Never had this problem with my good ol' 8MM. Tarnation, dag gummit! I'm always right cause I'm always right. I'm wrapped in the good ol' red, white and blue and no one dare to disagree." Realize there is a large contingent of people in this country that are tired of both the right and the left. The partisan nonsense is allowing the democratic process to stagnate while the people continue to get their pockets picked by the elite. "Stay the course" has been the mantra of the right and the left for over 20 years now. Conservatives are radical, liberals are conservative. Partisan Horsesh&* going absolutely nowhere.
While you ol' timers are getting excited about congratulating yourselves don't forget to take your extremely expensive blood pressure medicine. Remember what happened to the dinosaurs.
While you ol' timers are getting excited about congratulating yourselves don't forget to take your extremely expensive blood pressure medicine. Remember what happened to the dinosaurs.
videopaul [Member] writes:
Oh right, that great new prescription drug plan, so easy for the old folks to use... no worries.
videopaul [Member] writes:
Going back to what this thread was originally about... Usually that's how this works. It's interesting how much we're hearing about the sad, continuing non-important story about this woman. How it's on so many peoples' lips. (The young woman at Cumby's was talking about it last night) So typical of the media bloodsucker sycophants, they'll bury this woman and dig her up 100 times. She's the ideal subject for exploitation of the Marilyn formula that has worked to sell lots of advertising without having to pay for the image endorsement. It's not branding, it's news!
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As someone who was caught in the traffic jam on 93N, I can tell you that an electronic device attached to the support of a major artery in Boston is nothing to be taken less than serious.
Having seen a bomb explode in the face of a bomb technician in the 80's, I wonder how many changes of underwear Walter would go through doing their job?