Posted on 10/27/2001 7:47:28 PM PDT by RaceBannon
Some wierdo in a German Army field jacket like garment, with U.S. Army corporal stripes came up to me, and asked why we were there today...
"......On October 28th 1886, the dedication of the Statue of Liberty......."
Tah-dah!
Yes, count all the attacks in Israel, Africa, Europe, Asia....and don't forget they tried to murder the Pope too. And they did murder Anwar Sadat.
1833 1st US college fraternity to have a fraternity house founded 1863 Intl Comm of the Red Cross founded (Nobel 1917, 1944, 1963) 1867 Mail packets "Rhone" & "Wye" capsizes off St Thomas Virgin Islands 1889 NY Giants (NL) beat Brooklyn (AA) in world series 6 games to 3 1889 Stanley Park dedicated in Vancouver, BC 1894 1st election of the Hawaiian Republic 1904 1st intercity trucking service (Colorado City & Snyder, Texas) Z
1910 Bob Simpson of Hamilton Tigers kicks record 11 singles in a game 1920 Edward Barrow named Yankee general manager 1923 "Runnin' Wild" (introducing the Charleston) opens on Broadway 1923 Turkey proclaimed a republic (National Day) 1924 "Dixie to Broadway," opens at Broadhurst Theater 1929 "Black Tuesday," Stock Market crashes triggers "Great Depression" 1930 1st football game in eastern Canada played under floodlights 1932 French liner Normandie is launched 1939 Golden Gate International Exposition closes (1st closure) 1940 Sec of War Henry L Stimson drew 1st number-158-in 1st peacetime military draft in US history 1942 16,000 Jews killed in Pinsk Russia 1942 Alaska highway completed
1942 Branch Rickey named president/GM of Brooklyn Dodgers 1945 1st ball point pen goes on sale, 57 years after it was patented 1950 Wally Triplett avgs 735 yards on 3 kickoff returns 1956 Chet Huntley & David Brinkley, NBC News, team up 1956 IDF crosses Egyptian territory in the Sinai 1956 International zone of Tangier returned to Morocco 1956 Israeli paratroopers drop into the Sinai to open Straits of Tiran
1957 A hand grenade explodes in Israel's Knesset (Parliament) 1959 10 nation soccer league to play all games on NY Randalls Is, announced 1960 Chartered C46 carrying Cal State's football team crashes, kills 16 1960 Muhammad Ali's (Cassius Clay's) 1st professional fight, beats Tunney Hunsaker in 6 1963 "Meet the Beatles" booklet is published 1964 Star of India & other jewels are stolen in NY 1964 Town of Karmiel founded in the Galilee 1966 National Organization of Women founded 1972 Don Cockroft of Cleveland Browns kicks 57-yard field goal
1975 Yorkshire Ripper Peter Sutcliffer kills first 1979 Billy Martin fired as Yankee manager (2nd time) 1982 Car maker John DeLorean indicted for drug trafficking, later acquitted 1982 Paul McCartney & Michael Jackson release "The Girl is Mine" 1984 Orlando Pizzolato (2:14:53) & Greta Weitz (2:29:30) win NY Marathon 1987 Thomas Hearns wins unprecidented 4th different weight boxing title 1988 2,000 US anti-abortion protesters arrested for blocking clinics 1988 China announces a herbal male contraceptive 1988 Jim Elliott (US) begins 24-hr paced outdoor race for 548.9 mi 1988 Soviets 1st scheduled shuttle launch (postponed) 1989 NYC MTA opens the 63rd street extension to the subway 1990 30 die in a (5.7) earthquake in Algeria
I aint gonna format all that!!!
a cheap small 35mm pocket camera on your person is one of the most critical weapons in this war.
It's a shame that you didn't whip out one and snap a few photos of this guy.
Imagine if someone had been suspicious and taken a few photos of Mohammed Atta out at lunch or barhopping with a few pals who are still at large, possibly putting anthrax into envelopes, or working on the next 9-11?
I have an Olympus XA 35mm camera which fits into a shirt pocket. Since it is a wide angle only, and totally silent, I can hold it casually at my side, aim it in a general direction, and take photos at even close range without arousing suspicion.
MHG, do you have your Citizen Alert thread handy to link?
For those who have retained their intellectual faculties, the reason why even a trivial-seeming incident such as this might be worthy of attention is that we know that islamic terror cells based in the United States are now threatening to use weapons of mass destruction against the US civilian population. I certainly don't mean to diss RaceBannon as an alarmist for posting this thread -- I've met him, and I know he's a good guy. However, I think the chances that a bunch of islamic terrorists are going to divulge the timing of their next atrocity to a westerner -- even a liberal college professor -- are slim to none.
What is it I'm looking for again?
The Statue of Liberty dedication date was on October 28th 1886
Not that there's anything wrong with that.
Not recently, nope. The terrorist du jour is Middle Eastern, male, swarthy, often heard reciting "Allahu Ahkbar!"
No, the smart money today says watch out for Middle Eastern types.
But we'll rouse you when the terrorist du jour is a tow-headed Norwegian.
If you want to believe that we are fighting this with a full commitment, then, I can get you some cheap land in Afghanistan!!!
We are bombing what???? Vacant land? ( the parcels I want to sell you).
Not one soldier should be sacrificed if we are going to fight this like the "Vietnam Police Action" wherein we gave the enemy sanctuary.
We won't attack on ramadan???? Why not? If this is war, we should fight until we win and the hell with anyone's sensitivity.
Whoa... You scared me there for a minute.
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