Harry Krause wrote in message ...
The lunatics in the Bush Administration have gone right over the edge



Washington -- Amid heightened indications that al Qaeda operatives may
be planning catastrophic attacks in the United States, the FBI is
warning police about a new potential tool for terrorism: almanacs.

An FBI intelligence bulletin sent to law enforcement agencies last week
warned that "terrorist operatives may rely on almanacs to assist with
target selection and pre-operational planning" because they include
detailed information on bridges, tunnels and other U.S. landmarks,
officials said.

Although noting that "the use of almanacs or maps may be the product of
legitimate recreational or commercial activities," the bulletin urged
police to watch for suspects carrying almanacs, especially if the books
include suspicious notations or marks, because "the practice of
researching potential targets is consistent with known methods of al
Qaeda and other terrorist organizations."

The warning came as a surprise to purveyors of almanacs, which range
from statistical tomes listing the tallest buildings and the longest
bridges to folksy journals including planetary charts and apple pie recipes.

"Our almanac is about as far away as you can get from terrorism and
about as close as you can get to what you would think of as Americana,"
said Peter Geiger, editor of the Farmers' Almanac, a 185-year-old
compendium of weather predictions, cleaning tips and other advice.
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I plan to carry an almanac with me from now on...

And I'm going to underline all sorts of passages.

WTF - another Harry-twisting of nonstory...

Lets call the subject "The Bush Administration Wants Your Almanacs"
then post a story, (probably copyrighted) with no attribution , that
says absolutely nothing about the government wanting to take almanacs.

And nobody has said that possessing an almanac proves you're a
terrorist.

Of course if someone with a higlighted almanac had blown up a landmark
building landmark building, bridge, or dam last week, you would have
been screaming about how the Bush admisitration's justice department
overlooked obvious evidence.

Harry, I know you don't believe your own bull****, why should the rest
of us?