911 - World Trade Crater
September 11, 2001
About 6 hours ago, an airplane was piloted into one tower of the World
Trade Center in New York. Shortly after that, another plane collided
with the other tower. Shortly after that, yet another plane flew into
the Pentagon. Shortly after that, a plane crashed about 60 miles from
here near Somerset, PA.
Here at Castle Badgertronics, we don't have our TV hooked up to the
outside world. Our dear friends Kebbin-n-Deb invited us to use their
teevee to witness the thing first hand (they were out being gainfully
employed as we invaded their home).
I feel sorry for the poor WTC. I did several sales calls there back
in the early 90's for Visix (including up on the 90th floor. The view
was amazing, and the floor swayed). I was also in New York
when The Bomb went off, living in a hotel next door. I witnessed how
that clogged up the area for weeks. I can't imagine now what it must
be like with the material used to create those two 110 floor towers
littering the streets.
Conspiracy Theories
My first reaction upon seeing and hearing all of the stuff was
"I wonder how big business / military industrial complex / George
Dubya / anti-freedom and anti-privacy groups will take advantage of
this" Will we wage war upon those we've been wanting to wage war
against, not actually the once who organized the attack? Like FDR is
thought to have known that Pearl Harbor was going to happen but
allowed it to happen any (to incite the American public into joining
the conflict), did Dubya (or someone smarter than him) know this was
coming so they could start their own agenda? What restrictions on our
personal liberties will be submit ourselves to in order to be Safe
from Terrorism. For instance, will we willingly submit to
face-recognition systems in public places that are "looking out for
terrorists", which most likely won't be removed once the Immediate
Threat is over. Who knows, maybe martial law will be imposed.
My brother and sister in law are Marines. My wife and many of my
close friends are former military and are still of service age. A
very talented young friend of mine is going into the Air Force, and I
know some musicians in the field bands. The thought of these people
important to me possibly being sacrificed on such an alter is an
unpleasant thought.
Impressive Logistics
My second reaction was being impressed at the organization of the
responsible organization. Simultaneously hijacking 4 commercial
jets, crashing them them into 3 of their targets in a short
period of time, taking (apparently) the intelligence and military
communities by surprise. I believe the fourth plane was headed
to Camp David / Frederick MD (big communications center) / Fort Dietrich
(Army germ warfare lab)
There's been some speculation about a possible biological
component. Maybe these planes were carrying Anthrax Leprosy Mu
or something. One interesting piece of information was a 911
call that reached Greensburg, PA from someone in a hijacked
plane. He was calling from the rear of the plane. Heard an
explosion, saw white smoke, then the line went dead. Twenty to
Thirty minutes later the plane went down. One idea is that
the Bad Guys didn't want any annoying people bothering them,
so they set off some Agent (nerve gas perhaps) to get them
out of the way.
Whodunnit?
You can bet just about every organization or nutcase with an axe to
grind will claim responsibility. The knee-jerk reactions of most
Americans will probably be someone in the Middle East (maybe that
Llama Ben-Sodden guy) I'm sure all sorts of violence and abuse will
be heaped upon middle eastern students and visitors (and upon those
who look middle eastern) The Japanese Red Army has also claimed
responsibility (which brings up interesting parallels with
the kamakazis) At least we know that they have 4 fewer pilots now.
I've been pondering on the date September 11, 9/11, wondering if there
was some Significance to that date. Maybe there was some American
Aggression back-when that someone took umbrage to. This is around the
time that the Camp David accords which built the peace between Israel
and Egypt happened (at Camp David, one of the possible targets), which
seems to point back to the Middle Eastern element.
American Media Sucks
We only had access to the local stations (no CNN), and I must say I'm
apppalled (with three p's!), especially with the local stations. Every
time someone on the major networks would say something interesting
(such as a mid-east terrorism expert), the locals would cut in with
earth shattering news like "we're evacuating a tall building in
Pittsburgh!" or "Mount Neebo Elementary school is closing early!"
Similarly, when there was a "guest expert" (such as a long-time pilot)
who was conveying interesting information, he was usually cut short
for some "live in the field" commentary by a journalist, which was
usually just a rehash of what was restated ten minutes prior.
There was also some footage (which looked like it was staged) of youth
in Palestine celebrating the destruction in New York. Needless to
say the networks were playing those clips often. An enraged public
helps drive the ratings up.
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