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Time to think the unthinkable
MSNBC ^ | 1/20/2005 | Tom Curry

Posted on 01/20/2005 8:37:30 AM PST by kona coffee

WASHINGTON - On this snow-draped Inauguration Day in Washington, a few people on Capitol Hill were thinking about the worst: a catastrophic attack that could kill or incapacitate most members of Congress, the president, the vice president and the cabinet.

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The unseen presence at this first inauguration since Sept. 11, 2001, is al-Qaida, whose terrorists showed three years ago how capable they were of killing thousands of Americans in one place at one time.

At 9:30 on inauguration morning, in his office in the Longworth Building, a short walk from where the president would soon take his oath, Rep. Brad Sherman, D-Calif., said, “It is very clear that al-Qaida wishes to do only things that are destabilizing to the United States. More modest terrorists would have blown up an apartment building in the last three years. But al-Qaida is not dead and they don’t think small. They think in terms of the power of the United States and how do you symbolically destroy, physically destroy, that power.”

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TOPICS: Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: contstitution; doomsdayscenario; w2; wot
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Interesting read
1 posted on 01/20/2005 8:37:31 AM PST by kona coffee
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To: kona coffee

Sounds almost hopefull.


2 posted on 01/20/2005 8:40:19 AM PST by cripplecreek (they call me tater.)
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To: kona coffee; MeekOneGOP
Big load of F.U.D. Should this happen, any semblence of civility that we've shown so far against the bastards we're fighting will go by the wayside.

They know this....we know this....the world knows this.

You're new here I see... :-)
3 posted on 01/20/2005 8:41:19 AM PST by hiredhand (Pudge the Indestructible Kitty lives at http://www.justonemorefarm.com)
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To: kona coffee

Who is trafficing in "Fear Mongering" now?


4 posted on 01/20/2005 8:41:38 AM PST by frog_jerk_2004
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To: kona coffee

It would truly be a disaster if all the Republicans were killed while attending the inauguration while the Democrats were plotting their comeback.


5 posted on 01/20/2005 8:42:04 AM PST by Brilliant
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To: cripplecreek

"Sounds almost hopefull."

My sentiments exactly. MSNBC has turned into one of the most biased "news" organizations ever.


6 posted on 01/20/2005 8:42:32 AM PST by PilloryHillary
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To: cripplecreek

Yep. How many different 'news' organizations have written about this now? Just wishful thinking on their part. Ghouls.


7 posted on 01/20/2005 8:42:39 AM PST by kenth (Tagline expired.)
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To: kona coffee
Interesting read

Meaning, read my article?

Welcome to Free Republic!

8 posted on 01/20/2005 8:43:24 AM PST by frog_jerk_2004
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To: cripplecreek

I tell you, the MSM is doing everything it can to provoke some loose cannon into attempting an assassination.


9 posted on 01/20/2005 8:43:56 AM PST by thoughtomator (Meet the new Abbas, same as the old Abbas)
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To: kona coffee

Why would MSNBC publish this? Didn't they get the memo from Michael Moore that not only is the terrorist threat overblown and overhyped, but that it doesn't even exist? I know I sleep easier after hearing the world reknowned director Michael Moore tell us that. </sarcasm>


10 posted on 01/20/2005 8:44:42 AM PST by Hurricane Andrew (History teaches that wars begin when governments believe the price of aggression is cheap.)
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To: kona coffee

:::SNIFF:::SNIFF:::


11 posted on 01/20/2005 8:47:07 AM PST by MileHi
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To: kona coffee

I don't think I can think an unthinkable thought.


12 posted on 01/20/2005 8:47:31 AM PST by rogers21774
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To: MeekOneGOP; Conspiracy Guy

ping!


13 posted on 01/20/2005 8:47:52 AM PST by dfwright
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To: kona coffee

...Under Sherman?s bill, the line of succession would begin with the Secretary of State and extend through the Cabinet, but would for the first time include officials outside Washington, D.C., and in some cases outside the borders of the United States, specifically the ambassador to the United Nations, the ambassador to Great Britain and a few other American ambassadors...

I don't get the rush to get power OUT of the hands of the duly elected and into the hands of those who are appointed.

Why remove the Speaker and Senate President Pro Tempore from the lineup? They've been elected and they know what's going on.

Why an ambassador?
You could get some real putz that way.


14 posted on 01/20/2005 8:47:59 AM PST by the gillman@blacklagoon.com
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To: thoughtomator

Actually, you're probably closer to the truth than my first thought of it being just mere wishful thinking.

BTW, is there no official Inauguration thread today? FR seems slow (not computing wise, people-wise) today.


15 posted on 01/20/2005 8:48:18 AM PST by kenth (Tagline expired.)
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To: kona coffee; Admin Moderator

And you joined just to post this?


16 posted on 01/20/2005 8:49:35 AM PST by COEXERJ145
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To: kenth

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1324538/posts


17 posted on 01/20/2005 8:53:08 AM PST by dfwright
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To: the gillman@blacklagoon.com
Why remove the Speaker and Senate President Pro Tempore from the lineup? They've been elected and they know what's going on.

The Senate ProTem is typically the oldest senator from the majority side. Its an honorary position. Often, they have difficulty remembering their own name, let alone knowing what's going on. I'd be in favor of moving the majority leader into that succession slot.

18 posted on 01/20/2005 8:54:44 AM PST by Ditto ( No trees were killed in sending this message, but billions of electrons were inconvenienced.)
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To: dfwright

THANKS!

I even searched 'inauguration' and didn't find it.


19 posted on 01/20/2005 8:54:50 AM PST by kenth (Tagline expired.)
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To: COEXERJ145

Sorry. I used to be a member a while back. Lost my password, etc. Have lurked for years. Wanted to get back "on board". Thanks.


20 posted on 01/20/2005 8:55:27 AM PST by kona coffee
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