The Attack Of The Killer Cartoon Characters...

Can we now see that we have become a nation of fools and charlatans?

I'm not going to bust on anybody in Boston, because hindsight is always 20/20, and it's just not for the rest of us to judge, but can we all step back and see how ridiculous this whole situation is?

Can we see what a bunch of sniveling cowards and cry babies we have become as a whole? Can we now see how utterly Pavlovian our response is to the media manipulation and propaganda?

This is a true story. A friend of mine was busted for pot. The cops in their eagerness found about a foot long piece of 3-in PVC pipe with end caps in his house. One cop was going on about finding a pipe bomb-obviously this drugee was also a dastardly terrorist. My friend says that's not a pipe bomb, that's Phil. The cops' response was that it looked like a pipe bomb to them. My friend tells them to read the label. It had a name and dates-it was a friend's of his ashes. The cops couldn't put it down and get away fast enough.

save me!

so no misunderstandings happen!

by ragging on others and in the process totally not get how inappropriate Turner's assinine marketing ploy was.

they can do a couple of things about it.

They can have a sense of humor and laugh it off.

or they can embarass themselves further.

It seems a lot of people would prefer the latter. People are still trying to pretend this was a legitimate threat. They're going after those to kids, instead of addressing the real problems. You've got this mayor who's trying to turn panic into political hay.

Yes, it's a sad state of affairs.

and are unable to just say that strapping electronic crap onto city bridges is not appropriate?

For individuals and for corporations?

For any reason?

So what exactly did those two kids do wrong, CS?

How many threads is that?

> > Embarrassing First Date
> >
> > If you didn't see this on the Tonight show, I hope you're sitting
down
> > when you read it. This is probably the funniest date story ever,
> > first date or not! We have all had bad dates. but this takes the
cake.
> > This just tells you how tough it is to be single nowadays.
> > This was on the "Tonight Show" with Jay Leno. Jay went into the
audience
> > to find the most embarrassing first date that a woman ever had.
> > The winner described her worst first date experience.
> > There was absolutely no question as to why her tale took the prize!
> > She said it was midwinter.... snowing and quite cold....
> > and the guy had taken her skiing in the mountains outside Salt Lake
> > City, Utah .
> > It was a day trip (no overnight). They were strangers, after all,
> > and truly had never met before. The outing was fun but relatively
> > uneventful until they were headed home late that afternoon.
> > They were driving back down the mountain, when she gradually began
> > to realize that she should not have had that extra latte.
> >
> > They were about an hour away from anywhere with a rest room and in
> > the middle of nowhere! Her companion suggested she try to
hold
> > it,
> > which she did for a while. Unfortunately, because of the heavy snow
and
> > slow going,
> > there came a point where she told him that he had better stop and
let
> > her pee
> > beside the road, or it would be the front seat of his car.
> >
> > They stopped and she quickly crawled out beside the car, yanked her
> > pants down and started. In the deep snow she didn't have good
> > footing, so she
let
> > her butt rest
> > against the rear fender to steady herself. Her companion stood on
the
> > side of the car watching for traffic and indeed was a real gentleman
and
> > refrained from peeking.
> > All she could think about was the relief she felt despite the rather
> > embarrassing nature of the situation. Upon finishing however, she
> > soon became aware of another sensation.
> > As she bent to pull up her pants, the young lady discovered her
buttocks
> > were firmly glued against the car's fender.
> > Thoughts of tongues frozen to pump handles immediately came to mind
> > as she attempted to disengage her flesh from the icy metal.
> > It was quickly apparent that she had a brand new problem due to the
> > extreme cold.
> >
> > Horrified by her plight and yet aware of the humor of the moment,
> > she answered her date's concerns about "what is taking so long"
> > with a reply that indeed, she was "freezing her butt off and in need
of
> > some assistance!"
> > He came around the car as she tried to cover herself with her,
sweater,
> > and then,
> > as she looked imploringly into his eyes, he burst out laughing.
> > She too, got the giggles and when they finally managed to compose
> > themselves, they assessed her dilemma.
> >
> > Obviously, as hysterical as the situation was, they also were faced
> > with a real problem both agreed it would take something hot to free
> > her chilly cheeks from the grip of the icy metal!
> > Thinking about what had gotten her into the predicament in the first
> > place, both quickly realized that there was only one way to get her
> > free.
> >
> > So, as she looked the other way, her first-time date proceeded to
unzip
> > his pants
> > and pee her butt off the fender. As the audience screamed in
laughter,
> > she took the Tonight Show prize hands down...
> > or perhaps that should be "pants down."
> > And you thought your first date was embarrassing.
> > Jay Leno's comment, "This gives a whole new meaning to being pissed
> > off."

http://www.snopes.com/love/dating/frozen.asp

Even with all these improbabilities, the story still falls within the realm of possibility . . . except for two telling details. Had it been cold enough to flash-freeze the young lady's buns to the car, it would also have been cold enough to send her yipping away from the vehicle the very moment her naked butt touched the metal. Whatever she would have wanted to do wouldn't have mattered — instinct would have taken over, propelling her away from the car, in much the same way that someone who has just touched a hot object instinctively yanks his hand away.

Hi hooligan. Not following you around, just happening to be in the same places. I think I'm done with this topic for now.

But I'm not seeing a lot of self-reflection.

politicians, like horses will always try to make hay.

Because they ain't changin' their tune.

Whoda thunk it?

...Why would anyone think blinking lights indicates a bomb? Why would anything that has blinking lights make it more likely to be a bomb? A bomb is less likely to have blinking lights. Would the bomb squad had used a water canon to take down a cardboard sign? Of course not. So, WFT? People just need to stay focused on important things that matter.

and we see what damage our own paranoia and ignorance does to us. The power of propaganda is very strong.

It truly is an example of just how paranoid and dumb this nation has become.