# Oh the horror! First Bowling Green, now Atlanta! When will it end? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 9, 2017, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-the-horror-first-bowling-green-now-atlanta-when-will-it-end/779373 "2017-02-09T04:37:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![watchwolf49](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e9c0ed/32.png) [@watchwolf49](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/watchwolf49)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2017, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-the-horror-first-bowling-green-now-atlanta-when-will-it-end/779373/21 "2017-02-09T14:43:33Z")
Seananne Kellyspice ---
**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2017, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-the-horror-first-bowling-green-now-atlanta-when-will-it-end/779373/22 "2017-02-09T14:54:05Z")
We Americans don’t mind being fed lies — we voted for it, didn’t we? But we object to these cheap, easily debunked lies. There are big layoffs at EPA, Education, IRS, etc., right? Can’t these newly unemployed be put back to work making better lies? How else are we going to Make America Great Again? Smartest man in the universe is our President and all we’re getting is 3rd-world 4th-class lies. Sad. ---
**Author:** ![Trion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ccd318/32.png) [@Trion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trion)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2017, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-the-horror-first-bowling-green-now-atlanta-when-will-it-end/779373/23 "2017-02-09T15:00:13Z")
Obviously he misspoke. He meant to talk about the terrorist attack on Brigadoon. ---
**Author:** ![dasmoocher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dbc845/32.png) [@dasmoocher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dasmoocher)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2017, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-the-horror-first-bowling-green-now-atlanta-when-will-it-end/779373/24 "2017-02-09T15:01:24Z")
As God is my witness, as God is my witness, they’re not going to lick me! I’m going to live through this, and when it’s all over, I’ll never be hungry again - no, nor any of my folks! If I have to lie, steal, cheat, or kill, as God is my witness, I’ll never be hungry again. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2017, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-the-horror-first-bowling-green-now-atlanta-when-will-it-end/779373/25 "2017-02-09T16:11:31Z")
> [@Leaper](#): > > I think he means Orlando, but to repeat it twice? Nobody told him before then? The article has been updated and Spiceboy did indeed mean Orlando. Specifically the Pulse shooting. Apparently nobody told him that Omar Mateen was from New York, either. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2017, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-the-horror-first-bowling-green-now-atlanta-when-will-it-end/779373/26 "2017-02-09T16:20:22Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > The article has been updated and **Spiceboy did indeed mean Orlando.** Specifically the Pulse shooting. > > Apparently nobody told him that Omar Mateen was from New York, either. Somehow, I don’t believe it was accidental. ---
**Author:** ![leftfield6](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leftfield6/32/18780_2.png) [@leftfield6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leftfield6)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2017, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-the-horror-first-bowling-green-now-atlanta-when-will-it-end/779373/27 "2017-02-09T16:46:07Z")
Sigh. For both Conway and Spicer, their job is to be able to speak. That’s it. To clearly enunciate policies, updates, etc. Spicer cannot even [do that.](http://video.gq.com/watch/sean-spicer-s-alternative-abcs-2017-02-08) Regardless of the fact that simple speech is the only real core responsibility for both of them, the MULTIPLE times that CONway (I mean, come on, it’s right there in her name) has said Bowling Green Massacre is now clearly documented at three times, but I’ll bet there still more out there. Spicer has now said Atlanta THREE times, when we all know there have been no ISIS backed terror events in Atlanta. We do know that Trump has an issue with Atlanta, specifically with the [5th congressional district.](http://politics.blog.ajc.com/2017/01/14/trump-to-john-lewis-fix-your-horrible-atlanta-district/) Sure, later Spicer corrected himself to Orlando, but in the minds of Trump Minnions, by now Atlanta has been painted as a hellhole that is crumbling, crime ridden, and where terrorists attacks happen. Or are those [attaks?](https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/shoker-rediculous-chocker-trump-attaks-and-dishoners-english-with-ever-dummer-spellings/2017/02/07/9556faf4-ed58-11e6-9662-6eedf1627882_story.html?utm_term=.2c0989c7eba5) How are any of us Atlantans surviving this [post apocalyptic wasteland?](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pS6egjf2Nng) ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2017, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-the-horror-first-bowling-green-now-atlanta-when-will-it-end/779373/28 "2017-02-09T16:49:15Z")
> [@Procrustus](#): > > That doesn’t make sense either. The Orlando shooter was born in the U.S. An immigration ban would not have helped. Yeah, but if we’d banned his parents… ---
**Author:** ![leftfield6](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leftfield6/32/18780_2.png) [@leftfield6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leftfield6)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2017, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-the-horror-first-bowling-green-now-atlanta-when-will-it-end/779373/29 "2017-02-09T16:53:18Z")
> [@El\_Kabong](#): > > Yeah, but if we’d banned his parents… You mean Trump, right? ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2017, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-the-horror-first-bowling-green-now-atlanta-when-will-it-end/779373/30 "2017-02-09T21:11:30Z")
