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No Joke: FBI Almanac Alert And Response |
Current rating: 0 |
by Ricky Baldwin
Email: baldwinricky (nospam) yahoo.com (verified) |
02 Jan 2004
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The FBI is warning police nationwide to watch for people carrying almanacs - no, seriously - and local activists are responding.
The Champaign-Urbana News-Gazette has once again deprived its readers of a good laugh at the US government's expense. The paper did not report that, according to the Associated Press, "The FBI is warning police nationwide to be alert for people carrying almanacs, cautioning that the popular reference books covering everything from abbreviations to weather trends could be used for terrorist planning" (Dec. 30, 2003) -- although news outlets from the Memphis Commercial Appeal to the New York Times, Washington Post, CBS and NPR did run the story.
The AP story describes "a bulletin sent Christmas Eve to about 18,000 police organizations," in which the FBI said terrorists may use almanacs "to assist with target selection and pre-operational planning."
"It urged officers to watch during searches, traffic stops and other investigations for anyone carrying almanacs, especially if the books are annotated in suspicious ways," according to AP, which also said the wire service had obtained a copy of the alert and verified its authenticity -- a point AP articles do not usually feel compelled to make.
Presumably even mainstream journalists recognize the absurdity of the alert on some level, and know that a lot of people may assume it's a joke. Some may even see humor in it. |
NPR's "All Things Considered" asked the obvious question: "exactly what facts could fall into the hands of potential terrorists"? The show's hosts joked that it could be "the secrets of collective names of animals on Page 630." How else, they asked, would terrorists learn that "it's a cluster of peacocks, a gam of whales and a bale of turtles?"
But, as the NPR story noted, the FBI is "dead serious" (Dec. 31, 2003). The FBI urged police to report discoveries of the popular information digests to the local U.S. Joint Terrorism Task Force.
Dead serious
"For local law enforcement, it's just to help give them one more piece of information to raise their suspicions," David Heyman, a terrorism expert for the Washington-based Center for Strategic and International Studies, told the AP reporter. "It helps make sure one more bad guy doesn't get away from a traffic stop, maybe gives police a little bit more reason to follow up on this."
But the alert could also provide "one more" excuse for police to hold someone who has given them no legitimate reason to suspect him or her of wrongdoing. In today's climate of racial profiling, war hysteria and massive restrictions on civil liberties -- when hundreds of people have been held for up to two years without charges -- this concern is also no laughing matter.
Besides, as almanac publishers note, there is really nothing in an almanac that anyone couldn't obtain elsewhere with ease. The FBI bulletin refers to profiles of cities, monuments and other structures, any and all of which is readily available in travel guides and other sources.
"This is all public information," says Kevin Seabrooke, senior editor for the World Almanac. "This is available from government Web sites. The government is actually one of our biggest contributors of information. And this is all available in libraries, on the Internet. I mean, there's no top-secret documents here."
According to the AP, "The publisher for The Old Farmers Almanac said Monday terrorists would probably find statistical reference books more useful than the collections of Americana in his famous publication of weather predictions and witticisms."
Yet, said publisher John Pierce, "While we doubt that our editorial content would be of particular interest to people who would wish to do us harm, we will certainly cooperate to the fullest with national authorities at any level they deem appropriate."
Appropriate response
In response, some local activists (yes, including me) are calling for a grassroots campaign featuring two simple actions to expose the utterly ridiculous level of the government's fear-mongering, using the only means appropriate: ridicule.
First, activists can engage in "civil disobedience" by bringing almanacs to the monthly "Prospect for Peace" demonstrations this Saturday, January 3, and next month, February 7, from 2-4 pm, on North Prospect near Tires Plus. Copies of the NPR transcript on the alert will be available as a handout. Most people will not have heard of the FBI alert, so this is an opportunity to educate them about the insanity of their government. (Activists as well as new converts may want to take old almanacs with them wherever they go - work, lunch, church, etc. - and explain to those who ask, perhaps with a copy of the handout.)
Second, to "up the ante", activists can help collect old almanacs for free distribution to literally anyone who wants one. Signs could read: "Free almanacs! (Yes, that's a pun.)" The effort need not be intense, but just enough to create an excuse to discuss the FBI alert and government fear-mongering.
