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A member of a Thai bomb squad inspects a car in Narathiwat province, south of Bangkok July 1. A bomb by suspected insurgents wounded a member of a Thai bomb squad in Thailand's deep south on Friday, police said.
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A car bomb explodes as a member of a Thai bomb squad was inspecting it in Narathiwat province, south of Bangkok on July 1. The bomb squad member was wounded when the device exploded, police said.
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From the Associated Press:
Three hidden roadside bombs have killed two people and wounded 13 others in southern Thailand, and police believe Islamist militants are responsible.
Police Col. Nitinai Langyanay said the first bomb in Narathiwat province killed two irrigation workers Friday and wounded five others, while a second one about 1 kilometer (one-half mile) away wounded a soldier.
Bomb removal officers then tried to defuse a third bomb only three meters (yards) away from the second one but it exploded, wounding seven policemen. It is a standard practice of the insurgents to plant a second bomb to go off when security officials arrive to investigate an explosion.
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Ouch! Poor guy.
Now we know why wealthy countries use robots for that job.
Robots can't disarm the bombs, they are only used to locate them, and if they're hidden well, they can't find them. That's what our EOD squads are for, and hence no matter what country it is, a human still has to dispose of the ordinance.
That bomb squad fella deserves a big raise!
Another redneck POS who just makes wild assumption about the rest of the world. This blind arrogance is the reason that we were caught napping while the rest of the world started overtaking us. We are now on a irreversible decline with countries like China surging far ahead of us in almost any field.
I know! Have you watched Oscar-winning movie about such a robot? "Hurt locker" that is.
Tea Partiers,
lay off the caffeine, and stop trying to make everything about your political soap box. You're the only one making wild assumptions, here.
TP Moron
Irreversible decline? Until 2008 I worked here and there in the sales market. I decided to leave the ups and downs and go to IT. Cisco, Juniper, and Avaya certifications later I now hold two work form home positions and make over 320K USD a year. There is no decline here in America unless you are referring to people who spent 5x the price on a house than it was worth it or uses legal gambling (Wall Street) as their investment of choice for retirement funds. The unemployeed are unemployeed for a reason, have not retooled and an unwillingness to move.
China surging ahead of us? Have you ever been to China? I have. It is full of people like you. Jackie Chan put it best.
"I'm not sure if it is good to have freedom or not," he said. "I'm really confused now. If you are too free, you are like the way Hong Kong is now. It's very chaotic. Taiwan is also chaotic."
He added: "I'm gradually beginning to feel that we Chinese need to be controlled. If we are not being controlled, we'll just do what we want."
Americans like you only complain and moan and call others names. They are always in fear of others and do not look back at their own doings. One day you are going to wake up and your freedoms will be gone and all you will still do is complain and moan and try to bring others down.
A true American, like me, that is not afraid of hard work has plenty now in times of "hardship" that others experience. Maybe it was because I did not need 6 credit cards, a 500K hous, three 30K vehicles, a 40K boat, and vacationing twice a year. Maybe those people who had those things now know the difference between EARNED wealth and BORROWED wealth.
Not beating my chest...just saying.
Jherek,
I'm just glad he wasn't killed! They don't pay bomb experts enough. I wouldn't do the job for any amount!
This Bomb Disposal Guy is now looking for a new job.
"The unemployeed are unemployeed for a reason, have not retooled and an unwillingness to move."
Sure Mark you know everything and lead such a great life and are willing to tell everyone......I worked for 39 years with the same company and unfortunately they were bought out by Goldman-Sux in 2007. I worked for them until Sept 2010 when they canned me at 63 years old.....yep I should retool and accept life as it is....the only tool is you Mark!
Yeah...the left has a patent on that and they don't want anyone else in on their game! LOL
Our Governments fault for not (Balancing) controlling Importing-exporting. Leadership is going down-hill!!!
