You're Too Late: They're Everywhere

The wit and wisdom of Adam Teiichi Yoshida ^ | Thursday, October 30, 2003 | Adam Teiichi Yoshida

[Central Scrutiniser]

Yep, why use reason and logic when you can just spin a conspiracy?

The Bilderbergers plugged up my toilet and put spam on my computer...

[tpaine]

Whatever amuses you kiddo is just fine with me.

Whats this about 'hipping' you to some "modus operendi so many months ago"?
You hallucinating again? [snarf]

[hotpotato]

Considering that the brush and landscape along the Pacific coast is pretty much the same in Mexico as in the USA, I wondered, why is it burning here and not there? Not that I wished the same suffering upon them, but just a simple generic: why?

It did burn south of the border. As far as I know, it still is.

[WilliamofCarmichael]

Re: "I believe that Bin Laden sent several videotapes out...."

Our forces found tapes in Afghanistan. Those tapes contained OBL talking about 9/11.

I don't think any tapes were ever released by Al Qaeda pukes. I don't recall Al Qaeda taking "credit" in any manner. It was pretty well known who did it on the day of the attacks.

[John H K]

Hey, just because some eye witnesses saw two guys starting one of the fires is no reason to express the fear that maybe the fires were started by terrorists.

There's a root "big lie" perpetrated by lazy morons who don't bother to do any research, such as Yoshida, Joseph Farah and WND, that arson wildfires are somehow unusual and therefore that's why it's terrorism.

Arson wildfires are routine, there are hundreds a year, and they've been happening for decades.

What's unusual about SoCal this year is that the conditions were so perfect for fires...weather, beetle infestation, etc. And Al Queda can't control that.

[hotpotato]

The reports were that the fires were as far south as Ensenada.

[Lazamataz]

The reports were that the fires were as far south as Ensenada.

Perhaps. But according to the satellite pics of the fires, they were much less severe south of the border -- for the reason I gave.

[hotpotato]

These fires will clear more land for development. 1000 homes burned but 2000 will take their place.

You mean home builders set the fires? I hadn't thought of that one! Well, it has about as much link to the fires right now as AQ :-)

[hotpotato]

The Bilderbergers plugged up my toilet and put spam on my computer...

YEAH! I FORGOT THE SPAM!!! AQ IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THUE SPAM!

and MY TYPOS!! Tat TOO!

ehhemm... what's a bilderberger?

[El Gato]

I do not propose the internment of all Moslems, far from it. Within American society, the average Moslem has been Westernized and Americanized and less in common with Osama Bin Laden than the average liberal Democrat.

Too bad we can't intern them...but we can't. Neither can we intern citizens who express opinions we disaggree with, especially not on grounds of their religion. However we can either intern or expell any non-citizens, who even spit (or more likely "dispense" some other bodily fluid) on the sidewalk. They have no right to be here and if they don't like it, and show that attitude outwardly, they can and should be sent home, post haste.

Even citizens can be arrested for crimes, or conspiracy to commit crimes. Even if those crimes or conspiacies are committed inside what are nominally houses of worship and/or by nomial "clerics".

[hotpotato]

Perhaps. But according to the satellite pics of the fires, they were much less severe south of the border -- for the reason I gave.

The fire at Camp Pendleton was much less severe, too, but not for the reasons you gave.

[harpseal]

Clearly it is a possibility that at least some of the CA fires were intentional tarrorist acts. That said the government will not make the connection and willnot consider arresting those who are giving aid and comfort to Al Qaeda unless and until they can be directly tied to foreign operations or a specific plot. In short if they are not formally part of Al Qeada they will not be picked up even though they express solidarity and are planning their own future actions.

It will take at least 3 orders of magnitude more dead Americans before we get serious about winning this war.

[Lazamataz]

The fire at Camp Pendleton was much less severe, too, but not for the reasons you gave.

That unrelated data atom is not a refutation of my offered hypothesis.

[hotpotato]

It will take at least 3 orders of magnitude more dead Americans before we get serious about winning this war.

so... would that be why AQ would choose forest fires? If they kill a very tiny fraction of "3 orders of magnitude" of Americans, the government won't even look their way?

[hotpotato]

Didn't say it was. Just going with the flow here....

[harpseal]

I have no idea what AQ thinks or motivates them. I do not claim they defintely started the fires only that it is a possibility.

[Lazamataz]

Didn't say it was. Just going with the flow here....

Stream of consciousness, maybe. But I offered a pretty reasonable hypothesis to why the fires raged a lot less severely south of the border -- when they gained any traction at all, that is.

Dead wood is dead ly.

[Lazamataz]

so... would that be why AQ would choose forest fires?

Not sure why; however, El-Queso ... I mean, Al-Qaeda operatives caught last summer definitively stated that starting fires in the west was in their plans.

[El Gato]

Considering that the brush and landscape along the Pacific coast is pretty much the same in Mexico as in the USA, I wondered, why is it burning here and not there?

It is burning there to some extent. Not too far south of San Diego, IIRC. Still we know some of the fires are arson, at least one was due to act of stupidity, the others are unknown at this time. The arsonists, whoever they might be, might not like the idea of spending the rest of their days in a Mexican prison, with no one to bring them decent food, clothing, or bedding, all things taken for granted in US prisons, but supplied by the families of prisoners in Mexico (in most cases that is). (along with a bit of "the bite" for the guards and other staff).

[GladesGuru]

What can one do? How about telling the Sand Savages that they created this pigeon. Pluck it or else! The next time we have a problem, seeing as how they claim it is a religious war, lets allow Riyadah to experience the "blinding light of Satori".

After all, they are sooo into religion, aren't they? Then, if it happens again, Medina would have the same religious experience. The idea is simple.. And the Arab world has a long history of understanding well both power and revenge.

Let us be ever so multi-culturally aware. Let us help the Sand Savage to reach the heightened experience of Satori. To do less would be to deny the core goodness and generosity of multi-culturalism