Fox’s Oliver North Blames Times Square Bombings On Pelosi And House Democrats
Fox’s Oliver North Blames Times Square Bombings On Pelosi And House Democrats
Yesterday, a “shadowy figure on a bicycle” planted a small bomb that shattered the glass facade of the military recruiting station in Times Square in New York City. An investigation into the incident has begun.
Fox News’ Ollie North, however, has found his scapegoat. This morning, he said the incident may have been prevented had the House and Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) granted a renewal of the Protect America Act:
Last month, of course, the U.S. House of Representatives at the direction of Nancy Pelosi went on vacation rather than voting on the Protect America Act, which provided for wiretapping of terrorists making phone calls into and out of the United States to foreign places.
And I note that it would have been a lot easier, perhaps, to find out who did this, or even to know that they were planning it, had we been able to intercept those communications.
Watch it:
North’s comments are a sad attempt to politicize a tragic bombing. In reality, surveillance that began under the law will be able to continue, and intelligence officials can initiate new surveillance against suspected terrorists by simply getting a warrant through the FISA court. The warrants can even be obtained after the surveillance has begun. North, however, conveniently failed to mention this.
Conservatives have stalled Congress from negotiating on the PAA. Last week, Senate GOP leaders blocked another extension of the PAA. In fact, the Politico reported this week that some Republicans are boycotting the negotation meetings.
North’s statements echo CNN’s Glenn Beck, who said recently, “Nancy Pelosi will end up killing Americans.”
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That’s funny Ollie - I’m in Manhattan right now & nobody is buying your fearmongering. I REPEAT - NOBODY.
These people will never quit will they.
Tstat Hussein guy
March 7th, 2008 at 12:14 pmI don’t blame Pelosi or the House Democrats, but we can be almost certain that the bomber was raving moonbat of the political Left.
We’ll find out soon enough.
March 7th, 2008 at 12:17 pmWhy thank you, Ollie North! We’re always glad to hear the opinions of convicted felons who helped provide arms to Iran on national security matters such as this!
March 7th, 2008 at 12:18 pmThank you for opening the comments, TP.
Ollie North is so full of shit his eyeballs are brown and stinky. This is going to turn out to be some crackpot with an internet connection, not an international terror plot — cuz frankly, they’d have done a much better job of it.
Get lost, Traitor Ollie.
March 7th, 2008 at 12:19 pmNorth’s statements echo CNN’s Glenn Beck, who said recently, “Nancy Pelosi will end up killing Americans.â€
Only if she follows the lead of Dick and Lil’ Shrub.
March 7th, 2008 at 12:19 pmI don’t blame Pelosi or the House Democrats, but we can be almost certain that the bomber was raving moonbat of the political Left.
We’ll find out soon enough.
Comment by Charles James Napier — March 7, 2008 @ 12:17 pm
If “we’re gonna’ find out soon enough” , how come you’re already making one of your typically stupid predictions on who this bomber is ?
Haven’t you 19%’ers learned enough after going 0-for-7-years in that department ?
March 7th, 2008 at 12:19 pmOh, it couldn’t have been a right winger who either him or a relative didn’t get what the recruiter promised?
The lying scumbags - it’s the only way to get someone to sign up for this immoral, ill conceived, poorly managed, etc, etc, etc….
March 7th, 2008 at 12:19 pmWe’ll find out soon enough.
Comment by Charles James Napier — March 7, 2008 @ 12:17 pm
And unlike you and your kind, we will condemn that person for his/her actions — not find an excuse for it.
March 7th, 2008 at 12:20 pm“And I note that it would have been a lot easier, perhaps, to find out who did this, or even to know that they were planning it, had we been able to intercept those communications.”
Did your own lawbreaking give you some special insight to form that asinine opinion , Ollie ?
March 7th, 2008 at 12:21 pmAnd unlike you and your kind, we will condemn that person for his/her actions — not find an excuse for it.
Comment by Zooey
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What are you referring to?
March 7th, 2008 at 12:21 pmComment by Charles James Napier — March 7, 2008 @ 12:17 pm
Or a neocon plant to dupe the public with fear. What a bomb it was, a broken window and lots of smoke. I’m shivering and cowering in fear. Ollie North is a criminal and he was probably the one on the bicycle.
March 7th, 2008 at 12:21 pmOllie North? I’m sorry. I’m literally laughing out loud right now. Ollie … North?! They have this guy on TV? Seriously?! Oh my lord.
March 7th, 2008 at 12:21 pmThe Iraq war spawned a rebirth of the SDS. This may be the resurrection of the weathermen too.
Uncle Hussein Ho
March 7th, 2008 at 12:22 pm.
Olly thinks/spews that the PAA would have found this bomber because the PAA provides the ability to wiretap TERRORISTS who are making telephone calls INTO and OUT OF the USA to foreign places and would have made it easier to catch this person.
THEN, Olly went on to describe this bomber as (drum roll please)… not a terrorist but instead a vandal.
So, what Olly suggests is that the American Government should be able to hide behind the smoke and mirrors of international terrorism so as to spy on domestic vandals. And for that, he blames Pelosi and the House Dems?
SINCE WHEN DOES PATRIOTISM REQUIRE IMMUNITY, OLLY?
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March 7th, 2008 at 12:22 pmTimmy McVay was a right-winger from what I remember as was Eric Robert Rudolph, the American Christian terrorist.
March 7th, 2008 at 12:22 pmisnt he dead yet?
