[Doofy]

BBC News - Yemen terror alert: Obama says explosives found

President Barack Obama has said initial examinations of two suspicious packages bound for the US show they appeared to have contained explosive materials.

Must be an election coming up.

[Lint Police]

i'm waiting for someone to propose building a mosque at the sites addressed on the packages.

[subego]

Originally Posted by Doofy 

Must be an election coming up.

Meh. You give too much credit.

They're milking it though. No question.

[hyteckit]

OMG. Reporting on a real credible terror threat.

What a change. Under Pres. Bush, it was a terror alert every few weeks about 'possible' terror threats. After the presidential election, it basically stopped.

Are we electing a new president this year?

Doofy, explain to us how reporting on a real terror threat helps democrats during this election period?

[Doofy]

Originally Posted by Barry

"We also know that al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula - a terrorist group based in Yemen - continues to plan attacks against our homeland, our citizens and our friends and allies."

He stressed that new aviation security measures were being taken in light of the alert by the Department of Homeland Security, "including additional screening".

No, you don't want to vote for freedom. Carry on voting for the establishment. They will protect you. Yes.

[ghporter]

The frequent terror alert warnings under Bush actually continued through the Obama inauguration, but Obama specifically directed that Homeland Security change its thresholds for alerts and how and where they changed alerts.

On the other hand, it's still not clear just where the intelligence that helped locate these packages came from-it certainly wasn't something that the administration cooked up. I do think this is related to the elections next Tuesday, but from the other direction: I believe someone in Yemen was trying to influence our elections through "making a statement" with explosives.

[Doofy]

We should also note three other events this week:

- Barry was wrong about BP. Nicely knocked off the top spot by this scare.
- The UK has been making moves towards less aviation security.
- Trials of the new "sexy" pat-downs at airports haven't been going down well in public opinion.

This is way too clumsy for AQ.

[turtle777]

Originally Posted by Lint Police 

i'm waiting for someone to propose building a mosque at the sites addressed on the packages.

LOL

-t

[Doofy]

Originally Posted by turtle777 

You mean AFTER the existing buildings are destroyed by terrorist attacks?

He doesn't know what he means. He's just parroting some gobbledegook which he's overheard his comrades dribble out.

[turtle777]

I'm not sure if he meant to be that sarcastic, but after thinking about him, I gave him credit and changed my comment. With Lint, you never know though.

-t

[Lint Police]

Originally Posted by Doofy 

He doesn't know what he means. He's just parroting some gobbledegook which he's overheard his comrades dribble out.

You need to STOP drinking. Right NOW.

[Lint Police]

Originally Posted by turtle777 

I'm not sure if he meant to be that sarcastic, but after thinking about him, I gave him credit and changed my comment. With Lint, you never know though.

-t

[/s] sry.

[screener]

Fear is all the wingers have.
Sadly, it'll probably work.

[Lint Police]

Originally Posted by screener 

Fear is all the wingers have.
Sadly, it'll probably work.

"If Latinos sit out the election instead of saying, ‘We're gonna punish our enemies and we're gonna reward our friends who stand with us on issues that are important to us,' if they don't see that kind of upsurge in voting in this election, then I think it's gonna be harder and that's why I think it's so important that people focus on voting on November 2."