Comments on: A Lathering of Beagles

By: felicity

felicity — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 19:49:45 +0000

I don’t know if the reaction to the NYC incident is a case of severe paranoia (or an excuse for the need to beef up security at the expense of our freedom or a means of keeping ‘terror’ front and center in the American psyche.)

The peanut-butter sandwich caper a few years back would indicate paranoia. The incident involved about 8 protesters giving out peanut-butter sandwiches in front of a company hired to feed the troops in Iraq charging the government for ’steaks and caviar’ while actually feeding them pbs. At least 3 FBI agents showed up to ‘monitor’, identify and possibly arrest the apparently extremely dangerous purveyors of the free sandwiches.

I second Maha’s wonderment.

By: A Canadian Reader

A Canadian Reader — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 01:01:12 +0000

Maha,

I have it on good authority from right-wingers with impeccable credentials that this bombing is the work of the liberal left.

Just thought you should know.

By: PFT

PFT — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 00:40:18 +0000

Seeing how CNN and Fox jumped on it to give Bloomberg some national exposure leads me to believe it was a staged event to promote Bloomberg, either as a running mate for Obama/Hillary/McCain, or if he changes his mind, as an independent. Since the coming depression will make the economy a key issue, the billionare Wall Street connected Bloomberg will be an attractive running mate for either side (convenient that he is an Independent now).

Also they are staging various incidents to promote support for the Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act and enhanced security in places like malls, schools to support the Security Industry, etc. Given the issues with our wars and the economy, malls and universities are not the places you expect to see attacked, so I guess they figured out they needed a military target to avert suspicion, and 4 AM is a good time to make sure nobody in the military is hurt. I am of course a conspiracy theorist. Don’t believe the Orwellian babble from the conspirators about their being no such thing as conspiracies.

By: jerri

jerri — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 00:08:55 +0000

How much does the lease on that spot in Times Square cost a month? Betcha it is more than the cost to maintain one soldier in Iraq.

By: Izzy

Izzy — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 20:50:26 +0000

What in the hell gives you the right to suggest that the Eagles are being selective about what constitutes an attack that requires action?!

You might as well ask why we aren’t spending as much money in Darfur or Afghanistan (you know, the country that ACTUALLY attacked us) as we are in Iraq. Seriously.

Um, why aren’t we, again?

By: maha

maha — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 20:19:37 +0000

Erin — maybe the beagles went to Times Square to bark at terriers.

By: maha

maha — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 20:15:06 +0000

Also, a big ol’ “OUCH!!” and “boo” for your “just off his meds” jibe.

Gwen — regulars here know that I’m on meds myself. I don’t make a secret of it.

By: PW

PW — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 20:02:41 +0000

About “some homeless person laying [sic] about on the sidewalk.” The totality of homeless persons who are ignored, hit by cars, starved or frozen to death, stepped over on sidewalks, shouted at, robbed, bullied, etc. etc. is a constant and ongoing crime far outweighing one incendiary device thrown at one military recruiting station in one American city. That larger sign of inhumanity just doesn’t get on TV or make for all that many grunts of disgust.

By: Erin

Erin — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 20:02:38 +0000

uncledad, the NY media’s reporting that the letters to Congress and the explosion in Times Square are unrelated, or so goes the last thing I saw.

Seems like a good reason to steer clear of Times Square this weekend, though that’s generally good advice any day, IMHO.

Think the beagles might secretly be terriers?

By: Gwen

Gwen — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 19:39:55 +0000

Just please don’t call me a beagle, okay? I may be inconsistent like the rest of humanity, but I much prefer the Lhasa Apso.

Or maybe even the Shih Tsu. *woof!*