Disturbance on today’s Amsterdam-Detroit flight on Northwest
posted at 5:22 pm on December 27, 2009 by Ed Morrissey
I just got back to the computer this afternoon to discover this:
The same Detroit-bound Northwest Airlines flight that was attacked on Christmas Day saw another security scare Sunday after a confrontation with a sick passenger, officials said.
Security and airline personnel have been on edge since authorities charged a passenger from Nigeria with attempting to detonate a hidden explosive device while his flight from Amsterdam approached Detroit on Friday.
In the Sunday incident, the flight crew became concerned after the man – also Nigerian – became sick and spent about an hour locked in the bathroom, officials said.
Given the attempt to blow yesterday’s flight out of the air, no one can blame the Northwest crew from using all available caution in dealing with this situation. As it turned out, the passenger turned out to be a “legitimate businessman,” ABC News reports, who was legitimately ill:
Post-flight interviews by investigators determined the passenger was a legitimate businessman who posed no security threat to the plane, the two law enforcement officials said. …
No devices have been found on the plane and investigators say no apparent threats were made, reports CBS News correspondent Bob Orr.
The boss wonders when we can expect a lawsuit from CAIR, but I suspect that even CAIR isn’t foolish enough to insert themselves into this situation — at least, not yet.
Update: A good point to remember from the comments — Abdulmutallab also spent 20 minutes in the lavatory pretending to be sick while working on his Fruit of the Booms. This one may be a legitimate businessman … or he could be someone testing responses for other less legitimate travelers to come later.
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Probably just a friend of *Ambassador* Joe Wilson and Valerie Plame who overshot his exit to DC for some mint tea. The thought of offending his American friends scared him sh*tless.
onlineanalyst on December 27, 2009 at 5:27 PM
Why do I smell bullsh~t from this story?
Mr. Crispy who was caught on Christmas supposedly went to the lavatory for 20 minutes, came back to his seat, complained about being sick, got a blanket, and tried to blow up the plane.
This guy goes to the bathroom and doesn’t come out.
It’s awfully coincidental. Did this guy simply chicken out? Did they check his underwear?
Enoxo on December 27, 2009 at 5:27 PM
I think you give them too much credit Ed.
conservnut on December 27, 2009 at 5:28 PM
This behavior needs to stop NOW!
Time for the “El Al” standard… Right NOW!!
Khun Joe on December 27, 2009 at 5:28 PM
Over the past few weeks, I’ve heard several stories about “dry runs” with Arabic-looking passengers creating disturbances. I’m worried that these are some kind of bogeymen or smokescreen to divert the attention of security personnel and the public. Divert attention toward air traffic and away from… God knows what? Possibly a prelude to a major New Year’s attack? Another Mumbai?
Kalifornia Kafir on December 27, 2009 at 5:29 PM
Sick with what? Who gets on a plane for overseas with no luggage? Way too fishy for me.
doctormom on December 27, 2009 at 5:29 PM
I smell it too. And, I haven’t seen the source, but have read on other blog comments that this guy was traveling without any baggage and paid cash for his ticket. Again, I haven’t seen that confirmed anywhere, but I suspect the spin is going to be ramped up pretty high for this little incident.
califcon on December 27, 2009 at 5:29 PM
Not buying it yet. The FBI still has this guy in custody last I heard. They may be trying to cover this one up to avoid a flying panic.
conservnut on December 27, 2009 at 5:30 PM
Note to self, don’t fly until after 2012. At that point national security will actually be secure.
milwife88 on December 27, 2009 at 5:31 PM
If by “legitimate businessman” you mean “muslim terrorist”, then this story is plausible. Michael Savage is correct (and way ahead of the curve again) when he says we need to outlaw islam in this country.
SouthernGent on December 27, 2009 at 5:31 PM
A “legitimate businessman” from Nigeria.
