Odd 9/11 - 3/11 statistic

Someone just pointed out to me that not only was the Madrid bombing exactly 2 1/2 years after the World Trade Center, but also exactly 911 days.

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Sorry, iflit, but I refuse to believe that someone took into account all of these intricate mathematical workings when planning these events. I think now we're just looking for ways to make everything connect and fit nicely within one another.

There again, perhaps I'm wrong and they have one hell of a psychometrics team. But until I've seen the scratch work, I'm remaining cynical.

I saw it as ironic, not intentional.

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As always, you make an excellent point, jrb. I never once thought the 9/11/911 connotation was coincidential, but I think when you get into the intricate mathematical connections, it's either our fault or theirs. We either look for the connections, or they make them and leave them for us to figure out. Last year, after the Station nightclub fire in Rhode Island, I heard the most outrageous connections made to September 11th in terms of numbers. Maybe some people use it as a means of self-assurance.... Not that I'm accusing you or iflit of that. I don't know how their warped minds work, I only (partially) know how mine works. Perhaps they do delight in the malicious irony, but I have yet to be fully convinced ot it.

i think they have little understanding or appreciation for irony as we know it. looking now at the fact that this came 911 days after 9/11, it's impossible to rule it as a coincidence in my mind. however, while everyone is quick to blame al qaeda and while they surely did have a hand in this, i think that thye were assisted to a great extent by eta. one need only look at who benefits from al qaeda taking the credit/blame for the attack.

eta wants to get someone a little more to their liking in the presidential palace as does al qaeda, since aznar has been a big ol' vocal supporter in words and actions of gw's war on terror. now, if eta gets blamed, aznar gets re-elected in a landslide. but, if al qaeda gets the blame then the fault can be laid at aznar's feet as a result of his chumminess with gw. hence he stands a greater chance of being defeated so both players get what they want.

the over the top nature of clues pointing to al qaeda and the multitudinous calls for recognition of blame all look a bit too pat. it's perfectly feasible that the 3/11 date (being 911 days after 9/11), falling as it did so close to the election, was chosen for maximum visibility and to immediately link the two together. thus again strengthening the al qaeda link.

my money is that they did it together. at the very least it was some rogue eta members who hooked up with the al qaeda off shoot folks and worked things out and gave them material support.

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I just think that if when they had planned 9/11 years before it happened, they did choose that date because of its irony. It's a sick joke. These are not stupid people.

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more likely it has more to do with the fact that the week of 9/11 is the week of the camp david accords -- which made peace between israel and egypt in 1978. as it turns out, 9/11 is also an ancient date of special middle eastern significance. september the 11th is new years day in the ancient egyptian coptic christian calendar. that the day must still hold special significance to the people of egypt is reflected by the fact that egypt ratified its current constitution on that same day in 1971.

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also, it was a disturbingly clear and perfect weather day so most flights took off on time and there was absolutely no danger of cancellations...

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a factor in making the day a go, but remember--the date was chosen well before the Weather Channel gave its forecast.

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nah, i'm sure cnn was screaming that it was a landslide and that they have given aznar the mussolini treatment...friggin' commie network.

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He sounds sexy when he says anything, jrb. That's just part of his charm.

We've got a swooner!

Sigh. MusicMan, you found us out. It's time to tell everyone the truth.

In real life, papalovesmambo is really a 200-something pound woman from Tallahassee named Mama Lou-Weeks. And MLW sounds like a cross between Florence Foster Jenkins and Aunt Pittypat.

So sorry to dash everyone's fantasies.