Tonight at 10:00 pm PDST. Fox news is doing a story on whether or not model
rockets can be used by terrorists and the need to more closely regulate the
hobby. I'm not going to miss this one.
So, I just finished watching it. About 3 min. total. The only troubling part
that I saw was the continued repeating of the old "APCP could be stockpiled
by terrorists to be used as some kind of explosive" line. Geez, I really
thought we were past that crap. How do we get folks to understand, AP does
not explode?
No dosen't explode in grain or slug form ... only the surface area
burns ... but if you grind it up and mix in a little black powder ...
BAMM!
I would use it to power rockets tiped with improvised explosive
warheads or to deliver Seryn, Anthrax, Bubonic Plague ... stuff that
can be easily made in
large quatities in a basement or garage.
But then what is the definition of a terrorist? Sometimes its not the
body count that matters, but the fact that the terrorist was able to
disrupt normal
everyday life ... I think a salvo of explosive or bio-rockets launched
against a major U.S. city would make the evening news?
WOW ... why are you going back 2 years and attaching new information
with old?
Look, I don't care if Jerome and Frank are NOW buds ... facts are that
Frank sued Jerome and won a judgement against Jerome for fraud ...
FACT.
Then shortly there after, Franks business was torched ... FACT.
The only suspect was one Jerome Irvine. The police and firemashall
did an investigation, and had to let Jerome go due to lack of
evidence, NOT lack of suspects ... FACT.
So beware of Jerome ... he has tried to change his spots several times
over the last couple of decades ... he has screwed and defrauded 100s
of rocketeers, store owners, distributors, ect.. DON'T take him
lightly ... he can sink a blade in your back in a heart beat, dead or
alive, he will attack you.
Ok so Frank and Jerome have made up, now what about the other thousand
or so people he has screwed? Jim Turner? Alex, Steve, ... selling AP
binders that had already hardened in their metal drums ... the list
goes on ... so he makes up with one major figure, tries to position
himself as the savior of NAR, and you fools go running right back to
his teet ... and you wonder why your hobby is in disarray ... you
wonder why ...
What a moronic statement. How about, " fuel oil is not an explosive,
but mix it with Ammonium Nitrate fertilizer and you have a blasting
agent." I guess we need a law, forcing conversion to some form of
alternative fuel and the use something else for fertilizer". You are
either a liberal idiot do gooder or a DOJ/ATF disinformation JBT..
Fred
Just for the record, it's SARIN.
It's obvious that you are simply enjoying writing garbage as your whole post
is harmful and in any case utterly lacking in tactical sense. I would almost
enjoy watching you try these things. If a dolt like you lived through the
manufacturing phase of a biotoxic agent (which I doubt would happen) you
would probably launch into the wind and have the whole mess blow back on
you. In either case the only likely casualty is you.
Just for the record, what are you getting out of these posts?
An awful lot of things will explode if mixed with black powder...
I suppose a rocket could deliver a toxin that way; but so could a
slingshot, ballista, potato gun, RC airplane, balloon, ultralight
aircraft, kite, et cetera, ad infinitum.
Perhaps the operative phrase is "I would..." What are you doing on a
model rocketry newsgroup?
What did they cover? (RocStock?)
Did you call the reporter and offer to correct the errors?
Can you do an "editorial reply" or something like that to correct the errors.
I've done local news (radio), but it was a positive story. The reporter kept my
name and
contacted me again many months later for other info.
Bill,
What I saw was a version that had been edited by
the local affiliate. And the message was not at
all clear. Something about APCP, MR and ATF.
Frankly, I don't think the station had a clue.
While I tend to think Fox isn't as fair and balanced
as they portend, what you saw could have been
heavily affected by the editors at the local affiliate,
who may have radically different perspectives than
the network.
Doug
PS: As for "fair and balanced", well, I do see Fox
as having somewhat a "balancing" effect because their
views are usually opposite that of the other 3 networks :)
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