Comments on: Mooninite attack on Boston fails http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2007/02/01/mooninite-attack-on-boston-fails/ Protect yourself from government gaffes, bureaucratic blunders and incumbent incompetence Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:54:31 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: In Massachusetts, garbled fax means bomb scare - Homeland Stupidityhttp://www.homelandstupidity.us/2007/02/01/mooninite-attack-on-boston-fails/#comment-46855 In Massachusetts, garbled fax means bomb scare - Homeland Stupidity Tue, 05 Jun 2007 11:09:02 +0000 http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2007/02/01/mooninite-attack-on-boston-fails/#comment-46855 [...] January, Boston suffered a bomb scare prompted by city officials overreacting to electronic light boards placed around Boston. Those [...] [...] January, Boston suffered a bomb scare prompted by city officials overreacting to electronic light boards placed around Boston. Those [...]

]]> By: F'ing LIGHT BRIGHThttp://www.homelandstupidity.us/2007/02/01/mooninite-attack-on-boston-fails/#comment-45892 F'ing LIGHT BRIGHT Wed, 30 May 2007 05:27:32 +0000 http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2007/02/01/mooninite-attack-on-boston-fails/#comment-45892 They were just freaking light brights! Even a FOOL could tell the difference between a cartoon character and a bomb.No one should be as stupid as this. To take something as simple and NON disruptive as this, and blow it so out of proportion.The day we start to fear light brights is a sad day indeed. They were just freaking light brights! Even a FOOL could tell the difference between a cartoon character and a bomb.

No one should be as stupid as this. To take something as simple and NON disruptive as this, and blow it so out of proportion.

The day we start to fear light brights is a sad day indeed.

]]> By: Apology, community service for Mooninite scare - Homeland Stupidityhttp://www.homelandstupidity.us/2007/02/01/mooninite-attack-on-boston-fails/#comment-43685 Apology, community service for Mooninite scare - Homeland Stupidity Tue, 15 May 2007 00:58:53 +0000 http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2007/02/01/mooninite-attack-on-boston-fails/#comment-43685 [...] Two men who planted electronic light boards around the city of Boston to promote the Aqua Teen Hunger Force cartoon, resulting in city officials overreacting and shutting down the city, have resolved the criminal charges against them. [...] [...] Two men who planted electronic light boards around the city of Boston to promote the Aqua Teen Hunger Force cartoon, resulting in city officials overreacting and shutting down the city, have resolved the criminal charges against them. [...]

]]> By: Terrorist hoaxes can only get better? - Homeland Stupidityhttp://www.homelandstupidity.us/2007/02/01/mooninite-attack-on-boston-fails/#comment-43011 Terrorist hoaxes can only get better? - Homeland Stupidity Wed, 09 May 2007 04:07:44 +0000 http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2007/02/01/mooninite-attack-on-boston-fails/#comment-43011 [...] On January 31, Boston terrorized its own citizens, closing down traffic in parts of the city for several hours and sending out bomb squads to remove what turned out to be light boards, part of a marketing campaign by Turner Broadcasting for its Aqua Teen Hunger Force cartoon. That’s bad enough, but to make matters worse, officials continued to publicly call the light boards threats, even after they had been informed as to what they were. [...] [...] On January 31, Boston terrorized its own citizens, closing down traffic in parts of the city for several hours and sending out bomb squads to remove what turned out to be light boards, part of a marketing campaign by Turner Broadcasting for its Aqua Teen Hunger Force cartoon. That’s bad enough, but to make matters worse, officials continued to publicly call the light boards threats, even after they had been informed as to what they were. [...]

]]> By: Backpacks give Newton, Mass., school officials bomb scare - Homeland Stupidityhttp://www.homelandstupidity.us/2007/02/01/mooninite-attack-on-boston-fails/#comment-41083 Backpacks give Newton, Mass., school officials bomb scare - Homeland Stupidity Wed, 18 Apr 2007 16:15:14 +0000 http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2007/02/01/mooninite-attack-on-boston-fails/#comment-41083 [...] On January 31, Boston officials terrorized their own citizens by shutting down the city over harmless light boards being used in a cartoon promotion after they had already determined the boards posed no threat. And at the end of February, officials in Boston blew up a traffic counting device installed by the state. [...] [...] On January 31, Boston officials terrorized their own citizens by shutting down the city over harmless light boards being used in a cartoon promotion after they had already determined the boards posed no threat. And at the end of February, officials in Boston blew up a traffic counting device installed by the state. [...]

