The Ice Packs Threatening America
By Nicole Belle Thursday Jul 26, 2007 8:31am
Oooohhh...be afraid. Be very afraid. Will Bunch notes the curious confluence of 61-year-old would-be terrorists with ice packs (and blocks of cheese) and the plummeting approval ratings on the handling of the "War on Terrorism" TM
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First frost!
Actually boosh needs all these ice packs for the mother of all hangovers.
Rove wants to keep America "on edge"...there is danger everywhere; that way; unthinking but frightened citizens will give carte blanche to anything bush does or proclaims. Clearly it's worked. Boo!
We're all terrorists.
Ok, shaddap already! Enough with the fear-mongering, sheesh!
*chunks a block of ice*
Ice ice baby, too cold.
Al-gouda
Yeah, because for every ice pack that is brought on a plane, a cute adorable kitten is run over by a car!
Some of the comments below his piece are entertaining. Some read like pages from the Karl Rove talking points book. When this report came out it had so many caveats that you had to know they were fudging a bit on the details.
People are just trying to figure out what they can get away with these days.
Saying terrorism will never happen again is almost as bad as saying it can be stopped from ever happening again.
Is this any dumber then duct tape and plastic sheets?
Well, as the story went, they found bricks of cheese, clay, and ice packs with cell phones taped to them, inside checked baggage.
Funny thing though, they didn't say if they arrested anybody, or even questioned anyone. So I guess they just killed them outright.
Cheese? Look out Wisconsin, you’re now Evil Empire #2, right below Iran!
Boy, the tourist industry must love Bush's war on terrah. I for one would never fly domestic. Not because of terrorists but because of the idiots in the airports being paid minimum wage while having minimum I.Q. and minimum training.
Woke up, got off the couch, dragged a comb across my head.
Cheese huh?
Oh boy I'm terrafied!
idiots.
Never underestimate icepacks. Just look at the Titanic...
Michael Moore is a journalist and his time in Cuba was to make a documentary which is allowed by US law. But the insurance lobby has lots of power, stuffing money into politicians pockets, so here come the real attacks!
Michael Moore says he's been served with subpoena
Filmmaker Michael Moore revealed on Thursday's "The Tonight Show" with Jay Leno that the Bush Administration had served him with a subpoena regarding his recent trip to Cuba made as part of his new film, Sicko.
Moore told the audience that he was notified of the subpoena backstage.
"I haven't even told my own family yet," Moore remarked. "I was just informed when I was back there with Jay that the Bush administration has now issued a subpoena for me."
The Oscar-winning filmmaker filmed his trip to the US base at Guantanamo Bay, where he pleaded with military officials to let three 9/11 rescue workers enjoy the benefits of healthcare extended to detainees.
"I heard the al-Qaeda terrorists we have in the camps there, detained, are receiving free dental, medical, eye care, the whole deal, and our own [9/11] rescue workers can't get that in New York City," Moore said.
The workers later received care and heavily discounted prescriptions at Cuban hospitals.
United Press International reported Thursday that the film's distributor, the Weinstein Company, will donate 11 percent of Sicko's box office sales August 11 to "help these workers and the other workers who need help."
http://rawstory.com/news/2007/Michael_Moore_says_hes_been_served_0727.html
Oh here we go. "Customer Care" Murican' Style
Food in botulism recall still being sold.
Fri Jul 27, 6:28 AM ET
WASHINGTON - Stores nationwide are continuing to sell recalled canned chili, stew, hash and other foods potentially contaminated with poisonous bacteria even after repeated warnings the products could kill.
I better turn myself in, I have "terrorism ice pack devices" in my freezer.
So the full force of democracy is now going after a documentary filmmaker and old ladies with ice packs. Indeed.
What a friend we have in cheeses.
€Punk @ 17:
Never underestimate Limburger. If a 5lb. block of that was detonated on a busy city street… my God, the stench! You couldn’t inhabit a two-block area for days. Thank you Homeland Security for your constant vigilance!
kablooie @ 21:
And the moral compass of our country is a handicapped pornographer.
This was always the wrong story.
If it really was terrorists doing dry runs then GOOD NEWS: We caught them!!
If it was just 60 year old American women (which it was), then saying that these incidents could be terrorists doing dry runs is the most logitcally inept statement of all time.
Why does the Government and Media insist on trying to scare Americans? Isn't that the mission of the terrorists?
Couldn't this story have been "Our Airport Screening Works!" instead?
Watch out I heard of a Muslim cheese log that can take out every eye in the room! You have to be careful with the cheese logs, those nuts are crazy and they will fly off and hurt you!!!
Hear Ye! Hear Ye! Beware the cheese!!! Beware the ice!!! Remember everyone it will be 1 if by Cheese and 2 if by Ice! Heed this warning or ye all shall parish!!!
