Sam wrote: > Bin Laden said something like: "I'll attack states > that support Bush."
1.) As much as you'd like to think that Mr. Bush is a burly super hero that makes villains quake in their boots and shoots frickin' laser beams from his eyes, real life is not a comic book. This is what Bin Laden said: "In conclusion, I tell you in truth, that your security is not in the hands of Kerry, nor Bush, nor al-Qaida. No. Your security is in your own hands. And every state that doesn't play with our security has automatically guaranteed its own security." There has been speculation that by "states" he meant "individual States of the United States" and further was referring to the election. Every friend I know that speaks Arabic doesn't think that's the case and no commentators I've listened to have even suggested it (NewsHour with Jim Lehrer). The quote above was taken from the al Jazeera transcript - note that even they did not capitalize "states" meaning their translators view the term as a generic reference to geopolitical divisions. By continuing to mischaracterize world events you're either hopped up on goofballs or a fear monger. If want to continue to push low probability theories at least preface them with "some have suggested he said ..." 2.) You and I were having this discussion and I mentioned that, if you were right, New York was safe. Others started chiming in that they were safe too. I said that the South wasn't and someone joked, "who cares." It was a joke! If you can't joke about Bin Laden then your his victim. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Special thanks to the CF Community Suite Gold Sponsor - CFHosting.net http://www.cfhosting.net Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:134831 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
