Santa Claus shot down over Rio

[Tyr]

A chopper carrying Santa Claus was shot down over the Nova Mare slum in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Sunday, according to a Reuters report. It was en route to a children's party when it was fired on from below.

No one was hurt, according to the Reuters report.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071218/od_nm/brazil_santa1_dc
Rio's Nova Mare section, one of the city's 700-plus slums, is an area know for rampant drug trafficking. Police do not patrol these areas regularly but rather raid them from time-to-time with armored vehicles or helicopters. Brazilian authorities say the shooting was likely a case of mistaken identity.

The brave Santa later returned to the Nova Mare region — this time by car — to distribute the gifts.

 

[Artryru]

A chopper carrying Santa Claus was shot down over the Nova Mare slum in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Sunday, according to a Reuters report. It was en route to a children's party when it was fired on from below.

No one was hurt, according to the Reuters report.

Rio's Nova Mare section, one of the city's 700-plus slums, is an area know for rampant drug trafficking. Police do not patrol these areas regularly but rather raid them from time-to-time with armored vehicles or helicopters. Brazilian authorities say the shooting was likely a case of mistaken identity.

The brave Santa later returned to the Nova Mare region — this time by car — to distribute the gifts.

Looks like the shooters will be getting lumps of coal in their stockings for the rest of their lives.

 

[Spade]

Rio is a modern hell. We gringos wash our hands among the innocent, while the people in the favelas...

 

[lone wolf]

Go faster, you bas*ards
(In hollers and whipsers)
Dog-gone it! Get hoofing!
Come on, guys, get with it!
Up! Over the rooftops!
Up! Up, I say,
Or we’ll be statistics
They’ll read Christmas Day.

 

[Tyr]

Jaysus!! They're Reindeer, not whitetails

 

[Spade]

Hi Tyr,
When we eat them, we call them caribou. When they pull Santa's (RIP) sleigh, they're called reindeer. When they laugh when we fall on the ice and bust a pinky, we call the troops!
One pinky short of a full hand,
Cousin Spade

 

[shadowshiv]

Jaysus!! They're Reindeer, not whitetails

Is that Sarah Palin or is it the Joker?8O;-):lol: