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2006-06-29 Home Front: WoT

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Posted by Sherry 2006-06-29 00:00|| || Front Page|| [4 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Nice tower, but to really send a message there should be two of them, identical in appearance (and taller than the original towers.)

Posted by Cloluter Groger9698 2006-06-29 00:33|| 2006-06-29 00:33|| Front Page Top

#2 I wonder how many Qurans were destroyed in the first attack. Isn't that offense punishable by eternity in hell or something?

Posted by grb 2006-06-29 01:12|| 2006-06-29 01:12|| Front Page Top

#3 I don't think much of this whole Freedom Tower thing. I lean more towards the Ghenghis Khan 'pyramid of skulls' kind of memorial. I wondered how many skulls it would take to make a pyramid 1776 feet high (assumed a 45 deg. angle of repose) - if I did the arithmentic correctly, it would take the skulls of 144 billion Islamofascists, and such numbers fortunately do not exist. I had no idea how insignificant the entire human population of the planet is, volumetrically. Oh well, start small and let the pyramid grow.

Posted by glenmore">glenmore 2006-06-29 13:10|| 2006-06-29 13:10|| Front Page Top

#4 they have tinier heads too! (see: Assad, Bashar)

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2006-06-29 13:18|| 2006-06-29 13:18|| Front Page Top

#5 I had no idea how insignificant the entire human population of the planet is, volumetrically.

In terms of surface area though, you won't have to wait long. In 2800 there will be standing room only (assuming 4 sq.feet per person).

Posted by Groger9698 2006-06-29 13:41|| 2006-06-29 13:41|| Front Page Top

#6 Sweet gum trees? While native, and stunningly beautiful in the fall (scarlet, star-shaped leaves), they prefer high-moisture situations, and drop masses of prickly seed pods. The new, disease resistant American Elms are a much better idea (Princeton variety, I think), or perhaps Black Maples if they want the leaf shape -- though perhaps the maple's shallow roots aren't such a good idea.

Posted by trailing wife 2006-06-29 17:06|| 2006-06-29 17:06|| Front Page Top

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