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Seattle P-I: No, we won’t help the FBI…we’ll hold a haiku contest instead! Update: FBI flooded with tips Update: Seattle P-I admits haiku contest was bone-headed idea

By Michelle Malkin  •  August 22, 2007 09:31 AM

Update 2:00pm Eastern. The Seattle P-I responds to the blogosphere. Monica Guzman announces there will be no haiku winner contest:

The paper’s decision not to run photos of the two Seattle ferry passengers sought by the FBI didn’t take long yesterday to become part of a widespread debate that provoked readers around the country.

It also spread throughout the blogosphere. While most blogs pointed directly to the debate, some made some poignant comments about the topic of yesterday’s Daily Haiku contest, a topic that — considering the sensitivity of the issue — was probably not the best we could have come up with.

While the Big Blog mixes fun and news on a daily basis, in this case we undermined a serious issue and a serious debate, and made it seem as if we in the newsroom didn’t acknowledge its importance.

So thanks to all the bloggers who pointed this out. We agree it was a bad call and will learn from the experience.

P.S. — We’re not going to pick a winner.

Yep. We all know who the loser is, though:

pisymbol.jpg

The paper still refuses to run the FBI photos.

Update 11:15am Eastern. John Does are coming forward to assist the FBI. The feds say they have been flooded with tips.

FBI agents are working through tons of tips they received after releasing a photo of two men who they say were acting suspiciously aboard Washington state ferries.

Publicizing the photo of men who haven’t been accused of a crime was an unusual move by the FBI. Officials with the Bureau say they just want to talk to the two men.

The State Patrol says investigators started by showing the pictures to ferry workers, Then they showed them at a fire and police training exercise.

With no new leads, they decided to get all the ferry riders involved by publicizing the photos and asking, “do you know who these men are?”

Ed Morrissey votes for his favorite P-I reader haiku so far by Dani B.:

Don’t be proactive
More readers if ferry sinks
Post pictures after

***

At 6am yesterday morning, I posted the FBI photo of two men who have been spotted by ferry employees and passengers acting strangely aboard Washington State ferries recently. I noted that the Seattle Post-Intelligencer refused to run the photos. In a follow-up story, the P-I explained its decision further:

The P-I elected not to publish the photos, citing civil liberties and privacy concerns, which editors felt outweighed the newsworthiness of the images. “We have no confirmation that these men’s behavior was anything but innocuous, and to forever taint them by associating them with terrorism under these circumstances is not consistent with our policy,” said David McCumber, P-I managing editor.

There’s no taint if there’s no terrorism. Were their actions nefarious or misinterpreted? The men could clear that up in a split second by coming forward and saying so. Bill Hobbs weighs in at Newsbusters:

Of course it would be easier to find out which is the case if the FBI could find the guys. And it would be easier to find the guys if the Seattle P-I would publish the photos, so that Seattle-area residents would know what the men look like whom the FBI has asked the public to help them find. As it stands now, in the name of being politically correct, the Seattle P-I has decided to alarm the people of Seattle and leave them looking suspiciously at just about anyone who fits the general description of male and looking like they might be from the Middle East.

So, how else is the P-I covering the story (or rather, not covering the story)? By holding a haiku contest, of course! (Hat tip - Bill Hobbs, who has more here).

The P-I’s Monica Guzman invites readers to share their feelings in verse:

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You’ll love some of the entries. A sample:

Possible danger?
Political correctness!
Paper fails duty.

Seattle P I
Is a joke to sane people
God help Seattle

a magical place,
where 9/11 never
happened. Seattle.

PI wants Haiku
To justify its dumbness
Task Impossible

And my favorite:

Who are these ‘masked’ men?
Michelle Malkin has pictures.
Get your news from her.

Hey, thanks! Feel free to post more.

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Comments

  1. #1
    On August 22nd, 2007 at 9:42 am, walterc said:

    So when a ferry blows up and hundreds of people are killed, will the Seattle PI run the photo then?

    Or will they just speculate that it was the result of mismangement by the ferry authority.

  2. #2
    On August 22nd, 2007 at 9:46 am, wryteacher said:

    why must you profile?
    haven’t you learned from edwards?
    it’s bumper stickers

  3. #3
    On August 22nd, 2007 at 9:54 am, ajmontana said:

    Seattle PI,
    Head in Sand.
    Now were Dead, what happened!?

