09-11-2001, 11:58 AM
Hello everyone on the Vince forum
It seems that the US has been bombed and/or had our planes hijacked and forcibly crashed into our buildings. The world trade center is destroyed, both buildings collapsed. No doubt thousands are dead. Apparently, one of them was hit by an american airlines flight. The pentagon was hit by another kamikaze flight. The state department had a car bomb go off outside of it. Camp david was hit by another kamikaze hijacked plane. A large plane crashed in pennsylvania. I thought I just heard that yet another went down in the pacific. All US planes are grounded, and all incoming international flights are diverted to canada. There are many details which I am not completely sure of at this time. The news sites online are swamped (that was CNET's latest top story). Communications on the east coast aren't good, one person I know lost cell phone service right about the time the world trade center was hit. Bin Laden said three weeks ago that he would unleash unprecedented attacks on the US for our support of israel. No proof yet that he is in fact responsible, but let's just say he's high on the list of suspects. I ain't very fond of him anyway, he's kind of a jerk.
The world trade centers have about 50,000 people working in them each day. They are larger than most of the cities I have lived in. They were first hit just before 9am east coast time. When I saw that tower collapse on the news, I knew at that very moment, many new yorkers died right in front of my eyes on national TV. I wonder if the terrorist responsible for this are waiting for the west coast to be fully awake and at work before the bombs start going off here. I wouldn't want to be in LA or SF right now.
A good friend of mine (and 2+2er, name unmentioned) was in israel yesterday and was supposed to get back to las vegas today. Somehow, I think he will be stuck somewhere, hopefully in england or canada though, and not the middle east. Somehow, I think the shit is going to be hitting the fan over there real soon....
Can you believe it? Makes this whole world of poker strategy that we all talk about seem mighty small and insignificant. (Of course when we AREN'T being bombed, we should definitely be playing poker!).
This was written at 840 am on the west coast.
I really like this "Vince!" forum, because from time to time I can write about non poker related topics, and people that I know, and respect their writing and opinions, can comment on things other than just whether to raise or call.
2+2ers, what do you think about all this?
Dave in Cali
It seems that the US has been bombed and/or had our planes hijacked and forcibly crashed into our buildings. The world trade center is destroyed, both buildings collapsed. No doubt thousands are dead. Apparently, one of them was hit by an american airlines flight. The pentagon was hit by another kamikaze flight. The state department had a car bomb go off outside of it. Camp david was hit by another kamikaze hijacked plane. A large plane crashed in pennsylvania. I thought I just heard that yet another went down in the pacific. All US planes are grounded, and all incoming international flights are diverted to canada. There are many details which I am not completely sure of at this time. The news sites online are swamped (that was CNET's latest top story). Communications on the east coast aren't good, one person I know lost cell phone service right about the time the world trade center was hit. Bin Laden said three weeks ago that he would unleash unprecedented attacks on the US for our support of israel. No proof yet that he is in fact responsible, but let's just say he's high on the list of suspects. I ain't very fond of him anyway, he's kind of a jerk.
The world trade centers have about 50,000 people working in them each day. They are larger than most of the cities I have lived in. They were first hit just before 9am east coast time. When I saw that tower collapse on the news, I knew at that very moment, many new yorkers died right in front of my eyes on national TV. I wonder if the terrorist responsible for this are waiting for the west coast to be fully awake and at work before the bombs start going off here. I wouldn't want to be in LA or SF right now.
A good friend of mine (and 2+2er, name unmentioned) was in israel yesterday and was supposed to get back to las vegas today. Somehow, I think he will be stuck somewhere, hopefully in england or canada though, and not the middle east. Somehow, I think the shit is going to be hitting the fan over there real soon....
Can you believe it? Makes this whole world of poker strategy that we all talk about seem mighty small and insignificant. (Of course when we AREN'T being bombed, we should definitely be playing poker!).
This was written at 840 am on the west coast.
I really like this "Vince!" forum, because from time to time I can write about non poker related topics, and people that I know, and respect their writing and opinions, can comment on things other than just whether to raise or call.
2+2ers, what do you think about all this?
Dave in Cali