True Christians understand the meaning of FREEDOM, and True Christians pray for there enemy. If a person is killed in battle on either side, the question is, are you or they ready to die, one of Gods elect, chosen, cried out for His mercy, believe on the son of God?. Protecting your country you love, and the people you protect you should be ready to give up the ultimate sacrifice for that freedom. It is sad we have wars, but it's been like that from the beginning of creation. Trust and believe in our Savior the Lord Jesus Christ for his great salvation he has in-stored for those he came to die for. Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you....Jn.15:16a.......May God have mercy on your soul!!
Reggie, True christians were cutting people open and showing them their entrails before throwing it on the fire. True muslims also claim that "no true muslim" would do such a thing. Crusades, Inquisition, et al. All "good christians" "spreadin the word".
Fact is, all religion is the cause of this pain and suffering. The sooner man can have another age of enlightenment and shrug off the archaic shackles of religion the better.
That being said, go proselytize somewhere else. Your belief in mysticism and the supernatural as some sort of redeeming social quality is not welcome here.
And he won't get it. It's just part of EOD life; haz pay as a standard part of their earnings, but that's it.
Aren't these still radicals? I have a muslim uncle and he is one of the kindest, gentlest people I have ever known. He said that's how he was brought up and it is really a peaceful religion when it isn't perverted by radicals. I asked about jihad once, and he said in truth it is meant to be a spiritual war, not a literal one.
'True Christians' don't try to shove their religion down other people's throats.
Reggie, if I want a sermon I will go to church. And people like you are one of the main reasons I don't.
The religion of peace strikes again. Cowards, all of them.
Yeah, ask the Catholics and Protestants living in Northern Ireland about that...oh wait.
Like that comment is really going to make things better..... It's ignorant people like you and them that make this World a bad place. You deserve each other.
Fishy go look up the word extremist then you will be educated so that you can recognize the difference between a crazy nut job and a normal religious follower.
By the way the Christian Bible has plenty of "kill them {insert reason here}" passages.
fish..., my thoughts exactly. Why won't the world press call out these cowardly murderers for who they are? The culture that many/most of the terrorists come from put great value in "Manliness". I can't think of anything less manly than setting explosives to indiscriminately kill innocent people. The world press should label all terrorists for what they are "wussies".
The violence that tore Northern Ireland apart years ago is a "drop in the bucket" compared to the endemic violence associated with Muhammad and his cohorts since day one (600 AD) when this vile religion was perpetrated.
Hey hard he didnt say terrorist he was labeling a whole religion based on extremist of that religion.
Gimme a break with that bs. They're (Catholics and Protestants) fighting each other, not attempting to rule the planet with their laws through violence. When the leaders of any or all "Christian" religions begin sanctioning violence around the world in order to preserve what they believe to be right, you'll have a point. Until such time do not. I bet you're one of those that cites "The Crusades" as evidence that Christianity is "just as violent as Islam."
careful Trajan have you read the Bible? It is full of passages that support Murder, Killing unbelievers, sex slaves, and forced slavery.
arent most of our soldiers christian?
so, shouldnt we go back and tally up all the folks they've killed?
or do those somehow not count? im pretty sure each of them pray to god to help them kill their enemy, so dont tell me religion isnt a part of it.
Armed Infidel - "not attempting to rule the planet with their laws through violence"
no, that would be us...the americans, a secular christian nation...go figure.
Pirate,
How many acts of terrorism by how many "Christian terror groups" have happened to innocent human beings since 9/11 for instance? Just go back 10 years.
WHITE MEN ARE THE WORST
I think WHITE MEN are actually worse if you want to focus on a group of people. The white guys are one of the most sick human beings on the Earth. I have never seen so many men from a single race commit such outrageous crimes. For example, the white guy who shot the four innocent people yesterday. How about the one who shot the female politician and murdered many others. How about the white guy who robbed an 80 year old women and then had her do a sexual act on him.
White men are rapist of women and children, they are mass murders and serial killers and they engage in cannibalism besides robbing millions of people via ponzi schemes while oppressing millions of others for the purpose of giving themselves a sense of empowerment. These evil acts of the white man really gives credit to the term WHITE DEVIL.
