Suspicious package at Lafayette Park...

[Virginia Dare]

just breaking in local news, Park Police are checking it out.

:scared:

[postulater]

1. And where might Lafayette Park be?

[Virginia Dare]

2. Directly across from the White House...n/t

[stop the bleeding]

8. really ? - interesting n/t

[rfranklin]

3. Damn! I knew I left my lunch somewhere...

and it was egg salad too!

[LibertyLover]

4. Probably

some poor working stiff's lunch. I wondered why a bunch of police cars went past my building heading down Penn towards 16th. Guess I know. Poor DC - first the Supreme Court, now a suspicious package. Emergency services are earning their pay today - just wish they were earning more.

[cal04]

5. in red on the left hand side

BREAKING NEWS: Park Police are checking out a suspicious package at Lafayette Park. Watch 9News at Noon for more details.

http://www.wusatv9.com/

[arwalden]

6. Can People Be Prosecuted Or Fined For Things Like This?

If you accidentally leave your briefcase or purse somewhere... and the Park Police or Metro Police, or Secret Service are called in to investigate, is the forgetful person (who owns the mislaid item) actually liable for any costs or damages?

[carolinalady]

7. well they tried evacuation of Supreme Court for smoke earlier

today-was a breaking news item around 10am on CNN have not heard a thing since. I think they are searching.......

[Bozita]

9. After the anthrax scare, a blob of guacamole closed down streets in ...

... Chicago's Loop.

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

10. Would this be a diversion?

Bush is sinking in the polls, people are realizing his lies, his terrible policies--could this simply be a distraction planted by Rove?

[lectrobyte]

11. I forgot my backpack after me and Scotty walked back to the

tree line to smoke a doob to prepare for the daily grilling.

[hedgehog]

12. The moral of the story about crying wolf is that sooner or later,

the wolf actually does show up and no one responds in time. We will see a major terrorist attack (as opposed to the minor attacks that don't make the national news) sooner or later. It amy or may not be something that we anticipated. I'm willing to bet, though, that it will hit a major metropolitan area and not Back-of-beyond, Whereever that just used Homeland Security funds to buy its police department some brand new shiny toys.

(and for the record, my town is just outside of Back-of-Beyond.)

[gauguin57]

13. suspicious package? Naw ... just Dubya talkin' a stroll in the park.

[Bozita]

14. Will that costume be displayed at GWB's presidential museum?

Hope so.

[theHandpuppet]

15. Honestly, this doesn't scare you, does it?

D.C. gets alerts on "suspicious packages" every other day.

[Virginia Dare]

18. No, not at all...n/t

[LiberalEsto]

16. Perhaps a deadly bag of pretzels? nt

[longship]

17. Chick Sal Sand

nt