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Senior citizen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 06:58 AM Original message |
Another explanation for why the Pentagon's missile defense system failed. |
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DRoseDARs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 07:04 AM Response to Original message |
1. Aren't they supposed to be using military-issue aa guns... |
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The Traveler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 07:06 AM Response to Original message |
2. Equally likely is that airliners |
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Senior citizen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 07:21 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. What airliner? |
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The Traveler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 07:33 AM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Hmmm ... heard stuff like that |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 08:03 AM Response to Reply #4 |
7. No proof? |
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Abe Linkman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 08:41 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. You mainly cite unreliable accounts & bogus evidence. NO PROOF. |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 08:51 AM Response to Reply #8 |
10. There's more physical proof of an airliner than anything else... |
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Abe Linkman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 10:55 AM Response to Reply #10 |
13. It's "things" & claims. That's all. Maybe a child would believe it. |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 11:23 AM Response to Reply #13 |
14. Maybe a rational person would, too. |
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Abe Linkman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 11:38 AM Response to Reply #14 |
15. You said "maybe a rational person" would agree, but none do. n/t |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 11:48 AM Response to Reply #15 |
16. Is that yet ANOTHER unfounded generalization? |
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Blue Member (22 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 10:48 PM Response to Reply #10 |
30. Child's Hand |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 10:55 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. Here ya go... |
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DulceDecorum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 01:09 AM Response to Reply #31 |
44. Aah yes, US Army Sgt. Major Tony Rose. |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 02:19 AM Response to Reply #44 |
48. You were making sense until you started the rant about Abu Ghraib. |
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DulceDecorum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 12:15 PM Response to Reply #48 |
51. Thanks to the "testimony" of one Tony Rose |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-16-04 08:50 AM Response to Reply #51 |
60. Nice find. I stand corrected. |
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LARED (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-16-04 01:03 PM Response to Reply #60 |
61. Now there's something the CT crowd never does |
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DulceDecorum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-17-04 09:01 PM Response to Reply #61 |
67. Since we are seldom actually PROVEN to be wrong. |
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LARED (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 10:50 AM Response to Reply #8 |
12. Please provide any findings |
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saltara (33 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 09:36 AM Response to Reply #4 |
11. the evidence is weak |
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DulceDecorum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 01:09 PM Response to Reply #11 |
17. Oilempire doesn't count |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 03:21 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. Right! And the Star is vastly superior to the National Enquirer. |
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Abe Linkman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 03:47 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. Dick Eastman's arguments are too tightly woven for you to handle. |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 03:52 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. Abe, are you gonna make me post my Eastman rebuttal AGAIN??? |
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Abe Linkman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 04:22 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. I thought maybe you'd had enough time to actually try & rebut it. |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 04:30 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. Eastman couldn't think his way out of a wet paper bag. |
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Abe Linkman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 05:04 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. You can't rebut Eastman, or anyone else, for that matter. |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 07:16 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. So you don't believe Eastman either? |
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Abe Linkman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 07:24 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. I'd say your facts are wrong, but you don't have any relevant facts. |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 07:38 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. You didn't read the rebuttal, did you? |
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DulceDecorum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-17-04 11:56 PM Response to Reply #29 |
75. For once, we agree. |
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DulceDecorum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-10-04 11:36 PM Response to Reply #18 |
43. MercutioATC, do you DARE |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 11:27 AM Response to Reply #43 |
49. I really haven't checked it out. I'm away for the next week, but I'll |
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Abe Linkman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 11:33 AM Response to Reply #49 |
50. So, we won't have any posts from DU's biggest bushco 9/11 supporter? |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-16-04 08:43 AM Response to Reply #50 |
59. No need to remind me. I'm back. |
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MrSammo1 (788 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-01-04 04:17 AM Response to Reply #4 |
88. The biggest tell |
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RH (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-01-04 04:42 AM Response to Reply #88 |
89. Hearsay? Look again. |
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tngledwebb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-01-04 08:07 AM Response to Reply #89 |
91. Note to newbies, and others |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-01-04 05:54 AM Response to Reply #88 |
90. You seem to have missed this report: |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-01-04 06:04 PM Response to Reply #88 |
93. Then where did the wheel, strut, and fuselage piece come from? |
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stickdog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-04 11:35 PM Response to Reply #2 |
95. But I thought the TRANSPONDERS were OFF making the the hijacked planes |
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mikedaul (26 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 07:13 AM Response to Original message |
3. sam sites |
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Senior citizen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 07:25 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Is there proof that the White House still exists? |
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Zynx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 07:10 PM Response to Reply #3 |
26. SAM against airliner=worthless |
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DulceDecorum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 12:19 PM Response to Reply #26 |
52. But... but.... |
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DulceDecorum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 01:31 AM Response to Reply #3 |
45. A SAM and an aircraft coming at a building |
