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pnwmom
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Fri Sep-21-07 08:20 PM Original message |
The headlines are wrong. It was NOT a "FAKE BOMB." |
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Xipe Totec
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Fri Sep-21-07 08:27 PM Response to Original message |
1. The irony is that when its a real bomb |
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pnwmom
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Fri Sep-21-07 08:31 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. And it won't be out where you can see it, lit up like a star! n/t |
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Nailzberg
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Fri Sep-21-07 08:29 PM Response to Original message |
2. Really? I haven't been following this story but I can believe it given Boston's history. |
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Roland99
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Fri Sep-21-07 08:31 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. We can thank our fear-mongering....er ....fearless leader for that |
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superkia
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Fri Sep-21-07 08:36 PM Response to Reply #4 |
10. Leaders! Many of them are using the fear card in their campaigns! |
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Goblinmonger
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Fri Sep-21-07 08:32 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. Yeah, but that was a Lite-Brite |
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pnwmom
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Fri Sep-21-07 08:32 PM Response to Reply #2 |
7. And that's basically what this thing was. n/t |
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Goblinmonger
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Fri Sep-21-07 08:31 PM Response to Original message |
3. I think people overreacted to this |
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pnwmom
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Fri Sep-21-07 08:34 PM Response to Reply #3 |
9. I don't know any engineer who thinks this looks like a bomb. n/t |
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Goblinmonger
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Fri Sep-21-07 08:38 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. Again, I self admit |
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uppityperson
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Fri Sep-21-07 08:32 PM Response to Original message |
8. k&r for letting facts come up before jumping to assumptions because it is really hard to have to eat |
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burythehatchet
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Fri Sep-21-07 08:37 PM Response to Original message |
11. Because Abdul the Reluctant Terrorist would wear his bomb on the OUTside |
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Cronus Protagonist
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Fri Sep-21-07 08:46 PM Response to Reply #11 |
19. Well, a suicide bomber just might do that |
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TreasonousBastard
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Fri Sep-21-07 09:46 PM Response to Reply #19 |
40. Sure is-- I've made plenty of things like that, just... |
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Johnny Noshoes
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Fri Sep-21-07 08:37 PM Response to Original message |
12. What a friggin sorry state of affairs... |
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stillcool
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Fri Sep-21-07 09:01 PM Response to Reply #12 |
26. and yet.. |
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TheUniverse
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Fri Sep-21-07 08:38 PM Response to Original message |
14. Why don't the cops just drop the charges and apologize? |
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Cronus Protagonist
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Fri Sep-21-07 08:46 PM Response to Reply #14 |
20. Werd. n.t. |
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ManiacJoe
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Fri Sep-21-07 08:58 PM Response to Reply #14 |
24. Because in this case the cops did the right thing. |
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TheUniverse
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Fri Sep-21-07 09:00 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. Then why keep the charges? |
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Nailzberg
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Fri Sep-21-07 09:25 PM Response to Reply #25 |
37. The DA is most likely in control |
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Nailzberg
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Fri Sep-21-07 09:14 PM Response to Reply #24 |
36. I can't even tell what it is up close. |
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cherokeeprogressive
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Fri Sep-21-07 10:22 PM Response to Reply #24 |
47. Circuit Board, Nine Volt Battery, and Play-Doh. Raise your hand IF |
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pnwmom
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Fri Sep-21-07 11:02 PM Response to Reply #47 |
49. It wasn't a political statement at all. A girl named Star wore a flashing star. |
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file83
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Fri Sep-21-07 11:15 PM Response to Reply #47 |
52. Play-doh? Where did you get that from? There wasn't any play-doh. |
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Richard Steele
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Fri Sep-21-07 11:17 PM Response to Reply #47 |
53. Where's this Play-Doh I keep hearing about? It's not in any of the pics. |
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spirit of wine
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Fri Sep-21-07 08:39 PM Response to Original message |
15. We won't have to worry about the enemy defeating us |
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aikoaiko
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Fri Sep-21-07 08:39 PM Response to Original message |
