I thought this was very funny -- but I hope the security measures in Greece aren't actually this lax. Unfortunately, when it comes to Islamic terrorism, the attitude of officials all over the non-Muslim world seems to be: "I say let the horse in. What's the worst that could happen?" From the Borowitz Report, with thanks to Sparta:
Olympic security officials in Athens, Greece conceded today that they had failed to notice a giant wooden horse that had been wheeled to within meters of the Olympic stadium sometime late last week.The sudden appearance of the gigantic horse, which was said to measure over one hundred cubits in width, has raised fresh concerns that the security around the Olympic complex might be more porous than originally thought.
"When you're spending over $1.5 billion in security, quite frankly, somebody shouldn't be able to wheel a giant wooden horse right up to your stadium," said one U.S. official today.
But Thanasis Kyriakou, who is coordinating the security efforts for the 2004 Olympics, said that the horse, while of unknown origin, posed no serious security threat to the Games, which are set to begin in three days.
"If anything, this gigantic horse is only bringing more attention to the Olympics," he said. "I see this horse as a tremendous gift."
Sharply disagreeing with Mr. Kyriakou is NBC Sports Chairman Dick Ebersol, who said that the unplanned presence of a gigantic horse could ruin his network's coverage of the Games.
"It's wrecking all of our camera angles," Mr. Ebersol said. "Everywhere you look, there's that dopey horse in the background."
For his part, Mr. Kyriakou believes that the enormous horse could enhance viewership of the Olympics and has even recommended wheeling the mysterious wooden structure into the stadium itself.
"I say let the horse in," he said. "What's the worst that could happen?"
But Thanasis Kyriakou, who is coordinating the security efforts for the 2004 Olympics, said that the horse, while of unknown origin, posed no serious security threat to the Games, which are set to begin in three days.
“If anything, this gigantic horse is only bringing more attention to the Olympics,” he said. “I see this horse as a tremendous gift.”
This guy's Greek history isn't great - the Trojans thought the horse was a tremendous, status-enhancing gift, too.
But who's IN the horse? That's what I want to know.
First, examine the head closely to see if it is an Arabian horse.
jay
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How much C-4 can be hidden in the horse
/sarcasm on
Here is another must read too:
The Jinn in the Quran and the Sunna
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/sarcasm off
Remind me again how Muslims say there is only one God. What are the Jinn?
Take a look at the title of this book:
Conquest through Ideas: Ends & Means
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Mentat:
Thank you for the excellent information.
Here's an article you and others on this board might be interested in:
http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=14639 Symposium/Jamie Glazov/Walid Shoebat...I'd be interested in hearing your thoughts on this.
You have got to be kidding me! Giant Horse at Olympic Stadium goes unnoticed for several days.
Could it be a dry run?
I guess we'll see what the rest has in store shortly.
It should make for a nice bon-fire.
Is this some kind of monstrous joke!! Has wooden horse been examined for explosives inside?? How did it get past Security in the first place.Actually in some of his posts, Bin Laden has been mentioning horses....
This is UNBELEIVABLE! A giant wooden horse appears and the Greeks think its a good thing and want to put it inside the stadium !?!?!?!?
Is this a joke? Do these Greeks not know their OWN history of how they attacked the Trojans using the very same tactic?
The horse could be full of explosives, there must be a zillion places one could hide explosives inside a giant wooden horse. Not to mention that once it explodes the wood splinters and nails will pepper whomever is near it.
Are these Greeks aware of their own history? From the opening ceremony they seemed to be, however their lack of concern about a potential Trojan horse makes it appear otherwise.
The Trojan Horse is the Islamic strategy. Their infiltration all over the world is a sure sign of this fact. They lack the intellect to win, as long as we maintain the intellect to refuse appeasement.
They are only victims of their own downfalls, and misery loves company.
Well, I am embarrassed. I just told a coworker about the article, before I checked the source. DOH!!
Good one!
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Early Saturday morning, the insomnia got me up at 3:30am. It wasn’t the worst episode of it so far, though, and I’m hardly complaining - it DID avail me of the splendid chance to watch the Opening Ceremony of the Athens Olympiad on TV. The Tableau was magnificent and pretty dramatic, the speeches, in stark contrast, were fairly full of platitudes.
With the contestants and officials filing in behind their flags, the ATN-7 commentators kept insisting that there were 202 “nations” competing this year, whereas, curiously, to date, there are no more than 191 States in the UN. This erroneous sum of 202 “nations” was “casually” repeated on yesterday evening’s News on SBS (which SHOULD know better).
While not every single sovereign state on Earth’s fielding a squad (no Vatican athletes, for example), among the 202 participating “nations” are sprinkled such entities as Puerto Rico, Guam and American Samoa (which are US Overseas Dependencies), Bermuda, the Cayman Islands and the British Virgin Islands (British Colonies), Aruba and the Netherlands Antilles (Territories of Holland), Chinese Hong Kong and “Chinese Taipei” (Taiwan - an especially delicate item indeed, in any international event) - plus... “PALESTINE”.
The Home-Team, predictably, received the loudest adulation of all. In the hallowed Olympic spirit, boisterous clapping filled the Stadium for the North and South Koreans, marching in unison. Competitors from Afghanistan, returning to the Games following years of absence, and Iraq, no longer prey to the sadism of Saddam’s son, gained enthusiastic acclaim from the spectators. There was keen, warm, welcoming applause greeting everybody, large and small.
However - inordinately - there was an EXTRA LIFT in the volume for two particular entrants: “Palestine” (most probably - sadly - so much cheering for them was inevitable, due to the large number of Arabs in the audience and the low-grovelling dhimmitude of Greek Governments for decades), but, as well, astoundingly, there was a hearty round for - of all places - SUDAN!
I had to ascribe the clamour for Sudan directly to sheer ignorance on the crowd’s behalf. Those persons attending (who aren’t totally apathetic) would generally be heavily subject to the slick, gross DISINFORMATION - plied through a ubiquitous, soft-left media - of the EU, the UN, the Arab League and the new African Union (now jointly disputing the existence of any Genocide in Sudan’s Darfur Province - let alone one perpetrated by the Islamist, Arab central Government).
The telecast concluded here somewhat after the crack of dawn, but - a bit disgruntled by these two impressions (the heightened ovations for “Palestine” and Sudan) - despite being desperately tired by that time, I wasn’t able to get back to sleep....
But who's IN the horse? That's what I want to know.
Voltaire,Posted by: Voltaire at August 14, 2004 09:42 AM
Probably 1billion muslims all trying to get into Europe.