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Hissyspit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-28-08 05:20 AM Original message |
Flight 93 Families Ask Bush to OK Land Seizure |
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benh57 (101 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-28-08 05:42 AM Response to Original message |
1. What a waste of taxpayer money |
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cabluedem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-28-08 05:48 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Its part of the highway memorial thing. You dont just bury people, you mark where they died. Oh vey |
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awoke_in_2003 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-28-08 10:04 AM Response to Reply #2 |
18. And you need... |
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cabluedem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-28-08 01:29 PM Response to Reply #18 |
29. Seems like a memorial to flt 93 could be placed at one of the other crash sites. More could visit . |
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Billy Burnett (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-28-08 02:07 PM Response to Reply #29 |
34. It should be at the GW Bush library site! |
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awoke_in_2003 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-28-08 02:16 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. Since all presidential records... |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-28-08 06:07 PM Response to Reply #34 |
39. What a good point. |
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PassingFair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-29-08 01:11 PM Response to Reply #34 |
62. I think I'll submit a design with planes flying into the library. |
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orleans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-30-08 05:19 AM Response to Reply #34 |
67. i'd recommend your response if i could. n/t |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-29-08 10:23 AM Response to Reply #18 |
58. there were a lot of people on that flight...that's going to mean A LOT of moldy teddy bears... |
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Milspec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-28-08 02:17 PM Response to Reply #1 |
36. Whats wrong with a nice dignified memorial |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-28-08 05:52 AM Response to Original message |
3. Ridiculous. So is the insanely expensive shrine in Manhattan. |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-28-08 12:01 PM Response to Reply #3 |
27. Because we MUST remind the people to be scared at all times |
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newfie11 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-28-08 05:59 AM Response to Original message |
4. I am very sorry for the loss of the people on flight 93 |
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caraher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-28-08 09:33 AM Response to Reply #4 |
15. math check |
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newfie11 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-28-08 10:11 AM Response to Reply #15 |
19. DUH!! You are right. Thanks. n/t |
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DS1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-28-08 06:16 AM Response to Original message |
5. Hint: If someone asks Bush to something for the good of the people |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-29-08 10:08 AM Response to Reply #5 |
54. the good of the people? |
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DS1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-29-08 10:17 AM Response to Reply #54 |
56. I didn't say it was, that's the argument used in their request to him |
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rpannier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-28-08 06:56 AM Response to Original message |
6. 2200 acres? |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-28-08 07:00 AM Response to Reply #6 |
7. yeah, that's almost four square miles |
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glowing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-28-08 09:35 AM Response to Reply #6 |
16. 2200 acres.. enough land for the parking lot, the road to the memorial enlarged, |
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rpannier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-29-08 05:48 AM Response to Reply #16 |
47. I'm wondering if they also have planned a simulated flight in the area |
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riverdeep (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-29-08 09:56 PM Response to Reply #16 |
63. You know modern America. |
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alphafemale (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-28-08 07:27 AM Response to Original message |
8. 2,200 acres? That makes absolutely no sense. |
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peace13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-28-08 07:39 AM Response to Original message |
9. If they want to honor these people,,, |
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midnight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-28-08 09:29 AM Response to Reply #9 |
14. Amen! |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-28-08 11:57 AM Response to Reply #9 |
24. Indeed. They're fighting the wrong fight, imho |
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mountainvue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-28-08 02:06 PM Response to Reply #9 |
33. Amen. n/t |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-29-08 07:04 AM Response to Reply #9 |
48. Please identify the parts available in the following: |
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riverdeep (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-29-08 09:59 PM Response to Reply #9 |
64. Best response yet. |
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Chulanowa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-28-08 08:49 AM Response to Original message |
10. That's ridiculous |
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frylock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-28-08 01:29 PM Response to Reply #10 |
28. it's going to be a memorial/amusement park.. |
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onehandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-28-08 09:10 AM Response to Original message |
11. Raise money from 9/11 fetishists. Buy the land. Build it with a private foundation. |
