Comments on: We Got the Ninjas! http://firedoglake.com/2006/06/23/we-got-the-ninjas/ Firedoglake weblog Thu, 16 Feb 2012 00:21:31 -0600 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: Where’s the Outrage? » Sorry for not posting anything today but… http://firedoglake.com/2006/06/23/we-got-the-ninjas/#comment-157042 Where’s the Outrage? » Sorry for not posting anything today but… Sat, 24 Jun 2006 15:58:23 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/06/23/we-got-the-ninjas/#comment-157042 <p>[…] What’s up with this arrest of these 7 guys from Miami?  Terrorists?  Maybe but it doesn’t look like it right now.  I’m not sure that the government has anything expect some dudes with a murky future and impoverished past.  I did find it interesting that Bush has a “big” week last week and his poll numbers thats a small bump.  Then we learn about Ron Suskind’s book which is not flattering to the White House.  He tells of this complex plot to inject poison gas into the subways of NY.  The plot is disrupted by the CIA…FBI…no Al Qaeda!!  They called it off and no one knows why.  The cell is probably still here in the US.  Well, this isn’t good news for the White House.  So, they need something….something to keep the momentum going.  The immigration bill is dead in the joint House and Senate committee.  The Paris Hilton tax is also going nowhere fast.  The Senate has already killed it.  North Korea woke up after several months of calm and decided to rattle President Bush’s cage.  They are going to test fire a 2-stage rocket.  More evidence of more spying on Americans.  The government is looking at overseas transactions…sort of.  They are looking at domestic transactions that go thru an overseas Bank.  This way they can spy on Americans but not in American.  (I think I’m going to be ill.) So, what’s a White House in desperate need of a good story going to do?  I’m just saying… […]</p> […] What’s up with this arrest of these 7 guys from Miami?  Terrorists?  Maybe but it doesn’t look like it right now.  I’m not sure that the government has anything expect some dudes with a murky future and impoverished past.  I did find it interesting that Bush has a “big” week last week and his poll numbers thats a small bump.  Then we learn about Ron Suskind’s book which is not flattering to the White House.  He tells of this complex plot to inject poison gas into the subways of NY.  The plot is disrupted by the CIA…FBI…no Al Qaeda!!  They called it off and no one knows why.  The cell is probably still here in the US.  Well, this isn’t good news for the White House.  So, they need something….something to keep the momentum going.  The immigration bill is dead in the joint House and Senate committee.  The Paris Hilton tax is also going nowhere fast.  The Senate has already killed it.  North Korea woke up after several months of calm and decided to rattle President Bush’s cage.  They are going to test fire a 2-stage rocket.  More evidence of more spying on Americans.  The government is looking at overseas transactions…sort of.  They are looking at domestic transactions that go thru an overseas Bank.  This way they can spy on Americans but not in American.  (I think I’m going to be ill.) So, what’s a White House in desperate need of a good story going to do?  I’m just saying… […]

]]> By: shootthatarrow http://firedoglake.com/2006/06/23/we-got-the-ninjas/#comment-156819 shootthatarrow Sat, 24 Jun 2006 08:20:14 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/06/23/we-got-the-ninjas/#comment-156819 <p>According to the”Dick Cheney ONE PERCENT<br /> DOCTRINE” all you need is a one percent chance.<br /> The BUSH2 WH wants to defend Americans and will<br /> listen in on phone calls,check out emails and<br /> do look-sees on bank info. They don’t need to<br /> get nobody’s permission either. Dammit,they<br /> know whats right and wrong. Besides they always<br /> are truthful and never would fudge the facts.<br /> The United States AG is no fool. He knows<br /> a good election year “go and get’em” when he<br /> sees one. One perhaps could endure the fanfare<br /> and self congrats if this bunch had a record<br /> of being factual or sticking close to being<br /> truthful. That this “story” sucked in some MSM<br /> well enough and reeks of electioneering of the<br /> lower sort is sadly representative of normal<br /> Bush WH operation standards. These tending to<br /> be low during off election years and plain<br /> muddy for election year runs. “Go and Get’em”<br /> Gonzales knows the drill. It’s Limbo time.</p> According to the”Dick Cheney ONE PERCENT
DOCTRINE” all you need is a one percent chance.
The BUSH2 WH wants to defend Americans and will
listen in on phone calls,check out emails and
do look-sees on bank info. They don’t need to
get nobody’s permission either. Dammit,they
know whats right and wrong. Besides they always
are truthful and never would fudge the facts.
The United States AG is no fool. He knows
a good election year “go and get’em” when he
sees one. One perhaps could endure the fanfare
and self congrats if this bunch had a record
of being factual or sticking close to being
truthful. That this “story” sucked in some MSM
well enough and reeks of electioneering of the
lower sort is sadly representative of normal
Bush WH operation standards. These tending to
be low during off election years and plain
muddy for election year runs. “Go and Get’em”
Gonzales knows the drill. It’s Limbo time.

