"Maybe we should be shocked about the fact they take photos of us already."

Let's not stop there! Do you know they have our names and our social security numbers! Somebody stop the madness I say. What happened to the days when the governement didn't gather such data .. oh wait .. never mind.

Don't get me wrong, I am against governemental abuse at least as much as you, but when you chase boogeymen you take attention away from the real issues and make us all look like idiots.

"I remember seeing pretty much this same story last week on slashdot!?"

You remember a different Slashdot than everyone else on the planet.

"Decent journalism? You know you're on planet Earth right?"

FTForGreater Acurracy (by your definition of "accuracy")

"Copying a juicy bit from the article and saying "Link to original source" is not a summary."

What the hell are you talking about? The best summaries do exactly that. It's the ones where the submitter tries to write their own content where things tend to get stupid real quick.

"It's not irrational to consider a pressure cooker and propane tank parked near the US Capitol to be sufficiently unusual as to merit further investigation"

"Bomb squads don't "investigate" items that might be bombs."

Hard to believe they came from the same poster in the same thread, isn't it? It warrants further investigation! ... and ... What are you and idiot, it warrants no investigation! I't is always hilarious to watch idiots contradict themselves. Thanks for the entertainment!

" Learning a language doesn't take too long if your willing to put in the time."

That is possibly the most stupid claim I have ever seen asserted. (and I've been a Slashdot community member for more than 15 years.).

"most people require quiet"

"Use headphones. "

Yes, and similarly if you require darkness turn on a light! (please tell me English is your sixth language)

"It's not irrational to consider a pressure cooker and propane tank parked near the US Capitol to be sufficiently unusual as to merit further investigation"

Well though that may be you are missing a pretty important point. They didn't investigate; they blew the fucker up. If they had investigated the (non) story would have been: Cops see a crock pot, investigated, and determined that they were just paranoid morons and no actual explosive device was present!.

At least you have finally made clear the source of the problem here. You've read the entire story, and still have no idea what actually happened! That certainly explains all the idiotic ramblings you've spouted of late.