  4. #4
    On August 22nd, 2007 at 9:57 am, Kevin from Ohio in Virginia said:

    If I were one of the two men shown in the photo, I would gladly come forward to explain myself. If my behavior had caused someone to think that I was plotting terror, I would be on the evening news to explain what exactly I was doing. I would do everything in my power to put ferry users’ minds at ease. If I were the PI, I would publish the photos and ask for the men to “tell their story” in my paper. That way, folks have the opportunity to get both sides of the story.

    Washington ferries
    Potential terrorist threat
    PI turns blind eye

  5. #5
    On August 22nd, 2007 at 10:03 am, citizen said:

    commies, ya gotta hand it to ‘em..,

  6. #6
    On August 22nd, 2007 at 10:07 am, pressto said:

    Newspapers and the MSM wonder why they are loosing readers and viewers and they can not seem to connect the dots when readers want facts, not PC reporting.

  7. #7
    On August 22nd, 2007 at 10:17 am, reine.de.tout said:

    The blog “Atlas Shrugs” had an item LAST WEEK about strange goings-on at the Seattle ferry: http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/2007/08/terrors-next-mo.html

    Then a ferry employee snaps a photo, and the FBI asks for it to be publicized. The newspaper refuses to publish the photo to avoid “tainting” the men, who could clear it up in a minute by simply coming forward, but instead, they seem to have disappeared. As PRESSTO said above:

    Newspapers and the MSM wonder why they are loosing readers and viewers and they can not seem to connect the dots when readers want facts, not PC reporting.

    The MSM and the “politically correct” folks seem to think that the rest of us are too stupid to draw our own conclusions and so therefore they must hide from us anything that might cause us to draw the “wrong” conclusions.

    I do not understand why protection of our country and our way of life has to be such an uphill battle.

  8. #8
    On August 22nd, 2007 at 10:39 am, Heartland Perspective said:

    It’s almost to the point where I just wish places like Seattle would offer to be a host city to encourage all the terrorists and illegal immigrants to come to their city and let them have any sanctuary policy or ultraliberal policies they want. Just stay the heck away from me and mine.

  9. #9
    On August 22nd, 2007 at 10:42 am, trinitytim said:

    The P&I will not link,

    so when the ferry sinks,

    Your */*# will stink.

  10. #10
    On August 22nd, 2007 at 10:44 am, Milwaukee Mike said:

    Racial Profiling
    A No-No in Seattle
    Endangers Us All

  11. #11
    On August 22nd, 2007 at 10:49 am, mnmike said:

    Well, throw a burka on me and call me Mo

  12. #12
    On August 22nd, 2007 at 10:56 am, Fineous Reese said:

    anyone know if the Seattle P-I ever printed pics of the Duke lax players? just curious how strong their “civil liberties and privacy concerns” really are.

  13. #13
    On August 22nd, 2007 at 11:03 am, bipartisancomplainer said:

    FBI knows not
    Seattle PI knows best
    Security lost

  14. #14
    On August 22nd, 2007 at 11:06 am, MikeyMike said:

    Mine:

    How can we keep safe?
    How should we help our readers?
    A Haiku Contest!

  15. #15
    On August 22nd, 2007 at 11:10 am, MikeyMike said:

    Michelle,
    Since they will undoubtedly pick one of the few poems that doesn’t slam them, I think you should pick your choice of the funniest one from both their site and yours

  16. #16
    On August 22nd, 2007 at 11:25 am, Pulchritudinous Patriot said:

    I just finished looking over the site and reading some of the comments.

    Man, are these people liberal or what?

    Willfully blind?

    I can’t figure Libs out! I just don’t get it.

    Of course, if a ferry does get blown up, they won’t blame the P.I. for not running the pictures.

    No.

    They’ll blame George Bush and the F.B.I. for not preventing the attack.

    No wonder we call them moonbats.

  17. #17
    On August 22nd, 2007 at 11:29 am, jeffshultz said:

    I’m thinking that the the P-I is simply living up to it’s name - Post-Intelligence.

  18. #18
    On August 22nd, 2007 at 11:32 am, The Raging Republican said:

    WOW, I thought this was just clever writing by Michelle. They are really writing haiku’s! I wouldn’t believe it if I didn’t see it.

