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Report: Elmo Doll Threatens to Kill Toddler
Friday, February 22, 2008
Elmo has a dark side, one Florida family says.
It sounds like something the talking doll Chucky from the movies might say: “Kill James!” Instead, a Florida family says the threat to their toddler is coming from a talking Elmo doll.
The Bowman family, of Lithia, Fla., said an Elmo doll belonging to their 2-year-old son, James, began to spout death threats towards him after they changed its batteries, TBO.com reports.
The Elmo Knows Your Name Doll started saying “Kill James!” in a sing-song voice, the site reports.
“It’s not something that really you would think would ever come out of a toy,” James’ mother, Melissa, told the site. “But once I heard, I was just kind of distraught.”
The toy’s manufacturer, Fisher-Price, said it will issue the Bowmans a voucher for a replacement doll, TBO.com reports.
Military Questions Obama’s Claim That Under-Equipped Troops Used Taliban Weapons
by FOXNews.com
Friday, February 22, 2008
The military is casting doubt on Barack Obama’s claim during a debate Thursday night that for U.S. troops in Afghanistan, it was “easier to get Taliban weapons” than it was to be properly equipped by their own country.
Pentagon spokesman Bryan Whitman said Friday he found the claim “hard to believe.”
“Despite the degree of skill and finesse that it takes to manage a large force with the number of deployments we have going on — and despite the stress that we have readily acknowledged on the force, one of the things we do is make sure that all of our servicemen that are going into harm’s way are properly trained and equipped with the leadership they need to be successful,” he said.
Obama’s campaign stands by his remarks, which he made during a debate with Hillary Clinton in Austin, Texas, while explaining why he feels he is prepared to be commander-in-chief and why the decision to enter Iraq demonstrated poor judgment.
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