Reply #245: "Dr. Van Romero's current opinion"

[petgoat]

Dr. Van Romero's current opinion, which he gained after looking at the issue more carefully, is that it does not look like controlled demolition.

Absolute hogwash. Dr. Romero's current opinion, after getting pressure from people, is that fire brought the buildings down, but the collapse still looks exactly like a controlled demolition.

He never said our government was responsible, so how could he possibly feel pressured to dishonestly recant his first impression that bombs caused the buildings to fall?

He could feel pressured if he WAS pressured, regardless of your opinions on how he should feel and why.

he isn't pleased that his quote from 9/11 has been twisted

There's nothing twisted about it. He said 1) it looked like a controlled demolition, and
2) controlled demolition was absolutely practical and 3) that fires could not have caused
the symmetrical collapse.

That he recanted 3 in no way changes his assertion of 1 and 2.

Note that Dr. Romero was named as one of six top lobbyists in 2003.

"From his perch 2,000 miles outside of the Beltway, this physics Ph.D. understands exactly how Washington works,” the article {in Influence magazine} states. “A major chunk of his
job involves lobbying for federal government funding, and if the 2003 fiscal year was any indication, Romero is a superstar.”"

http://infohost.nmt.edu/mainpage/news/2003/18dec01.html