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#606245 - 08/28/06 10:07 PM How stupid are the college kids these days???
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Florida Student Arrested After Bomb Threat to Long Beach Airport

LONG BEACH, Calif. (AP) -- A South Florida college student who allegedly called in a bomb threat to a California airport because he was late for his flight is scheduled to appear in federal court today.

The FBI says 21-year-old Yechezkel Wells called in a bomb threat to the Long Beach Airport because he arrived late for his flight and couldn't board.

He was being held at a federal detention center in Los Angeles following his arrest last night and is charged with providing false information and making threats. It's not clear which college he attends. Reports say Wells arrived only minutes before a JetBlue flight to Fort Lauderdale was scheduled to leave.

The plane departed about an hour late after authorities using bomb-sniffing dogs determined it was safe.
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#606246 - 08/29/06 03:20 PM Re: How stupid are the college kids these days???
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So did he do it to delay the flight long enought to board, or was it revenge? Either way....what an idiot!
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#606247 - 08/29/06 03:38 PM Re: How stupid are the college kids these days???
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Did he really think that would just him hop aboard a plane with a bomb threat against it? LOL Mom and Dad must be proud that their tuition is being put to good use!
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#606248 - 08/30/06 12:32 AM Re: How stupid are the college kids these days???
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wow he could have waited for the next flight...."dededde i like matches"
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#606249 - 08/30/06 11:59 AM Re: How stupid are the college kids these days???
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Almost as bright as the guy who brought dynamite, real dynamite mind you, aboard a flight from Argentina to the US, whose defense consisted of "It was a souvenir from a silver mine."

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#606250 - 08/30/06 03:14 PM Re: How stupid are the college kids these days???
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#606251 - 08/30/06 03:16 PM Re: How stupid are the college kids these days???
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Scary future ahead of us, huh?
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#606252 - 08/30/06 04:10 PM Re: How stupid are the college kids these days???
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Scary future ahead of us, huh?




The future is and always has been scary. I've read articles from the 18th and 19th Centuries about how the "youth of today" is on target to destroy the world. But we're still here.

My advice is to not worry too much about it. They're just young. They'll be fine.

P.S. I can't say I've not done some pretty stupid things in my younger days.
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#606253 - 08/30/06 04:14 PM Re: How stupid are the college kids these days???
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It's called being young and naive. It's also called having a lack of common sense. (Blame that on the parents).

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#606254 - 08/30/06 04:17 PM Re: How stupid are the college kids these days???
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(Blame that on the parents).




Do I have to? That means every time one of my kids does something stupid, it's my fault.
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