|
|
Joined: Sep 2000
Posts: 2,891
Carpal Tunnel
|
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Sep 2000
Posts: 2,891 |
Insel has no information in his bio. Has anybody gotten any more info from him?
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Sep 2000
Posts: 4,757
Carpal Tunnel
|
|
OP
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Sep 2000
Posts: 4,757 |
As the sun went down over a small field in Wales tonight, I played frisbee with my kids, and thought about all the people whose lives have been ripped to pieces by the misery of today's nightmare.
The power of the human mind is indeed almost limitless - and can be used for the most despicable evil as well as the most uplifting beauty. May all the sufferers and survivors take heart with good wishes from friends around the globe.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Mar 2000
Posts: 1,981
Pooh-Bah
|
|
Pooh-Bah
Joined: Mar 2000
Posts: 1,981 |
Horrid day. Night night. Love to all I know, knew and those I never will get the chance to know. Sadness for all those who have suffered in the many horrors of our world wherever they be.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jul 2000
Posts: 3,467
Carpal Tunnel
|
|
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Jul 2000
Posts: 3,467 |
I've flown into and out of DC more times than I care to count. Most takeoffs from National (now Ron Ron) go up the Potomac between the Pentagon and the DC Mall. It would be far too easy to turn one of those babies and push the nose down. When you go by the Pentagon on a normal takeoff you may be a thousand feet up, but certainly not 1500.
It's 30 miles from Dulles to the Pentagon. At 300 miles per hour, that's six minutes. At 600 MPH it's 3 minutes. NO air force in the world can scramble a plane in that time. Takes that long to get from the ready room to the cockpit.
And what I would do if I were the terrorist would be to take over the plane as soon as the wheels were up, go up the river right over National Airport, and you are literally fifteen seconds from the Pentagon.
TEd
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Mar 2000
Posts: 11,613
Carpal Tunnel
|
|
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Mar 2000
Posts: 11,613 |
Two people in England gave me messages today, having no one else in the U.S. to convey their sorrow to, so I shall pass it on here that the British people are shocked and in total sympathy with us. Thank you, my friends.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Nov 2000
Posts: 1,289
veteran
|
|
veteran
Joined: Nov 2000
Posts: 1,289 |
Thank you, Jackie, for passing on the messages from England. I imagine that your correspondents may be old enough to remember the Blitz, and if so, they must know what people in NY went through. They would be hearing from Peter Jennings et al. about NY the way Americans heard about London from Edward R. Murrow. And that's one reason why there is a special relationship between USns and limeys, 1776 and 1812 notwithstanding.
We, the USns, are undoubtedly the most fortunate, or the most blessed by divine Providence, people in the world. Except for the last Day of Infamy in 1941, we have gone untouched and unharmed by any external force since 1814, only suffering the grievous wounds we inflicted on ourselves. The devastation visited on most other countries, in the 20th century alone, was appalling, but we were spared. We have been, at least since the beginning of the last century, very complacent, feeling that our remoteness from other threatening enemies and our own superiority, wealth and power would protect us from what has befallen others. We have been warned for at least 10 years that this sense of security was false, that we were indeed vulnerable. Now we know.
If there can be any bright spot in such an unspeakable tragedy, it is the good wishes we are receiving from our friends around the world, many of whom can offer sympathy from their own experience. For this, I am grateful.
We may also be grateful for this board and others like it. Today I went to work but left at noon. One reason was that I could reach no one out of the local area by telephone; the circuits were all busy. So I couldn't speak to someone 30 miles away, but we have heard from our dear friends around the globe. There's glory for you!
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Apr 2000
Posts: 10,542
Carpal Tunnel
|
|
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Apr 2000
Posts: 10,542 |
you know, try as we might, there just are no words to adequately express the emotions that are (and will be)brought forth by these events. not the least of which is the disgust engendered by the knowledge that somewhere people are dancing in the streets.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Mar 2000
Posts: 11,613
Carpal Tunnel
|
|
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Mar 2000
Posts: 11,613 |
somewhere people are dancing in the streets.Oh, yes, I feel sure that the bosses believe they have masterminded a thoroughly justified deed. 
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Aug 2000
Posts: 3,409
Carpal Tunnel
|
|
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Aug 2000
Posts: 3,409 |
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Mar 2001
Posts: 2,379
Pooh-Bah
|
|
Pooh-Bah
Joined: Mar 2001
Posts: 2,379 |
<<nhumanity at its worst has given humanity a chance to shine at its best.>>
I love you, Max.
|
|
|
|
Forums16
Topics13,913
Posts229,671
Members9,187
| |
Most Online3,341
Dec 9th, 2011
|
|
|
|