    See what happens when you put the crazies in charge. Whats next???? Dissolve the Seattle police department in favor of a team of crime fighting poets…..

    ‘I will disarm you and free the hostages with my thesaurus!’

  19. #19
    On August 22nd, 2007 at 11:33 am, mojoe said:

    Intelligencer?
    You’d be hard pressed to prove it
    Heads back in the sand

  20. #20
    On August 22nd, 2007 at 11:44 am, jferg49 said:

    Muslims
    Those wild terrorist
    Planning again

    The casual terrorist
    snapping photos
    the fuze is lit

  21. #21
    On August 22nd, 2007 at 11:44 am, Brian72 said:

    I put this in the first thread on this topic the other day, but it bears repeating:

    On August 21st, 2007 at 11:43 am, Brian72 said:

    From the link to AtlasShrugs above:

    Atlas reader John Jay sent along the following. LOCATION: SEATTLE, WASHINGTON

    Something a little strange happened today, as I got on the ferry just north of Seattle, Wa. A whole bunch of Coast Guard personnel were hanging around a large blue van at the end of the pier, and they were armed to the teeth. All were wearing side arms, 9 mm Berettas in tactical holsters slung to the thigh, and clearly evident on each holster was a tactical fighting knife. Each of the Coasties was wearing an ammo vest, with from 6 to 8 pouches of extra magazines for the pistols.

    We have a lot of service guys around here, but you never see them armed out in public. Never.

    I approached them, about 10 or 12 in number, and chatted. I asked them were they were stationed. One of the young guys said, San Francisco, sir. I asked if maybe they were up for a training mission, and one of them said, no, we are here to help the police and other authorities. This apparently involved federal and state agencies across the board. I said, well, you hear rumors about stuff, and they all shrugged sort of noncommittally, but nobody said, oh, no sir, don’t worry about that.

    Something had struck me that I couldn’t put my finger on, and then it came to me, that these were not your ordinary sailors. All of these young kids were buff, in their early twenties, with heavy shoulders and arms, and looked very muscled in the chests. I looked for signs of body armor, but saw none: these kids were fit. All absolutely flat stomached. Ramrod straight. All, very, very resolute and serious looking. Some light banter going back and forth, but they were all very serious, and all very attentive.

    As the ferry unloaded, traffic off of it was a bit slow, as cars were being checked. Have never seen that before, as usually the disembarking cars roar off the ferry once they hit the pier. As car pulled into the lanes to get on the ferry, the coast guard guys walked down the lanes, peering into each car, from all appearances, not worried too much about being accused of “profiling.”

    Coastguardsmen were all over the ferry terminal, and all over the dock, checking walk on passengers.

    There were at least 15 and maybe 20 Coast Guardsmen and security types on that one ferry. There are dozens of ferries running almost 24/7 on Puget Sound and the Straits of Juan de Fuca, some of them going back and forth between the U.S. and Canada. If each dock had a full compliment of Coasties as this one, there have to be hundreds of Coast Guardsman in the Puget Sound right now, checking on security issues.

    Again, I have to repeat, this is the first time I have ever seen armed military personnel going about in the civilian population around here. You see them at security stations at the bases, and when they are going back and forth to summer camps in convoy and the like, but never have I seen anything like this.

    Seattle has been targeted before, and this is no suprise to me. These Coasties are ready for some rough business, and I’m glad they are on the case.

    As Mark Levin says signing off every night, We salute our Armed Forces, Law Enforcement, and Emergency Personnel.

  22. #22
    On August 22nd, 2007 at 11:50 am, Wile E Coyote said:

    Big deal. So the local paper didn’t print the pictures. All the local TV stations have carried the story and posted the pictures. And since newspapers have declining readership, wouldn’t TV be the best place for this?

    I’d also like to remind everyone of Steven Hatfill. The “person of interest” in the anthrax cases. He was demonized in the media but never wound up being implicated.

  23. #23
    On August 22nd, 2007 at 11:51 am, Brian72 said:

    And Another Thing…….this is another comment by me in that other thread, and my opinion has not changed.

