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Terror in the Skies Again (Absolutely Positive MUST-READ)
Womens' Wall Street.com ^ | July 2004 | Annie Jacobsen

Posted on 07/15/2004 6:19:30 AM PDT by Rutles4Ever

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To: Quilla

Ding Ding! We have a winner.

Answer: the air marshals wouldn't have been able to do DIDDLY, once the bomb was ready to go kablooey.

It boggles my mind to see so many educated, conservative people here on FR of all places so apparently unconcerned about all of this. I expected to see outright RAGE on the thread here, and see that "political correctness" has also managed to infiltrate and infect some Freepers.

This is almost sadder than the story, for if the Freeper community (who I always think of as educated, conservative and very smart) don't see this as a problem, one can only wonder how absolutely beyond hope the REST of the country is. (We knew it was bad, but now I'm even more worried than ever that we'll NEVER pull back from the abyss of idiocy that we are in).


421 posted on 07/15/2004 11:44:06 AM PDT by jstolzen (All it takes for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing - Edmund Burke)
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To: cajungirl

Have you ever been in an aircraft lavatory? There are three things in there, the sink, the toilet, and the smoke detector. It would be VERY easy to find something that looked out of the ordinary and not wired or attached directly to the aircraft, as it would need to be for several people to assemble it in stages.


422 posted on 07/15/2004 11:45:27 AM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (Even if the government took all your earnings, you wouldn't be, in its eyes, a slave.)
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To: thepitts

When I return home from work I will send you a post that best describes our present situation. Your mindset on this issue is ignorant at best.


423 posted on 07/15/2004 11:45:29 AM PDT by Camel Joe (Proud Uncle of a Fine Young Marine)
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To: civil discourse
"that I plan to do this myself from now on."

Note that previous threads stated that after dry runs (as in the situation), the lavatories stunk like you would not believe.

Is this a Wetback trick? Putting feces in the trashcan to discourage one from digging in and finding their stash?

424 posted on 07/15/2004 11:45:35 AM PDT by Deguello
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To: LizardQueen

And here's something ELSE to be worried about WRT this story..

Where did the plane you just got on arrive from? Were the ME types assembling a bomb in the lavoratory before your flight? Is it on a timer?

Many of us check out the passengers on our flight prior to going anywhere. But, what good does it do if your plane has been rigged AHEAD OF TIME by the LAST bunch of people on the plane?

I for one would feel a whole lot better knowing planes were "sniffed" between flights. But, I HIGHLY doubt the airlines or TSA bother to take the time as it's probably too much "trouble" for them to do so.


425 posted on 07/15/2004 11:46:35 AM PDT by jstolzen (All it takes for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing - Edmund Burke)
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Why do some folks continue to say things like 'this woman went all hysterical just because she saw someone with different color skin' or 'I won't prejudge an entire group just because they look different than me?'


Why do people say something like that about THIS article, especially?

Her reaction is based on their suspicious BEHAVIOR on the flight.


426 posted on 07/15/2004 11:47:12 AM PDT by Petronski (Twenty-nine Helens agree: Promptness is very important.)
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To: Brian Allen

somewhere up the thread, someone posted that this author is (was) a social worker? in any case, she's a liberal. she wants comments on her article? its simple - its people like HER that caused this situation in this country, this insane political correctness that has resulted in both an impotent populace, and impotent law enforcement. Remember the tape of the soothing words from Atta as he was flying the plane into the WTC - "sit down, everything will be OK". those are the comforting words the sheeple need to hear as they are being flown to their deaths, that makes everything OK, at least they died knowing they weren't racists.


427 posted on 07/15/2004 11:47:26 AM PDT by oceanview
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To: Quilla
Naw, y'all keep leaving the lid up. ;-)

Well, HMMMPH!!!

428 posted on 07/15/2004 11:47:29 AM PDT by T Minus Four (My beeber is stuned)
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To: Deguello
Well gee, then rent a car and drive to Nevada or something. I just can't believe that "dig a hole and bury it" is the only solution. (And it's not even a safe solution! If some gangbanger saw him do it, and then dug it up...)
429 posted on 07/15/2004 11:47:53 AM PDT by Don Joe (We've traded the Rule of Law for the Law of Rule.)
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To: philosofy123

I just remembered that because it stuck in my mind during 2000, that for the first time the hispanic population, at 13%, was now larger than the black population, at 12.9%.

You're probably thinking of the actual figures, which are somewhere around 25 to 30 million for hispanics, and a bit less for blacks.


430 posted on 07/15/2004 11:48:13 AM PDT by texasbluebell
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To: Rutles4Ever
I rarely read an entire excerpted article but I read every word of this one. On September 11, 2001 every American was raped by those events and our innocence is gone forever...
431 posted on 07/15/2004 11:48:52 AM PDT by tubebender (If I had known I would live this long I would have taken better care of myself...)
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To: Betis70
#412..this seems standard take-off/landing procedure....
..all passengers should be in seats....

...however....some women-(or men) really can't wait 5 more minutes.....

...a lot of elderly folks take diuretics because of heart or high blood pressure problems, and they simply can't wait!

432 posted on 07/15/2004 11:49:27 AM PDT by Guenevere
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To: Hemingway's Ghost

I tend to keep my eye on Nordic looking woman out of purely selfish interests.


433 posted on 07/15/2004 11:50:12 AM PDT by Camel Joe (Proud Uncle of a Fine Young Marine)
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To: Patriot_from_CA
Sure you can use the same WSJ as men. It's just like Golf for Women magazine, the only differences are more women writers and advertising directed towards women.

Well, I guess I'll just take the little pittance I earn cutting coupons and selling the eggs down at the general store, and put it in some "women's" fund. I'm sure it'll do better. :-)

434 posted on 07/15/2004 11:50:54 AM PDT by T Minus Four (My beeber is stuned)
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To: jstolzen
This is almost sadder than the story, for if the Freeper community (who I always think of as educated, conservative and very smart) don't see this as a problem, one can only wonder how absolutely beyond hope the REST of the country is. (We knew it was bad, but now I'm even more worried than ever that we'll NEVER pull back from the abyss of idiocy that we are in).

Bears repeating, js.

435 posted on 07/15/2004 11:52:02 AM PDT by texasbluebell
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To: Camel Joe
One good response deserves another:


436 posted on 07/15/2004 11:52:56 AM PDT by Hemingway's Ghost (Spirit of '75)
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To: Don Joe
"Well gee"

Not my solution.

He was worried about a felony in another state and possibly not seeing his family for a long while.

437 posted on 07/15/2004 11:53:46 AM PDT by Deguello
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To: Rutles4Ever; HangFire; nunya bidness; feinswinesuksass; diotima; dead; Bob J
I'm actually literally shaking. By page four of this article I was in tears. (How embarrassing -- I had no idea I was such a wuss.)

438 posted on 07/15/2004 11:53:59 AM PDT by AnnaZ
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To: jstolzen

Good point. Now I'm going to want to check out the can the minute I get on the plane.....

Life would be much easier if we just kept the f-ers out of the country in the first place...

LQ


439 posted on 07/15/2004 11:57:44 AM PDT by LizardQueen
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To: jstolzen

Excactly, we have people here demanding the stewardess be fired for telling the husband about the FAMs, but you don't hear them screaming bloody murder about the actions of the ragheads on the plan and the inaction by the flight crew, passengers, pilots and FAMs.


440 posted on 07/15/2004 11:57:48 AM PDT by jimbo123
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