Dr. Matt @ 20:
Y'know, they outta go after those hunters with large top-loading freezers who pack them with deadly venison during the fall and winter... and these guys even have guns!
L.A. Confidential @ 19:
I’ve heard that cans are actually exploding on store shelves; they’re that full of bacteria. Maybe the terrorist can get their hands on a few cases.
Terrorist poison inside imported canned food? Hmmmm is this the story between the lines? God forbid we cause a temporary loss of revenue for an Argentinian meat packing plant with a product recall.
I can here those repubs now: "but we warned you"...
Still the Bushite Junta in operation:
Sagging polls? Spread the Fear!
Disillusioned populace? Spread the Fear!
The problem is we get tired of it, and not everyone feels the Fear the way the Junta wants. So the Fear's not homogeneous, and that is what the Junta fears.
L.A. Confidential @ 19:
Well since the botulin toxin is used in Botox, these people should be more than happy that they're getting "free cosmetic surgery" with the food they buy... ungrateful bastards.
Xopl @ 24:
The Media like to scare you because it increases their viewer ratings...the government likes to scare you because it increases their approval ratings...it's the same concept for both of them, they just need to keep us afraid so they don't have to worry about us concentrating on their crimes...we'll be too busy looking for the Cheese and Ice to worry about Gonzo or Bush's work wife Harriet!
Like this one better:
http://www.socialoracle.com/node/665
On matters of national security, Main Streem Media NEVER challenges federal authorities on FACTS... or with FOLLOW-UP. They run a Tony Snow comment, then on to the next BREAKING STORY: LINDSEY LOHAN IS DRIVING DRUNK AGAIN! WILL SHE DO AS MUCH TIME AT PARIS?
Do YOU know Osama Bin Lades? Who are you trying to blow up?
Get out the duct tape!!!
Home of the brave? For crying out loud.
Its not TSA's fault. They are really doing great work. This stuff happens everyday. They find questionable stuff, investigate and move on. The issue is the publication and politicization of these internal TSA memos. As for me, I'd rather they were overly careful with "big blocks" of anything. The Bushies will do anything to keep us paranoid but lets not get too complacent or ridicule the efforts of those that are working everyday to stop another attack.
comb_licker @ 34:
Land of the not-so-free. Home of the not-so-brave.
If they over-react to ice packs, I'll bet an enema bag would really scare the crap out of them.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vp-is6S_b_g
I understand if you blare it real loud in certain neighborhoods, the think the ICE agents are after them.
we are going to have many more faux terra alerts as the sub prime mortgage crisis deepens
Johnny2bad @ 35:
Yep. Will's blog said that they found the ice packs via x-ray which "looked suspicious" (airport x-rays highlight any organic matter as red because most explosives are made from organic materials... this is why foodstuffs is being seen as "suspicious"), especially since one of them was leaking. After determining it wasn't a threat, they let the woman go. No one would've known about this particular case, if some idiot in TSA didn't decide to exaggerate the events and leak it to the media.
€Punk @ 17:
that was cool ;)
TIKI AL @ 37:
Oh shit.
Please don't take away the old ladies' Preparation H of Mass Destruction...the consequences could be deadly.
Think of the children!!!
Our reality is an orchestrated and highly managed deception.
Automobiles kill 40,000 americans a year. Where is the war on THAT?
And . . . one day after a market meltdown on Wall Street.
The president, after meeting with his economic (spin) team, praised the economy to reporters: "People are working. The unemployment rate is down. Wages are increasing."
"The world is strong. The world economy is strong," Bush said. "I happen to believe one of the main reasons why is because we remain strong."
the war on terror is not about terrorism, it is about the control of domestic populations by the state.
lucid fiction @ 44:
Over 1.5 million Americans are injured and more than 100,000 die annually due to medical errors.
Where's the war on that?
Chuck @ 46:
Look! Britneys gone bad again!
Wow....and we thought the trolls could get thick around here! Check out the comments section at Will's site....jeebus, the asshats are out in force today....*trolling for trolls*
L.A. Confidential @ 48:
Britany? Look at Lindsy Lohan, she is a disgrace to our society.
we should all focus on the damage her actions can do to our children...remember them?
I saw the intiial reports about the ice packs and cheese on my local news, here in Chicago. So I just wrote an e-mail and sent it to the local news personalities. Please feel free to copy it if you wish to contact your local news, too.
Dear ________:
Earlier this week, your evening news program featured
a news item about alleged "dry runs by terrorists" that
involved ice packs and cheese. Obviously, the article
was cause for some concern, but something about it
never seemed quite right to me.
