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warrior1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-26-06 05:09 PM
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US lawmaker (r) admits he gave erroneous tip that shut Congress
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060526/pl_afp/uscongresssecurity

WASHINGTON (AFP) - A US lawmaker admitted to being the source of an erroneous report of gunfire in a Congress office building that led authorities to shut down a large part of the legislature's sprawling complex for several hours.
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Republican Representative Jim Saxton (news, bio, voting record), speaking to Fox television, said he was in the elevator at the garage level of the Rayburn House Office building, when he heard what he thought was gunfire.

"I heard what I thought to be between six and ten shots," the Republican lawmaker said.



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Beetwasher Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-26-06 05:10 PM
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1. Damn, That's Fucked Up
Edited on Fri May-26-06 05:11 PM by Beetwasher
What the fuck is this all about? Something's really fucked up about this whole thing right here. Did I say "fuck" enough?
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diamondsndust Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-26-06 05:15 PM
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2. apparently not..
none of the google ads say "find 'fuck' on ebay".........
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Master Mahon Donating Member (621 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-26-06 05:17 PM
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3. If you ever met Jim Saxton
you'd understand how this could come about.
He makes Bush look like a Rhodes scholar.
He keeps getting elected in a predominately GOP district for God knows what reason.
'Dim Bulb' was coined for Jim Saxton.
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EST Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-26-06 05:17 PM
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4. Probably didn't do his home.work and is afraid to go to class.
He and some other of his junior high school buddies wanted to call in a bomb scare so they could laugh at the routine.
'Course, a bomb is a VERY big deal, these days, so a "gunfire scare" had to do.











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astonamous Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-26-06 05:39 PM
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5. None of it makes any sense...is there a cover-up?
Now I don't believe any of this, but one never knows what information is circulating out there and how much of it is based on truth or lie...

I have never heard of this site before, but someone just emailed this information with the link attached.

http://www.whatdoesitmean.com/index910.htm

Russian Intelligence Analysts are reporting today that the ongoing Constitutional Crisis that has erupted in the United States has taken a decidedly deadly turn as Counter-Coup Forces attempting to block access to the American Capital engaged in a brief gun battle with US Army Special Forces leaving at least 3 dead.

*Snip*

But perhaps the greatest threat to the American people surrounding these events was the Military Leaders of the United States launching an unprecedented raid upon their nations Capital Building, and as we can read as reported by the Chicago Sun Times News Service in their article titled "Bush woos fiery Hastert with 45-day cooldown", and which says:

"President Bush ordered a 45-day cooling off period Thursday between Congress and the Justice Department in a battle over a lawmaker's seized documents, a bid to patch frayed relations between the White House and House Speaker J. Dennis Hastert.

*********** *************** ****************

Read the rest and decide for yourself...I'm just tucking the information away for now. Could be the rest of the world are assuming we are in a crisis in America, or maybe it's just wishful thinking.

Trudy
www.pryorsplanet.com
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Pierre.Suave Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-26-06 05:46 PM
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6. ...
We ARE in a crisis.
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astonamous Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-26-06 06:41 PM
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9. No doubt about that...
but this supposed information is way out their as far as conspiracy. If it's true, we are done.

Trudy
www.pryorsplanet.com
www.richardpryor.com
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Pierre.Suave Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-26-06 05:46 PM
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7. I thought...
...that to be a republican you had to know what gunfire actually sounded like?
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primavera Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-26-06 05:49 PM
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8. So, it wasn't Karl Rove after all
:shrug:
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