Comments on: Excerpts from Generic Template for 9/11 Hearings http://fanaticalapathy.com/2004/04/14/excerpts-from-generic-template-for-911-hearings/ America's favorite blog Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:11:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.11 by: Chris B http://fanaticalapathy.com/2004/04/14/excerpts-from-generic-template-for-911-hearings/#comment-4622 Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2004/04/14/excerpts-from-generic-template-for-911-hearings/#comment-4622 I was always taught that the govenment operated under a system of checks and balances, not Mad Libs. Thanks Adam... it was just like being [LOCATION CHOSEN FOR IRONIC WORTH]. I was always taught that the govenment operated under a system of checks and balances, not Mad Libs.

Thanks Adam… it was just like being [LOCATION CHOSEN FOR IRONIC WORTH].

]]> by: Elayne Riggs http://fanaticalapathy.com/2004/04/14/excerpts-from-generic-template-for-911-hearings/#comment-4623 Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2004/04/14/excerpts-from-generic-template-for-911-hearings/#comment-4623 Spot-on, Adam. Well done. Spot-on, Adam. Well done.

]]> by: Johnboy http://fanaticalapathy.com/2004/04/14/excerpts-from-generic-template-for-911-hearings/#comment-4624 Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2004/04/14/excerpts-from-generic-template-for-911-hearings/#comment-4624 I'm fondest of your "[etc.]", because it does just keep going on and on from there. However, maybe they'll get it right after all. Stranger things have happened. I’m fondest of your “[etc.]”, because it does just keep going on and on from there. However, maybe they’ll get it right after all. Stranger things have happened.

]]> by: Erik http://fanaticalapathy.com/2004/04/14/excerpts-from-generic-template-for-911-hearings/#comment-4625 Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2004/04/14/excerpts-from-generic-template-for-911-hearings/#comment-4625 I keep expecting someone to blame the lack of a piece of critical information being passed on a problem with the mailserver. I keep expecting someone to blame the lack of a piece of critical information being passed on a problem with the mailserver.

]]> by: norbizness http://fanaticalapathy.com/2004/04/14/excerpts-from-generic-template-for-911-hearings/#comment-4626 Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2004/04/14/excerpts-from-generic-template-for-911-hearings/#comment-4626 Commissioner Gorton. That's priceless. Although I like Commissioner Skeletor better. Commissioner Gorton. That’s priceless.

Although I like Commissioner Skeletor better.

]]> by: G-Man http://fanaticalapathy.com/2004/04/14/excerpts-from-generic-template-for-911-hearings/#comment-4627 Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2004/04/14/excerpts-from-generic-template-for-911-hearings/#comment-4627 Imagine that these 9/11 commission witnesses pulled into their drive way one night from an out of town trip only to find their garage in flames. Also imagine that although the house itself wasn't yet involved their entire family ultimately perished in the flames. Now imagine how unacceptable it would be any one of them to explain their inability get into the house, let alone save their families, by stating: "I just flew back into town and couldn't be sure my family was in the house anyway." "I tried the front door, but it was locked." "I tried to call the fire department but the battery on my mobile was dead." "I called the fire department then waited on the lawn." "I don't know anything about fighting fires." "I considered breaking a window, but I saw on TLC that breaking a window can feed the fire and make it worse" "In the dark I couldn't actually be sure it was my house. I'd been traveling so much that I kinda (giggle) have a hard time recognizing my own house anyway." "I thought it made more sense to put the fire out first then look for the family." "Believe me, if I had even the slightest bit of understanding that the fire could eventually spread to the bedrooms, I would have moved Heaven and Earth to save them. Imagine that these 9/11 commission witnesses pulled into their drive way one night from an out of town trip only to find their garage in flames. Also imagine that although the house itself wasn’t yet involved their entire family ultimately perished in the flames. Now imagine how unacceptable it would be any one of them to explain their inability get into the house, let alone save their families, by stating:
“I just flew back into town and couldn’t be sure my family was in the house anyway.”
“I tried the front door, but it was locked.”
“I tried to call the fire department but the battery on my mobile was dead.”
“I called the fire department then waited on the lawn.”
“I don’t know anything about fighting fires.”
“I considered breaking a window, but I saw on TLC that breaking a window can feed the fire and make it worse”
“In the dark I couldn’t actually be sure it was my house. I’d been traveling so much that I kinda (giggle) have a hard time recognizing my own house anyway.”
“I thought it made more sense to put the fire out first then look for the family.”
“Believe me, if I had even the slightest bit of understanding that the fire could eventually spread to the bedrooms, I would have moved Heaven and Earth to save them.

]]> by: G-Man http://fanaticalapathy.com/2004/04/14/excerpts-from-generic-template-for-911-hearings/#comment-4628 Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2004/04/14/excerpts-from-generic-template-for-911-hearings/#comment-4628 Forgot one more: "We had rollout ladders and a family "meet-up" location. I assumed that the plan would be put into place." Forgot one more:
“We had rollout ladders and a family “meet-up” location. I assumed that the plan would be put into place.”

]]> by: jannap http://fanaticalapathy.com/2004/04/14/excerpts-from-generic-template-for-911-hearings/#comment-4629 Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2004/04/14/excerpts-from-generic-template-for-911-hearings/#comment-4629 thanks adam! this will be very helpful as i prepare my own testimony to the Commission... thanks adam! this will be very helpful as i prepare my own testimony to the Commission…

]]> by: Allan B http://fanaticalapathy.com/2004/04/14/excerpts-from-generic-template-for-911-hearings/#comment-4630 Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2004/04/14/excerpts-from-generic-template-for-911-hearings/#comment-4630 Something that I find to be most offensive, and completely false, is the notion propagated by the Bushies that there was nothing they could do. For many years I carried a Swiss army knife in my briefcase, and I was always amazed that I was allowed to carry it on board an airplane. After all, you could easily kill someone with it. After the famous August 6 briefing, would it have been too much to expect Bush to say, "We should increase airport security, and we can start by banning knives of any size. I want proposals on my desk by Friday". That might have done the trick. Instead, he went fishing. Something that I find to be most offensive, and completely false, is the notion propagated by the Bushies that there was nothing they could do. For many years I carried a Swiss army knife in my briefcase, and I was always amazed that I was allowed to carry it on board an airplane. After all, you could easily kill someone with it. After the famous August 6 briefing, would it have been too much to expect Bush to say, “We should increase airport security, and we can start by banning knives of any size. I want proposals on my desk by Friday”. That might have done the trick. Instead, he went fishing.

]]> by: Chris http://fanaticalapathy.com/2004/04/14/excerpts-from-generic-template-for-911-hearings/#comment-4631 Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2004/04/14/excerpts-from-generic-template-for-911-hearings/#comment-4631 ". . . would it have been too much to expect Bush to say . . ." Yes, yes, it's *always* too much to expect Bush to say anything that he obviously should have. I hate to reinforce low expectations and everything, but this is a man who lives in his own little world (remember Adam's "Rough Justice: The Movie Playing Inside Bush's Head" piece?) “. . . would it have been too much to expect Bush to say . . .”

Yes, yes, it’s *always* too much to expect Bush to say anything that he obviously should have. I hate to reinforce low expectations and everything, but this is a man who lives in his own little world (remember Adam’s “Rough Justice: The Movie Playing Inside Bush’s Head” piece?)

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