[MeekOneGOP]

Now the question: Since when do bombs make a rattling noise? They usually just go KA-BOOM!

Yes, they sure do. I'll repost my reply from post #15:

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Bumping for the conspiracy theory. LOL! Really I'm serious. I don't think this was an accident.

You aren't alone. There are a LOT of folks on FR and the general public that are skeptical regarding the reports coming out of the government. That would include me. I'm patient and will wait and see what the "investigations" reveal. The government needs to make sure that TRUTH takes the wheel and "pampering the baby" is not done. The government can hurt us worse by thinking they are doing the right thing by giving us false information with the thought of not causing a general panic. (Or, even worse yet, just a flat-out coverup!). "XXX" as it goes on the game show "Family Feud". Wrong answer!

I'm hoping that Bush will insert his bully pulpit into this and make SURE the wrong thing doesn't happen here regarding this tragedy. . .

Thanks for your input!

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Thanks, friend! ;-)

[usconservative]

There are a LOT of folks on FR and the general public that are skeptical regarding the reports coming out of the government. That would include me.

Well, that would *not* include me on this particular "incident."

While I'm still in the camp that TWA 800 was brought down by a missle (I've never believed the fuel tank theory, since the 747's have the *greatest* safety and performance record of all planes) I look at each incident individually:

• We have a rattling noise reported by the pilot and heard on the cockpit voice recorder.

• We have no "suspicious" reports at all on the cockpit voice recorder (no passengers acting up, etc..)

• We have a plane that has a lousy safety record

• We have a specific A300 that was caught in severe turbulence 7 years ago and *may* have suffered structural damage that has gone undetected up to this tragedy

• We have an airline industry that's cutting staff and corners in order to maintain profitability. Why is no one questioning whether or not proper maintenance and routine checks have been performed on this, and *all* planes since 9-11?

  Not everything is a conspiracy. We must look at each situation on its own merits. That's all I'm trying to do here. And from what I see, this doesn't add up to a terrorist act.

  Those who question every "mark" on every piece of the airplane only feed on their own conspiracy theories, IMO.

  Those who say something like this hasn't happened before, have forgotten all about the MD80 fiasco with Alaska Airlines and the corkscrew failures they experienced in the tail section.

  We also have a history of counterfeit parts in the Airline Industry that the FAA has a hard time keeping up with. John Stossel of ABC News did a great story on this topic a few years ago, in which he demonstrated how counterfeit wing bolts would simply "snap" during testing, where the real bolts required by the FAA didn't.

  Think about it folks. It all adds up.