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Old 07-05-2009, 09:57 PM
 
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I don't understand what does 9/11 have to do with defense contractors being a waste of money? The Department of Homeland Security is mostly responsible for preventing terrorist attacks not the Department of defense.

Please explain you answer
If you don't know, then you probably don't need to.
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Old 07-05-2009, 10:00 PM
 
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Really?

Where was the last bombing on American soil since 9/11? Pray tell.
1. September 18th, 2001 -- Anthrax Attack # 1: 2 KILLED, 10 wounded (source: 1)

2. October 9th, 2001 -- Anthrax Attack #2: 3 KILLED, 7 wounded (source: 1)

3. Fall, 2001 -- Jewish Defense League plot to blow up the King Fahd Mosque in Culver City, California, foiled.

4. December, 2001 -- Richard Reid, attempting to destroy American Airlines Flight 63, is subdued by passengers and flight attendants before he could detonate his shoe bomb. (source: 3)

5. July 4, 2002 -- An Egyptian gunman opens fire at an El Al ticket counter in Los Angeles International Airport: 3 KILLED. (source: 3)

6. October 2002 -- D.C. Sniper Attacks: 10 KILLED (I was THERE DURING THE ATTACKS) (source: 3) TO ANY FREEPER WHO SAYS THIS WASN'T TERRORISM: Malvo was sentenced to DEATH because it was an ACT OF TERRORISM.

7. December 2005 -- Bombing of Mosque in Cincinati OH (no killed or wounded) (source: 4)
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Old 07-05-2009, 10:04 PM
 
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The crazy will always be with us. That doesn't make them terrorists, like the bombers on 9/11.
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Old 07-05-2009, 10:40 PM
 
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1. September 18th, 2001 -- Anthrax Attack # 1: 2 KILLED, 10 wounded (source: 1)

2. October 9th, 2001 -- Anthrax Attack #2: 3 KILLED, 7 wounded (source: 1)

3. Fall, 2001 -- Jewish Defense League plot to blow up the King Fahd Mosque in Culver City, California, foiled.

4. December, 2001 -- Richard Reid, attempting to destroy American Airlines Flight 63, is subdued by passengers and flight attendants before he could detonate his shoe bomb. (source: 3)

5. July 4, 2002 -- An Egyptian gunman opens fire at an El Al ticket counter in Los Angeles International Airport: 3 KILLED. (source: 3)

6. October 2002 -- D.C. Sniper Attacks: 10 KILLED (I was THERE DURING THE ATTACKS) (source: 3) TO ANY FREEPER WHO SAYS THIS WASN'T TERRORISM: Malvo was sentenced to DEATH because it was an ACT OF TERRORISM.

7. December 2005 -- Bombing of Mosque in Cincinati OH (no killed or wounded) (source: 4)
So from your list, which was the actual bombing by terrorists on a US target?

I figure your #8 would be the murder of Steve McNair by a girl with a middle eastern name.
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Old 07-05-2009, 10:41 PM
 
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So from your list, which was the actual bombing by terrorists on a US target?

I figure your #8 would be the murder of Steve McNair by a girl with a middle eastern name.
There have been hundreds of bombings on US targets since 9/11.
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Old 07-05-2009, 10:43 PM
 
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9/11 was not a bombing btw
Sure, the plane was the bomb. Didn't you seen an explosion? There were two of them. Jet fuel can get plenty hot...it explodes like a bomb when ignited.
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Old 07-05-2009, 10:46 PM
 
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Sure, the plane was the bomb. Didn't you seen an explosion? There were two of them. Jet fuel can get plenty hot...it explodes like a bomb when ignited.
Jet fuel does not explode. It is designed to burn, not explode.
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Old 07-06-2009, 04:16 AM
 
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For something that doesn't burn, there was sure as heck a huge boom after the impact. Did you not see the planes hit the building with the resulting fireballs? Maybe it was cash bar in the first class section going up in flames.
So lemme get this straight...

If there's an auto accident which results in the fuel tank on a car exploding, you tell people a car bomb went off? Interesting.

Also within the past two years there have been attacks. I don't feel like looking them all up but here's one from last year...

Small explosion hits New York's Times Square

Not to mention the shootings at an immigration center, the abortion shootings, etc.

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Old 07-06-2009, 04:52 AM
 
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I worked for Defense Contractor for many years and had to account for every hour on a job. I saw the biggest waste in government contract officers. They are supposed to be watching the store and they are the worse offenders especially on unnecessary trips. It takes two contract officers to watch one defense worker! Many of their backgrounds have absolutely nothing to do with their job.
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Old 07-06-2009, 07:10 AM
 
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Hey, if it wasn't for Fox News, I wouldn't know the truth about anything. Example: I always thought Gov Mark Sanford of SC was a Republican...turns out he's a Democrat!

BTW, jet fuel is kerosene, and a poor grade of kerosene at that. The gasoline in your car is FAR more volatile.
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