Nine buses are missing in Houston. Maybe it's terrorism!!

[LittleClarkie]

Freeper courier came in with this gem today after listening to Glenn Beck.

I told him my iPod is missing and asked if that was terrorism too.

He just continued on saying that the terrorists are trying to provoke us into a fight on American soil and using kids would be just the way to do it.

I pointed out that he didn't even know who had taken the buses.

"Yeah, but MAYbe it was terrorists. What if it was?!"

And maybe monkeys will fly out of my butt. What if THAT happened.

Sheesh. Help me Lord.

[icymist]

1. Sounds to me like the Freepers are paranoid.

If ya can't handle the weed, don't smoke it!

[LittleClarkie]

5. He used to quote Hannity at me

if those are my choices, Hannity or Beck, then I'd rather he went back to Hannity. Sean isn't QUITE so batshit crazy.

[JPZenger]

22. Glenn Beck is Playing Up Terrorist Attacks on US Schools

http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2007/09/crossroads-is-t.html

I have no idea whether any of this is true, and I personally have no trust in Glenn Beck. That said, he is creating a stir with programs this week (7 pm EST on CNN) saying that there are massive "Islamofacist" terror attacks planned on US schools, and that the FBI has been covering it up to avoid widespread panic.

Believe it or not?

Beck is theorizing that there is a connection with the theft of over a dozen school buses from private schools in Houston. Here's a news article on that situation:

http://www.khou.com/news/local/crime/stories/khou070827_tj_buses.781ef2b7.html

[icymist]

24. Almost sounds like the same rhetoric from the UFO years....

FBI has been covering it up to avoid widespread panic really incredible. This article w2ants you to believe that the FBI is actually covering up known terrorist activity. Why?

[MorningGlow]

2. I'm convinced

Let's nuke 'em. Ask questions later. :eyes:

[Recursion]

3. Hoist him on his own petard

By pointing out that if such a thing is possible, * is lying when he says that fighting them "over there" keeps us from having to fight them "over here".

[TankLV]

19. I'll show you my petard if you show me yours...what's a petard???

[Recursion]

20. A bomb

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petard

[Viva_La_Revolution]

4. are there kids missing on the bus?

or is stealing empty buses a crime against kids now?

[LittleClarkie]

6. I think it's just the buses

Maybe they think the terrorists will go around on the school bus route, rounding up kids and then holding them hostage.

[Viva_La_Revolution]

9. "Now Bubba Jr, don't ya'll git on that bus if'n the driver looks Muzlim!"

:assscratchingbubbasmilie:

[Sabriel]

7. Maybe someone's hoarding them for the next Katrina

That's good ol' emergency preparedness, not terrorism, if you ask me.

[salin]

8. beck is pushing an idea (crazy) of his and talking it up as true...

That islamic terrorists, in our country, are going to take over several elementary schools in the US.

So this *must* be proof (speculation) that Beck's random ramblings *must be true* :sarcasm:

[MidwestTransplant]

10. Will the Republican's rule out a nuclear response on American soil?

[LittleClarkie]

11. Maybe not. But considering their past record, if we're hit in Texas

They'll attack Massachusetts.

[WillyT]

12. Maybe They Just Kinda Snuk Back To N'Orleans...

:shrug:

[Baby Snooks]

13. Actually it is 17 buses missing...

http://www.khou.com/topstories/stories/khou070827_tj_buses.781ef2b7.html

And hundreds of bus radios as well around the country. And possibly other buses in other cities as well. Very odd. And a little scary in a way. Who would suspect a school bus could be carrying explosives? Most would assume it was just returning to the bus barn after dropping off the children.

[hang a left]

16. The jacked buses were probably driven over to Mexico as

the article indicates the possibility.

I am 40 minutes from the border and cars are stolen all the time and taken into Mexico.

I am sure they were insured.

Everyone can sleep well now.

[mitchtv]

18. they're probably working in some

financially neglected school district, maybe in Mexico! I remember when I was a kid in NYC the repug upstaters would come down and steal our nice steel mesh litter cans off the streets, and also Garbage trucks at several hundred K$ ea. were commandeered, by less than honest towns

[maddezmom]

21. and a follow up report: Stolen buses likley chopped for scrap

http://www.khou.com/news/local/crime/stories/khou070904_tj_stolenbuses.a16d32af.html

[OzarkDem]

25. Poor inventory control and record-keeping.

[Perseid]

14. What a wonderful, all purpose word they chose to instill fear

"terrorism"

It allowed them to destroy the military, loot the treasury, and destroy the constitution. Fear of one word. Amazing.

[WillyT]

15. Welcome To DU Perseid !!!

:toast::bounce::toast:

Glad ta have ya aboard!!!

:hi:

[Perseid]

17. Thanks WillyT and glad to be here

There's a lot of info here!

:toast:

[BluePatriot]

23. oh , wierd.

We live on the north side of Houston and on Friday night we pulled up at an intersection next to a monster-wrecker towing a private school bus. I was like, "wow, you don't see that too often."

Hmmm. I know we were in an area with traffic cams. Not sure how to get a tip to the cops, though. Could just be coincidence.

[YellowRubberDuckie]

26. Beck has been talking about this all week.

Here's what I heard.
Here's the actual rundown of the threat:
Several sets of Terrorists take over several elementary schools all over the country, but not in NYC or LA, but in small towns in rural America. Once they have the school locked down, they have a few other guys secure the perimeter with car bombs and trip wires.
When parents hear what happened, they rush to the school. First responders show up. Car bombs are blown and more people are dead. Meanwhile, they start raping the girls in front of the boys, kill them and start throwing children out of the window, lifeless, beaten, raped. It causes a mass panic. People quit their jobs so they can keep their kids at home. We become economically crippled.
Apparently, people have also seen Muslim men taking pictures of elementary schools.
Further, they are calling on Muslims all over America who are sympathetic to the cause to join in and at a certain time on a certain day, like if you're a taxi driver, you drive over a bridge or you stab the people in the back seat.
Apparently they are modeling what they are planning after what happened in Chechnya a few years ago when terrorists took over that school.
I'm not saying this is real or not. I just thought I'd elaborate.

Personally? I believe that it's just a matter of time before we are hit again. I think they are trying to keep us scared, yes, but I still think that the terrorists are waiting until we're lulled back into a sense of security and then they'll strike again.
Duckie

[Virginia Dare]

27. At least monthly he has a hair on fire rant about terrorists..

I remember about a year ago or so the Iranians were about to bomb us at any second according to that asswipe. I used to watch him just for kicks, but it wasn't even worth that.

[YellowRubberDuckie]

29. I know...

At least he keeps people on their toes. I'd go back to sleep if it weren't for him scaring the shit out of me every other month. :shrug:
Duckie

[Virginia Dare]

28. If it were missing Girl Scout uniforms, Glenny would be afeared..

he is a perpetual fear mongerer, I guess that's what keeps people "watching" him.

[Javaman]

30. OMG!!! quick check the senior centers and then the casinos!! nt