[Jeff Head]

Again, may God rest the souls of the thousands of innocents who have been killed this day.

... and may God grant that we see clearly to exact swift, terrible and lasting retribution upon those wh perpetrated this atrociuos and dastardly attack against our Republic.

[Joe Brower]

May God grant that we see clearly to exact swift, terrible and lasting retribution upon those wh perpetrated this atrociuos and dastardly attack against our Republic.

Amen, brother.

[GEC]

At 10:00am on a Tuesday, it's going to be days before we learn of the death toll in the hundreds of thousands.

[Brian_Baldwin]

. . . this is what happens

when you don't have any borders.

When you don't have any borders, you don't have security, you don't have proper intelligence, you open the way for those who want to make things ready for those who want to hurt you. But, heck, who needs borders? We are the world, we are the children. All you need is love. And, help is on the way. But only just so long as it is politically correct. Make sure we don't insult anyone along the way.

[Capt. Freedom]

Reagan would have put the black jets into the air already and the mideast would be a flat glowing oil laden parking lot.

[michigander]

[sugar_puddin]

May God be with the families who have lost loved ones in this act of cowardly terrorism. They have underestimated the will of the American people. There will be retribution. They have declared war with the people of the United States. I hope we blow them off the face of this Earth. Let them meet their god.

[PJ-Comix]

Each of those World Trade Center Towers had their own unique zip codes. In effect two entire zip codes were eliminated today by terrorists.

[BrotherJonathan]

Look on the bright side. This time, the feds will not be able to blame it on a spark in the center fuel tank.

[BrotherJonathan]

Look on the bright side. This time, the feds will not be able to blame it on a spark in the center fuel tank.

[Hank Rearden]

When I saw the towers go down, I started wondering how that could happen if they were struck midway up the side. (and just who was flying those planes? I can't believe a commercial airline pilot would do that, even at gunpoint.)

We'll no doubt hear all kinds of conspiracy theories about bombs in the basement, but my thinking is much simpler than that: Burning jet fuel and other combustibles inside the towers fell down the elevator shafts and continued burning at the base of the buildings, grossly weakening the structural steel and concrete.

Now my question is this: do structural engineers take into account burning material falling through these shafts during a fire of any kind, and is there any way to prevent the consequences?

[MadameAxe]

Has it occurred to anyone that we have plenty of domestic whackos who are opposed to "world trade" and American "imperialism"?

Are there "anarchists" missing from Eugene this morning?

[SKcanuck]

Let me, my dear American friends from FreeRepubublic and actually all Americans to tell you at this day so hard for all of you that my thoughts and prayers are with you. We can disagree, we can exchange sometimes harsh words but THIS IS HORRIBLE. It is even worse than some Hollywood movies and that should say a lot. God Bless free America!

[Valin]

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