Several prominent liberal writers are arguing that 9/11 is a distraction from the fight for liberal causes. Are they right?
Riddle Me This
Before I address that question, let me ask another one:
Q: What do Daniel Ellsberg, Lewis Lapham, Michael Moore, Cindy Sheehan, Amy Goodman, Thom Hartmann, Rabbi Michael Lerner, Marc Crispin Miller, Howard Zinn, Ray McGovern, Robert McChesney, Gore Vidal, Chris Floyd, Robert Fisk, Medea Benjamin, Doris "Granny D" Haddock, Paul Hawken, David Cobb, Randy Hayes, Ernest Callenbach, Dennis Bernstein, Paul H. Ray, Michael Franti, Janeane Garafalo and Ed Asner all have in common?
A: All of these leading liberal voices question the Bush administration's account of what happened on 9/11.
Moreover, the trauma of September 11, 2001 is what galvanized many Americans to rally around the Bush administration in general, to close ranks in time of peril, and to give Bush his "mandate" (putting questions of election fraud to the side). Ever since 9/11, the American people have been terrified -- and thus irrational -- based upon the trauma of the vicious attacks. Since most Americans believe that the bad guys are "out there" and are about to get us unless we have a strong leader to fight them, they will not and CANNOT make any logical decisions about any other foreign or domestic issues -- including withdrawal from Iraq -- until "we get the bad guys".
Indeed, the WMD hoax probably would not have worked if it wasn't for the anti-Arab hysteria after September 11th. And the government policy of torture would not have been tolerated if we weren't misled into thinking that Saddam and Al-Qaeda had formed an unholy, all-powerful alliance on 9/11, and had to be stopped at any costs. Thus, the Saddam-911 deception was necessarily a precursor to the administration's WMD lies and torture policies.
I Spy
Indeed, the Bush administration is now using 9/11 as an excuse for domestic spying without warrant, and will use 9/11 as an excuse for every other unconstitutional, undemocratic, unAmerican destruction of civil liberties which it takes.
George WashingtonGeorge Washington is a pen name. I am using the pen name, with the approval of the publisher, because I have received death threats due to my 9/11 research and writing. I am using a pen name to protect myself and my family.
There is an actual 9/11 'directed energy weapon' Court Case in the US District Court, Sourthern New York.
Dr Judy Wood is suing the private contacters hired by NIST (including ARA and SAIC, both who are sponsors of the Directed Energy Professional Society) and is claiming FRAUD. She's suing of behalf of the United States of America and is represented by mainsteam attorney Jerry Leaphart.
War profiteers are so impatient for World War III that they would nuke USA and blame it on Arabs or Iranians or Muslims in general. Unless 9/11 perpetraters are impeached and locked up quickly there will be another 9/11 much worse and deadlier than the first one. Those who have caused the death of thousands of Americans in Iraq won't bother with some more thousands or millions at home. Their agenda for greed and more profit is all that matters. Human suffering is irrelevant.
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ramsheyi (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 373 comments)
on Wednesday, December 5, 2007 at 2:42:33 PM
It will set them free - so here's the real evidence
Thank you, CB, for the stand-up routine before my comment, which represents the real evidence that will set us free.
"**Let's take this Vertical Cut on WTC 4 as an example. The building material on the other side of the cut is "missing". Where'd it go?"
Here's the larger original - http://www.zombietime.com/wtc_9-13-2001/wtc_East_Hell.jpg . I'm going to "go out on a limb" and say that the missing portion of WTC 4 was sheared off and then flattened beneath the perimeter columns and exterior candlestick segments laid flat atop the pile of the former half. If you're seeing ink spots that make mooses in the image, then good for you!
"**Has anyone noticed... the WTC 4 cut is in the same path as the South Tower's north wall? The South Tower is also "missing"."
"**What type of weapon could destroy car engine blocks, yet leave unexploded gas tanks?"
No weapon would but a typical car fire could – see linked images below with respect to the "weird" police car. You DO realize you're grasping for anything at this point?
"**These cleanup workers certainly look puzzled. What happened here?"
What happened is that you thought you were Columbo. They look tired and appear to be walking cautiously over an uneven and dangerous work surface. To say someone(s) from the back and head tilted downwards look "puzzled" is really, really, REALLY a stretch.
"**How about this video of the Steel Core Turning to Dust and trickling down?"
It looks like the remaining core columns, now covered in pulverized dust, fails after the perimeter columns have fallen. As these core columns collapse, the dust atop their surfaces is re-suspended in the air. Not unlike this video of a smokestack demolition (aged mortar and ash accumulation on the inside are the sources of dust) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0CkfvpNlyBA .
Unless, of course, you're claiming that a directed energy device "dustified" the stack, this look uncannily like the core columns collapse.
"**The hundreds of tons of steel beams were "gone"."
"**About 20 minutes before the South Tower is destroyed, the FAA orders all aircraft to land. Two minutes after the North Tower is destroyed, the FAA allows military craft back up. Why? (Note: Commercial airliners were grounded by Norman Mineta, former VP of Lockheed Martin, a Gold-Level Sponsor of the Directed Energy Professional Society.)"
At 9:04 a.m. EDT, the initial order from the FAA halts all departures from New England and eastern New York. No military aircraft were ordered to land. The FAA order to suspend flight operations across the U.S. occurred at 9:50 a.m. EDT – at approximately the same time the South Tower collapses - http://256.com/gray/thoughts/2001/20010912/9_11_timeline.html .
What source are you using – Bob's 9/11 Reckoning?
"There is an actual 9/11 'directed energy weapon' Court Case in the US District Court, Sourthern New York.
"Dr Judy Wood is suing the private contacters hired by NIST (including ARA and SAIC, both who are sponsors of the Directed Energy Professional Society) and is claiming FRAUD. She's suing of behalf of the United States of America and is represented by mainsteam attorney Jerry Leaphart.
"See here for the court docs."
So what's special about a frivolous lawsuit? Check out this inmate, Jonathan Lee Riches, and his voluminous filing of lawsuits from prison and their rather entertaining subject matters - http://news.justia.com/cases/jonathan-lee-riches/ .
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Tom Murphy (2 articles, 3 quicklinks, 9 diaries, 1351 comments)
on Wednesday, December 5, 2007 at 10:41:44 PM
None of the accusations or responses answer the question. The Administration has to make public ALL of the evidence from that tragic incident. If they had carried out an exhaustive and viable investigation to begin with (not the one they pretended was thorough) we wouldn't have any cospiracy theories.
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Archie (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 841 comments)
on Thursday, December 6, 2007 at 12:16:48 PM
