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SleeplessinSoCal

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2. Watched a couple of SNL's tonight on "Logo" from months after 9/11

Reply to GWC58 (Reply #1)

Mon Sep 12, 2016, 02:52 AM

Sep 2016

A Christmas "TV Funhouse" 3 months afterwards was a real shot at the fear mongering Bush Adm. SNL is done in Manhattan and Anthrax was sent to 30 Rock. They were Ground 1 for a while.

TV FUNHOUSE: THE NARRATOR THAT RUINED CHRISTMAS

Sam the Snowman is depressed over 9/11 and terror alerts and feels like narrating Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer isn't important this year. Instead, he takes the kids to visit Ground Zero and it's up to Santa to set him straight. [Season 27, 2001]

https://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/tv-funhouse-snowglobe/n11543

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Remember how W. Bush blew off the August 6, 2001 CIA memo -- "Osama determined to strike in the [View all] Akamai Sep 2016 OP

I believe Duh-duh dubya said "okay, your ass is covered" to whomever brought it up. GWC58 Sep 2016 #1

Watched a couple of SNL's tonight on "Logo" from months after 9/11 SleeplessinSoCal Sep 2016 #2

Also, President Gore wouldn't have been so hapless months earlier gratuitous Sep 2016 #8

They were just waiting for the attack so they'd have an excuse for war. Kablooie Sep 2016 #3

imagine had a Democratic President IGNORED the memo and allowed 3,000 Americans to die ... napkinz Sep 2016 #4

That was just one of over 52-plus warnings GWB admin ignored. Festivito Sep 2016 #5

I remember after the US Cole bombing... JHB Sep 2016 #6

That Always Seemed So Stupid To Me ProfessorGAC Sep 2016 #7

This Ashcroft? Mc Mike Sep 2016 #9

Great observation! I forgot about that. What did they know and when did they know it? Akamai Sep 2016 #10

Of course, no matter what, Ashcroft was too important to risk any kind of danger. Mc Mike Sep 2016 #11