It happened 911 days after Sept. 11th, on 3/11. To me, those numbers alone are significant enough to point to al Queda.

I haven't done the math myself but I hear that it was actually 912 days because those who thought it was 911 weren't taking into account the leap day.

Or.. what happens when Bush announces we have caught Osama in say... September?

Yeah I used a date calculator and it is 912. But let's say 911 days after the day after 9/11. Maybe the terrorists forgot about leap year too.

Maybe they are using a 0 based counting scheme where terrorism_day[911] is actually the 912th element.

:) exactly!

OMG the terrorists are computer scientists!! (open source militia?)

Yes we outsourced your dell customer service to Kabul so what do you expect.

I believe that the most important things that have been mentioned here are:
1. Osama WILL be brought out before the election. Whether b/c Bush knows approximately where he is and steps up the search in September (wouldn't that be ironic eh?) or they put all the resources into getting him before November...he will be found.

Osama is NO Saddam though, with his beliefs and convictions, HE WILL NOT ALLOW BEING CAUGHT ALIVE!

2. The bombings in Spain were timed purposely for the elections, no matter who was behind them. The number thing may be true or a coincidence, but with it happening days before the election, you can bet aunt tilly's pony that was planned!

So bringing out Osama before November will have an effect on voting, as would any travesty that would occur. I think we'll find out soon enough b/c you can bet the farm that one or both will.
Thanks.

A new, and great documentary: Bush's Brain
http://movies.yahoo.com/news/ap/20040315/107939580000.html

One more thing: Anyone who thinks that Bush is not an idiot, even now, please click on my name.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20040313/od_uk_nm/oukoe_bush_women_1

Bush is the smartest president in recent history. The entire world is scared of the USA don't you think that counts for something...that includes Khadafi, Castro, Putin, Baathists, Taliban, Al-Queda, and of course those evil Canadians.

The greatest threat to islamic fundamentalism of a violent nature is a US president who appears to be unpredictably anxious to bomb someone in the mideast at the drop of a hat...which in the long run is a much better deterrent to unrelenting and miilitant religious fanaticism than, let's say, ummm...discontented tree-huggers?

True 'American Patriots' are serving in the armed forces or supporting their country right here on US soil, not dyeing their hair before a loosely organized march led by aging hippies, while branding their leftist pothead community-college ideology as fact.

well said hagi

You're right hagi. We should just nuke ANY country that has religious fundamentalists in it. Why stop at countries that had otherwise contained such fundamentalism, releashing latent fundamentalism in its wake?

And yeah.. ALL the people I know serving in the armed forces are doing it out of patriotism, and money (to pay for an education) and oppurtunity to do something, anything, and the fun to be had when destroying/killing/nuking has little to do with it.

A true patriot protects the interests of the people that the government is meant to serve, not the government itself. A true patriot calls out their leaders when they make mistakes (willingly or not). So soldiers and patriots aren't necessarily the same, since soldiers are designed to fight not think and follow orders not question. What you're describing is parrotism.

hey did you really mean to say parrotism? either way yes islam is not the only religion responsible, lest you forget those wonderful "Crusades" - making the recent blurring of our country's line between church and state so troubling...

i would prefer to think of our soldiers as patriots based on their allegiance to freedom and the worldwide protection of individual liberties. i see your point about following orders as well. the only response to that would be that our armed services are 100% voluntary, where the ranks are not filled by mandatory conscription..(is that redundant?)

oh yeah Liberty aint got s@#t on St. Joe's either

go hawks

Gotta nuke something. Why not nuke people with the expressed idea of killing us? Nuke the whales!