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Sept. 11 Conspiracy Theorist Offers $100,000 Prize
Reuters ^ | 12/16/04 | Reuters

Posted on 12/16/2004 9:12:06 AM PST by jmcclain19

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To: jmcclain19
"It wasn't 19 screw-ups from Saudi Arabia who couldn't pass flight school who defeated the United States with a set of box cutters," he said.

I'll agree with him on that, but only because the United States was not defeated. We were hit, but we are far from defeated.

To my mind, nobody has ever seriously looked at the performance of the fire suppression systems in those buildings. There were a lot of rumors at the time that they had been sabotaged as part of the plan. Of course, such a thing would be relatively easy to do, and is no indicator of a large government-abetted conspiracy.

41 posted on 12/16/2004 9:51:04 AM PST by gridlock (ELIMINATE PERVERSE INCENTIVES)
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To: jmcclain19

Surely there is no way that a moving truck full of explosives brought down the federal building in Oklahoma City then.

Weren't there similar conspiracy theories about that too, additional explosions that were allegedly heard? Wasn't Clinton president then?

A quick Google:

http://www.whatreallyhappened.com/RANCHO/POLITICS/OK/ok.html


42 posted on 12/16/2004 9:51:39 AM PST by thompsonsjkc
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To: Darth Reagan

But it's SO much more fun to hear of how this guy wastes his money instead.

$3M so far... LOL.


43 posted on 12/16/2004 9:52:36 AM PST by USF (I see your Jihad and raise you a Crusade ™ © ®)
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To: jmcclain19
I resent it when they call me delusional," he said.

Well, who wouldn't resent it?

By the way, sir, you're delusional.


44 posted on 12/16/2004 9:52:38 AM PST by Constitutionalist Conservative (Have you visited http://blog.c-pol.com?)
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To: jmcclain19
...Walter, 57, heir to an $11 million fortune from his father's home building business

If my dad had left me 11 million and I was pissing it away like this he'd reach out of the grave and slap me stupid(er)!

45 posted on 12/16/2004 9:56:12 AM PST by MarineBrat (The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly is to fill the world with fools!)
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To: jmcclain19
Jimmy Walter?

Is this nut job the son of THE Jim Walter? Purveyor of fine cardboard castles.

Those hovels were the precursor to the double wide and built even worse.

Brother Dave Gardner used to crack jokes about "them Jim Walter homes."

46 posted on 12/16/2004 9:58:02 AM PST by N. Theknow (Merry Christmas!)
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To: Bigh4u2

Cool! Good link to refute these conspiracy theorists.

The one engineer in it should apply for the 100G prize. hehe Say, "Oh yeah, I just came up with this! Yeah, that's the ticket...."


47 posted on 12/16/2004 10:00:29 AM PST by FourtySeven (47)
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To: jmcclain19

This blowhard should look at the engineering studies that went into the construction of the twin towers. The architects were very up-front about saying that a collision of an airliner (they modeled based on a Boeing 707) would bring the towers down after four hours, as the fire degraded the steel. It was thought at the time that this would leave sufficient time for evacuation using helicopters from the roof.

As it turns out, they were off by a few hours, but a few things changed from their model. For one thing, the fireproofing was replaced with a less effective non-asbestos subsitute. Also, the fuel load of the 757s was considerably more than the fuel load they used in the 707 model. Also each of the two turbofan engines of the 757s were much bigger and heavier than any of the four engines of a 707.

In any case, the original engineering analysis seems pretty close to right on the money to me. Crash airliners into those buildings, and they will burn for a period of time, and eventually fall down. The difference between one and four hours means the analysis was 99% right.


48 posted on 12/16/2004 10:00:31 AM PST by gridlock (ELIMINATE PERVERSE INCENTIVES)
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How convenient that the airplanes crashed into the towers in the exact right places to make it look like they caused the collapse - a few stories higher or lower and the explosive charges would have been obvious. It's also convenient that the planes did not either set the charges off or destroy them.

Anybody that uses this basis to collect owes me 20%...

49 posted on 12/16/2004 10:05:33 AM PST by trebb ("I am the way... no one comes to the Father, but by me..." - Jesus in John 14:6 (RSV))
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Apparently he didn't see the PBS special about the Twin Towers. It described it's design and construction and interviews with the designer. It was very explicit and had a detailed explanation of how the towers collapsed on 9/11.

I guess he should be giving the $100,000 to PBS then. Imagine what CDs and T-shirts he'd get with that donation!
50 posted on 12/16/2004 10:06:59 AM PST by Blowtorch
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To: jmcclain19
Jim Walter Homes

Cheap pre-fab junk with no foundation.

Jim Walter Conspiracy Theories

Cheap pre-fab junk with no foundation.
52 posted on 12/16/2004 10:25:08 AM PST by mnehring (Fear leads to the Dark Side. Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to the DNC.)
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To: gridlock
nobody has ever seriously looked at the performance of the fire suppression systems in those buildings.

I don't think sprinkler systems are designed to survive the impact of a fully loaded jumbo jet. I've always found that cutting pipes in half limits their ability to pump water or anything else.

53 posted on 12/16/2004 10:26:45 AM PST by Minn
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To: oso blanco
The steel didn't melt. The heat from the burning fuel and "organic matter" caused the steel to loose its tensile strength. The truc (sp) design is such that once one fails, the floors below it can't support the weight.
54 posted on 12/16/2004 10:39:26 AM PST by redgolum (Molon labe)
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To: Lazamataz

You are so cute!


55 posted on 12/16/2004 10:39:50 AM PST by netmilsmom (Zell on DEM Christianity, "They can hum the tune, but can't sing the song.")
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To: jmcclain19

Wouldn't it make more sense for this whack job to spend his daddy's money proving:

1. That TWA800 blew up the way the government says it did.
2. That the middle-eastern looking guy who rented the truck with McVeigh was really just a film anomoly and the guy really doesn't exist.


56 posted on 12/16/2004 10:41:08 AM PST by Diplomat
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To: jmcclain19; XJarhead

Why would I take seriesly an article written by one of The Three Stooges?

www.stoogeworld.com/_Biographies/Larry.htm


57 posted on 12/16/2004 10:43:52 AM PST by You Dirty Rats
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To: thompsonsjkc
Weren't there similar conspiracy theories about that too, additional explosions that were allegedly heard?

Wasn't Clinton president then?

Government conspiracies are only possible when a Democrat is President.

58 posted on 12/16/2004 11:13:26 AM PST by ActionNewsBill ("In times of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act")
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To: Always Right

For some extra moonbat brownie points, be sure to also throw in that the Mossad was also involved.


59 posted on 12/16/2004 11:25:36 AM PST by somniferum
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To: jmcclain19

Osama says he did it. Does he get the 100K award?


60 posted on 12/16/2004 12:30:26 PM PST by sully777 (our descendants will be enslaved by political expediency and expenditure)
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