It's funny how this throws a monkey wrench into the situation for people like me, who routinely and shamelessly bash the Bush administration, the War on Terror, Homeland Security's draconian measures, etc etc. Because obviously, this time, the security measures did their job. Like Daz I am going to be flying in and out of…
I'm F-ing annoyed. Cos I need to do that trip in a few weeks and Im a nervous flyer as is. I'm just trying to get from A to B for fucks sake. I dont see NOT flying as an option. What am I meant to do? Call up my brother and say 'hey mate, I cant be best man at your wedding 'cos Im a big scaredy cat'? It totally pisses me…
You know as someone from the UK I'm constantly surprised at how short peoples memories are. One word (or rather acronym) IRA They were a real, present and *active* danger in the British Isles during their time, blowing up gawd knows how many shopping centres and people as a result of their 'fight'..... and yet we just got…
[ QUOTE ] The cause-and-effect on this cycle of events has persisted for decades - it's no coincidence that the fall of the Shah of Iran and the Iranian Revolution happened to include an American hostage crisis and denunciations of the US as the 'Great Satan'. That wasn't last year, it was 1979. Surely no one is going to…
[ QUOTE ] You know as someone from the UK I'm constantly surprised at how short peoples memories are. One word (or rather acronym) IRA They were a real, present and *active* danger in the British Isles during their time, blowing up gawd knows how many shopping centres and people as a result of their 'fight'..... and yet we…