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47 vertical support columns in core of each Twin Tower from bedrock to top floor

How about someone bring us comparisons of the WTC 7 collapses to other building collapses......surely with the countless numbers of buildings throughout the world during wars, etc that get riddled with suicide bombers, bullets, shells, bombs, missiles, mortars, earthquakes, tanks, raging fires, etc you can come up with some buildings that at least vaguely resemble the WTC collapses?

And then lets compare the WTC 7 collapses to many forms of controlled demolitions...
 
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If my memory serves me right. Some of the hijackers went through pilot training at a school in Arizona.

Where most of them could barely handle a one engine cesna.

While remote control in your opinion is notcomletely baseless, it is close to zero as you can get.

Look, I can handle coincidences, if there was only 1 layer of coincidences going on 9-11, that's one thing... but, when you're dealing with coincidences that :
- included MANY drills going on (some of them including hijacked planes to be used as bombs)
- the odd behavior of the secret service / Bush
- the planes hitting areas of their targets in the same areas that had recently undergone renovations
- the investments
- etc...

Some of the coincidences being dependant on other simultaneous 'coincidences'... well, that's where a 'coincidence' becomes an 'operation', and if it's actually an operation where the technological possibility exists, it's one thing to prove, but it's not such a stretch as to be completely dismissed either.
 
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Yes, I wrote that because given the level of 'coincidences' of where the planes hit, along with the apparent lack of pilot training the hijackers would have had, suggests the possibility that the plans had been remotely controlled / guided to hit the towers. I can't prove that that was the case, but it's not completely baseless either.

You can't prove it because there is no evidence supporting that "opinion" thus no one is investigating it. Jackie Kennedy was sitting next to JFK when he was shot to death yet she was not investigated for killing her husband. That's how ridiculous your theory is. :doh

No, you're comparing BASELESS speculation with speculation based on some evidence.

I'm surprised you can see that. Care to look in the mirror?

What is NOT speculation :
- The secret service protecting Bush DID NOT do their job properly, by allowing the president to continue reading to those schoolkids, suggesting foreknowledge that the president was indeed safe at his location.

Why, did those kids pose a threat to him?

"Suggesting"? This points to a huge conspiracy theory. Don't you think some of it would have leaked out by now? I mean, really.

- The level of put / call options ON ALL the main stocks that were helped / hurt by the attacks suggested intimate foreknowledge of the attacks... that the money was never collected shows a clear sign of guilt.

"A clear sign of guilt"? Can you not think of another reason that money was not collected?

Actually, THIS is something that I agree should be investigated. However, to me it only suggests some people had some very good intel that "something" was going to happen that day. Remember, that lying, treasonist Ashcroft had been flying private jets for awhile based on intel. They knew something. Too bad they didn't care about the American people as much as their own asses. Maybe they could've prevented this attack. THAT is worth looking into.

- The israeli connection to 9-11 WOULD HAVE HAD 0 EVIDENCE, IF NOT FOR the 5 mossad agents that were seen 'dancing on rooftops' and filming 9-11.

I guess I'm not up on this story.

- The PNAC's 'rebuilding america's defenses' CALLED FOR an attack on the US in order to justify going to war with Iraq and an unnamed second country. It even says WITHOUT this that the alternative was a 'long and drawn out justification'. There were at least 30 different publications around north america that called 9-11 a 'new pearl harbour'

True but, that is not evidence. Again, they clearly took advantage of 9/11, and may have even wanted an attack to happen but, I don't believe they were involved in it. Or should I say that I would think such a thing was too much to think of even for President Cheney.

- The 9-11 commission ONLY ANSWERED 30% of the questions the victims family members asked of them (things like 'why noone was fired / demoted', went unanswered.

That's simply because Bush & Cheney tried like hell to prevent any investigation into what happened, to protect their asses from being bared as to how incompetent they truly were at ignoring clear warnings. That entire administration should be in jail. Repukes were in control of Congress and also blocked ALL efforts to investigate 9/11. More dishonor on them.

- The Bush and Bin Laden family have a long history. Though it's unclear if that connection also continued to include Osama once he was removed from Saudi Arabia.

Again, I agree Bush covered Saudi asses. He called off the marines when Bin Laden was surrounded yet, the Repukes never thought that was suspicious.

- Opium production in Afghanistan has been on a drastic increase since the US / UN / NATO took control from the Taliban, who had forbidden poppy production in 2001. Without 9-11, heroin supplies world wide would be mostly gone.

WTF does that have to do with 9/11? Thin connection at best. Or do you think the UN and NATO were also in on the conspiracy?

