Posted on 11/15/2004 11:00:29 AM PST by Dog
Breaking...
PAIC, you've gived away our secret.
John ny, we also misunderestimate misspelling skills, if one has them.
Tastes just like pork, I'll bet.
As they were reporting this I heard a baby crying. So apparently people did see it.
2-4-6-8 let's self-immolate!
"People whose first reaction is to accuse and bully rather than understand and reason with?"
A LOT of people here are a little VERY suspcious (with VERY good reason) of lurkers and disruptors coming in here pretending to be something that they're not and then cause trouble on every thread they can post to...as was prescribed by the alleged musician Moby. So if you are greeted a little more gruffly than you expected be patient. If you turn out to be someone who is genuinely trying to make an informed opinion about both sides of the U.S. political spectrum people will see that. But expect some distrust at the start. If you are a lurker or a "Troll" I feel sorry for what will happen to you at the hands of Zot.
Plus you must understand that the cheering for this man setting himself on fire not only shows the sardonic wit (some of which is mine) of the FReepers but a sense of getting even (of which I am guilty of too) for having to see the "Arab Street" holding a pep rally everytime the U.S. or it's allies are attacked.
IMHO...if this guy that torched himself today was either sympathetic to the thugs in Fallujah or bought into the Lib RAT group think that Iraq was an "unjust war" then he got what he deserved. Hell had I been there I'd have handed him the lighter.
Hilarious!
Aw shucks, Johnny sleeps with the hairballs.
He seemed such a nice fella, too.
Ditto. :D
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The only good mujahideen is a **** mujahideen . .
There he went!
I was waiting for a Monty Python reference, although I don' t think he was with the Judean People's Front.
Hey, DUmmies: It's about Personal Responsibility...that's why you don't understand this thread.
Or an invisible gir... uh, never mind.
Monday, November 15, 2004
(11-15) 12:49 PST WASHINGTON (AP) -- A man set himself afire Monday just outside a White House gate and repeatedly yelled "Allah Allah" as a Secret Service officer held him facedown on the sidewalk.
Alan Etter, spokesman for the District of Columbia Fire and Emergency Medical Services, said the man suffered burns to about 30 percent of his body.
The man had burns to his head, back, arms and face but was conscious when medics took him to Washington Hospital Center, Etter said.
White House doctors joined uniformed Secret Service personnel in administering first aid until the emergency service technicians arrived. They transported the 52-year-old man, who was not identified, to the burn unit of Washington Hospital Center.
Lorie Lewis, a Secret Service spokeswoman, said the man "set himself on fire on Pennsylvania Avenue on the north side of the White House complex."
Etter said the incident occurred about 2 p.m. next to the guard post on the north side of the White House beside a section of Pennsylvania Avenue recently reopened to pedestrians.
Witnesses reported hearing screams and seeing a man in flames. The man's right trouser leg was burned.
Afterward, he lay on the sidewalk about 10-15 feet from his partially burned raincoat, attache case and various papers. A fire extinguisher was there as well. Secret Service personnel confiscated the man's items.
A Florida couple with a video camera taped the incident. John and Beverly Beers, tourists from Palm Beach, Fla., say they turned the tape over to the Secret Service. Authorities also interviewed the couple in Lafayette Park.
Jim Clarke of Burke, Va., was walking his dog when the incident occurred. He said Secret Service agents acted quickly and used an extinguisher to put out the flames.
There was no immediate word on the man's condition or what led to the fire. There was evidence of an ignitable liquid at the scene, Etter said.
The Secret Service, which disclosed no additional details, is investigating the incident.
"Why is it that many of you have resorted to petty name calling rather than a reasoned discussion?"
John, the radical fanatic's of Islam have been killing people worldwide for years (many are innocent people). After 9/11, W has got the guts to hunt them down and destroy them.
It's really sad that they can't tell the difference between seeing the humor in a ridiculous and nutty act, and making someone happy. I think it's because when they see bad things happen to people they don't agree with, they are happy.
I'm from NY City, and the bloody jihad hamsters incinerated 3000 of my fellow countrymaen while they were at work on September 11, 2001. There were more casualties then Pearl Harbor. They declared war on us that Tuesday morning and they, and their sycophants will pay the price. Did you Brits spare German cities after the Luftwaffe bombed some of your own cities to rubble? This will end when the Islamofascist enemy no longer has the ability, nor the will to make war against us again. If it takes "the enlightenment of a thousand suns" to do the job, so be it! Being merciful to the merciless is a gross perversion of justice. You can understand this or not, but the US and the UK have had to deal with a similar threat 60 years ago. Perhaps you should study your own history before you delve into the niceties of Islam! Bi la kaifa!("nuff said!)
New Toasted Allah-ohs!
Just add milk for a nutritious and crispy breakfast!
Just damn.
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His pals always said he was a bright spark
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