Posted on 05/18/2002 10:31:35 AM PDT by GeneD
God help us all!
Personally, I am more concerned about the Indy 500, which is only a few miles from my home. Half a millioin pepople, international television coverage, and an American tradition.FYI...
I am quite concerned about this. Our local tv and media sort of ignore the situation, of course.
Myself, I think they are up to no good.
There is a large Islamic group near Indianapolis - a perfect front. This event should be CAREFULLY watched.
Also, this story from last week REALLY makes me wonder what's going on around there (*2nd Story of Interest*)
Here are the articles I linked to in previous message - just in case they "disappear" from the Star website (LOL).
Man killed in crash had 3 ID's
The Associated Press
May 07, 2002
JONESVILLE, Ind. -- The Indiana State Police are investigating why a man killed in a car crash was carrying three identifications and four checkbooks with different names.
Police initially thought there were two occupants in the car that crashed late Sunday, killing Q. Naim Abdullah, 24, of Plainfield.
State police troopers and volunteer firefighters searched the high weeds and mud at the scene of the crash on I-65 in southern Bartholomew County, but no one else was found.
Abdullah was traveling northbound at a high rate of speed, swerved to miss a tractor trailer and lost control, striking the median and rolling the vehicle several times, police said. He was not wearing a seat belt.
The FBI assisted in determining the correct identification of the driver and notifying the family.
'Embarrassed' pilot mistakes racetrack for airport runway
By R. Joseph Gelarden
May 17, 2002
Oops.
A single-engine private plane landed at Indianapolis Raceway Park on Thursday afternoon after the pilot mistook the drag strip for the runway at Eagle Creek Airport.
"The pilot told the tower (at Indianapolis International Airport) he had the runway in sight," said Indiana State Police Sgt. Sam Maldonado.
"He believed he had it in sight, but he was not familiar with the area. He didn't know Eagle Creek Airport was located next to a big lake and a big dam."
The pilot was identified as Dan L. Legrant, 66, Edmond, Okla. He was accompanied by his wife, Patricia.
"He was very embarrassed," said Scott Smith, an IRP spokesman.
From the air, you can see both the airport and the IRP drag strip. They are about five miles apart.
About 50 to 60 dragsters were testing on the track to prepare for races this weekend, Smith said.
But about 3 p.m., safety officials closed the drag strip because of rain. About 15 minutes later, the plane landed.
The four-passenger plane swooped down the drag strip and stopped.
"He made a hell of a landing," Maldonado said.
After the pilot stopped, track safety workers turned the plane around and towed it off the racing surface.
Track officials gave Legrant permission to take off, but Federal Aviation Administration inspectors ordered the plane grounded because some paperwork was not in order.
"It is a technical matter, and he should be able to take off (this) afternoon," said Smith.
After Legrant talked to FAA inspectors, IRP officials gave the couple a ride to their hotel.
Maldonado said the pilot should be more grateful than embarrassed.
"If he landed when the dragsters were running, we could have had a disaster. God must have been looking out for him."
So, we'll just have to agree to disagree about this. I will, however, have to save this thread, hang it on the wall, and use it as a constant reminder not to comment upon the plethoria of one-liners I read here.
That's one of the reasons I have not posted here for over a year, and infrequently before. Even when someone agrees with me, a one-line remark is almost insulting. Why bother putting the time and effort to write something significant, if all it elicits from the readers is a single line. Anticlimatic. Anyhow, that's another subject all together, which is of no interest to anyone but myself (my thinking overruled my typing, again).
So, I suggest we part in peace, understanding that we are two different people, who see things differently.
In closing, I noticed from an earlier post that you mentioned you were going to be out of the country soon. I sincerely wish you a safe trip and a speedy return. I'm sure that if you instruct the members of your family to be careful in their comings and goings, they will be just fine during your absence.
more compassionate calvinism -
This one seems pretty clear-cut, no matter how hard they try to obscure the context.
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