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Current Events => Politics => Topic started by: DixieBelle on September 11, 2009, 08:06:54 PM

Title: Bomb Threat Forces Evacuation of DC TEA Party planners
Post by: DixieBelle on September 11, 2009, 08:06:54 PM

On the eve of what organizers call a 'Big Ol' TEA Party', the Washington, D.C., offices of FreedomWorks were evacuated by DC Metro police on Friday afternoon after the conservative organization reported to authorities at 3:42 pm ET that it had received a bomb threat. 

At 4:48 pm ET, the organization put out a Twitter message saying that it turned out to be a false alarm but the organization is not happy about the disruption.

My colleague, ABC News' Teddy Davis has the story:

Tens of thousands of anti-big government activists are expected in Washington on Saturday as part of a "March on Washington" being organized by FreedomWorks, a conservative group headed by former House Majority Leader Dick Armey, R-Texas.

A FreedomWorks staffer told ABC News that the organization's offices at 601 Pennsylvania Avenue were evacuated on Friday afternoon by DC Metro Police because of a bomb scare.

DC Metro police has confirmed to ABC News' Jason Ryan that the DC Metro police had, indeed, evacuated the organization's offices after being told by the organization that it had received a bomb threat.

The threat came when a man called the FreedomWorks main line and told the organization's female receptionist: "I put a bomb in your building, bitch."
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http://blogs.abcnews.com/george/2009/09/bomb-threat-forces-evacuation-of-dc-tea-party-planners.html

Title: Re: Bomb Threat Forces Evacuation of DC TEA Party planners
Post by: thundley4 on September 11, 2009, 08:13:43 PM

Any chance of violence tomorrow?  I have to guess the odds are better than 50/50.

Title: Re: Bomb Threat Forces Evacuation of DC TEA Party planners
Post by: NHSparky on September 11, 2009, 08:17:35 PM

Oh, those wacky tolerant liberals!

Title: Re: Bomb Threat Forces Evacuation of DC TEA Party planners
Post by: IassaFTots on September 12, 2009, 08:25:49 AM

Quote from: thundley4 on September 11, 2009, 08:13:43 PM

Any chance of violence tomorrow?  I have to guess the odds are better than 50/50.

I hope not.  I have friends up there.  I plan to stay tuned, at any rate.

Title: Re: Bomb Threat Forces Evacuation of DC TEA Party planners
Post by: SSG Snuggle Bunny on September 12, 2009, 09:15:21 AM

I'm impressed. An MSM outet described the tea-partiers as "anti-big government."

I have to say I proudly accept the label.

Title: Re: Bomb Threat Forces Evacuation of DC TEA Party planners
Post by: Chris_ on September 12, 2009, 10:01:36 PM

I wish I could have been there for it I would have loved to take place in some of the events

Title: Re: Bomb Threat Forces Evacuation of DC TEA Party planners
Post by: vesta111 on September 13, 2009, 08:28:23 AM

Quote from: newbiered on September 12, 2009, 10:01:36 PM

I wish I could have been there for it I would have loved to take place in some of the events

It is always better to experience things with a group or people you can discuss this with for years after.

When working nursing homes one of my favorite questions to the patients was what they remember doing when Pearl Harbor was attacked [[ By the Germans]]

Since long term memory seems to grow stronger as we age and short term memory fades, there were some funny and sad memories brought up by people that had not thought about that time in 30 years or more.

For my Mom, I have to take her word as everyone she was with that day are now dead and she is left as keeper of the memory's.

Title: Re: Bomb Threat Forces Evacuation of DC TEA Party planners
Post by: Chris_ on September 13, 2009, 09:18:28 PM

Still doesn't mean I couldn't make my own memories does it?