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AZCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-12-04 02:26 AM Response to Reply #45 |
53. Interesting question... |
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mikedaul (26 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-12-04 09:40 AM Response to Reply #53 |
54. math |
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Sterling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-12-04 05:57 PM Response to Reply #53 |
55. You guys act like these things are fired from 100 yards away. |
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AZCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-12-04 08:38 PM Response to Reply #55 |
56. What matters is the range from the target |
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Sterling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-17-04 07:33 PM Response to Reply #56 |
62. Sorry I don't buy it. |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-17-04 07:38 PM Response to Reply #62 |
63. Was AA equipment active at the Pentagon on 9/11? |
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Sterling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-17-04 07:43 PM Response to Reply #63 |
64. We all need to understand this. |
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AZCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-17-04 08:28 PM Response to Reply #62 |
66. Once again you are off target |
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Abe Linkman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-17-04 09:10 PM Response to Reply #66 |
68. Maybe it wasn't shot at, because it wasn't a threat. |
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AZCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-17-04 09:19 PM Response to Reply #68 |
69. Let's assume a hypothetical plane... |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-17-04 09:25 PM Response to Reply #69 |
70. You didn't "mislead" anybody, AZCat. |
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AZCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-17-04 09:31 PM Response to Reply #70 |
71. Thanks, MercutioATC. |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-17-04 09:34 PM Response to Reply #71 |
72. Get used to the feeling. ;) |
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AZCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-17-04 09:44 PM Response to Reply #72 |
73. Will they manage it like the Bobs managed Milton? |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-17-04 09:50 PM Response to Reply #73 |
74. Great movie :) |
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DulceDecorum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-18-04 12:20 AM Response to Reply #72 |
76. Aw shucks |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-18-04 12:40 AM Response to Reply #76 |
77. Oh, please. I work with these guys 5 days a week... |
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DulceDecorum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-18-04 11:15 AM Response to Reply #77 |
82. Re: (or even get into the facility) |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-18-04 11:28 AM Response to Reply #82 |
83. One was before 9/11 and the other said nothing about ATC facilities. |
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RH (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-18-04 07:27 AM Response to Reply #62 |
78. According to what |
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Abe Linkman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-12-04 09:16 PM Response to Reply #53 |
57. You aren't saying that the Gov't can do nothing, are you? |
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AZCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-12-04 09:22 PM Response to Reply #57 |
58. I am not saying that |
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Sterling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-17-04 07:44 PM Response to Reply #57 |
65. Even diverting it off target as a loast resort would be preferable. |
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RH (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-18-04 07:43 AM Response to Reply #65 |
79. With hindsight, maybe, |
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tngledwebb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-18-04 08:39 AM Response to Reply #79 |
80. Taxpayers have been paying a lot of money |
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RH (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-18-04 10:54 AM Response to Reply #80 |
81. Tell how? |
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tngledwebb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-19-04 03:51 AM Response to Reply #81 |
84. Haven't figured all the angles yet, |
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RH (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-19-04 05:09 AM Response to Reply #84 |
85. I am really not so curious |
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tngledwebb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-19-04 09:08 AM Response to Reply #85 |
86. Thanks for answering F9/11 query |
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RH (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-19-04 09:35 AM Response to Reply #86 |
87. I am |
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Abe Linkman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 08:44 AM Response to Original message |
9. No defense contractor would be THAT stupid. n/t |
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Senior citizen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 04:09 PM Response to Reply #9 |
21. No President could be THIS stupid. |
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Abe Linkman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 04:25 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. Wrong. (about this, too) |
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Senior citizen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 11:16 PM Response to Reply #23 |
32. Well that's what he said he was doing, |
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Abe Linkman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-10-04 07:57 AM Response to Reply #32 |
33. And they're selling blank ammunition, too. |
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Senior citizen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 02:01 AM Response to Reply #33 |
47. Well, I do recall some scandals about faked missile test results, |
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Abe Linkman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-10-04 11:25 AM Response to Original message |
34. If they were inoperative, it makes no sense to say they failed. n/t |
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tngledwebb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-10-04 11:44 AM Response to Original message |
35. unlikely, though |
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Abe Linkman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-10-04 12:14 PM Response to Reply #35 |
36. You asked about FL 77 & here's your answer. |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-10-04 02:19 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. Misrepresenting evidence again, Abe? You realize nobody believes it. |
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Abe Linkman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-10-04 03:08 PM Response to Reply #37 |
38. I know it wasn't a miniature F-16. Parking lot video proves it, too. |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-10-04 03:17 PM Response to Reply #38 |
39. You're still insisting the wheel was planted, aren't you? |
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Abe Linkman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-10-04 04:14 PM Response to Reply #39 |
40. I'm still insisting that you got nothing, murky. Nada. Just juvenile BS. |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-10-04 08:24 PM Response to Reply #40 |
41. Abe, I've already said that I can't tell what's in that video. |
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Abe Linkman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-10-04 08:42 PM Response to Reply #41 |
42. I can tell what ISN'T in that video: a 757. |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 01:48 AM Response to Reply #42 |
46. If you can't see logic in my posts, you're right. It's hopeless. |
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vincent_vega_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-01-04 03:55 PM Response to Original message |
92. WTF missile defense system??? |
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WoodrowFan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-04 03:52 PM Response to Original message |
94. it didn't fail, it never existed |
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