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FReeoples EMERGENCY THREAD // Thread 169

Posted on 09/12/2001 4:21:12 AM PDT by tomkat


WOULD ALL WHO CARE TO, PLEASE JOIN US

COMFORT ONE ANOTHER - RAGE - COMMISERATE - PRAY

LET US GATHER STRENGTH, TOGETHER




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To: before it happens again
A Roman Response

...and sowed the fields of Carthage with salt so nothing would ever grow there again.

61 posted on 09/12/2001 6:35:37 AM PDT by tomkat
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To: tomkat, all
good mornin'. i haven't had time to catch up on the thread yet. i can't see a damn thing because i had to take a tylenol p.m. to sleep and i'm still drugged. has anything new happened? are the airports still closed all over the country?
62 posted on 09/12/2001 7:01:39 AM PDT by christine
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To: christine11
airports still closed
persecutor is alive and well.
63 posted on 09/12/2001 7:10:19 AM PDT by tomkat
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To: persecutor
joe, i'm so relieved to see you are safe!
64 posted on 09/12/2001 7:10:38 AM PDT by christine
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To: christine11
No Airports are to open sometime later ... Congress is in session right now .. and the President is to speak at 10:30
65 posted on 09/12/2001 7:11:50 AM PDT by Mo1
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To: tomkat, All
I have a premonition that the aftermath of this affair is going to worse for the American people than for any grief the government will visit upon the perpetrators.

In this jingoistic mood the government must be watched closely as they curtail the liberties of the people in the name of fighting terrorism. When the government starts fighting something, we lose. Unfortunately, it is not until we have gone too far down the path do we realize how much; and by that time a constituency has be built to preserve and defend to the death the new status quo.

Look at everything they have been fighting and look were it has ended. Fighting something and winning does not seem follow, as it should, we seem to fight to lose. The only victors are the thousands of new government employees, several libraries of oppressive regulation and the Constitution in tatters.

Am I being too pessimistic?

66 posted on 09/12/2001 7:15:16 AM PDT by acnielsen guy
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To: tomkat
Well Gephardt just spoke .. mind you .. I don't trust that SOB as far as I can throw him .. but I think he said the right words ..
67 posted on 09/12/2001 7:17:19 AM PDT by Mo1
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To: acnielsen guy
No .. I understand your feelings .. and we do need to be careful .. but one thing I am sure .. America will pull thru this .. we are a strong bunch of people .. unfortunately .. it has to take something like these attacks to find out how strong we really are ..
68 posted on 09/12/2001 7:21:42 AM PDT by Mo1
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To: christine11
ABC is reporting there is a delay on the Airport openings .. they were to open at noon .. but that has been postponed .. not sure why
69 posted on 09/12/2001 7:30:11 AM PDT by Mo1
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To: Mo1
I am sure the American people will pull through this. My concerned is the opportunistic politicians will see this as a means of extending their power to control our lives.
70 posted on 09/12/2001 7:32:52 AM PDT by acnielsen guy
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To: Mo1
Hi guys, thanks for the concern.

My colleague's relative is safe and sound, but I just found out that my fiancee's cousin was on the American flight hijacked out of Boston.

Let's pray for Bush's resolve, and for the courage to do what must be done.

71 posted on 09/12/2001 7:38:53 AM PDT by persecutor
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To: acnielsen guy
Am I being too pessimistic?

imo, no. not in the least.

i wrote in an email to a friend this morning that today
would likely be harder on our fellow citizens than all
that we saw yesterday because yesterday there was the
numbness that comes with being dumbstruck.

today that numbness will begin to wear off.

the bright spot, if i may be excused for using that term,
is that the anger this will arouse in our populace will
impress indelibly upon those in DC just how MANY of us there
are, how pitifully FEW of them there are, and that many
millions of us are armed and pissed and looking for a fight.

then again, as a nation, we may have passed the point of having
that kind of resolve years ago, and i'm merely engaged with
memories...

72 posted on 09/12/2001 7:39:10 AM PDT by tomkat
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To: tomkat
This event will not dull the resolve-this is personal.

The fuzzy thinkers who will plead for "understanding and yatta yatta" will not find a citizenry who will be willing to be forgiving-especially when the death toll numbers start rolling in.

We have to remember that Pearl Harbor killed far fewer people.

74 posted on 09/12/2001 7:44:29 AM PDT by persecutor
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Well Chuckie Schumer is speaking ... and reminding me why I can't stand the Rats ... This man is unbelievable
75 posted on 09/12/2001 7:45:13 AM PDT by Mo1
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. My concerned is the opportunistic politicians will see this as a means of extending their power to control our lives

Oh I hear ya ... I'm listening to Chuckie Schumer right now .. someone should shut that man up .. like NOW!!

76 posted on 09/12/2001 7:47:51 AM PDT by Mo1
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To: Mo1
When is my Senior Senator going to get around to urging for knife control laws, I wonder?

Wonder if Hildebeast wants to kiss Arafat's wife again?

God spare me from these dolts who allegedly represent me in DC!

77 posted on 09/12/2001 7:48:14 AM PDT by persecutor
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i agree with you, ac. i was just reading on another thread that many believe that america no longer has the capability to avenge this act alone, that we need the rest of the world to do it.

so much for american sovereignty. we are already a 'one world government'.

i believe we are going to see a further loss of our civil liberties.

78 posted on 09/12/2001 7:49:34 AM PDT by christine
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To: tomkat
I just had to share this.
I received this prayer in an e-mail from my cousin, Gladys "Ma" Barker:

Dear Heavenly Father,
We are moved by the alarming news and crisis that our country is facing.
This, the greatest nation, founded in the belief that "In God We Trust" & the
"Land of the Free". Please have mercy on those suffering, hurting and in fear,
and give wisdom & strength to those who are assisting. May the forces of evil be
broken by your power and may we humble before thee, our strength and refuge.
Give wisdom to all our President & our leaders and bring your comforting peace
through the power of your Holy Spirit. Help us here to reach to those that have
been affected by this tragedy. In the name of our Lord and Savior, Christ Jesus.
Amen.

79 posted on 09/12/2001 7:50:47 AM PDT by MeekOneGOP
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To: persecutor
Joe, I do so hope you're correct.

My vote goes to a variant of the 'Roman' solution linked above.
Mecca and Afghanistan should be turned into sheets of glass by 16 Sept.

80 posted on 09/12/2001 7:54:51 AM PDT by tomkat
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