Paul Beach Posted September 26, 2005 Share Posted September 26, 2005 Dear friends, A number of dolphins have been trained to shoot darts at terrorists underwater with a toxic substance that would make them unconscious so they could be interrogated later. Several of these dolphins are missing following the hurricane. This is serious because they could seek out innocent swimmers. http://observer.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,6903,1577753,00.html Sincerely, Mrs. Gray Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amelia Posted September 26, 2005 Share Posted September 26, 2005 Mrs Gray is stealing my thunder for weird and strange news. <img src="/ubbtreads/images/graemlins/AAdoh.gif" alt="" /> Quote <p><span style="color:#0000FF;"><span style="font-weight:bold;"><span style="font-style:italic;">"Do not use harmful words, but only helpful words, the kind that build up and provide what is needed, so that what you say will do good to those who hear you."</span></span> Eph 4:29</span><br><br><img src="http://banners.wunderground.com/weathersticker/gizmotimetemp_both/US/OR/Fairview.gif" alt="Fairview.gif"> Fairview Or</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Beach Posted September 26, 2005 Author Share Posted September 26, 2005 Dear person, What's so "weird and strange" about the Navy training dolphins to shoot terrorists with tranquilizer darts? Sincerely, Mrs. Gray Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Lambert Posted September 26, 2005 Share Posted September 26, 2005 Did the dolphins swim around armed all the time? Do we know that they were armed when they went missing? How were the dolphins taught to recognize terrorists? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cricket Posted September 26, 2005 Share Posted September 26, 2005 These dolphins must not have been armed when they went missing: the Navy took a long time checking to see if these found dolphins were the one's they'd trained. It probably woulnd't have taken so long if they dolphins were wearing the toxic dart weaponry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators lazarus Posted September 27, 2005 Moderators Share Posted September 27, 2005 Dolphins taught to shoot terrorists is about as plausible as the idea that a plane crashed into the Pentagon on 911! There's something fishy about the whole thing! Quote Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocrities. The latter cannot understand it when a man does not thoughtlessly submit to hereditary prejudices but honestly and courageously uses his intelligence. Einstein Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil D Posted September 27, 2005 Share Posted September 27, 2005 Quote: How were the dolphins taught to recognize terrorists? [tic]I suspect that the dolphins know a republican vs a democrate by smell...[/tic] Quote Democracy is a device that ensures we shall be governed no better than we deserve.  George Bernard Shaw  Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators lazarus Posted September 28, 2005 Moderators Share Posted September 28, 2005 Quote: I suspect that the dolphins know a republican vs a democrate by smell... now that's funny...lol Quote Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocrities. The latter cannot understand it when a man does not thoughtlessly submit to hereditary prejudices but honestly and courageously uses his intelligence. Einstein Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amelia Posted September 29, 2005 Share Posted September 29, 2005 Dispelling a myth of dangerous Navy dolphins 'Countdown' investigates report of marine mammals armed, on the loose Keith Olbermann MSNBC Sept. 27, 2005 Everyone knows the cliche about life imitating art. Well, here we go again. Because of Hurricane Katrina, we have learned of a reported factual parallel to one of the most over-the-top ideas ever in one of the most over-the-top movie spoofs ever.1 In "Austin Powers, International Man of Mystery," one of Mike Myers' many characters, Dr. Evil, asks his people to provide him with "Sharks with fricking laser beams attached to their heads." Now, do we have a case of fiction becoming reality? On Monday, the British newspaper "The Observer" quoted an accident investigator who claimed that three dozen U.S. military dolphins, supposedly trained in secret near Lake Pontchartrain, had been washed away by Hurricane Katrina. These animals were supposedly capable of identify underwater spies and were carrying a special harness which permitted them to fire toxic darts at anybody trying to sabotage a ship. Presumably, the actual firing would be done by remote control, rather than by the dolphins, who may be really smart, but who do not have hands with which to press the firing button for the "fricking darts," nor, for that matter, any "fricking laser beams attached to their heads." Well, it sounds ludicrous, except that the Navy has long admitted experimenting to see if dolphins could be used militarily. The idea of them as last lines of defense against underwater terrorists was broached very seriously in the months and years immediately after 9/11. On Monday evening, however, the Pentagon actually issued a statement saying all of its dolphins have been accounted for. Moreover, the DOD says its dolphins aren't trained to attack, just to look for "objects" with their diver companions. Plus, they have no dolphin units in Louisiana, only in San Diego. So, could there be 36 trained dolphins out there somewhere carrying toxic darts on their backs, ready to shoot surfers or divers or Lloyd Bridges or Patrick Duffy from "Manimal"? Moby Solangi, the president of Marine