Operation Ignore

September 11, 2004 12:56 PM

Lest We Forget
Today we should look back at how a shift in priorities played a critical role in the attacks of 9/11. Whatever your political leanings there are certain facts that should not be ignored. I present these and ask you to present other relevant facts.
posted by nofundy (20 comments total)

Wag the dog! No war for Monica!
posted by Space Coyote at 1:04 PM on September 11, 2004

An excerpt from a book? Wow. Powerful stuff from the Saturday Night Live comedian. I think I'll dig up a Dennis Miller rant and make a shitty FPP out of it.

Oh, wait, I don't have to, I'm not in panic mode.
posted by David Dark at 3:35 PM on September 11, 2004

The mention of thwarting a 1996 plot caught my eye. In 1995 Phillipine police discovered a cell planning to crash hijacked airliners into the CIA. They alerted the FBI who investigated the named flight schools.

"The FBI checked four flight schools named in the documents, U.S. law enforcement officials say, but found no evidence of any terrorist attacks.

Still, from that 1995 Philippine cell, three men were convicted in America for plotting to blow up a number of U.S. airliners in Asia: Ramzi Yousef, the mastermind behind the 1993 World Trade Center bombing; Abdul Hakim Murad, the pilot, who trained in four U.S. schools, and Wali Khan Amin Shah, who fought with Osama bin Laden in Afghanistan. " - CNN
posted by roboto at 3:45 PM on September 11, 2004

Oh, wait, I don't have to, I'm not in panic mode.

Yawn. The attempt to make this some kind of standard retort to criticism of a politician is really juvenile. Let's see, I could offer a counter-opinion, but instead I'll just insult someone for having the audacity to say something I disagree with! Next up: criticizing the President is an obvious sign you're a poopyhead!

Davey, when either candidate is beating the other by twenty points, or when (god forbid) some lunatic starts heading to rallies with a rifle, you can suggest that someone out there is "being desperate." Until then, the grown-ups are actually trying to talk about things. At least pretend that you've gone through puberty, mkay?
posted by XQUZYPHYR at 3:57 PM on September 11, 2004

David Dark, distilled:

Dennis Miller says stupid things. Dennis Miller is a comedian.

Al Franken is a comedian.

Therefore, anything Al Franken writes is stupid.
posted by Space Coyote at 4:01 PM on September 11, 2004

Damn the Republicans for using 9/11 for political gain! Damn them all to hell!
posted by Krrrlson at 4:08 PM on September 11, 2004

Funny, XQWHYNER, I don't see your grown-up opinion and can't find the grown-up discussion. Maybe it's somewhere near the word "poopyhead", but . . . no, are you sure it's in this thread? Also, who said, "being desperate?" For future reference, you only need to use quotes when you are quoting someone directly. I'm sure you'll cover that next semester.

I have only one point: this is the worst thread I've ever seen, even calculating in nofundy's handicap. Don't make an ass of yourself defending a steaming pile of shit because it came from a liberal.
posted by David Dark at 4:30 PM on September 11, 2004

you really that stupid, Krrrlson?
posted by quonsar at 4:50 PM on September 11, 2004

this is the worst thread I've ever seen

So destroy it, David. Go on, go out there and dig up the info that says Franken is wrong. It's gotta be easy, if this is one of the worst posts you've ever seen. nofundy even seems open to it, since he asked if you'd post the information you had.
posted by namespan at 4:59 PM on September 11, 2004

Or, alternatively, just complain about it without addressing Franken's point, and convince no one.
posted by namespan at 5:00 PM on September 11, 2004

Well, there's this.

grownups, XQUZYPHYR? Where?
posted by Kwantsar at 5:52 PM on September 11, 2004

Kwantsar wins. This Fox Interview with Clarke is interesting.
posted by namespan at 6:02 PM on September 11, 2004

you really that stupid, Krrrlson?

Well, I *am* pretty stupid, nobody's arguing with you on that one. But I was just wondering why, given MeFi's outrage and resentment about the fact that the Republicans milk 9/11 to no end, is it still all right to post a politicized, partisan piece that milks 9/11 *on* 9/11. Don't take that to be a denial of certain anti-terrorism related incompetencies of this administration.
posted by Krrrlson at 6:11 PM on September 11, 2004

Did Ashcroft brush off terror warnings?
posted by Space Coyote at 6:15 PM on September 11, 2004

Don't take that to be a denial of certain anti-terrorism related incompetencies of this administration.

well, ok then, as long as you're not denying certain anti-terrorism related incompetencies of this administration.
posted by quonsar at 7:16 PM on September 11, 2004

What? Couldn't you find a suitable clip from CarrotTop?
posted by HTuttle at 9:08 PM on September 11, 2004

I have to admit, when I saw that this was from al franken's new book, I groaned a little bit. you have to hit these dudes with pundits they haven't had a chance to drag through the mud yet or otherwise they'll just be like, "who said it? whoops! for a second there, I almost read that!"
posted by mcsweetie at 10:57 PM on September 11, 2004

well, ok then, as long as you're not denying certain anti-terrorism related incompetencies of this administration.

No, I acknowledge certain anti-terrorism related incompetencies of this administration.
posted by Krrrlson at 11:27 PM on September 11, 2004

well, ok then, as long as you're not denying certain anti-terrorism related incompetencies of this administration.

Or the previous adminstration.
posted by a3matrix at 4:45 PM on September 12, 2004

Pinning the blame.
posted by nofundy at 12:46 PM on September 13, 2004