Cornerstone laid for world's tallest buiding.

[spaceghost]

The cornerstone was laid yesterday for what could be the world's tallest building at the World Trade Center site.

A 20-ton slab of granite was laid Sunday morning in New York City as the cornerstone for the skyscraper that will replace the twin World Trade Center towers destroyed in the Sept. 11 attacks.

The cornerstone is granite from the Adirondack Mountains, flecked with the New York state gemstone, garnet.

It is inscribed: "To honor and remember those who lost their lives on Sept. 11, 2001 and as a tribute to the enduring spirit of freedom — July 4, 2004."

The Freedom Tower will soar 541 metres (or 1,776 feet –the same as the year of American independence) into the air. It will be wrapped from top to bottom in a steel cable netting and will evoke the shape of the Statue of Liberty.

The building is scheduled for completion in 2009.

World Trade Center leaseholder Larry Silverstein has plans to build four more towers between 2009 and 2015, but critics doubt his plans will be completed, after the insurance payout on the World Trade Center was cut by a court from a possible $7 billion to a maximum of $4.5 billion.

 

[spaceghost]

How nice of them to make an even easier target for those terrorists.
Now THAT'S courtesy!

To respond with anything other than the world's tallest building on the WTC site is to signal defeat. Many Americans firmly believe this.

The are many aspects of American policy that justify serious scrutiny and criticism.

But there are just as many aspects that merit profound respect and admiration.

The rebuilding of the WTC is a topic of intense debate, especially in NYC.

The fear of anything large being a target is acknowledged and understood... but so are that dangers of cowardice and capitulation.

As Canadians, we think we know Americans. But we do not.

Unless you have an intimate knowledge of the psyche, you simply cannot fully fathom the deep passion Americans have for what we label patriotism.

From day 1, few expected any other type of building to be rebuilt on that site.

 

[mikey's here]

I'm glad to see that the rebirth of WTC has begun

I will always regret not taking the time to do the tourist thing when I was last there. The usual rationalizations:

The line-ups were too long

Already been pretty far up in the Empire State etc.

Rather see the Intrepid, Chrysler Building, Chinatown

Next time...

Those pics just brought back some memories of trying to find my cousin for about 9 hours or so that day...

 

[Makhno]

S.G. Gibson quote:
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I'm glad they are building this. It's like a big middle finger to terrorists. The cornerstone, however, should read "just try crashing a plane into this one and next time we'll nuke you instead of just pound the shit out of you mother fuckers with bunker busters".








Okay i am totally confused... SG are you pissed off about your OWN post?


Cat

Perhaps he simply forgot to first logout and then login to another handle before posting the retort .....??...??

 

[Makhno]

I'm glad they are building this. It's like a big middle finger to terrorists. The cornerstone, however, should read "just try crashing a plane into this one and next time we'll nuke you instead of just pound the shit out of you mother fuckers with bunker busters".

Originally posted by S.G. Gibson
quote:
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I'm glad they are building this. It's like a big middle finger to terrorists. The cornerstone, however, should read "just try crashing a plane into this one and next time we'll nuke you instead of just pound the shit out of you mother fuckers with bunker busters".
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You ignorant red-neck asshole. Do you know how many innocent women and children have died in Afghanistan and Iraq because of the Americans?

Quite right. No conclusions being drawn. There has to be some logical explanation.

 

[mikey's here]

Likewise CoCo,

At least I had the good fortune to locate my cousin, a lot didn't

Damn, those pic's still cause a tear or two even at this late date.

 

[luckydog71]

Hi,
Let us not forget alot of innocent people... working people died that day... in New York, Washington and Pennsylvania....
I am at a loss to have them built a building and not a monument...
But money makes the world go round.....
I have a friend who lost an uncle that day and had to help him go through that..
It helped me understand the americans feelings... NOT the goverment's but the everyday people....
Sorry to be heavy here but I am having a hard time with the jokes in this thread...
Kisses

Thanks CoCo......

It is hard not to get emotional when people crack stupid jokes or make off-handed remarks........

I was at the base of WTC in August 2001.......

I lost 5 colleagues on 9/11 - 4 in the towers and 1 on a plane......

I only knew one personally...the rest were with my company, but I did not know them....

We need to build the biggest f***ing building possible... The inscription at the top needs to read....


http://home.nyc.rr.com/wiseup/usairforce.htm

Go get those MF's

 

[Makhno]

This isn't a simple problem with a simple answer. You don't have to have only one point of view.

Quite right.

(see seven posts up from here for example. )

 

[Massagegirl]

That was cool S.G. Gibson, a preemptive self attack!

I'll have to remember that next time I open my big mouth, course I would have to realize that some might be offended first, thats the hard part.

 

[HoweeMeeker]

BUSTED!

Let's not jump to conclusions. I'm not that kind of guy.

The first step is admitting you have a problem.



One question to the group, would YOU work in that new office tower? I wonder how the hell they are going to rent space. They can make it "whatever" proof and people will still be shit scared to work there.

 

[dittman]

. the gov. and the people are one in the same, the peoples house voted for the war resoulution including john kerry.

as far as the peace symbol, what goes around comes around wore it on my steel pot in nam.

last but not least i dont get upset with the gov. or intelligence flaws(even though it is beginning to look like someone in the cia should eat a bullett)because the people that did this were the hi jackers simple as that.

 

[timec]

dittman, any consideration that some in the people’s house voted YES based on that darn good intelligence? Would the same vote pass today knowing the foundation of that intelligence has no credibility? Who would have thought that the Republicans would have to fall back to their current ‘world is safer without Hussein’ spin to validate the IRAQ mess.

 

[OTR2]

I lived in Alberta for 8 years, always considered the term "ignorant red-neck asshole" something of a compliment myself.

 

[timec]

does the cornerstone inscription mention anything about those Iraqis who perpetrated the events of 9/11? No? Go Figure.

looks like that answers in: (yesterday, now officially stated, the U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee released it’s finding report that states the CIA's prewar estimates of Iraq's weapons of mass destruction were overstated and unsupported by intelligence). Senator Jay Rockefeller (Dem WV) "We in Congress would not have authorized that war with 75 votes if we knew what we know now”

GW Bush: "Our immediate task in battle fronts like Iraq and Afghanistan and elsewhere is to capture or kill the terrorists ... so we do not have to face them here at home"
GW Bush: “My answers bring em on”

alrightee then, next? N. Korea? Sudan? Libya? Syria? Batter up!