March 7th, 2008 at 12:22 pmherr dubyah has been spying on Americans prior to 9/11 to the present. How come he couldn’t stop any of these attacks?
March 7th, 2008 at 12:22 pmOllie’s just being honest!!
March 7th, 2008 at 12:23 pmAnd unlike you and your kind, we will condemn that person for his/her actions — not find an excuse for it.
Comment by Zooey
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What are you referring to?
Comment by Charles James Napier — March 7, 2008 @ 12:21 pm
Liberals are true patriots/Americans ; we don’t try to excuse-make/apologize for those who do wrong.
You GOP backers always do …………….
March 7th, 2008 at 12:23 pmAnd unlike you and your kind, we will condemn that person for his/her actions — not find an excuse for it.
Comment by Zooey
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What are you referring to?
Comment by Charles James Napier — March 7, 2008 @ 12:21 pm
Zooey, do you believe he asked that question?!!! Totally out of touch with reality!
March 7th, 2008 at 12:24 pmFor the love of God!!! Just shut the eff up, you babbling moron!!
~L. Hussein Annie
March 7th, 2008 at 12:24 pmAlso sprach the degenerate traitor.
March 7th, 2008 at 12:24 pmSo Fox puts a traitor on TV.
Color me surprised.
March 7th, 2008 at 12:24 pmherr dubyah has been spying on Americans prior to 9/11 to the present. How come he couldn’t stop any of these attacks?
Comment by Dr. Matt — March 7, 2008 @ 12:22 pm
Because that retarded simian isn’t even capable of not shitting himself with a handful of butt plugs ………….
March 7th, 2008 at 12:24 pmThis Ollie traitor person implying that warrantless surveillance might have discovered this plan beforehand is so blatantly misleading that it boggles the mind!
Was he told to say that or is he just stupid?
March 7th, 2008 at 12:25 pmAnd unlike you and your kind, we will condemn that person for his/her actions — not find an excuse for it.
Comment by Zooey
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What are you referring to?
Comment by Charles James Napier — March 7, 2008 @ 12:21 pm
Zooey, do you believe he asked that question?!!! Totally out of touch with reality!
Comment by Mr. Evil — March 7, 2008 @ 12:24 pm
Nah
I wouldn’t say that …………
He’s just a total friggin’ imbecile.
March 7th, 2008 at 12:25 pm“North’s comments are a sad attempt to politicize a tragic bombing.”
k… It’s not “TRAGIC” if no one hurt and it doesn’t even interrupt my morning commute.
If anything, this is a mildly inconvenient bombing.
Dee_hussein_Obaser
March 7th, 2008 at 12:25 pm20 - I was referring to Ollie North — but it applies just as well to you, Charlie.
March 7th, 2008 at 12:26 pmAh, finally — the comments are open!
North’s comments might even have some chance at having teeth if:
1) The GOP hadn’t blocked extensions of “this very important part of national security”, AND
2) Telephone surveillance had actually stopped, AND
3) There was any evidence at all that the perpetrators obligingly made their plans on phones that would have been tapped, if not for Nancy Pelosi.
Instead, he just sounds like Gingrich blaming the Susan Smith case on “liberals” (never mind that the father of this young woman who murdered her two children was a prominent Republican activist), or Jerry Falwell blaming pagans, abortionists, feminists, gays, and lesbians for 9/11.
This is a favorite wingnut tactic — take the disaster of the day, and find some creative way to blame your favorite boogeyman for it.
March 7th, 2008 at 12:26 pmOllie seems to be missing the point, as always, which is why he got his a$$ kicked years ago when he ran for the US Senate in Virginia (when even Republicans wouldn’t vote for him).
The Protect America Act likely wouldn’t have done anything to prevent the Times Square bombing, which more likely than not was carried out by a domestic terrorist than an international one. As Ollie himself notes, the PAA provides for “wiretapping of terrorists making phone calls into and out of the United States to foreign places.” That seems not to apply if one is trying to prevent domestic terrorists.
Unless, of course, we’re talking about Al Qaida in Amurka who is now deploying suicide bicycle bombers…
Geez — these guys become bigger parodies of themselves every day…
March 7th, 2008 at 12:26 pm“After appearing on Fox, “Col†North was headed to Thailand, to testify as a character witness on behalf of international weapons dealer, Viktor Bout.â€
sorry for the repost, but sticking it to washed-up reaganauts is one of my fave pasttimes. I was in HS and college while he and old bush were in office, and I haven’t forgotten one little bit what kind of disgrace they made of themselves and my country.
March 7th, 2008 at 12:26 pmSorry — forgot to add my signature…
~Abu al-Kelb Hussein
March 7th, 2008 at 12:26 pmThe radicals on the right will plant bombs just so Oli and his ilk can get on TV and condemn Democrats.
We already know conservatives blow up clinics, and kill doctors. They have the experience and know how to make and plant bombs - we know this already.
March 7th, 2008 at 12:28 pmSo why aren’t they being rounded up?
Ollie has the credibility of Charles James Napier - ZERO!
~Raving Hussein Moonbat
March 7th, 2008 at 12:28 pmThis kind of terrorists actions will not stop until the america-hating liberals give in and let the Administration install mind-reading microchips in everyone’s heads, in order to detect and prevent evil terrorists thoughts.
I mean, when a terrorist can plan and execute something like this all by himself, without communicating with anybody else, well there’s a big risk that has to be dealt with, and the solution is Mind-Reading Mental Correctional Microchips.