I think I got an email concerning my recently deceased great-uncle with no known heirs from this guy.
misterdregs on December 27, 2009 at 5:32 PM
But, but, but Janet Napolitano says the system is working. You are a bunch of racists. By the way, does this mean I don’t have to send my bank account number to this guy in Nigeria? Or was he coming here to pick up the cash himself?
Old Country Boy on December 27, 2009 at 5:36 PM
When will this effin’ crap will stop? Helloooo Hawaiii? Bueller? Bueller?
Last post I complained and identified myself as a parent who went hell and back with inspection, diapers and all. Now it’s the laptop. Maybe I will fly int’l in a couple of months, so that means what-flying with kids is no piece of cake w/o entertainment, computer, pillows and blankets.
This crap makes me feel it is better if I don’t cross the ocean–but then, if I don’t, they win.
ProudPalinFan on December 27, 2009 at 5:39 PM
See,
The System works….Solid B+, JaNap….
BHO, Hawaii 12/27/09
t on December 27, 2009 at 5:40 PM
I don’t believe in coincidences.
HadithHarry on December 27, 2009 at 5:41 PM
With Janet in charge, I’m glad I don’t fly.
GarandFan on December 27, 2009 at 5:42 PM
The only time in my life that I flew without luggage was the only time in my life that I experienced a full and complete search by security personnel (this was a domestic flight, Atlanta to DC). And, I didn’t mind. I was relieved that those steps were taken. I want to get from point A to point B in one piece.
joejm65 on December 27, 2009 at 5:43 PM
I don’t either. Something stinks about this whole story. I’m still digging for info and coming up blank.
conservnut on December 27, 2009 at 5:46 PM
A poster on another thread said something along the lines that when you shove objects into your uhmmm ‘nether-regions’, that such an un-natural act is highly likely to produce gastrointestinal difficulties, sweating, etc.
Especially when you know you, your fellow passengers, and your super islamacized undies are about to be blown to kingdom come and when you get to islamoland in the sky, there will be 72 virgins. But you, panty-bomber? You cannot partake because you blew your wanker off.
/WH in overdrive spin. If they keep spinning this fast, could they possibly be spun into orbit? One can hope.
Key West Reader on December 27, 2009 at 5:47 PM
He’s probably a walking petri dish.
doctormom on December 27, 2009 at 5:48 PM
What about those two passengers who said they saw a well dressed man with Abdulmutallab before he was on the plane?
I hope they are checking this guy out very thoroughly, including a strip search.
aikidoka on December 27, 2009 at 5:50 PM
Just because some someone is sick doesn’t mean they get to take up 1/2 or 1/3 or even 1/4 of the planes bathrooms for an hour.
MB4 on December 27, 2009 at 5:51 PM
This is an awful lot of bs to ask me or anyone else to buy. And I don’t, not for one minute.
“Legitimate businessman” is that what we are calling them these days?
ORconservative on December 27, 2009 at 5:52 PM
Has Obama decided which sport to play yet?
Chuck Schick on December 27, 2009 at 5:53 PM
I thought they were all just victims of america, and BOOOSH!!
they poor ‘victims’ probably still think BOOOSH is president…everything will be OK when they find out Obama is now our lord and master…
right4life on December 27, 2009 at 5:54 PM
He was on Plan #2. Oh, I mean Plane #2.
I have a print copy of the news that goes into detail about the entire debacle; heaven knows I don’t subscribe but for some reason, I got a fishwrap on my doorstep today. Heaven sent? Who knows….
Key West Reader on December 27, 2009 at 5:55 PM
Is he still in custody after all this time? It has been almost 4 hours.
If he is still in custody tomorrow I’d call BS on the “legitimate businessman”
Mord on December 27, 2009 at 5:56 PM
dry runnin’
blatantblue on December 27, 2009 at 5:57 PM
“Abdulmutallab also spent 20 minutes in the lavatory pretending to be sick while working on his Fruit of the Booms.”
…I can’t tell you how much I enjoyed that (“Fruit of the Booms”). In all the comment reading and storu skimming today, it’s the first time I saw it.