I would rather be robbed by any black guy then a white guy. At least the black guy will take the money and run. The white guy will take the money and do something sick.
Jes,
Protecting America's interests abroad are priority number one. So shall it be written, so shall it be done. If there are threats to those interests, be they security, economical, etcetera then we must "give WAR a chance."
Also if America is a "secular christian nation" as you state then you're acknowledging that America is in fact a Christian Nation, founded on those fundamentals, correct?
72% of terrorist acts over the last 25 years have been by Christians. Of the remaining 28%, 6% have professed the Islamic faith.
Source: http://www.buzzpk.com/muslims-are-not-terrorists/
The reason you think most terrorists are Muslims is because the media focuses specifically on Islamic acts. On the other hand, if you want to take the victim's definition, then Americans have killed hundreds of thousands of innocent people over the last 10 years since 9/11.
As far as the US is concerned, our biggest threat is not the few hundred al-Qaeda still hiding in Afghanistan, but the tens of thousands of terrorists and drug smugglers just south of our border.
David, meet African Americans
10% of the population 51% of violent crimes.
African Americans meet David
Cannot do his own research and trolling.
Pirate, show me where in the Christian Bible it says anything about killing anyone. BTW The Christian Bible is also known as the New Testament. The old Testament had nothing to do with Christians ,but I'm sure you already knew this... Jessica what is a secular Christian Nation? Our soldiers don't kill in the name of Jesus. You can make excuses for Muslims all you want ,daily killings tell the real story.
trajan8 you surely know your version of History. "endemic violence", people that taxed the infidels, but didn't force them to convert, people that had universities, built architectural masterpieces and developed medicines and other inventions when Western Europe was in the Dark Ages. People than different than the Crusaders, didn't massacre the inhabitants of Jerusalem when they took the city back. I'm sure they were violent in battle, but they were not worse than us and at times they even showed to be better.
Now, the Ottoman Turkish, well, they were very harsh Muslims, but our Christian champion, Vlad "The Impaler" Dracul beat them to the pulp.
Byron,
That has got to be the worst source material I have ever seen. If you were a college student and used that piece of garbage as a source, you'd fail the paper. The source at the bottom of the graph simply says www.buzzbk.com. Come on Byron.
When somebody compiles a list of "Christian atrocities" like this one, I'm on board for Christianity being as violent a religion as Islam.
@ Mark
Who would have thought there'd be a bigger idi0t than David? You win...
David, when I started reading your post I was thinking "certainly racist and somewhat misguided." Then I got to the opening line of your last paragraph and I realized you had completely lost it!
I don't know what "race" you are. I honestly don't care. I am really not much of a believer in race and I absolutely would not even begin to think about ascribing any particular good or bad moral decisions or proclivities to anyone based on the color of their skin or their ethnic origin. I am quite sure we can find enough blame for people doing bad things to each other without pointing fingers at anyone simply because their skin is a certain color.
I think David just posted his comment to try and stir things up, I believe him to be white as the sheets that cover his head.
Wlee, yes I am aware that I am referring to the Old Testament but please go ahead and tell me why the old testament is still in the bible and why Christians still refer to it if it doesnt have anything to do with Christians? How can the Christian religion refer to passages in the old testament but then ignore the wrath of God and all the things the old testament supported (death, murder slavery, sex slaves killing unbelievers)?
Sorry but you cannot dismiss the fact that the bible does support such acts as The old and new testament are one book (AKA the Bible). If the old testament no longer applies then WHY is it still in the bible? I find it laughable that you say the old testament has nothing to do with Christians when it’s half of the holy bible.
The whole point of my rant is Christians have no business pointing to the Quran and the violence it says in its passages when their own book of God says the same thing.
