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07/30/2003 Archived Entry: "Umm...Question?"
Umm...Question?
Okay, so you've no doubt heard about the warnings from the intelligence community about Al-Quaeda maybe attempting another 9/11-style terror attack by the end of the summer.
So why, then are they pulling air marshalls?
Despite renewed warnings about possible airline hijackings, the Transportation Security Administration has alerted federal air marshals that as of Friday they will no longer be covering cross-country or international flights, MSNBC.com has learned. The decision to drop coverage on flights that many experts consider to be at the highest risk of attack apparently stems from a policy decision to rework schedules so that air marshals don’t have to incur the expense of staying overnight in hotels.
And why is Preznit Smokemout leaving town for the month of August?
- It's billed as a working vacation, but fund-raisers — at the rate of one every five days — will fill President Bush's schedule during his monthlong stay in August at his Texas ranch.
Is this starting to sound a little familiar yet?
Okay, three questions. Sue me.
Replies: 7 people speak up
the reason they are pulling the air marshalls is the same reason they didnt scramble any jets after the first plane hit on 9/11, because it doesnt fit into the story line that they planed out for the attacks. im not saying for sure that bush planned 9/11, (i cant say for sure that hitler planned the reichstag fire either, but that doesnt mean he didnt benefit from it) but if bush didnt plan it, he knew about it ahead of time, let it happen, and planned around it. you can guarantee that if his approval ratings keep dropping there will be another attack. i just hope that americans arnt as stupid this time as they were last time, and that they finally see the truth, bush will kill anyone he has to to stay in power, his whole family carries the stink of the concentration camps prescot bush built, may they be cursed for a thousand generations to come
Posted by justin @ 07/30/2003 10:11 AM NY
Justin,
Your thesis is not unlike Gore Vidal's assertion that FDR provoked the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor to sway US public opinion in favor of war against the Axis (as opposed to the "Axis of Evil"). While I'm a huge fan of Vidal, I'm an even bigger fan of FDR, and find it impossible to accept that FDR deliberately set us up for an attack.
With respect to Bush and his administration, I despise the lot of them with every fiber of my being. However, I simply cannot accept the notion that they either planned 9-11 or knew it was about to happen and simply did nothing.
I will accept the hypothesis that 9-11 occurred due to monumental incompetence bordering on criminal negligence. And I think it goes without saying that this administration has shamelessly used this tragedy (I was at 15th Street and Broadway when the North Tower came down) to further its political and economic agenda.
Posted by Metropolitan99 @ 07/30/2003 10:33 AM NY
the real point isnt whether he planned it, or allowed it to happen, the point is, just like hitler and the reichstag fire, he made it work to his advantage. the attacks have been so helpfull in swinging this country so far to the right, that if he didnt plan it, he certainly should have, because its the only thing that could have possibly set this country back as far as weve gone in the past few years. the whole point of conservatism is undoing progress, and they certainly have done a lot of that.
comparing bush to FDR is like comparing Space Mountain to mount Everest..... but there is evidence that the us government did know about a pending attack on hawaii before it happened. im not saying that FDR was behind it, but there very well could have been some kind of conspiracy in the military industrial complex. the same thing holds true with bush. i dont honestly believe that bush himself is competent enough to plan a picknick, let alone a terrorist attack, but i do honestly believe that one of the puppeteers behind bush knew something and let it happen. i dont know this for certain, its just a gut feeling, based on the evidence ive read over the past few years. i really dont want it to be true either, because it means that we are in a lot more danger than any of us realize, if they are really capable of that kind of evil. hopefully im wrong.
either way, the people who run Bush behind the scenes are more dangerous than any government since hitler, because ther is no telling what they are capable of
Posted by justin @ 07/30/2003 12:23 PM NY
Justin,
I would NEVER compare Bush with FDR. In fact, I wouldn't even use their names in the same sentence, except for something like: Bush isn't worthy of wiping FDR's ass (and probably doesn't have the intelligence required for that task).
As for America's swing to the right, I don't hold Knucklehead or 9-11 responsible. That process started in 1980 with Reagan. And Reaganin turn, fulfilled the the dreams of Bary Goldwater (early 1960's). The point is that American Conservatism is a reactionary force that developed in response to the big-government New Deal policies of FDR.
This reawakened Conservatism has been gathering strength for the last 25 years. The events of 9-11 have only served to accelerate the process. The great tragedy is that most Americans are too ill-informed, too apathetic, too self-indulgent to think through the consequences of the Conservative Agenda. Like happy lemmings, most Americans will drive off the cliff in their fully-loaded SUV's.
Posted by Metropolitan99 @ 07/30/2003 03:32 PM NY
Whoops. The third sentence in the second paragraph should read, "And Reagan, in turn, fulfilled..."
Posted by Metropolitan99 @ 07/30/2003 03:35 PM NY
things seemed so much better under clinton..... i know i know, clinton was no liberal either, but he seemed like one at the time, its been so long since there was a real democrat in office, the first 3 years of my life we had carter, and thats about it for my lifetime. I often wonder what things would be like if someone of FDR's caliber were in the whitehouse now. the recession would be dealt with using social programs, and job training, schools wouldnt be bankrupt, and maybe we would be dealing with the causes of terrorism instead of further punishing people for hating us for valid reasons. The point is though, with the corporate controll as firmly entrenched as it is i dont think anyone like FDR could be elected now. the point really is that the corporate interest panders to the conservative interest, because right wing nationalism is hard to hold back. this is a war against the poor as much as it is against anything, and the conservatives and corporates are in bed together. the sick thing is that the so called democrats and the corporates are in bed too, so how can we win? maybe we should clone FDR? its sad that we would have to go to those lenghts to find a liberal democrat who is also not a wimp. you can bet bush wouldnt be able to call FDR out on being soft on terrorism, but you can also bet that bush couldnt spell FDR. what im saying is that i would much rather have the president who defeated hitler than one i compare to hitler on a daily basis, but then wouldnt we all
Posted by justin @ 07/30/2003 04:39 PM NY
Justin,
I was born during Eisenhower's first term (just to get a little perspective here).
Amen, to your comments on FDR. We shall not see his like again. Our presidential giants have been replaced with moral midgets, scurrying about like small rodents.
Of course, if FDR were alive, you're right, he'd never get elected. He'd be way too liberal and his idea that government can actually be a constructive force in people's lives would be seen as positively socialist.
But even more ominously, FDR could never get elected today because he was afflicted with polio and he wasn't especially pretty. It seems to me that many Americans don't care much for substantive ideas. They prefer a pretty face, a full head of hair, and nice catchy phrases.
Posted by Metropolitan99 @ 07/30/2003 05:37 PM NY
