[Cachelot]

My goodness, they DID catch the palis with barrels, didn't they? Otherwise they might have described their contents.

Oh, they probably will since they actually recovered some of them. Control yourself - they'll have to open them first, which may not be just a question of flipping off the lids since they may also be booby-trapped.

[sam_paine]

Yes I will control myself. But we must keep this one logged, eh? It sure doesn't pass the fish-smell test. If there were weapons in them barrels, they'd be included in the doggone article.

I guarantee if you come out to my ranch and hit an 'empty' 55 gallon gasoline bbl with a 357 mag, that it'll make a big-ol' powee, and it doesn't mean it was a Yassir smuggling barrel! That's all I'm saying.

If I was the writer of the story, and I was skeptical about the claims, I'd hedge it in EXACTLY the same manner. In other words, if the writer was convinced of the facts, he'd write in the facts...like enumerating the weapons actually found, etc.

[sam_paine]

Besides, you've got to cut me some slack this morning. I woke up to the radio with a girly from Sierra Club on there explaining that all of Texas' energy needs could be provided by covering only 1% of the land with windmills...(the interviewer said "wow, that's all" even though if they'd care to do the math that's over 2,750 SQUARE MILES or like 1,760,000 acres ) and that's if you accept the 1% number (it's not true either.)

And that kinda non-crtical acceptance of statements by people that just go-along-to-get-along bugs the hell outta me. So pardon me for being critical this morning. Somebody has to. And I'll be watching this story with you and Ivan.