tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post1636495557756614593..comments2023-11-10T04:17:00.492-05:00Comments on View From The Porch: You keep using that word...Tamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-76765885963191123482010-01-12T18:38:35.238-05:002010-01-12T18:38:35.238-05:00That ranks up there with the "terroristic thr...That ranks up there with the "terroristic threatening" statute here in KY. WTF....Crustyrustyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09478587825608882510noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-87445041800663703332010-01-12T15:18:58.095-05:002010-01-12T15:18:58.095-05:00RE: Moriarty...
"I didn't get a harrumph...RE: Moriarty...<br /><br />"I didn't get a harrumph outta you!"<br /><br />'harrumph' (meekly)<br /><br />"You watch your ass!"<br /><br />...and why isn't is Ws M D ?<br />like mothers-in-law?Georgenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-87037903874558905832010-01-12T03:38:26.239-05:002010-01-12T03:38:26.239-05:00I spent the day reasoning with my lazy-boy. I don&...I spent the day reasoning with my lazy-boy. I don't know if I got through to it or not.Chuck Pergielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14473338620167201696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-72282871944576735382010-01-11T23:20:52.725-05:002010-01-11T23:20:52.725-05:00Every law made by and power given over to the gove...Every law made by and power given over to the government will not only be used, but will be used by those who you don't aprove of in ways you don't aprove of.TomareUtsuZonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-73151020116450455462010-01-11T23:01:47.175-05:002010-01-11T23:01:47.175-05:00All NFA are considered weapons of mass distruction...All NFA are considered weapons of mass distruction by statute in North Carolina. <br /><br />That's right, a pipe with some metal donuts in it is a WMD.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-85876670484276758322010-01-11T20:08:05.873-05:002010-01-11T20:08:05.873-05:00In a somewhat related incident of PSH. Decatur, I...In a somewhat related incident of PSH. Decatur, IL patrol officers called out their own bomb squad today for a model rocket under construction.<br /><br />http://www.wandtv.com/global/story.asp?s=11803730Hat Trickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08789313677285831256noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-1737245191290318722010-01-11T14:26:49.204-05:002010-01-11T14:26:49.204-05:00Why we let "infernal machine" slip out o...Why we let "infernal machine" slip out of the lexicon is beyond me.Matthewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05414687981098467556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-26761672826319682202010-01-11T14:23:51.811-05:002010-01-11T14:23:51.811-05:00We have some dumb laws about weapons here in Texas...We have some dumb laws about weapons here in Texas, but we use the old term "Destructive Device" for such charges, when we need to stack them beyond the obvious Attempted Murder charge. This is actually pretty damned sensible. It includes large fixed-ammo breech-loading cannon, grenades, mines, etc. <br /><br />I've been boggled by the proliferation of WMDs myself, lately. It would seem that anything over a [plastic] butter knife is a WMD. <br /><br />Now, I don't assume that WMDs are nukes. I genuinely believe that a clever boy could make one one, in certain circumstances.Matt Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03500429239798601210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-36471429165687617772010-01-11T14:00:19.000-05:002010-01-11T14:00:19.000-05:00I'm just glad we don't have to worry about...I'm just glad we don't have to worry about anti-terrorism laws ever getting stretched to cover plain ol' folks and civil crimes. I know that 'cause Congress <i>promised</i> me back in 2001-2002 I wouldn't have anything to worry about.Jennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682072668997410668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-51208457710299149792010-01-11T12:33:28.659-05:002010-01-11T12:33:28.659-05:00"Also note: The panty-bomber on the Northwest...<i>"Also note: The panty-bomber on the Northwest flight is also charged with using a WMD. When 80 grams of PETN is a WMD you know you're lowering the bar."</i><br /><br />I'm halfway willing to bet that had he broken into the cockpit and tried to garrote the pilots with his shoestrings, shoestrings would become a WMD. :(Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-78318225225349524772010-01-11T11:43:33.359-05:002010-01-11T11:43:33.359-05:00@ James: I dunno, it may be a Soviet idea, but the...@ James: I dunno, it may be a Soviet idea, but the US sure seemed to have a lotta "tactical weapons" as well. The B-61 Mod 3 and Mod 4 come to mind.jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07682952829635407505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-30511823230515484102010-01-11T11:33:46.414-05:002010-01-11T11:33:46.414-05:00"WMD = NBC everyplace but DoJ."
