Graffiti closes West Coast port
A message about nitroglycerin and President Bush
found scrawled in the hold of a cargo ship just in from Guatemala shut down a
Southern California deep-water port for several hours Monday.
A message about nitroglycerin and President Bush found scrawled in the hold of a cargo ship just in from Guatemala shut down a Southern California deep-water port for several hours Monday, but federal investigators found no explosives.
The harbor in Ventura County was closed just before noon after a dockworker discovered the writing in the hold of the ship, which was carrying a load of bananas, said Will Berg, the port’s marketing director.
Federal authorities said it was written in English and read: “Nitro + glycerin my gift for G. W. Bush and his Jewish gang.”
If someone with a magic marker in the hold of a banana boat can throw this much panic into Homeland Insecurity — imagine what would happen if one of these courageous bureaucrats took a walk through one of our urban Edens of poverty.
Posted: Tue - June 27, 2006 at 08:07 AM