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FailureToCommunicate

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30. I had two good friends killed that day. I take issue with your notion that our fears are
Mon May 25, 2015, 11:34 PM
May 2015

Last edited Tue May 26, 2015, 09:58 PM - Edit history (1)

all in our heads, concocted by a malevolent media.

Your premise falls particularly flat on this day of memorial to all those who served...and paid with their lives.

Unless I am missing something, what good is a jet escort going to do against a threat Hoppy May 2015 #1
It's not there to stop a threat inside the plane. NuclearDem May 2015 #3
Again, it was reported as a chemical weapons threat INSIDE the plane. Hoppy May 2015 #4
I think the fighters... CherokeeDem May 2015 #5
We have a winner. NuclearDem May 2015 #7
Yep. I think you're right. I remember reading that on 9/11 the Pennsylvania flight was going to be okaawhatever May 2015 #8
Frightening.... CherokeeDem May 2015 #10
Not really Jesus Malverde May 2015 #19
It is frightening.... CherokeeDem May 2015 #21
Thirty years after the discovery of HIV, the 1980s scaremongering still causes harm Jesus Malverde May 2015 #23
So apprecitive of the material.... CherokeeDem May 2015 #26
Clearly a lecture was needed Jesus Malverde May 2015 #27
I confused nothing.... CherokeeDem May 2015 #31
I like to pretend I know who needs lectures too. LanternWaste May 2015 #34
The Confusing and At-Times Counterproductive 1980s Response to the AIDS Epidemic Jesus Malverde May 2015 #24
Agree AuntPatsy May 2015 #25
+1 n/t Joe Shlabotnik May 2015 #29
I had two good friends killed that day. I take issue with your notion that our fears are FailureToCommunicate May 2015 #30
Well said... CherokeeDem May 2015 #32
hOLY SHEET! There you are returning from a nice vacay in Paree and alluva sudden CTyankee May 2015 #2
Yes, yank, we woulda been!!! elleng May 2015 #6
Paris was so calm and beautiful... CTyankee May 2015 #12
Were you on that flight? mnhtnbb May 2015 #14
No. elleng and I were discussing a trip we took to Paris back in 2010... CTyankee May 2015 #15
My hubby's sister was on a flight from Spain to US on 9/11. They did a 180 mid-Atlantic mnhtnbb May 2015 #16
do they escort side by side or top and bottom? I'm confused... CTyankee May 2015 #17
the public is on the bottom olddots May 2015 #22
THAT'S what a Commander-In-Chief does! Aristus May 2015 #9
another example of Epic Failure by the NSA, it seems Demeter May 2015 #11
Whatdahelutalkinbout? NSA is doing just fine. They caught the Hoppy May 2015 #13
Ah, good ol' NORAD! Almost always there to defend and protect! Peace Patriot May 2015 #18
Like that time Cheney and Lynn were in command nostalgia from the bunker. Octafish May 2015 #35
Executive Decision bpj62 May 2015 #20
It's code red on Memorial Day Jesus Malverde May 2015 #28
I spent a very frustrating day yesterday trying to fly home from Italy dorkzilla May 2015 #33
Oh great. Mz Pip May 2015 #36
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