mmmm Al..."WMD = NBC everyplace but DoJ."<br /><br />mmmm Alphabet soup for lunch!<br /><br />And words DO have meaning, they're used in this instance to inform others of their opinion so they won't have to think of it themselves.<br /><br />I'm with the others, there's no need to consider what the weapon is. Just what it was used for, and how many people it did harm, and how many others could reasonably considered at risk.<br /><br />Panty Bomber doesn't need to be charged with any trumped up weapons charge. We just need to charge him with carrying contraband, not having proper ATF permits, and attempted murder of everybody on the plane, and whatever projected number of people that plane might have landed on.<br /><br />Should be more than enugh to lock him up forever or give him the needed....so why invent bullshit newspeak?Weer'd Beardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13528978001340070552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-51070540644853003432010-01-11T10:53:22.860-05:002010-01-11T10:53:22.860-05:00You can always reason with a panicky legislator tr...<i>You can always reason with a panicky legislator trying to look busy in a crisis.</i><br /><br />(Ha!)<br /><br /><b>Holy underwear! Sheriff murdered! Innocent women and children blown to bits! We have to protect our phoney baloney jobs here, gentlemen! We must do something about this immediately! Immediately! Immediately! Harrumph! Harrumph! Harrumph! </b>Moriartynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-46581727427193732262010-01-11T10:28:54.523-05:002010-01-11T10:28:54.523-05:00"Also note: The panty-bomber on the Northwest..."<i>Also note: The panty-bomber on the Northwest flight is also charged with using a WMD. When 80 grams of PETN is a WMD you know you're lowering the bar.</i>"<br /><br />The only way I can see any rationale behind that is if they were considering the guy's skivvies as the detonator for the whole plane over an inhabited area. And even then it's still a conventional weapon. WMD = NBC everyplace but DoJ.Tamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-90926152759836738342010-01-11T10:20:03.921-05:002010-01-11T10:20:03.921-05:00Wow, I guess the Dems and MSM owe G.W. Bush an apo...Wow, I guess the Dems and MSM owe G.W. Bush an apology. <br /><br />Bush was right as under this definition there sure as hell was a ton of WMD in Iraq including older chemical weapon shells, not to mention all the standard 155 HE shells and lower.<br /><br />Also note: The panty-bomber on the Northwest flight is also charged with using a WMD. When 80 grams of PETN is a WMD you know you're lowering the bar.Aaronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08146728790019377401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-4089530404883331952010-01-11T10:12:02.248-05:002010-01-11T10:12:02.248-05:00WMD:Randeep's bomb::Assault weapon:scary-looki...WMD:Randeep's bomb::Assault weapon:scary-looking rifle<br /><br />Why just react when you can OVER-react??rickn8ornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-947039886392054472010-01-11T09:41:24.884-05:002010-01-11T09:41:24.884-05:00Before WMD became all the rage, it was known as CB...Before WMD became all the rage, it was known as CBRNE for Chemical Biological Radiological Nuclear and Explosive. I still work in that field.<br /><br />As for the dear Dr. it's simple attempted murder.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-12488745391941197742010-01-11T09:08:48.409-05:002010-01-11T09:08:48.409-05:00Obviously "feeling it" again, Tam: that&...Obviously "feeling it" again, Tam: that's good for the rest of us. Great stuff this morning, and early, too!<br /><br />ATAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-40372468622948370142010-01-11T08:26:07.475-05:002010-01-11T08:26:07.475-05:00"WMD": It stands for "Words have Me...<i>"WMD": It stands for "Words have Meanings, Dolt," </i><br /><br />That needs to be on a shirt, right now.<br /><br />As for buddy there, he does need to face something besides attempted murder, on account of his deliberate use of something non-selective in its function.<br /><br />JimAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-79039649294518043492010-01-11T08:21:03.093-05:002010-01-11T08:21:03.093-05:00We took the term WMD from the old Soviet lexicon. ...We took the term WMD from the old Soviet lexicon. It was a concept we needed to address. Since WWII, we had the concept of Nuke, and not-a-nuke.<br /><br />WMD also included, to the Soviets, biological and chemical weapons - sometimes known in The West as "poor man's nukes." But NOT tactical nukes. In the original lexicon, a WMD meant a weapon that could cause casualties on a strategic level, as opposed to something, like a tactical nuke for use on the battlefield. Yes, Virginia, the old Soviets believed you could fight - and win - a war using nuclear weapons, as opposed to The West's idea that the use of nukes was "unthinkable." Don't get me started on variable yield, or dial-a-nuke technology.<br /><br />And The West said, to deter the use of "Chem-Bio" weapons against our troops, use those, and we'll just nuke you. Which lead us to not be ready, on civil defense terms, for example, for the likes of a major biological attack.<br /><br />We took up the term WMD to address policy weaknesses in strategic thought and policy in The West.<br /><br />It seems law enforcement has been given the definition by legislation - to let some politicians look like "they're doing something" - that WMD means something that can kill more than one person.<br /><br />Given the gravity of the above discussion, it is patently silly to refer to a home-made "chemical" pipe bomb as "WMD."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-4380339681690009922010-01-11T07:54:42.582-05:002010-01-11T07:54:42.582-05:00How many legs does a dog have if we call the tail ...How many legs does a dog have if we call the tail a leg? ;)Tamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-67829183408592751252010-01-11T07:51:37.050-05:002010-01-11T07:51:37.050-05:00.. here's a definition of WMD:
http://www.sch..... here's a definition of WMD:<br /><br />http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2009/04/definition_of_w.html<br /><br />anything beyond a firecracker, it seems.Schmidtnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-56554102266891287862010-01-11T07:39:55.344-05:002010-01-11T07:39:55.344-05:00I've always wondered why there's different...I've always wondered why there's different charges for the 'how' of 'tried to kill someone'. Bomb, gun, arsenic, badger - so what? Assault with a deadly weapon? What's <i>not</i> a deadly weapon?<br /><br />Now, for something as indiscriminate as a bomb, I could see tacking on a 'reckless, willful endangerment' charge - he might have meant only to kill that one dude, but the weapon chosen isn't known for it's aiming characteristics.<br /><br />WV - 'oveme' tender, oveme true...Noah Dnoreply@blogger.com