There's room on RC-135s, KC-135s, AWACS, and so on. Especially on the AWACS. There is also room on the C-130s, but I wouldn't wish that even on a reporter.
That's a good point. A lot of the hijacked on 9/11 just sat by and waited for it to end, because that's what the government-published common wisdom said to do at the time. Once people had a clue what was going on, Flight 93 happened. There could easily have been 4 Flight 93s on 9/11. Or, if everyone had been forewarned as the government was, perhaps the planes wouldn't even have been successfully hijacked. The hijacked fought the hijackers on Flight 93 after the plane had already been hijacked, if they had done it while the hijacking was in progress the hijacking probably would not have been successful.
Ya, I was a Republican during the Clinton years because I hated what he was doing to civil liberties and personal freedom. What Bush has done in the last six years has pushed me to the Democrats, although I'll still never ever vote for another Clinton.
Regardless of who conservatives want to play the blame game about, sooner or later they'll have to step up and accept that we've had 6 years of a government controlled by Republicans and it is time for them to take responsibility for their own screwups. If we (somehow) make it to 2012 with a government still controlled by Republicans, a nightmare future that I do not wish to contemplate, will the policy failures of that administration be yet again blamed on the Clinton years? Clinton had an 8 year presidency in between 12 years of republicans on one side and (so far) 6 years on the other. If he could fuck the country up soooooo badly in 8 years, why haven't the Republicans been able to fix it? Are they not up to the challenge? It's not like they don't (currently, and enjoy it while it lasts) have control of both House and Senate, and the Executive, and a lot of the Judicial, when will they take responsibility?
Better be soon, or it will be a Democrat congress in 2006 and a Democrat in the White House in 2008.
The masterminds, like Bin Laden, are often wealthy crazy guys. The people they find to wear the exploding vests are poor however, and usually there is a sizeable sum being paid to their families in return for their "sacrifice". If their families were not mired in poverty, the bombers would be far more reluctant to wear things that go boom, and Osama would find himself very short on people to go die for him. I can guarantee you Osama himself isn't going to give it a shot.
Buy a small amount of explosives with cash in multiple stores in multiple states, then pile it all together into cardboard boxes and load it up into a U-haul. Gee, that was hard. Sure hope the mysterious enemy doesn't have anyone as smart as me.
Incidentally, terror groups do have vast quantities of explosives, in Iraq anyway. It's easier for them to set it off there then to try to transport it elsewhere, especially since we've given them a wealth of targets. Of course, heh heh, the crappy ex-Iraqi military explosives are nowhere near stable, and usually improvised (hence "Improvised Explosive Device") from things like old mortar and rocket shells. This results in a lot of "whoops" moments and terrorists meeting Allah before they may have planned to. But somehow that doesn't bother me.
There's a distinction, he was referring to England during WW2, when they had some balls. Now England is just as terrified of terrorism as the U.S. Frank Herbert was right, Fear is the Mind Killer.
I've put my life on the line enough times for freedom and civil liberties that I tend to get crotchety whenever cowards driven by fear decide to give in to the terrorists and make more restrictive rules and start removing liberties and rights. As long as there's people terrified of the spectre of 9/11 and willing to sacrifice any freedom for the illusionary safety that it might not happen again, the terrorists have won.
Her existence was not classified. Her job was. The nature of her job was. She was not a Jason Bourne-like nonentity assassin, who didn't exist anywhere outside of her handlers, she was a real person with a clandestine job and a cover. Would you expect someone who appeared on a magazine cover to be a spy?
What if their wife is a NOC working undercover for the CIA and her exposure could threaten currently active national security operation? Oh, that's right, the administration exposes even then.
Clearly you need to stay indoors more. Problem solved! Also, IANAS, but I'm guessing staying indoors will provide limited protection from the solar radiation plowing through the atmosphere if the poles shift.
A lot of re-entering satellites would most likely burn up in the atmosphere. Those that don't, well, the Earth is 70% water and no satellite up there would be large enough or hitting atmo with enough force to hit with enough energy to be a severe problem, unless it lands on your head or your house. Not something I'd sweat, I'd sweat the shifting of the magnetic fields a lot more.
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There's room on RC-135s, KC-135s, AWACS, and so on. Especially on the AWACS. There is also room on the C-130s, but I wouldn't wish that even on a reporter.
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That's a good point. A lot of the hijacked on 9/11 just sat by and waited for it to end, because that's what the government-published common wisdom said to do at the time. Once people had a clue what was going on, Flight 93 happened. There could easily have been 4 Flight 93s on 9/11. Or, if everyone had been forewarned as the government was, perhaps the planes wouldn't even have been successfully hijacked. The hijacked fought the hijackers on Flight 93 after the plane had already been hijacked, if they had done it while the hijacking was in progress the hijacking probably would not have been successful.
