Senior Administration Official: ‘This Was An Attempted Act of Terrorism’

Thank goodness we have the world’s largest and most expensive intelligence infrastructure in place to keep us safe from mentally challenged idiots with fireworks in their pockets.

ABC NEWS: YOU NEED TO TAKE A LOOK AT SAJID BADAT-RICHARD REID’S ACCOMPLICE WHO BACKED OUT AT THE LAST MOMENT. HE HAD A PAIR OF SHOE BOMBS UNDER HIS BED IN ENGLAND.
HE WAS SUPPOSED TO TAKE THOSE SHOE BOMBS ON BOARD A NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT OUT OF AMSTERDAM TO DETROIT IN 2001, LIKE REID.
THIS LATEST PLOT IS AL-QAEDA TRYING TO TEST THE SYSTEM ONCE AGAIN, TO CONTINUE THEIR PLOT OF BRINGING DOWN A US CARRIER OUT OF AMSTERDAM-AL-QAEDA ALWAYS RETURNS TO THE SAME M.O. SAME PLACE, AROUND THE SAME TIME OF YEAR-IT IS THEIR HALLMARK.

Anyone interested in our own airline security needs to look to the foreign press for information.
Exclusive to Canada Free Press, “Islamic attacks on our airline industry”.
There is also an article at American Thinker entitled “Terror Test-Runs on Airlines?”

Global warming

Is Obama getting alittle nervous because instead of loving us the world sees a weakened America with a pushover
president?
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The pushover President was the last one. North Korea tested nuclear weapons on his watch, Iran developed a secret nuclear facility on his watch, he attacked the wrong country looking for weapons of mass destruction, retreated when he had Bin Laden and Al Qaeda in his sights in Afghanistan, and the 9/11 attacks happened without the United States being able to successfully scramble intercept aircraft although 1.5 hours passing from the time of the first reported highjacking to the crash of United Airlines Flight 93. Can you say ‘read the story about the goat’ boys and girls?

Obama and Holder will probably prosecute the guy that tackled the bomber.

Are you one of those people who refuse to use the T word?
Posted by: Foghorn Leghorn
no, you can call whatever makes you happy, a lot of people died, the purp said some things that indicated affiliations with known Al Queda sympathizers,, ‘terrorists’, ‘murderers’, ‘religious fanatics’, take your pick
does it really matter what Obama calls, it? as long as Obama sets the appropriate forces both civil and military to investigate and pursue all involved than to try and make a silly point about ‘naming’ the act..
Eric Rudolph, terrorist? religious fanatic, christian jihadist, murderer, far-right radical, all of the above?… ,..the dead and injured didn’t care as long as he was caught and brought to trial and eventual justice.

Although I’m sure he’s got a call into George Soros right now asking for instructions on how to handle this.
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Oh sure he does. How bogus . .. foolish.

he’s tried so darn hard to apologize to every two-bit dictator in the world for everything America stands for…..
Posted by: Bill
so, what does America ‘stand for’ ?

What country do we attack this time? Just askin’.

The Right-wingnuts has used death and destruction as political tools…..why? The killings of thousands on their watch. I bet Cheney paid the Poor guy from Nigerian…as he is not a “heavy weight”. Who created Al Qaeda…the Bush Administration.

I didn’t think that anyone in this Disneyland administration was allowed to use the word “terrorism.” Somebody didn’t get the memo. Look for obama to issue his standard “don’t jump to any conclusions” statements any time now.

For more information that is not being widely covered by the MSM check out the Canada Free Press article, “Islamic attacks on our airline industry”.
There is also an article at American Thinker entitled “Terror Test-Runs on Airlines?”

Already our second terrorist attack since Obama took watch and this fool wants to bring more of them to our country to house them in Illonois. Let alone have their trials in New York. Stand by with this weak leader in charge we will probably be hit again.

