‘Clean skin’ terrorists.
By on Apr 4th, 2007 at 11:04 am
‘Clean skin’ terrorists.
Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff says he’s concerned about “clean skin” terrorists from Europe.
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Chertoff,
April 4th, 2007 at 11:08 amStuff a sock in it, you ignorant ass.
wow! yikes! he’s an Israeli? correct?
April 4th, 2007 at 11:09 amOMG! Terrorists are exfoliating!
April 4th, 2007 at 11:09 amHere we go again, more people to be afraid of courtesy of the neocon war machine. I wonder if they will be wrong again? And how many will die because of their error?
April 4th, 2007 at 11:10 amShouldn’t everybody?
April 4th, 2007 at 11:10 amIs Chertoff taking his race relations cues from disgraced former Congressmand Newt Gingrich?
April 4th, 2007 at 11:11 amChertoff’s comment is disgusting and bigoted too. He must resign now!
April 4th, 2007 at 11:12 amYes, Patrick1. We should all exfoliate.
April 4th, 2007 at 11:12 amHeckofajob,Mikey.
April 4th, 2007 at 11:14 amthis is DEFINITELY the guy I want to replace Gonzo..Definitely..
April 4th, 2007 at 11:18 amMr Haney
Setting aside for the moment what the language says about the framing,
how many terrorists have they caught using racial profiling? Let’s see, they caught, tortured and rendered unable to try Jose Padilla. They’ve tortured untold thousands of innocents in Abu Garib and Gitmo. What real plot have they stopped? Don’t count the photo-op plots that are quickly, and quietly downgraded after the grandstanding is done.
How many potential allies does the bush adminstration alienate by calling them dirty skinned?
Go ahead and scream “political correctness” all you want, just remember that Tim McVie was one of yours.
April 4th, 2007 at 11:19 amwow! yikes! he’s an Israeli? correct?
Comment by jeff
Chertoff is an American. Duh.
April 4th, 2007 at 11:19 amMan, we don’t even need political commentary for this administration anymore. They’ve done all the hard work for us.
April 4th, 2007 at 11:20 amre 4
April 4th, 2007 at 11:21 amI mis-read you, my apologies. The hot water heater is broken and I’m in a grumpy mood…I think I’ll just lurk today.
Folks, before you get yourself in a tizzy, please know that the term ‘clean skin’ has been use in referring to criminals or terrorists for a long time. It has nothing to do with their actual skin color or state of hygiene, but rather, it refers to their lack of history of previous criminal/terrorist involvement or affiliation.
Interesting that Michael Chertoff defined “clean skin” terrorists as those “whose documents are completely legitimate.†This is not the usual definition of the term.
April 4th, 2007 at 11:21 amChertoff has a deformed club-foot, so he would be wise to not call other people names. He reminds me of Hitler’s Propaganda Minister Goebbels, who had a deformed club-foot too.
April 4th, 2007 at 11:25 amThus the ban on cosmetic creams and ointments?
All joking aside, this is repugnant. What they have been doing is repugnant. Don’t be surprised if what they decide to do next turns out to be repugnant too. After six years you really should be expecting it by now. Just remember that expecting it should not lead to accepting it.
April 4th, 2007 at 11:25 amHas Chertoff checked with AIPAC before using this term?
Now that the US stands to the right of Israel, maybe they’re getting the buzzwords from us.
Newt Grinch said Spanish is the language of the Ghetto.
April 4th, 2007 at 11:27 amWhat neighborhood is Chertoff patronizing? The Hamptons?
#15 – Spot on.
Honestly folks, this is a non-starter.
April 4th, 2007 at 11:28 amChertoff is just another of many neocon hacks clinging to the rim as their ideology circles the drain. Too bad we all have to wait until 2008 to be done with them. More war, death, and debt will be tought to sell in 2008 and only the GOP is selling it.
April 4th, 2007 at 11:29 amI get it now. What we need is for Bush to proclaim that nobody is allowed to go anywhere or do anything so we can smoke out and git turists.
April 4th, 2007 at 11:31 amTripmaster,
can you furter explain the term, or provide a good link? I’m not questioning your statement, I just want more info. My instinct is to expect the worst from these people, and usually I’m still stunned. If this is a benign term, I’ll cut some slack here, but given what else they’ve done in the name of “protecting us”, I’m not willing to give them the benifit of the doubt anymore on anything.
