Paris Mayhem

[YankeeFan]

Here's some Baron logic from a Harry Reid staffer:



So, if they're "known terrorists" why aren't they in custody already? Why are they on the street, instead of in jail?

I'm guessing he's referring to folks on the "no fly" list. You know, the folks who have been entered into a -- database!

 

[YankeeFan]

How long is the list now of things that Romney was right about, and which he was mocked by the media and or the President:

Three years before masked gunmen stormed a hotel in the capital of Mali, killing at least 27 people early Friday morning, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney was mocked by certain media figures for warning about the spread of terrorist activity in the small West African country.

During the final 2012 presidential debate, which focused on foreign policy, Romney cautioned that instability in the Middle East had given way to the rise of terrorist influences in several key countries, including Libya, Syria and Mali.

"Mali has been taken over, the northern part of Mali by al Qaeda type individuals," Romney said. "With Mali now having North Mali taken over by al-Qaeda, with Syria having [Bashar al-Assad] continuing to kill, to murder his own people, this is a region in tumult."
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"I bet Romney couldn't point to Mali on a map," Daily Kos founderMarkos Moulitsas said at the time on social media.

Longtime Clinton ally and CNN contributor Paul Begala added elsewhere, "POTUS has mentioned Israel at least three times Romney has cited Mali twice. Really."

Vox.com's Matt Yglesias joked in a note of his own, "Romney going for the vote of single-issue Mali voters. Obama for people who don't like Osama bin Laden."

He added later, "Teachers unions have thrown Northern Mali into chaos."

Flashback: Romney mocked for Mali alert

 

[Neutral Corner]

Yes, because not opening your borders is worse than beheading and raping and mass-murder attacks.

They've been doing that for what, a couple of years now? I had not noticed my Facebook being flooded with posts about it until the "The Syrians are coming and they're going to kill us all" immediately after Paris and 24/7 news coverage and politicians fear-mongering about it.

Oh, we noticed beheading videos and it got some coverage... it it wasn't like this, nor was the public response.

 

[Michael_ Gee]

YF, being on the terror watch list does not mean you are automatically arrested. It means you are under suspicion, but until you can be caught plotting and/or committing a crime, there are no grounds for your arrest. Pesky Constitution.
This whole deal just reinforces my belief that the only way to maintain this country is to strip white people, of whom I have the honor to be one, of all civil rights.

 

[BDC99]

Pesky Constitution.

You must not be a liberal. They don't give a fork!

 

[Baron Scicluna]

Here's some Baron logic from a Harry Reid staffer:



So, if they're "known terrorists" why aren't they in custody already? Why are they on the street, instead of in jail?

I'm guessing he's referring to folks on the "no fly" list. You know, the folks who have been entered into a -- database!

Because they may be "known terrorists" to law enforcement, but they don't know where they are located and are able to buy a gun under lax laws of certain states.

Bin Laden was a "known terrorist." Yet, we didn't know where he was for 10 years. Someone less infamous than him may be known to law enforcement and yet be able to move about freely in the U.S. because he's good at sneaking around.

As far as your "no fly" database, people are put there for varied reasons, some legitimate, some not. Unlike what certain members the GOP is proposing, which is put everyone of one religion into a database.

This is not that hard to figure out. Do better.

 

[Neutral Corner]

There were 26 people killed at Sandy Hook, including 20 small children, and we shrugged and didn't do shirt about it. Why is getting killed by "terrorists" different? Is shooting up a concert so much worse than shooting up a movie theatre that we have a collective anal spasm out of fear?

I still go to the movies. I don't even bring a pistol, and I'm a good guy.

 

[Baron Scicluna]

From here on out, Baron, you are to be known as Toy Department. And when you respond, try not to repeat what I said and just change a word or two.

When I'm able to do so, it shows how shallow your arguments really are. Why are you so ashamed of your own arguments?

 

[Baron Scicluna]

There were 26 people killed at Sandy Hook, including 20 small children, and we shrugged and didn't do shirt about it. Why is getting killed by "terrorists" different? Is shooting up a concert so much worse than shooting up a movie theatre that we have a collective anal spasm out of fear?

I still go to the movies. I don't even bring a pistol, and I'm a good guy.

This.

 

[TheSportsPredictor]

If allowing Syrian immigrants into the US were a Constitutional right, we'd be voting on a new amendment tomorrow.

 

[YankeeFan]

YF, being on the terror watch list does not mean you are automatically arrested. It means you are under suspicion, but until you can be caught plotting and/or committing a crime, there are no grounds for your arrest.

Yes. I understand this.

So, what is Reid's aide talking about?

Either they're not "known terrorists", or they should be arrested.

And, they are on a list; in a database.

So, we have this database of people we're worried about.

 

[YankeeFan]

Any pause in allowing refugees into America because of terror concerns would be un-American:

Although the Obama administration currently refuses to temporarily pause its Syrian refugee resettlement program in the United States, the State Department in 2011 stopped processing Iraq refugee requests for six months after the Federal Bureau of Investigation uncovered evidence that several dozen terrorists from Iraq had infiltrated the United States via the refugee program.

Obama Admin Paused Iraq Refugee Program In 2011