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 dont 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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this isn't a flamewar, kona.
it is a pre-zot inquest.
for what it's worth, I don't think your post qualifies as trolling.
you may wish to cough up your previous UserID as a bona fide.
Otherwise, to some of the trollslayers here you look like a noob with a swelled head, or a retread with a skeleton in the closet.
Maybe he hired a speech writer to tone it down.
*shrugs*
He may be legit for all I knwo, but it does seem suspicious to me.
Kinda like "Captain Awesome" and "Captain Awesome2", in his first guise he argued alot.
In his second incarnation he toned it down but still comes across as having a swelled head.
So this is somewhat odd.
I'll have to study this somewhat further.
Could be that's what is taking so long to reply.
I believe my profound advice to Acehole earlier on a now doomed thread might be in order..waiting for an answer
Seems like he/she wants to discuss the topic, just wish they would. This is like pulling teeth.
LOL! That's a great caption!!! :^D
Yeah, last time I ran across someone like that, it was infuriating.
Eventually we'll see what's going on.
May take awhile.
I had time to do some laundry and walk the dog, watch the President be sworn in and make hubby's lunch before he posted again. Maybe I'll have time to jump in the shower this time.
( Still in my pajamas )
Been 'one of those days' on my end.
Had to make a highway run, and got back to some things late.
The parade has started..! Hail To The Chief!
been fighting my squeedleyspooch all day, here.
you'ld think, by now, that they would, wouldn't you?
They can't he'p it. They were born with insecurity in their minds.
I sent a Freepmail hoping they would put Acehole's thread back so we
could give Acehole adecent burialwell-deserved paving. But I see
it is not up so I don't think we'll get our chance.
The engine under the hood of that caddy has got to be one interesting bit of vehicle technology.
I'm willing to bet that thing can MOVE.
(Wonder if that engine would fit in my car?)
God forbid anything should happen.
Keep in mind, America has been down this road before. Presidential calamities are not exactly unheard of. Think of the nutbar that shot Ulysses S. Grant. This great country has gotten past trouble before. It would again.
al-Qaida is beginning to learn a thing or two about American resolve. Time will tell if they choose to endure a refresher course.
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