Those who are so inclined could also write letters to the editor, complaining about the News-Gazette's failure to cover the story. ("What, were they afraid people might think the US government has gone crazy?") Such letters could be humorous, obviously, or serious, citing the current sad state of "freedom" in the US and Iraq. Iraqis protesting against the US occupation or US-appointed governing council, for example, now face a year in jail in addition to a good chance of being shot at the demonstration.
It's an opportunity to use humor, against which Mark Twain once claimed no evil could stand, to promote understanding of a grimly serious threat to freedom, at home and abroad: the US government and its public relations campaign of war fears. But such an opportunity is fleeting at best. By the end of a month, at most, its novelty will have completely worn off, and along with its, any effectiveness. Activists, in other words, must strike while the iron is hot.
Email me if you want to get involved.
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Re: No Joke: FBI Almanac Alert And Response |
by Mike
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Current rating: -4
02 Jan 2004
Modified: 03:37:49 PM |
You know, if you odd balls want to be taken seriously, you should research things before you go on one of you ridiculous rants. The fact is that FBI analysts have discovered that certain phrases used in intercepted communications between cells regarding significant American dates and Historical landmarks appear to have come directly from the World Almanac. This COULD indicate that they are using them in order to direct an attack at a given location on a date of significance to that particular location. Not really that far fetched when you think about it. How else would a Yemeni National know that april 18th would be a date of significance in Lexington perhaps? (Paul Revere's ride for you Urbana Public School graduates.)
It's just a way to alert local law enforcemnt that, when dealing with someone whom has already come to their attention for suspicious activity, not to overlook the fact that they have a World Almanac among their possessions. It's just a tiny detail that may have significance, that would have gone unnoticed without the FBI's information sharing.
For as much as you Bush-haters have been screaming that he should have known that 9-11 was coming and that the FBI and the CIA are to blame for not comunicating, it seems a little contradictory that, as the FBI begins to be more communicative, you immediately want to start criticizing them for doing so without even having the facts. |
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Re: No Joke: FBI Almanac Alert And Response |
by Exactly
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Current rating: -2
02 Jan 2004
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I'm sure possession of an Almanac seems as insignificant to you as possession of a box-cutter would have seemed on September 10th, 2001 to an airport security screener. If there were a "missing the point" Olympics, you would at least be a silver medalist! Hey Ricky, did you major in "Obtuse" at the local Community College?!? |
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Re: No Joke: FBI Almanac Alert And Response |
by Michelle
kat681 (nospam) aol.com (verified) |
Current rating: 14
02 Jan 2004
Modified: 05:29:14 PM |
Thanks for sharing that, Ricky. Yet another way I can make myself look suspicious...oh, wait, but I'm a white woman. It's so hard for us to look suspicious!
Mike, we KNOW that potential terrorists could be using almanacs for info etc. But what are we gonna do about it, outlaw almanacs? Outlaw almanacs only for people of Arabic descent? We can't outlaw information...well, we could, but then we would start resembling a democracy even less. Becoming suspicious of anyone who wants information is almost as bad.
Anyway, while we're on the subject of looking things up, maybe somebody in here should look up why the terrorists picked September 11 in the first place. I know Americans have a reputation for being narrow-minded and maybe that's why everyone's assuming the next terrorist attack will be on a day that holds significance for Americans, but the last terrorist attack wasn't on Christmas or the anniversary of Paul Revere's ride or whatever...it was on a day that holds extreme significance for Palestinians. Of course not very many people know that, just like not very many people know that Muslim extremists attacked us in the first place not because they hate freedom as Bush said, but because they want it, and we took it away from them; and just like not very many people know that Bush has killed more people overseas than bin Laden's friends killed here; just like most people don't know a lot of things they ought to know but oh I have gone so far off the subject.
So yeah. Let's all carry almanacs.
"If this were a dictatorship it would be a heck of a lot easier, just as long as I'm the dictator." -G. W. Bush |
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Re: No Joke: FBI Almanac Alert And Response |
by Jack Ryan
(No verified email address) |
Current rating: -2
02 Jan 2004
Modified: 07:19:12 PM |
I thought this really was a joke when I first read it. The first thing I did, was go to TheOnion to check, no kidding!
Oh, so the SnoozeGazoo didn't think we needed to read a nationally-released "urgent" bulletin? 'Course, I didn't miss a beat, since the only use for that rag is the bottom of a bird cage, and I get my info from many other sources. Left that tired, worthless Republican/Conservative landfill fodder behind, years ago.
