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Chris C
| | Posted on Tuesday, October 15, 2002 - 08:13 pm: | 
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>
> > Anyone remember this?? It was 1987!
> >
> > At a lecture the other day they were playing an old news video of
Lt.
> > > Col. Oliver North testifying at the Iran-Contra hearings during
> the
> > Reagan Administration.
> >
> > There was Ollie in front of God and country getting the third
degree,
> > but what he said was stunning! He was being drilled by some
senator;
> > "Did you not recently spend close to $60,000 for a home security
> > system?"
> >
> > Ollie replied, "Yes, I did, Sir."
> >
> > The senator continued, trying to get a laugh out of the audience,
> > "Isn't that just a little excessive?"
> >
> > "No, sir," continued Ollie.
> >
> > "No? And why not?" the senator asked.
> >
> > "Because the lives of my family and I were threatened, sir."
> >
> > "Threatened? By whom?" the senator questioned.
> >
> > "By a terrorist, sir" Ollie answered.
> >
> > "Terrorist? What terrorist could possibly scare you that much?"
> >
> > "His name is Osama bin Laden, sir" Ollie replied.
> >
> > At this point the senator tried to repeat the name, but couldn't
> > pronounce it, which most people back then probably couldn't. A
couple
> > of people laughed at the attempt. Then the senator continued.
> >
> > Why are you so afraid of this man?" the senator asked.
> >
> > "Because, sir, he is the most evil person alive that I know of",
Ollie
> > answered.
> >
> > "And what do you recommend we do about him?" asked the senator.
> >
> > "Well, sir, if it was up to me, I would recommend that an assassin
> > team be formed to eliminate him and his men from the face of the
> > earth."
> >
> > The senator disagreed with this approach, and that was all that was
> > shown of the clip.
> >
> > By the way, that senator was Al Gore
> > ------------------------------------------------
> >
> > Also: Terrorist pilot Mohammad Atta blew up a bus in Israel in 1986.
> > The Israelis captured, tried and imprisoned him.
> >
> > As part of the Oslo agreement with the Palestinians in 1993, Israel
> > had to agree to release so-called "political prisoners".
> >
> > However, the Israelis would not release any with blood on their
hands.
> >
> > The American President at the time, Bill Clinton, and his Secretary
of
> > State, Warren Christopher, "insisted" that all prisoners be
released.
> >
> > Thus Mohammed Atta was freed and eventually thanked the US by flying
> > an airplane into Tower One of the World Trade Center.
> >
> > This was reported by many of the American TV networks at the time
that
> > the terrorists were first identified.
> >
> > It was censored in the US from all later reports.
> >
> > If you agree that the American public must be made aware of this
> > fact,pass this on.
> >
> >
> > |
Al Oliveira (Offroaddisco)
| | Posted on Tuesday, October 15, 2002 - 08:24 pm: |
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Sounds like spam to me. Anyone have a video clip? |
Al Oliveira (Offroaddisco)
| | Posted on Tuesday, October 15, 2002 - 08:31 pm: |
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If you put any faith in snopes here's the other side of that email...
http://www.snopes.com/rumors/north.htm |
Carter Simcoe (Carter)
| | Posted on Tuesday, October 15, 2002 - 08:51 pm: |
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I agree Al, I'm not a big Gore or Clinton fan but the Bullshit meter goes off the chart for these two stories. Oh, and the deal behind the second one is that the story is sort of true but there are two DIFFERENT Mohammad Attas involved in each incident. |
Chris
| | Posted on Tuesday, October 15, 2002 - 09:02 pm: |
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Thanks for the other side Al. I saw this e-mail today and it evoked some emotion. I'm glad to see both sides. Interesting though. |
Paul D. Morgan (V22guy)
| | Posted on Tuesday, October 15, 2002 - 09:06 pm: |
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One Word.....
BULLSHIT |
Carter Simcoe (Carter)
| | Posted on Tuesday, October 15, 2002 - 09:08 pm: |
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If nothing else it is another interesting example of how the internet has brought the whole urban-legend thing to a completely new level. |
Chris
| | Posted on Tuesday, October 15, 2002 - 09:16 pm: |
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I agree Carter, question everything. I knew someone on this board would know something about this. Again - thanks Al. |
Carter Simcoe (Carter)
| | Posted on Tuesday, October 15, 2002 - 09:35 pm: |
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My dad forwarded me an email the other day about some virus, said it was some new thing that got past all the major anti virus software. It told you to search for some file and then delete it if you had it. I sensed bullshit right away, did some research and of course it was a hoax to get you to remove a legitimate windows component. My dad had already deleted it from every computer at the office by the time I told him. Ha Ha, oh well most anti-virus websites had a way to reinstall it and he said it wasn't a big deal. |
Andrew Clarke (Aclarke)
| | Posted on Tuesday, October 15, 2002 - 10:34 pm: |
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As Al mentioned, www.snopes.com is the answer to all of your questions. Always check there before forwarding any of this stuff on...please!! ;-) |
Carter Simcoe (Carter)
| | Posted on Tuesday, October 15, 2002 - 10:52 pm: |
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yeah, I had never heard of that site until Al linked to it. I have been looking at it off and on all night, really cool. Another fun site is www.thesmokinggun.com lots of celebrity mug shots and everything else you cant live without. |
Paul de Man (Deman)
| | Posted on Wednesday, October 16, 2002 - 01:12 pm: |
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while we are at it, this is another one to check if you suspect bs:
http://www.scambusters.org/ |
Christopher Boese (Christopher)
| | Posted on Sunday, October 20, 2002 - 09:58 pm: |
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And, for suspected computer virus BS: http://www.vmyths.com/. |
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