16. It was reasonable to treat it as a bomb threat.... |
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jobycom
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Fri Sep-21-07 08:40 PM Response to Original message |
17. I can see them being over-cautious and detaining her. I hope they have the decency |
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murloc
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Fri Sep-21-07 09:09 PM Response to Reply #17 |
32. exactly |
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hootinholler
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Fri Sep-21-07 08:44 PM Response to Original message |
18. K&R! n/t |
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Joanne98
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Fri Sep-21-07 08:49 PM Response to Original message |
21. Don't expect the cops to be able to tell the difference between a bomb |
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mtowngman
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Fri Sep-21-07 09:07 PM Response to Reply #21 |
28. not true |
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pnwmom
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Fri Sep-21-07 10:05 PM Response to Reply #21 |
46. I don't mind that they were cautious. But then I think she should |
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Canuckistanian
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Fri Sep-21-07 08:53 PM Response to Original message |
22. It's official - the terrorists have won |
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file83
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Fri Sep-21-07 11:18 PM Response to Reply #22 |
54. Especially considering that cell phones in Iraq are used to trigger IED's by the roadside... |
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Wilber_Stool
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Fri Sep-21-07 08:54 PM Response to Original message |
23. The real irony here is that |
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Nailzberg
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Fri Sep-21-07 09:09 PM Response to Reply #23 |
31. Huh? No one was killed. |
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pnwmom
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Fri Sep-21-07 09:33 PM Response to Reply #31 |
38. They say she is "lucky" she didn't get killed. I hope it was more than luck. |
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BrklynLiberal
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Fri Sep-21-07 09:03 PM Response to Original message |
27. ANYTHING TO SELL PAPERS and UP THE TV RATINGS. It doesn' t hurt that it |
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Trillo
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Fri Sep-21-07 09:07 PM Response to Original message |
29. It will be interesting to see what she is charged with. |
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Nailzberg
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Fri Sep-21-07 09:12 PM Response to Reply #29 |
34. Probably some misdemeanor disturbance |
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murloc
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Fri Sep-21-07 09:08 PM Response to Original message |
30. At a distance it does resemble a bomb |
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pansypoo53219
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Fri Sep-21-07 09:11 PM Response to Original message |
33. as an MIT student |
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pnwmom
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Fri Sep-21-07 09:35 PM Response to Reply #33 |
39. Brilliant people aren't known for having high degrees of common sense. |
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XOKCowboy
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Fri Sep-21-07 11:13 PM Response to Reply #33 |
51. I agree. |
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Swamp Rat
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Fri Sep-21-07 09:13 PM Response to Original message |
35. One has to half blind and dumb as a box of rocks to think Star's art looks like a bomb |
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pnwmom
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Fri Sep-21-07 09:48 PM Response to Reply #35 |
41. Here's a view of the back of the alarming sweatshirt, held up by |
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Swamp Rat
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Fri Sep-21-07 09:58 PM Response to Reply #41 |
43. ooooooo! EVIDENCE!!! |
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JBoy
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Fri Sep-21-07 09:57 PM Response to Original message |
42. What kind of idiot |
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pnwmom
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Fri Sep-21-07 10:03 PM Response to Reply #42 |
44. Maybe a college student who wasn't used to getting up at 7 a.m. |
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Swamp Rat
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Fri Sep-21-07 10:04 PM Response to Reply #42 |
45. Yeah, she's lucky she didn't get shot by a 'moran' who doesn't know a simple breadboard and battery |
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rosesaylavee
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Fri Sep-21-07 10:36 PM Response to Original message |
48. Oh. My. God. |
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pnwmom
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Fri Sep-21-07 11:04 PM Response to Reply #48 |
50. No, we're turning into a bunch of paranoid loony-tunes. n/t |
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followthemoney
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Fri Sep-21-07 11:40 PM Response to Reply #48 |
55. Sorry boss, I can't build that proto board ... |
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suffragette
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Sat Sep-22-07 01:32 AM Response to Original message |
56. Keepin' the people safe from lite-brites and sippy cups |
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gatorboy
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Sat Sep-22-07 01:42 AM Response to Original message |
57. It's Boston all over again. |
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