Sure wouldn't pay a penny for it now. Heck, you couldn't even pay me to waste my time reading it. I guess if that's your only source of "news", you would've missed out on the "almanac alert", huh?
I'm going to start carrying a Farmer's Almanac around with me all the time. Buy a couple to throw up in the dash of my vehicles, too. Can you still find them, or have they been removed from stores to protect the Homeland?
This is insanity. What's next, an APB for anyone "looking shifty" while talking into a cell-phone, or checking their wristwatch?
"...It's a ski hat, not a turban!..."
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Re: No Joke: FBI Almanac Alert And Response |
by al
al6fan (nospam) mw.net (verified) |
Current rating: 0
02 Jan 2004
Modified: 07:58:48 PM |
Seems to me that if the media would wait until they can expound on such "information" then perhaps rumors wouldn't get started and so many people would/wouldn't think it were ridiculous.
Just the facts m'am, just the facts.....like when you have them all~THEN REPORT IT IN DETAIL!
This crap is REALLY getting old, and fast! |
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No Way The Almanac "Threat" Is Anything But Ridiculous |
by Real American
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Current rating: 11
02 Jan 2004
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I suppose that Al thinks there is some perfectly reasonable explanation for this ridiculous idea that someone with an almanac is a terrorist. Personally, I cannot think of any explanation that would make this "alert" seem to make sense. After all, if someone with an almanac is a threat (I have three of them at my house), then anyone with a library card must be a terrorist mastermind, right?
As for your advice about waiting to be sure about the information before acting on it, that kind of advice should be passed on to the White House, before they start another war on an equally silly pretext, such as claiming that non-existent WMDs represent an immediate threat to everyone's security. |
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Re: No Joke: FBI Almanac Alert And Response |
by Wha?
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Current rating: 0
02 Jan 2004
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umm, I could see the banning of information and almanacs, this isnt a democracy anyways so, what would be the difference? |
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Re: No Joke: FBI Almanac Alert And Response |
by Jack Ryan
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Current rating: -2
02 Jan 2004
Modified: 11:41:39 PM |
Hey it's the real Jack Ryan here, not the phony one who always pretends and wishes he were me. For the Anti-Jack, who by the way was the one who left the threat against the nutbag protesters, I would like to you to get a life or at the very least a new name. Failing that, I can get used to your hero worship and understandable penis envy, but seriously, your attempts to discredit me are obvious to everyone except ML and the man who claims to be a Real American.
Michelle, You said: Of course not very many people know that, just like not very many people know that Muslim extremists attacked us in the first place not because they hate freedom as Bush said, but because they want it, and we took it away from them; and just like not very many people know that Bush has killed more people.
Of all the leftist hogwash one has to endure on this site, I believe this one has achieved a new low. Michelle, I am assuming that you are a female (on this site you never know) but do you seriously believe that radical Muslims are fighting for Freedom. I guess those head dresses they force women to wear and the infamous Saddamm rape rooms are just for parties. Although these women's eyes are forcibly covered, they at least have the ability to see for themselves. What an absolute crock of shit that you spout Michelle and I not only question your patriotism but your sanity as well.
Does it occur to you folks at all that a policeman may want to be on the lookout for key sites that may circled in an Almanac? Outlaw Almanac's? Are you kidding me? Alamancs don't kill people, the bomb toting, raghead infested, murderous thugs who prey upon the weak and unspecting do? This is simply a good law enforcement tool.
Michelle, women everywhere, including ML, Anon, and Ricky should immediately condemn your statement for the truly nutty and anti-American statement that it is. May God have Mercy on your soul.
Jack |
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Re: No Joke: FBI Almanac Alert And Response |
by Anandamide
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Current rating: 6
03 Jan 2004
Modified: 09:40:49 AM |
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oh, boy. I'm comfortably sitting in Stockholm, Sweden, checking American IMCs, and what do I find but a spat over something I find hilarious. That is, I find it hilarious from over here. Who doubts that information is power? No one, not since the beginning of time. In wartime, and I use the term loosely when dealing with Dubya, knowledge is suppressed. Not that, in America, this is so hard, as Americans are ranked near the bottom in schooling and education worldwide. Anyhow, remember this quote? " Those willing to risk freedom for security will get very little of both and deserve neither". Real patriotism is protecting the values the states were founded on, not strapping your guns on and pissing into battle. It's very Freudian, you know. Oh, and is name calling really necessary in what is supposed to be adult discourse? Michelle is right. Cracker chicks unite! |
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Re: No Joke: FBI Almanac Alert And Response |
by Jack Ryan
(No verified email address) |
Current rating: -4
03 Jan 2004
Modified: 12:03:40 PM |
Dear Anandamide,
You're right, Americans have consistently scored lower on worldwide tests. This is due to years and years of liberals running our educational system. We're working on that. Or perhaps we were busy saving your ungrateful European asses from Nazi/and Soviet tryanny. Both were accomplished through blood, sweat and American ingenuity.