Armed Infidel sure only 10 years, Nice way to play it safe. The thing about "Christians Extremists" is when or if they commit acts of violence or form a cult that ends up in the cult killing itself. Then the cry of "Those were not Christians" goes up.
Here is the kicker Armed, you are aware that people are crazy and that there is a difference between a person that follows a religious tenant and does so in peace and with the desire to better mankind and a person that follows a religion but chooses to follow a violent path thru extremism and acts of murder and violence in order to try to further his view of that religion?
To label islam evil is a joke you might as well label the Bible evil because it holds commandments of vilolence, death, murder, slavery ect just the same.
David - It's the white men (and women) that have made countries like USA, Britain, Australia, France, Denmark, Germany, Netherlands, Belgium, Switzerland, Newzealand possible where non whites like me can migrate and build a life for themselves. Where they are treated with equality, fairness and given the same opportunities and same legal protections as other white men who were born there. Where non whites are free to practice their culture and religion without threat or persecution.
It's the whites who go to far off places like India and devote their life building orphanages for street children. White doctors that live in disease and poverty providing medical care to the villagers in Nigeria and Congo. Whites that leave their flourishing practice in USA once a year to go provide advanced eye care for the poor in Thailand. Whites that donate their hard earned money to provide charity and aid to people ravaged by natural calamities in far off lands. Whites that go live in jungles of Africa to study and encourage the conservation efforts trying to protect wild life and the natural flora and fauna.
There are bad people everywhere. Even among whites. But considering the past 50 years, i can't think of any race other than whites that has done more to establish fair, just and welcoming societies and done more to conserve/empower and alleviate the suffering of others in far off lands.
Imam Ibrahim Khan First of all I am not a Muslim, I am agnostic so dont be a moron and assume that someone is something when they argue a point.
Secondly I am an American citizen that can trace my lineage back to the founding of this great country I live in (the USA). I live in a free land where I can choose what religion I want to follow or to not choose a religion and have the freedom to do so. Over here in Amercia only crazy extremist Muslims are committing violence, many Muslims from where you are are immigrating to the USA, you know why? Because they crave freedom, they abhor violence.
The fact that religious books have violence inspiring scriptures doesnt mean people have to be violent. Man does that just fine on their own
What happens in other countries isnt my concern. I can have no impact on those countries or their religions. Take a look at the world and what is happening in it, look at the cries for freedom from oppression. The world is changing. Leaders need to wake up, with todays global communication oppression of people and denying of freedoms is going to become a extinct process. Its the people that can make the change, they are the true power behind any country.
As you pointed out where you live things are difference well here in the USA things are different as well. I have many friends and co workers that are Muslim and they are awesome people.
Pirate, do you know why Jesus came? The Old Testament was a book of laws for the Jews. Jesus came to free us from the laws to die for our sins so that all may enter the Kingdom of Heaven. The Christian bible taught you to turn the other cheek, to forgive it was to be a new covenant with man.
Wlee I grew up in a Christian household, I have studied the Bible, I am very well aware of what is in the Bible, your statement still doesnt negate the fact that those passages are still in the Bible.
My whole point is that the Bible has the same condoning violence passages that the Quran does, weather "Christians" do violence of not Now has no bearing on the contents of the Bible.
There is no doubt that all three modern day religions are the problem. Nothing divides people more than religion, nothing. Untill mankind realizes that they are being duped by religion, the divisivness will continue along with the killing. Sad but true.
Imam Ibrahim - I don't think you are muslim because if you were you'd know that martyrs are allotted only 72 virgins and not 700.
Imam you are not the brightest crayon in the box. I would suggest you get more education. Trust me it will be a good thing for you.
If you are going to accuse me of following a religion then accuse me of being a pastafarian as that would be the best "religion" to more accurately describe my beliefs.
I will say this; you are the first person that I have ever heard mention the concept of a closet Muslim. That in itself is pretty funny.