    On August 21st, 2007 at 5:17 pm, Brian72 said:

    If these guys are innocent and being suspected wrongly, they have many avenues of redress. This is America, after all. They can appear all over the MSM, who will exploit it to the hilt, any way they can. There are many lawyers who would help them sue, even if they don’t have a case. They might even get a book deal, for crying out loud. It’s worth the risk of having to say you’re sorry later, to be fully alert now. What if these guys are really up to something deadly serious? Libs would be the first to say Bush didn’t protect Seattle because it’s a Democrat city in a Democrat state. Remember Katrina? You know they would in a second. Then, in about 5 minutes we would hear how the Bush tax cuts have starved Homeland Security and we have to raise taxes across the board, and pork up port protection. I can see it now!

    If they are innocent, this situation can be rectified easy enough. If they are not, then they must be located, detained , and questioned by the FBI.

    Is this newspaper really prepared to look the other way, defy the FBI and endanger their own readers all for the sake of political correctness?

    It sure looks that way to me, and shame on them.

  24. #24
    On August 22nd, 2007 at 11:52 am, jones said:

    Boom, Ferry in flames!
    I guess they were jihadists.
    I somehow blame Bush.

  25. #25
    On August 22nd, 2007 at 11:55 am, feebiebabe said:

    They probably work for the PI.

    PS. The guy on the right side of the photo….seriously disturbing. If he is completely innocent, someone should tell him to quit eating lemons.

  26. #26
    On August 22nd, 2007 at 11:58 am, snarks_when_bored said:


    On a ferry ride
    Mo and Ali strike a pose
    Aplomb is da bomb

  27. #27
    On August 22nd, 2007 at 12:03 pm, Milwaukee Mike said:

    Let’s get some coffee…
    Oh No! They Blew Up Starbucks!
    George Bush is to Blame!

  28. #28
    On August 22nd, 2007 at 12:05 pm, Laree said:

    Fox just reported on this the SP claim they were waiting for more information from the FBI, that they-FBI were taking it seriously. The Seattle Times is reporting on this, didn’t wait.

  29. #29
    On August 22nd, 2007 at 12:07 pm, On-my-soap-box said:

    I blame Boosh.
    It’s all his fault!
    What part of this don’t you get?

  30. #30
    On August 22nd, 2007 at 12:09 pm, tony the tiger said:

    Stranger than fiction
    Seattle P.I. haiku
    Terrorist - bite me

  31. #31
    On August 22nd, 2007 at 12:13 pm, tony the tiger said:

    …24 hours and still unidentified…

  32. #32
    On August 22nd, 2007 at 12:18 pm, jrlingreenbay said:

    If these two guys were reportedly acting suspiciously around a Seattle Planned Parenthood location - I bet this paper would have them on the front page for 3 days straight…..

  33. #33
    On August 22nd, 2007 at 12:41 pm, USN RET said:

    They shut down the ferry service for a while this morning. Found a suspicious package on one of the ferries making the Bainbridge Island run.

  34. #34
    On August 22nd, 2007 at 12:43 pm, blacktygrrrr said:

    Never liked Haikus

    I find them very pointless

    So is Seattle

    The bottom line is this…never send a child to do an adult’s job. Liberals are still coddling criminals, and conservatives are busy finding them.

    http://blacktygrrrr.wordpress.com/2007/03/14/liberals-can-run-and-they-can-hide/

    http://blacktygrrrr.wordpress.com/2007/04/25/liberals-talk-about-improving-the-world-conservatives-actually-do-it/

  35. #35
    On August 22nd, 2007 at 1:01 pm, Sergeant Tim said:

    It is okay Seattle, al Qaeda learned from 9/11 and Michael Moore so do not bother to report the two. If they are terrorists, they will surely blow up only a conservative ferry. All libs using the ferries should wear dark blue shirts until further notice.

  36. #36
    On August 22nd, 2007 at 1:08 pm, Regulus said:

    This is so much fun that I nominate this thread for “Productivity Killer of the Day” award.

    Two men case ferry.
    Paper holds haiku contest.
    Seattle. ‘Nuff said.