Now I know why. While perusing the blogosphere this
morning, I found this article, which you can read
here:
http://www.attytood.com/2007/07/the_ice_packs_that_threatened.html
The mainstream media has been criticized for
cheerleading the current Bush administration in the
past, and hyper-reporting on stories that cause people
to be afraid. Case in point - the duct tape hoarding
post 9-11, when citizens were told to seal their
windows and doors in the event of a chemical attack.
Curiously, these warnings seem to coincide with bad
news within the Bush administration (as noted in the
film "Fahrenheit 9/11").
Average viewers count on the local news, and form a
trust with the reporters they invite into their homes
when they watch the news. Local news is indeed part
of the mainstream media, and therefore, have
contributed to our culture of fear in the U.S. Often,
I feel as if this nation has been color-coded and
dumbed-down at the expense of civil liberties,
to justify the needless war in Iraq.
I am writing with deep respect for you personally, to
request that the news you represent is more responsible and thorough.
Forgive me if your news team has followed up on the
ice packs, because I may have missed it. However, the
reporter in San Diego who dug deeper about the
"terrorists ice packs" certainly needs to have their
story broadcast far and wide.
Further, what about the "cheese with
wires in it"? Will there be a follow-up on that?
I look forward to any clarity on this issue, and the
big picture.
Yours Truly,
Mojopo
Gort @ 13:
But what if while in flight they cut the cheese?
lucid fiction @ 50:
Lohan and Brit and Paris's Generation is gone. Consumed by the machine, digested.
Sad to say it but thats reality.
comb_licker @ 34:
ROFL
Dear Reich-Wingers of America,
Please sit down, shut up, stay out of the way, and live in fear. The Left has everything under control.
Sincerely,
Freedom Loving and Unafraid Democrats
Henry Rollins blogged yesterday. . .
I think that video gaming is preparation for the compulsory military service that is sure to come at some point. When Uncle Sam wants you, you will be ready!
No doubt about it!
Ice - Cheese...lets see ...wasn't he that white rapper from the 80's...hum, what will they think up next.
L.A. Confidential @ 45:
See? He's not lying! The WORLD economy is strong... but the US economy is shit.
All Empires create the enemy they need which is used to
transfer the wealth of the many into the hands of the few.
Global economics is no more than that.
As far as ice packs and what not, is truely but a fucked up
way of implementing behavior modification.
My question is why do I have to know what the screeners and law enforcement need to start looking for? Shouldn't internal memos inside law enforcement and airport security only be taken seriously by the people involved. The general public doesn't get that the reason this is national news is to remind people to be afraid and remind people that the administration is doing something. I long for the days when it wasn't important to point fingers at themselves and boost their profile but just get the job done without the general public knowing.
Blue Buddha @ 58:
lucid fiction @ 59:
And avoid staring at those blinking banner ads.
Chris @ 4:
We have a winner! This seems to be the goal. Make everyone a suspect and finger "potential terrorists" who could even be Americans themselves! Are the Dems going to help? Not likely, as AIPAC money is a sure thing as the war must go on!
Fear; It's what's for Breakfast.
Blessed are the cheesemakers...(with credit to Monty Python)
Every time the Bushies want to rally the tiny brained they either raise the threat level, arrest a whole bunch of dark skinned guys named Abdul, or talk about increased chatter (which they can't translate because all the Arabic interpreters were turfed because theu're gay).
The Faux News crowd are a given as cheerleaders, but the also have Wolf, Kyra, Frederika and the rest of the CNN "news" gang who repeat the stuff like little parrots.
I guess this amounts to the need to add two more questions to the original 34 jock-sniffing questions at airports everyone was pondering the other day... To wit;
question 35: Do you now, or have you ever owned, rented, rented to own, any icepacks, icetrays or ice cubes?...
question 36: Do you like cheese, if so which brand or flavor?
There, that ought to fix the problem....Can't have any cheese eatin turrerists runnin around addin ice to any airport patrons drinks now can we.......JD
Never forget: "The cheese stands alone."
Hail to the Cheese!
Oh no!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
There's one hiding in my freezer!
Who should I call?
Homeland Security?
The FBI?
Mr. Pelicano @ 66:
Blessed are the cheesemakers!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XiDmMBIyfsU
OxyCon @ 67:
Mr Freeze?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xc3nrU8E-gQ
"Its not TSA’s fault. They are really doing great work"
Bwahhhh! That's a good one! You should take your act on the road!
Read this... http://hotair.com/archives/2007/07/16/a-pilot-on-airline-security/
I work in the industry and deal with the TSA on a all too often basis. It's all smoke and mirrors to keep the sheep flying!
What about the female brand cheese on a hot day?
......................WTF?
Golly gee maybe we ought to hire different TSA personnel. Even I know what different ice packs look like. And I sure as hell know what a brick of cheese looks like. Maybe they were hungry and confiscated it for lunch.
