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Kurt_and_Hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-28-09 10:26 AM Original message |
I cannot imagine anything more tragic than being blown up in the last hour of a flight. |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-28-09 10:29 AM Response to Original message |
1. They wanted the bombing to take place over American soil -- |
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izquierdista (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-28-09 11:02 AM Original message |
But how do you know that? |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-28-09 12:54 PM Response to Original message |
31. Pilots often would make announcements about the last hour. And it was |
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Edweird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-28-09 01:05 PM Response to Original message |
35. It's not that hard really. When you're not over water anymore is a pretty good indication. |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-28-09 10:29 AM Response to Original message |
2. Yep.. part and parcel of our bipartisan idiocracy |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-28-09 10:30 AM Response to Original message |
3. 'Please secure your explosives for the last hour of the flight.' |
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DrDan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-28-09 10:31 AM Response to Original message |
4. but the closer to landing, the more opportunities for collateral deaths |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-28-09 10:32 AM Response to Reply #4 |
8. And the bombing and subsequent investigation all take place on American soil. |
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DrDan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-28-09 10:38 AM Response to Reply #8 |
16. true - probably no where else where media attention would be greater than |
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Kurt_and_Hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-28-09 10:44 AM Response to Reply #4 |
19. In the sense you mean, a slight increase |
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DrDan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-28-09 11:36 AM Response to Reply #19 |
23. I hear you - but here is a case of an accident very near my home |
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Kurt_and_Hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-28-09 11:38 AM Response to Reply #23 |
25. I hear you also. I wince looking at homes built right at the end of runways... |
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DrDan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-28-09 11:43 AM Response to Reply #25 |
26. my wife and I spent a lot of time in the U.S.A.F - and have lived on several bases |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-28-09 11:38 AM Response to Reply #4 |
24. I always wondered about the "collateral deaths" thing ever since 9/11 |
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DrDan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-28-09 11:45 AM Response to Reply #24 |
27. I've wondered the same thing |
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Kurt_and_Hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-28-09 11:45 AM Response to Reply #24 |
28. I thought something similar, but it's much trickier flying. |
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Rabrrrrrr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-28-09 10:31 AM Response to Original message |
5. I saw that the Today show was going to talk about something new in the last hour of flights |
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Kurt_and_Hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-28-09 10:33 AM Response to Reply #5 |
10. No potty-breaks during the last hour. No blankets or pillows in laps. |
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Rabrrrrrr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-28-09 10:38 AM Response to Reply #10 |
15. What I figured - I knew it be useless, inconvenient, and utterly silly. |
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asjr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-28-09 10:43 AM Response to Reply #10 |
18. If I couldn't go the the restroom |
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Kurt_and_Hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-28-09 11:02 AM Response to Reply #18 |
20. You can have up to three ounces of pee, but only in a clear quart-sized zip-loc bag |
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TZ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-28-09 01:05 PM Response to Reply #18 |
34. They do this if you fly into National Airport |
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jberryhill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-28-09 11:23 AM Response to Reply #10 |
21. That Is Why We All Need Snuggies! /nt |
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peekaloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-28-09 10:37 AM Response to Reply #5 |
14. Can't reach into the overhead. Plus they're disabling the navigational |
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Kurt_and_Hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-28-09 12:41 PM Response to Reply #14 |
30. Hmmmm.... that litter-box idea has merit |
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HipChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-28-09 10:38 AM Response to Reply #5 |
17. these are all the new rules.. |
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HipChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-28-09 10:31 AM Response to Original message |
6. Let's face it..he really didn't want to bomb the plane.. |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-28-09 10:32 AM Response to Original message |
7. What is the threat color level today anyway? nt |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-28-09 10:36 AM Response to Reply #7 |
13. the fact we don't know says volumes about the difference between Obama and Bush |
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Bluenorthwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-28-09 11:33 AM Response to Reply #7 |
22. They stopped with the color coding thing |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-28-09 10:33 AM Response to Original message |
9. We mock what we don't understand |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-28-09 10:34 AM Response to Reply #9 |
11. We mock stupidity, fear, and incompetence. nt |
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Kurt_and_Hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-28-09 10:34 AM Response to Reply #9 |
12. Yes, I have noticed that you do a lot of that. |
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highplainsdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-28-09 11:47 AM Response to Reply #12 |
29. +1 |
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amborin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-28-09 01:01 PM Response to Original message |
32. k&r bottom line: no $$$$ for airport sniffing machines |
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