Already our second terrorist attack since Obama took watch
Posted by: Stuart
I guess this is finally an admission that 9/11 happened on “w’s” & cheney’s ‘watch’…
good for you Stu
now you’ll really be making some progress when you do some deeper analysis of all the stuff that happened on their ‘watch’

There is also an article at American Thinker Posted by: The Audacity of Copenhagen
Lifson, American Thinker .. funny, the same guy who had such a ‘revealing analysis’ of the image of Obama, Crowley, and Gates coming out of the white house after their chat? some real non-biased opinion there…..it is positive tho’ that despite his heavy thought on the subject he’s not quite a ‘birther’… impressive

Obama brags that he has restored America’s standing in the world-whatever that means.
If he is so loved why does Obama have to pay other countries to take detainees
or to make climate deals. Heck he has to payoff other Democrats to vote for ObamaCare.
Bush is gone, we don’t waterboard anymore, Gitmo will close one day.
Obama has bowed down and apologized.
So what’s the deal?
Obama’s family ties to Muslims has not appeared to help at all.
America is under attack more not less.

XX. Why do you attack the messenger and ignore the message?
That was supposed to be a question. Though it happens so much, I suppose it could be a statement, as well, since the left has tightly embraced Alinsky-style rhetoric and tactics.

“Bush is gone, we don’t waterboard anymore, Gitmo will close one day.
Obama has bowed down and apologized.”
Those jet passengers need to be reminded that Obama received a Nobel Peace Prize, which made all of them safer.

Why not a court trial? Thats what we do with the Christianist terrorists, why not with the Muslim ones? Or do you think that it would be better to ship of the Christianists to be tortured as well?

The most successful terrorist act after 9/11 is the Shoe-Bomber Attempt.
It has hundreds of millions of Americans to bow down what they have tried but never succeeded by themselves.

No more “War on Terror” thanks to Obama’s charisma and vast life experiences.
Besides, Obama and Homeland security are focused on something way more threatening–Sarah Palin and the Tea Party mobsters!
America’s newly found respect under Obama is getting quite dangerous.

Very comforting to know that Obama’s “soft power” is winning over our enemies.
Also comforting that our celebrity, figure-head president wasn’t told of this incident until 3 hours after it happened.
Most comforting of all–Rahm is probably calling all the shots.

“Meanwhile, I think its uncalled for that King, Hoekstra and others are politicizing this. Enough already.”
Hoestra said, “People have got to start connecting the dots here and maybe this is the thing that will connect the dots for the Obama administration.”
King claimed that the man’s name does not appear on the national no-fly list, but it does appear on a list of individuals with “significant terrorist connections.”
How horrible that these representatives are even asking common sense questions to prevent foreign attacks that kill US citizens!!
BTW, Nidal Malik Hasan, the Ft. Hood terrorist, explained that one of the major motives for the shootings was his rage at Obama’s continuation and expansion of Bush’s foreign policies in Iraq and Afghanistan.
The signs were clear to many that he was a time bomb, but political correctness resulted in inaction. Now a lot of people are dead. Could it have been prevented? You bet. How? By people asking questions, escalating their concerns, and authorities taking action.

Oh, no, they did not. The attempt failed because his stuff did not work. They “caught” him only after the fact.
Posted by: ism |
As you don’t know what the chemicals were you can’t possibly know whether they worked or not.

I’m not interested in getting all hateful, nitpicky, partisan and terrified. I think that’s petty– and that Hoekstra, King and others in the petty politics category are annoying.
Posted by: progressive mama |
Not interested but you did it anyway. Please, tell us what they said/did which is hateful and terrified.

I thought the world loved us now and
with Gitmo closing this would all end?
We are viewed as bigger cowards now
and our political correctness will
make this more vulnerable. Get with
the progam Obama.

Please, tell us what they said/did which is hateful and terrified.
Posted by: Foghorn Leghorn | Dec 26, 2009 12:38:28 PM
Why don’t you tell me since you’re making stuff up to attribute to me, or you misunderstood the post (in which case, try reading it again.)

I provided your exact quote. Do I really need to explain your own words to you?
Posted by: Foghorn Leghorn | Dec 26, 2009 3:37:59 PM
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Yes– explain your interpretation. It could be enlightening. My exact words– “I’m not interested in getting all hateful, nitpicky, partisan and terrified. I think that’s petty– and that Hoekstra, King and others in the petty politics category are annoying. Investigations are underway as they should be. ”
So, where did I say anyone said/did anything hateful or terrified? Where did I say anything all hateful and terrified? Or did you accidentally use that instead of “partisan” or “petty”? Hmmmm…. or assume my use of the word petty included all of the above.
Meanwhile, another post on Hoekstra to show that others get where I’m coming from on him and King— see Washington Monthly:”PETE HOEKSTRA, SHAMELESS BUFFOON…. Speculation about terrorist plots based on limited information is a fool’s game.”

a quick googling turns up a FREEP article that quotes Hoekstra followed by a bevy of lefty attacks on him. Anyone who is interested can read the six paragraph article and decide for themselves if he is hateful and terrified and partisan and nitpicky.

