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9/11 was a tragedy of Pearl Harbor proportions. The St. Petersburg Times in Florida called it "A New Day of Infamy" on Sept. 12. I remember the headline clearly. It's a hard topic to discuss because:
1. So many people died
2. So many more were affected by the deaths of friends, family, coworkers, neighbors...
3. The Patriot Act...it is considered UNpatriotic to talk about terrorism, especially conspiracy theories regarding 9/11
4. I love my country and am terribly disheartened by the sum of the facts...which do not add up.

However, I cannot "sweep" this "under the rug" because I know what I saw. I watched Sept 11 happen on television that morning, I had just gotten off a plane approximately 8 hours before. I yelled at the newsman that this was not a "horrible accident---a plane has crashed into the WTC"--as he stated. I yelled at the TV, "WHAT? ARE YOU STUPID! THIS IS A TERRORIST ATTACK, THAT PLANE WAS FLOWN INTO THE BUILDING!"
And then, 18 minutes later, a second plane...the newsman now saw it my way. I was glued to the TV for hours.

So, to stay on topic...
I don't think there's much difficulty in putting the facts together the way this film has done. I don't think anyone can swear by them and only a few very powerful people can actually fill in the holes.
I watched Michael Moore's film too. He has some interesting questions as well. But overall, the American Public is not interested in getting the questions answered truthfully. We stand to lose too much: security, integrity, comfort... We only lose a few freedoms instead...like the freedom to walk through the airport without being fondled at security.

Some things I do know. Conspiracies happen.
People can be persuaded to do anything. Everyone has a price. For some, it is power/promotions through the ranks, for others the persuasion is monetary--they can be bought. Still others, the persuasion is truly more DISsuasion: i.e. threats of losing one's career, one's home, or one's life, etc.
As for how far-ranging this conspiracy (if it exists) reaches...most of the USA media, even the global media is owned by one giant corporation. Most corporations have only one or two head-"Honchos" to get to. Then the orders just "trickle-down". That makes it easy to give only one view to the public.
The same goes for governments. There really are only a few key players; buy them off (or threaten them), and your conspiracy is "pulled-off". The cronies are guys just doing their jobs, so as not to destroy their own careers and lives. It's huge, but really boils down to one thing that fueled the whole conspiracy in the first place: GREED.

And I have to say, George Bush is not one of the conspirators, he's just been bought and paid for. He's not bright enough to know how far reaching this thing goes. He couldn't be trusted to testify to the 9-11 Commission ALONE. No, Bush is just a pawn. The real conspirators are those who stood to REALLY gain from it, not just monetarily, but politically. Corporations like Haliburton, who are now reconstructing Iraq.

And we, the Public. Well, we are hardly even considered pawns in this game of chess. We are dispensible. They killed about 3000 of us, and without so much as a second thought. There will be other consumers to fill the emptiness, and it won't take long. The exportation of American culture, music, fashion, and food is still a booming business. And we don't even wait for them to come to here; we just package our culture and export it. Maybe that is what fuels Islamic fundamentalism.


I hope that was "on-topic" ...my truly discouraged political self is showing here. I know THEY can track me down like a hunted animal...but I hope they won't. btw, have you read the Downing Street Memo? Anyone care to watch WAG THE DOG tonight????