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RCinBrooklyn (421 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-28-08 07:41 PM Response to Reply #11 |
46. Totally Agree. This is not National Park Service worthy. |
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msanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-28-08 09:15 AM Response to Original message |
12. NPS can eminent domain it. But they'd have to pony up the cash..... |
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SoxFan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-28-08 11:34 AM Response to Reply #12 |
22. Eminent Domain proceedings are a huge pain in the ass |
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bowens43 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-28-08 09:23 AM Response to Original message |
13. So if your relative dies violently, you should be able to sieze the land where it happened? |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-28-08 11:58 AM Response to Reply #13 |
25. Good point. nt |
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cabluedem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-28-08 01:37 PM Response to Reply #13 |
30. We should also cordon of the ocean locations where people die violently, with bouys. nt |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-29-08 10:12 AM Response to Reply #13 |
55. but...but...they were HEROES. |
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kath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-29-08 01:00 PM Response to Reply #13 |
61. Exactly - my sister-in-law was murdered in front of her two young children, and there's no |
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Wizard777 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-28-08 09:44 AM Response to Original message |
17. How appropriate. Hijacking land for a memorial to a hijacked plane, |
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zeemike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-28-08 10:21 AM Response to Original message |
20. There is probably more going on here than we know |
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riverdeep (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-29-08 10:35 PM Response to Reply #20 |
65. I think they'll sell, but are holding out for the highest price. |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-28-08 11:25 AM Response to Original message |
21. The best way to honor those who died on 9/11: |
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poppysgal (272 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-28-08 11:40 AM Response to Original message |
23. This is sad |
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Mnpaul (754 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-28-08 11:59 AM Response to Original message |
26. If you want to seize private land at below market rates, |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-28-08 01:40 PM Response to Original message |
31. Except for the firefighters and police, 911 victims were not heroes. They simply went to |
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Vinca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-28-08 01:49 PM Response to Original message |
32. This is like a great, big, inflated memorial by the side of the road. |
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hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-28-08 07:32 PM Response to Reply #32 |
44. That's what it is now, an oversized roadside memorial. |
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fed_up_mother (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-28-08 02:27 PM Response to Original message |
37. Two thousand, two hundred acres? How much land does it take to memorialize? |
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xxqqqzme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-28-08 02:48 PM Response to Reply #37 |
38. That's 50 acres per person |
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jmowreader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-28-08 07:23 PM Response to Reply #38 |
43. Fifty acres? Man... |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-28-08 06:11 PM Response to Original message |
40. So, this is pretty much a way to twist the land owners' arm |
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hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-28-08 06:36 PM Response to Original message |
41. In fifty years it would be a sad forgotten place. |
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jmowreader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-28-08 07:19 PM Response to Original message |
42. Only 2200 acres? Why not 2974 acres? |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-29-08 07:09 AM Response to Reply #42 |
49. Do you have issues with cheese factories? eom |
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jmowreader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-29-08 08:03 AM Response to Reply #49 |
51. I was going to say a Walmart... |
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RCinBrooklyn (421 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-28-08 07:38 PM Response to Original message |
45. Those families got millions - let them buy it. |
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fasttense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-29-08 07:57 AM Response to Original message |
50. So what exactly is Svonavec Inc.? |
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Blue Diadem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-29-08 08:33 AM Response to Reply #50 |
52. It's a quarry company. n/t |
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Blue Diadem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-29-08 08:43 AM Response to Original message |
53. Here's another article explaining more. It says the land was already strip mined for coal |
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canetoad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-29-08 10:18 AM Response to Original message |
57. And over 4,000 US soldiers |
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Spectral Music (349 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-29-08 11:35 AM Response to Original message |
59. The families want Bush to seize private property? |
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marshall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-29-08 11:57 AM Response to Original message |
60. That's like taking all of downtown OK City for that memorial site |
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riverdeep (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-29-08 10:43 PM Response to Original message |
66. I just have two questions. |
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