Nigerians are attacking Detroit!

[CowtownCobra]

As serious as this was, I can't help but snicker at the irony.....

[trularin]

The news has been playing it up, but I can not help but think that these nut cases have a distorted view of Detroit.

[Buzz]

An attempted bombing of a Northwest Airlines flight that happened to be bound for Detroit is being spun into becoming a Nigerian attack on Detroit? I thought it was a Muslim terrorist attack against America. The real irony is how eager and quick some people are to divide instead of unite whenever a suitable "opportunity" presents itself.
What was the wingnut headline after the Richard Reid shoe bomber incident - "The British attack Miami"?

[Excaliber]

Well, gotta admit, I got a chuckle out of the thread title.

You know this guy's neighbors are NOT going to be happy about this. I'm pretty sure this is going to have a negative impact on the income flow from Nigerian email scams. In that regard, Detroit and the rest of the nation have been "under Nigerian scam attack" for sometime now.

[purespeed]

Speaking of banking, the terrorist's father is a banker in Nigeria. And for this is worth, his father warned the US Embassy in Nigeria about his son last Nov. They did have him on a terrorist list, but didn't see any reason to void his visa or prevent him from flying to the US.

But on a happier note:

When Janet Napolitano was interviewed on CNN, the most interesting statement she made was:

"What we are focused on is making sure that the air environment remains safe, that people are confident when they travel. And one thing I’d like to point out is that the system worked."

Did someone say delusional?

[Art Burtt]

It was abotched "man made disaster"

[purespeed]

I really can't blame his father. He is helping me acquire a large sum of money from Nigeria. I just have to wire him $10,000 and millions will pour into my bank account.

It feels good to be rich and smart too.

[Excaliber]

Yeah, OK, "the system worked",,, huh? Is that gal good at spin control or what?

Well the guy was on a list, along with 300 to 400,000 other people. Maybe the problem is the size of the list(s)? There is more than one list after all. Were talking 1/2 million people here and your job is to find "one". Oh yeah, peice of cake...

[Ralphy]

Another spoiled rich kid with to much time on his hands Sounds like an American story. We have one here I think.

[purespeed]

First, the shoe bomber. Now we have to take off our shoes going through security.

The latest bomber had his bomb stitched into his underwear. You see where this is going?

[Excaliber]

Under wear search? Oh man,,,

[Ralphy]

They have the sniffers here. The guy boarded with no luggage. Hmmm...

[bomelia]

Now, I hate to ruin the fun here, but the thread title comes a wee bit to close to racism for me. Hey, have fun, I'm just saying.

Mike

[Ralphy]

Just to make one point, it was not a bomb but a incendiary.

[Excaliber]

I think it was MEANT to be a bomb though? I wonder if it just failed to explode and burned rapidly instead. The main ingredient is in fact an explosive.

OK, leaning toward racist, fair call, but still, that is some humorous irony.

[Ralphy]

You probably are right.I just had heard the news say later, it was an incendiary.

[purespeed]

Here's a little cut n paste from ABC NEWS:

http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/northw...ory?id=9426532

Officials now say tragedy was only averted on Northwest flight 253 because a makeshift detonator failed to work properly.

Bomb experts say there was more than enough explosive to bring down the Northwest jet, which had nearly 300 people aboard, had the detonator not failed, and the nation's outdated airport screening machines may need to be upgraded.

"We've known for a long time that this is possible," said Richard Clarke, former counterterrorism czar and ABC News consultant, "and that we really have to replace our scanning devices with more modern systems."

[bomelia]

Hey! Let it never be said that I do not appreciate ethnic humor. I DO! I am of Italian WOP and Irish Tater lovin' heritage. I hate political correctness. But, yet, you just can't escape the "incendiary" nature of the thread title (and content). Detroit has a large percentage black to white ratio. Remove & add a few vowels and consonants and the afformentioned title makes blatant, if not so inocuous sense.

Mike (who has been run off of other forums for lesser offenses )

[Ron61]

This is kind of off the main topic but I didn't want to start another thread for it. It is about the explosive used by the man on the Detroit plane.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091228/...tack_explosive

Ron

[bomelia]

And I have had nail clippers and shampoo bottles confiscated. Yet this a-hole gets on a plane with PETN. I say its time to reevaluate racial profiling (or better yet, ethnic profiling).

Mike