Another US citizen was arrested for plotting a terrorist attack against the US. The young citizen’s name is Farooque Ahmed – a good Irish name. And he was arrested for plotting to kill people on the Washington, DC metro rail system along with “people he believed were al-Qaida operatives”.
Investigators said in a Sept. 28 meeting he gave diagrams of Arlington metro stations to a person he thought was part of al-Qaida and gave suggestions about where to put explosives on trains to kill the most people in simultaneous attacks planned for 2011.
Well, it’s not like the DC Metro Rail system needs much help killing people, but I guess this guy wanted to speed up the process.
Yeah, when I rode the Metro, I kept my eyes on people who looked like they were Islamic or Middle Eastern and made sure they got off the train with everything they boarded with, and guys with bulky jackets in the heat of summer, got the once- or twice-over.
I’m guessing that Juan Williams doesn’t ride the Metro or he might have mentioned that, too.
Great song by Mr. Worley.
I don’t think anyone has forgotten. Sadly, though, too many people learned the wrong lesson from that day (ie that it was a case of “America’s chickens coming home to roost!” and that those who were murdered that day were nothing but “little Eichmanns”).
We also have idiots like those at The History Channel who, during a recent show I was watching, when referring to the terrorist attacks of 9/11/2001, describe it as “the tragedy that occurred on 9/11”. People dying in a natural disaster is a tragedy that occurs. People dying after a building catches on fire due to an accident is a tragedy that occurs. Muslim terrorists planning and training to skirt airport security, hijack planes and crash them into buildings, mass murdering 2,996 American citizens is a deliberate and malicious act of terrorism, not “a tragedy that occurs”.
If he’s guilty, throw ’em under the jail. I’m a bleeding heart liberal and I gives not one fuck.
The difference between me and Juan Williams and every other douchebag who lumps every Muslim in with a bumbling wannabe terrorist is healthy-size nutsack.
This living in fear of Muslims thing that the Right does is quite pussylicious.
#manup
Jonn-
For as much as I have ridden the metro this year, yer damn skippy I “profiled” and made sure they took what they came with! And every time we get on a plane, I warn my kids to be vigilant.
Virginia has a large population of the group J’mat al Fuqua. So does upstate NY. And nobody is saying jack about it. They bide their time.
Wayne,
I hope you aren’t the one who was married to my friend Joyce, because now I know why she would have divorced your sorry ass. You’re ignorant and it would suck to be you.
I have yet to read anything by any of the regulars on TAH who “lives in fear” of Muslims. Having SA is a whole lot different than living in fear.
@Wayne- “Wannabes” didn’t fly 2 planes into the Towers, “DoneDids” did. Being aware of your surroundings is not a bad thing.
#ingheadintowallatyourblatantstupidity.
Juan Williams said when he’s sitting on a plane next to some people in traditional Muslim garb, he gets nervous.
That’s not situational awareness, that’s vaginal behavior of the menstrual variety. And that’s what Fox News and the Right are supporting…Juan Williams’ right to be a spineless pussy.
So, you can sit here and vehemently support some antagonistic bitch’s right to say and act as she pleases, but Juan Williams can’t without being labeled a pussy?
You’re such a liberal tool. Thanks for using the playbook.
Guess what, asshole………..I live in south Texass, and whenever I see a Latino wearing his pants around his ankles, a snot rag on his head, and sporting a web of ink on his neck, I get nervous, too.
Does that make me a pussy? No. Does that make me racist? No.
Why not? Because I’m not some unicorn-riding, rainbow-sliding, hoping-for-change moron who believes in the inherent goodness of mankind while ignoring facts.
It’s called reality. Look into it.
#Notevenclosetoliberalchickwhofoundtheballsyoumissed
Oh ROS, I’m starting to feel the love…I really am.
Now if you were to see said cholo, and got a little nervous, I’d give you pass. You see, you very well might get jacked by someone wearing that garb…happens everyday.
But how often is it that a radical Islamic extremist carries out an attack dressed like Lawrence of Arabia? I’ll give you a hint…not too damn often. Like never, even.
Every terrorist I’ve ever seen in the news had on “Western” clothes, dressed just like Joe Shmoe. That’s the look of a terrorist that’s about to blow some shit up.
But everybody is dressed like that! So are my eyes darting from right to left looking like Buckwheat, because I’m scared out of my mind thinking about my 1 in 10 million chance of being in a terrorist attack? I think not.
#mathisyourfriend
Perhaps the best song ever written and should have won the song of the year for country music. Thanks for the video. I never get tired of hearing it.
Perhaps if more people had been aware of what was happening around them 9/11 could have been stopped.
It is people like Wayne who make us more aware of what is going on in our communities because we know it won’t be him that has our back.
