Quote:Of course he didn't "make" the clock.  It's obviously a factory-built clock removed from its original case and placed in this suitcase looking pencil box.  There was no science involved, yet the politicos are acting like Ahmed is the next Ben Franklin.  It was probably "built" by his father, an attention-seeking crusader against "Islamophpbia".  Ahmed was coached to give elusive answers to the police, and even the Ahmed in handcuffs photo was staged.

 

Now it turns out the family is seeking $100,000 in donations for attorney fees.  They are blaming the mayor for little Ahmed's arrest.  Huh?  Yes, the Islamophobic mayor recently blocked an Islamic group in Irving, TX from establishing a "tribunal" to implement Sharia Law in Texas.  So the Council for Islamic-American Relations (CAIR) is backing the Mohamed family.  All this was pre-planned, including the tweets and invitations from the White House, the Clinton campaign, NASA, Facebook, etc. 

 

Many have noted the reaction to this story was very different than with earlier stories about kids being suspended or arrested for pointing a finger at a student and saying "bang", or biting a Pop Tart into the shape of a gun, and that's true.  What's also true is that a finger is obviously not a gun, and a Pop Tart is obviously not a gun.  Can the layperson quickly determine that Ahmed's mini-suitcase is not a bomb?  No.  The laypersons in here actually thought Ahmed built it "from scratch".