HISTORY TEST
Please pause a moment, reflect back, and take the following multiple
choice test.
Do you remember?
-1968 Bobby Kennedy was shot and killed by
a. Superman
b. Jay Lenno
c. Harry Potter
d. Muslim male extremist between the ages of 17 and 40
1. In 1972 at the Munich Olympics, athletes were kidnapped and
massacred
by:
a. Olga Corbett
b. Sitting Bull
c. Arnold Schwarzenegger
d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40
2. In 1979, the US embassy in Iran was taken over by:
a. Lost Norwegians
b. Elvis
c. A tour bus full of 80-year-old women
d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40
3.During the 1980's a number of Americans were kidnapped
in Lebanon by:
a. John Dillinger
b. The King of Sweden
c. The Boy Scouts
d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40
4. In 1983, the US Marine barracks in Beirut was blown up by:
a. A pizza delivery boy
b. Pee Wee Herman
c. Geraldo Rivera
d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40
5. In 1985 the cruise ship Achille Lauro was hijacked and a 70 year
old
American passenger was murdered and thrown overboard in his wheelchair
by:
a. The Smurfs
b. Davy Jones
c. The Little Mermaid
d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40
6.In 1985 TWA flight 847 was hijacked at Athens, and a US Navy diver
trying to rescue passengers was murdered by:
a. Captain Kidd
b. Charles Lindberg
c. Mother Teresa
d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40
7.In 1988, Pan Am Flight 103 was bombed by:
a. Scooby Doo
b. The Tooth Fairy
c. Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid
d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40
8. In 1993 the World Trade Center was bombed the first time by:
a. Richard Simmons
b. Grandma Moses
c. Michael Jordan
d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40
9.In 1998, the US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania were bombed by:
a. Mr.Rogers
b. Hillary Clinton, to distract attention from Wild Bill' s women
problems
c. The World Wrestling Federation
d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40
10.On 9/11/01, four airliners were hijacked; two were used as missiles
to take out the World Trade Centers and of the remaining two, one
crashed into the US Pentagon and the other was diverted and crashed by
the passengers.Thousands of people were killed by:
a. Bugs Bunny, Wiley E. Coyote, Daffy Duck and Elmer Fudd
b. The Supreme Court of Florida
c. Mr. Bean
d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40
11.In 2002 the United States fought a war in Afghanistan against:
a. Enron
b. The Lutheran Church
c. The NFL
d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40
12. In 2002 reporter Daniel Pearl was kidnapped and murdered by:
a.Bonnie and Clyde
b. Captain Kangaroo
c. Billy Graham
d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40
Nope, ....I really don't see a pattern here to justify profiling, do
you?
"24" is the best action TV show today.
Calling Jack Bauer. Clean up on CAIR aisle.
Hey, that's like portraying Nazis as Germans.
Last week, Irish Americans were cast as bad guys, on the show ALIAS, Where is the outcry???
IRA members are white not muslim. You can only offend white people and get away with it???
But seriously, just when I was starting to like Chloe they take her off the show. Maybe she'll be back.
Maybe CAIR should spend more time policing their own and draining the cesspool of Islamists that is giving the religion of peace a bad name. How bout some street marches and candlight vigils against Muslim radicals for starters?
I'll always support this show just because of that salute to our soldiers. Way to go '24.'
Pray for W and Our Troops
I heard Osama bin Laden was really upset over 24's depiction of Muslims.
This is the first season we've watched "24", and we're enjoying it immensely. We ordered up the earlier seasons on Disc from Netflix. Season 1 has a long wait, so we're gonna jump right in to Season 2. The Disc is on the way today!
LOL! He, who speaks "in the name of the whole world"
There are, so far, 4 American Terrorists in the show, the latest is the HYPHENATED American who had an affair with #2 at CTU. {Sorry I don't remember their show names.]
She ended the last show in a quasi-stunner!
find later bump
One thing I liked about the series so far is that they are not politically correct. They apparently don't proceed from the playbook that you can't portray Muslims or blacks or women in a bad light ever. Therefore, the series is one that I can trust. I hate it when the formulae are interspersed into our dramas and turn them into inanities. It then becomes a boring and unrealistic dogmatic screed from the "Party".
With 24, the really fanatical nature of the Turkish couple is manifested even as they turn against their son's girlfreind and then their son, himself.
