Maybe they should all get a clue!
Posted on 08/21/2008 9:02:29 AM PDT by Sub-Driver
Fed Gov't Finds Fires Took Down WTC 7 Building
Report Refutes Conspiracy Theories That Explosives Brought Down Skyscraper Next To Twin Towers
GAITHERSBURG, Md. (AP) ― Government investigators have issued a report refuting conspiracy theories that a skyscraper next to the twin towers was brought down by explosives. The report says that fires destroyed World Trade Center 7 on Sept. 11.
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Oh good grief!
I still believe the Grays burned it down, because that was where they make humans into Bigfoots(just what is the plural of bigfoot...bigfeet?).
That is my theory and I am sticking to it.
Maybe they should all get a clue!
Interesting "fact". Got any way to substantiate it? Are you sure you're not confusing the fact that officials stated that the building definitely was GOING to collapse? They knew based on the intensity of the fire that the collapse was imminent, though they didn't know exactly when.
I remember this quite clearly, as I watched the coverage live on 9/11, and saw the building collapse live at around 5 pm (or whatever time it was). When it did finally fall, they had been talking about it and anticipating it for hours.
I also remember that there was some concern that the deep holes beneath the WTC towers (with their "bathtub" design) might collapse inward, resulting in destabalization of the ground around them, which might in turn cause neighboring structures to fail.
Jeez, I can't believe people are still bringing up this crap.
The infamous "BBC Report" was debunked YEARS ago:
With the lack of even the smallest amount of hard evidence supporting their stories, conspiracy theorists have become more desperate to find anything which could be twisted to support them. Case in point: The WTC 7 was seen in the background of a BBC report while the reporter said the building had already collapsed. The story is that the reporters were given a "script" to say and these reporters stupidly read the lines before the building fell. Plain old common sense can dispatch this conspiracy story.
Why do they choose to believe the more unlikely conspiracy story which suggests that at least some reporters of some news organizations were given a script? Especially when, much more logically, miscommunication could easily explain the video.
Why in the WORLD would they need to give the reporters a head's up??? Why wouldn't they just blow the building up and let them report the collapse as they would have normally?
What most likely, logically happened: While investigating and updating information on the collapse of the towers, someone at the BBC was given a report/press release that building 7 was going to collapse. [Edit: we now know they were monitoring the news from different outlets and that's where they learned of building 7.] According to the fire department, by 2:00PM they knew the building would soon collapse. Reporters KNEW this well before the collapse because there are videos of reporters talking about it before it happened. So we KNOW reporters were given information on WTC 7's imminent demise. We can conclude from this evidence that the fire department relayed information to reporters that the building was going to collapse. By the time the report reached the reporter at the BBC, it may have simply been miscommunicated from "About to collapse" to "Has collapsed". She even starts out by saying "Details are very, very sketchy". That alone should put this to rest. She didn't say 'Sketchy'. She didn't say 'very sketchy'. She said "very, very sketchy".
http://www.debunking911.com/pull.htm
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/theeditors/2007/02/part_of_the_conspiracy.html
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/theeditors/2007/03/part_of_the_conspiracy_2.html
You are so right; I know a Truther, and their beliefs are totally Faith-Based. The brainwashing they have absorbed leaves them as deluded as any cult member.
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The mere fact they call themselves “truthers” suggests a child’s mind.
I’m not interested in the truthers’ theories. I found this part of the FAQ to be an eye-opener:
Does this mean there are hundreds or thousands of unsafe tall buildings with long span supports that must be retrofitted in some way? How would you retrofit a building to prevent this problem?
While the partial or total collapse of a tall building due to fires is a rare event, NIST strongly urges building owners, operators, and designers to evaluate buildings to ensure the adequate fire performance of structural systems. Of particular concern are the effects of thermal expansion in buildings with one or more of the following characteristics: long-span floor systems, connections that cannot accommodate thermal effects, floor framing that induces asymmetric forces on girders, and composite floor systems, whose shear studs could fail due to differential thermal expansion (i.e., heat-induced expansion of material at different rates). Engineers should be able to design cost-effective fixes to address any areas of concern identified by such evaluations.
I have a friend who is a Truther too. We got so heated in our discussions of it that we don't talk about it anymore. I haven't mentioned it him in a year, so I don't know if he still holds the same beliefs.
He's an extremely smart guy, and doesn't even believe in the Kennedy assasination conspiracy, which is strange. I personally believe Oswald acted alone, but I find the Kennedy assasination theories much more plausible than anything is Trutherland.
Paulistinians deeply saddened.
No, the 9-11 naysayers won’t be placated and here’s why: the government has not been truthful on other incidents, so why should anyone believe them?
Anything the government does in the way of an investigation will be tainted by politics. That’s just a fact.
Not even close. Their whole argument is based on the premise that fire cannot melt steel. Even though they use fire to make steel and had to use Ceramic composite to protect the space shuttle not steel.
They say the plane was crashed into the ocean by Cheneys remote control and a missile was sent in to do the job.
7 years to release this conclusion?
And the people want the government to decide whether they need chemo or not?
That is how I feel, too. I have been recently studying the Truthers and their beliefs in an effort to help the person I know who is mired in those falsehoods, and some of the things they believe are so bizarre that it's just beyond words. :(
This is great!
Troothers are deeply saddened...
Your post is obviously forged. I don't believe it for a minute.
Dang, Bob - you’re a thread killer.
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