In a few weeks, it all begins again: the howling scream-whine of a narcissistic nation oscillating wildly between fits of megalomania and depressive woe-is-me-ism. "Will there be calls for a true investigation into what the government knew and how that knowledge might have prevented the tragedy?" Not a chance -- that would spoil the pity-party. But you can be sure that "anyone who dares suggest that our country also inflicts terror will not be given serious consideration." Is the United States capable of serious -- and civilized -- collective thought? Certainly not in the last ten years.::::::::

Global Domination, by Black Agenda Report
The awful words and platitudes are already being written and spoken: "Ten years later," "ten years on," "tenth anniversary," "how to talk to the children," "where were you when it happened," etc, etc, etc. Of course I am speaking of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center towers in New York City and the Pentagon on September 11, 2001.
Click here to read Margaret Kimberley's excellent article in full.
I have a law degree (Stanford, 66') but have never practiced. Instead, from 1967 through 1977, I tried to contribute to the revolution in America. As unsuccessful as everyone else over that decade, in 1978 I went to work for the U.S. Forest (
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