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Harry Krause December 30th 03 02:58 PM

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.
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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.








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Doug Kanter December 30th 03 04:04 PM

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.



Rick December 30th 03 05:40 PM

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


Harry Krause December 30th 03 05:52 PM

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.



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Christopher Robin December 30th 03 09:25 PM

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.

Clams Canino December 30th 03 09:35 PM

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




Harry Krause December 30th 03 09:39 PM

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?

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Curtis CCR December 30th 03 10:54 PM

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?

Curtis CCR December 30th 03 11:01 PM

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.

Harry Krause December 30th 03 11:10 PM

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.




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