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20th December 2006, 07:16 PM | #121 |
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20th December 2006, 07:30 PM | #122 |
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20th December 2006, 07:52 PM | #123 |
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I served 5 years in the Marine Corps as a field radio operator (Secret Clearance). The seriousness with which the lower-ranking enlisted men treated their devotion to country belies the notion that NCO's, Staff NCO's, and officers would cover-up a missile at the Pentagon.
I have a rather large collection of conspiracy videos. It was well over 200 at last count. As many earlier claims are recycled, it helps to have the original tapes that clowns such as Paul Joseph Watson swipe material from. I've met many of the prominent CT personalities from the last 15 years. I spoke at the conference of a man recently freed from prison in Austria. Out of all the speakers, my presentation received the most space in the esteemed American Free Press. I've been interviewed on one the most controversial patriot Internet shows in America. It's been an interesting ride. I have a fairly good handle on 9/11 CT psychology. |
20th December 2006, 11:58 PM | #124 |
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21st December 2006, 01:38 AM | #125 |
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The level of expertise and experience is stunning. I'm a little shocked. Like Hutch, I knew we had smart people here, but I'm impressed! I'm humbled to post amongst you all. Thank you all for responding to my nosy enquiry. On the matter of pointy stabby fighty things, I previously trained in medieval eurpean martial arts, and currently train in wushu. -Gumboot |
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21st December 2006, 01:53 AM | #126 |
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I would love to see this same question posted over at Loose Change
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21st December 2006, 02:05 AM | #127 |
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21st December 2006, 02:07 AM | #128 |
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Gawd where are all the pilots
With all the brains here. We know exactly why the buildings fell. What insurance claim form to fill out. Even how to have fought the fires. How to fence (As long as it is not an Olympic champion) - then make documentaries about it. But so far nothing about the damn things that ran into the buildings in the first place |
21st December 2006, 02:29 AM | #129 |
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21st December 2006, 02:44 AM | #130 |
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I have about twenty years experience working in TV. Mostly news and current affairs as a sound recordist, camera operator, floor manager, vision switcher and director.
I was a news director in 2000 -2004 working on live national bulletins here in Aus. (SBS TV). I've spent a lot of my working life in television news rooms. I get annoyed when truthers talk about mainstream media as some monolithic entity under the thumb of the US government. Anyone who thinks a journalist could keep quiet about a conspiracy like 911 is just talking out of the wrong hole. |
21st December 2006, 02:55 AM | #131 |
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The infamous Old Firm! I'm impressed, but hasten to add I support neither!
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Just as a matter of interest, did you manage to understand what they said. When they're drunk it all gets a bit: "Awa'howzitgoinbigman" "Thisispuremagic bytheway" "Gieustwapintsothonlagerthingytheyhuvhere" "Threequidapint?Itslager, man, yedinnaesomuchbuyashireit" "Seejimmyhillhe'saneffinpoofsoheeffinis" "Thonbigfellajustbroke'ratabledain'radance, wharraman! Purebrassneck" |
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21st December 2006, 02:56 AM | #132 |
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Incidentally, what do you call a Rangers fan in a suit?
A: The accused (boom boom) |
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21st December 2006, 03:00 AM | #133 |
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21st December 2006, 03:04 AM | #134 |
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Surely the key point is that we KNOW we're not pilots and are not claiming that experience of Microsoft Flight Sim in any way qualifies us to talk authoritively.......
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21st December 2006, 03:29 AM | #135 |
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I have experienced 9/11 forty-seven times now, so I should be pretty good at it. It's Thursdays I can't get the hang of.
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21st December 2006, 03:44 AM | #136 |
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21st December 2006, 03:49 AM | #137 |
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21st December 2006, 03:53 AM | #138 |
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Electrical and Computer Engineer, BSEE
Electrical Engineer, MSEE Air Force Pilot (UPT T-37, T-38) Airline Transport Pilot rating type B-707 B-720 KC-135A/Q Pilot/Aircraft Commander/Instructor USAF retired (28 years) but no 9/11 expertise - anyone could fly the jets that day, training would be overkill for hitting buildings, MS flight sim would do, so how many people stall out in MS flight sim? |
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21st December 2006, 06:07 AM | #141 |
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21st December 2006, 06:14 AM | #143 |
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I was a Notary Public for a while. I notarized "the official story."