    Ferry sinks in ‘Sound.
    George Bush! The real terrorist.
    Hey - my latte’s cold…

  37. #37
    On August 22nd, 2007 at 1:11 pm, AlohaGuy said:

    Two guys on a boat
    One has Nitro, one has goat
    Nothing suspicious

  38. #38
    On August 22nd, 2007 at 1:19 pm, Brian Mallard said:

    Idiot editor
    Refusal to print image
    Outcome sunk ferry

    Moonbat perspective
    Consequences discounted
    His head in the sand

  39. #39
    On August 22nd, 2007 at 1:23 pm, jrlingreenbay said:

    One who is familiar with certain portayals in books and movies can point to a correlation between certain depictions and real-life occurrances:

    Tom Clancy’s Debt of Honor portays the use of a jet airliner as a weapon to destroy the political infrastructure of the US Government / 9-11, jet airliners are used to attack the US.

    Recently we have the movie ‘Deja Vu’ where a homegrown terrorist targets a popular ferry system / Now we have suspicious characters seemingly studying a well-used and heavily populated ferry system….

    Terrorists ( home-grown and otherwise ) will get their ideas from anywhere they can…. And given today’s atmosphere of global terrorism, and the hints that the actions of these two men are showing, we cannot dismiss them as harmless or bow to politically correct ideals in our quest for safety and security.

  40. #40
    On August 22nd, 2007 at 1:24 pm, Blaise said:

    That newspaper should no longer be referred to as the Seattle P-I. Now it’s the Seattle P-U (for Post Unintelligencer).

    Obviously, the Seattle P-U has no sense of either civic duty or self preservation. The old saying “An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.” is obviously, to them, a quaint, archaic and possibly conservative notion.

    Perhaps, in this spirit they should start to remove their office fire alarms and sprinkler systems…after all, they are not needed if there is no fire…right?

  41. #41
    On August 22nd, 2007 at 1:24 pm, publiuswarmac9999 said:

    Seattle is Progressive
    Ferry Captain is Conservative
    Bye-bye conservative. Boom

  42. #42
    On August 22nd, 2007 at 1:44 pm, MikeyMike said:

    Awwww…they just posted that they will not pick a winner :( I will give them kudos for apologizing

  43. #43
    On August 22nd, 2007 at 1:45 pm, Milwaukee Mike said:

    Hey AlohaGuy
    You’re haiku is most funny
    You have got my vote

  44. #44
    On August 22nd, 2007 at 1:48 pm, AlohaGuy said:

    Thanks Milwaukee! :)

  45. #45
    On August 22nd, 2007 at 2:18 pm, mojoe said:

    They’ve posted a “That was a stupid thing to do…” article, and shut off comments.
    The people have spoken (or haiku’d)!

  46. #46
    On August 22nd, 2007 at 2:22 pm, MikeyMike said:

    we must haiku all the leftist papers!

  47. #47
    On August 22nd, 2007 at 2:22 pm, Floyd R. Turbo said:

    Um…never heard of haiku until this thread. Seems like a take-off on the beloved Burma Shave signs of old. But I could be wrong…

    As for the photo of the guys…

    “Keemo Sabe, Tonto not like men in picture, they look like they up to no good. Have guilty look on their faces”.

    Tonto was usually right. But, sadly, that was in another century, in another society. Not this one…gak.

  48. #48
    On August 22nd, 2007 at 2:35 pm, hawkeye54 said:

    On August 22nd, 2007 at 10:39 am, Heartland Perspective said:
    It’s almost to the point where I just wish places like Seattle would offer to be a host city to encourage all the terrorists and illegal immigrants to come to their city and let them have any sanctuary policy or ultraliberal policies they want. Just stay the heck away from me and mine.

    Pretty much that way now as through word of mouth of sanctuary cities have given the terrorists and illegals all the encouragement needed. Some illegals, especially the gangs, are becoming quite brazen knowing law enforcement hands are tied already engaged in domestic terrorism.

  49. #49
    On August 22nd, 2007 at 2:44 pm, AlohaGuy said:

    OT

    Seems like a take-off on the beloved Burma Shave signs of old. But I could be wrong…

    Floyd, not exactly… :)

    As I understand it while not exactly the same in English as Japanese, basically in English they are 5 - 7 - 5 syllables, and should reference the season.

    so for our hostess on the O’Malkin Factor:

    Bright as the summer
    Intellect as cold hard steel
    Smiles and skewers

  50. #50
    On August 22nd, 2007 at 2:54 pm, Gator70 said:

    Even though it’s a serious situation, I’ve had a good laugh reading some of the haiku’s MM and you guys have posted, good stuff.