Oh and it’s Clinton’s fault, too, for stopping research into mind-reading microchips.
March 7th, 2008 at 12:28 pm“After appearing on Fox, “Col†North was headed to Thailand, to testify as a character witness on behalf of international weapons dealer, Viktor Bout.â€
sorry for the repost, but sticking it to washed-up reaganauts is one of my fave pasttimes. I was in HS and college while he and old bush were in office, and I haven’t forgotten one little bit what kind of disgrace they made of themselves and my country.
Comment by tombaker — March 7, 2008 @ 12:26 pm
My favorite possession is an old t-shirt : a No-Reagan t-shirt modeled after the Ghostbusters logo.
I hated that stupid phony bastood ; Chimpy is merely an extension of that assbag………….
March 7th, 2008 at 12:29 pmSeeing how little meaningful damage the bomb actually did, it does make one wonder if it was planted by a rightie in a misguided attempt to make Pelosi look bad. Saaaay… does Ollie North have a bicycle?
Hmmm… Botch does. He constantly gets his picture taken riding the damned thing.
March 7th, 2008 at 12:30 pmOllie North? I’m sorry. I’m literally laughing out loud right now. Ollie … North?! They have this guy on TV? Seriously?! Oh my lord.
Comment by fletc3her
Me too, didn’t he get so desperate in the 90’s that he stooped to touring with Timothy Leary?
March 7th, 2008 at 12:30 pmAre these f…ing Cheneyits infused with koolaide at home or does faux provide a supertanker full all day at during fixed-noise..????
he’ll soon be back in the jungle at gitmo so no cares what this bag-o-crap says anyway!!
March 7th, 2008 at 12:30 pmWould the “Protect America Act” have made it easier to find out if someone in the White House was laundering money and running an illegal arms trade? Or perhaps ruining shredders trying to cover his tracks?
March 7th, 2008 at 12:30 pmI don’t blame Pelosi or the House Democrats, but we can be almost certain that the bomber was raving moonbat of the political Left.
We’ll find out soon enough.
Comment by Charles James Napier”
Ya mean like the Oklahoma city bombing was done by someone on the left as well.
March 7th, 2008 at 12:31 pm“After appearing on Fox, “Col†North was headed to Thailand, to testify as a character witness on behalf of international weapons dealer, Viktor Bout.â€
A Republican in Thailand? In a payed trip? Probably his travel will include kiddie and tranny sex…
March 7th, 2008 at 12:31 pmOh, as if we should trust the “Iran Contra” traitor with providing the facts. Think not.
signed: Cats Hussein r Flyfishn
March 7th, 2008 at 12:32 pmOh yes Ollie, there were probably hundreds of phone calls and emails coming and going to several areas of the middle east before that “tragic” bombing. It was such a major terrorist enterprise that if only the telecoms had immunity we would have caught him befor this devestating act.
Give me a fu(king break! It was probably some kid who had an issue with a recruiter there and just got pissed off.
March 7th, 2008 at 12:34 pmLast month, of course, the U.S. House of Representatives under the direction of Nancy Pelosi went on vacation rather than voting on the Protect America Act, which provided for wiretapping of terrorists making phone calls into and out of the United States to foreign places.
Who in the hell would make an international call from the US because they were gonna’ bomb Times Square ?
What the hell kind of crap is this idiot trying to push ?
~Former Abu Gharib inmate~
March 7th, 2008 at 12:35 pm~Mohammed Hussein Metal~
Sorry for the OT, but this is last in:
Belarus expels US ambassador:
http://news.yahoo.com/ s/ ap/ 20080307/ ap_on_re_eu/ belarus_us
Where is Condi when you need her?
March 7th, 2008 at 12:35 pmThousands die every year because they don’t have the money for cancer screening.
Thousands die every year from alcohol and alcohol related deaths.
A pipe bomb justifies spending millions and millions of dollars, the removal of citizen’s freedoms.
How screwed up our priorities are in this country.
I blame the Republicans.
March 7th, 2008 at 12:36 pmYou never know… w/ the PAA in place, Botch might have been listening himself from the WH basement… wearing his head phones, taking notes on a clip board…
**Ringing phone**
“Hello? Is this Michael Moore? Hi, Michael… it’s George… no, not THAT George. George Soros… the you know, the Supreme Commander of the Vast Left Wing Conspiracy… I want you to call Pelosi. The (unintelligible) is set to go off. That’s right. This will show them all! BWAHAHAHAHAHA…”
**Line goes dead**
March 7th, 2008 at 12:36 pmYes! Arrest everyone riding bicycles before it’s too late!
March 7th, 2008 at 12:36 pmPOX News has Ollie the Folly on all the time. They drool over him.
March 7th, 2008 at 12:36 pmSorry for the OT, but this is last in:
Belarus expels US ambassador:
http://news.yahoo.com/ s/ ap/ 20080307/ ap_on_re_eu/ belarus_us
Where is Condi when you need her?
Comment by Evil Spaniard — March 7, 2008 @ 12:35 pm
Shoe shopping no doubt…………….
March 7th, 2008 at 12:36 pmI want pop corn with this lates’t comedy of fear if you please…Poor Ollie he is aligning himself with the latest little nazi beck……Wow! what a guy, I watched this little traitor all during his hearing’s….Lived in Montana and only got one channell on the tube…..Was recuperating from back surgery and since it was the only show on forced myself to listen to his crap….Well this will be a good thread to keep track of while the slug troll’s leave their little trail of slime all over it……Happy posting all….Make them accountable…Blessings
March 7th, 2008 at 12:37 pmI’m surprised Ollie didn’t insist that all bicycle messengers in NYC be strip searched…………..