BMan, some of your suspicions should be looked into. But, remote control planes, missiles, thermite, etc. have too much evidence against them. The conspiracy theories may have some light shed on them via Britains hearings and investigations into 9/11. If we pray hard enough, maybe we'll see Cheeney and dubya looking like my avatar yet. :2wave:
 
You can't prove it because there is no evidence supporting that "opinion" thus no one is investigating it. Jackie Kennedy was sitting next to JFK when he was shot to death yet she was not investigated for killing her husband. That's how ridiculous your theory is. :doh

Well, it's also so rediculous because nobody is investigating A CLEAR set of insider trading... which is a federal crime, btw. THE 1 (ONE) person mentioned responsible for 95% of the United put options was simply deemed as having 'no conceivable connection to al-qaida'.

However, using your analogy, the 9-11 investigation were similar in that they both started out with a theory ( lone gunman - muslim terrorists) and found the evidence to back up the theory. rather then typical investigative procedures that involve basing hypothesis on evidence.

Why, did those kids pose a threat to him?

"Suggesting"? This points to a huge conspiracy theory. Don't you think some of it would have leaked out by now? I mean, really.

EXACTLY. It's PROVEN that Bush and his handlers that day had the foreknowledge that the school they were at was not going to be attacked. THEN Bush took it further by LYING about it :
a) He lied about seeing the first plane hit
b) He lied about the second plane strike
c) He lied about how he heard of the second plane strike
d) He lied about how he reacted to the plane strike.

This is all 100% proveable.

However, EVEN THOUGH this proves that Bush / secret service handlers had the foreknowledge of the attacks, this DOES NOT make sense, because WHY would Bush SHOW his complicity for all to see in such a way that it's really a case of self-incrimination.... I mean, had he been treated to a 'standard' reaction to the crisis, and whisked away, then you couldn't as easily show Bush as being implicated somehow in the attacks... without it, you end up with Michael Moores demonstrated opinion that Bush was just some dumb redneck dealing with a rough situation.

"A clear sign of guilt"? Can you not think of another reason that money was not collected?

Because insider trading is a federal felony on it's own, that the insider trading implicated the corporations that stood to win / lose on 9-11, shows CLEAR UNDENIABLE evidence of foreknowledge, ESPECIALLY when you consider : the timing, the quantity, the specificity, and the value that such trades represent. (which by the way are the guidelines used by prosecutors in determining if a trade is actually a case of insider trading rather then 'luck'.)

Actually, THIS is something that I agree should be investigated. However, to me it only suggests some people had some very good intel that "something" was going to happen that day. Remember, that lying, treasonist Ashcroft had been flying private jets for awhile based on intel. They knew something. Too bad they didn't care about the American people as much as their own asses. Maybe they could've prevented this attack. THAT is worth looking into.

If there is ANY smoking gun evidence, it's the insider trades. Which really, is ALSO an example of bizare, deliberate self-incrimination. It really should be looked into... because at the very least it demonstrates concrete knowledge of when the attacks would occur, using which airlines, also the WTC insurance companies, and raytheon (a defense contractor) ALL had signs of insider trading leading up to the attacks.

I guess I'm not up on this story.

To sum it up, 5 israelis between the times of the planes striking and the buildings coming down were witnessed 'celebrating and filming' the event at 3 different locations around the city. They were eventually caught, arrested, their film confiscated along with 4000$+ of cash, boxcutters, fake passports, and 'sheikh uniforms'. It turned out that they were Mossad agents whose mission was to 'film the event'... which for some reason they did in such a way as to make a spectacle of themselves and the fact that Mossad also had foreknowledge of the attacks.

It's the 3rd example of bizarre, seemingly deliberate examples of self-incrimination. Without these facts here, anyone even suggesting israeli involvment would quite legitimately be met with accusations of anti-semitism.

If you want more detailed information, I'll search out the relevant links, abc news primarily.

True but, that is not evidence. Again, they clearly took advantage of 9/11, and may have even wanted an attack to happen but, I don't believe they were involved in it. Or should I say that I would think such a thing was too much to think of even for President Cheney.

That's a fair point, but let's look at the 'coincidences' involved in this document, which if you view it as a playbook, essentially covers Bush's presidency.

What was meant by a 'new pearl harbour'... we're talking about suicide planes used as bombs and around 3000 dead. The goal was 'regime change' in Iraq, which was the basis of the justification, which was fraudulently implied while Bush was repeating the lies of 'yellow cake uranium'. Also, what happened in the US, suicide planes used as bombs attacked their targets and killed around 3000 people. Exactly the same psychological impact that was used to justify american involvement in WW2 was used to involve the US in the 'war on terror'.

