Since I got my new car, I've gone almost 2 years without a tiger eating me.

Therefore, my car must be tiger-repellent.

and the last terrorist attack before 9/11 was in 1993...so roughly 2920 days between attacks. I think that shows that Bush let us down actually, they he allowed a terrorist attack in teh firstyear of his presidency after there hadn't been one for almost 9 years?

Or stories like this are such complete bullshiat that theyshouldnt' even be posted.

I guess a little anthrax doesn't matter between friends.

Since Obama took office, I haven't been ravaged by dyslexic leprechauns. The man is a saint!

HansensDisease: I guess a little anthrax doesn't matter between friends.

In my humble opinion, domestic terrorism against the government is becoming a more and more viable option. Let them be afraid, since they've been selling us fear for so long.

/is on NSA watch list now
//if I wasn't already.

Many of these terrorists, including Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheik Mohammed, refused to talk -- until Bush authorized the CIA to use enhanced interrogation techniques.

Oh, is that what we called it. Good thing we are not using torture.

Marc A. Thiessen - Bush speech writer

nuff said.

... and his tiger repelling rock meant that there were no Tiger attacks in the Oval office either.

How many Americans were killed overseas again?

Lets not forget that something like 9 or 10 US embassy's have been attacked by terrorists since 2001 as well....but those don't count because it's not really American territory and not real Americans who die in those attacks.

Let's see if we can get a list going

2003 - Saudi Arabia
2006 - Syria
2007 - Greece, serbia, Turkey, Yemen.

Again, these are "real" americans according to republicans.

RealDisagreer: Lets not forget that something like 9 or 10 US embassy's have been attacked by terrorists since 2001 as well....but those don't count because it's not really American territory and not real Americans who die in those attacks.

Let's see if we can get a list going

2003 - Saudi Arabia
2006 - Syria
2007 - Greece, serbia, Turkey, Yemen.

Again, these are "real" americans according to republicans.

But if you're born there, doesn't it count as American Soil so you can be an American Citizen?

Is that starting from the Richard Reid thing or 9/11?

What about those people that were killed at the LAX ticket counter, do they count?

Oh, subby, a trolltastic use of the HERO tag.

+1

a US embassy is American soil, any attack on an Embassy has always been treated as an attack on US soil...up until it reflects negatively on Bush, once it does then it becoems no big deal and not a terrorist attack on the USA.

i LOVE this. so bush's legacy rests on the fact that we had only ONE catastrophic terrorist attack on our soil during his reign? that's a helluva low bar for success you've got there, republicans.

America marked 2,688 days without a terrorist attack on its soil*

* Excluding attacks by our own government on civil liberties, the mortgage mess, brought upon by excessive government deregulation and the financial meltdown by so called business leaders while government regulators looked the other way.

FlashHarry: i LOVE this. so bush's legacy rests on the fact that we had only ONE catastrophic terrorist attack on our soil during his reign? that's a helluva low bar for success you've got there, republicans.

It's amazing and frightening what people will let you get away with if you talk patriotically. Practically the only people who self-identify as Republicans anymore are xenophobes and fundamentalists. I'm so beyond fed-up with them. Their tendency to turn to figures like Palin and Huckabee since the election gives me hope that disgruntled conservatives like myself might see a semi-viable third party form this decade.

Did something happen 2,689 days ago? Who was President then?

That is the magic rock that has kept this country safe for the last several years.


You're all welcome...

damageddude: America marked 2,688 days without a terrorist attack on its soil*

* Excluding attacks by our own government on civil liberties, the mortgage mess, brought upon by excessive government deregulation and the financial meltdown by so called business leaders while government regulators looked the other way.

Newsletter?

I'll never forget Bush's inauguration on Sept 12, 2001, it's too bad he stepped down right before Katrina happened.

wow, that's odd, because in the days prior to Bush the country went 82, 125 days without a terrorist attack on it's soil....go figure

Too bad terrorism has been on the increase for the last few years worldwide, though...

If Obama ignores warnings and thousands of Americans die as a result, and thousands more in a BS war he foists on a terrified and ignorant nation, but there are no more attacks on the "homeland" for the rest of his administration, will the AM radio pontificators and the FOX news bloviators call him a ?

Post hoc ergo propter hoc.

pwhp_67: That is the magic rock that has kept this country safe for the last several years.


You're all welcome...

I want to buy your rock.

HansensDisease: I guess a little anthrax doesn't matter between friends.

Or two asshats with a rifle and a beat up chevy caprice.

