O.k. this one is from the Washington Post, via AMERICAblog:
The Washington Post today told us that the Secretary of Defense okayed shooting down the Cessna that was flying over DC a couple weeks ago. Apparently, the pilots were seconds away from shooting down the plane -- which was flying over D.C. neighborhoods -- which means the missiles and the plane would have fallen over D.C. neighborhoods -- and the mayor of DC didn't even know this was happening.
So, it appears the newest threat we face in DC isn't terrorists. It's stupid pilots who give Rummy's guys a chance to test out their missiles over DC. If the missiles miss, where do they end up? And, if the plane is hit, where does the debris go? How far is the debris field?
I wonder if the knuckleheads at the Pentagon have thought this through. Probably not. Residents of DC don't matter:
"The authority to authorize a shoot down of a civilian aircraft is delegated to a very, very small number of senior civilian and military officials," Swiergosz said. "It is well rehearsed. There is nothing ad hoc about it. . . . At the end of the day, we are going to safeguard the capital, and they are not going to get to their target."
Um, no, "they" (whoever they are) won't get "their target" because it will most likely be some nitwit lost pilot who doesn't have a target...but they will potentially wipe out a DC neighborhood. Hmmm. I feel safe now.
Also, I saw the idiot pilot yesterday on the Today Show. What a moron. He wants his pilot's license back. No. He's too stupid. He scared the crap out of a lot of people and could have caused a lot more death and destruction.
O.k., so think this one through, people. The Only Preznit We Have was out riding his bike. Had NO idea what was happening. His "second in command," Puppetmaster Cheney, was hurriedly evacuated, as were many others in the administration.
And Rumsfeld gave the shoot-to-kill order.
Who's running the country? And why is it ALWAYS someone we DIDN'T elect?
Let's go one better. Washington D.C. is a "no fly zone". Planes can't fly over it without being shot down like ducks in season. This is because we were attacked by big scary guys in planes once and so planes are, obviously, the enemy. Because they were used to hurt us once before.
Does that mean that Washington D.C. is a "no fertilizer zone"? Because, if I recall correctly, the explosives used in the first World Trade Center bombing years ago were made from fertilizer.
And then there's guns. Lots and lots of guns. Scary things, guns. Guns have been used in our nation's capital before. They killed Kennedy with one. They shot Reagan with another. President Ford was threatened by at least one insane woman with a gun. Possibly two.
So is Washington D.C. a "no gun zone"? And if not, WHY not? After all, we want to be safe, don't we? I mean, Safety Uber Alles, right?
Obviously, if nothing else, Washington D.C. is NOT a "fertilizer free zone" because if you took the shit out of the Capital, the place would cease to exist.
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