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Omen?

Believe in omens? Occurrences that portend future events? Either way, let us celebrate the miracle of the Hudson River off Manhattan. An Airbus laden with 150 souls had struck a flight of geese upon takeoff from LaGuardia airport, veered left, losing power, sailed over the George Washington Bridge and landed in the Hudson River.

A miniature 9-11? No. The pilot made what amounted to a dead-stick landing in the water without tearing his plane apart and soon everyone aboard had been rescued by the covies of boats and helicopters that raced to the scene.

No diminishing the pilot's skill. But there was another element, undiscoverable but salient, we might acknowledge. It will not require an incoming President to invade another country, or to cast blame. It was good fortune. We can hope, pray if you do, that this is a portent of those things to come under Barack Obama and that whatever we may do to make this so, will be done.

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Kate| 1.15.09 @ 7:01PM

Are you serious????? One wonders if you've been to re-education camp.

Alan Brooks| 1.15.09 @ 7:08PM

i jokingly said to my dad after Frank Sinatra died, "this is an omen"

"yes, but an omen of what?" was his reply.

Alan Brooks| 1.15.09 @ 8:00PM

this busts my gut;

headline: "airliner crash lands in Hudson"

that would be "airliner lands in Hudson" and, um, it didnt crash.

Alan Brooks| 1.15.09 @ 8:02PM

it um didn't crash it landed in the water which is WHY EVERYONE WAS SAFE!

reid Collins| 1.15.09 @ 9:14PM

who said it "crashed?" where?

Alan Brooks| 1.15.09 @ 9:38PM

oh reid, a dumb yahoo e-headline.

you know like "extremist terrorists attack Mumbai"

'hi my name is Ahmed and i am a moderate terrorist- i wont kill you just blow your legs off. have a nice day'

ruth| 1.15.09 @ 10:02PM

But don't forget: WATERBOARDING IS TORTURE!!!

Alan Brooks| 1.15.09 @ 10:53PM

waterboarding might have an effect on their self esteem.

Alan Brooks| 1.15.09 @ 11:01PM

or is it affect their self esteem?

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ruth| 1.15.09 @ 11:11PM

Was that you, Fake Jeremiah?

ConservativeWanderer| 1.16.09 @ 8:28AM

'hi my name is Ahmed and i am a moderate terrorist- i wont kill you just blow your legs off. have a nice day'

No, Alan, a "moderate terrorist" is one that our President Elect has known for 20 years and is now teaching in Chicago.

By contrast, an "extremist terrorist" is someone who peacefully protests outside an abortion clinic.

Oh, and those folks from the Middle East who blow themselves and innocent civilians up? They're not terrorists at all, they're "Freedom Fighters."

NewSpeak lives!

Heyduke| 1.16.09 @ 1:07PM

Wanderer- how is Bill Ayers a terrorist? Did he strike noncombatants at random creating an atmosphere of terror in civilian populations? Just curious. And for bonus points, is Luis Posada Carilles a terrorist and is the United States harboring him?

ruth| 1.16.09 @ 3:00PM

Yes, Ayres did strike at noncombatants, and a lot of people were frightened at the time. He is an unrepentant terroist.

Heyduke| 1.16.09 @ 3:09PM

Wow, that Ayres person sounds really awful. Sorry Ruth, just being a little obnoxious, but if you're going to unreasonably condemn someone, shouldn't you spell their name correctly? When did Bill Ayers strike at noncombatants? Why did the feds drop all charges against him?

ruth| 1.16.09 @ 4:26PM

Don't get hysterical over a typo, HD, it happens. AYERS is a skunk, his group did terrorize citizens and he got off on a technicality. He has never apologized for setting bombs and to quote Professor Klehr of Emory University, " The only reason he wasn't guilty of mass murder was because of his (WUO) mere incompetence. I don't know what sort of defense that is." It's disgusting that you liberals are trying to re-write history and glorify this moron. Is he going to be in Obama's cabinet, is that what this is about?

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