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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhy do Republicans think Bombs tick?
Now that Fox news and Sarah Palin are ripping into Ahmed for bringing a clock to school.
I have to ask, why do republicans think bombs tick, I presume this teacher heard a ticking sound and thought
"it must be a bomb"
But surly bombs dont tick?
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Why do Republicans think Bombs tick? (Original Post)
brettdale
Sep 2015
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Rex
(65,616 posts)1. Bombs tock and tink they don't tick.
Republicans are ticks.
Facility Inspector
(615 posts)2. Cartoons?
cartoons exemplify their worldview
orpupilofnature57
(15,472 posts)4. + 1000
NuclearDem
(16,184 posts)3. Because movies and TV.
Rex
(65,616 posts)5. Yeah I will have to go with that answer too.
Movies and TV. I can promise you it ain't from military service.
aidbo
(2,328 posts)8. They believe everything the see on TV.
'Cuz it's on tv.
Many of them aren't that smart.
PoliticAverse
(26,366 posts)6. Why do you think a digital clock ticks?
Last edited Sat Sep 19, 2015, 09:19 PM - Edit history (1)
You might want to read a bit more about this incident.
WinkyDink
(51,311 posts)7. Sometimes they are accompanied by a cowboy cry!
former9thward
(32,100 posts)9. In the early 70s the Weathermen used wind up alarm clock bombs.
So their bombs did click.
Contrary1
(12,629 posts)10. Because it's just scarier when bombs tick...
and they want everyone to be as afraid as they are.
Terror, terror, terror...don't ya know?
leftofcool
(19,460 posts)11. Roadrunner cartoons?
Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)12. Because they've been watching too many bad movies?
Warpy
(111,391 posts)13. Because they never heard of cell phone or altimeter detonation
They're stupid, you know.