Perhaps if you came from a country that lists as one of its greatest contributions to mankind - the cough drop, we could give your words a little more credibility. Until then I must ask you to check your socialist ideas at the door and in the words of some great American somewhere, Butt Out!!!
Thanks,
Jack |
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Hey Michelle |
by Mike
(No verified email address) |
Current rating: 0
03 Jan 2004
Modified: 02:25:38 PM |
Michelle Honey, NOBODY, not the Bush administration, the FBI or me, for that matter is suggesting that almanacs be outlawed. I realize that it's more fun to ignorantly spout bumper sticker length anti government assertions than it is to concern one's self with accruacy, but PUUUHHLEEEEEZE.
One last time, the FBI merely passed along to local police to watch for these items in the possession of people who come under suspicion for other reasons.
Millions of law abiding citizens have, in the past possessed fertilizer and deisel fuel, and they continue to do so. However, when a few lunatics began to buy them in large quantities, wouldn't it have been nice if someone had noticed and the authorities had looked into it in time to stop and arrest Tim McVeigh before Oklahoma City? It's called a "clue." Get one.
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Re: No Joke: FBI Almanac Alert And Response |
by Asante Riverwind
asante (nospam) vtc.net (unverified) |
Current rating: 0
03 Jan 2004
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January 3, 2004
MEDIA RELEASE (FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE)
RE: FBI’s media release re almanacs as tools of sabotage
FROM: Life in Balance Foundation
CONTACT: Jean Eisenhower or Asante Riverwind at 520/824-3201,
eisenhow @ vtc.net, or asante @ vtc.net
WESTERN BAJADA OF THE CHIRICAHUA MOUNTAINS, SE ARIZONA -- The FBI’s concern about almanacs as tools of sabotage is especially interesting, coming on the heels of the publication of the 2004 Almanac/Datebook/Journal for Southern Arizona by the Life in Balance Foundation. The publication includes multiple references to the FBI and CIA and changing the government and the world, as well as information on desert food harvesting and preparation, desert gardening, stories of "local folks doing good," local events (supporting environmental, peace and justice issues), celebrations and observances around the world, and "people’s history."
In a short piece entitled "Tucson and Terrorism," the publisher, Jean Eisenhower, briefly recounts two stories in which the FBI worked to undermine legal environmental activism by framing activists and calling Earth First! activists, for the first time and repeatedly, "terrorists." Eisenhower’s account is based on two major events, the first being her involvement with Earth First! during the arrest of the "Arizona Five," in which EF! founder and de facto leader Dave Foreman was framed and the word "terrorist" was pinned on a nation-wide association of environmental activists. The second event referred to is the 2002, history-making trial in which the FBI was found guilty of numerous crimes against environmental activists, involving an attempted murder, for which Eisenhower moved to Oakland, CA, to assist with media work and wrote six-weeks’ worth of media releases recounting FBI lies exposed in the trial.
Other writings that may be deemed subversive and of interest to the FBI include a page on supporting co-ops and their educational efforts regarding genetically-engineered foods, Tucson as the "Missile Capital of the World," a State Department quote about our government’s need to defend our disparate wealth relative to the rest of the world, dates of CIA events that have all fallen coincidentally on 9/11, dates of activist assassinations, "TV Turn-Off Week," a fantasy on changing the world overnight entitled "Pssst -- Quit Your Job," an update on Thomas Jefferson’s Declaration of Independence titled The Declaration of Interdependence, which calls for an overthrow of the current government, and a couple centuries’ worth of quotes on corporate control by the likes of Abraham Lincoln and various US courts.
