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Originally posted by GenRadek
Originally posted by loveguy
Originally posted by backinblack
Originally posted by roboe
reply to post by gaparke
As has been explained repeatedly, the money was never missing, so none of it could have been routed to Halliburton.
Not that it'll change anyones mind, conspiracy theories are always so much more fun than the cold, hard facts.
How do you know that??
It was unaccounted for..
How they ended up accounting for it is anyones guess and last I heard they were still $700billion short.
Just like the 2.3 trillion bucks-----POOF!
Gone baby gone. And, with no explanation that pertains with verifiable accounting transactions.
Was that off topic?
Jesse seems to be making headway, he's doing it right because he's still on the idiot box, I mean TV.
before you are exposed or labeled as a disinformation agent.
Originally posted by vipertech0596
What would happen if a 757 was going 150 knots over the maximum operating limit?
Airplanes do not automatically fall apart when you exceed their operating envelope.
Originally posted by weedwhacker
reply to post by backinblack
Your "attitude" is neither amusing, nor particularly adult.
I am guessing you have a passably decent comprehension of physics?? Or, can look it up? You may wish to re-visit the concepts of motion, momentum, mass, force and vectors.
FUEL is a substance, and thus, has mass. When in motion, it contains momentum, just as any other mass does. ALL the various components had their own particular amount of kinetic energy, depending on many variables.
It seems that many, many people STILL have terribly incorrect "assumptions" of how things really work, in the real physical world. I have often suggested that it has something to do with modern entertainment media. "Hollywood-style" entertainment....where rules of physics are often ignored, in favor of what "looks good on film", and provides audience enjoyment/excitement, etc.
Here. computer simulation, using the very strict rules of mathematics, and therefore physics, to predict and depict some aspects of the behavior of solids, and specifically the airliner and the fuel, on impact...AND shows the specifics of the building design, and those effects:
Originally posted by weedwhacker
In the post of yours I reply to (two stars??? wow....some people have low standards, I guess)...you quoted the majority of it, all except the video, which would ANSWER your question asked:
We see it clearly ignite..Now my physics only extends to year 12 but I think thats enough..
Is not most of the fuel carried in the wings? The same wings that did NOT seem to have penetrated the building?
had you watched the video, you would see how the structure of the airframe disintegrated on impact, into many many pieces, fragments....so, your claim about the wings is invalid.
Originally posted by lord9And wheres the ENGINES
Originally posted by vipertech0596
reply to post by lord9
And you cannot show any evidence of any airliner falling apart when it exceeds its designed speed. Next volley?
Originally posted by lord9Wall of text
Originally posted by C46driver
Originally posted by lord9And wheres the ENGINES
You don't expect the engines to just drop off the pylons and come to rest on the lawn intact afer such an impact?edit on 26-12-2010 by C46driver because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by vipertech0596
reply to post by lord9
Umm, no, most of the engine is made out of steel, not titanium. Lets shoot for a wee bit more accuracy.
Originally posted by C46driver
Originally posted by lord9Wall of text
Load of horse poo.
Are you one of Capt. Balsamos disciples?
Boeing airplanes have exeeded vmo with more than 150 kts in the past with no in flight breakup
Originally posted by vipertech0596
reply to post by curious_soul
You really want to quibble over a hundred or so foot difference in flight paths? That make absolutely NO difference in the end result? And listening to the leading questions coming from the interviewer...hes encouraging their stories in the direction he wants. Not to mention there is a bit of memory recall issues with witnesses. Going back to them years later, you are going to find differences in their stories. Do you have any interviews of those same people from that day?
Originally posted by weedwhacker
reply to post by zeta55
The video shows a Tomahawk (quite small, only about 6 meters/20 feet long) and the fuel/air fireball explosion (fairly small too).
The Pentagon fireball from the fuel vapors was larger. It was as brief as normal jet fuel-type incidents.
Like this one. This is B-52, and a notTomahawk missile...hope you can agree?:
Originally posted by weedwhacker
reply to post by TheWatcher11
Why do you suppose ALL possible video evidence would have been collected??
Originally posted by weedwhacker
Any reason you can think of, when they conduct an investigation, to determine all the facts they can?
BTW...the term "confiscated" is used, intentionally it seems, by the "conspiracy" sites in order to innuendo-drop.
ALL "tapes", and other video recordings, were returned.
Originally posted by weedwhacker
1....Why is the hole in the Pentagon only 16 feet in diameter.....Would not the wings and engines at least cause some exterior damage, instead of just folding in....going through the 16 foot hole?
Usually, when I see the "16-foot hole" mentioned, it includes a shot of the hole in the inner ring wall....the EXIT hole where some debris punched through. The actual outer facade breach was about 75 feet wide.
Originally posted by GenRadek
As it was said, the whole reason for this is the antiquated beurocracy and filing systems being used in our military budget offices which are so out of date, that it is hard to track $2.3 trillion because its all stored in old and out of date systems, and some are incompatable with today's equipment. That IS the problem being addressed by Rumsfeld.
Above all, the shift from bureaucracy to the battlefield is a matter of national security. In this period of limited funds, we need every nickel, every good idea, every innovation, every effort to help modernize and transform the U.S. military....
The technology revolution has transformed organizations across the private sector, but not ours, not fully, not yet. We are, as they say, tangled in our anchor chain. Our financial systems are decades old. According to some estimates, we cannot track $2.3 trillion in transactions. We cannot share information from floor to floor in this building because it's stored on dozens of technological systems that are inaccessible or incompatible.