True! But neither is 410&I35 shown in the article!
(Hi Basil!)
Posted on 12/09/2008 1:32:38 PM PST by Sammy67
Another terrorist attack could hit the United States in the next five years — and North Texas could be a key target next time.
By 2013, the U.S. “more likely than not” could be hit by another deadly attack, this time using something possibly like anthrax, according to the new report, World at Risk.
And some fear that North Texas, with its population, sports and entertainment venues and businesses — not to mention the fact that President George W. Bush is moving back here after he leaves office in January — could be a target next time.
“Everybody should be concerned,” said Danny Defenbaugh, a former special agent in charge for the FBI in North Texas. “In Dallas-Fort Worth, this is the Metroplex. That should be reason for concern.”
Officials released the report by the Commission on the Prevention of WMD Proliferation and Terrorism not to scare Americans but to point out that the government isn’t doing enough to
(Excerpt) Read more at nationalterroralert.com ...
Or that other symbolic target:
The Million Dollar Saloon.
No, No, not even the terrorists would dare take down that icon of North Texas culture. It goes beyond culture, and enters the realm of Texas lore.
That must be the business to be in. Last weekend we were looking for a place to take the kids for dinner, and had gone to the Old San Francisco steak house off of Harry Hines. Had eaten there for years, good steaks, kids like the swing. I have repeatedly been turned away from the swing line.
But anyway, I now understand that it is now a Gentleman’s Club. A money-making business. Not saying its right, but you have to acknowledge that they bring in the cash.
San Antonio is not exactly North Texas, though.....
Bring it.
Seems to me, though, that Houston would be a more inviting Lone Star target for evil-doers.
Sign o’ the times: Restaurant Row is now Breastaurant Row
And yes, I made that up.
I live in North Texas... a suburb of Dallas. Although there are alot of people here since Dallas and Ft. Worth are close together yet most are spread out. We have light rail transit and buses but not too many people ride them. The concentration of people is not dense enough vs. other major cities already mentioned.
Martinez and a citizen went up and took out the sniper, this quote is from his memoirs.
“One of the men who went up the Tower that day was officer Ramiro Martinez. In his memoirs he has some interesting things to say about the actions of the civilians in Austin.”
Martinez:
“I was and am still upset that more recognition has not been given to the citizens who pulled out their hunting rifles and returned the sniper’s fire. The City of Austin and the State of Texas should be forever thankful and grateful to them because of the many lives they saved that day. The sniper did a lot of damage when he could fire freely, but when the armed citizens began to return fire the sniper had to take cover. He had to shoot out of the rainspouts and that limited his targets. I am grateful to the citizens because they made my job easier.”
This is from a blog:
“When Whitman started shooting at U. of T., civilians from all over Austin headed to the campus. They brought their deer rifles and varmint rifles and mil-surplus rifles. They were the militia ready to fight.
They are remembered, now, as typical, gun-toting, Texas yahoos. They deserve better.
For one thing, they showed up. With bullets flying, they showed up.
More importantly, they were effective. Whitman spent 96 minutes shooting from that tower. Most of the casualties happened in the first 20 minutes. After that, he could no longer take careful aim because he was under heavy fire from those gun-toting yahoos. Their suppressive fire also allowed rescuers to recover the wounded and get them to the hospital.
The usual argument against civilian response is that they will inflict more casualties on the innocent due to their lack of training. That did not happen in Austin. There were no friendly fire casualties even though hundreds of rounds were fired at the tower which was occupied by dozens of innocent civilians.
Contrast that with the performance of the New Orleans Police Department when they confronted another sniper in 1972. The NOPD turned away civilian volunteers in their standoff with Mark James Essex. Nonetheless, over a dozen officers were wounded by friendly fire. All of it came from police officers”
That's what I thought, too.
We’re armed.
In many cases, more heavily so than law enforcement.
Pantex is in Amarillo. That's considered West Texas.
North Texas is generally the Dallas/Ft. Area and north to the OK border.
Wichita Falls is nominally "West Texas", although some might consider otherwise. Abilene is definitely West Texas. In the other direction, Tyler is "East Texas".
I lived in Amarillo. If we wanted to go anywhere else significant in Texas (sorry, Dumas), we went south.
True. However, there are some fairly densely populated areas, though nowhere near the scale that are in New York. However, the Dallas / Ft. Worth is either headquarters or operating headquarters for a huge number of corporations, and they are often clumped next to one another. Scatter anthrax in Plano, Richardson, or Las Colinas and you shut down a lot of major businesses, which would impact the country hard financially.
Not only that, but DFW Airport is one of the busiest in the world.
Two of my relatives died at the Alamo, with one being William Travis. Other direct ancestors and relatives fought in Gonzales and San Jacinto.
Nobody messes with Texas!
Then WTF is El Paso? I can hardly wait for the responses on that question! LOL!!!
I lived in El Paso for about 15 years. During one drive back to Dallas, I saw a sign in Baird (near Abilene) that said "Welcome to the Heart of West Texas!"
You can imagine my thoughts after driving for seven hours!
Not likely here, due to the sizable Muslim population in the Metroplex.
OTOH, the verdict in the Holy Land trial might be a cause for retaliation.
Still, if terrorists want to unleash the fury of Texas Rangers, have at it.
Radical Islamists might want to read up on Texas history, especially as it relates to the (extinct) Karankawa Indians.
True! But neither is 410&I35 shown in the article!
(Hi Basil!)
Pantex is hours and hours from Dallas. Texas is a big, wide, spread-out place.
Trouble is that our neighbors to the south don’t speak Arabic or tolerate their ilk. Unless he’s able to keep his mouth shut and fly way below the hispanic radar, a muslim terrorist is going to stick out like a sore thumb in Mexico.
Canada? Now that’s a different matter. It would be easy for the nefarious to assimilate in that country and then pass over the border.
Your right about the response though. If they hit Texas, they will really be waking a sleeping Giant.
We would secede if need be to wipe them out.
Maybe so, but the thought of middle-easterners skulking around the Panhandle makes me grin. Not sure how they’d be received up there.
Yep. Houston ship channel.
Industry galore, high population center, symbolism of hitting the Bushes’ home state, destroy a few refineries . . . it has it all.
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