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TWA Flight 800 + AA Flight 587 = Move along, nothing here to see...
self | November 12, 2001

Posted on 11/12/2001 10:37:04 AM PST by Jethro Tull

Are these clods for real with their transparent attempt to maintain a sense of normalcy?

Planes just don't fall from the sky...unless, of course, your name is FBI Agent Jim Kalstrom , CNN , Ari Fleisher, Fox News Network , PSNBC , ABC, CBS, NBC , and the plane was flying over New York City.

THE BUSINESS OF BIG GOVERNMENT IS TO PROTECT BIG BUSINESS.


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To: dirtboy
"but I have seen nothing yet on 587 that makes me think it was anything but mechanical failure..."

Don't you understand that every plane crash since Orville and Wilburs truncated liftoff have been Taliwhacker terrorists. In face all of the Japanese Kamikaze pilots were Muslims in disguise!

Hindenberg...damm betcha...Muslim terrorist.

You just don't get it, do you? < czarkazm/>

21 posted on 11/12/2001 10:51:57 AM PST by lawdude
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To: Jethro Tull
Because several eye witnesses heard an explosion

And what exactly do you think happens when a turbine engine at full throttle loses a blade? Sure, it's possible that this was a terrorist act, but until more facts come out, don't you think you're being somewhat presumptuous?

22 posted on 11/12/2001 10:52:29 AM PST by RoughDobermann
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To: dighton
17: "Why even examine the wreckage, flight data recorders, and so forth, when people like you can tell us all we need to know?

People like me spent many years investigating criminals and crime.

Within one hour after flight 587 went down, CNN had an 'expert' on who warned against listening to what eye witnesses were saying.

I'm here to tell you, THERE IS NO MORE ACCURATE FORM OF INFORMATION THAN AN EYE WITNESS.

DON'T LET THE SHILLS KID YOU SON...

23 posted on 11/12/2001 10:54:28 AM PST by Jethro Tull
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To: Jethro Tull
THE BUSINESS OF BIG GOVERNMENT IS TO PROTECT BIG BUSINESS.

We are talking the airline industry. Are you suggesting we need more 'mom and pop' passenger jet airline businesses?

Your theory sounds like an old Bob Newhart routine. "Aunt Mildred's Storm Door and Airline Company."

24 posted on 11/12/2001 10:57:18 AM PST by 11th Earl of Mar
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To: Jethro Tull
I'm here to tell you, THERE IS NO MORE ACCURATE FORM OF INFORMATION THAN AN EYE WITNESS.

Can we gather from this statement that you believe an eyewitness on the ground is more accurate than a flight data recorder?

25 posted on 11/12/2001 10:57:51 AM PST by RoughDobermann
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To: Jethro Tull
Planes just don't fall from the sky

they do if the engines fall off

26 posted on 11/12/2001 10:58:54 AM PST by paul51
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To: RoughDobermann
"And what exactly do you think happens when a turbine engine at full throttle loses a blade?

I have no idea what sound a turbine engine falling off makes.

I'm far more interested in WHAT MIGHT HAVE CAUSED THE ENGINE TO FALL OFF!

Since you've already accepted the governments spin about machancial failure, I suppose you'll be going to Disney World this Christmas...

27 posted on 11/12/2001 10:58:54 AM PST by Jethro Tull
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To: Jethro Tull
THE BUSINESS OF BIG GOVERNMENT IS TO PROTECT BIG BUSINESS.

WRONG!

The business of big government is to protect big government...

28 posted on 11/12/2001 11:00:40 AM PST by Doomonyou
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To: paul51
"they do if the engines fall off.

Well, if engines do 'just fall off' I don't expect you'll be flying the friendly skies any time soon, eh?

29 posted on 11/12/2001 11:01:05 AM PST by Jethro Tull
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To: Jethro Tull
I'm here to tell you, THERE IS NO MORE ACCURATE FORM OF INFORMATION THAN AN EYE WITNESS.

Quite wrong. Witnesses to a crime or disaster will give wildly differing -- often contradictory -- accounts.

By the way, it very well MAY HAVE been a bomb; or not. I'm waiting to see some evidence.

30 posted on 11/12/2001 11:01:06 AM PST by dighton
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To: dirtboy
I have seen nothing yet on 587 that makes me think it was anything but mechanical failure...

1. Eyewitnesses reported the wing exploding where it joins the fuselage.
2. NTSB reports no unusual conversation between cockpit and tower.
3. Another airliner in the vacinity reported hearing the pilot on 587 talking about engine trouble.
4.The flight path for that flight is said to be 98% over water.

There are many conflicting reports being spewed right now, and it's a little too early to speculate, but I personally think that it's possible that a bomb could have been placed on the plane by ground crew, and am not ruling out terrorism.

31 posted on 11/12/2001 11:02:07 AM PST by EggsAckley
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To: Jethro Tull
The only thing I see here is a discredited Y2K nut who made a jackass of himself over the "millenium bug" and who still has not learned his lesson.

Ah conspiracy....how do I love thee? Let me count the ways!

32 posted on 11/12/2001 11:02:31 AM PST by marshmallow
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To: Jethro Tull
I have no idea what sound a turbine engine falling off makes.

I'm far more interested in WHAT MIGHT HAVE CAUSED THE ENGINE TO FALL OFF!

Maybe it was just an accident? Those DO still happen, you know. It would not be the first time an engine decided to go fly by itself. Very rare, but not unheard of. Of course, an explosive would do the job too. I'm not making any conclusions until more facts are available for review.

Since you've already accepted the governments spin about machancial failure, I suppose you'll be going to Disney World this Christmas...

I suspected as much. Oh well...

33 posted on 11/12/2001 11:04:25 AM PST by RoughDobermann
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To: Jethro Tull
I'm far more interested in WHAT MIGHT HAVE CAUSED THE ENGINE TO FALL OFF!

No, I think you may very well have made up your mind on what happened concerning Flight 587...

34 posted on 11/12/2001 11:05:11 AM PST by Fury
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To: dighton
#30: "Quite wrong. Witnesses to a crime or disaster will give wildly differing -- often contradictory -- accounts."

HorseS&&t!

I'm retired from the NYPD and I'm here to tell you an eyewitness is the best of all witnesses.

To believe anything else is to have attained full SHEEPLE status...

35 posted on 11/12/2001 11:05:23 AM PST by Jethro Tull
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To: Jethro Tull
Since you've already accepted the governments spin about machancial failure, I suppose you'll be going to Disney World this Christmas...

J.T., why don't we wait for the signal-to-noise ratio to improve before jumping to conclusions? At least with TWA 800, there is clear, compelling evidence that a missile might have taken down the plane. So far, there is nothing inconsistent with mechanical failure - if evidence to the contrary comes up, we'll deal with it then...

36 posted on 11/12/2001 11:05:25 AM PST by dirtboy
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To: dighton
By the way, it very well MAY HAVE been a bomb; or not. I'm waiting to see some evidence.

You, sir, are obviously a government shill! Welcome to the club!

37 posted on 11/12/2001 11:05:56 AM PST by RoughDobermann
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To: EggsAckley
Megadata Corp will feed the government near rt data just as they did with twa 800...and we'll never know the full picture.
38 posted on 11/12/2001 11:07:37 AM PST by debg
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To: Jethro Tull
You truly are thick as a brick, aren't you?
39 posted on 11/12/2001 11:07:59 AM PST by Non-Sequitur
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To: MindBender26
Aaaaaaarrrrrrgggggggghhhhhhhhhhhh!
40 posted on 11/12/2001 11:08:04 AM PST by dighton
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