Comments on: The “Terrorist” Batting Average http://jimbovard.com/blog/2007/08/29/the-terrorist-batting-average/ Author James Bovard Sat, 11 Oct 2008 13:36:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: How to Be a Jerk and Get Away With It « Sententia cdsmithus http://jimbovard.com/blog/2007/08/29/the-terrorist-batting-average/#comment-112809 How to Be a Jerk and Get Away With It « Sententia cdsmithus Sun, 30 Mar 2008 19:55:20 +0000 http://jimbovard.com/blog/2007/08/29/the-terrorist-batting-average/#comment-112809 [...] It’s your last shot. Now people are openly protesting against you in the streets. There’s only one thing left to do: call them terrorists. [...] [...] It’s your last shot. Now people are openly protesting against you in the streets. There’s only one thing left to do: call them terrorists. [...]

]]> By: Alpowolf http://jimbovard.com/blog/2007/08/29/the-terrorist-batting-average/#comment-111060 Alpowolf Fri, 31 Aug 2007 16:15:54 +0000 http://jimbovard.com/blog/2007/08/29/the-terrorist-batting-average/#comment-111060 Also, the gooberment is always yammering at us how we have to be vigilant for terrorists. But if we do that, we are terrorists? Geez, only a politician could come up with nonsense like this. Also, the gooberment is always yammering at us how we have to be vigilant for terrorists. But if we do that, we are terrorists? Geez, only a politician could come up with nonsense like this.

]]> By: Alpowolf http://jimbovard.com/blog/2007/08/29/the-terrorist-batting-average/#comment-111059 Alpowolf Fri, 31 Aug 2007 16:13:59 +0000 http://jimbovard.com/blog/2007/08/29/the-terrorist-batting-average/#comment-111059 Tory, I know what you mean about the check-out lines. For me, the "or their “eyes appear to be focused and vigilant" was a killer. As a small-town boy who now works in D.C. (hopefully not for too much longer), my eyes are always "focused and vigilant" in the city. A co-worker of mine was recently held up at gunpoint (another triumph of D.C.'s gun control laws) so damn right I'm vigilant--I'd be stupid not to. Tory,
I know what you mean about the check-out lines.

For me, the “or their “eyes appear to be focused and vigilant” was a killer. As a small-town boy who now works in D.C. (hopefully not for too much longer), my eyes are always “focused and vigilant” in the city. A co-worker of mine was recently held up at gunpoint (another triumph of D.C.’s gun control laws) so damn right I’m vigilant–I’d be stupid not to.

]]> By: Marc http://jimbovard.com/blog/2007/08/29/the-terrorist-batting-average/#comment-111056 Marc Fri, 31 Aug 2007 05:11:46 +0000 http://jimbovard.com/blog/2007/08/29/the-terrorist-batting-average/#comment-111056 With a few notable exceptions, most members of Congress do a splendid job regularly voting in favor of redistribution schemes and other burdensome measures that cause "adverse effects" to the U.S. economy. One doesn't necessarily need to be a terrorist to achieve the same results - or worse. With a few notable exceptions, most members of Congress do a splendid job regularly voting in favor of redistribution schemes and other burdensome measures that cause “adverse effects” to the U.S. economy. One doesn’t necessarily need to be a terrorist to achieve the same results - or worse.

]]> By: Tory http://jimbovard.com/blog/2007/08/29/the-terrorist-batting-average/#comment-111037 Tory Wed, 29 Aug 2007 19:46:02 +0000 http://jimbovard.com/blog/2007/08/29/the-terrorist-batting-average/#comment-111037 "...federal experts advised local agencies of another tell-tale terrorist warning sign — someone for whom “waiting in a grocery store line becomes intolerable.”" That would be me, but only after the check-out clerk sends the customer in front of me back into the aisles to find what she forgot. They were not testing my patience to see if I were a terrorist, they were attempting to gather the evidence needed to prove I am a terrorist (they were terrorizing me.) It happens everytime - they keep looking for the smoking gun. Any person who displays anger is either a criminal or a terrorist (except members of the current administration in Washington). For a long time people who typically experience media coverage would be seen intentionally appearing to be calm or reserved - like a preacher. Police chiefs would appear this way, never showing any anger, always calm. (They're the crazies, not us.) All this crap (the lies, the rediculous profiles and tactics) are coming from that nut in the White House. “…federal experts advised local agencies of another tell-tale terrorist warning sign — someone for whom “waiting in a grocery store line becomes intolerable.””

That would be me, but only after the check-out clerk sends the customer in front of me back into the aisles to find what she forgot. They were not testing my patience to see if I were a terrorist, they were attempting to gather the evidence needed to prove I am a terrorist (they were terrorizing me.) It happens everytime - they keep looking for the smoking gun.

Any person who displays anger is either a criminal or a terrorist (except members of the current administration in Washington). For a long time people who typically experience media coverage would be seen intentionally appearing to be calm or reserved - like a preacher. Police chiefs would appear this way, never showing any anger, always calm. (They’re the crazies, not us.) All this crap (the lies, the rediculous profiles and tactics) are coming from that nut in the White House.

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