Why no Cannons on Police Helicopters?

Stephen Harding wrote in news:408d9b76@news-
1.oit.umass.edu:


Of course the WTC cost $billions and after the fact, even a modest
application of better security would have more than paid for
itself.

Just some decent border security would have helped.
IIRC,some of those 9-11 guys had overstayed their visas.


--
Jim Yanik
jyanik-at-kua.net

Jim Yanik wrote:

Stephen Harding wrote in news:408d9b76@news-
1.oit.umass.edu:


Of course the WTC cost $billions and after the fact, even a modest
application of better security would have more than paid for
itself.

Just some decent border security would have helped.
IIRC,some of those 9-11 guys had overstayed their visas.

Overstayed?, I guess so...wasn't it Atta who was sent a renewal
request for some visa related papers several weeks after 911? (or
was someone jerking chains?).

I for one think it's a God damned shame that we need to change
from the innocent life that we led a few years ago to one filled
with suspicion, security checks, wandings, shoe inspections and
similar personal intrusions just to pay for some religious
zealots beliefs.

I certainly have nothing against what some people want to believe
UNTIL IT IMPACTS ME and MINE. You don't like freedom?...then stay
out of free countries. Certainly don't cry when you get your
fingers slapped for forcing your views on others thousands of
miles away.
--

-Gord.

"Gord Beaman" ) wrote in
:

Jim Yanik wrote:

Stephen Harding wrote in news:408d9b76@news-
1.oit.umass.edu:


Of course the WTC cost $billions and after the fact, even a modest
application of better security would have more than paid for
itself.

Just some decent border security would have helped.
IIRC,some of those 9-11 guys had overstayed their visas.

Overstayed?, I guess so...wasn't it Atta who was sent a renewal
request for some visa related papers several weeks after 911? (or
was someone jerking chains?).

I for one think it's a God damned shame that we need to change
from the innocent life that we led a few years ago to one filled
with suspicion, security checks, wandings, shoe inspections and
similar personal intrusions just to pay for some religious
zealots beliefs.

I certainly have nothing against what some people want to believe
UNTIL IT IMPACTS ME and MINE. You don't like freedom?...then stay
out of free countries. Certainly don't cry when you get your
fingers slapped for forcing your views on others thousands of
miles away.
--

-Gord.


Well,we now know that 9-11 was not the first attack on the US,there was the
first WTC bombing,two US embassies bombed,the Khobar Towers bombing,and the
USS Cole bombing.

Albert Einstein once wrote that "the world is a dangerous place to live,
not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don't
do anything about it."

I guess we know where you stand.

--
Jim Yanik
jyanik-at-kua.net

Jim Yanik wrote:


Albert Einstein once wrote that "the world is a dangerous place to live,
not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don't
do anything about it."

I guess we know where you stand.

....aaaand I agree with him, lessee now, if I read you right
you're ****ed that I'm not over there with rifle in hand right
now, right?...well, here's my excuse, I'm 70 years old, half
blind with glaucoma, on oxygen from emphysema, half deaf with
aircraft engine noise...now then...let's turn our attention to
you for a moment...

--

-Gord.

"Gord Beaman" ) wrote in
:

Jim Yanik wrote:


Albert Einstein once wrote that "the world is a dangerous place to
live, not because of the people who are evil, but because of the
people who don't do anything about it."

I guess we know where you stand.

...aaaand I agree with him, lessee now, if I read you right
you're ****ed that I'm not over there with rifle in hand right
now, right?

As usual,you're off the mark.


I'm 51.5 yrs old. (3.5 yrs in the USAF back in early 1970's.RIF for the
last .5 yr.)
--
Jim Yanik
jyanik-at-kua.net

Jim Yanik wrote:

"Gord Beaman" wrote:

Jim Yanik wrote:


Albert Einstein once wrote that "the world is a dangerous place to
live, not because of the people who are evil, but because of the
people who don't do anything about it."

I guess we know where you stand.

...aaaand I agree with him, lessee now, if I read you right
you're ****ed that I'm not over there with rifle in hand right
now, right?

As usual,you're off the mark.

Oh...I see...well your one-liner could certainly be taken as an
accusation, but if it wasn't meant as one then it's likely that a
better response would have been "No, you misunderstood me, sorry"
rather than the accusation that you made.

I'm 51.5 yrs old. (3.5 yrs in the USAF back in early 1970's.RIF for the
last .5 yr.)

I forgot to mention that I served in Canada's Armed Forces for 26
years.
--

-Gord.

From: "Gord Beaman" )

I forgot to mention that I served in Canada's Armed Forces for 26
years.
--

-Gord.

Gord, you should have joined our Air Force. I spent my last 14 years in
Florida. Nothing like a warm flightline most of the year. Ok, so we get down to
the 20s a few days a year, but we can't have it TOO easy. Y'see, it's a tad
chilly way up there where you are.

Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired

In message , Jim Yanik
writes
"Gord Beaman" ) wrote in
:
I certainly have nothing against what some people want to believe
UNTIL IT IMPACTS ME and MINE. You don't like freedom?...then stay
out of free countries. Certainly don't cry when you get your
fingers slapped for forcing your views on others thousands of
miles away.

Well,we now know that 9-11 was not the first attack on the US,there was the
first WTC bombing,two US embassies bombed,

You have embassies in your own country? Embassies are established
overseas.

the Khobar Towers bombing,

The Khobar Towers were in Saudi Arabia.

and the
USS Cole bombing.

The USS COLE was attacked in the Yemen.


As a firearms enthusiast, Jim, you might be familiar with the phrase
"going off half-cocked".

--
When you have to kill a man, it costs nothing to be polite.
W S Churchill

Paul J. Adam MainBoxatjrwlynch[dot]demon{dot}co(.)uk

From: "Paul J. Adam"


As a firearms enthusiast, Jim, you might be familiar with the phrase
"going off half-cocked".


Paul, that term comes from having an accident while stuffing one's side arm
into the front waist of one's pants.

Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired

In message , B2431
writes
From: "Paul J. Adam"
As a firearms enthusiast, Jim, you might be familiar with the phrase
"going off half-cocked".

Paul, that term comes from having an accident while stuffing one's side arm
into the front waist of one's pants.

Sorry, Dan, but it dates back to the flintlock days: back when you'd
half-cock your firelock so you could charge the pan, and a
fumble-fingered soldier or one cursed with a badly-made weapon
(remember, this was before mass production and interchangeable parts)
could discharge his weapon at an inopportune moment.

And whether you call the relevant garment pants, shorts or trousers, I
was only sticking a loaded and ready firearm in there if there was a
proper holster ready to receive it

--
When you have to kill a man, it costs nothing to be polite.
W S Churchill

Paul J. Adam MainBoxatjrwlynch[dot]demon{dot}co(.)uk