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Brainwashing and 911

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However, there were slipups. There were reports of explosions in the buildings before they collapsed. One reporter even stated that the top of one of the towers had exploded. Mayor Guiliani told he had been warned that the towers were going to collapse before it happened. He later denied this but he is refuted by video tapes. With so many reporters doing live interviews it was impossible to totally control the flow of the information. Truths, detrimental to the official story come out just after an event. After the official line is clear to the media, these truths are never mentioned again. Here are a few examples. After the JFK assassination, major media outlets, including CBS, ABC, and AP, reported that a Secret Service agent had been killed, a threat to the single assassin theory. This was never mentioned after the day of the assassination. After the July 7, 2005 bombings in London, television stations reported that 4 terrorists had been shot by police. (Later the official story was that the terrorists were suicide bombers.) Just after the Oklahoma City bombing, as mentioned above, it was reported that unexploded bombs were removed from the building. If there's another terrorist event, I suggest recording the TV coverage, or at least writing down relevant facts, before the official story settles in. At any rate I'd give the media and the government a high grade for their 9/11 propaganda.

No discussion of 9/11 would complete without a discussion of why many progressives accept the official conspiracy theory. They're usually skeptical of the government line on global warming, weapons of mass destruction, the number of civilian dead in Iraq, etc., etc. When it comes to 9/11, however, they accept much of the official version.
One reason is that they trust progressive opinion leaders such as Noam Chomsky, Amy Goodman, Matthew Rothschild (editor, the Progressive), David Corn (editor, the Nation magazine) and many others. Many of them ignore the 9/11truth movement, and if pressed to give an opinion, they will say that they haven't seen any evidence that's convincing. The Nation and the Progressive and other liberal magazines (and also Amy Goodman's Democracy Now) receive grant money from foundations. The foundations in turn get money from the government. If a publication goes over the "line, I expect that they will be cut off from grant money. Is it any wonder that the most vicious attacks on 9/11 truth seekers comes from liberal magazines. Much has been written about this and I refer the reader to "Towers of Deception by Barrie Zwicker.

The liberal media can't talk about 9/11 or assassinations or government involvement in drug smuggling or anything that could put officials in jail. They're allowed to say that the Bush administration took advantage of 9/11 to further their fascist and imperialistic agendas.

After many arguments with friends and relatives I've concluded that many progressives can't believe that 9/11 is an inside job because they like to believe that the truth lies between 2 extremes, regardless of the evidence. The idea goes back to Aristotle. You can even feel superior to the extremists who hold such outlandish opinions, not backed by anyone of importance. Hitler knew about this tendency and stated that you can make outrageous claims and the populace will always believe that there's some truth to them.

Others say that while there may be some truth in what the conspiracy theorists say, it's a waste of time to even think about it and that people will be arguing about 9/11 for centuries. Yet in spite of all the brainwashing, a sizable fraction of the population believe that some faction in the government staged the 9/11 attack. The reason: the evidence is overwhelming.

False flag operations have been so successful that more will come unless we do something. We should begin by educating ourselves and our families. Start by reading up on 9/11. Reason can overcome brainwashing and the emotions, but it's not easy. You might not be able to do it alone, so go to a meeting of a 9/11 truth organization, if there's one in your area, or watch videos available on the internet. Once you're convinced, start in on your family and then your friends. I've tried it. I often get a dirty look when I begin. But I explain that I've spent a lot of time researching 9/11 and feel very strongly about it, and unless people stop burying their heads in the sand we're heading for dictatorship and permanent war. The 9/11 cover up teaches that we can't trust the media or congress or anyone else in positions of authority in this country.

We have the appearance of democracy on a national level and some local democracy. The current system, which has worked for most people for half a century, is going to lead us to the end of life as we know it. Congress is bought and paid for by big business. The national security state and big business are allies. The corporations are getting greedier and more corrupt by the day. There has to be a change. Here are few suggestions for bringing it about.

Stop voting for democrats or republicans if a third party candidate is on the ballot. (There are a few exceptions such as Dennis Kucinich.) In the 2008 presidential election I voted for Cynthia McKinney. She stands for everything I do, including single payer health care, withdrawal from Iraq and Afghanistan, and an independent investigation of 9/11. If millions had voted for her, the major parties would have to shift to the left. I know there's little evidence that Sarah Palin has any integrity at all, but Obama may be just as dangerous in that he can use his popularity to push for more war and fascism. Join and support third parties whenever you can.

Next, put pressure on left wing media to stop their dishonest coverage of 9/11. Write letters and emails.
Next, stop supporting the major media. I stopped getting home delivery of the New York Times after 35 years. I wrote the paper a letter critical of their dishonesty and shoddy news coverage. I'll still look at the Times in a library, but I'll never pay for a paper. Stop watching the major TV news programs. Much finer minds can be found on the internet or in books. If you want to learn about a topic, such as the financial crisis, use an internet search engine such as Google. You can get the opinions of Nobel Prize winners and prominent intellectuals instead of establishment lackeys on the TV. If you like to watch videos, just specify video after the topic in your internet search. Unfortunately, you'll probably need a broadband connection.

Finally get involved. Make some time to join a peace group or a 9/11 group or whatever is available. For those who feel that 9/11 is a dead issue and it's time to move on, I close with a statement by President Obama, addressing the Veterans of Foreign Wars in Phoenix on August 18, 2009.

"Those who attacked America on 9/11 are plotting to do it again. If left unchecked, the Taliban insurgency will mean an even larger safe haven from which Al Qaeda would plot to kill more Americans. So this is not only a war worth fighting. This is fundamental to the defense to our people.

References

1. PR! A Social History of Spin, by Stuart Ewen.
2. The PARANOIA SWITCH, How Terror Rewires our Brains and Reshapes our Behavior " and How we can Reclaim our Courage, by Martha Stout.
3. Towers of Deception, The Media Cover-Up of 9/11, by Barrie Zwicker.
4. The Propaganda of Saints in the Middle Ages, by Esther Cohen, Journal of Communication, Autumn 1981.
5. World Trade Center Building Performance Study, Federal Emergency Management Agency 403, September 2002.
6. The Dead Secret Service Saga and the Agent(s) on the Knoll, Vince Palamara, Deep Politics Quarterly, 10/97.
7. 7/7 Ripple Effect, a video by Muad Dib


The author, Terry Morrone, is Professor Emeritus of Physics at Adelphi University.

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