[MeekOneGOP]

Thanks for that great post there, friend!

Let me share something withyou all here.

A buddy of mine sent me an e-mail about this crash. Here it is:

HERE WE GO AGAIN !!
BET ITS A SAM. . .SURE LOOKS LIKE IT TO ME !
I JUST DUMPED LOTS OF STOCK. . .

I sent him back an e-mail asking him to be more specific as to why he suspected a Surface to Air Missile. Here's his reply:

PLANE'S MOTOR CAME DOWN IN A BOAT AT A GAS STATION - MOTOR HAS A HOLE IN IT ---- NOT THE BOAT'S MOTOR. . .

Here’s his last note he sent me a little while ago:

NOW I'M PRETTY SURE - 3 IN 4 CHANCE IN MY OPINION .
JUST HEARD AN EYE-WITNESS SAY HE SAW A SMALL EXPLOSION KNOCK THE
WING OFF .. MEDIA CANT SAY IT'S A SAM FOR FEAR OF A PANIC !
I'M TALKIN JUST A SMALL HAND HELD SAM SHOT FROM ONE'S BACKYARD...

This is a bit scary, folks. Anybody else seeing this same thing??? I just have a hard time believing this is a deliberate act, but sure wanna know. Please RSVP. Thanks!

[jwalsh07]

I heard twenty eye witnesses this morning giving contemporaneous descriptions of whatr happened. Not one word about a SAM. Not even a hint.

[Trust but Verify]

Let me see if I have this right. Your e-mail buddy (who is not an eyewitness) is 75% sure it was a SAM, but NO EYEWITNESS reports seeing a SAM. Do you see a problem with this?

[sinkspur]

PLANE'S MOTOR CAME DOWN IN A BOAT AT A GAS STATION - MOTOR HAS A HOLE IN IT ---- NOT THE BOAT'S MOTOR. . .

Your "friend" is misinformed.

That was an engine shroud in the gas station. The engine was elsewhere.

I'M TALKIN JUST A SMALL HAND HELD SAM SHOT FROM ONE'S BACKYARD...

You're talkin' hysterical foolishness.

Eyewitnesses are notoriously unreliable. There are stories of both wings falling off, of an explosion causing one engine to come off, of both engines falling off...

But, then, some people will believe anything as long as it fits their pinhead conspiracy view of the world.