"I don’t believe in subversion, but in simple evolution, spiritual transformation. For instance, I believe the FBI, as well as our CIA, military, border patrol, and various law enforcement agencies, will soon return to protecting the people, rather than the corporations, because they are human too, and everything has its time. I’m simply putting out the ideas I’ve heard recently, ideas that may help us move beyond the mind-numbing cages we’ve been herded into, into the liberty that is our birthright, and the right of all people. History proves that a people can wake up and take charge of their lives, and I believe we in America are in that process. It could even happen overnight, as I wrote in Pssst -- Quit Your Job."
Whether the FBI's purported concern about almanacs has anything to do with this publication is a matter of growing speculation. Eisenhower said, "At first it seemed far-fetched, when friends from around the country contacted us about their concern that the FBI's media release about almanacs had anything to do with us. On the other hand, I've seen pages of a friend's FBI file which included hilarious descriptions of activities of mine, like phone calls to announce a potluck or to encourage folks to call their Congressperson, which they were able to make into a juicy report on suspicious activities. It's very easy, then, for me to speculate that our book was read by an agent, passed up the chain of command, and resulted in exactly this sort of inanity."
Eisenhower is a long-time activist in peace, social justice and environmental issues. She co-directs the Life in Balance Foundation with Asante Riverwind, who wrote the updated Declaration, contributed the majority of the almanac’s art, and has been a thorn in the side of corporations for the duration of his activist life. The 2004 Almanac/Datebook/Journal for Southern Arizona, which Eisenhower calls a "labor of love," is 6" x 8 1/2", 100 pages filled with local art, is organized by "moon weeks," and is being sold in bookstores and natural food stores throughout southern Arizona. Printed on 100% post-consumer recycled paper, and printed and bound locally, it sells for $10, or $12 postpaid (checks made to Jean Eisenhower) at POB 76, Elfrida, AZ 85610.
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Jean Eisenhower
Publisher, 2004 Almanac/Datebook/Journal for Southern Arizona
Co-chair, Life in Balance Foundation
POB 76, Elfrida, AZ 85610
520/824-3201
eisenhow @ vtc.net
Asante Riverwind,
League Of Wilderness Defenders-
Blue Mountains Biodiversity Project,
Art & Evolution, Chiricahua-Dragoon
Conservation Alliance, Chiricahua-
Riverwind Arts, Life In Balance
Foundation
PO Box 76
Elfrida, AZ 85610
(520) 824-3201
asante (at) vtc.net
"Quotations, however eloquent or poignant,
cannot compare to a day spent free amidst
the wild wonders of Nature."
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Re: No Joke: FBI Almanac Alert And Response |
by Jack Ryan
(No verified email address) |
Current rating: 0
03 Jan 2004
Modified: 05:06:36 PM |
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wouldn't it have been nice if someone had noticed and the authorities had looked into it in time to stop and arrest Tim McVeigh before Oklahoma City? It's called a "clue."
No, it's called "hindsight", which is always 20/20.
The J&Fs that have infected this forum are somehow able to convince themselves that they alone, have "valuable" insights and opinions.
Yeah, valuable to your mother, and even then, she's gettin' real tired of suffering your pea-brained arrogance, by now. |
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Re: No Joke: FBI Almanac Alert And Response |
by Anandamide
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Current rating: 14
04 Jan 2004
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For the record, I am from the great state of Minnesota. You know, the one that has been liberal since it's inception. Where I have lived my entire life, until now. I could brag about us being the healthiest state, consistently well educated, ect, but in MN we call that bad manners, so I won't. As for realising a clue when one sees it, then wouldn't anyone who carries a gun, or has a permit, preemptively be guilty of murder? Or everyone who has a Viagra perscription guilty of rape? Anything can be used as a weapon if one has a little ingenuity, be it a book, spoon, or yes, an almanac. However, people generally don't do such things. It is called common sense. If you want to live in a totalian state so much, where everyone is under constant scrutiny, why don't you move to China? Lucky for those like Mr. Jack Ryan here, he and his ilk will soon turn the US into what they want, I guess. My suggestion is to read George Orwell's Animal Farm, and think on it a bit. |
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Re: No Joke: FBI Almanac Alert And Response |
by Michelle
kat681 (nospam) aol.com (unverified) |
Current rating: 2
04 Jan 2004
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Or better yet, read The Handmaid's Tale, by Margaret Atwood. That book is enough to give anyone nightmares, especially since some of the stuff that happens in it bears a startling resemblance to recent events. |
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Re: No Joke: FBI Almanac Alert And Response |
by Jack Ryan
(No verified email address) |
Current rating: -4
04 Jan 2004
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Anandamide,
Minnesota, well that explains a lot. Hey, quick question, how did Walter Mondale do in his Senate Race again? Minnesota may have been liberal, but the ice is melting my friend.
