Traveling for the holidays? be afraid.. be very afraid..

DPrival78

let's ratchet up the fear this holiday season..

http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2006/12/04/welcome-to-the-airport-you-seen-these-guys/

Welcome to the Airport. You Seen These Guys?

IconThe Bush administration plans to brighten up the holidays by distributing hundreds of colorful “wanted terrorist posters” to U.S. airports across the country. “More than 500 posters are on their way to major airports in New York City, Houston, Kansas City, Newark, Sacramento and Washington, D.C.,” says a State Department press release. “Smaller airports across the country also requesting posters include those in Guam, Fairbanks, several cities in the Hawaiian Islands, Dayton, Myrtle Beach, Little Rock, San Antonio and Londonderry, N.H.”

The posters, intended to increase travelers’ “awareness of wanted terrorists,” feature 26 “faces of global terrorism” on a bright red background with a mound of $50 bills at the bottom. Al Qaeda leaders Osama bin Laden and Ayman al-Zawahiri are featured at the top of the poster along with “the most recent addition to the [Rewards for Justice] program, American-born terrorist Adam Gadahn,” the release says. Rewards average around $5 million, with offers of $25 million for bin Laden or other al Qaeda leaders. The program has paid out $62 million so far to more than 40 people. – Neil King Jr.

hippiemom

DPrival78 wrote:

let's ratchet up the fear this holiday season..

http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2006/12/04/welcome-to-the-airport-you-seen-these-guys/

Welcome to the Airport. You Seen These Guys?

IconThe Bush administration plans to brighten up the holidays by distributing hundreds of colorful “wanted terrorist posters” to U.S. airports across the country. “More than 500 posters are on their way to major airports in New York City, Houston, Kansas City, Newark, Sacramento and Washington, D.C.,” says a State Department press release. “Smaller airports across the country also requesting posters include those in Guam, Fairbanks, several cities in the Hawaiian Islands, Dayton, Myrtle Beach, Little Rock, San Antonio and Londonderry, N.H.”

The posters, intended to increase travelers’ “awareness of wanted terrorists,” feature 26 “faces of global terrorism” on a bright red background with a mound of $50 bills at the bottom. Al Qaeda leaders Osama bin Laden and Ayman al-Zawahiri are featured at the top of the poster along with “the most recent addition to the [Rewards for Justice] program, American-born terrorist Adam Gadahn,” the release says. Rewards average around $5 million, with offers of $25 million for bin Laden or other al Qaeda leaders. The program has paid out $62 million so far to more than 40 people. – Neil King Jr.

I sure wish I could find a terrorist. $5 million would make for a most festive holiday season!

soulsinging

hippiemom wrote:

I sure wish I could find a terrorist. $5 million would make for a most festive holiday season!

if you're sitting in columbus and look at that wanted poster and see bin laden and suddenly realize he's the guy who moved into the apt next door... i think this country DOES need to surrender right now cos we aren't going to win anything with that kind of security and intelligence.

seriously, how many of these people will an american ever see? what purpose does this serve? are a lot of americans going to afghanistan for xmas? do we really think bin laden is hiding out in kansas city?

thankyougrandma

Haha, terrorist hunting seasons have started, look in the Rockies, i heard their natural habitat is in the mountain...

soulsinging

thankyougrandma wrote:

Haha, terrorist hunting seasons have started, look in the Rockies, i heard their natural habitat is in the mountain...

shit, you're right. KC isnt THAT far from the rockies!

im gonna take my koran detector on the plane with me and keep an eye on those dirty bastards. i hear they eat christian babies.

jlew24asu

hippiemom wrote:

I sure wish I could find a terrorist. $5 million would make for a most festive holiday season!

yea no kidding.

good thing they will ut these signs up. hopefully I spot one of these fuckers. Osama better stay off my flight to NYC this year

HANKTHELANK

Anybody Know If Bush's Face Is On Any Of Those Posters?? What About Cheney's?

moeaholic

soulsinging wrote:

if you're sitting in columbus and look at that wanted poster and see bin laden and suddenly realize he's the guy who moved into the apt next door... i think this country DOES need to surrender right now cos we aren't going to win anything with that kind of security and intelligence.

seriously, how many of these people will an american ever see? what purpose does this serve? are a lot of americans going to afghanistan for xmas? do we really think bin laden is hiding out in kansas city?

i highly doubt anyone will see bin laden in the states. but if you're traveling out of the country (good possibility if you're in an airport), do you think the chances of seeing someone on one of those posters might be a bit higher?

HANKTHELANK wrote:

Anybody Know If Bush's Face Is On Any Of Those Posters?? What About Cheney's?

i know, and the answer is no. i know this doesn't make you happy, so why don't you find out who prints up the posters and send them an email suggesting that bush and cheney have their own posters, just so you can smile.

hippiemom

thankyougrandma wrote:

Haha, terrorist hunting seasons have started, look in the Rockies, i heard their natural habitat is in the mountain...

Be vewwwwwy qwiet .... I'm hunting tewowists ...

Vedderlution_Baby

moeaholic wrote:

i highly doubt anyone will see bin laden in the states. but if you're traveling out of the country (good possibility if you're in an airport), do you think the chances of seeing someone on one of those posters might be a bit higher?

(Edited for re-wording)

Sure, the possibility will increase a small bit but you won't see them. Especially not Osama.

DPrival78

Vedderlution_Baby! wrote:

(Edited for re-wording)

Sure, the possibility will increase a small bit but you won't see them. Especially not Osama.

if you're travelling anywhere and you expect to see osama, you better bring a shovel

Vedderlution_Baby

DPrival78 wrote:

if you're travelling anywhere and you expect to see osama, you better bring a shovel

I dont get it

NMyTree

"Terrorist Season, Liberal Season, Terrorist Season, Liberal Season"

DMBlover

Maybe the posters are really to scare the terrorists away.

Pacomc79

62 million to 40 people?

Sounds like the bridge to nowhere to me.

DPrival78

Vedderlution_Baby! wrote:

I dont get it

i think osama has been pushing up daisies for a little while now

moeaholic

Vedderlution_Baby! wrote:

(Edited for re-wording)

Sure, the possibility will increase a small bit but you won't see them. Especially not Osama.

never said you would. but the person i originally quoted was acting like those posters were put up so people could look around their neighborhood for the wanted men. if that was the case, the posters would most likely be put up in convenience stores, not airports.

callen

moeaholic wrote:

i highly doubt anyone will see bin laden in the states. but if you're traveling out of the country (good possibility if you're in an airport), do you think the chances of seeing someone on one of those posters might be a bit higher?



i know, and the answer is no. i know this doesn't make you happy, so why don't you find out who prints up the posters and send them an email suggesting that bush and cheney have their own posters, just so you can smile.

these posters are tailored just for you......you have 0% chance of seeing or recognizing someone on these posters.....anywhere.......Jeese (pun intended)

callen

hippiemom wrote:

Be vewwwwwy qwiet .... I'm hunting tewowists ...

course...you know there are two characters that resemble this speach pattern...on is Elmer....the other???

moeaholic

callen wrote:

these posters are tailored just for you......you have 0% chance of seeing or recognizing someone on these posters.....anywhere.......Jeese (pun intended)

i have no idea what you're implying, or what the pun is.

jlew24asu

DPrival78 wrote:

i think osama has been pushing up daisies for a little while now

would be so great if it were proven