I hate to say this, but despite the tragedy of Black Tuesday, many people in this country are still in a lah-dee-dah, "It can't happen here!" mindset. Well, friends, it just has. (OOPS! upside the head) Wakey-wakey! We've just had a major warning...and many are not heeding it. And the ones who do and try to do something about it are being branded as 'alarmist'. As they always have. For the Biblically minded of you, I refer you to the story of Jeremiah. And for the classically minded, look up Cassandra. And what happened to the people of Troy when they pooh-poohed her.

I suppose it is a stupid question but dang, my family do live in a city that is probably the next terr. attack.

Do we just be upfront with doc and say, dang, doc, aint be surprise if it shd happen so please write me a permission?

My friend says he thinks it will only be for a while. I wish I could slap his face. But, being a pacfist, I did not.

Our lives are forever changed.

It is only matter of time as to when the second wave of terror will come upon our shore. Our government's left hand does not know what its' right hand are doing. We are screwed big time when the government have spend 50 billion$ on drug war and just 300 million$ on bioterrorism defense. It only takes two boys who is already probably here with the supply and a private plane.

I am aware that most of us know it will happen but we want to know when.. Kapt. says six months to a year. I feel it is more like two to 4 years. I am a carpenter and man, I can see the slowdown in Denver big time.

It is not God bless America. It is more like May God have mercy on America.

If I do die, I will die as a freedom fighter and I will see each of you again one day.

All we need is peace, forgivness and Love. Strange words coming out of a mouth of a freedom fighter. But it is all I strive for.

I put nothing past these terrorists (in the true sense of the word).

Everyday a new threat, everyday a new crisis, everyday a new worry.

I'll have to chance it,by staying here in the LA metro area for the next
6 months to a year,,I'll still be on guard after the year is up,because
out here in the western megalopolis,we are always dealing with the
threat of earthquakes,automotive crash and burns,,wrong-house SWAT
team drug raid killings,,or perhaps winning the lottery,and dying in the
back of a limo,after being strangled by a deranged crack-whore.And now
I gotta start worrying about your western wind theory...so I guess I'll
be dead by the time my cousin,Julian,in Arizona,,notices his hamster
"Fluffer",is going into spasms..

...sorry about the cheap fun,,,but seriously,,it is wise to try and be
somewhat prepared for such a catastrophy,but if it ever actually came
to pass,,,,,,,(,the remainder of this post gets quite grissly...turn the page
now if you are sensitive to graphicly macabre material,,,what follows
aint pretty.),,,,,

,many survivors may wish they were not still exsisting in their
nightmare of a partially nerve damaged body,,rummaging through peoples
houses,looking for untainted water and food,,,hoping you dont stumble
upon any corpses you recognize,or those you once knew.....scavenging about
familiar places,,learning to ignore the moans,,and getting used to the numb
avoidance of the twitching bodies of those who are not quite dead yet..
wondering how long it will be before you get to that stage,,,but the
strangest thing,,is that you seem to feel fine,physicly,,,and you start
coming across other people,who have a mysterious immunity to the
bio-terror poison,,,turns out that,,anyone who has ever smoked,or
consumed Marijuana,has been made immune due to a certain bio-micro
nubbin germ,that is present in THC....It would still be hellish,,and there
would be alot of old friends,and relatives,,that you would be thinkin';"I wish they would have tried Marijuana".......

.....well,,,I guess I've wandered far enough into the Twilite Zone,,of the Outer Limits.....

cant really explain why,,or how I come up with this crap,,,I guess it's a reaction/release/response,to these strange new times.

See your doctor and ask for some really high powered antibiotics like Keflex or Erythromycin. The most likely bioweapon of choice of a terr would be anthrax; if people around you start getting sick with flu-like symptoms en masse and you start getting sick, take those antibiotics immediately. Anthrax works fast and can kill you in 3 days if you don't.

For disaster preparedness info, I suggest:

http://www.theepicenter.com/

and here's why we should worry:

How dangerous is Russia's bio-warfare industry?
http://www.aerotechnews.com/starc/2000/032400/Russian_Biowarfare.html

and remember: the Russians can't account for 20 'satchel nukes'; do you think they know where all their bugs are right now?

"Be gentle as a dove and wary as a serpent."

We must try not to waste any of that little time being afraid or worried.

"Fear not, for I am with you."

"Do not be anxious, but pray about everything."

"Mercy is greater than justice."

...Maybe the better stock tip,or new business venture,,would be to come up with a full line of airline foods that are in the form of a sauce,,,you know,,like little containers that you can consume thru a straw,,,"Would you like the chicken cordon bleu sauce,,or the beef wellington puree",,,,everything would be the consistancy of applesauce,thus eliminating the need for any objects of terror,,,,but I guess that wouldnt last,,,some one would try to hijack a plane while holding a straw to the neck of a stewardess,,,and then we would have to call that JuiceMan guy,and come out with a new line of tasty "Meat Juice" entrees,,,with Salad Juice,,,and Apple Cobbler juice,,,,,,,perhaps then we could outsmart these terrorists!

I'm gonna be working hard for the next couple of months though,,due to dental problems...
By the time he's done with me,my dentist will have enough for a new Mercedes.

Peace

"another stock tip is in the plastic,no-stab ,silverware industry...If you could design and market a useless dull,and non-threatening eating utensil"

Get in on sporks- you know those combo spoon fork things! And not the brittle ones that you can snap in half and create pointy stabbing bit with- I'm talking about those bendy ones that really aren't good for much except fooning.

Bulls eye,,,,I couldnt agree more!

another stock tip is in the plastic,no-stab ,silverware industry...If you could design and market a useless dull,and non-threatening eating utensil,and sell it under some sort of brand name,,like;"Cant-Cutt",,,or;
"Wont-Stab",,,or maybe;"Terror-B-Gone",,,and get in on the ground floor of the anti-terror utensil game,,,then you could probably get a million bucks or so...your share of the billions that have been tossed about in the new era of the "blank check" solution to fight terror!

Presidunt Bush is an IDIOT!...no amount of bombs or terrorism could make me "rally" around this dunce!

FoM, I hope you don't mind providing mainstream links here but I think it is important to point out that cannabis users and growers are probably not responsible for hate crimes.

Bush just announced women with slit throats on airlines? I guess he let something slip about what happened on those flights?

As a russian analyst commented , while the rhetoric is definitely aimed at generating support for a prolonged military campaign, even nailing Bin Laden is out of the question in terms of a solution. His point was, the cause remains and the fact of an organized response from the states will not change that at all.

So folks, what has changed in this world this week? The US was vulnerable to an insane mass murder attack by suicidal fanatics. Will this change if the US wipes out Islam, Colombia and Mexico? Well, we'll get to find out as everyone and their aunt gets tied in to the
"vast network of evil" which will be the target for the short and medium future.

Take it from a Chem Corps grunt that radiation of any sort, ionizing (as this latest toy uses) or non-ionizing (like your microwave nuker) is nothing you want a steady diet of. It's effects are cumulative. For example, the reason why tobacco smokers get cancer is because the leaf contains a polonium isotope. Put there by all the various industrial strength chemicals used to grow it. (And it is also why cannanbists don't get cancer; no polonium containing additives or grow solutions.)

With every inhalation, you are giving yourself a 'low dose' of alphagens. Over a period of years, that builds up...and does not stop radiating, either. Like continually giving yourself low dose X-Ray exams.