Niiiiice. I ought to frame that. /applause/
Ya, I was a Republican during the Clinton years because I hated what he was doing to civil liberties and personal freedom. What Bush has done in the last six years has pushed me to the Democrats, although I'll still never ever vote for another Clinton.
Regardless of who conservatives want to play the blame game about, sooner or later they'll have to step up and accept that we've had 6 years of a government controlled by Republicans and it is time for them to take responsibility for their own screwups. If we (somehow) make it to 2012 with a government still controlled by Republicans, a nightmare future that I do not wish to contemplate, will the policy failures of that administration be yet again blamed on the Clinton years? Clinton had an 8 year presidency in between 12 years of republicans on one side and (so far) 6 years on the other. If he could fuck the country up soooooo badly in 8 years, why haven't the Republicans been able to fix it? Are they not up to the challenge? It's not like they don't (currently, and enjoy it while it lasts) have control of both House and Senate, and the Executive, and a lot of the Judicial, when will they take responsibility?
Better be soon, or it will be a Democrat congress in 2006 and a Democrat in the White House in 2008.
The masterminds, like Bin Laden, are often wealthy crazy guys. The people they find to wear the exploding vests are poor however, and usually there is a sizeable sum being paid to their families in return for their "sacrifice". If their families were not mired in poverty, the bombers would be far more reluctant to wear things that go boom, and Osama would find himself very short on people to go die for him. I can guarantee you Osama himself isn't going to give it a shot.
Buy a small amount of explosives with cash in multiple stores in multiple states, then pile it all together into cardboard boxes and load it up into a U-haul. Gee, that was hard. Sure hope the mysterious enemy doesn't have anyone as smart as me.
Incidentally, terror groups do have vast quantities of explosives, in Iraq anyway. It's easier for them to set it off there then to try to transport it elsewhere, especially since we've given them a wealth of targets. Of course, heh heh, the crappy ex-Iraqi military explosives are nowhere near stable, and usually improvised (hence "Improvised Explosive Device") from things like old mortar and rocket shells. This results in a lot of "whoops" moments and terrorists meeting Allah before they may have planned to. But somehow that doesn't bother me.
I like my mind. I don't choose to live a fearful existence. It's why I'm not a Christian anymore.
WTC 1 was more likely than not a dry run to figure out methods for eventually destroying it. Cheerful thought.
There's a distinction, he was referring to England during WW2, when they had some balls. Now England is just as terrified of terrorism as the U.S. Frank Herbert was right, Fear is the Mind Killer.
I've put my life on the line enough times for freedom and civil liberties that I tend to get crotchety whenever cowards driven by fear decide to give in to the terrorists and make more restrictive rules and start removing liberties and rights. As long as there's people terrified of the spectre of 9/11 and willing to sacrifice any freedom for the illusionary safety that it might not happen again, the terrorists have won.
I cannot foresee any point in the near future where regular people will have a need for more then 640 chromosomes of genetic material.
Yeah, there's not a lot of people with glasses who hang around in dark enclosed spaces, avoiding the sunlight because it hurts our eyes.
looks at inside of dark computer room, and closed blinds on window
never mind...
ALL MY PRONZ IS GONEZ!
No, I don't really talk like that. Heh heh, and I also back up all my pron to a protable HD.
All the better form of cover then.
"She can't be a NOC, she's too public."
Hiding in plain sight much?
They tend to give medals to people they should be prosecuting.
One of my friends that I was stationed in Korea with had a great saying. I have since adopted it for myself.
"I love my country, I do not trust my government."
Her existence was not classified. Her job was. The nature of her job was. She was not a Jason Bourne-like nonentity assassin, who didn't exist anywhere outside of her handlers, she was a real person with a clandestine job and a cover. Would you expect someone who appeared on a magazine cover to be a spy?
What is Abramoff's phone number?
What if their wife is a NOC working undercover for the CIA and her exposure could threaten currently active national security operation? Oh, that's right, the administration exposes even then.
Well, here's something. Of course, nobody would ever misuse a government agency for political goals.
Oh snap! Mr "Oh no the liberals wrongly blame man for everything" got pwned!
Clearly you need to stay indoors more. Problem solved! Also, IANAS, but I'm guessing staying indoors will provide limited protection from the solar radiation plowing through the atmosphere if the poles shift.
A lot of re-entering satellites would most likely burn up in the atmosphere. Those that don't, well, the Earth is 70% water and no satellite up there would be large enough or hitting atmo with enough force to hit with enough energy to be a severe problem, unless it lands on your head or your house. Not something I'd sweat, I'd sweat the shifting of the magnetic fields a lot more.
It just did a crappy job of starting itself again afterwards...