]]> By: peony http://firedoglake.com/2006/06/23/we-got-the-ninjas/#comment-156509 peony Sat, 24 Jun 2006 04:13:39 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/06/23/we-got-the-ninjas/#comment-156509 <p>“Taylor, here. Color me cynical, but wake up and smell the election year fear campaign.”</p> <p>Exactly what I was thinking…</p> <p>Very well done, Taylor. Thank you.</p> “Taylor, here. Color me cynical, but wake up and smell the election year fear campaign.”

Exactly what I was thinking…

Very well done, Taylor. Thank you.

]]> By: John http://firedoglake.com/2006/06/23/we-got-the-ninjas/#comment-156152 John Fri, 23 Jun 2006 23:44:31 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/06/23/we-got-the-ninjas/#comment-156152 <p>What a crock. Obviously a bunch of idiots who thought they could shake down the undercover “terrist” for cool gear they could sell or keep (the vehicles).</p> <p>IF that!</p> What a crock. Obviously a bunch of idiots who thought they could shake down the undercover “terrist” for cool gear they could sell or keep (the vehicles).

IF that!

]]> By: Mary http://firedoglake.com/2006/06/23/we-got-the-ninjas/#comment-156134 Mary Fri, 23 Jun 2006 23:30:01 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/06/23/we-got-the-ninjas/#comment-156134 <p>CJ - well, it did take place WHILE Mueller was on Larry King.</p> <p>That’s interesting timing.</p> CJ – well, it did take place WHILE Mueller was on Larry King.

That’s interesting timing.

]]> By: CJ http://firedoglake.com/2006/06/23/we-got-the-ninjas/#comment-156121 CJ Fri, 23 Jun 2006 23:23:21 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/06/23/we-got-the-ninjas/#comment-156121 <p>How long before an FBI agent comes forward to say they were <strike>forced</strike> encouraged to<i> pull the trigger</i> on this investigation?</p> How long before an FBI agent comes forward to say they were forced encouraged to pull the trigger on this investigation?

]]> By: avenging_angel http://firedoglake.com/2006/06/23/we-got-the-ninjas/#comment-156084 avenging_angel Fri, 23 Jun 2006 22:54:00 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/06/23/we-got-the-ninjas/#comment-156084 <p>Wouldn’t this mean that we have to fight the War on Terra here at home? </p> <p>What ever happened to the “we have to fight them over there so we don’t have to fight them over here” ethos? </p> <p>Doesn’t an arrest like this negate the whole BushCo rationale for the Iraq war? </p> <p>Just curious.</p> Wouldn’t this mean that we have to fight the War on Terra here at home?

What ever happened to the “we have to fight them over there so we don’t have to fight them over here” ethos?

Doesn’t an arrest like this negate the whole BushCo rationale for the Iraq war?

Just curious.

]]> By: Primordial Ooze http://firedoglake.com/2006/06/23/we-got-the-ninjas/#comment-156079 Primordial Ooze Fri, 23 Jun 2006 22:48:04 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/06/23/we-got-the-ninjas/#comment-156079 <p>Late to the party (moved upstairs, banging on the ceiling), but do you think the prosecution is maybe going to be set up to fail (was there a warrant?, was it entrapment?) so that the Bushies can point to it as an example of why we need draconian tools?</p> <p>Dunno. Just a thought.</p> Late to the party (moved upstairs, banging on the ceiling), but do you think the prosecution is maybe going to be set up to fail (was there a warrant?, was it entrapment?) so that the Bushies can point to it as an example of why we need draconian tools?

Dunno. Just a thought.

]]> By: ifthethunderdontgetya http://firedoglake.com/2006/06/23/we-got-the-ninjas/#comment-156075 ifthethunderdontgetya Fri, 23 Jun 2006 22:44:53 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/06/23/we-got-the-ninjas/#comment-156075 <p>General, Sir!</p> <p>Don’t forget about the pirates, Sir!</p> <p><a href="http://www.deadspin.com/sports/whimsy/the-ninja-went-down-to-georgia-166827.php">http://www.deadspin.com/sports.....166827.php</a></p> General, Sir!

Don’t forget about the pirates, Sir!

http://www.deadspin.com/sports…..166827.php

]]> By: Monroe http://firedoglake.com/2006/06/23/we-got-the-ninjas/#comment-156053 Monroe Fri, 23 Jun 2006 22:18:50 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/06/23/we-got-the-ninjas/#comment-156053 <p>They are still being made out to be “The Eagle Has Landed” types (a Micheal Caine -Donald Sutherland WW2 flick Caine leads disguised German paratroopers to assasinate Winston Churchill aided by Sutherlands IRA agent)on MSNBC’s Abrams Report the substitute hostess all breathless and wideeyed while the two experts are going along with the playbook. Don’t expect this to be played down anytime soon folks.</p> They are still being made out to be “The Eagle Has Landed” types (a Micheal Caine -Donald Sutherland WW2 flick Caine leads disguised German paratroopers to assasinate Winston Churchill aided by Sutherlands IRA agent)on MSNBC’s Abrams Report the substitute hostess all breathless and wideeyed while the two experts are going along with the playbook. Don’t expect this to be played down anytime soon folks.

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