Oh, and it's been said already, but needs to be said again.

ANTHRANX

Mailing weapons-grade anthrax to news agencies and federal government offices resulting in several deaths should probably count as terrorism at some level.

Notice I'm not even mentioning the DC sniper. What does a guy need to do to be a terrorist these days?

It's actually an interesting question, WHY has there not been a major terrorist attack on U.S. soil since 9/11/01? It's not as if the terrorists wouldn't like to pull another one off. The government has busted up a few plots, but it seems they were largely bumbling fools who probably couldn't have ever caused any real trouble. The only conclusion I can come up with is that 9/11 was an anomaly and the threat of terrorism since has been largely trumped up.

Now with new scarier spelling of ANTHRAX. THe extra N is for.... uh.... Not good.

/need more coffee

In an alternate universe, it has been 2,658 days since Bush accidentally obliterated Afghanistan and northern Pakistan.

Dr. Rosenrosen: I want to buy your rock.


You're not a terrorist are you?

pwhp_67: Dr. Rosenrosen: I want to buy your rock.


You're not a terrorist are you?

It really is a cool rock. How did it get the carving at the top?
Where did you get it?
Is it really yours?

Dr. Rosenrosen: Notice I'm not even mentioning the DC sniper. What does a guy need to do to be a terrorist these days?

Only scary Muslims count.

nekom: The only conclusion I can come up with is that 9/11 was an anomaly and the threat of terrorism since has been largely trumped up.

That would mean that the democratically elected governments of the UK and US (and, to a degree, others) used a limited and largely containable threat to steamroller through oppressive and authoritarian policies, and to go to war, without reasonable justification. Oh...

At what price?

FarkinNortherner: Dr. Rosenrosen: Notice I'm not even mentioning the DC sniper. What does a guy need to do to be a terrorist these days?

Only scary Muslims count.

Are you suggesting that John Allen Muhammad (pops) wasn't scary or wasn't a Muslim. He was both in my book.

I hope that the streak continues under the Obama Administration.

Dr. Rosenrosen: pwhp_67: That is the magic rock that has kept this country safe for the last several years.


You're all welcome...

I want to buy your rock.

I'll give you $50 for your rock!

Dancin_In_Anson: I hope that the streak continues under the Obama Administration.

personally, i hope obama goes him one better and has ZERO catastrophic 9/11-style attacks on his watch.

FlashHarry: personally, i hope obama goes him one better and has ZERO catastrophic 9/11-style attacks on his watch.

That depends on whether closing gitmo will appease his muslim friends enough to stop them from wanting to attack us.

/no, I'm not serious.

nekom: the threat of terrorism since has been largely trumped up

That's unpossible!

Dancin_In_Anson: I hope that the streak continues under the Obama Administration.

You do know that the streak is complete bunk, right?

Or, if something terrible happens, are you going to blame Obama's new policies since Bush kept us safe?

Correlation does not equal causation. Thank you.

Walker: Correlation does not equal causation. Thank you.

I'm sure there was some causation. You can't fault the Bush administration for being underzealous in pursuing the war on terror.

FlashHarry: personally, i hope obama goes him one better and has ZERO catastrophic 9/11-style attacks on his watch

Can I get an AMEN!?

bulldg4life: You do know that the streak is complete bunk, right?

Whatever works for you man.

Or, if something terrible happens, are you going to blame Obama's new policies since Bush kept us safe?

Who would you direct blame toward?

Senescent Dawn: You can't fault the Bush administration for being underzealous in pursuing the war on terror.

Senescent Dawn: Walker: Correlation does not equal causation. Thank you.

I'm sure there was some causation. You can't fault the Bush administration for being underzealous in pursuing the war on terror.

Yes we can.

George Bush on his legacy:

"Hey, at least two 9/11's didn't happen on my watch!"

Headline is technically true.

I hope that Obama can go more than 2,688 days without a terrorist attack on US soil as well. I fear that he won't be able to, and then all these discussions about ending petty political differences will be thrown out the window and both political parties will be back to sniping each other.

Dr. Rosenrosen: Oh, and it's been said already, but needs to be said again.

ANTHRANX

Mailing weapons-grade anthrax to news agencies and federal government offices resulting in several deaths should probably count as terrorism at some level.

Notice I'm not even mentioning the DC sniper. What does a guy need to do to be a terrorist these days?

Be Arab?

KaponoFor3: Headline is technically true.

The headline is true for every president ever. The headline doesn't even say 'consecutive days'.