That they would portray that ambitious black girl in the way that they do at the counterterrorist center is just amazing. A really true to life backstabbing government employee! but the writers were not afraid to have her be mean and vicious even though black. I had held out hope that she might ultimately play a heroic role, but last night it was revealed that she is not only ambitous, she is a terrorist spy.
The writers also nail the Defense secretary's son: a cool-aid drinker who is the prototypical lefty Michael Moore follower. Sure they abound in reality, but when, if ever before did you see such a character in a drama. [Usually, you would gett he Tim Mcveigh type as the only possible terrorist--or the ever popular recast o fthe Aryan Nazis when the typecast the east germans.] It goes to the extent that 'interrogation techniques' like sensory deprivation are used against the kid as he is allowed to demonstrate just how addled his brain and politics actually are --that he wont reveal what he knows about the plot to kidnap his dad and sister--at least who he tipped off about his ocming there. This is a object lesson from the headlines--gonzales hearings about "torture" or not permitted to be used in desperate straits when lives are on the line. only it is nice to see a portrayal from our point of view for a change.
Again, the writers did not follow politically correct handbooks in dealing with the female head of the counter terrorism center. She has spliced motives interferring with good command and she is distracted by her drugged daughter and leaves her post at crucial times. They also reveal that the people at the center really trust jack and not just the rank she has over him. All this honesty creates a context where you can have a real nifty heroic girl like Chloe emerge. If this was a formula piece, Chloe would not make sense.
Ditto, for the son of the Turkish couple, Boosheer. I feel he may break out and cross to the other side--not really sure. That is only possible in the context created by the authentic portrayal of the fanatical parents and their colleagues.
I feel that a lot of courageous and thoughtful writing goes on in this series---that's why I am confident in where it is heading--a place that I cannot possibly predict. For TV, that's saying an awful lot.
One thing I liked about the series so far is that they are not politically correct. They apparently don't proceed from the playbook that you can't portray Muslims or blacks or women in a bad light ever. Therefore, the series is one that I can trust. I hate it when the formulae are interspersed into our dramas and turn them into inanities. It then becomes a boring and unrealistic dogmatic screed from the "Party".
With 24, the really fanatical nature of the Turkish couple is manifested even as they turn against their son's girlfreind and then their son, himself.
That they would portray that ambitious black girl in the way that they do at the counterterrorist center is just amazing. A really true to life backstabbing government employee! but the writers were not afraid to have her be mean and vicious even though black. I had held out hope that she might ultimately play a heroic role, but last night it was revealed that she is not only ambitous, she is a terrorist spy.
The writers also nail the Defense secretary's son: a cool-aid drinker who is the prototypical lefty Michael Moore follower. Sure they abound in reality, but when, if ever before did you see such a character in a drama. [Usually, you would gett he Tim Mcveigh type as the only possible terrorist--or the ever popular recast o fthe Aryan Nazis when the typecast the east germans.] It goes to the extent that 'interrogation techniques' like sensory deprivation are used against the kid as he is allowed to demonstrate just how addled his brain and politics actually are --that he wont reveal what he knows about the plot to kidnap his dad and sister--at least who he tipped off about his ocming there. This is a object lesson from the headlines--gonzales hearings about "torture" or not permitted to be used in desperate straits when lives are on the line. only it is nice to see a portrayal from our point of view for a change.
Again, the writers did not follow politically correct handbooks in dealing with the female head of the counter terrorism center. She has spliced motives interferring with good command and she is distracted by her drugged daughter and leaves her post at crucial times. They also reveal that the people at the center really trust jack and not just the rank she has over him. All this honesty creates a context where you can have a real nifty heroic girl like Chloe emerge. If this was a formula piece, Chloe would not make sense.
Ditto, for the son of the Turkish couple, Boosheer. I feel he may break out and cross to the other side--not really sure. That is only possible in the context created by the authentic portrayal of the fanatical parents and their colleagues.
I feel that a lot of courageous and thoughtful writing goes on in this series---that's why I am confident in where it is heading--a place that I cannot possibly predict. For TV, that's saying an awful lot.
To h*ll with these people. What AREN'T they upset about? I'm upset about a lot of things, including a lot of what their BS "religion" does, but I don't see them giving a d**n about it. Why should I care if they're upset?
Does any fine Freeper have the first two episodes of '24' for this season? I have eps 3-6 I would be happy to burn on to a DVD in exchange! Gracias!