Another Member of the Conspiracy

That's what the commenters at 9-11 Blogger are saying about structural engineer Ron Hamburger, who gave a presentation on the collapse of the WTC buildings.

The guy who introduced Ronald Hamburger appeared to have questions of his own and said that it is their mission to look at all sides of an issue. (Coming up, they will have a talk about whether the story of Jesus preceeded the birth of Jesus) The tone was set, so we all gave the speaker our respectful attention. He said he was glad to be here. Or at least he was for now. He made a point of telling us that he does not work for the government. Yeah right.

Convincing argument there from Randy, who made the post. I'm always swayed by the "Yeah, right" debate technique, although it's a little more persuasive in person when you can roll your eyes at the same time you say it.

Alot of it was pretty technical and dry, and I won't be able to relate that too well. And alot that we have all heard before. I think I'm versed just well enough on the technical issues that, combined with my gut feeling, I can usually tell in which direction the truth lies.

Of course, his gut feeling seems to lead him astray here:

Andrea asked if it was a pancake, why didn't it look like a stack of pancakes. I think a couple times he used the stock answer that the WTC towers were unlike any other buildings. He touched on Bldg. 7 and said that uncontrolled fires had burned all day and that a couple core columns were severely damaged and then gave a detailed analyses, and I thought that was all pretty lame.

Because, you know, unless he says something different than the "official" story, it's going to be lame in Randy's mind.