Say Anything Blog

Three things come to mind:
1. Apparently Homeland Security money is needed out there in flyover country.

2. She needed to have her privacy violated by surveillance, she could have triggered the explosives in the terminal and still scored a hit without ever getting on the plane.

3. Profiling, unintentional or not helped prevent this from becoming a deadly terrorist attack, even if she was just delivering the explosives to Detroit, it would have been used sooner or later.

Too many unanswered questions.

My fear is that this story will disappear before (and/or when) the questions are answered.

1. The positive tests were from the exterior of the bottle.  We still don’t know what they contained.  Perhaps just water—perhaps she works at a fireworks factory and didn’t wash up well after leaving work.

2. Would alcohol qualify as an “explosive substance”?  Maybe she was an alcoholic and filled the bottles with Everclear or Vodka…

My only point is, this may very well turn out to be much ado about nothing.  And if it does, i fear we won’t be told.

False alarm.  And there will be plenty more as long as security is this tight.

Here’s a scary thought…what about women with large breast implants?  You could hide a sizable amount of the plural components to make triacetone triperoxide (TATP), the explosives that the 24 suspects were supposedly going to get on board their targeted planes…we would never be able to detect these fluids…maybe we should add these women to the profilers list???

Okay, I was only, kidding, but I bet there will be at least one or two liberals who will take those words to heart and use similar ridiculous premises to make an argument against profiling…I, for one, believe we are wasting way too much money checking every granny’s fanny pack so we don’t look socially insensitive.

So both their chemical tests and their trained “bomb sniffing” dogs cannot distinguish between nitroglycerin and Oil of Olay???

WTF is up with that?

Here’s a scary thought…what about women with large breast implants? You could hide a sizable amount of the plural components to make triacetone triperoxide (TATP), the explosives that the 24 suspects were supposedly going to get on board their targeted planes…we would never be able to detect these fluids…

LOOK at you, aiding and abetting the terrorists..

Nichole Richie had a nipple piercing that sent alarms off at the airport. I guess she had to show two lady security guards her piercings???

Rob,

I think that last one is spam.

Got it fly, thanks.

The purpose of government shouldn’t be to do good, but simply to refrain from doing evil.

You guys, are such brats!...

Zsa Zsa,
I have always wondered as to what the bomb-sniffing dog would do if you pooted while he was checking you out.
Think he would bark or roll over and play dead?

HA!... probably play dead, depending on who dealt? BUT then again, dogs love smelly stuff.
EB…I am keeping Heidi for Will while he is on his Republican Party quest. He is going around the country. She loves Omega3 fish oil. The STINKIER the better. AND she loves smelling the workers bottoms in our backyard. SOooooo, I would say it just might throw them for a loop? ...

Hey, Marty…you’ll love this…the only explosives that we are currently screening for, mainly becuase our testing method is so far behind the times its the only substances we can “reliably detect”, are nitrate based explosives…so the chemical I was refering to in my joke, TATP, is what explosive experts call “invisible” to detection…and properly mixed, even though it contains nitrates, ANFO, the explosive used in the Kansas City bombing, is next to impossible to detect using our current methods…Don’t you just love the dog and pony show the politicos are putting on?...“look at the pretty sparkly things we hang in front of your eyes and ignore the fact we have our heads up our politically correct butts”...have a nice day every one

You demand that Tom DeLay be considered innocent until proven guilty. Obviously you don’t feel that way about brown-skinned people in airports, do you?

DM…until Tom DeLay and 18 of his friends blow up a few airplanes, I think he’s free to go through the line without a slow down…as for the other folks you refer to, well, history isn’t on their side now, is it?

Besdies, your comparision is apples to left-handed wingnut wrenches..not even on the same subject line!

Tom Delay is not a stark raving mad terrorist threatening to kill the infidel. That is the most unrealistic comparison!...

Man! Don Meyers is really reaching with that lame excuse for a comment…

ZZ,
I agree with you. DM had a mental BM. It made no sense whatsoever.
Glad to hear Heidi is in good hands. I surely miss Will with his frequent and thoughtful postings.

EB…What is kinda funny about what you said is when I was a kid, my favorite thing to do was to read the dictionary. Well, I remember looking up the word (fart) and the def. was an explotion between the legs. So it could be considered an explosive???

ZZ,
Think you are right about considering it an explosion. You have to be careful and make sure it’s a conventional explosion. If that baby goes nuclear on you, there is all that fallout to contend with.
By definition, I would assume that an oozer is considered chemical warfare.

By the way, what does Omega3 fish oil do for a dog? Is it for the coat? I have five dogs and a cat and have never used it.

Omega3 is good for the coat. BUT, it also is a cancer prevenative. I started giving it to Wilber my golden retriever that recently passed away from cancer. It was too late for him. I thought since I have heidi while she is young, hopefully it will help her live longer. Dogs love it and think it is a real treat! She does tricks like crazy for it.

Being the most racist state in USA, what else was expected of the WV racists. This is the only state where even African Americans still feel like slaves. Browned skinned with a headscarf had no chance.

Peter…I’m not sure what relevance your post has overall… I, for one, happen to be living in Iowa now, but I moved here from Georgia…Atlanta specifically…hardly what I would call a “racist” city…and I’m for profiling…it just makes sense…if a 4 foot 2 person robs a bank, why would I investigate the NBA? So far there has been a common element in the perpetrators, whether you like it or not…and wasting time and money stopping every other person who does not fit the description of the KNOWN profile of the terrorist is just foolish…until a group of white, middle class Americans do an act of terrorism, what makes them a viable target of security checks?

Peter,
Do you live or have you ever lived in WV?
If not, what leads you to your conclusion that WV is the most racist state in the union?
Did you read the post? Are you aware there is a ban on liquid containers in the passenger cabin?
Are you aware that even WHITE people would be detained and questioned if a explosive residue was found on their belongings or person?
I suggest you call the Department of Justice to report slave trading and people held in bondage if these people feel like slaves and have evidence to back up your accusation.
I get this sneaky suspicion that a number of Muslims are testing the system, not planning on blowing up planes, but to publicize this racial profile issue. Don’t have facts to back that up, just my opinion. Personnally, I would profile everyone of them that entered an airport.

ZZ,
Thanks for the info on Omega3 fish oil. Can I use it on Mr. Willford, my tom cat?

Let’s see Racial Profiling??? It just so happens our enemies are Mideastern Muslim Radical Islam-a-maniac’s. They dress up in bombs, burkas and beards. Knowing this, we are supposed to turn a blind eye to these individuals, to insure they are protected from Racism? Forget everyone elses protection? BECAUSE, we want to be Politically Correct and MAKE SURE They are not Discriminated against? Interesting concept. Wow! Stupidity is so unbecoming when so many innocent lives are at stake.  Common sense goes along way in the battle against these type of individuals.

EB…I think Kitties love it too. They probably get more of it in there type of food than pups??? BUT it wouldn"t hurt.