jay_a2j wrote:We stopped pursuing Osama Bin Laden (remember the guy responsible for 911?) WHY?????????
Damn good question. Ask George W. Bush our republican elected buffoon. While your at it remind him he isn't, and never was in Iraq.
jay_a2j wrote:All the video evidence (unless its all computer generated trickery).
<sigh> as usual, we need details jay. No vague "All the evidence" broad brush. What "video evidence" do you speak of. Video that, itself hasnt been doctored.
jay_a2j wrote:Eye witnesses that heard explosion(s) ... accompanied by small bursts of smoke escaping the towers a few floors below the collapse.
What witnesses. Please point us to a news report of such.
Now...Were these the people running for their lives or the ones killed? Ask any policeman about "eyewitness reports" from victims under duress and see what they say. Besides, what makes you think a building, falling down, wouldn't make noise? And how exactly could these people running for their lives, pinpoint noise, exactly to the floor, on a 100+ story building? As for dust, etc...why wouldn't dust, smoke, particles from the massive failure above blast out windows, etc? Ever heard of shock waves or air pressure?
You are alleging these were set charges. Do you have any idea how many charges would have to be set to bring down the towers in a true demolition? Tens of thousands. Have you ever seen the prep work before a building implosion? It takes weeks of pre-stressing. Beams and girders are cut on EVERY floor...the building is weakened to the point of near collapse and THEN they set off the fireworks. They don't just plant a few dozen explosives and accordion a building jay, use your head. On top of that a building the size of the WTC towers has never been demo'ed via implosion. It would take MONTHS of planning, tests and pre-stressing. This is not a weekend job, even for a small building.
Now...lets assume you are right. It would take a crew of HUNDREDS of men to plant these tens of thousands of explosives. These shadowy secret agents, over the course of several months would have to move amongst the high security, maintenence workers, and people that work there every day without being seen or questioned. Not to mention that any one of these hundreds of people could be an instant Billionaire for their story and the worldwide scandal that would ensue...yet...silence. Why? Because it's as fictional as the book you live your life by.
jay_a2j wrote:LIKE A DEMOLITION...in it's own footprint
And how exactly should it have fallen Mr. Engineer? Like a tree in the forest? The buildings had over 1000 times the mass of the airplanes...they weren't going to fall over. In fact they were designed for massive wind load
from the sides. The buildings didn't collapse for some time because they withstood the impact just fine.
First, the buildings were 90% air due to their egg-crate construction. It was a skeletal design, innovative in the 70's...they were not the empire state building, all bricks and morter. Steel beams (which did not melt BTW) hung by hangers (which failed due to heat) and placed undue load on the floor below creating an ever increasing domino pancake effect.
Do you have any idea how much the towers weighed? About 500,000 TONS each. There was no lateral load as explained above to knock them over, so where do you EXPECT 500,000 tons to fall other than straight down? Hmmm? They weren't Legos jay.
But then again...it's easier to just yell conspiracy, huh!
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