  51. #51
    On August 22nd, 2007 at 3:01 pm, Regulus said:

    Treat news like a joke
    Busted by the blogosphere
    Looks like we screwed up

  52. #52
    On August 22nd, 2007 at 3:10 pm, jrlingreenbay said:

    Enough Haikus… I need a limerick….

    The Seattle P-I is a paper
    That was tipped by the Feds of a caper
    They refused to assist,
    Cair’s butt they did kiss,
    Faced with litigation, they decided to play it safer

  53. #53
    On August 22nd, 2007 at 3:18 pm, blacktygrrrr said:

    Floyd…you went 5-7-4

    She smiles and skewers brings it to 5-7-5. I just don’t want you to be mistaken for a liberal. :)

    As for limericks, I did not know there were limericks that did not involve a man from Nantucket.

    Since we have really gone off track on this one, I hope Ms. Malkin will indulge me. I am going to try and find a way to link the clowns at the Seattle Paper to the theme song from Fraggle Rock. I have no idea why, and I expect this endeavor to fail.

    http://blacktygrrrr.wordpress.com/2007/07/01/c3po-fraggle-rock-and-the-log-cabin-republicans/

    Dance your cares away
    Worries for another day
    Let the music play

    Hey, it IS a Haiku!

    Down in Fraggle Rock!

    eric :)

    http://www.blacktygrrrr.wordpress.com

  54. #54
    On August 22nd, 2007 at 3:38 pm, Pat said:

    I think the paper stopped the contest because all the haikus were anti-paper!

  55. #55
    On August 22nd, 2007 at 3:41 pm, arvadadan said:

    I don’t understand the racial profiling
    thing. Those guys look like the Italian
    brothers that ran a pizza place around
    the corner from where I grew up many
    years ago.

  56. #56
    On August 22nd, 2007 at 3:41 pm, jrlingreenbay said:

    The Seattle P-I -

    All the news we feel is fit to print.

  57. #57
    On August 22nd, 2007 at 3:43 pm, jrlingreenbay said:

    arvadadan….

    1 - maybe they are, and they were looking at pitching a proposal for a pizza-kitchen on board the ferries…

    2 - maybe they are, as more and more pizza places seem to be opening up with middle-eastern owners…

  58. #58
    On August 22nd, 2007 at 3:45 pm, AlohaGuy said:

    OK, still off topic, but…

    Floyd…you went 5-7-4

    She smiles and skewers brings it to 5-7-5. I just don’t want you to be mistaken for a liberal.

    It was me, not Floyd… I took out “She” because I actually pronounce “’smI(-&)l
    as two syllables. :)

    OK, enough…

  59. #59
    On August 22nd, 2007 at 3:45 pm, ajmontana said:

    I must complain,
    Stuck in the Rain,
    Our Papers Down Drain.

    ___________________

    PI, three point one four,
    FBI asked favor,
    we showed them the door.

  60. #60
    On August 22nd, 2007 at 4:09 pm, DesertLover said:

    FBI inquiry
    Seattle Haiku answer
    From a Starbucks cup

  61. #61
    On August 22nd, 2007 at 4:10 pm, DesertLover said:

    fingercheck … lol

    FBI inquired
    Seattle Haiku answer
    From a Starbucks cup

  62. #62
    On August 22nd, 2007 at 4:12 pm, Bill DeFelice said:

    Liberal Rag!The only reason this paper does well is because Seattle is a seaport.They need it to wrap fish in.

  63. #63
    On August 22nd, 2007 at 5:11 pm, publiuswarmac9999 said:

    I sent this to the bloggette who treated this incident like it was silly game. Doubt it will change anything but you never know.

    About a week after 9/11 occurred, I and my family visited the Pentagon. As I stood looking at the destruction, I was struck by the silence. People just stared. They could not avert their eyes. Tears just rolled down their cheeks. They whispered when talking, if they could talk. Some were obviously military. Many were average American families. There was a little impromptu memorial of flags and photographs. A silent tribute to the men and women lost. The cavalier way in which you dismissed the FBI request for help to combat potential future attacks on America is symptomatic of a phenomenal callousness and a profound lack of understanding that this nation inhabits a dangerous world. I hope that you and your city never have to directly experience a 9/11 incident. But if you do, I hope you visit the scene and listen to the silence.

