WTF is going on in Boston?

[Bob Thomas]

P.s. did anyone suspect that the shoes the "shoe bomber" was wearing were, in fact, bombs?

[stripersnipr]

Originally Posted by Bob Thomas

P.s. did anyone suspect that the shoes the "shoe bomber" was wearing were, in fact, bombs?

No, you'd have to be a real Bushbot banging the 9/11 drum to ever believe a shoe could be used as a bomb. Besides what do shoes have to do with flying planes into buildings.

[Bob Thomas]

Originally Posted by stripersnipr

No, you'd have to be a real Bushbot banging the 9/11 drum to ever believe a shoe could be used as a bomb. Besides what do shoes have to do with flying planes into buildings.

Exactly, so why wait until the things blow up the bridges to say, "I guess those cute little things WERE bombs" I'd rather be careful than sorry

[Slingah]

Originally Posted by Bob Thomas

Exactly, so why wait until the things blow up the bridges to say, "I guess those cute little things WERE bombs" I'd rather be careful than sorry

right on

[spence]

No doubt that once it appeared there was a repeat threat that extreme caution was justified.

Yes, I know...9/11 was a serious defeat and we must step up our awareness...

But we have become a society whipped up into a terror frenzy. For this I blame Terrorists, the Bush Admin and certianly the Media who's driven by market share far more than idiology.

I'm just happy it was a stunt and not real, as you should be as well.

Bin Laden would be laughing in his cave right about now.

-spence

[Bob Thomas]

There's no doubt we could "Monday night quarterback" this issue to death, if not done already. It's like saying the interference call against the Pats was wrong. It's done, theres nothing we can do from it other than LEARN!

How many dummy devices need to be destroyed before something actually goes off?

It's a judgement call. None of us (that I know of) were there when this happened. I know that if I arrived on a scene like this, I'd be taking extreme caution too. Blame it on whoever you want, Bush, terrorism..whatever. Like I said, I'd rather be safe than sorry.

Unless we know the particulars from people on scene and investigators (which we will probably never see) we need to keep something in mind here. They acted in OUR best interest. They were out there protecting us.

A beautiful quote from "A Few Good Men"

Lt. Weinberg: Why do you like them so much?
Galloway: Because they stand upon a wall and say, "Nothing's going to hurt you tonight, not on my watch."

Believe it or not, folks, MOST cops feel this way...I know I do!

Have a good night and enjoy your sleep. Someone out there (Cop) is trying to protect you.

[stripersnipr]

Originally Posted by Bob Thomas

There's no doubt we could "Monday night quarterback" this issue to death, if not done already. It's like saying the interference call against the Pats was wrong. It's done, theres nothing we can do from it other than LEARN!

How many dummy devices need to be destroyed before something actually goes off?

It's a judgement call. None of us (that I know of) were there when this happened. I know that if I arrived on a scene like this, I'd be taking extreme caution too. Blame it on whoever you want, Bush, terrorism..whatever. Like I said, I'd rather be safe than sorry.

Unless we know the particulars from people on scene and investigators (which we will probably never see) we need to keep something in mind here. They acted in OUR best interest. They were out there protecting us.

A beautiful quote from "A Few Good Men"

Lt. Weinberg: Why do you like them so much?
Galloway: Because they stand upon a wall and say, "Nothing's going to hurt you tonight, not on my watch."

Believe it or not, folks, MOST cops feel this way...I know I do!

Have a good night and enjoy your sleep. Someone out there (Cop) is trying to protect you.

Amen, If we could divert some of this anger away from the people who are looking out for us and direct it at those who truly wish us harm, we'd all be safer for it.

[spinncognito]

What gets me is that it took ALL FFFFING DAY to figure it out. They actually blew up several of these LITE-BRITES! Why did someone NOT do a simple internet search on that character? The city/state wasted THOUSANDS of OUR tax money on something most fourth graders could have figured out in a half-hour. WTF!

[The Dad Fisherman]

I don't think the problem is what they looked like......they could have been teddy bears for all anyone cared. Its the Locations these idiots chose. Ever since 9/11 we've been hearing about the possibility of having our bridges attacked and these knuckleheads put these all around the bridge abutments. they should have just put a couple on the LNG tanks and called it a day.

If you see dozens of similar looking devices, whether they look like toys or cartoon characters (face it, They aren't going to look like an Alarm Clock taped to Road Flares), a bell has to go off and it needs to be looked at.....Unfortunately thats the day and age we live in.

I personally think Law Enforcement did exactly what they are supposed to in a situation like this....Proceeded with caution and made sure everyone was safe.

The last thing I would have wanted to hear was that this officers last words were "Aw Look, its that cartoon character Ignignokt from Aqua Teen" BOOM and he's all done.

Like our Grandparents have always said "Better Safe Than Sorry"

Originally Posted by spinncognito

What gets me is that it took ALL FFFFING DAY to figure it out. They actually blew up several of these LITE-BRITES! Why did someone NOT do a simple internet search on that character? The city/state wasted THOUSANDS of OUR tax money on something most fourth graders could have figured out in a half-hour. WTF!