March 7th, 2008 at 12:38 pmthat was the single most ridiculous, outrageous, stupid, false, and absurd thing i’ve read this year.
March 7th, 2008 at 12:38 pmIf only the telecoms were allowed to listen to the phone messages of that notorious terrorist, Osama bin Schwinn, then this never would have happened…..
raynhusseinman
March 7th, 2008 at 12:38 pmThe bomber was probably a Karl Rove plant. You know, scare tactics and all that other bs.
Cats Hussein r Flyfishn
March 7th, 2008 at 12:38 pmWhere is Condi when you need her?
Comment by Evil Spaniard — March 7, 2008 @ 12:35 pm
Shoe department, Saks Fifth Avenue. ;)
It’s Hussein Day at TheZoo!
March 7th, 2008 at 12:39 pmShoe shopping no doubt…………….
Comment by MCMetal — March 7, 2008 @ 12:36 pm
Probably she’s investigating the shoe shops at New York to find the “bomber” ;)
March 7th, 2008 at 12:39 pmyou know, it’s funny, but we liberals actually don’t think pelosi is doing ENOUGH to stop the tide of fascism in this country.
so, when people like beck and north criticize pelosi, we can only laugh.
March 7th, 2008 at 12:39 pm“…but we can be almost certain that the bomber was raving moonbat of the political Left.”
Comment by Charles James Napier
Ya mean like the Oklahoma city bombing was done by someone on the left as well.
Comment by natisman — March 7, 2008 @ 12:31 pm
Eh — that was just a troll-turd dropped in here by Charles for no reason other than to be annoying.
He is either employing the Ollie North strategy of blaming any given disaster on his favorite boogeymen, or he is confusing today with the Vietnam era.
Of course, we don’t know who did the bombing. Yet. It could be a leftist with a violent agenda. Or it could be a rightist with a violent agenda. It could even be a crackpot with a personal axe to grind with that particular recruiting station. Or anyone else.
March 7th, 2008 at 12:40 pmZooey :)
Heh, great minds…
March 7th, 2008 at 12:40 pmIf only the telecoms were allowed to listen to the phone messages of that notorious terrorist, Osama bin Schwinn, then this never would have happened…..
raynhusseinman
Comment by raynman — March 7, 2008 @ 12:38 pm
ROTFLMFAO!!!
March 7th, 2008 at 12:41 pm.
History repeats.
http://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=KGKzP9EhJMY&eurl=http:/ / www.johnconyers.com/ node/ 201?page=1
Is there any wonder Ollie is the wanker he is?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrj5lO6rlhA
Loyalty to The Party outweighs Patriotism to one’s Country… Right?
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March 7th, 2008 at 12:42 pmOsama bin Schwinn… I can’t stop laughing!
March 7th, 2008 at 12:42 pmZooey :)
Heh, great minds…
Comment by Evil Spaniard — March 7, 2008 @ 12:40 pm
At least I’m in good company. :)
~Hussein Zooey
March 7th, 2008 at 12:43 pmComment by Cats r Flyfishn — March 7, 2008 @ 12:32 pm
My thoughts exactly. This man lied under oath.
March 7th, 2008 at 12:43 pmgeneral stupidity speaks
Lefty Hussein
March 7th, 2008 at 12:47 pmAnd we’re supposed to believe this lying felon because …?
C’mon, reichers, tell us why Ollie’s so very trustworthy!
*crickets*
March 7th, 2008 at 12:47 pmKind of like blaming the Jews for Nazi Germany.
March 7th, 2008 at 12:50 pmOllie! Ollie!
i’m half crazy…
on a bicycle built for terror
~Bicycle Riding Raving Hussein Moonbat of the Political Left (BRRHMPL)
March 7th, 2008 at 12:50 pmC’mon, reichers, tell us why Ollie’s so very trustworthy!
*crickets*
Comment by Leftside Annie — March 7, 2008 @ 12:47 pm
Cuz he looks so fine in his rough, tough and outdoorsy military guy uniform, and makes them feel all safe and stuff. And kinda turned on…
~Hussein Zooey
March 7th, 2008 at 12:51 pmGood Morning Lady Hussein Zooey, Good to read you here….Sorry I made a mistake on post 51, forgot to put my signature, witch Obama 1…Just fixed it…Hope you all have a great day….Blessings
March 7th, 2008 at 12:56 pmyou’re right olly! pelosi will kill us all if she doesnt hurry her sorry ass up and buy a table that can withstand impeachment!
I don’t blame Pelosi or the House Democrats, but we can be almost certain that the bomber was raving moonbat of the political Left.
We’ll find out soon enough.
Comment by Charles James Napier — March 7, 2008 @ 12:17 pm
i agree nappy, couldnt be a reich-winger, you all are too damn scared to leave your mama’s basement because you all shlt yourselves anytime anyone cuts a loud fart….. BOO!
extremists are extremists, terrorism is still terrorism even united states sponsored terrorism… torture is still torture even when 19%’ers suck on the bushco cock like it was life giving oxygen every time he says we dont torture….
peace out, im heading to the beach!
March 7th, 2008 at 12:58 pmOliver Hussein North
March 7th, 2008 at 12:59 pmMore like a prank than a “tragic bombing.” Let’s have some sense of proportion. I think it’s amusing as well as illustrative that somebody on a bicycle defeated New York’s antiterrorism defenses.
