# Alabama Dept. of Homeland Security says SDMB is hotbed of potential terrorists **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [May 29, 2007, 11:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alabama-dept-of-homeland-security-says-sdmb-is-hotbed-of-potential-terrorists/405891 "2007-05-29T11:23:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![John\_Carter\_of\_Mars](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/2bfe46/32.png) [@John\_Carter\_of\_Mars](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Carter_of_Mars)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2007, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alabama-dept-of-homeland-security-says-sdmb-is-hotbed-of-potential-terrorists/405891/21 "2007-05-29T14:56:39Z")
[QUOTE=Kimstu] **John** (And btw, 'Bamians have no business calling anybody else’s asses fat. You folks are one of the [nation’s leaders in obesity](http://www.obesity.org/subs/fastfacts/obesity_US.shtml), along with Texas, West Virginia, Kentucky, Mississippi, Indiana and Michigan. The average blue-state ass is skinny compared to yours.) [/QUOTE] So you say, but my ass is skinny and if you think I’m a-belivein’ some stuff you found on that-there intraweb you’re just fulla shit! Everybody knows the goddam libruls in New York and queers in California control alla that stuff. C’mon down anyways. There’s a good band at the Pink Pony this week and when you walk out the back door there you’re right on the beach. You can go wadin’ right out in the water still wearin’ your split-sided evenin’ dress. ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2007, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alabama-dept-of-homeland-security-says-sdmb-is-hotbed-of-potential-terrorists/405891/22 "2007-05-29T15:03:42Z")
> [@John Carter of Mars](#): > > C’mon down anyways. There’s a good band at the Pink Pony this week and when you walk out the back door there you’re right on the beach. You can go wadin’ right out in the water still wearin’ your split-sided evenin’ dress. Oh, don’t tempt me! Are the camellias out yet down there? ---
**Author:** ![guppy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7feea3/32.png) [@guppy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guppy)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2007, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alabama-dept-of-homeland-security-says-sdmb-is-hotbed-of-potential-terrorists/405891/23 "2007-05-29T15:09:14Z")
[QUOTE=Kimstu] **John** (And btw, 'Bamians have no business calling anybody else’s asses fat. You folks are one of the [nation’s leaders in obesity](http://www.obesity.org/subs/fastfacts/obesity_US.shtml), along with Texas, West Virginia, Kentucky, Mississippi, Indiana and Michigan. The average blue-state ass is skinny compared to yours.) [/QUOTE] I thought for sure Wisconsin would be up there. In your face Springfield, MO! ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2007, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alabama-dept-of-homeland-security-says-sdmb-is-hotbed-of-potential-terrorists/405891/24 "2007-05-29T15:23:33Z")
Somewhere in my extensive piles of paper, I may still have a clipping from 1997 detailing how CSIS (the Canadian equivalent of the CIA and Homeland Security) kept tabs on such dangerous radical terrorist organizations as the Anglican Church and the Raging Grannies. ---
**Author:** ![Capatalist\_Lion\_Tamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71c47a/32.png) [@Capatalist\_Lion\_Tamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capatalist_Lion_Tamer)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2007, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alabama-dept-of-homeland-security-says-sdmb-is-hotbed-of-potential-terrorists/405891/25 "2007-05-29T15:27:02Z")
[QUOTE=Kimstu] Oh, don’t tempt me! Are the camellias out yet down there? [/QUOTE] Any self-respecting Southerner knows that Camellias bloom in the fall & winter. Or, are we talking about something else here. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![John\_Carter\_of\_Mars](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/2bfe46/32.png) [@John\_Carter\_of\_Mars](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Carter_of_Mars)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2007, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alabama-dept-of-homeland-security-says-sdmb-is-hotbed-of-potential-terrorists/405891/26 "2007-05-29T15:32:57Z")
[QUOTE=Kimstu] Oh, don’t tempt me! Are the camellias out yet down there? [/QUOTE] Nothing’s blooming except the sun-bunnys on the beaches. It’s so freakin’ dry I haven’t even had to mow the yard in over a month. C’mon down, bring your dancin’ shoes and some of that extra rain with you. ---
**Author:** ![drachillix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/48db29/32.png) [@drachillix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drachillix)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2007, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alabama-dept-of-homeland-security-says-sdmb-is-hotbed-of-potential-terrorists/405891/27 "2007-05-29T15:46:34Z")
[QUOTE=John Carter of Mars] C’mon down anyways. There’s a good band at the Pink Pony this week and when you walk out the back door there you’re right on the beach. You can go wadin’ right out in the water still wearin’ your split-sided evenin’ dress. [/QUOTE] Ranting about gay control and suggesting a trip to a bar called the Pink Pony. Hmmm. Comfy in that closet? ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2007, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alabama-dept-of-homeland-security-says-sdmb-is-hotbed-of-potential-terrorists/405891/28 "2007-05-29T15:49:33Z")
Jesus. Has it become impossible to get anything close to an accurate thread title in the Pit these days? ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2007, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alabama-dept-of-homeland-security-says-sdmb-is-hotbed-of-potential-terrorists/405891/29 "2007-05-29T15:53:54Z")
> [@drachillix](#): > > Ranting about gay control and suggesting a trip to a bar called the Pink Pony. Hmmm. Comfy in that closet? But he wants me to come visit in my split-sided evening dress and dancing shoes, which seems to indicate a heterosexual orientation. (Unless he mistakenly thinks I’m male, in which case I agree it would point the other way.) ---
**Author:** ![Revenant\_Threshold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f1d935/32.png) [@Revenant\_Threshold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revenant_Threshold)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2007, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alabama-dept-of-homeland-security-says-sdmb-is-hotbed-of-potential-terrorists/405891/30 "2007-05-29T15:55:01Z")
[QUOTE=Liberal] Jesus. Has it become impossible to get anything close to an accurate thread title in the Pit these days? [/QUOTE] Yes. ---
