I'm feeling kind of anxious
 

Leading up to the 10th anniversary, there is a great increase in the media coverage of 911. I didn't think it would affect me, but I have to admit that I'm feeling some anxiety. Now there's a credible threat for the weekend.

We like to over do things in this country. While this may not be a popular opinion I can't wait until this is over. I think we should remember the past not dwell on it.

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You couldn't pay me to go to NY or Washington this weekend. Any attack that slips through is likely to be bush league but they know they'll get the full media spotlight.

I haven't consolidated my feelings about the commemoration. I got too caught up in arguing against the pro-war hysterics to put the attack in the proper perspective.

If you had to go to the (distant) family reunion I have to go to, you'd welcome some sort of attack.

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Just terrible.

Really, I think it should be a day to celebrate being alive and free...with close family and friends. Watching football. Drinking beer. Whatever makes you happy (besides implementing terrorist attacks or shooting things...if that's your thrill.) My brother will be in freaking CO getting a prestigious award for his industry. I know we should move on and move past but for pete's sake it's the 10 anniversary of something that had tremendous impact on all our lives.

I'd rather my brother weren't flying around the country. I'd rather he be home with his family. You know. Just in case. There aren't always second chances. :mad:

Another attack is just what we need. {sarcasm}

Earthquake, hurricane, record rainfall and flash flooding. Oh, and hey, did you guys hear about the crane that was trying to remove earthquake debris from the national cathedral, in time for the 9/11 memorial services on Sunday? And since they were in such a rush, they were doing crane work during one of these thunderstorms this week. And the huge crane flipped over, smashing into some of the other buildings on the cathedral grounds.

Only if you watch.

That's why they call it "paying attention". You can just simply decline to pay. Literally don't buy it.

All those trees that blew down in the completely uninhabited forest... how much sleep did you lose over that?

I saw what you did thare. :eyebrow:

Yeah, but there's not much you can do about any of that, seeing how God is just really mad at all y'all. No amount of TSA groping will keep you sinners from the wrath of God.

;)

wow glatt..

They dropped that crane into the narrow lane of the empty parking lot and nicked the building at the end/top?

I'm glad it wasn't worse and it could have been a LOT worse. We had a crane accident here a couple years ago and the crane collapsed into the building and killed a resident in the building, sitting in his living room. Not to mention the damage to the main structure. you posted a really impressive picture IotD material... yikes.

Oh, and the Cathedral was built on ancient Indian Burial grounds, too.

That's a little how I feel about it.

I keep looking around for a proper place to talk about the flooding and rain, but that topic seems to be spread out over half a dozen threads, so I'll post this here.

Hershey Park is flooded and closed this weekend. I was on this Super Dooper Looper just 2-3 weeks ago.

And I didn't go into this zoo part of Hershey Park, but these two bison ended up being shot before they could drown. The Park couldn't get to them in time to save them, so they shot them.

Those buffalo were fornicators!

uh, grammar nazi alert.

them buffalo were fucked, not fuckers.

sad to say.

I'm wondering if shooting was really the humane thing to do. Might there not have been some unforeseen chance for them to survive the flood? Im mean, bison can swim. Of course, I don't know the details, but shooting just seems so final.

Actually, eating them is final.

Death is final.

Almost always.

No, eating dead things is final. We discussed that.

Death is my bread and danger is my butter...wait, that's not right. Danger is my bread...that's not it either. Death and Danger are my various breads and various butters.
[/paraphrasewhat'suptigerlily]

I imagine the zoo keepers did not expect to be shooting the animals they have been taking care of. But when I did go there a couple years ago, the zoo was a dump. Hershey Park is great, but they should close the zoo, it's not up to par IMHO.

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Coyote deniers.

NYT

Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg has come under attack by some religious and political leaders for not including clergy members as speakers at Sunday’s official ceremony at ground zero on the 10th anniversary of the attacks.

It is wrong to say the ceremony excludes prayer or clergy members, Mr. Loeser said. Chaplains for the Fire and Police Departments and the Port Authority police often attend, and “we think most people use those moments of silence for reflection and prayer,” he said.

Kudos to Mayor Bloomberg (R) for not letting religious nuts control the commemoration of the attack by religious nuts. Say Michael, do you have time to run for President?

off topic, but glatt's post reminded me of this. The first responders were not invited to the ceremony.
According to Bloomberg, it is focused on the victim's families. really? so because these people didn't die,
they don't get an invite?
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Maybe there wasn't room? There were 2000+ victims. If you figure only 1 family member for each victim, you're already at 2000+ people. Then you figure the VIPs are gonna go. That's like 600-700 people if Congress and key administration people go. So, maybe 3000 potential people? And add the first responders to that and you are up to what, 3500?

The cathedral seats 900 max. Unless you are talking about another ceremony.

I agree with classicman - they should only invite the people who died.

They had gone in the past. Did they change the location or something?

Could it be expense? The current climate could get Bloomberg raked over the coals if this thing turns out to be exceptionally expensive.

I don't know where to post this, so it goes here. We were discussing the earthquake a bit in this thread, so it seems appropriate.

Engineers are inspecting the Washington Monument today. I need to go outside and see if I can see anything. They are going to rappel down it inspecting each joint and stone for earthquake damage. I had no idea there was a trap door at the top. It's 555 feet tall, and this dude, while tied off inside, is just holding on to the corner.

So I borrowed that picture above from the web, but this one is my own. I wish I had brought my good camera to work today. In this cell phone shot you can see the little fly speck at the top. That's this dude.

How do you get that job, I wonder? Are you a stonemason who happens to enjoy rappelling? Or a ropes instructor who picked up a little home inspection skills on the side?

And why does he have to wear a hard hat? It's the people on the ground who should be wearing the hard hats. Is it to protect him if a bird poops on his head?

It's really cool. I'd love to see how they get up to that trap door.

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Wondering if congress will fight over the cost of this as well. sigh

Glatt, if you were holding that camera level, the monument has bigger problems than a few cracks!

I think they should knock it down and put up a Starbucks.

Good Morning America had a segment on that today, one of the people going to the top is a young female stonemason/engineer. She seemed quite knowledgeable. Just glad ole stiffy Bill Clinton is getting repaired....

I looks like it's covered in fake stone wallpaper

Oh you're right, it does look like fake stone wallpaper!

I know because I have fake stone wallpaper on a small wall. Hey, it was here when I moved in, and I'm the world's best procrastinator.