At the very least, this document SHOWS that it was KNOWN that america was going to be attacked and how.... it does not prove that the government was involved beyond a 'let it happen' sense, but it proves the foreknowledge, in a bizarre, but seemingly deliberate way.

That's simply because Bush & Cheney tried like hell to prevent any investigation into what happened, to protect their asses from being bared as to how incompetent they truly were at ignoring clear warnings. That entire administration should be in jail. Repukes were in control of Congress and also blocked ALL efforts to investigate 9/11. More dishonor on them.

This one I can actually agree with you here... I don't think there was EVER supposed to be an original investigation in the first place, because it took the administration some 400 days to begin the investigations. yes, it's dishonourable showing of the republicans... however, in this case the Dems throw guilt on themselves through their equivalent inaction. Instead, once Bush gave his speech that 'you're either with us or with the terrorists' that it became ABUNDANTLY clear that meant a 'unification' of republican and democrat agenda's, and that if people maintain an opposite viewpoint then they are enemies / terrorists, which as evidence I would point to the way in which Obama took Bush's policies and then ran with them.

Again, I agree Bush covered Saudi asses. He called off the marines when Bin Laden was surrounded yet, the Repukes never thought that was suspicious.

And either did the democrats... But now you can see my overall point of how the evidence works that's truly telling... and that is these cases of 'bizarre, seemingly deliberate examples of self-incrimination', which if you consider that with the 'unification of agenda's' that occured in the wake of 9-11, then you can start to see the wider picture, that it's essentially irrellevant if the towers came down by the heat of jet fuel, or the reaction of nano-thermite on the inner core, because there is enough guilt that can be proven without taking those debateable issues into consideration.

WTF does that have to do with 9/11?

The previous point taken into account, do you STILL believe that the US is in afghanistan for 'democracy and bin laden' or the more lucrative potential that afghanistan has to offer... that being oil pipeline potential and heroin?

Thin connection at best. Or do you think the UN and NATO were also in on the conspiracy?

Guilt AFTER the fact is still a level of complicity. Even if they did nothing towards the attacks themselves, or even don't believe that the US was involved, they are benefiting from that after the fact. If you're dealing with criminals, it helps if you also have a bit of blood on your hands to show the rest your mutual complicity to ensure mutual silence.

BMan, some of your suspicions should be looked into. But, remote control planes, missiles, thermite, etc. have too much evidence against them.

There are different varieties of 'truthers'... there are 'controlled opposition' (people that are paid to offer a rediculous version of a theory as to discredit the whole), 'doubters of authority' that will look to any information that's anti-government and accept it, the minority are the 'legitimate researchers', which I consider myself.

I'm trying to balance all the facts and trying to find the story that is told based on that... So, the reason I COULD accept that the planes had been remote controlled to their targets is because the floors that were hit by the planes would be the exact floors that were seemingly rigged with a nano-thermite.... all that it was needed for was to create a 'drop' of 1-3 floors, so that the top of the building would crash through the rest. Now, because of the 'flawed assumptions' in the NIST reports, the 'thermite' only needed to be in a specific areas of the buildings to allow for that structure to fail as it did... Now, it's POSSIBLE that the hijackers were that skilled, but it seems that someone operating remotely would be less likely to be affected by 'nerves' that might lead to missing the target.

The conspiracy theories may have some light shed on them via Britains hearings and investigations into 9/11. If we pray hard enough, maybe we'll see Cheeney and dubya looking like my avatar yet. :2wave:

I'll believe it when I see it... so far, all I've seen is that any group with any level of 'guilt' has shown an example of their guilt for the world to see (ex: It took 5 years to uncover that BBC and CNN BOTH announced the collapse of WTC7 about 15 minutes BEFORE it collapsed... the point being that it's the person that CALLED IN those reports that are at issue since it was the caller that KNEW that the building HAD NOT collapsed, but ALSO KNEW that the building would IMMINENTLY collapse, not the newscaster that read the news)

I really just want to see justice in this... the only way that we can do this is by having HONEST debate... there's enough guilt that can be proven. I've said many times, there's enough PROOF to show government complicity to the extent of 'letting it happen on purpose'. The final key to prove total orchestration with multinational interests lies in the questions of Osama bin ladens ACTUAL connection to the US government... which during the Russian - Afghan conflict was accomplished through the Pakistani ISI as a proxy, and the nature of that connection from that point up to 9-11 and beyond.
 