I assumed that since you mentioned that you were in Stockholm, Sweden that you were from there. From your writing style as well as the content, it was also safe to assume that you were not over there collecting a Nobel Prize for literature.
In anycase, I hope that on your return to America, the security agents racially profile to insure you a safe return. You may not want to carry an Almanac on the plane.
Just some advice,
Jack |
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Re: No Joke: FBI Almanac Alert And Response |
by Anandamide
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Current rating: 3
05 Jan 2004
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Mondale did lousy, but until Senator Wellstone was killed by Karl Rove he was ahead in the race. Nice threat, big boy. Is that the best you can do? |
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Re: No Joke: FBI Almanac Alert And Response |
by Jack Ryan
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Current rating: 0
05 Jan 2004
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Hey Dude,
I am sorry, where is the threat? You seem to see things. Are you still hearing voices too?
Jack |
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Re: No Joke: FBI Almanac Alert And Response |
by cmb
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Current rating: 14
05 Jan 2004
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You know, while they're at it, they should do something about those encyclopedias too. Significant dates and American landmarks aplenty.
And atlases - those actually have MAPS to terrorist targets. Complete with handy explanations of how to use them!
And you know those little human-interest stories in the news? Those could contain phrases that could later be used as code words, as Mike suggests.
You know how some codes require a master phrasebook that all cell members have? Well, think about those widely sold high school textbooks for a moment, and tell me it doesn't send a chill down your spine.
For that matter, is there anything on the planet that contains the same ratio of code words to plain text as a Bush policy speech? Talk about yer national dissemination!
p.s. I thought the real Jack Ryan was a Tom Clancy character. |
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Re: No Joke: FBI Almanac Alert And Response |
by Jack Ryan
(No verified email address) |
Current rating: -3
05 Jan 2004
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Dear CMB,
I am surprised you are familiar with "Clancy". The United States always wins. Not quite the outcome you guys are looking for is it?
Jack |
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True American and Jack Ryan in the news |
by Niemann Leuchtfeuer
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Current rating: 0
05 Jan 2004
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Any of this sound familiar?
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/opinion/155107_firstperson05.html |
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Re: No Joke: FBI Almanac Alert And Response |
by Michelle
kat681 (unverified) |
Current rating: 3
05 Jan 2004
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I think they should start being suspicious of anyone who watches CNN. After all, every time the terror alert goes up they run through a whole catalogue of cities and monuments that we would be absolutely devastated to have attacked. If you were a terrorist who was running out of ideas, what better place could you go for inspiration?
p.s. I thought the real Jack Ryan was that homophobe who's running for the Senate. |
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Re: No Joke: FBI Almanac Alert And Response |
by Mink!
mink (nospam) tcp.com (unverified) |
Current rating: 3
06 Jan 2004
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If the FBI is worried about codes based on the almanac (which would seem to be their concern, if they're nailing it down to a certain ISSUE of a title), surely they've considered that it's pretty easy to create a word-location code on any book in existence? I suppose banning almanacs or getting hyped about them might disrupt a plan going on that very day (maybe) but that's about it. As for the actual information in the World Almanac, it's available all over the world both online and in books in countless languages, really.
But I'm sure it's making someone feel safer. Though, if I really wanted to sow unease, I think I'd purposely pick some tiny little city in the middle of nowhere, and a nondescript date to boot, on which to wreak my mayhem.
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Re: No Joke: FBI Almanac Alert And Response |
by Jack Ryan
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Current rating: 1
06 Jan 2004
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Dear Niemann Leuchtfeuer
I took the time to read the predictable article that essentially states that the dumbfounded liberals can't seem to figure out why President Bush is so popular. This epidemic perplexion on behalf of liberals leads to the one and only conclusion that Americans must be stupid.
Wow that's rich. Let's see, history teaches us that liberals always call something stupid when it is consistently kicking their collective asses in the poles. Eisenhower was purportly a dunce in his day despite the fact that he developed and executed a plan to liberate Europe during WWII.