April 4th, 2007 at 11:39 am#15 – Spot on.
Honestly folks, this is a non-starter.
Comment by Dumb_Fox — April 4, 2007 @ 11:28 am
Not quite. This provides the justification for warrantless wiretaps and surveillance on everybody, since anybody can be a “terrorist”!
April 4th, 2007 at 11:40 amHe has far worse things to be concerned about if he’s coming out with crap like that.
April 4th, 2007 at 11:41 amATTENTION ALL AMERICANS: BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR SWEDISH MEN CARRYING NEUTROGENA!
-GSD
April 4th, 2007 at 11:46 amComment by bob (not the hacker) — April 4, 2007 @ 11:39 am
bob,
Just google <”clean skin” terrorists>, and you receive a plethora of supporting links.
While it is a benign term, that doesn’t necessarily mean that the people using the term are benign. All this just looks like the latest attempt to keep the American populace in the state of hysterical fear and hatred that has historically served the neocons so well…a state that is no longer sustainable, given our desensitization as well as our increased knowledge of the lies and deceit that characterize this administration.
April 4th, 2007 at 11:48 amAll this just looks like the latest attempt to keep the American populace in the state of hysterical fear and hatred that has historically served the neocons so well…a state that is no longer sustainable, …
Comment by TripMaster Monkey — April 4, 2007 @ 11:48 am
at least, not without a new “Pearl Harbor” event….
April 4th, 2007 at 11:57 amChertoff holds dual US/Isreal citizenship
April 4th, 2007 at 12:10 pmSo, no teenagers, since so many of them don’t have clean skin – all those adolescent zits, you know
April 4th, 2007 at 12:21 pmTripMaster Monkey,
True enough, but it should occur to any moderately intelligent person to use language that can be better understood by a lay audience.
April 4th, 2007 at 12:27 pmGSD: does this mean IKEA is really a terrorist front?!?!?!?!
April 4th, 2007 at 12:49 pmThis provides the justification for warrantless wiretaps and surveillance on everybody, since anybody can be a “terroristâ€!
Comment by Briseadh na Faire
I’m with BnF on this one. Lurch and his cohorts don’t say anything in public without an ulterior motive. There’s a reason that they want to make us afraid of another group of people and I doubt that it has much to do with terrorism per se.
April 4th, 2007 at 12:55 pmI believe it is the first move in identifying the EEC as part of the Axis of Evil and thus justifying “shock and awe” on those countries. They are next after Iran.
April 4th, 2007 at 1:01 pmOnly chicken sh!t neocons like you. I am not scared, nor will I ever be scared of terrorists. That is the same as being scared of being in a plane crash.
What happened to “Well, it was his time to go.” and “God works in mysterious ways.”
Maybe it was God’s intention for people to die from terrorist attacks.
April 4th, 2007 at 3:07 pmMichael Chertoff has dual citizenship.
April 4th, 2007 at 3:11 pmTMM,
Just because a term has been around for a long time, doesn’t make it correct. Take the term Tar Baby for example. This falls into that category.
April 4th, 2007 at 3:13 pmThis does seem to be an opening for the administration to justify spying on everybody, not just those with prior bad acts.
April 4th, 2007 at 3:33 pmSpudge
From Wiki:
Absolutely no comparison in the least to tarbaby. Not even by a far stretch. There is NO racial connotation at all.
April 4th, 2007 at 8:47 pm“Clean skin”? BIG WORDS FROM MR. NOSFERATU HIMSELF, THE GHASTLY UN-CLEAN SKINNED MONSTER Chertoff—HAVE YOU LOOKED IN THE MIRROR LATELY, Michael—YOU NEED A WHOLE BODY ACID PEEL—WITH FLUOROSULFURIC ACID FSO3H!!!! Michael? WHERE DID YOU GO—AH, YOU HAVE MELTED AND FLOWED DOWN THE DRAIN—GOOD RIDDANCE TO BAD RUBBISH, I SAY!!!!!
April 4th, 2007 at 9:07 pm#38 Have to agree with you on this. It is a legit term. Still means the Bushies are going to spy on anybody and everybody.
April 4th, 2007 at 11:22 pm