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21st December 2006, 06:36 AM | #144 |
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O-5 It is okay, but you do not get rich, you may go to war. My dad always warned me of the war; he was in the 101st on D-Day.
I enjoyed the military, I always did different things every few years. Retirement has changed some, but it is okay. The longer you stay in the more you earn for retirement up to 30 years. I was lucking being able to fly; I always thought I was going to get out after 4 to 6 years. The airlines were not hiring heavy at the times I was able to get out! But they kind of own you; they say go to Italy and you have to go to Italy, darn. It is a mixed bag. The retirement pay for the old guys like me was 50 percent at 20 to 75 percent at 30 years of service; of your base pay. You can look up base pay online for the military. Base pay is just part of your regular active duty pay. You also get an allowance for housing and food, and other things like flight pay. |
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21st December 2006, 07:17 AM | #148 |
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All architects in the UK - and I'd be surprised if the US was much different - must study subjects such as structures, fire engineering, and so on. The purpose is not to make us able to do (say) complex structural calculations, but rather to ensure that we understand the broad issues and can build them into the overall design process.
This basic curriculum is set not by the universities, but by the RIBA (Royal Institute of British Architects) and ARB (Architects Registration Board). In short, it ensures that all of us who qualify can understand the fundamental issues raised by (say) WTC. In addition to this, there are opportunities for more detailed study. For example I carried on with a two year elective in structural engineering and another in "building fabric performance". This is because (a) I found it interesting and (b) always fancied specialising in my kind of field. There are, of course, also subtle differences in emphasis between universities. In Scotland, for example, three of the six schools of architecture (Strathclyde, Heriott Watt, and Aberdeen) are very technical whereas two (Glasgow and Edinburgh) tend to place more emphasis on design (or "the arty farty crap" as we liked to call it at Strathcyde). At the end of the day I let the engineers do the calculations and deal with their sections. After all, they spent 4-5 years studing that specific area. But if I don't understand what they're up to and the broad thrust of the structural design then I'm not doing my job right. |
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21st December 2006, 07:38 AM | #149 |
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I'm expert at pointing at guys like Gravy and saying "What HE said!"
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21st December 2006, 07:41 AM | #150 |
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21st December 2006, 08:05 AM | #151 |
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[quote=beachnut;2194539][color=black][color=black]Electrical and
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21st December 2006, 08:43 AM | #152 |
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Does the fact that I have a good friend at the NSA, that my dad worked the spy satellite program at VAFB in the 60's-70's, and my great grandfather was a Mason make me qualified to speak on the NWO conspiracy?
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21st December 2006, 08:45 AM | #153 |
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From what I understand, here in the US it's very similar. Architectural programs include structural courses as well as design. As you've said, the actual curriculum depends on the school, but all of them cover some degree of structural engineering.
I've dealt with architects from both ends of the spectrum and although I've met plenty that have a very good grasp of structural engineering concepts, I've met a fair share that have left me scratching my head when I view their plans. |
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21st December 2006, 10:58 AM | #157 |
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The Architecture students at Clemson were required to take watered down versions of structural mechanics, analysis and steel design. Their knowledge was primarily concepts and design methods, not proof and equations. Whereas I had to derive equations for moment, bending and flexure, they were told how to look them up and apply them.
For the most part, my architecture friends were perfectly capable of designing and analyzing structures on a qualitative basis, and they were able to effectively communicate with the structural engineers when necessary. |
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[quote=beachnut;2195812]
The friggin tweet. In the tower you really couldn't hear it. But the downwind leg was directly over my dorm and 25 years later I can still hear that god awful sound in my head. At Mather, the tweet call signs were always "colt." The T-43's (converted 737's for navigator training) were always "gator." Navigator=gator, cute, huh? We also had a SAC wing with tankers and buffs. Fully loaded on the A ramp if you know what I mean. MITO takeoffs were always fun... |
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I just love all this technical banter.....
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