Comments on: Oh, Boston. http://rift.org/1128/2007/02/oh-boston/ Adam Preble's Weblog Thu, 08 Jan 2009 02:09:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: Chris C. http://rift.org/1128/2007/02/oh-boston/#comment-4318 Fri, 02 Feb 2007 05:32:14 +0000 http://rift.org/1128/2007/02/oh-boston/#comment-4318 <p>I happened to watch the offenders' news conference come in this morning. They were only answering questions about 1970's hairstyles. BRILLIANT. I can't wait for it to show up on YouTube so I can start showing it to people.</p> I happened to watch the offenders’ news conference come in this morning. They were only answering questions about 1970’s hairstyles. BRILLIANT. I can’t wait for it to show up on YouTube so I can start showing it to people.

]]> by: chap http://rift.org/1128/2007/02/oh-boston/#comment-4316 Fri, 02 Feb 2007 00:51:17 +0000 http://rift.org/1128/2007/02/oh-boston/#comment-4316 <p>I would like to extend your extension of my characterization. It should be noted for the record that the Department of Homeland Security, the FBI, and the vast majority of the media reporting on this story are all, yes, <em>fucking idiots</em><em>.</em></p> <blockquote> “It had a very sinister appearance,” [Massachusetts Attorney General] Coakley told reporters. “It had a battery behind it, and wires.” </blockquote> <p>This is just idiotic. To quote a friend in an email exchange today: "Well, if that is the definition of sinister, I'm going to have to report my alarm clock. Not only does it have a battery and wires, but it makes a horrible noise every morning that wakes me up. Did I mention it also has a lighted display? It must be a bomb then. "</p> I would like to extend your extension of my characterization. It should be noted for the record that the Department of Homeland Security, the FBI, and the vast majority of the media reporting on this story are all, yes, fucking idiots.

“It had a very sinister appearance,” [Massachusetts Attorney General] Coakley told reporters. “It had a battery behind it, and wires.”

This is just idiotic. To quote a friend in an email exchange today: “Well, if that is the definition of sinister, I’m going to have to report my alarm clock. Not only does it have a battery and wires, but it makes a horrible noise every morning that wakes me up. Did I mention it also has a lighted display? It must be a bomb then. “

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