what the hell is up with Al Queda and Las Vegas...

whiskeytown · #1 12-26-2003, 01:57 PM

latest rumor mill is that the plan was for Al Queda to fly plains in from Paris to Las Vegas and crash them there..

that's what you bunch of godless sinners deserve for your crimes of the city of sin....ha ha ha...

seriously though...WTF - I mean, they could hit a couple hotels, I guess...a building or something but not much else, right?

or maybe our Govt. was just trying to hype up the scare again for re-election 04

RB

Poker blog · #2 12-26-2003, 04:26 PM

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latest rumor mill is that the plan was for Al Queda to fly plains in from Paris to Las Vegas and crash them there..

or maybe our Govt. was just trying to hype up the scare again for re-election 04

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You're kidding, right? Do you really think we live in Commnist Russia?

Dynasty · #3 12-26-2003, 04:29 PM

The Strip in Las Vegas would be a fantastic target for a terrorist attack on New Year's Eve. There's supposed to be more than a million people on the Strip each New Year's Eve. Traffic is closed off and the Strip becomes a massive pedestrian mall.

Crashing a plane into a hotel wouldn't have the same impact as it did on 9/11/01. I'd bet at any time other than late at night and around sunrise, most people who are in a casino-hotel on on the ground (casino) floor.

Al_Capone_Junior · #4 12-26-2003, 04:40 PM

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latest rumor mill is that the plan was for Al Queda to fly plains in from Paris to Las Vegas and crash them there..

that's what you bunch of godless sinners deserve for your crimes of the city of sin....ha ha ha...

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Poor taste wiskey, tho I am sure you meant no harm.

Anyway, what do you think it would be like if a plane crashed into the mirage? not quite as bad as NYC but it might cause carnage and economic damage nearly as bad.

To our boys over there, please do blow the hell out of all those fanatic A-holes. And to our people here, recial profiling and PC be damned, seek and destroy anyone suspicious. Elderly white women are not very suspicious in airports.

al

whiskeytown · #5 12-26-2003, 04:56 PM

I have full assurances that both sides...elected and running - will use every legit and illegit means they can get away with to get re-elected - and one of the oldest rules to staying in power is keeping the population somewhat fearful and scared of change...

I have no faith in either political party in this country...not to go so far as to say 9/11 was intentionally allowed to happen - but I know when it did, a lot of corporations and politicians saw dollar signs...

RB

whiskeytown · #6 12-26-2003, 05:00 PM

and I'm wondering...I mean...Christmas day...what would the population be like...certainly not worth hitting an office building -

or maybe they planned something else...I heard those planes come across Canada and drop down in Minnesota - that would put him very close to our Mall of America...on Christmas Eve, that would be a problem...

RB

George Rice · #7 12-26-2003, 07:17 PM

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I have full assurances that both sides...elected and running - will use every legit and illegit means they can get away with to get re-elected - and one of the oldest rules to staying in power is keeping the population somewhat fearful and scared of change...

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You should feel ashamed of yourself for thinking this way. I should know, I basically agree and I feel ashamed of myself.

As for another high profile terrorist attack, it would be worse on the psyche of our citizens. Another major attack might not do the physical damage or have the loss of life of WTC, but after invading Afganistan and Iraq, many feel that most of the threat is gone--and another attack would be a real kick in the pants. It would also leave the powers that be trying to explain the Iraq invasion while Al Queda was left to regroup.

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but I know when it did, a lot of corporations and politicians saw dollar signs...

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Politicians saw opportunities and possible mine fields. Not a time to say what they're really thinking, or to think and act for the long term. They had to look good in the moment, and position themselves for future elections.

Opportunistic business people are always looking for opportunites. There's no place for humanity or patriotism when there's a deal to be made, or a situation to exploit. From defense contractors to the little guy selling decks of cards or pictures of the WTC, there's no shortage of these types. After all, "That's the American way," and "We've got to eat too!" There are of course those who will give all and ask nothing in return. But there are far too many of the first type.

And don't let me get into all the "heros" we now have who were nowhere near any of the disasters. Used to be you had to perform some heroic act to be called a hero. Now you just have to have the same job as someone who performed one. Perhaps we should call these people "potential heros." [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]

limon · #8 12-26-2003, 09:03 PM

"To our boys over there, please do blow the hell out of all those fanatic A-holes."

who's the fanatic a-hole? on the news i see alot of dead people who were doing nothing fanatic at all. are there any links between iraq and terrorism? i haven't seen any. Unilaterally invading a country which has never attacked you seems sort of fanatic to me.

I dont support the war. I don't support soldiers fighting in an unjust war.

I do support profiling FOR THE PURPOSE OF DEFENSE. All decisions are made based upon stereotypes. There is no such thing as complete information. Language is a metaphor.

Al_Capone_Junior · #9 12-26-2003, 09:39 PM

Personally, I don't care if there's a link between iraq and terrorism. Tho some civilans have been killed, many MANY more of them would have been killed (or tortured, then killed) by hussein and his sicko cronies, so it's the (much) lesser of two evils. And I don't care if the rest of the world thinks we are fanatics, the whole middle east has gotten so out of control (from all the fanatics there) that I don't care what anyone thinks, I support our troops and government period. I am too old otherwise I would have signed up immediately following 9/11.

A taliban goes down and I say good riddance. Hussein gets captured and I say good riddance. We should subject him to some of his own medicine and not treat him so WELL.

You know vietnam wasn't very just in retrospect, but the boys over there got their assess blown away and shot at, then got treated like dog chit by their own people back home. Where's the justice there? I can't see the sense in the vietnam war, but I respect those vets immensely.

I don't care if you like my position or not, or whether you support the war or not, or whether you think I am a fanatic or not. When chit gets out of hand, decisions have to be made. Sitting around on our hands letting everyone in the world act like FKheads is not my cup of tea. The rest of the fanatic regimes should take heed as to what happened in iraq.

I have liked some of your essays tho, nuttin personal with the counter-flamage.

al

gymrat · #10 12-26-2003, 10:19 PM

You guys got this stuff all wrong,I'm tellin ya.They weren't going to blow anything up.Nah...nothing like that.See...what happened is,Al Queda is running alittle short of funds these days.Hellmuths book came out this year,Bin Laden was just planning on sneaking into town,lots of drunk tourists in town,now he can "play like the pros"and we all know he gets cable.So he's seen the WPT and how much money they make.Hey 2+2 =4.he was just coming to make a score,and get his finances back in order.And how many of us haven't done that,huh? I'm telling you,he was just coming to play!!!