**Author:** ![Contrapuntal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2007, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alabama-dept-of-homeland-security-says-sdmb-is-hotbed-of-potential-terrorists/405891/31 "2007-05-29T15:58:14Z")
[QUOTE=Liberal] Jesus. Has it become impossible to get anything close to an accurate thread title in the Pit these days? [/QUOTE] I hear you brother. Sort of depends upon which mod is patrolling the forum. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Carter\_of\_Mars](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/2bfe46/32.png) [@John\_Carter\_of\_Mars](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Carter_of_Mars)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2007, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alabama-dept-of-homeland-security-says-sdmb-is-hotbed-of-potential-terrorists/405891/32 "2007-05-29T18:52:55Z")
[QUOTE=drachillix] Ranting about gay control and suggesting a trip to a bar called the Pink Pony. Hmmm. Comfy in that closet? [/QUOTE] The Pink Pony has been there since 1956. Sign on the front door even says so. If them-there gay folk want a color, they can go get their own. In fact, they can go get their own word too. I’ve had me some **gay** times in the Pink Pony, and it was all with girls. Me an’ Elvis both wore us some pink and we both like dancin’ with girls. At least Elvis did in his day, which is done over now. But I’m still here and I still like dancin’ with girls and havin’ us a gay ol’ time in the Pink Pony. Yeah, let 'em go find their own color and their own word too. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2007, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alabama-dept-of-homeland-security-says-sdmb-is-hotbed-of-potential-terrorists/405891/33 "2007-05-29T19:17:45Z")
OMG!! The Gay Terrorists are coming!! On a serious note, I can see the point of the Alabama DHS in that “single issue” groups are likely to be the breeding grounds for terrorists. But maybe we can narrow that down a bit to groups that actually advocate a militant approach to that issue. And yeah, the attack of the patently false thread titles continues… :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![vibrotronica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a9a28c/32.png) [@vibrotronica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vibrotronica)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2007, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alabama-dept-of-homeland-security-says-sdmb-is-hotbed-of-potential-terrorists/405891/34 "2007-05-29T19:20:35Z")
[QUOTE=Liberal] Jesus. Has it become impossible to get anything close to an accurate thread title in the Pit these days? [/QUOTE] …says the Libertarian named “ **Liberal**.” ---
**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2007, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alabama-dept-of-homeland-security-says-sdmb-is-hotbed-of-potential-terrorists/405891/35 "2007-05-29T19:24:45Z")
And bashing the whole state based on something a _politician_ did. How enlightened. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2007, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alabama-dept-of-homeland-security-says-sdmb-is-hotbed-of-potential-terrorists/405891/36 "2007-05-29T19:30:43Z")
[QUOTE=Evil Captor] Interestingly, I saw no mention of right wing militias, the only group in America that has actually spawned a “let’s blow things up good” terrorist (Timothy McVeigh). [/QUOTE] You may be too young to remember, so I suggest you read a history of the US during the 1960s, sonny boy. Or, just peruse [this list.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_terrorist_incidents) ---
**Author:** ![duffer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duffer/32/1026_2.png) [@duffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/duffer)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2007, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alabama-dept-of-homeland-security-says-sdmb-is-hotbed-of-potential-terrorists/405891/37 "2007-05-29T19:32:15Z")
[QUOTE=guppy] I thought for sure Wisconsin would be up there. In your face Springfield, MO! [/QUOTE] The cool thing with Wisconsin is, while we have some large women, the overall attractiveness is boosted with the really, _really_ hot women we have. ---
**Author:** ![duffer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duffer/32/1026_2.png) [@duffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/duffer)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2007, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alabama-dept-of-homeland-security-says-sdmb-is-hotbed-of-potential-terrorists/405891/38 "2007-05-29T19:33:52Z")
[QUOTE=Ogre] And bashing the whole state based on something a _politician_ did. How enlightened. [/QUOTE] Kinda like bashing a whole country over a politician. Sadly, it happens. BTW, I’ve always liked AL, just too damn hot and muggy to live in. ---
**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2007, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alabama-dept-of-homeland-security-says-sdmb-is-hotbed-of-potential-terrorists/405891/39 "2007-05-29T19:37:55Z")
[QUOTE=duffer] Kinda like bashing a whole country over a politician. Sadly, it happens. BTW, I’ve always liked AL, just too damn hot and muggy to live in. [/QUOTE] It’s just right for me. I love the summery feeling of being enclosed in blazing mid-day heat. And no, I’m not being the least bit sarcastic. ---
**Author:** ![Capatalist\_Lion\_Tamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71c47a/32.png) [@Capatalist\_Lion\_Tamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capatalist_Lion_Tamer)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2007, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alabama-dept-of-homeland-security-says-sdmb-is-hotbed-of-potential-terrorists/405891/40 "2007-05-29T19:43:06Z")
[QUOTE=Ogre] It’s just right for me. I love the summery feeling of being enclosed in blazing mid-day heat. And no, I’m not being the least bit sarcastic. [/QUOTE] I envy you. I love the Southern US more than any place on earth, but this Georgian can’t friggin stand the summers. I honestly wish I did, though. My wife and I spent a month in Maine last year on vacation, and she had to drag me back here by my ankles. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alabama-dept-of-homeland-security-says-sdmb-is-hotbed-of-potential-terrorists/405891.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alabama-dept-of-homeland-security-says-sdmb-is-hotbed-of-potential-terrorists/405891.md?page=3)