How about someone bring us comparisons of the WTC 7 collapses to other building collapses......surely with the countless numbers of buildings throughout the world during wars, etc that get riddled with suicide bombers, bullets, shells, bombs, missiles, mortars, earthquakes, tanks, raging fires, etc you can come up with some buildings that at least vaguely resemble the WTC collapses?

And then lets compare the WTC 7 collapses to many forms of controlled demolitions...

And how many buildings are there that are built exactly like WTC 7 again?
 
Skateguy.....Care to comment?
Good videos, that I have not seen before, thanks. --It looks like the columns very well may have been cut with a torch of a type I have never seen before. I may be wrong in my assessment. To bad a more detailed record wasn't kept, with proper dates. It would help prevent the confusion that we deal with today.
 
that doesn't disprove the findings of thermite in the dust. The particles of which were measured in 'nanometre' scale.

ok......provide the evidence that shows this.
 
Just so you know it's not over. Showing how the columns may have been removed, does not address what made them fall to begin with. (Man I sure seem to remember that darn column in Pix, before the clean up started, but I can't really trust my old memory,) Forget all about the floors falling. Just explain what made those central core columns fall as they did, and I'll give it a rest. A good answer to that question would go a long way to making the official report hold more water.
 
They found rust and aluminum chips and THAT is your proof?

Well, no wonder no one is arguing with you anymore.

That's a wrap folks. :doh

Aluminum nano-powders are a very distinct composition or chemical signature.

Like a DNA match or a fingerprint.

There are several compositions of Aluminum Nano-Powders that have different reactions that vary from being used as solid missile fuel to high explosives......Just like there are different compositions of DNA or fingerprints.

aluminum nano-powders may also be referred to as nano-thermite or super thermite
 
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Sorry to repost these again but it fits with the above post.

Aired on New Zealand's National News Television:
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2INIOXe_WI"]YouTube- Richard Gage AIA on New Zealand National Television[/ame]

Aired on Denmark's National News Television:[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_tf25lx_3o"]YouTube- A danish scientist Niels Harrit, on nano-thermite in the WTC dust ( english subtitles )[/ame]
 
Just so you know it's not over. Showing how the columns may have been removed, does not address what made them fall to begin with. (Man I sure seem to remember that darn column in Pix, before the clean up started, but I can't really trust my old memory,) Forget all about the floors falling. Just explain what made those central core columns fall as they did, and I'll give it a rest. A good answer to that question would go a long way to making the official report hold more water.

Gigajoules of kinetic energy.
 
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Gigajoules of kinetic energy.

4.423862 GJ of kinetic energy, to be precise-ish, which is equivalent to just over a ton of TNT, not to mention the added force from explosions and whatnot
 
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4.423862 GJ of kinetic energy, to be precise-ish, which is equivalent to just over a ton of TNT, not to mention the added force from explosions and whatnot

Here is a more realistic collapse scenario without explosives with them vertical central core columns....

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And none of those things can stand up to the direct impact of an entire ton of TNT.

Once a single floor gave way, the kinetic energy of all that weight, even at a few meters per second, is astronomical. The first couple floors below the point of failure were probably weakened already anyway. Once a couple floors go, the falling weight increases and velocity is still increases. The second floor is hit at about twice the speed, which means four times the kinetic energy.

Even the support columns can't stand up to that. I know, these vertical support columns are huge slabs of steel designed to withstand a lot of weight, but the weight they're supposed to hold up isn't moving. There is literally more energy involved here than in an average bomb, and I'm not talking about a pipe bomb, I'm talking about the things that come out of military aircraft.

People think steel is some incredibly durable superman material, but it isn't. It has a failure point which was exceeded.
 
And none of those things can stand up to the direct impact of an entire ton of TNT.

Once a single floor gave way, the kinetic energy of all that weight, even at a few meters per second, is astronomical. The first couple floors below the point of failure were probably weakened already anyway. Once a couple floors go, the falling weight increases and velocity is still increases. The second floor is hit at about twice the speed, which means four times the kinetic energy.

Even the support columns can't stand up to that. I know, these vertical support columns are huge slabs of steel designed to withstand a lot of weight, but the weight they're supposed to hold up isn't moving. There is literally more energy involved here than in an average bomb, and I'm not talking about a pipe bomb, I'm talking about the things that come out of military aircraft.

People think steel is some incredibly durable superman material, but it isn't. It has a failure point which was exceeded.
If the floors broke free from the central columns, and fell as you contend, then there would be even less stress on the core, not more. And if the floors did not separate from the core, then they would not be able to fall. can't have it both ways, sorry. When limbs fall off of a tree, it does not add more stress to the trunk, but less.
 
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