Marcus on December 27, 2009 at 5:57 PM
Let’s hope it’s tether ball. So that something can knock him in the face and make him wake up from his “I’m King of the World” fantasy.
And make the rope on his tether ball a bungee cord with an eight pound waffle attached to it. We might. Might. Hope. Change. Might. Have. A winner.
/no hope. no change.
Key West Reader on December 27, 2009 at 5:58 PM
Hmmmmmmm……
Iran Hostage Crisis, November 4, 1979: After President Carter agreed to admit the Shah of Iran into the US, Iranian radicals seized the U.S. Embassy in Tehran and took 66 American diplomats hostage. Thirteen hostages were soon released, but the remaining 53 were held until their release on January 20, 1981.
Bombing of U.S. Embassy in Beirut, April 18, 1983: Sixty-three people, including the CIA’s Middle East director, were killed and 120 were injured in a 400-pound suicide truck-bomb attack on the U.S. Embassy in Beirut, Lebanon. The Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility
Bombing of Marine Barracks, Beirut, October 23, 1983: Simultaneous suicide truck-bomb attacks were made on American and French compounds in Beirut, Lebanon. A 12,000-pound bomb destroyed the U.S. compound, killing 242 Americans, while 58 French troops were killed when a 400-pound device destroyed a French base. Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility.
Kidnapping of Embassy Official, March 16, 1984: The Islamic Jihad kidnapped and later murdered Political Officer William Buckley in Beirut, Lebanon. Other U.S. citizens not connected to the U.S. government were seized over a succeeding two-year period.
Restaurant Bombing in Spain, April 12, 1984: Eighteen U.S. servicemen were killed and 83 people were injured in a bomb attack on a restaurant near a U.S. Air Force Base in Torrejon, Spain
TWA Hijacking, June 14, 1985: A Trans-World Airlines flight was hijacked en route to Rome from Athens by two Lebanese Hizballah terrorists and forced to fly to Beirut. The eight crew members and 145 passengers were held for seventeen days, during which one American hostage, a U.S. Navy sailor, was murdered. After being flown twice to Algiers, the aircraft was returned to Beirut after Israel released 435 Lebanese and Palestinian prisoners.
Achille Lauro Hijacking, October 7, 1985: Four Palestinian Liberation Front terrorists seized the Italian cruise liner in the eastern Mediterranean Sea, taking more than 700 hostages. One U.S. passenger was murdered before the Egyptian government offered the terrorists safe haven in return for the hostages’ freedom.
Airport Attacks in Rome and Vienna, December 27, 1985: Four gunmen belonging to the Abu Nidal Organization attacked the El Al and Trans World Airlines ticket counters at Rome’s Leonardo da Vinci Airport with grenades and automatic rifles. Thirteen persons were killed and 75 were wounded before Italian police and Israeli security guards killed three of the gunmen and captured the fourth. Three more Abu Nidal gunmen attacked the El Al ticket counter at Vienna’s Schwechat Airport, killing three persons and wounding 30. Austrian police killed one of the gunmen and captured the others.
Kidnapping of William Higgins, February 17, 1988: U.S. Marine Corps Lieutenant Colonel W. Higgins was kidnapped and murdered by the Iranian-backed Hizballah group while serving with the United Nations Truce Supervisory Organization (UNTSO) in southern Lebanon.
Pan Am 103 Bombing, December 21, 1988: Pan American Airlines Flight 103 was blown up over Lockerbie, Scotland, by a bomb believed to have been placed on the aircraft by Libyan terrorists in Frankfurt, West Germany. All 259 people on board were killed.
World Trade Center Bombing, February 26, 1993: The World Trade Center in New York City was badly damaged when a car bomb planted by Islamic terrorists exploded in an underground garage. The bomb left 6 people dead and 1,000 injured. The men carrying out the attack were followers of Umar Abd al-Rahman, an Egyptian cleric who preached in the New York City area.
