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Witness tells Fox "no second plane -- it was a bomb"
Apparently this wasn't newsworthy.
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9/11 truth - Media responsibility
The failure of the American media [to do it's job in regards to 9/11] has been admitted by some insiders. For example, Rena Golden, executive vice-president and general manager of CNN International, was quoted as saying in August of 2002 that the American press had censored itself on both 9/11 and the war in Afghanistan. "Anyone who claims the US media did censor itself," Golden added, "is kidding you. And this isn't just a CNN issue - every journalist who was in any way involved in 9/11 is partly responsible." As to why this has been the case, CBS anchorman Dan Rather has said:
"There was a time in South Africa that people would put flaming tires around people's necks if they dissented. And in some ways the fear is that you will be necklaced here, and you will have a flaming tire of lack of patriotism put around your neck. Now it is the fear that keeps journalists from asking the toughest of the tough questions."
Rather's confession surely explains at least part of the press's reticence to question the official account, especially since journalists perceived as unpatriotic are in danger of being fired.
One of the chief critics of the official account, Thierry Meyssan, suggests that Americans have viewed any criticism of the official account to be not only unpatriotic but even sacrilegious.
On September 12 [2001], Meyssan reminds us, President Bush announced his intention to lead "a monumental struggle of Good versus Evil."
On September 13, he declared that the next day would be a National Day of Prayer and Remembrance for the Victims of the Terrorist Attacks.
On September 14, George W. Bush, the 43rd President of the United States issued a declaration of war from a cathedral. He was surrounded by Billy Graham, a cardinal, a rabbi, and an imam as well as four previous presidents and many members of Congress. GWBush delivered the sermon. in the Sermon, he said:
"Our responsibility to history is already clear: to answer these attacks and rid the world of evil. War has been waged against us by stealth and deceit and murder. This nation is peaceful, but fierce when stirred to anger...In every generation, the world has produced enemies of human freedom. They have attacked America, because we are freedom's home and defender. AND THE COMMITMENT OF OUR FATHERS is now the calling of our time....[W]e ask almighty God to watch over our nation, and grant us patience and resolve in all that is to come.... And may He always guide our country. God bless America."
An unprecedented declaration of war from a cathedral.
Meyssan observes, "the American government consecrated...it's version of events. From then on, any questioning of the official truth would be seen as sacrilege."
"The New Pearl Harbor"
by David Ray Griffin
http://www.democracynow.org/2004/5/26/the_new_pearl_har... The failure of the American media [to do it's job in regards to 9/11] has been admitted by some insiders. For example, Rena Golden, ex... more -
US generals ‘will quit’ if Bush orders Iran attack
According to the Times Online: SOME of America’s most senior military commanders are prepared to resign if the White House orders a military strike against Iran, according to highly placed defence and intelligence sources.
Tension in the Gulf region has raised fears that an attack on Iran is becoming increasingly likely before President George Bush leaves office. The Sunday Times has learnt that up to five generals and admirals are willing to resign rather than approve what they consider would be a reckless attack.
“There are four or five generals and admirals we know of who would resign if Bush ordered an attack on Iran,” a source with close ties to British intelligence said. “There is simply no stomach for it in the Pentagon, and a lot of people question whether such an attack would be effective or even possible.”
A British defence source confirmed that there were deep misgivings inside the Pentagon about a military strike. “All the generals are perfectly clear that they don’t have the military capacity to take Iran on in any meaningful fashion. Nobody wants to do it and it would be a matter of conscience for them.
“There are enough people who feel this would be an error of judgment too far for there to be resignations.”
A generals’ revolt on such a scale would be unprecedented. “American generals usually stay and fight until they get fired,” said a Pentagon source. Robert Gates, the defence secretary, has repeatedly warned against striking Iran and is believed to represent the view of his senior commanders.
