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What happened at the highest levels of the U.S. government on that day, compiled from multiple informants who were with the President, and many of the most important political figures of the day. The article is lavishly illustrated with photographs taken of the President and his party as the tragedy unfolded.
I regard this essay as historical writing of the highest quality: [^]. imho, it is not an essay that "pushes" any political agenda, or casts hindsight's judgement on those it covers. If anything, I think it corrects certain common beliefs based on rumor (and the usual distortions of history perpetrated for political purposes).
«There is a spectrum, from "clearly desirable behaviour," to "possibly dodgy behavior that still makes some sense," to "clearly undesirable behavior." We try to make the latter into warnings or, better, errors. But stuff that is in the middle category you don’t want to restrict unless there is a clear way to work around it.» Eric Lippert, May 14, 2008
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Thank you; that was an exceptionally worthwhile read.
"There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies and statistics."
- Benjamin Disraeli
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Good link. Thank you
Charlie Gilley
<italic>Stuck in a dysfunctional matrix from which I must escape...
"Where liberty dwells, there is my country." B. Franklin, 1783
“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
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I think "compelling" was a bit of an understatement; an absolutely riveting read.
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Similar to Ted Bundy or other psychopaths, George Bush displayed a goofy, detached quality. Feigning surprise, and expressing faux regret at "what happened"
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Can someone get Griff to page the nurse?
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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I think he already did[^]
M.D.V. 
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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This members account has been disabled. Could his spam be deleted in the various forums, especially here?
modified 12-Sep-16 12:26pm.
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I find it terrifying that it's 15 years since that awful day that Gavin Macmahon lost his life. That day, Gav's parents had decided to journey out of New York while their son went to work. They had travelled from Chester le Street to spend time with their son. Today, I grieve for their loss.
RIP Gav, and everyone else who lost their lives as the result of the attacks that day.
This space for rent
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I remember sitting in the project office in Budapest. One of the Hungarian's was just checking the news and he said "F*** ... no ..." and gestured us all over. Eight of us, if I recall, stood there reading the news.
Later that evening we went to for a checkup for Mrs Wife and it was confirmed she was pregnant with our first. That night we sat up watching BBC World, not knowing what to make of it. ![Rose | [Rose]](https://codeproject.global.ssl.fastly.net/script/Forums/Images/rose.gif)
veni bibi saltavi
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Vilmos, that sounds horribly familiar. The first Gulf War began just days after we found out my wife was pregnant with our daughter. 'Mrs Wife' was largely oblivious, however, since she was thoroughly preoccupied with morning sickness and trying very hard not have her upper gastrointestinal tract invert itself.
Software Zen: delete this;
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At the time I wondered what kind of world we were going to bring this child into. Not as bad as we feared but worse than we dreamed.
veni bibi saltavi
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I know how you feel , we were in a tiny little country bar in Brittany having spent all day on a motorbike to get there and the little old lady who was serving us had very little English but kept saying "terrible m'sieu terrorist 50000" we eventually got to our house and watched it all on the news, it was like watching a film I couldn't believe it was true.
We can’t stop here, this is bat country - Hunter S Thompson RIP
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That day must count as one of the worst for civilized people everywhere.
![Rose | [Rose]](https://www.codeproject.com/script/Forums/Images/rose.gif)
Get me coffee and no one gets hurt!
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It's unbelievavle how stupid some people are.
We can’t stop here, this is bat country - Hunter S Thompson RIP
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Unfortunately it is becoming more and more believable. I suspect these oiks were lucky that the policeman got to them first.
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That day is one off very few days that I (and probably a lot off people) still remember like it was yesterday.
Tom
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That terrible day sticks in my mind like the day JFK was killed.
I was at my last full-time job as a programmer at WildTangent in Redmond, WA; I did not watch teevee or listen to the radio at home after waking and morning meditation, so, when I arrived at work by bicycle about 8:30AM PST, knowing nothing about the unfolding tragedy, the North Tower had fallen; people at WT were wandering around looking dazed or frightened. I asked someone what happened, and heard the news.
There was a kind of collective awareness that seemed almost "tangible" that nothing would ever the same, again.
«There is a spectrum, from "clearly desirable behaviour," to "possibly dodgy behavior that still makes some sense," to "clearly undesirable behavior." We try to make the latter into warnings or, better, errors. But stuff that is in the middle category you don’t want to restrict unless there is a clear way to work around it.» Eric Lippert, May 14, 2008
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I was in school at the time, and shortly after the attacks the district shut everything down and sent everyone home for the rest of the day.
What do you get when you cross a joke with a rhetorical question?
The metaphorical solid rear-end expulsions have impacted the metaphorical motorized bladed rotating air movement mechanism.
Do questions with multiple question marks annoy you???
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I got home from the school run this morning and I was really hungry but didn't want anything that was in the kitchen except ...
... smallest had a classmate over yesterday and we made fank [or dog-nuts as some will call them], and I forgot there was still half a dozen 2 left over. There's my elevenses sorted, now what about lunch?
veni bibi saltavi
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You mean the omen given by trying to read a post lacking even a single complete sentence?
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