Khobar Towers Bombing, June 25, 1996: A fuel truck carrying a bomb exploded outside the US military’s Khobar Towers housing facility in Dhahran, killing 19 U.S. military personnel and wounding 515 persons, including 240 U.S. personnel. Several groups claimed responsibility for the attack.
U.S. Embassy Bombings in East Africa, August 7, 1998: A bomb exploded at the rear entrance of the U.S. Embassy in Nairobi, Kenya, killing 12 U.S. citizens, 32 Foreign Service Nationals (FSNs), and 247 Kenyan citizens. Approximately 5,000 Kenyans, 6 U.S. citizens, and 13 FSNs were injured. The U.S. Embassy building sustained extensive structural damage. Almost simultaneously, a bomb detonated outside the U.S. Embassy in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, killing 7 FSNs and 3 Tanzanian citizens, and injuring 1 U.S. citizen and 76 Tanzanians. The explosion caused major structural damage to the U.S. Embassy facility. The U.S. Government held Usama Bin Laden responsible.
Attack on U.S.S. Cole, October 12, 2000: In Aden, Yemen, a small dingy carrying explosives rammed the destroyer U.S.S. Cole, killing 17 sailors and injuring 39 others. Supporters of Usama Bin Laden were suspected.
Terrorist Attacks on U.S. Homeland, September 11, 2001: Two hijacked airliners crashed into the twin towers of the World Trade Center. Soon thereafter, the Pentagon was struck by a third hijacked plane. A fourth hijacked plane, suspected to be bound for a high-profile target in Washington, crashed into a field in southern Pennsylvania. The attacks killed 3,025 U.S. citizens and other nationals. President Bush and Cabinet officials indicated that Usama Bin Laden was the prime suspect and that they considered the United States in a state of war with international terrorism. In the aftermath of the attacks, the United States formed the Global Coalition Against Terrorism.
(This is only a partial list…)
Yeah, let us treat this as a ‘Law Enforcement’ problem…
Seven Percent Solution on December 27, 2009 at 5:58 PM
Ed: All things considered, best laugh of the day.
GrannyDee on December 27, 2009 at 5:58 PM
I heard an “expert” on fox saying that they had to kick in the door when the news first broke. I happened to be watching. Anyone else hear that?
Mord on December 27, 2009 at 5:58 PM
No, he isn’t correct about that. I know decent American Muslims. They exist. If they didn’t, don’t you think they’d be blowing up shopping malls left and right in the U.S.?
Yes, we have a worldwide problem, and it’s a bad one – but come on.
capitalist piglet on December 27, 2009 at 5:58 PM
Here’s my take. They are sending these guys hoping to get lucky .. but there is a secondary target state side that the terrorists are truly focusing on. Personally I hope it’s JerryWorld, so we can get that abomination out of Arlington. (I am being sarcastic… )
catlady on December 27, 2009 at 5:59 PM
Rum runnin’
Key West Reader on December 27, 2009 at 5:59 PM
Heh.
capitalist piglet on December 27, 2009 at 6:01 PM
dry runnin’
blatantblue on December 27, 2009 at 5:57 PM
Rum runnin’
Key West Reader on December 27, 2009 at 5:59 PM
…leads to dry heavin’
catlady on December 27, 2009 at 6:01 PM
They should look for a syringe and traces of explosive in the lavatory waste.
scrubjay on December 27, 2009 at 6:01 PM
Another religious seminar attendee? Possible conference title — ‘Jihad for Dummies’
GnuBreed on December 27, 2009 at 6:02 PM
I think Obama would give JanNan a solid B+, a A- if no one gets blow up before 2010.
IowaWoman on December 27, 2009 at 6:02 PM
you know that’s the other thing here… where the hell is Obambi’s statement or response??? He could comment on Gates without “all the facts” but not this??? WTF???? He goes off to the gym?
catlady on December 27, 2009 at 6:02 PM
I read that he was in the bathroom for over an hour.
