Posted on 10/07/2004 10:14:24 AM PDT by crushelits
going = doing
Mecca won't be vaporized by an act of the U.S. Government or its agents.
You gotta plan?
I concur whole heatedly.
Make that heartedly...
Perhaps I used the word "vaporized" too quickly.
It's fine by me if it's leveled with sticks, stones and bull-dozers. Hillary can sit on it, for all I care. Just so it's obliterated.
Islam flunked the 20th Century.
But by God, I predict people WILL take the law into their own hands if government fails in its duty to protect them, as "the people" ultimately have an absolute right and obligation to do in the face of governmental inaction and ineptitude.
One of the things I think we should be encouraging kids to do perhaps is to do what comes naturally to them; namely, explore their immediate surroundings and, in general, be curious about things, maybe even a little mischievous.
It's inconceivable to me that anyone could've successfully "hidden" weapons near the schools I went to and not been found out. Especially at nearby construction sites! Are you kidding? We combed every square inch of such sites after the workers went home, poked our noses into every nook and cranny, pried open doors, swung on ropes, crawled over every piece of equipment, looked under, around and within every interesting object on the site. If there had been weapons, we would've found them. Of course, we WERE trespassing, perhaps even causing some minor damage here and there . . . But better that than Beslan.
bookmarked to read later
It's been more than 3 years since we were brutally attacked on our own soil and they're *now* just getting around to this???
bump
I had contacted my son's high school after the Russian school tragedy and talked with the Asst. Vice Principal. I now contacted our Superintendent today and sent the article with the video to him. He returned my call, but I missed it here at work, so I'm waiting for another call back.
My letter to him and his Secretary (she was very interested in seeing it and the video):
Mr. Schmitt/Ms. Loof:
After the Russian school tragedy, and the last incidences of beheadings, I contacted North High's Asst. Principal to discuss security precautions at the High School where my son is a Junior.
I was pretty much given information about what they are currently doing, but felt it doesn't even come close to more carefully securing our campuses in Torrance. I had suggested that one or two gates could be manned as students file into the school grounds in the morning and that the students would have to show their student I.D.'s to the gatekeeper. Oh, well......that takes money and more staff to implement!! We can't do that!
I currently work for (large Aerospace Co.) and we have to swipe a badge to get into our buildings, and that's AFTER we drive past a guard shack where our badges are compared to our faces and are actually touched to make sure they are not cardboard, or faked.
The least we could start doing is checking student ID's at the gates to try and prevent a young looking terrorists from entering the campus undeterred with his backpack!!
OK....so, today I spoke with Jeff, the Site Security Supervisor at North High, and he was fairly patient about any ideas of mine, workable or otherwise. He basically said "get me about 10 more people" and maybe I can implement some of your plans.
One of my other ideas involved the fact that the school office is open to anyone from the outside and that it should be kept locked. Jeff claims that the placing of personnel in the front door to check people as they enter the office building is what they implemented a few years back and makes it somewhat safer. Well, it doesn't. The office is vulnerable, and so are the students, since the office empties out onto the campus.
I told "Jeff" that we have to open up dialogue, not discount ideas. He made it clear that anything different than what they are doing now would mean changing their schedules as it is currently. I replied "so what! If children are attacked in a Torrance school, you watch how quickly all the schools change their schedules!" He agreed, but he countered with "it seems in our society we don't act until we have to or after the fact." I told him "that's not acceptable."
I'd like to know when the next school board meeting occurs as I intend to start a dialogue as soon as possible. Parents are scared for our children. I can't be the only one. I'm sure you don't want to risk even one child for lack of manpower, funds, or the inconvenience of changing school schedules.
I believe it's just a matter of time before the schools become targets, and I believe you must agree with me.
Thank You.
(You can click on the link below for the short video imbedded in this e-mail).
Not the Mecca will be vaproized thingy again.
That won't happen, sorry, even if the US suffers a limited nuclear strike from Muslim terrorists.
"When you get stung by a hornet, and you notice you've got a hornets nest growing on your front porch, you don't wait until the swarm attacks. You destroy the hive before it gets even bigger."
Not doubt!
Great analogy too!
I hope you realize I was just being sarcastic in my reply.
I said I'd settle for kerosene and a match.
Now you're talking!
I was thinking that too. I hear that if we don't stop terrorism, we might see something like what happened in Beslan here in America.
BTTT
Lemme guess...the bus drivers are going to evacuate devotees of the Religion of Peace, so they don't get hurt?
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