Michael Smith and Sarah Baxter, Washington
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/iraq/articl... According to the Times Online: SOME of America’s most senior military commanders are prepared to resign if the White House orders a mi... more -
WTC "Controlled Demolition"
“[T]here was just an explosion [in the south tower]. It seemed like on television [when] they blow up these buildings. It seemed like it was going all the way around like a belt, all these explosions.”--Firefighter Richard Banaciski
“I saw a flash flash flash [at] the lower level of the building. You know like when they demolish a building?”--Assistant Fire Commissioner Stephen Gregory
“[I]t was [like a] professional demolition where they set the charges on certain floors and then you hear 'Pop, pop, pop, pop, pop'."--Paramedic Daniel Rivera
Firefighter Louie Cacchioli, after entering the north tower lobby and seeing elevator doors completely blown out and people being hit with debris, asked himself, "how could this be happening so quickly if a plane hit way above?" After he reached the 24th floor, he and another fireman "heard this huge explosion that sounded like a bomb [and] knocked off the lights and stalled the elevator." After they pried themselves out of the elevator, "another huge explosion like the first one hits. This one hits about two minutes later . . . [and] I'm thinking, "Oh. My God, these bastards put bombs in here like they did in 1993!"12
Multiple explosions were also reported by Teresa Veliz, who worked for a software development company in the north tower. She was on the 47th floor, she reported, when suddenly "the whole building shook. . . . [Shortly thereafter] the building shook again, this time even more violently." Then, while Veliz was making her way downstairs and outside: "There were explosions going off everywhere. I was convinced that there were bombs planted all over the place and someone was sitting at a control panel pushing detonator buttons. . . . There was another explosion. And another. I didn't know where to run."13
Steve Evans, a New York-based correspondent for the BBC, said: "I was at the base of the second tower . . . that was hit. . . . There was an explosion. . . . The base of the building shook. . . . [T]hen there was a series of explosions."14
Fireman 2: "We made it at least two blocks and we started running." He makes explosive sounds and then uses a chopping hand motion to emphasize his next point: "Floor by floor it started popping out . . . ."
Fireman 1: "It was as if they had detonated--as if they were planning to take down a building, boom boom boom boom boom . . . ."
http://www.911truth.org/article.php?story=2006011810422... “[T]here was just an explosion [in the south tower]. It seemed like on television [when] they blow up these buildings. It seemed like... more -
Let us call it by its proper name: torture
Let us not forget that on March 8, 2008, President Bush announced his veto of legislation to ban the use of harsh interrogation methods, such as waterboarding. Remember what our government continues to do. Rather than depict it as an "enhanced" interrogation technique, let us call it by its proper name: Torture.
Photographs and a truly frightening video are included. Let us not forget that on March 8, 2008, President Bush announced his veto of legislation to ban the use of harsh interrogation method... more -
The project for a new American century?
Do we need these guys? And do we need a one-world government? Who would be in charge of this?
Check out knife-party.com... they have some creative digital work. Do we need these guys? And do we need a one-world government? Who would be in charge of this? ... more -
Bush Brashly Vetoed Waterboarding Ban
President Bush brashly vetoed legislation that would have banned the CIA from the use of harsh interrogation techniques of torture, such as waterboarding. This article includes very detailed information on both the historical and modern use of waterboarding, photographs and video showing a frightening live waterboarding demonstration. President Bush brashly vetoed legislation that would have banned the CIA from the use of harsh interrogation techniques of torture, su... more
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Neoconservative View of the New American Century
So few liberals have ANY understanding of the depotic genius of neoconservative foreign policy. Militancy for resourse gain is the most historically proven foreign policy, now, yesterday, and tomorrow. If your going to criticize war for oil you best the strange realistic brilliance of the practice. Rumsfeld, Wolfowitz, Libby, all the historically-aware realists that brought us Iraq II, had it all planned out and saw Sept 11 as the opportunity. So few liberals have ANY understanding of the depotic genius of neoconservative foreign policy. Militancy for resourse gain is the mos... more
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Military Wife vs. Bill Kristol
It's C-SPAN, so there's very little actual "versus"...but you do hear a pretty impassioned plea for Kristol to abandon his cheearleading position. Bill Kristol, keep in mind, is one of the bigwigs of the neocons and was a big proponent of the Iraq War if not one of its quiet architects back in the wee old days of pre-9/11. It's C-SPAN, so there's very little actual "versus"...but you do hear a pretty impassioned plea for Kristol to abandon his cheearleadi... more
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