Movie Promotion Confused With Bomb in L.A.
Saturday April 29, 2006 11:16 PM
“SANTA CLARITA, Calif. (AP) - A newspaper promotion for Tom Cruise’s upcoming “Mission: Impossible III” got off to an explosive start when a county arson squad blew up a news rack, thinking it contained a bomb.
The confusion: the Los Angeles Times rack was fitted with a digital musical device designed to play the “Mission: Impossible” theme song when the door was opened. But in some cases, the red plastic boxes with protruding wires were jarred loose and dropped onto the stack of newspapers inside, alarming customers.
Sheriff’s officials said they rendered the news rack in this suburb 35 miles north of downtown Los Angeles “safe” after being called to the scene Friday by a concerned individual who thought he’d seen a bomb.
Times officials said the devices were placed in 4,500 randomly selected news boxes in Los Angeles and Ventura counties in a venture with Paramount Pictures designed to turn the “everyday news rack experience” into an “extraordinary mission.”
It was just that, at least for the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department arson squad, which destroyed the box.
“This was the least intended outcome. We weren’t expecting anything like this,” said John O’Loughlin, the Times’ senior vice president for planning.
The devices are to remain in the boxes until May 7, two days after the film is scheduled to open.”
Can’t …. breathe ….. must …… stop ……. laughing …….
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And if you don’t like somebody like me laughing at the quite remarkable level of fucktardery displayed by all the officials involved in this pathetic display of civilian hysteria whipped up by cynical government policy and connived at by a supine news sector and police dipshittery that’s too effing bad.
Bwaaaaaaaaa ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha. The first thing the very first thing a responsible felix does is to assess the threat level including, quite particularly and especially including whether a sodding threat exists in the first place. Whatever unfuckingbelievably unforgivably pathetically unprofessional shitbag was the officer involved in this monumental display of incompetence and grandstanding needs to be flung off the nearest high building sans parachute for the protection of the public. Christ protect anyone unfortunate enough to be dependent upon muscleminded tankbrained stupid numbskulled incompetent assholes like that in a real crisis. (Then they wonder why people who really have experience of dealing with terrorist threats and of cleaning up the aftermath despise them as incompetent grandstanding twats.) Fucking hell, somebody should print that article and arrange for it to be sent to Osama Bin-Laden it’s guaranteed to incapacitate him for years as it’s difficult to run a terrorist organisation while rolling on the floor shrieking with laughter. Incompetent fuckwits.
markfromireland
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I do not normally either use or permit that sort of language on this site in this particular instance I have turned comment moderation off for the day.
You have a dispensation.
Christ on a fucking crutch.
You cannot be serious! I thought this was a joke until I clicked the link to the story. God help them if there’s ever a real bombing is all I can say.
I hope you’ve sent a copy a this to Du.
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I’ve a friend in the police here. The yanks offered the Turks “police anti-terror™” training recently. Can you believe it? I hope the Turks managed to keep a straight face. My friend was nearly doubled over telling me about it.
Jaysus what a pathetic screwup.
Hey Seán long time no scribble. Welcome back.
Veni Vidi Eh What’s the Latin for “and I couldn’t beleive what my eyes were telling me was on the page?”
I wish I could be a fly on the wall when either Deco or Smurph read that.
For God’s sake………
Howya Seán when does the move back to Istanbul happen? Keep in touch yeah?
Jaysus - you could have warned me - Like the first commenter said “God help them if there’s ever a real bombing.” Except I’d say “God help them when there’s ever a real bombing.” I haven’t forgotten the Oklahoma bombing or the bombing of the Olympics and who did it their political “dialogue” is getting more and more vicious and there’s a streak of viciousness not far under the surface in the South to start off with.
Yeah Seán stay in touch OK? If you’ve left a comment then I hope it means that your internet problems are solved.
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This’d be funny, feck it is funny in a very “the bull does not always lose señor” sort of way. I’m bloody glad that nobody I love lives in California that’s for certain.
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No wonder you blew your top Gor. Now go on tell us what you really think about the paranoid incompetent grandstanding shitehawks responsible for “homeland security”. I’m be too busy terrorising some randomly chosen unfortunate American by sending them so many faxes that they run out of ink.
“Homeland security” my arse bloody typical.
PS: Glad to see you back on line Seán what was it the modem or the line? I was getting a bit worried when all the emails bounced.
This story is truly hysterical and sad to say totally believable. I deal with police personnel daily and this overreaction by the brass is typical - sometimes I wonder if anyone has any common sense! True I am a civilian but part of the problem seems to be the fiefdoms set up by the various units - tatical, bomb disposal, swat and the general unwillingness to cede power i.e. cooperate. Don’t forget also for ‘an attack of this magnitude’ reinforcements would be brought in from CHP, sheriff’s deputies etc., and DEA. I totally agree with all comments ‘ God help us if there was a real emergency’!