Old test (history) New test (God's answer to you can't do it without me.) Religion, road map, how to live my life, how to start the day with God's love and end it with a thank you God, help me to do better tomorrow to the people you place in my life today. Not to judge them, to let them do their walk where they are in it. I take so many wrong turns, lots of times I feel I am number one at walking in circles. I am that person you see touching the sign that says "hot do not touch" you should know me, I'm the old lady that keeps going back to touch the object. (thats why the new testment that's why my finger is not burnt to a stump) my Lord covers the sign with His body. Thanks for wanting to help protect me from the sign, but He does it in perfect LOVE. Has forgiven me before I do the wrong. I'm sure He's dealing with the rest of the people in this world in His way. Still trying to remember to say "in Your way, in Your time Lord, not mine. Hey I'm only 72, give me time to get better at this. Plus I am female, we hate to give up control.
Why is it that any comments against US are "closed by Community" like that of Jessica's comment, but anything against muslims or Pakistan is not closed by community. and I believe msnbc is part of this baised propaganda campaign. So would you rather prefer to believe on news reported by such a biased news medium, hope not.
Does this surprise anyone? Hello?
not anymore than reading about american forces invading yet another nation to enforce their ideology on whatever nation we've chosen to invade this decade.
so which mulsim nation is next on our list? once we are out of Iraq and Afghanistan, the military folks are just going to be chomping at the bit to go shove our democracy down some soverign nations throat.
Jessica, valid points. Please also remember the lessons we learned from WWII. When we leave a continent completely it results in a need for a "Normandy". Many people are not ready to fight another true World War. Thinning their heard and taking a few terrorist acts here and there is an equal trade for not having to rescue the world
AGAIN
But yes you have valid points from a certain point of view.
Jessica, you seem to be very anti American, yet choose to continue living here why?
I bet Obama can help!!!!!
I would support Obama if he joined a bomb squad in Afghanistan of Baghdad.
Yeah, he could get them just like he got Bin Laden
Sorry, raincheck. He didn't get Bin Laden. The CIA and the Navy did. All he did was watch it on tv.
Sorry Darryl, but he is the Commander in Chief.
He took a great political risk. Remember Jimmy Carter ? They blamed him for the hostage rescue operation fiasco, but actually it was the US military, right ? The same with Obama, many of those who don't want to give him credit, for sure would blame him.
Get the muslims out of Thailand! Send them to Myanmar.
Wow amazing photos. Does anybody know if the bomb tech lived through that?
I'm thinking yes, since they didn't say anything about a "fatal" wound.
The article said he was wounded. Hmmm, could be understatement?
Lucky for him, it seems that the blast was mainly focused out of the other side of the car. I wonder if that is a tactic and he was possitioned where he was just because of that or if it was dumb luck.
Not luck, most explosives in a vehicle are placed in the passenger or rear of the vehicle. I guess even terrorists dont want the feeling of setting on a bomb.
Islam is a cancer that needs to be eradicated. Hitler had the right idea, he just picked the wrong people to exterminate.
Jack your comment is sick on one hand you condemn a religion (completely disregarding the fact that the extremists of this religion are the ones doing these terrorist activities) then on the other you praise a mass murderer that was set to commit genocide. I wonder if this is something Jesus would say?.
Pirate - dont know about jesus, but the Bi-Polar God likely condones genoicide when it is against brown people, and frowns upon it when it is white people.
duh, how else do you think we Manifested Destiny?
Jessica,
Survival of the fittest plays a big part of it. Whites tend to be more educated...therefore more fit. It was not by some white magic that white people are in control...has a lot to do with them being superior in a way the others are not. You can cry racism and all that hub bub you want but at the end of the day the most educated and resourceful will win the day. Ever seen some of the people that are "defeated in wars"?
Check out Africa...Bows, Arrows, eating rocks for food....vs.....Machine guns!
Europe during WWII fell to the Germans because they were technologically superior..they happened to be white.
If those who felt oppressed were to get educated and stopped acting like primates and calling it culture then things might change. Till then...
Yeah I know..tough love.