That’s ridiculous.
AnninCA on December 27, 2009 at 6:03 PM
scrubjay on December 27, 2009 at 6:01 PM
good idea.
catlady on December 27, 2009 at 6:03 PM
I found this interesting little tidbit about the Christmas day bomber.
I heard that too, and that passengers broke down the door and dragged the guy out.
conservnut on December 27, 2009 at 6:03 PM
Heres an idea,
every muslim who wants to fly into USA should be made to put a cork in it.
Yup
Thats it
macncheez on December 27, 2009 at 6:05 PM
I think the terrorists will get “lucky” on one of these flights, but the real target is going to be a bowl game or NFL game. Stadiums are easy to target.
catlady on December 27, 2009 at 6:06 PM
i always get nerved at yankee stadium
blatantblue on December 27, 2009 at 6:07 PM
I read that he was in the bathroom for over an hour.
….that is where BHO is?????
t on December 27, 2009 at 6:08 PM
No, put him in a straitjacket…and nothing else. After running him through the x-ray machine to make sure nothing’s stuck inside him.
JohnTheBuilder on December 27, 2009 at 6:08 PM
Sure would be a damn sight cheaper and simpler to equip passenger flights like El Al. What the hell is wrong with every flight having an armed cop or soldier standing at the front of the plane during takeoff, occasionally walking up and down the aisle in flight with an automatic weapon? Just Add $10 to the cost of every ticket, it’ll more than pay his salary.
Tim Zank on December 27, 2009 at 6:08 PM
I’m curious about this report which I found through the H.A. headlines, from someone who was on the first flight:
Have there been reports of other arrests? Was this arrest unrelated or is it possible that Abdulwhatshisname have accomplices on board?
Buy Danish on December 27, 2009 at 6:09 PM
I forgot, the most effective part of that program (armed air cops) would be to actually let them do their job and shoot to kill. If they did that a couple of times, you’d see the “Islamic bullshit test meter” drop considerably.
Tim Zank on December 27, 2009 at 6:11 PM
conservnut on December 27, 2009 at 6:03 PM
Well if that actually happened I’d say it’s BS that he’s innocent. Well….the chances have to be a million to one.
Who can honestly say they wouldn’t at least crack the door to let everyone know things are cool before they resort to kicking in the door? He’s either a stuck-up idiot with a CAIR chip on his shoulder or he’s dirty.
Mord on December 27, 2009 at 6:11 PM
You should BB, cause stadium security can really stink!!! Think those “Dog Pound” guys are going to stand still for a search? Most places just do a metal detector. Lots of people, activity to mask a plot. Also, you can preset explosives at key structural points to block exits or add to the confusion. Then set off some suicide bombers and see what happens. Geez, I am surprised this hasn’t happened before and I pray it won’t happen now.
But with these clowns in the WH, our intelligence guys are pretty much neutered.
catlady on December 27, 2009 at 6:12 PM
Janet Napolireno, responds quickly and firmly, “We have decided to remove all bathrooms from international and some domestic flights, starting 01-01-10.”
jbinnout on December 27, 2009 at 6:13 PM
The point cannot be made too often that Napolitano thinks her department deals with RESPONSE to terrorist attacks and not with PREVENTION OF terrorists attacks.
catlady on December 27, 2009 at 6:15 PM
This so painful to watch. Just like Carter… we knew something was going to happen with Jimbo at the helm. Train wreck waiting to happen.
catlady on December 27, 2009 at 6:17 PM
Obama cannot be bothered. He’s busy getting lei’d.
capejasmine on December 27, 2009 at 6:17 PM
Somebody needs to tell Janet that bathrooms don’t kill people; people kill people.
