# OH NO! AL QUAEDA strikes AGAIN!!! BASTARDS!!!!! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [August 19, 2003, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-no-al-quaeda-strikes-again-bastards/196102 "2003-08-19T02:06:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![DemonSpawn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ac8455/32.png) [@DemonSpawn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DemonSpawn)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2003, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-no-al-quaeda-strikes-again-bastards/196102/21 "2003-08-19T13:26:50Z")
My first reaction when I heard the news about the blackout in the US/Canada was: If I were a member of a terrorist organization, I’d be busily typing a little message about how my group were responsible for this. I wonder why it took them so long … do I have a hidden talent they don’t have? Should I consider a new career? ---
**Author:** ![elf6c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c57346/32.png) [@elf6c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elf6c)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2003, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-no-al-quaeda-strikes-again-bastards/196102/22 "2003-08-19T13:51:49Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Hamlet \* > \*\*Agreed. \*\* Further agreed. Are they claiming responsibility for deregulating the power industry now? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2003, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-no-al-quaeda-strikes-again-bastards/196102/23 "2003-08-19T13:56:49Z")
AQ is responsible for the downward spiral of the Star Trek franchise. ---
**Author:** ![Mighty\_Girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7bcc69/32.png) [@Mighty\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Girl)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2003, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-no-al-quaeda-strikes-again-bastards/196102/24 "2003-08-19T15:44:36Z")
> [@](#): > > The Brigades say that they cannot reveal how they did it, because they will probably have to use the same method again soon. Yeah, right! ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2003, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-no-al-quaeda-strikes-again-bastards/196102/25 "2003-08-19T16:12:18Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Rabid\_Squirrel \* > **They’re responsible for the blackout? I thought it was to MSBLAST/Microsoft consipiracy.** Which they are no doubt behind. ---
**Author:** ![interface2x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2003, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-no-al-quaeda-strikes-again-bastards/196102/26 "2003-08-19T17:03:51Z")
On a completely unrelated note, but related to the blackout, the NBC news affiliate in Chicago referred to millions of people as “blackout survivors” last night. Yeah, as opposed to the thousands upon thousands that perished in the lack of electricity. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Mtgman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5a626/32.png) [@Mtgman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mtgman)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2003, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-no-al-quaeda-strikes-again-bastards/196102/27 "2003-08-19T17:11:47Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Zebra \* > \*\*AQ is responsible for the downward spiral of the Star Trek franchise. \*\* OSAMAAAAAaaaaaaa! Enjoy, Steven ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2003, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-no-al-quaeda-strikes-again-bastards/196102/28 "2003-08-19T17:26:16Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Reeder \* > \*\*Not to mention the total collapse of the Twins this year. \*\* Please tell me you’re talking baseball. ---
**Author:** ![moriah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b2d939/32.png) [@moriah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moriah)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2003, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-no-al-quaeda-strikes-again-bastards/196102/29 "2003-08-19T19:13:11Z")
Not only did Al Qaeda throw the lightning bolts which downed the power lines, they also snuck into thirty power stations in the Northeast and removed the circuit breakers. Then, an AQ operative wrote Bush’s overly vague public statement that the plan of the US Government is to “find the problem and fix it,” thus undermining American self-confidence. Next week, the al qaedas plan to strike with a ten minute eclipse of the sun, after which, Bush will promise to find the weapon of solar obstruction and deal with it. I also believe qaedettes are responsible for curdling my week-old milk. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2003, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-no-al-quaeda-strikes-again-bastards/196102/30 "2003-08-19T19:22:40Z")
I’m pretty sure that Al Qaeda took little bites out of all the chocolates in the box to see what kind they were and then put them back. ---
**Author:** ![Astroboy14](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/df705f/32.png) [@Astroboy14](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astroboy14)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2003, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-no-al-quaeda-strikes-again-bastards/196102/31 "2003-08-19T20:18:13Z")
Not to mention that “Al Queda” is Arabic for “All Your Base Belong to Us!” Bastards! 😉 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-no-al-quaeda-strikes-again-bastards/196102.md?page=1)