Foghorn: Never argue with a pig. It frustrates you and annoys the pig.
Posted by: ConservativeWoman | Dec 26, 2009 4:08:19 PM
That’s exactly what my grandmother always said about conservatives (though she also pointed out that pigs were smarter)

You took it way too technically and decided to interpret in the worse possible light, as is the tendencey of those on the dark side.
Posted by: progressive mama |
Can’t help but notice that you didn’t answer any of the simple questions I asked. It’s easy to label folks and call them names. It’s harder to back up your statements.

Can’t help but notice that you didn’t answer any of the simple questions …
Posted by: Foghorn Leghorn | Dec 26, 2009 5:52:11 PM
Can’t help but notice you won’t let it go.
And I did respond. But I’m not going to type it all again.

Another act of terrorism in the hopeychangey age of understanding.
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Did you really expect all acts of terrorism to miraculously stop? Silly. . .

How big is the next one going to be?
Posted by: ConservativeWoman
you sound like Cheney, begging for an attack to prove your political ‘point’.. is that what republican/conservatism has devolved to..

funny reading comments in this thread,
9/11 happened on Obama’s watch
one might believe that ‘terrorism’ started 1/20/09,
the Ft. Hood guy wasn’t in the military until after 1/20/09
and that Obama wasn’t escalating the 9 year war in Afghanistan and surrounding areas like Yemen
I guess that’s what happens when you only listen to rightwing fantasy media

Despite his ‘bully’ posturing George Bush was so little respected internationally that Iran developed a secret nuclear installation on his watch, North Korean tested their first nuclear weapons on his watch, Chavez ridiculed him constantly . .. and so on.
President Obama has certainly done no worse.

I guess that’s what happens when you only listen to rightwing fantasy media
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It’s like an intellectual diet consisting solely of Diet Pepsi . . . not good for the overall health of the being.

They are probably happy that this story
has taken over the headlines instead
of the healthcare debacle and the
money news about the debt ceiling
and Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
I thought we were going to be safer now
that Obama is charming everyone? With
Gitmo closing and Obama’s glowing
speeches around the world made us less
of a target. What a bunch of naive fools.

“They are probably happy that this story
has taken over the headlines instead
of the healthcare debacle and the
money news about the debt ceiling
and Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.”
Too true.
From the AP (12/25/09):
“The government has handed its ATM card to beleaguered mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
The Treasury Department said Thursday it removed the $400 billion financial cap on the money it will provide to keep the companies afloat. Already, taxpayers have shelled out $111 billion to the pair, and a senior Treasury official said losses are not expected to exceed the government’s estimate this summer of $170 billion over 10 years.
Treasury Department officials said it will now use a flexible formula to ensure the two agencies can stand behind the billions of dollars in mortgage-backed securities they sell to investors. Under the formula, financial support would increase according to how much each firm loses in a quarter. The cap in place at the end of 2012 would apply thereafter.
By making the change before year-end, Treasury sidestepped the need for an OK from a bailout-weary Congress.
The news followed an announcement Thursday that the CEOs of Fannie and Freddie could get paid as much as $6 million for 2009, despite the companies’ dismal performances this year.
Fannie’s CEO, Michael Williams, and Freddie CEO Charles “Ed” Haldeman Jr. each will receive $900,000 in salary, $3.1 million in deferred payments next year and another $2 million if they meet certain performance goals, according to filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
The pay packages were approved by the Treasury Department and the Federal Housing Finance Agency, which regulates Fannie and Freddie.”
Hope and Change!!

Despite his ‘bully’ posturing George Bush was so little respected internationally that Iran developed a secret nuclear installation on his watch, North Korean tested their first nuclear weapons on his watch, Chavez ridiculed him constantly . .. and so on.
President Obama has certainly done no worse.
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smells like sulfur