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2004-11-15 Home Front: Politix

~~Moonbat~~ Man Tries to Set Self Ablaze at White House

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Posted by Frank G 2004-11-15 2:31:03 PM|| || Front Page|| [6 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Zippo the Pinhead

Posted by Atomic Conspiracy 2004-11-15 3:52:54 PM|| 2004-11-15 3:52:54 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 Causing harm to oneself on purpose, with the hope of sympathy bounding in for you from others-if that's not a martyr complex, what is?

Posted by Jules 187 2004-11-15 3:55:12 PM|| 2004-11-15 3:55:12 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 First responders heard the man say "Bad Idea, Bad Idea...Hair on Fire!"

Posted by Capsu78 2004-11-15 4:04:51 PM|| 2004-11-15 4:04:51 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 hAllah Hackbar!!!!!!!

Posted by Poison Reverse 2004-11-15 4:09:31 PM|| 2004-11-15 4:09:31 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 I wonder what he accomplished other than confirm the idea that there is an insular group of pacifist nut-cases who don't understand the WoT, and have no real contact with anyone who does.

Posted by BigEd 2004-11-15 4:09:32 PM|| 2004-11-15 4:09:32 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 Reuters has a different story:

"A bearded man shouting "Allah" was injured while apparently setting fire to his belongings outside the White House on Monday and was quickly subdued by Secret Service guards.

A Reuters reporter saw the man try to present a Manila envelope to guards near a Secret Service post on Pennsylvania Avenue outside the White House West Wing.

Moments later, a plume of smoke rose above the guard post while two guards wrestled the man to the ground and a third extinguished flames that engulfed his briefcase and overcoat a few feet (metres) away.

The man, who appeared to suffer from a burn to his right hand, groaned and repeatedly shouted "Allah," as guards held him to the ground."

Posted by growler 2004-11-15 4:12:05 PM|| 2004-11-15 4:12:05 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 Now the Islamists are immitating the "emolating Buddhists" from the 1960's. Have these guys ever had an original thought?

Posted by Mark Z. 2004-11-15 4:19:34 PM|| 2004-11-15 4:19:34 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 The Buddhists did the deed tho.

Posted by Shipman 2004-11-15 4:34:59 PM|| 2004-11-15 4:34:59 PM|| Front Page Top

#9 Wonder what's in the manila envelope...

Posted by Seafarious 2004-11-15 4:36:51 PM|| 2004-11-15 4:36:51 PM|| Front Page Top

#10 Yeah, Shipman, the Buddhist monks immolated themselves; these potatoheads just singe themselves a little.

This has got to be one of the lamest protests ever, right up there with the "I'm Sorry, World" dweebs.

Posted by Carl in N.H. 2004-11-15 4:38:50 PM|| 2004-11-15 4:38:50 PM|| Front Page Top

#11 the Reuters wording doesn't make it sound like he set himself on fire. It sounds more like his briefcase and overcoat, several meters away, were on fire and his hand got burned.

Posted by 2b 2004-11-15 5:11:55 PM|| 2004-11-15 5:11:55 PM|| Front Page Top

#12 Sounds like a bomb attempt gone awry. The kid has Darwin potential.

Posted by lex 2004-11-15 5:26:13 PM|| 2004-11-15 5:26:13 PM|| Front Page Top

#13 ...talk about your "Flaming Ashholes"

Posted by Capsu78 2004-11-15 6:08:48 PM|| 2004-11-15 6:08:48 PM|| Front Page Top

#14 Those secret service lads are better guys then I am. I would've just front kicked the fool away from me. Self combust on the street asshole, no since getting my hands crispy.

Posted by Jarhead 2004-11-15 7:26:24 PM|| 2004-11-15 7:26:24 PM|| Front Page Top

#15 Actually the guy was saying Wallas a Hockypuck.

Posted by Sock Puppet of Doom 2004-11-15 8:25:26 PM|| [http://www.slhess.com] 2004-11-15 8:25:26 PM|| Front Page Top

#16 There was video footage on CBS. The Guards were most definatley NOT wrestling him to the ground. They were kneeling next to him trying to help. It appeared he was burned on the right hand as well as part of his face. He almost made an ash of himself.

Posted by Deacon Blues 2004-11-15 9:21:35 PM|| 2004-11-15 9:21:35 PM|| Front Page Top

#17 And most tourists just take a picture...

Posted by Rafael 2004-11-15 10:55:10 PM|| 2004-11-15 10:55:10 PM|| Front Page Top

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