March 7th, 2008 at 1:01 pmComment by Witch1 — March 7, 2008 @ 12:56 pm
Good to see you, Obama1. :)
Stop by Hussein Day at TheZoo. ;)
~Hussein Zooey
March 7th, 2008 at 1:03 pmFear! Death! Destruction! Snarkification!
Your women and cattle will be raped before your very eyes!
Surrender your freedumbs, or the white women are toast!
~ RHUsseinCerious ~
March 7th, 2008 at 1:06 pmI think it’s amusing as well as illustrative that somebody on a bicycle defeated New York’s antiterrorism defenses.
Comment by rmwarnick
this is the point of the whole thing isn’t it? They are embarrassed. Many have pointed out before that the 911 terrorists used boxcutters…no bomb whatsoever…..if you believe the official version of what happened.
March 7th, 2008 at 1:06 pmWhy do the Repugs worship these disgusting pus-gut druggies, convicted criminals and sex offenders? Is it really that hard to find a decent human being willing to lie for this administration?
Appears to be.
March 7th, 2008 at 1:07 pmgeneral stupidity speaks
Lefty Hussein
Comment by lefty — March 7, 2008 @ 12:47 pm
Hey… waitacottenpickinminute… North is NOT one of mine.
March 7th, 2008 at 1:07 pmOllie North is not a credible news source to begin with. He’s scripted with the usual Fox’s News right wing talking points as well. Very good timing on this bombing. Elections,FISA law,telcom immunity etc. I fully believe this bomb was planted by someone in the CIA or some other individual under instructions from Bushco or GOP. I have no proof of this but only republicans benefit from any kind of terrorist attack as fear is their only political platform. I’m sure this pleases them as they can now use this as a tool as North uses it for his wild accusations. The fact it caused little damage shows the intent was to make a statement, not any real killings. Had terrorists really planted this I’m sure the damage would be much greater.
March 7th, 2008 at 1:07 pmWas the bomber seen talking to Iran on his cell phone, right before the explosion? Were there Allah Akbar flyers distributed via airborne leafletting? C’mon Ollie, is that the best you got? You got squat.
~ RHUsseinCerious ~
March 7th, 2008 at 1:09 pmOllie North — today’s Worst…Person…IN THE WORLD!!!
Even money on that one on Olbermann tonight…
~Abu al-Kelb Hussein
March 7th, 2008 at 1:10 pmI think it’s amusing as well as illustrative that somebody on a bicycle defeated New York’s antiterrorism defenses.
Comment by rmwarnick — March 7, 2008 @ 1:01 pm
They were prepared for a “dirty” bomb. It’s why a “clean” terrorist slipped under the radar.
/snark (?)
Oh, and I heard those bycicle messengers at New York were rough guys (and gals), but this is ridiculous.
March 7th, 2008 at 1:10 pm/snarkII
I think it’s amusing as well as illustrative that somebody on a bicycle defeated New York’s antiterrorism defenses.
Comment by rmwarnick — March 7, 2008 @ 1:01 pm
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In TIMES SQUARE of all places. TIMES SQUARE!!!!
They literally have National Guardsmen with MP5s, cops in riot gear, and dogs…. FREAKING DOGS, and they couldn’t stop this one nut.
Can we please go back to reasonable security that works?
Thanks,
March 7th, 2008 at 1:10 pmDee_Hussein_Obaser
That’s right, North. Spying on innocent Americans will end terrorism. lol.
Our president has a 19% popularity, yet folks like North and Beck still get airtime to damage our country even more. The media have failed.
March 7th, 2008 at 1:12 pmNorth and his ilk we be surfacing more frequently as we grow closer to the election blaming everything from acne to solar eruptions on the Dems.
March 7th, 2008 at 1:16 pmNot only are we creating more terrorists every day in the middle east, apparently the destruction of our civil liberties is creating more terrorists here too. Ricin, IEDs, campus shootings, do you feel safer now that you did 8 years ago?
March 7th, 2008 at 1:17 pmThe Bushalitos have cried “wolf, be afraid” so often that if and when a real threat occurs, no one will notice, almost like the Bush Regime missed the August 6 2001 memo but not quite the same.
Cats Hussein r Flyfishn
March 7th, 2008 at 1:26 pmAnd so the Emperor’s new security measures are shown to be a charade, just like the failed chympidency.
March 7th, 2008 at 1:31 pmTP said Oliver North. hehehe
IgnoranceIsNotHusseinBliss
March 7th, 2008 at 1:32 pmHere’s an idea. Oliver North and/or Glen Beck are invited to say those same idiotic comments on “Face the Nation” or “Meet the Press.” You know, a real political program with a host that will pepper them with questions; not Fox News with hosts who swallow the same kool-aid.
March 7th, 2008 at 1:36 pmThese guys need to have some strong rebuttal thrown in their direction. One-way conversations do no one any good.
And who planted the bomb Ollie? Maybe one of Bush’s agents, so they can scare the public again into giving Bush his way, mmmm, maybe, maybe.
Buck Hussein Fush
March 7th, 2008 at 1:47 pmMaybe the explosion was caused by one of the Iranians that Oliver North helped to sell missiles to back in the 80’s?
-GSD
March 7th, 2008 at 1:54 pmAm I the only one that has trouble believing that a small bombing in NYC is the action of an international terrorism action of Al Q - that is the type of action that Protect America Act is supposed to apply to ??????