Life Oceanarium in Gulfport, Miss., which rescued several of its dolphins in the Gulf of Mexico after Hurricane Katrina, appeared on "Countdown" Monday to discuss the possibility. To read an excerpt of his conversation with Keith Olbermann, continue to the text below. To watch the video, click on the "Launch" button to the right. KEITH OLBERMANN: Well, I'm confused. Are there such dolphins? Were they in the New Orleans area? Could they be missing? And, if so, should we assume they are armed and dangerous? MOBY SOLANGI, PRESIDENT, MARINE LIFE OCEANARIUM: Well, boy, I will tell you, that sounds like something from "X-Files." If I'd known, we probably would be running away from our own dolphins! OLBERMANN: Make sure I'm right on this one point here, that dolphins could not actually fire poison dart guns, even if they are wearing them, even if they are loose, because they don't have hands. Am I right about this so far? SOLANGI: No, I think that's science fiction. And these animals are trained. It's common knowledge, to look for underwater mines and divers. But I think darts and all that is a little bit too far. OLBERMANN: The story in the British paper suggested the one thing, the one kernel of supposed truth off of which they hung this entire story was that, when your dolphins were located out in the Gulf and met up with their handlers and were eventually rescued, that the Navy wanted to inspect the dolphins first. Is there any truth to that? SOLANGI: No, not at all. As a matter of fact, we didn't have any Navy folks. Now, they have helped us, provided us these temporary tanks in which we're holding these animals until they recover, so they can be transported. But, no, the Navy has absolutely no involvement in the rescue of these animals, other than providing us with temporary pools. OLBERMANN: And nobody saw any other dolphins in the neighborhood wearing big darts. How are your dolphins, by the way? We need to follow up on that. SOLANGI: Oh, they're doing wonderfully well. They're getting healthy. We moved all eight of them to the SeaBee base in Gulfport, Mississippi. And, after they recover, we should move them into other aquariums around the country. OLBERMANN: All right, last question. If I see one of these dolphins wearing a harness with a poison dart gun on its back in my neighborhood, should I call Homeland Security or George C. Scott or Dr. Evil? Or who should I call? SOLANGI: I think you should swim fast! Quote <p><span style="color:#0000FF;"><span style="font-weight:bold;"><span style="font-style:italic;">"Do not use harmful words, but only helpful words, the kind that build up and provide what is needed, so that what you say will do good to those who hear you."</span></span> Eph 4:29</span><br><br><img src="http://banners.wunderground.com/weathersticker/gizmotimetemp_both/US/OR/Fairview.gif" alt="Fairview.gif"> Fairview Or</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cricket Posted September 29, 2005 Share Posted September 29, 2005 Lazarus, I'm baffled at your statement. Are you hinting that a plane did not crash into the Pentagon on September 11; that it was some sort of a lie? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Beach Posted September 29, 2005 Author Share Posted September 29, 2005 Dear person, With regard to September 11, there are some legitimate questions and reasons to question the official story. Please visit http://911research.wtc7.net for more information. Sincerely, Mrs. Gray Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Lambert Posted September 29, 2005 Share Posted September 29, 2005 I have read that dolphins have been trained to sniff out explosives, such as limpet mines or C4 demolition charges attached to ship hulls; sort of the aquatic equivalent of bomb-sniffing dogs. This is within the capability of dolphins. There have also been suggestions that dolphins might be trained to carry mines or other explosives, to be set off remotely when they swim close to a ship. I hope this is not true, but I cannot honestly be sure it is not. I doubt that dolphins can be trained to attack humans knowingly. They could kill humans just by ramming them repeatedly; they kill sharks this way. But I think dolphins would probably refuse to do this to humans. Their natural impulse seems to be to intervene to save humans who are in distress, helping support struggling swimmers just as they would one of their own young. They are even reported to have guided damaged ships through hazardous shallow water to port. Several reports like this came out of World War II. In many respects, these "Children of the Sea" put humans to shame. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cricket Posted September 30, 2005 Share Posted September 30, 2005 Dear persona, Thank you for the link. I find no evidence, however that the Pentagon was not hit by an airplane. This link provides reason to question the actions and motives behind the actions--but does not give any reason to question whether or not the Pentagon was hit by an airplane. With equal sincerity, Christine Wall Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Beach Posted September 30, 2005 Author Share Posted September 30, 2005 Dear person, In that case, it is what it is. Sincerely, Mrs. Gray Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birmbear Posted October 1, 2005 Share Posted October 1, 2005 "I suspect that the dolphins know a republican vs a democrate by smell..." Hmmm..."democrate." Ain't that one of them containers into which Republicans would like to stuff Democrats? __Birm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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