Ford was a clumsy retard despite the fact that he was an All American center at Michigan. Reagan, according to liberals was nothing more than a dangerous idiot. Americans who voted for Reagan simply succumbed to his good looks and his ease in front of a camera. The man who set out to restore American prestige from the disaster that was Carter did so and defeated the Soviet Union in the process. BTW, he won reelection in every state except MN and the District of Columbia. Is the entire country stupid?
Finally, G.W. Bush according to the left is perhaps the biggest idiot of them all. This big idiot is about to win his second term with ease and there is nothing that Dennis Kucinich and the eight Mondales can do about it.
If you're truly looking for "Stupid" perhaps you should study your reflection a little more closely.
Jack |
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#1 Most Predictable Thing on This Website |
by ouija board
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Current rating: 6
06 Jan 2004
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The most predictable thing on this website is that Jack Ryan will repeat some predictably stupid (and unjustified) Limbaughism and will then be ignored by 99.9% of the readers. |
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Re: No Joke: FBI Almanac Alert And Response |
by Jack Ryan
(No verified email address) |
Current rating: -4
06 Jan 2004
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Dear ouija board,
I guess that makes you the .01 percent of my fan base. Thanks
Jack |
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Re: No Joke: FBI Almanac Alert And Response |
by Jack Ryan
(No verified email address) |
Current rating: -3
06 Jan 2004
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Dear Michelle,
You said:p.s. I thought the real Jack Ryan was that homophobe who's running for the Senate.
First let me just state for the record, that I love porn lesbians as much as you do. I do not want any harm to come to them. Secondly, I am not the Jack Ryan running for Senate, but a man who gives up a very successful career to teach inner city minority kids sounds like someone who I might support. Why not you? |
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Fan? |
by ouija board
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Current rating: 20
06 Jan 2004
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Only if someone were to go to the trouble of burning you at the stake.
And since you're nothing but vaporware in the tiny mind of some over-testosteroned and under-loved neo-con, you're already suffering enough. Why bother? |
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Re: No Joke: FBI Almanac Alert And Response |
by Susan Davis
sgdavis (nospam) uiuc.edu (unverified) |
Current rating: 1
07 Jan 2004
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Ricky,
I just hope you know that "almanac" is derived from a Spanish-Arabic word, Al-Menakh, meaning "the calendar." And further, the concept of a compilation of weather and astrological information goes back to ancient Persia. Why don't you wise up and see the big picture?
Seriously, it's a great piece. If almanacs (and people consulting them) are dangerous, the entire public library system is a threat to world order and stability. Check out the reference shelf -- it's really scarey.
Susan |
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Re: No Joke: FBI Almanac Alert And Response |
by Jack Ryan
(No verified email address) |
Current rating: 0
08 Jan 2004
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I've bought a boatload of Farmer's Almanacs, and have been giving the out to people like candy! Will do the same thing, when the FBI "warns" us to be on the lookout for codes in Hershey bar wrappers.
Your friend,
The Real Jack |
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Re: No Joke: FBI Almanac Alert And Response |
by True American
(No verified email address) |
Current rating: -3
08 Jan 2004
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Dear True Jack,
You know as well as I do if a terrorist would have attacked us and would have used an almanac to locate his target and the FBI had not notified the law enforement agencies about the almanacs, Bush would have been responsible, right? It makes absolute sence to me...
Why is it that Liberals (and Socialist assholes which are only the width of Clintons penis away from Liberals) continue to degrade and poke fun at the organizations that continually protect their sorry asses.
I say, every towel head that even looks like he/she could potentially think of strapping explosives to themselves needs to be thrown into a concentration camp. If they are carrying an almanac they should be shipped over to Israel and let God's people handle them. God bless America and God bless all those who stand for freedom. TA |
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Re: No Joke: FBI Almanac Alert And Response |
by Jack Ryan
(No verified email address) |
Current rating: -4
09 Jan 2004
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Dear ouija board,
I think that as a result of your public education, that you may have meant to spell "ouija board" as "We Be Bored", as in with your comments. Perhaps you were confused with ebonic pronuciation. Nice try though.
Jack |
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Re: No Joke: FBI Almanac Alert And Response |
by JF
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Current rating: 0
10 Jan 2004
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Don't even get me started on the Whole Earth Catalog. |
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