  64. #64
    On August 22nd, 2007 at 5:37 pm, On-my-soap-box said:

    Michelle Malkin Rocks
    Malkin-less Factor Friday
    Munchkins rule!

    My suck-up for the day!

    Thank you, thank you very much!

  65. #65
    On August 22nd, 2007 at 5:38 pm, Mark Jaquith said:

    There’s no taint if there’s no terrorism.

    Just with the Duke lacross players? C’mon. Accusations can do damage even after vindication. I note that this entry is in the “Jihadists” category.

    Also consider that they may be looking to reduce their legal liability.

  66. #66
    On August 22nd, 2007 at 7:02 pm, jrlingreenbay said:

    The Duke LaCrosse players were accused of crimes, dragged into court, held hostage by an out of control prosecutor and that went on for over a year!

    This case involves 2 individuals who are persons of interest. Nothing more at this time.

    This story has now been out for over 24 hours - and these two have yet to come forward - why?

    If they have nothing to hide - they will be vindicated in a matter of hours or days - no prolonged media exposure, as in the Duke case.

    If you’re near the scene of an incident, and someone sees you and either takes your picture or gives the police a description - and that ‘artist rendering’ of you shows up on the news or in the papers as a ‘person of interest’, they qualify that each and every time and state that the person is not a suspect.

    They’ve done that here as well. No one has accused these two of criminal activity - only suspicious activity.

    There is no prolonged harm in posting their pictures. Give me a break.

    Almost as bad as the Rutger’s girl who claims she’s damaged for life because of Imus’ derogatory words.

    Ridiculous.

  67. #67
    On August 22nd, 2007 at 7:26 pm, Rick Moran said:

    I don’t follow the Seattle PI reasoning. I’m sure they’ve published pictures in the past of people wanted for questioning connected to a crime.

    What’s the difference?

    You don’t think it could be because they’re like, you know, Muslim or anything do you?

  68. #68
    On August 22nd, 2007 at 8:29 pm, AlohaGuy said:

    This story has now been out for over 24 hours - and these two have yet to come forward - why?

    They read the P-I and wonder what they look like. ;)

  69. #69
    On August 22nd, 2007 at 8:36 pm, geminicontender said:

    Federal funding stopped immediately for any and all ’sanctuary’ cities/states.

  70. #70
    On August 22nd, 2007 at 10:20 pm, almeehan said:

    “I do not understand why protection of our country and our way of life has to be such an uphill battle.”

    #7 it is because the MSM such as the SPI don’t share the values of our way of life and think globalism & multiculturalism are higher values than freedom.

    I heard the story on ABC (Always B…Crap) radio tonight where the reporterette went out of her way to state the FBI wasn’t in any way trying to racially profile but only react to behaviorial issues! I about vomited in the car. The MSM & PC people will kill us all if we don’t intervene soon!

  71. #71
    On August 22nd, 2007 at 11:14 pm, Mr_Conservative_Cat said:

    Hardworking immigrants
    just doing the jobs
    that American whities won’t do

    So says Jerry Rivers
    so cry me a river
    and all the rest of that poo.

    Crossing the line
    done it 500 times
    down in old New Mexico way

    While white politicians
    and lib academicians
    drag their feet which are clearly of clay.

    12 million now
    and 12 million more
    cross straight through the 2000 mile door

    And if it ain’t stopped,
    by John Does and by cops,
    these creeps will become Amerexican anti-hero folklore.

    *Peace*

    (Phooey!)

  72. #72
    On August 23rd, 2007 at 3:11 am, tony the tiger said:

    … still waiting…

  73. #73
    On August 23rd, 2007 at 3:12 am, georgej said:

    If there really is a terrorist plot against the ferries, and it succeeds, then the P-I’s refusal to assist the FBI could cost it a lot. It could put them out of business, though it would probably cost the editors and editorial board their jobs.

    I suspect that Hearst would probably fire the entire lot of them should a terrorism strike against the ferry goes down and the terrorists who did the deed were the ones in the photos.

  74. #74
    On August 23rd, 2007 at 11:21 pm, DarkKnight said:

    We are all still waiting…

  75. #75
    On August 27th, 2007 at 4:10 pm, tony the tiger said:

    STILL WAITING

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