Is it me or did Tommy Thompson ask the terrorists to F with our food?

[3days]

"For the life of me," he said, "I cannot understand why the terrorists have not attacked our food supply because it is so easy to do."

He could have at least said please.
Please Mr/Mrs. terrorist F with our food supply it's not guarded at all. I mean I should know, I was the director of the whole thing and here are they keys. Cause we got 4 more years and were gonna need to start a new war with somebody pretty soon cause George is growing bored with this one.

[HuskerDem]

1. Yeah, I guess Monsanto and Monfort aren't bad enough

Did he seem a little bitter? Or was that just me?

[hollowdweller]

2. I think he was taking a swipe at Bush for his misplaced priorities

doing a global crusade instead of doing actual practical things.

[buddysmellgood]

4. You're full of crap. :)

[buddysmellgood]

3. I think it's a parting shot at Dubya. Tommy does not like to be told

what to do. He was frustrated by the inability to do what he wanted without having to ask the whitehouse first. I believe he said what he did to make it clear that it has to be dealt with. He was more or less washing his hands and dumping it all back on the administration.
Now he is coming back to Wisconsin where he bloated the government and plunged us into ungodly debt.

[shraby]

12. I hope he has some nice property in Timbuktu to go to.

[uppityperson]

5. that was our immediate take on it too. But then he went on..

to talking about food coming from the Middle East and therefore being easy to mess with, leading my next thought "felfal and tatziki sales are sure to drop". My spouse exclaimed along the line that perhaps they should just print out an "get us here" pamphlet.

[3days]

9. Qand I love how none of this was mentioned during the campaign

[GiovanniC]

10. A Boon For Bill O'Reilly if Felafel Prices Drop

Just sayin.

[SpiralHawk]

30. Call Bill O'Reilly and get him on this story quick...

If felafel prices are going to rise,
is it not logical to expect that
loofah prices will also rise?

Somebody has got to get to the bottom of this.
And Bill O'Reilly has the highest qualifications.

[billie_]

6. "the purple berries taste like burning" _Ralph Wiggum n/t

[NJCher]

7. I heard it and thought the same

What do you want to bet they have an entire group of companies just ready to protect our food supply for the right price.

9/11: the gift that keeps on giving (to repukes)


Cher

[bemildred]

8. We are not scared enough yet, hence the stupid comment. nt

[kittykitty]

11. Sounded lke an open invitation to me! Not that they haven't thought of it

already. Maybe get "it" into the McDonald's foodchain. But easier to contaminate a resevoir.

[Up2Late]

13. Tommy, Tommy, Tommy, Tommy...Stupid!

That was pretty dumb. It wasn't much worse than the Washington douche who, last year said, Hey terrorist! Our Trains and Subways are totally unprotected!

I just have to say to any Terrorist out there, If you want to get George Bush's attention, ATTACK TEXAS!!!!!!!!!!

[Smirking_Chimp]

14. Tom Tom is a dum dum.

[BiggJawn]

15. Yeah, that was pretty damn idiotic, wasn't it?

Government Of, By, and FOR the Moran.

And now we got a high-school drop-out for Chief Cavity Searcher, too...

[Contrary1]

16. If terrorists had wanted to mess with our food supply...

they would have done it by now. America is an open book. A little online research, and you can find out most anything.

Some months back, I watched a report on Dateline or 60 Minutes or ?
It highlighted how open the coastal areas of the US are, especially in the Northwest. One man was in charge of patrolling over 100 miles of coastline. If he saw anything suspicious, he was to call for help.

He stated that he would most likely have to drive for 20 minutes, before he could even get a signal on his cell phone. All a potential terrorist would have to do is watch this officer for a couple nights to know how to avoid confrontation. This was a job specifically created by the Homeland Security Dept. So, it could be said, that the coastal area of Washington state is being protected against terrorists. The officer himself said it was a farce.

I would be willing to bet there are hundreds, if not thousands of situations just like this.

Bush, for all his grandstanding on the War on Terrorism has failed us miserably here at home.

[Speed8098]

26. Yep

I saw the same report.

Bush, for all his grandstanding on the War on Terrorism has failed us miserably here at home.

That's because he knows there will not be any attacks, except for the one he organizes.

Fear, Fear, Fear, that's the only thing that keeps these idiots in charge.

A population that is fearful is easier to control.

Remember, he said, "This would be much easier if this were a dictatorship, and I was the dictator."

He really meant it.

[missouri dem 2]

17. Got to keep the sheep scared so they are easier to herd.

[conflictgirl]

18. OMG, I thought the same thing! Like, hey terrorists, come get us! nt

[elehhhhna]

28. Same here. A more sophisticated version of "Bring 'em on!", imo.

[0rganism]

19. The thought did cross my mind, but I banished it immediately

"No, silly thought! You will not disturb the simple flat continuum of my monopolar world view, in which America is a shining beacon of peace and love and Jesus, where our moral values are matched only by our WalMart values, and we'll kick yer ass if you look at us funny. Our food is absolutely safe and gorgeous, as is evidenced by the millions of lovely obese people lining up at the McTaco King drive-thru every day. Ye shall not scare me, nor cause me to mess unto my shorts. Back, back to the chaotic recesses of my pre-conscious mind with you! Begone, and trouble us no more."

And *bing* just like that, I was happy again! :) :) :)

[Fleurs du Mal]

20. His final gift of Fear to tyranny

[Radio-Active]

21. Yeah, well Kerry did a similar thing..

something like, "they x-ray your carry-on baggage, but not the baggage in the cargo hold".

[sonicx]

23. Kerry never egged on a terrorist to attack the cargo area...

he didn't say 'i'm suprised cargo areas hasn't been attacked yet, cuz it's so easy to do'

[readmoreoften]

22. yeah, that's how I read it.

I was surprised it wasn't followed up with "and not only is our food supply an easy target, here's exactly how I'd go about poisoning it!"

Friendly terrorism tips from Unka Tommy.

[displacedtexan]

24. It sounded like an invitation to me!

I was dumbfounded!

[phylny]

25. I think it's dumb that he said it, however

I recall hearing after 9/11 that they KNEW the terrorists were going to try to tamper with food, because (and my memory is faulty) the terrorists were talking about something like "FDA" and they couldn't figure out what it meant until they realized it they meant tampering with food and drugs in America.

It's not a new concept, in other words.

[shayes51]

27. I was stunned when I heard him say that on tv. n/t

[sendero]

29. IMHO...

... we have about as much a chance of thwarting all domestic terrorist attacks as we do of cleaning up Washington next week.

We are sitting ducks folks, and the paltry measures taken in tbe name of "homeland security" don't address even 1% of the problem.

Thanks to the great wisdom of our glorious leaders we will be living with terror for the foreseeable future.

[ElsewheresDaughter]

31. i believe he was slapping bush* and warning us of bush*s incompetence