Jessica,you completely lost all credibility with your ridiculous assertions
Jack-Smith. you are very wrong. Hitler was a monster and I am proud the western world went to war to against him. Others wrote the Cristian Bible teaches hate and muder. The old testiment has these stories for sure. Christianity started with Christ (can't believe such basics have to be explained) and Christ taught nothing but love and mutual respect and support. You will not find any teachings of Christ that tell you to make war on people who will not submit to your rule. You will not find teachings of Christ telling to you hurt or kill in the name of Christ or God the Father. Christians use Christ's teachings to guide thier life. Because the old testiment exists as written in the same book where the new testiment teaches us of Christ does not mean that Christians believe in or practice violence as described in the old testiment. But you can find people who beat their wifes and beat their children and call themselves Christians. we cannot control what they call themselves. But we can and do arrest them and put them in jail when they break the law. Also much is written in this forum that the Irish bombed each other so the implication is that it must be OK for Muslims to bomb people to get what they want. Well it is wrong for the Irish to bomb each other and guess what - it was the Irish and the Brits who finally got it stopped. It was westerners and Russians who finally stopped Hitler. Nobody stopped Stalin or Mao who murdered far more people than Hitler. Comparing as if to justify or allow Muslims terrorists acts to other horrors from history is a stupid exercise. All these history examples are crimes against humanity. And Westerners hung people after Nuremberg, and Americans put Tim Macvey in the chair, and it wil take Muslims to manup and shut down the terrorist Muslims who hide out and obtain shelter and anonimity among the Muslim Community. Many young radicals got that way from Imams teaching in the Mosques amd Madrasas. The most victims of Muslim extremism are Muslims living in their home countries.
Ahhh..I knew someone would bring up the leftists' beloved line "Americans don't care about killing brown people" crap.
Educate yourself. In WWII, the U.S. military intentionally fire bombed Dresden, Germany (White people) and killed TENS OF THOUSANDS of CIVILIANS.
Millions more were killed in WWI and WWII from bombings, starvation, disease and other tragedies.
Today, no military in the world takes greater care to reduce or eliminate civilian casualties than the U.S. Occasionally a bomb hits a wrong target and a few people are killed. You think this is an outrage, but I'll bet you're okay with killing all those White people.
They said that job was a real blast...
Glad to hear no one was killed. They need to remotely detonate those booby traps.. That's what they are, traps for officials. A long pole with some kind of detonation device, would do it.
LMAO!!
We are much too savage a species to be the descendants of any God.
Unless that God is a War God ;-)
What's this WE crap? The vast majority of us would not be found blowing others to bits because we have sense enough to recognize the value of human life. The cowards who commit these acts have lost all value and owe society their blood. Please all terrorists, throw yourselves on your own devices, blast yourselves to glorious pieces, eat @!$%# and die all of the above.
If your rights were taken from you .... I take it you would not fight back? Do you think when you are oppressed the enemy passes out guns and ammo to you so it is a fair fight? What country are you from? if you say the USA I would be completely ashamed. The tactics we used during the Revolutionary War were seen as coward and not in the Art of War at the time. We changed the face of the earth going "lotech" in that war. British Generals daily would write to the King about how we savages would sniper the officers and not follow protocol.
Thunder you need to open your eyes. You sound like the sheep talking that is in a dark room and raised on milk for slaughter.
Mark, what rights were taken ?
It is too bad that militant muslims can't see the damage they are doing to their religion and culture. They want us all to hate them and they think that by force and violence they will be able to cow the world and bend the entire population of the world to their ends. The more that time goes on, the more we see just how evil this religion is. I feel for the muslims of the world who still try and expound their religion as one of peace because it just isn't. The more we come to know about muslims the more we realize that peaceful co-existence isn't possible with them. Before too long the religion of islam will be defiled because of its hatred and brutality. The fact that they hate everyone won't ever make them acceptable to the general population. The way they enslave women and don't allow them even the most basic of human rights is a travesty. Maybe they will die out of their own accord but I doubt it. As long as the idea of islam exists, there will be haters and women will be subjugated. I have been hoping that the middle east will just implode upon itself and solve the biggest problem but now i see that the disease of islam is deeper and broader than I first thought. It must eventually be excised like a cancer or it will spread and breed cruelty and injustice throughout the world. If there are muslim men out there who love their wives, fight for their rights. Teach your sons acceptance and compassion for others. Show them how wrong blind faith can be.