I don’t support the use of random violence, but it appears to me that the bombing of a recruitment office is more likely the result of someone who is disgruntled with either the treatment they received while in the military -or- someone local protesting the army. Or did I miss the news story that the bicycle rider was actually a hijacked 747 ????
Just think of all the crimes that could be avoided if we recorded and anaylzed every single phone call. Additionally, we could automate topics to collect and use this for both crime and to get personal revenge on people we don’t like. We could rig elections. Everyone could live in fear that something they said in a private conversation could appear on the evening news. What a wonderful world this could be.
March 7th, 2008 at 1:59 pmoliver north? is that moron still around? sheesh. isnt he a convicted felon or something? why do people listen to him? im glad the right wing has such losers to lead them.
March 7th, 2008 at 2:00 pmI believe this man committed acts of treason upon our country.
I believe this man lied multiple times while under oath.
So, do I give a damn what he has to say now? Fu(k No!
March 7th, 2008 at 2:02 pmI don’t support the use of random violence, but it appears to me that the bombing of a recruitment office is more likely the result of someone who is disgruntled with either the treatment they received while in the military -or- someone local protesting the army. Or did I miss the news story that the bicycle rider was actually a hijacked 747 ????
Weren’t those followers of David Koresh and Tim McVeigh wary of everything Federal? And well, isn’t the military a Federal thing?
March 7th, 2008 at 2:02 pmit might have been prevented had Bush not decided to go to iraq based on lies and then caused the death of over 1million muslims in the process. it might have been prevented if bush wasn’t president. 9/11 might have been prevented had bush not been president because we all know bush took more days of vacation in his first term than ANY other president in the history of america and then we were attacked on 9/11. so, playing golf, fishing and biking were more important than actually reading and investigating intelligence reports that clearly stated something was happening?
yeah, we could have prevented many things if Bush wasn’t in office. not might….would have.
March 7th, 2008 at 2:32 pmDo mean Oliver North the CONVICTED FELON who lied to Congress in sworn testimony, got caught shredding documents that would have exposed what a crook he was, illegally sold arms to Iran, arranged to have hundreds of tons of cocaine and marijuana smuggled into the US, used the profits to illegally fund the Contras (and pocketed a tidy profit for himself), then was fired by Reagan? THAT Oliver North?
It’s a fookin joke that this guy is on a “news” program telling Americans what they’re supposed to think about anything. Get it? A felon covering up for another felon by passing this horseshite.
March 7th, 2008 at 2:38 pmIt’s those scary anti-war GRANNIES FOR PEACE!!!!
BE AFRAID, BE VERY AFRAID!!!!!
March 7th, 2008 at 2:45 pm“Here’s an idea. Oliver North and/or Glen Beck are invited to say those same idiotic comments on “Face the Nation†or “Meet the Press…..â€
MarcHusseing”
Yer kidding, right?
March 7th, 2008 at 2:53 pmQuestion: If there is another 9/11, who are you going to blame? Bush?
C’mon, you expect us to believe that you figured this one out ALL BY YOURSELF?????
March 7th, 2008 at 3:09 pmIf there is another 9/11, who are you going to blame? Bush? Congress? The American people?–Southern Man
IF THERE IS another 9/11 how about blaming the perpetrator? Because the last one, we blamed Osama bin Laden and Al qaeda, hiding out in Afghanistan, and their Saudi terrorist pilots. Then suddenly we’re in a holy war based in Iraq against, presumably, any “terrorist”, including the “home grown” variety, which is why Bush needs to shred the Constitution to protect us. So I can perfectly well see where North is coming from blaming Democrats that won’t grant “telcom immunity. And like I said, if North’s lips are moving . . .
March 7th, 2008 at 3:17 pmOllie North? Ollie North? Why does that name ring a bell?
Lieutenant Colonel Oliver North secretly diverted to the Nicaraguan Contras millions of dollars in funds received from a secret deal - the sales of anti-tank and anti-aircraft missiles to Iran - in spite of Reagan’s public pledge not to deal with the nation.
Ahh yes, that Ollie North! Also the one who approved of transporting cocaine and other drugs to the USA to finance the rebels.
Yeah, he’s trustworthy!
March 7th, 2008 at 3:44 pmClearly we need a lawmaker to immediately work on legislation which would force all bicycle owners to register with the FBI and undergo fingerprint and retina scanning. The bill should be called the “Keeping Americans Alive From Deadly Bicycle Bombers Protection Act If You Don’t vote For It You Hate Jesus”.
March 7th, 2008 at 3:50 pmOliver North is the criminal involved in the Iran-Contra scandal! The USA was arming paramilitary terrorist milicias in Nicaragua, thus supporting terrorism. Negropont knows all about it! The US is doing exactly the same today in Colombia! they are arming paramilitary terrorist milicias! That is what the USA does… it supports terrorism! They are the first one to name the ‘terrorism’ of others, but they never name their own! Oliver North you are a criminal!
March 7th, 2008 at 4:06 pm#99 Do mean Oliver North the CONVICTED FELON who lied to Congress in sworn testimony, got caught shredding documents that would have exposed what a crook he was, illegally sold arms to Iran, arranged to have hundreds of tons of cocaine and marijuana smuggled into the US, used the profits to illegally fund the Contras (and pocketed a tidy profit for himself), then was fired by Reagan? THAT Oliver North?
It’s a fookin joke that this guy is on a “news†program telling Americans what they’re supposed to think about anything. Get it? A felon covering up for another felon by passing this horseshite.
