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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I dunno, Harry. If I were a cop and I already had an odd feeling about
someone, every possible additional clue might be useful.

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

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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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.

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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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.

If you've read any of Rick's responses you'd probably not be so quick to
judge him a partisan. Seems like his opinions are pretty well founded
and reasonably earned.

jps wrote in message . ..
In article ,
says...


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.

If you've read any of Rick's responses you'd probably not be so quick to
judge him a partisan. Seems like his opinions are pretty well founded
and reasonably earned.


I offered an assumption - my words were "I'll assume..." I have not
claimed to know any *facts* about Rick.

And at the moment, I see *one* response from Rick in this thread. If
you are suggesting that I should be reading all of the political crap
in this newsgroup prior to making assumptions - no thanks. I admit to
being embarrased for even looking at a fraction of it.

Of course I have opinions about you. They come from reading some of
the crap. And *you* are, in *fact*, a significant contributor to the
off-topic **** pile that has made this newsgroup less valuable to me
and a lot of others.

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.

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