Posted on 01/02/2006 6:02:05 PM PST by TexasPatriot8
You're welcome. Thank you for letting me know the source! :) I really apprecaite it. It was just released Christmas Eve, that's only a week old. More recent than I thought. Not "old news" at all. Thanks. :)
And like I said before, if there was a massive nuclear exchange near populated areas, it would cause hundreds of thousands of deaths in the coming years, but the testing in the 50s and 60s were in the uninhabited Pacific, and the American deserts, far from populated areas, so there were no hundreds of thousands to be effected. By the time the radiation from one low yield explosion every few months got to a large population center, if it did, it would have dispersed to the point of being non-lethal as it moves on. As I said before, I'm talking about a large exchange of several, ten or more even, deliberately detonated in population centers which would kill many in the blast, and then kill more in the populated areas near the blast, as the radiation sweeps through the area with the prevailing winds. I don't know why you're wanting to argue with me on this. I'm not saying anything controversial or unscientific. This is all well established science, and frankly, much "older" than you thought this article was. I have nothing to gain from being right on this, I wish that wasn't how it was. But it is.
that is only the release of the story about the "sniffing" - the actual monitoring occured starting after 9-11.
and the other stuff in the article about OBLs nuclear plan - is just repackaging of the old claims into this article about the sniffing of the Muslim sites.
Only if they hurry. East King County seems to be getting bluer by the week.
I never claimed anything to the contrary. I simply stated that it was a scary prospect, and I posted it for those who like me had not read that specific article. As for the radiation after effects, I can't be more clear than in my past couple posts. That pretty much says it all, and that is how it works. Have a good week. Good night.
welcome aboard texaspatriot8
In numerous cases, reports U.S. News, the monitoring required investigators to go on to the property under surveillance, although no search warrants or court orders were ever obtained.
It appears US News is your source, right?
You sure get around newbie; from brokeback mountain to the SHEER MADNESS!!!! of nukes. In the words of Dan Rather "Courage" or was it "What's the Frequency Kenneth"? or whatever. Nice tag line, and the phrasing remind me of a certain Starship Trooper film. Interesting.
You're cool. Some here like to impress everyone (and themselves) with their time here. They get a rise out of ridiculing people if they are relatively new here. Ignore them.
Your news is not particularly new, but it is very much worth seeing again. It is a very disturbing story.
That picture was earlier probably.
You're right, as I said before. Some, such as the one you are speaking to, have nothing better to do than harass new posters.. It's one of the few negatives here. Ignore those taunts.
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Good idea, but good luck.
Tell the Democrats. Maybe John Kerry can work something out with France and all those world leaders who love him.
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Yes, but I'd say five years is closer to reality.
They might do that. Mecca has been a terrorist target--substantial shootouts now and then, just like in other Saudi cities.
Unfortunately, I believe most of it is true. There is no upside to scare mongoring, since time would prove it wrong and bring consequence for those making things up. But there seems to be a concerted effort by the left to downplay the danger of islamo-fascist terrorists. Just four short years after 9-11 that's staggering.
The reality is that to the terrorist muslims, and in the minds of many muslims who are not terrorists, this is a war between islam and the rest of the world. The reality is also that islam has been fighting this war for 1,400 years. And the west has refused to engage for hundreds of years. A couple political science friends of mine talk about that frequently. When you look on a map at how far islam has spread, and how depraved and impoverished those nations on Earth are, it's a scary thing. That's the reality that too many Americans still don't understand. This is a war against freedom and democratic western society, and a scary number of about 150 million Americans still oppose it to this day. Sad and scary.
Hello. The exact article I posted was World Net Daily. Did U.S. News and World Report do a similar story recently? If so, I'd love to see if you have a link to it. The world Net Daily article was really well written and well reasoned. Thanks.
Glad you like my tag line. You must like it to use it yourself. Cool. :) is it like a line in Starship Troopers? I can't recall. NOW I'm going to have to watch it to see if I can notice it. All your fault. :) Heehee.
"Each suitcase weighed between 50 and 80 kilograms (approximately 110 to 176 pounds) and contained enough fissionable plutonium and uranium to produce an explosive yield in excess of two kilotons,"
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