March 7th, 2008 at 4:12 pmThank you for an excellent resume’ of what happened and who this criminal is! It so refreshing to see the American poeple are aware of this scandal!
missmolly brought up a great point earlier. Does anyone really think that terrorists would openly discuss their plans in emails or over the phone? This should be brought up any time someone begins squawking about how we have to violate the 4th amendment to keep the country safe.
March 7th, 2008 at 4:13 pm102 - I’m gonna blame you Dixie, and that will be just as fair and reasonable as the blame you try so weakly to throw around. Why are you so obsessed with such simple-minded, one-dimensional questions?
oh, that’s right - you’re a Righty.
say hi to mrs. soprano for me.
and emeril.
and your boytoy Rush.
ya’ d*ckhead
March 7th, 2008 at 4:15 pmQuestion: If there is another 9/11, who are you going to blame? Bush? Congress? The American people?
Comment by Southern Man — March 7, 2008 @ 3:08 pm
Obviously the ones to blame are the people who hijacked the airplanes and flew them into heavily occupied buildings. Despite some creative conspiracy theories, I don’t believe that Bush controlled those airplanes.
However, an argument can be made for Bush as an indirect player with a bit more influence on the situation than pagans, feminists, and gays — especially since there is now evidence that telecoms had been engaged in warrantless wiretapping for this administration since before 9/11. If warrantless surveillance is so darned wonderful, how come it didn’t prevent the 9/11 attacks?
Just like I don’t blame Bush for Katrina slamming into the Gulf Coast. Bush doesn’t have the power to create a hurricane. But I believe he does share some of the blame for the abysmal government response to the situation.
Is Bush the only one to blame for either 9/11 or Katrina? No. I think in both cases, there’s plenty of blame to go around. But my point is that blaming Bush as a factor in each with some basis for the blame is a bit different from blaming gays and abortionists.
March 7th, 2008 at 4:16 pmDoes anyone really think that terrorists would openly discuss their plans in emails or over the phone? This should be brought up any time someone begins squawking about how we have to violate the 4th amendment to keep the country safe.
Comment by Dragonmetal — March 7, 2008 @ 4:13 pm
I have been saying this for a long time. Terrorists prefer using untraceable methods of communication, such as those pre-paid disposable phones. Buy them with cash, use them, throw them away. If the powers that be were truly interested in (or worried about) thwarting terrorist plans, they would be coming up with a way to track those and listen in on them.
Another thing that bothers me is how Bushco constantly claims that WARRANTLESS surveillance is so necessary, as if getting warrants is a problem. I can’t imagine any scenario in these times where a warrant to spy on a possible terrorist would be refused. Even if there was some urgency involved, there’s a window where you can spy now and get the warrant later.
No, I suspect that Bushco needs to have warrantless wiretapping in his toolbox so he can spy on parties for which he would never get a warrant. Such as his political enemies. This seems to be far more important to him than catching terrorists.
March 7th, 2008 at 4:24 pmthe mini-series: North and Snark
March 7th, 2008 at 4:30 pmAnd it’s on Fox. Who would’ve guessed?
March 7th, 2008 at 4:33 pmMore “Blame Americans First”, “Hate Americans the Most” GOP trash talk. Why does Olive Oil North hate America and our Freedoms so much?
March 7th, 2008 at 4:41 pmI’m not interested in what this criminal has to say.
March 7th, 2008 at 4:46 pmAt the end, after making his political points, he says he doesn’t think it was a terrorist, just a vandal.
March 7th, 2008 at 4:53 pmQuestion: If there is another 9/11, who are you going to blame? Bush?
Comment by Southern Man — March 7, 2008 @ 3:08 pm
Yes.
Any other questions?
~L. Hussein Annie
March 7th, 2008 at 5:02 pmComment by Uncle Ho — March 7, 2008 @ 4:30 pm
And don’t forget, “Lonesome Snark”.
March 7th, 2008 at 5:03 pmDoes anyone really think that terrorists would openly discuss their plans in emails or over the phone?
Obviously, that’ why the pre-9/11 ‘wiretapping’ was good for absolutely nothing.
March 7th, 2008 at 5:07 pmAt the end, after making his political points, he says he doesn’t think it was a terrorist, just a vandal.
How sweet.
Too bad the damage is done. He planted the seed, the sound-bite.
(Gotta go listen to local conservative radio yell and hang-up on anyone who disagrees with their bullshit. It’s somewhat cathartic.)
March 7th, 2008 at 5:09 pmSandinistas… Terrorists or Freedom Fighters? That always screws me up.
March 7th, 2008 at 5:20 pm>And who planted the bomb Ollie?
> Maybe one of Bush’s agents
wouldnt surprise me in the least. they are desparate, absolutely desparate, to try and intimidate congress into passing telecom immunity, and i wouldnt be at all surprised to see some false flag attacks to try and gather support to protect the telecoms. if these lawsuits go forward and it comes out that they are running thier search engines through every single email sent by anyone in america, alot of people will go to jail and thier plans for future surveliance of the entire us population will be ruined. fortunately, i dont think this immunity will survive consitutional muster even if it passes congress…. right now, it looks like the Hoetling (??) vs ATT suit in the civil liberty respecting 9th circuit has the best chance of scoring a devasating blow against the criminals in the telcom industry who are aiding and abetting the violation of our consitutional right to be free from arbitrary search and seizure.
March 7th, 2008 at 5:35 pmdbadass
Contras = terrorist
March 7th, 2008 at 5:36 pmSandinistas = freedom fighter
ROTFLMAO!!!
I’m surprised he didn’t say it was Clinton’s(Bill) fault.
March 7th, 2008 at 5:37 pmNorth is a nutcase, just like all right-wingers.
> I can’t imagine any scenario in these
> times
> where a warrant to spy on
> a possible terrorist would be refused.
Their wanting to be allowed to do warrantlesss searches has nothing to do with them wanting to spy on terrorists.. they want to be able to data mine, keyword seach, have access to, and run pattern algorithms on every single peice of communication everyone in the country utlizies..thats thier ultimate goal, and its exactly the sort of thing that would have the founding fathers rolling in their graves..
March 7th, 2008 at 5:38 pm>Sandinistas… Terrorists or Freedom Fighters?
>That always screws me up.
ASk Exlexlia, I think he has an answer for ya..
March 7th, 2008 at 5:39 pmJundullah?
March 7th, 2008 at 5:50 pmOllie North is a low-life scumbag traitor who sold missels to the Iranians when it served his purposes.
March 7th, 2008 at 6:00 pmI wouldn’t trust him to tell me what time it is.
He’s a weasel.
Why did this take so long to come out? I figured that five minutes after the explosion Bush, Condi, and Cheney would be addressing the nation.
Did Ollie mention that the Democrats wanted to extend the PAA and BushCo refused?
I don’t guess anyone at Fox News brought that up.
March 7th, 2008 at 6:09 pmI blame George Bush, Jr. Because he really is to blame for everything bad that has happened in the world, over the past 7 years.
He was elected by a majority of one, disenfranchising the rest of the citizenry. He ignored warnings, and allowed the terrorist thing on 9/11.
March 7th, 2008 at 6:16 pmHe went to war against a country just because the had our oil under their soil, causing deaths of countless numbers of innocent people. His war has ruined our economy. His demagoguery prevents any progress towards any improvement in the lives of people all over the world. And he is simply the worst thing to happen to this world since time inmemorial.
These escaped felons from the Reagan administration have brass balls to say the things they do in criticism of others.
March 7th, 2008 at 6:23 pmIf justice had been served, he’d be in jail where he belongs. He is a traitor to the USofA, the Constitution and all we stand for, yet the arrogant pr!ck has his own following. Fox standards are so low, they are below ground level.
Does anyone even listen to Ollie? Does anyone even care? This liar and double dealer and law-breaker is contemptible, and I fail to understand why he gets his ugly mug on the telly in any case.
Go bury yourself on a horse farm somewhere in rural Virginia, Ollie, and rot with the rest of the dung.
March 7th, 2008 at 6:32 pmHe should be in jail. But undercover republicans never serve time for criminal activity. Does he even have a record? Probably not. George has no record either.
March 7th, 2008 at 7:30 pmGee, if the NSA had had the authority to wiretap foreign calls back in the ’80s, it might have overheard the calls in wihich Ollie was SELLING MISSLES TO IRAN.
March 7th, 2008 at 7:36 pmIf a traitor shits in the forest does anyone smell it?
The conservatives are getting desperate when they have to use North.
North being a last century convicted felon.
North is irrelevant
Nothing to see here folks, move along.
Troubled
March 7th, 2008 at 7:47 pmOllie North: traitor and convicted felon. No reason to give any weight to anything said by someone of that caliber.
Pass the popcorn, please.
March 7th, 2008 at 9:57 pmAnd I note that it would have been a lot easier, perhaps, to find out who did this, or even to know that they were planning it, had we been able to intercept those communications.
The key word being perhaps.
Of course, Ollie doesn’t know his ass from a hole in the ground when it comes to knowing whether or not any communications took place prior to the bombing.
As well, this administration has advised America that the wiretapping takes place only on “known or suspected” terrorists. Is Ollie suggesting what we already suspect, that everyone is being wiretapped?
March 7th, 2008 at 10:48 pmNorth, what are doing out? I thought you were in prison for the Contra thing? Yeah, we are gonna believe you alright, I think you and your buddies are trying the swift boat crap again. Forget it.
March 8th, 2008 at 12:55 amOllie, 911 might not have happened if we had the President Gore administration! What was worse: the damage done to the recruiting office or 9/11?
Ollie, isn’t it true that you planned to sell about $1 billion worth of weapons illegally to the terrorist Islamic fundamentalist state of Iran under the Ayatollah Khomenhi—–but that it was stopped after a couple hundred $ worth, when two plane crashes revealed what was going on?
Ollie, isn’t it true that the profits from this illegal sale went illegally to a bunch of drug-running terrorists called the Contras? Didn’t your diary say they were bringing tons of cocaine into the USA?
Weren’t you convicted of a felony?
March 8th, 2008 at 1:22 amshould be: stopped after a few hundred MILLION dollars worth of arms.
March 8th, 2008 at 1:24 amNorth is a lying traitor whose main objective is pushing an ideology.
For more on lying GOP traitors whose primary goal is implementing their ideology read:
The Commission - The Uncensored History Of The 9/11 Investigation by Philip Shenon
March 8th, 2008 at 9:39 amIs everyone ready for the next “terrorist attack?” This is simply foreshadowing. They are trying to tell the dems that they are willing to do it again. Will another suspicious disaster on American soil–especially if used to call off the elections–convince you that the Cheney/Bush administration was behind 9/11, too?
March 9th, 2008 at 9:02 pm