If there was duct tape on the bomb.....maybe Casey Anthony planted it!!!
But..but - Minister Louis Farrakhan says ISLAM exists to save lives!
So how can this be??!!
Terrorist porn. This photo sequence will make the highlight reel of every Al Quaida wanna-be nutball group out there.
That aside, can't anyone be bothered to at least flesh out the technical details of how this footage was taken, whether the officer was severely injured or just "wounded," etc.? Seems like this was simply rushed to upload for its violent eye-candy appeal.
I think we can all agree that Pres. Obama did not plant this bomb, Rep. Bainer did not plant this bomb, the IRA did not plant this bomb, the Pope did not plant this bomb and the EOD guy trying to protect the public certainly earned his $75.00 a month hazardous duty pay bonus, try to focus on the real issue here, **muslim extremists using poverty and ignorance to aquire and keep power, the religious tennants are all BS, these people are not interested in God, they only use the tools they have to gain power over others.
** not really muslims just biggots, thugs and murderers, who would see themselves king, they do not see God as king.
I was so against terrorism and all, but FINALLY, now, at last, I really do want to convert to islam.
(read sarcasm)
The Islamodoofus planted the bomb on the wrong side of the car! The explosion went AWAY from the defuser guy.
Cowards way of fighting a war they have neither the resources or the courage to win.
Oops, it was the blue wire, not the red one.
It seems to me like an electronic signal jammer would be a good investment for this bomb squad. Don't they make those now?
I don't get it. Why are people such scumbags? I will never get it.
Most Americans see that we cannot group all members of a particular religion with the extremist that wants to control society, or all humanity, under the guidelines he wants us to obey. But the members of that group that do not wish to be called extremist have a responsibility to make changes from within. This applies to all religions, cultures, nations, and other groupings that people tend to use for identification. Sometimes it seems that common sense, moderation, cooperation and understanding have become a rare and nearly extinct human characteristic.
Again, "Islamic militants" using the cowardly "roadside bomb" to kill innocent people -- to terrorize.
Sick...
F*#king Obama.
For get Thiland! Get Muslims the hell out of America as well as ALL illegal's! They all come here to help Obama destroy America.
Hey Pirate, I'm coming into this conversation a bit late, but had to comment on your apparent dislike of the Bible. I have to say that even though the bible has words of violence, the Christian interpretation over recent history has been quite civil. The Vatican has been a peace loving institution for centuries, and slaves have bee free for at least as long as you've been alive. None of those arguments hold water ...
I don't think the same can be said of the muslims of the world, who have decreed to kill all that disagree with them .... and slowly they are trying to do just that. Also, the Protestants and Catholics in Northern Ireland eventually were able to coexist without centuries of killing ... unlike the muslims.
I don't understand the logic of liberal atheists, jews, women, gays, blacks who are not muslim, getting behind their movement, just because you don't like Capitalism, or Christians. You will all be eliminated as soon as they don't need their votes to gain power ... They don't have any more use for you than that.
BBG, where do you get the impression that I am an Antheist? Or that I did not like Capitalism? Did I say I was an Atheist? If you want to know I am Agnostic, I was raised in a Christian household, and just because I find the Bible a joke and full of so many holes when common sense is applied to its passages but that doesnt mean I dont belivee in the possability of a God or higher being.
I am not saying the bible doesnt have some good ideas but personally I cannot belive in it because it cannot answer my questions. What I am upset about is the sterotyping everyone is doing, just as you did by sterotyoing me as an Atheist.