911 myths
i have recently watched a documentary which clams the september 11th attacks on dc and nyc were planned, orchestrated, and covered-up by the us government. now, i already hold a severe distrust for our elected men and women. democrat or republican i think most of them are assholes. [although, in my book, the neo-conservatives currently hold the trophy for being the biggest, fattest, lying pricks] that being said i am very susceptible to evidence of more lies coming from the current administration.
internet research is a wonderful thing as it has helped me put certain fears to rest.
claim: the pentagon could not have been struck by a jetliner as there is little to no debris:
The size of debris from a jetliner crash is highly dependent on the nature of the crash. Whereas a plane that skids and bounces on the ground will likely survive in one or more large pieces, one that flies directly into the ground will not
http://www.sandia.gov/news/resources/video-gallery/index.html#rocketsled
examples of crashes of jetliners and cargo jets that left almost no recognizable debris
http://www.airdisaster.com/photos/eagle4184/photo.shtml
http://www.airdisaster.com/photos/vj592/2.shtml
http://www.airdisaster.com/photos/thyceylon/photo.shtml
http://www.airdisaster.com/photos/cubana42/2.shtml
http://www.airdisaster.com/photos/ib610/photo.shtml
http://www.airdisaster.com/photos/am498/2.shtml
claim: controlled demolition style explosions brought the wtc towers to the ground:
Mechanics of Progressive Collapse: Learning from World Trade Center and Building Demolitions
http://www.civil.northwestern.edu/people/bazant/PDFs/Papers/466.pdf
and last but not least, it also helps that the writer/director of the documentary knows he is full of shit and admits it publicly:
on Hardfire, a local NYC cable program, Dylan Avery stated that: "I would be the first to admit that our film definitely contained errors, it still does contain some dubious claims, and it does come to some conclusions that are not 100% backed up by the facts."
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4375097979996629155
gods be good - i still cannot sleep, but at least i have one less issue on my brain.
i have recently watched a documentary which clams the september 11th attacks on dc and nyc were planned, orchestrated, and covered-up by the us government. now, i already hold a severe distrust for our elected men and women. democrat or republican i think most of them are assholes. [although, in my book, the neo-conservatives currently hold the trophy for being the biggest, fattest, lying pricks] that being said i am very susceptible to evidence of more lies coming from the current administration.
internet research is a wonderful thing as it has helped me put certain fears to rest.
claim: the pentagon could not have been struck by a jetliner as there is little to no debris:
The size of debris from a jetliner crash is highly dependent on the nature of the crash. Whereas a plane that skids and bounces on the ground will likely survive in one or more large pieces, one that flies directly into the ground will not
http://www.sandia.gov/news/resources/video-gallery/index.html#rocketsled
examples of crashes of jetliners and cargo jets that left almost no recognizable debris
http://www.airdisaster.com/photos/eagle4184/photo.shtml
http://www.airdisaster.com/photos/vj592/2.shtml
http://www.airdisaster.com/photos/thyceylon/photo.shtml
http://www.airdisaster.com/photos/cubana42/2.shtml
http://www.airdisaster.com/photos/ib610/photo.shtml
http://www.airdisaster.com/photos/am498/2.shtml
claim: controlled demolition style explosions brought the wtc towers to the ground:
Mechanics of Progressive Collapse: Learning from World Trade Center and Building Demolitions
http://www.civil.northwestern.edu/people/bazant/PDFs/Papers/466.pdf
and last but not least, it also helps that the writer/director of the documentary knows he is full of shit and admits it publicly:
on Hardfire, a local NYC cable program, Dylan Avery stated that: "I would be the first to admit that our film definitely contained errors, it still does contain some dubious claims, and it does come to some conclusions that are not 100% backed up by the facts."
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4375097979996629155
gods be good - i still cannot sleep, but at least i have one less issue on my brain.