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Kabob · **Posted:** Mon Nov 15, 2004 5:04 pm

Some dude just set himself on fire outside the White House.

:hellfire:

Dalen · **Posted:** Mon Nov 15, 2004 5:07 pm

fucking flammable cotton shirts....do it every time.

HaqDiesel · **Posted:** Mon Nov 15, 2004 5:07 pm

WASHINGTON, Nov 15 (Reuters) - A bearded man shouting "Allah" was injured while apparently setting fire to his belongings outside the White House on Monday and was quickly subdued by Secret Service guards.

A Reuters reporter saw the man try to present a Manila envelope to guards near a Secret Service post on Pennsylvania Avenue outside the White House West Wing.

Moments later, a plume of smoke rose above the guard post while two guards wrestled the man to the ground and a third extinguished flames that engulfed his briefcase and overcoat a few feet (metres) away.

The man, who appeared to suffer from a burn to his right hand, groaned and repeatedly shouted "Allah," as guards held him to the ground. The area was cordoned off and fire trucks and ambulances arrived on the scene.

Neither the Secret Service nor the White House had immediate comment on the incident and the man was not identified.

Billzebub · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 10:26 pm **Posts:** 6459

I gotta admire his conviction. I guess, like the dude at Ground Zero, moving to Canada was not an option.

Sucker.

Edit: Sounded more impressive in the original headline, the story turned out to anti-climatic. Bummer. Cancel what I said about his conviction.

Kabob · **Posted:** Mon Nov 15, 2004 5:11 pm

Reuters > NPR

They were like 'some dude is on fire' and then all 'we're not really sure why or whether he's hurt' and then all like 'oh well, fuck Bush, praise Stalin.'

HaqDiesel · **Posted:** Mon Nov 15, 2004 5:12 pm

kabob Wrote:

Reuters > NPR

They were like 'some dude is on fire' and then all 'we're not really sure why or whether he's hurt' and then all like 'oh well, fuck Bush, praise Stalin.'

You nearly made me show emotion during Contracts class. Good show!

Modem · **Posted:** Mon Nov 15, 2004 5:12 pm

from google news:

Colin Powell has informed Mr. Bush that he will step down as Secretary of State as soon as a successor can be confirmed. Four more members of the bush cabinet have turned in their resignations.

can it get any more obvious as to what a shambles that administration is in? Rats are deserting the sinking ship! AFTER a "victory" no less!

What does this mean to Bush supporters? I'd like to know. Element?

HaqDiesel · **Posted:** Mon Nov 15, 2004 5:27 pm

Billzebub · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 10:26 pm **Posts:** 6459

HaqDiesel Wrote:

I thought George "The Animal" Steele was dead!?!?

Dunwoody Dude · **Joined:** Wed Nov 03, 2004 11:20 am **Posts:** 2869

Oh, I was confused. I thought it was Colin Powell who set himself on fire.

Steve

Rick Derris · **Posted:** Mon Nov 15, 2004 5:33 pm

HaqDiesel Wrote:

"TONIGHT ON AMERICA'S ZANIEST POLITICAL PROTESTS.......!!!!!"

rogneeb · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 1:07 pm **Posts:** 12618

HaqDiesel Wrote:

kabob Wrote:

Reuters > NPR

They were like 'some dude is on fire' and then all 'we're not really sure why or whether he's hurt' and then all like 'oh well, fuck Bush, praise Stalin.'

You nearly made me show emotion during Contracts class. Good show!

you mean the parol evidence rule isn't getting you all fired up?

HaqDiesel · **Posted:** Mon Nov 15, 2004 5:36 pm

Acceptance that modifies the terms of the agreement. I'm all hot in the biscuit (what does that mean?).

Pagoda · **Posted:** Mon Nov 15, 2004 5:36 pm

Haq-

Where do you go to Law School?

Eric

HaqDiesel · **Posted:** Mon Nov 15, 2004 5:37 pm

Eric,

NYU.

Aaron

P.S. do you go to law school too?

nacho · **Posted:** Mon Nov 15, 2004 5:43 pm

<--------- graduated from Villanova Law School this past may.

yea! for law school. actually, wait... nevermind, it sucks.

Pagoda · **Posted:** Mon Nov 15, 2004 5:45 pm

Got into Fordham & Cardozo but decided to stay in the ATL. Now applying to Emory & Georgia State

Oh and I have no idea why I structured that post that way. Probably because I have jsut sent out like 200 nearly identical fairly meaningless emails here at work.

HaqDiesel · **Posted:** Mon Nov 15, 2004 5:47 pm

Too bad, man - we could all like, get drunk and talk shit about Torts. You hoping to start in the fall?

Billzebub · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 10:26 pm **Posts:** 6459

Great! More lawyers.

Pagoda · **Posted:** Mon Nov 15, 2004 5:49 pm

Yeah except my friends feel the need to be all "I Fucking hate law school it is full of ultracompetitive assholes" and then saying "you gotta come"

Misery loves company.

I loathe my peon job.

OPA! · **Posted:** Mon Nov 15, 2004 5:49 pm

Pagoda Wrote:

Got into Fordham & Cardozo but decided to stay in the ATL. Now applying to Emory & Georgia State

Oh and I have no idea why I structured that post that way. Probably because I have jsut sent out like 200 nearly identical fairly meaningless emails here at work.

Noooo. Go to NYU.

HaqDiesel · **Posted:** Mon Nov 15, 2004 5:50 pm

NYU is pretty non-competetive. Probably mostly because they don't rank us against one another.

Pagoda · **Posted:** Mon Nov 15, 2004 5:51 pm

No chance of admission there.

rogneeb · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 1:07 pm **Posts:** 12618

we only get ranked individually if in the top 25%. i find my school to be fairly non-competitive, but that is mainly because most everyone is hippy

Pagoda · **Posted:** Mon Nov 15, 2004 5:53 pm

Emory is supposedly populated by 60% New Yorkers.

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