Mr Clemmings,
It looks like your doctor friend ran off and left you to fend for yourself. Apparently, neither she (nor you) could stand up to the facts, but she was smart enough to recognize it.
Please apologize to the redneck who may have been falsely associated with you in my earlier post.
Wayne,
Let me make sure I have this right…. It’s okay to profile Mexicans….just not middle easterners…right??? I think you need a refresher in lefty school, cuz you’re failin’ big time!!!
No it’s not okay to “profile” Mexicans. Not all Mexicans dress like “cholos”. I’d keep my eye on “cholos”…that’s a clothing style invented and worn by members of gangs. Regular law-abiding Mexicans (even of the “illegal” variety) don’t dress like that.
It’s okay to be aware of people who are dressed in a certain way, that carry themselves in a certain way, but only if that wariness is based on logic and not fear.
Observant Muslims who wear traditional garb do not fit the profile of a radical islamist about to commit a terrorist act. They just don’t dress that way. It’s stupid. They want to blend in, and not be noticed.
From the videos of the 9/11 hijackers boading the planes, I’d say the “uniform” is a button-down long sheeve shirt and khakis…with some comfortable oxfords with rubber soles for that quick dash to the cockpit.
Unless you go with the style used by the London subway bombers: which was black tee-shirts with cargo pants and backpacks…
…or you could go for the Rugby shirt and jeans style used by the Times Square Bomber, or…
Damn these pesky Muslim terrorists keep changing up the damn uniform!!!! Pretty soon no college-age frat boy will be safe from the profile…Rats!
How about giving up the whole idea of “profiling” a terrorist on the basis of how he looks, and rather pay attention to what he *does* and profile the behavior instead?
#logicwinseverytime
I’ve got a better idea–how about putting a little extra scrutiny on those assholes who have names like Abdul, Mohammed, Aziz, etc., and less on 90-year old grannies in wheelchairs? I mean, yeah, the latter is a pure fucking terror if you get anywhere near “her” slot machine in Vegas, but blowing up planes, DC Metro stations, buildings, and bridges? Not so much. I mean, not all Muslims are terrorists, but all terrorists, yadda yadda yadda…
#onlyidiotassholesusethisasanythingotherthanajoke
Ezra#
(I just wanted to use the pound thingy again.)
Wayne…
Ignorance is bliss for people like you. How do you know someone in “Muslim Garb” is not going to attack you? I wonder.
Nidal Hassan was in a military uniform and according to you, (logic wins…) I should not have been afraid. But he killed his own comrades while screaming “Allah Akbar”!
People at checkpoints in Iraq and Iran were dressed in what is their normal and the next thing you know…boom!
You do not believe that there are terrorists who want to kill you, especially not the ones who would never be extremists while dressed in traditional garb.
I’d say you are wearing RCG’s and you are stuck on stupid.
PS Joyce was a smart cookie.
True SA (situational awareness) requires one to maintain Condition Yellow mentally, at all times. Relaxed, but alert…paying attention to EVERYONE around you as to what they are doing, particularly as it relates to you.
Muslims in traditional garb OR whom I recognize as possibly ME regardless of the clothing they wear, “Cholos”, young men (of any race) in groups of two or more, with nothing apparently to do…hanging around wherever particularly if they are giving me the “stink eye”, Clemmons, Jonn, I mean ANYYONE whom I do not personally know.
The only time to be at Condition White is at home, with the doors locked up tight. And then, you still need to be ready to repel boarders…
Am I afraid of Muslims, no way; do I trust them (or anyone else I don’t personally know)…no fucking way.
Finally, I just gotta say; Clemmons’ attempt to “butch up” his posts is becoming comical. Comments about “manup”, “healthy-size nutsack”, “spineless pussy”…really funny.
I’m not impressed…
Wait for it, wait for it………..
I’m almost sure there’s a comment coming from Clemmons about how he felt the need to ‘dumb down’ his discourse in order to better relate to us….
Tick Tock
Tick Tock
Tick Tock
#17 Spigot:
“True SA (situational awareness) requires one to maintain Condition Yellow mentally, at all times. Relaxed, but alert…paying attention to EVERYONE around you as to what they are doing, particularly as it relates to you.”
Because I’m a civilian, I thought I was weird to think this way. Every situation is different, but being aware is a necessity, regardless of how safe you think you are. Not to live in fear, but to be aware.
#17 Spigot:
I liked your post, but I just had to comment on part of it, and that was the “Condition White at home” part. You brought up one exception, and that was referred to as “boarders” (which I found humorous).
Here’s another: I live in the Rockies. I was sitting on my couch one afternoon reading, and heard what I first thought was a large truck coming up the street. I looked up just in time to watch / feel the whole house swing gently to and fro twice, like it was in a big hammock; then settle. It was a .2 on the Richter-scale tremor.
“Boarders” aren’t the only thing that can make you go to Condition Red… 🙂