]]> By: “We hacked the Super Bowl” - Homeland Stupidityhttp://www.homelandstupidity.us/2007/02/01/mooninite-attack-on-boston-fails/#comment-38468 “We hacked the Super Bowl” - Homeland Stupidity Thu, 29 Mar 2007 06:32:28 +0000 http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2007/02/01/mooninite-attack-on-boston-fails/#comment-38468 [...] In a video, Hargrave explains more of how he got he, his team and two vanloads of electronic devices past security, only two days after a bomb scare in Boston involving harmless electronic lights. [...] [...] In a video, Hargrave explains more of how he got he, his team and two vanloads of electronic devices past security, only two days after a bomb scare in Boston involving harmless electronic lights. [...]

]]> By: New R2-D2 mailboxes are not a bomb - Homeland Stupidityhttp://www.homelandstupidity.us/2007/02/01/mooninite-attack-on-boston-fails/#comment-37235 New R2-D2 mailboxes are not a bomb - Homeland Stupidity Thu, 22 Mar 2007 10:12:26 +0000 http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2007/02/01/mooninite-attack-on-boston-fails/#comment-37235 [...] I understand why local law enforcement would need to be notified. The likelihood of this little guy being droid-napped are probably pretty high, even if it is a federal offense to tamper with mailboxes. But why Homeland Security? Someone might mistake it for a bomb. Thanks, Boston. Now Lincoln cannot even put up a mailbox without notifying somebody. [...] [...] I understand why local law enforcement would need to be notified. The likelihood of this little guy being droid-napped are probably pretty high, even if it is a federal offense to tamper with mailboxes. But why Homeland Security? Someone might mistake it for a bomb. Thanks, Boston. Now Lincoln cannot even put up a mailbox without notifying somebody. [...]

]]> By: Deep Something » Blog Archive » Bomb or Tape Dispenser?http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2007/02/01/mooninite-attack-on-boston-fails/#comment-35605 Deep Something » Blog Archive » Bomb or Tape Dispenser? Wed, 07 Mar 2007 18:44:14 +0000 http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2007/02/01/mooninite-attack-on-boston-fails/#comment-35605 [...] The January 31 scare in which Boston and Massachusetts government officials terrorized the city by treating harmless light boards, being used in an advertising campaign for a cartoon show, as bombs, is unfortunately not an isolated incident. [...] [...] The January 31 scare in which Boston and Massachusetts government officials terrorized the city by treating harmless light boards, being used in an advertising campaign for a cartoon show, as bombs, is unfortunately not an isolated incident. [...]

]]> By: Boston is stupid | Ephemeral Bloghttp://www.homelandstupidity.us/2007/02/01/mooninite-attack-on-boston-fails/#comment-34621 Boston is stupid | Ephemeral Blog Thu, 01 Mar 2007 14:06:36 +0000 http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2007/02/01/mooninite-attack-on-boston-fails/#comment-34621 [...] And I mean that in the most demeaning way possible.  You may remember the incident not too long ago when Boston officials shut down large parts of the city and detonated some “suspicious” devices that turned out to be nothing more than lighted advertisements for an upcoming movie.  Well, they’re at it again.  Boston officials recently detonated another suspicious device - this one was a traffic counter. [...] [...] And I mean that in the most demeaning way possible.  You may remember the incident not too long ago when Boston officials shut down large parts of the city and detonated some “suspicious” devices that turned out to be nothing more than lighted advertisements for an upcoming movie.  Well, they’re at it again.  Boston officials recently detonated another suspicious device – this one was a traffic counter. [...]

]]> By: Boston suspicious device was counting traffic - Homeland Stupidityhttp://www.homelandstupidity.us/2007/02/01/mooninite-attack-on-boston-fails/#comment-34580 Boston suspicious device was counting traffic - Homeland Stupidity Thu, 01 Mar 2007 06:15:46 +0000 http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2007/02/01/mooninite-attack-on-boston-fails/#comment-34580 [...] Last month’s incident, in which officials tried to call electronic light boards depicting cartoon characters from the Aqua Teen Hunger Force show threats, even well after their true nature was known, resulted in two people being arrested on trumped-up charges, Turner Broadcasting having to pay the city $2 million for its incompetence, and actually wound up dividing security experts on whether officials acted appropriately. [...] [...] Last month’s incident, in which officials tried to call electronic light boards depicting cartoon characters from the Aqua Teen Hunger Force show threats, even well after their true nature was known, resulted in two people being arrested on trumped-up charges, Turner Broadcasting having to pay the city $2 million for its incompetence, and actually wound up dividing security experts on whether officials acted appropriately. [...]