> [@davidm](#): > > Spicer mentioned Atlanta three different times. > [http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/08/politics/spicer-alleged-atlanta-terror-attack-trnd/](http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/08/politics/spicer-alleged-atlanta-terror-attack-trnd/) > > 1/29 On ABC’s “This Week”: > > 1/30 on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe”: > > Spicer’s 1/30 press briefing: > > Atlanta? What’s he talking about? > > If we don’t want any repeats, I suppose we’ll need to deport abortion opponents. Interesting how the administration keeps going on about nonexistent Mooslum attacks, but doesn’t say shit about documented “far right wing crazy Nazi white guy” attacks, which sure look to be more numerous and more likely… and DID happen. ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2017, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-the-horror-first-bowling-green-now-atlanta-when-will-it-end/779373/31 "2017-02-09T21:50:33Z")
> [@Leaper](#): > > I think he means Orlando, but to repeat it twice? Nobody told him before then? Kellyane Conway repeated Bowling Green Massacre three times at three different interviews, then tried to claim she misspoke. ---
**Author:** ![asahi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asahi/32/8693_2.png) [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2017, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-the-horror-first-bowling-green-now-atlanta-when-will-it-end/779373/32 "2017-02-09T22:56:24Z")
If fake news can help a candidate win an election, then why wouldn’t that candidate continue to pimp fake news in trying to set the agenda? This is actually a logical outcome. Even republicans know that republican ideas for the economy and pretty much everything else have an adverse impact on pretty much anyone who’s not a billionaire. So just put out so much fake information that ordinary people give up on trying to diagnose and partition truth from fiction. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2017, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-the-horror-first-bowling-green-now-atlanta-when-will-it-end/779373/33 "2017-02-10T00:43:08Z")
He may have meant the [Centennial Olympic Park bombing](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centennial_Olympic_Park_bombing), hoping (not unreasonably) that his real audience will think that any terrorist attack must have been by a Muslim. Unfortunately it was done by a white guy motivated by anti-gay and anti-abortion sentiments. Someone like Bannon only with guts. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2017, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-the-horror-first-bowling-green-now-atlanta-when-will-it-end/779373/34 "2017-02-10T01:32:46Z")
> [@SteveG1](#): > > Interesting how the administration keeps going on about nonexistent Mooslum attacks, but doesn’t say shit about documented “far right wing crazy Nazi white guy” attacks, which sure look to be more numerous and more likely… and DID happen. They’ve sure been very quiet about the Trump fan-boy in Quebec who killed 6 muslim men while they were at prayers. And the subsequent defacement of mosques there, and the arrest of another nice Christian lad who was making threats against Muslims today. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Tooth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c67d28/32.png) [@The\_Tooth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tooth)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2017, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-the-horror-first-bowling-green-now-atlanta-when-will-it-end/779373/35 "2017-02-10T02:02:38Z")
That’s fine, I can’t possible imagine the Trump administration having anything to say worth listening to on the matter. ---
**Author:** ![leftfield6](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leftfield6/32/18780_2.png) [@leftfield6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leftfield6)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2017, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-the-horror-first-bowling-green-now-atlanta-when-will-it-end/779373/36 "2017-02-10T02:32:41Z")
> [@The\_Tooth](#): > > That’s fine, I can’t possible imagine the Trump administration having anything to say worth listening to on the matter. Well hell, if that’s the criteria they’re going to start using, we will never hear another peep out of this administration for the next four years. ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2017, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-the-horror-first-bowling-green-now-atlanta-when-will-it-end/779373/37 "2017-02-10T03:00:03Z")
Do you think we could slip them the claim that the 1919 Great Molasses Flood was the result of early Muslim sabotage? More people need to hear about the GMF. ---
**Author:** ![Gestalt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/90ced4/32.png) [@Gestalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gestalt)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2017, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-the-horror-first-bowling-green-now-atlanta-when-will-it-end/779373/38 "2017-02-10T03:06:25Z")
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**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2017, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-the-horror-first-bowling-green-now-atlanta-when-will-it-end/779373/39 "2017-02-10T03:11:32Z")
> [@Gestalt](#): > > \ Is Belichick a Chechen name? ---
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2017, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-the-horror-first-bowling-green-now-atlanta-when-will-it-end/779373/40 "2017-02-10T03:21:55Z")
> [@madmonk28](#): > > I’m guessing that Bannon is familiar with the Reichstag Fire. Yes but if there is a terror attack, I doubt Trump gets the legislature to give him more power. Bush had the benefit of the doubt after 9/11, Trump does not. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-the-horror-first-bowling-green-now-atlanta-when-will-it-end/779373.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-the-horror-first-bowling-green-now-atlanta-when-will-it-end/779373.md?page=3)