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Violet_Crumble

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24. The whole thing was comedy gold.
Mon Jan 12, 2015, 06:30 AM
Jan 2015

The only thing that wasn't funny is that it's clear this so called terrorism expert comes out with complete crap like that all the time and hasn't been picked up on it because he assumed his audience was all dense American conservative types. But the rest from start to finish was hilarious.

While I've been to a few cities in England, I haven't been to Birmingham, but I always thought of Birmingham and Manchester as gritty sort of cities. I don't know why. I had a different mental image of London and when I went there it was different to what my friends had told me it was like (they said it was miserable and gloomy and I had a few sunny days and thought it was wonderful).

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What a maroon! What an ignoranimous! What a Cararagoondia! longship Jan 2015 #1
#foxnewsfacts madamvlb Jan 2015 #2
My twitterfeed at the moment..... T_i_B Jan 2015 #19
including: muriel_volestrangler Jan 2015 #25
The Best Of Twitter’s #foxnewsfacts T_i_B Jan 2015 #26
Perhaps the whole thing is a set-up for John Oliver's new series muriel_volestrangler Jan 2015 #28
Wow! FOX News just found the double negative area of the number scale! Lady Freedom Returns Jan 2015 #3
Wow! El Shaman Jan 2015 #4
Whenever we see an expert on FoxNews, then there's one thing we can be certain about . . . Jack Rabbit Jan 2015 #5
Have to look it up, but I'm pretty sure Emerson is an expert at being clueless Renew Deal Jan 2015 #6
They do exist but perhaps not as onerous as Faux would have us believe Roland99 Jan 2015 #7
Fox News Terror Expert Turbineguy Jan 2015 #8
Steve Emerson has been a progandist for Israel since Iran-Contra starroute Jan 2015 #9
According to Wikipedia (not a FOX Expert, I know) but ... Quasimodem Jan 2015 #10
I think it reads that Muslims are 21.86%. nt Lucky Luciano Jan 2015 #12
he got a little of it right Trillo Jan 2015 #11
I'm sure Third Doctor Jan 2015 #13
Anyway, he is in walk back mode, now. Quasimodem Jan 2015 #14
Fox News is the lowest common denominator. Burf-_- Jan 2015 #15
To his credit, his apology is something to be admired rpannier Jan 2015 #16
It could be a first, seeing a public apology which appears to be an apology. n/t Judi Lynn Jan 2015 #17
Trouble is... T_i_B Jan 2015 #18
So true. "Error" and "mistake" have never seemed interchangeable with "blatant lie"! Judi Lynn Jan 2015 #22
I saw a tweet in response to the apology... Violet_Crumble Jan 2015 #20
LOL! T_i_B Jan 2015 #21
The whole thing was comedy gold. Violet_Crumble Jan 2015 #24
Birmingham's OK T_i_B Jan 2015 #27
It' got to be killing leftynyc Jan 2015 #23
I heard on Fox the Birmingham Mayor and Council's threat of fatwa made him apologize......... marble falls Jan 2015 #29
You should see the twitter backlash! It's hillarious!! Fearless Jan 2015 #30
This message was self-deleted by its author CreekDog Jan 2015 #31
Locking - Not LBN defacto7 Jan 2015 #32
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