]]> By: nukes of hazzardhttp://www.homelandstupidity.us/2007/02/01/mooninite-attack-on-boston-fails/#comment-33613 nukes of hazzard Fri, 23 Feb 2007 23:38:24 +0000 http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2007/02/01/mooninite-attack-on-boston-fails/#comment-33613 boston has been more deeply affected by terrorism? what did i miss boston has been more deeply affected by terrorism? what did i miss

]]> By: Bomb or not? - Homeland Stupidityhttp://www.homelandstupidity.us/2007/02/01/mooninite-attack-on-boston-fails/#comment-33612 Bomb or not? - Homeland Stupidity Fri, 23 Feb 2007 22:29:05 +0000 http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2007/02/01/mooninite-attack-on-boston-fails/#comment-33612 [...] The January 31 scare in which Boston and Massachusetts government officials terrorized the city by treating harmless light boards, being used in an advertising campaign for a cartoon show, as bombs, is unfortunately not an isolated incident. [...] [...] The January 31 scare in which Boston and Massachusetts government officials terrorized the city by treating harmless light boards, being used in an advertising campaign for a cartoon show, as bombs, is unfortunately not an isolated incident. [...]

]]> By: Why “homeland security” doesn’t secure - Homeland Stupidityhttp://www.homelandstupidity.us/2007/02/01/mooninite-attack-on-boston-fails/#comment-31927 Why “homeland security” doesn’t secure - Homeland Stupidity Sun, 11 Feb 2007 05:47:12 +0000 http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2007/02/01/mooninite-attack-on-boston-fails/#comment-31927 [...] We saw an example of officials getting security horribly wrong last week in Boston, where officials there expended nearly $1 million and inconvenienced nearly everyone in the city, for something that wasn’t a threat. To make matters worse, after they determined that it wasn’t a threat, those same officials continued to spread fear throughout the city by talking about it as if it was a threat. But instead of Mumbles Menino and the other responsible officials (like Coakley) resigning, as they certainly should have, they managed to extort $2 million from Turner Broadcasting and get the head of the Cartoon Network to resign instead. [...] [...] We saw an example of officials getting security horribly wrong last week in Boston, where officials there expended nearly $1 million and inconvenienced nearly everyone in the city, for something that wasn’t a threat. To make matters worse, after they determined that it wasn’t a threat, those same officials continued to spread fear throughout the city by talking about it as if it was a threat. But instead of Mumbles Menino and the other responsible officials (like Coakley) resigning, as they certainly should have, they managed to extort $2 million from Turner Broadcasting and get the head of the Cartoon Network to resign instead. [...]

]]> By: Kevin Fieldshttp://www.homelandstupidity.us/2007/02/01/mooninite-attack-on-boston-fails/#comment-30924 Kevin Fields Sat, 03 Feb 2007 14:08:47 +0000 http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2007/02/01/mooninite-attack-on-boston-fails/#comment-30924 Well, since Turner broadcasting is <a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16950005/" title="Turner to pay costs of Boston scare">gonna pay up</a>, it's time to let these two guys off the hook in a case that the prosecutor has no chance of winning. Well, since Turner broadcasting is gonna pay up, it’s time to let these two guys off the hook in a case that the prosecutor has no chance of winning.

]]> By: Terranhttp://www.homelandstupidity.us/2007/02/01/mooninite-attack-on-boston-fails/#comment-30862 Terran Sat, 03 Feb 2007 03:41:55 +0000 http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2007/02/01/mooninite-attack-on-boston-fails/#comment-30862 "Boston has been more deeply affected by Terrorism than other cities"oh yeah because the Boston tea party was so freakin' scary mate “Boston has been more deeply affected by Terrorism than other cities”

oh yeah because the Boston tea party was so freakin’ scary mate

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