There will be more terrorist attacks thanks to BushCo's idiot adventures in Iraq. But there will also be ~50,000 killed on our highways this year in traffic accidents. How many Repug idiots are hiding at home, pooping their diapers, afraid to get on the highway? Rather, they poop their diapers over the boogey Moslems. Guttless fools.
The alarm bells are really going to go off, everyone ordered to 'Duck and Cover', and the security level raised to bright red with silver lightening bolts, when the DHS is made aware of the huge mobs of people wearing blocks of cheese on their heads in Green Bay this fall.
Just in from Fear News: O'Lielly announces Bin Laden has perfected undetectable wireless cheese bombs with cracker detonators.
So, now that the Ice Capades have been debunked, let's move on quickly to the Attack of The Robotic Con Queso.
My next best quess about evil-doer accessories? Tampons. They are mysterious appliances that allow bleeding women to go swimming, sky dive and ride bicycles. Must.get.to.the.bottom.of.this.
I thought global warming was supposed to take care of this?
Just look at those thugs.
Do they always roam in packs like this, with the ringleader in front?
We must send all Cracker Barrel employees to Gitmo for putative terrorist activities!
I'm going to start a new Department of Black Water Mice.
Those guys will dig up all the WMD/Cheese.
Where's Rigby Reardon when we need him to raid the cheese factory?
Mayhaps Saddam's factories for WMD were for after he got a franchise from Cheetos.
Don't tell me, let me guess, the wire around the cheese was white with earbuds at the end?
Conclusion: Typical cheese eating highshool kid rushed packing his bag to visit grandma.
We've become a nation whimpering bitches Bush's administration has screeched about fear "fight them over there so they don't come here and eat us in our sleep"
Noticed a few comments to the linked article complaining about cherry-picking and ignoring the incident of "x-rayed baggage with blocks of cheese that had wires and cell phone looking parts embedded in them" [emp. mine] shown on [what else] Fox news by [who else] Brit Hume.
Anyone see any picture of these x-rays? Only picture I've seen is a normal photo at CNN (here). Was the "embedded" interpretation of the x-ray only something described by Hume?
Its not that I don't trust Fox news... I'll take that back, I don't. Especially when their "facts" aren't available for scrutiny.
They look like water boards.
Wait isn't this Al Gore's fault? Or would that be Bill Clinton? Who are we supposed to be blaming today? I've lost track.
'Vow, kids...vasn’t it SCARY when they found the cheese?!' No? Well that's because you're not wearing the 3-D specs and drinking the kool-aid!
MargeAggedon @ 86:
The Devil made me do it!
ysbaddaden @ 88:
actually, today's culprit is the blogs! aaarrrggghhh!!!!!
[Deleted. Spam post, blogwhoring, lengthy and off topic-Sitemonitor]
Gort @ 13:
Bring it on. I look forward to it.
The ice pack thing was 1 or 4 incidents. Another one had wires, detonators, and cheese. Bruce Schneier, a security expert who rails against most of the current security theatre coming out of Heimat Sicherheit thinks that the alerts are a Good Thing(tm)
john mister @ 90:
Well spank me S/M, this is just for you.
http://media.hormel.com/templates/knowledge/knowledge.asp?id=9
[It might be spam, but you aren't blogwhoring-Sitemonitor]
ysbaddaden @ 93:
Is there any such thing as pornographic chat rooms?
www.I.M.dirty.com.?
A long while ago, I was travelling and went through airport security with two ice packs in my carry-on. The young woman running the x-ray machine did have to stop and actually open my bag to find out what the heck she was seeing. I saw the screen and the ice packs just showed up as two totally black blocks. Even way back in the pre-9/11 days I thought that such a thing could be used to smuggle stuff onto a plane and I was thankful she didn't make any stink about it.
A while ago, my daughter has a broken leg, and a cast from the knee down to the ankle, and she had to go through airport screening with her crutches, cast (and pins in the bones). she set off the screening equipment 3 times, and security had us over to the side for questions for 5 minutes. I guess they figured we had explosives planted in the cast, or the crutches, or .....
I'm sure that "incident" was written up and passed on to the NSA and then Homeland Director Tom Ridge.
pacanukeha @ 92:
First it was wires embedded in the cheese (which apparently false) now there were "detonators". Here's the TSA memo. Where are these "detonators"?
Schneir says he wants the FBI called in if someone has a block of cheese with wires and a detonator. Duh. Problem is THERE WAS NO DETONATOR! And there weren't any wires stuck in cheese. This guy is just another chicken little.
What possible threat could even real bomb components be in checked luggage since they couldn't be assembled while the plane was in flight? I'm assuming that these items were all found in checked luggage and not carry on luggage.
I'm not looking forward to the next "attack" that catapults Bush into Dictator...
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