Monday, December 29, 2003
Almanacs + heads up = terrorist
It seems not that many years ago, when I read in disbelief that the Soviet Union wouldn't let its citizens read maps. I couldn't help but wonder how a government that was that controlling got into power and just how frightening it sounded. I love to read. I have books laying around everywhere -- oops - I allegedly have books laying around everywhere.
I also look around. I want to see what is happening around me. Is the house next door burning down? Has a new store gone up on the corner a few blocks away? Did the neighborhood gas station really dig up their underground tanks? (It helps to know before I drive in to fill up)
If you put those two characteristics of me together, according to the FBI, I'm a good suspect for being a terrorist! Here's one of many links to the article. Here's part of a quote from it:
The FBI is warning police nationwide to be alert for people
carrying almanacs, cautioning that the popular reference
books covering everything from abbreviations to weather
trends could be used for terrorist planning. ...
...The Associated Press obtained a copy of the bulletin this week
and verified its authenticity.
Is that frightening or what? Right now my alleged drug smoking neighbors are in their garage with about 20 other folks running around, cars parked across two blocks of streets, awake at all hours of the night and day, and I'm being advised to watch out for folks with a almanac under their arm.
2fers: FBIand The Old Farmer's Almanac
