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The Bush Administration Wants Your Almanacs
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. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- I plan to carry an almanac with me from now on... And I'm going to underline all sorts of passages. -- Email sent to is never read. |
The Bush Administration Wants Your Almanacs
I dunno, Harry. If I were a cop and I already had an odd feeling about
someone, every possible additional clue might be useful. |
The Bush Administration Wants Your Almanacs
Harry Krause wrote:
The lunatics in the Bush Administration have gone right over the edge They started out over the edge. Isn't this all awfully familiar? Remember all those stories about how the Godless commie government in Russia was such a police state that it was considered suspicious to have a map, travelers needed government permission to move around, and anyone who questioned the government was by definition a traitor or a threat to the security of the state. Who would have thought that we would so quickly embrace their police state after so many years of anti Soviet propaganda? Welcome to the US the US the USSR ... Rick |
The Bush Administration Wants Your Almanacs
Rick wrote:
Harry Krause wrote: The lunatics in the Bush Administration have gone right over the edge They started out over the edge. Isn't this all awfully familiar? Remember all those stories about how the Godless commie government in Russia was such a police state that it was considered suspicious to have a map, travelers needed government permission to move around, and anyone who questioned the government was by definition a traitor or a threat to the security of the state. Who would have thought that we would so quickly embrace their police state after so many years of anti Soviet propaganda? Welcome to the US the US the USSR ... Rick We are indeed becoming the thought-controlling, expansionist, imperialistic USA. -- Email sent to is never read. |
The Bush Administration Wants Your Almanacs
I plan to carry an almanac with me from now on... And I'm going to underline all sorts of passages. Bring your prayer rug and your turban too... just wrap your turban a little too tight and start dreaming of those 72 virgins, Osama bin Ali Hairball Harry. |
The Bush Administration Wants Your Almanacs
72 ?? I thought it was 32 virgins? Inflation? Or are they having to offer
more free pussy to get these morons to blow themselves up. "Christopher Robin" wrote in message and start dreaming of those 72 virgins |
The Bush Administration Wants Your Almanacs
Clams Canino wrote:
72 ?? I thought it was 32 virgins? Inflation? Or are they having to offer more free pussy to get these morons to blow themselves up. "Christopher Robin" wrote in message and start dreaming of those 72 virgins I doubt there are 72 virgins left in the US of A. Why would anyone want to be a virgin? -- Email sent to is never read. |
The Bush Administration Wants Your Almanacs
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. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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? |
The Bush Administration Wants Your Almanacs
Rick wrote in message hlink.net...
Harry Krause wrote: The lunatics in the Bush Administration have gone right over the edge They started out over the edge. Isn't this all awfully familiar? Remember all those stories about how the Godless commie government in Russia was such a police state that it was considered suspicious to have a map, travelers needed government permission to move around, and anyone who questioned the government was by definition a traitor or a threat to the security of the state. Who would have thought that we would so quickly embrace their police state after so many years of anti Soviet propaganda? Welcome to the US the US the USSR ... You and Harry went to the same seminar? You take quite a leap going from Harry's bull**** to a police state. I'll assume that you share political positions with Harry (I hesitate to call them political "beliefs" as I don't think he really believes in them). And from there I would guess that you are not really concerned about the existance of a police state, but rather you hate that "your side" isn't running it at the moment. |
The Bush Administration Wants Your Almanacs
Curtis CCR wrote:
Rick wrote in message hlink.net... Harry Krause wrote: The lunatics in the Bush Administration have gone right over the edge They started out over the edge. Isn't this all awfully familiar? Remember all those stories about how the Godless commie government in Russia was such a police state that it was considered suspicious to have a map, travelers needed government permission to move around, and anyone who questioned the government was by definition a traitor or a threat to the security of the state. Who would have thought that we would so quickly embrace their police state after so many years of anti Soviet propaganda? Welcome to the US the US the USSR ... You and Harry went to the same seminar? You take quite a leap going from Harry's bull**** to a police state. I'll assume that you share political positions with Harry (I hesitate to call them political "beliefs" as I don't think he really believes in them). And from there I would guess that you are not really concerned about the existance of a police state, but rather you hate that "your side" isn't running it at the moment. Wait til they coming knocking on your door for your Curtis... Welcome to the neoCon police state. We've become what we feared. -- Email sent to is never read. |
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