FloatingRock on December 27, 2009 at 6:19 PM
I’m thinking that the company that makes those scanners that look through clothes, will be selling more machines. And everybody will be scanned.
jbinnout on December 27, 2009 at 6:22 PM
I say that airline bathrooms need to double as Jihadi Ejection Tubes. When a suspicious foreigner sets up a bomb lab in the lavatory, it’s time to push the JET button and remove the threat completely. Seriously, how safe is it to fly the remaining distance to dry land, while hoping that your enthusiastically restrained jihadi isn’t experiencing a hang fire? When Jihad Joe proclaims himself to be in possession of a fully loaded Barney Frank Bomb, are you gonna doubt him? Are you gonna check? Wouldn’t you rather flush him?
Maquis on December 27, 2009 at 6:25 PM
So whats the point?
Zawahiri is a doctor, Khalidi is a Professor and Atta was an engineer, how does that change anything?
macncheez on December 27, 2009 at 6:27 PM
Investment opportunity!
capitalist piglet on December 27, 2009 at 6:27 PM
Your research is outstanding. Thank you!
Key West Reader on December 27, 2009 at 6:29 PM
Exactly. I guess we’re to be reassured because it wasn’t the Arab version of Bernie Madoff?
Buy Danish on December 27, 2009 at 6:31 PM
I wouldn’t be suprised at all if something major happens within the next month.
There’s definitely something going on.
BallisticBob on December 27, 2009 at 6:32 PM
Thank you, and your input is appreciated as well…
Seven Percent Solution on December 27, 2009 at 6:32 PM
I just spit my soda all over my floor…
D2Boston on December 27, 2009 at 6:34 PM
Considering Israel is recalling ALL of their ambassador’s worldwide for direct discussions with the government leadership, uh, yeah, I would think so.
crosspatch on December 27, 2009 at 6:42 PM
This is Pres Bush’s fault.
exhelodrvr on December 27, 2009 at 6:43 PM
I would assume his identity was 85 year old Mortimer Goldstein or am I off the mark?
rickyricardo on December 27, 2009 at 6:43 PM
From what I heard, he had no luggage, and he refused to come out of the lavatory until the crew broke down the door.
Legitimate businessman? TSA is lying. They are mau-mauing the flack catchers, and succeeding astonishingly well.
PattyJ on December 27, 2009 at 6:44 PM
Perhaps something so big, Obama will be forced to declare marshall law, and we’ll all be rounded up as threats to the nation. All elections will be cancelled until further notice.
capejasmine on December 27, 2009 at 6:46 PM
The only way muslims should be allowed to fly into the USA
Searched ,secured and adequateky restrained
macncheez on December 27, 2009 at 6:49 PM
I saw that on a conspiracy website, but no where else.
Where did you see that?
BallisticBob on December 27, 2009 at 6:51 PM
From a Fox report on the incident:
Emphasis added. The operative word here is ‘incredible’.
Smells really fishy. We won’t know for a while yet. But at this point it stinks on ice.
petefrt on December 27, 2009 at 6:53 PM
Anybody else missin’ W as much as I am?
Tim Zank on December 27, 2009 at 6:57 PM
I smell here a somewhat Colombian/Mexican/Middle Eastern connection here. Bear with me, perhaps I am wrong. I will put this on my blog later, but c’mon folks, we are smarter than that…
Middle Easteners are stuffing themselves with explosives like MULAS do to conceal drugs, in exchange for money?
ProudPalinFan on December 27, 2009 at 7:00 PM
Keep in mind, in Colombia, Central America and such, folks that are very poor in need of cash are trapped in the drug world. They are called “Mulas”, or mules, and they use women, men, children and babies (heard a very sad story in PR about a dead baby w/drugs caught on Customs).
They are paid, and of course if they talk their mouths would be covered with flies. So they keep doing this, and have their families and friends dragged into this.
Old fashioned but I have this gut that this is the real deal.
ProudPalinFan on December 27, 2009 at 7:03 PM
Sorry, meant to say exchange for martyrdom. Perhaps the terrorists promise the dumbasses to support their families after they blow themselves up.
