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1 posted on 11/21/2009 4:49:59 PM PST by Cindy
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To: Cindy

where the drivers feelings hurt


2 posted on 11/21/2009 4:50:54 PM PST by Flavius
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To: MamaDearest

Thanks to MamaDearest from The Threat Matrix on FreeRepublic.com for the ping to this press release.


3 posted on 11/21/2009 4:51:19 PM PST by Cindy
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To: Cindy

An experiment to see if a tractor could make it through the fence, maybe?


4 posted on 11/21/2009 4:51:24 PM PST by Nervous Tick (Stop dissing drunken sailors! At least they spend their OWN money.)
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OFF THREAD TOPIC.

Note: The following news brief is a quote:

http://www.tri-cityherald.com/kennewick_pasco_richland/story/802100.html

Saturday, Nov. 21, 2009

Monthly siren test planned Tuesday
By the Herald staff

Sirens will sound in southern Benton County at noon Tuesday as part of the monthly test of tone alert radios and warning sirens in case of an emergency at the Umatilla Chemical Depot.

Twenty sirens will be activated, followed by a message broadcast in English and Spanish. Households with emergency tone alert radios also will hear a tone and message.


5 posted on 11/21/2009 4:52:50 PM PST by Cindy
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To: Cindy

” Citizens should be vigilant about their surroundings. “

But heaven help you if your are foolish enough to report that a
Hasan-think-alike at your workplace admits to running this “probing”
mission to check security at a chemical depot.


7 posted on 11/21/2009 4:55:33 PM PST by VOA
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To: Cindy

That’s odd Amish farmers don’t drive tractors.


9 posted on 11/21/2009 4:59:10 PM PST by ThomasThomas (Sometimes I like nuts. That's why I am here.)
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To: Cindy

Friday night, kids, beer and a tractor? Most likely imo.


10 posted on 11/21/2009 5:02:05 PM PST by toomuchcoffee
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More details:

http://eastoregonian.com/main.asp?FromHome=1&TypeID=1&ArticleID=100276&SectionID=13&SubSectionID=48

11/17/2009 11:46:00 AM
S”tolen tractor breaks through Umatilla Chemical Depot fence
Farm Bureau offers $1,000 reward”

By SAMANTHA BATES
The East Oregonian

SNIPPET: “The John Deere 7920 was stolen from local farmer Dan McCarty, who leases land next door to the depot. Craig Kopta, who works at Madison Farms, found a piece of the tractor lying in the road, McCarty said. It looked liked whoever had taken the tractor tore off the stairs and ran over it multiple times. They also tore up a mile and a half of fence on that leased property.

“Then it looks like they got done joy riding, turned the tractor loose and it went through the Army Depot fence. After about a mile and a half it stalled on an igloo,” McCarty said. “When they found the tractor it was still running.””

SNIPPET: “Initially depot security and the FBI responded, along with the sheriff’s department.

Bruce Henrickson, depot information officer, said it’s routine to call the FBI when a crime takes place on federal land. Officers decided that because the tractor started off on county land, it was up to the county to investigate.”

SNIPPET: “McCarty has gotten his tractor back and is getting estimates to fix it. From now on, he’ll add a few more security measures, he said.

McCarty said there is a $1,000 reward for information leading to the conviction of whoever stole the tractor.”


11 posted on 11/21/2009 5:05:36 PM PST by Cindy
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To: Salvation

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12 posted on 11/21/2009 5:07:20 PM PST by Sir Francis Dashwood (Arjuna, why have you have dropped your bow???)
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To: Cindy

Don’t worry folks. You can be sure the gubmint had a web cam monitoring the site 24-7.


13 posted on 11/21/2009 5:09:56 PM PST by Minutemen ("It's a Religion of Peace")
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To: Cindy

How old are those chemical weapons? We all learned from the Iraq War that chemical weapons have an extremely short shelf life. The weapons stored there are no more dangerous than spoiled milk. </liberal talking points>


14 posted on 11/21/2009 5:15:33 PM PST by retrogo
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To: Cindy

John Deere! What can the matter be?


16 posted on 11/21/2009 5:23:00 PM PST by 668 - Neighbor of the Beast (LIBERTY)
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To: Cindy

BAN TRACTORS.


17 posted on 11/21/2009 5:27:39 PM PST by SIDENET ("If that's your best, your best won't do." -Dee Snider)
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To: Cindy

The deport is visible from a nearby highway. I’m guessing that some drunk teenagers stole a tractor. They’ve been destroying weapons there for a long time so it’s surprising that they are not done yet.


21 posted on 11/21/2009 6:33:45 PM PST by wideminded
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To: Cindy

It is the biggest non-story of the week here, especially since a great amount of the chemical agents has already been destroyed.


24 posted on 11/21/2009 6:41:20 PM PST by steve86 (Acerbic by nature, not nurture)
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To: AdmSmith; Berosus; bigheadfred; Convert from ECUSA; dervish; Ernest_at_the_Beach; Fred Nerks; ...
The tractor did not get near the depot's chemical weapons storage area.

29 posted on 11/21/2009 7:16:30 PM PST by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/__Since Jan 3, 2004__Profile updated Monday, January 12, 2009)
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31 posted on 11/21/2009 7:21:55 PM PST by Moe Tzadik
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