ProudPalinFan on December 27, 2009 at 7:04 PM
B&^(*)(_)T Obama can’t take anymore bad press. This is NOT a coinky dink!
xler8bmw on December 27, 2009 at 7:15 PM
He was trying to scare the passengers. It’s a form of terrorism. It’s what they do.
The media has been covering up all of these incidents from the start. Expect more incidents of praying Muslims and “sick” Muslims hanging out in the bathroom in the coming weeks.
Buddahpundit on December 27, 2009 at 7:15 PM
Buy Danish on December 27, 2009 at 7:16 PM
I agree. This was NO coincidence. Something is going on. Whether the FBI and TSA are plain stupid, keeping their mouths shut or have been ordered to not report the truth – what we’ve been told so far is not the truth.
katablog.com on December 27, 2009 at 7:17 PM
There seems to be some dots here. Anyone connecting them?
ORconservative on December 27, 2009 at 7:18 PM
All this is just fortifying my commitment to never ever set foot within any aircraft ever again.
And if you want to know how bad all this is, I WORK FOR AN AIRLINE!
I know! Go figure!
pilamaye on December 27, 2009 at 7:23 PM
“Legitimate businessman.”
SFW?
The turd from Christmas day as a Legitimate rich kid, or at least lived like one in the UK.
Still seems like “somebody” is testing the waters.
RealMc on December 27, 2009 at 7:27 PM
Possible. Are airlines looking out for people who appear ill? Blowing up a plane is horrific, but imagine someone coming over with self-infected smallpox or some other potentially catastrophic disease.
Niere on December 27, 2009 at 7:32 PM
I think this was intentional. A few more of these incidents of some middle Eastern looking individual acting similar to the Fruit Loops terrorist but doing nothing terrible and called by the MSM as “legitimate businessman”, will make the Fruit loop terrorist irrelevant. Nothing to see here, move along.
Electrongod on December 27, 2009 at 7:34 PM
Count me in.
CarolynM on December 27, 2009 at 7:40 PM
I recall there were/are reports of increased “chatter” in England and the possibility of a Mumbai style attack in London over the New Year’s Holiday. Anyone else recall that story? (If it was HA, boy, am I embarrassed…)
Also, regarding today’s Nigerian Bathroom Emergency: if all went as planned earlier, there would be no evidence of what brought down the flight. If a second wave mass attack is in the works, the “dry heaves and runs run” that took place today wouldn’t have been necessary.
Miss Bush yet?
Bruno Strozek on December 27, 2009 at 7:43 PM
Absolutely flippin’ chilling!
God help us, something wicked this way comes…t’ain’t over gang…this is just the beginning.
Chewy the Lab on December 27, 2009 at 7:50 PM
Sorry guys, didn’t mean to step on your comment in my post.
For the record, I started missing Bush about 12:01 pm last January 20.
Bruno Strozek on December 27, 2009 at 7:51 PM
…forgot to add, it’s really nice that our dear leader is getting such a well deserved vaca in Hawaii…PUL-EEEEZE!
Even Jimmy C. would have high-tailed it to the airport and been back in the oval orafice within hours of this happening…
Hope the poi is tasty!
Anyone know if there are Portuegese men-of-war in the Pacific????
Chewy the Lab on December 27, 2009 at 7:54 PM
It is now 7pm. It has been hours and still no more details.
Dont you think its creepy that none of the other passengers have come forward and no further details have been given yet?
Where is everyone?
NickTx on December 27, 2009 at 7:59 PM
Put it this way: if the last guy hadn’t been able to retrieve the explosives from his rectum, what would have happened?
Well, instead of being in the bathroom for twenty minutes, then going back to his seat and trying to blow up the plane, he would have stayed in the bathroom for much longer — say, an hour? — and then gone back to his seat without incident.
IOW, this could have been another attempt that just plain fizzled.
There Goes The Neighborhood on December 27, 2009 at 8:00 PM
Did they have him take off his undies and search his undies for something other than $h!t stains?
centre on December 27, 2009 at 8:04 PM
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