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9/11 See other 9/11 Articles Title: The 9/11 tinfoil hat brigade http://www.michellemalkin.com/ The 9/11 tinfoil hat brigade BY MICHELLE MALKIN • SEPTEMBER 10, 2006 10:01 AM I've got a book review of Popular Mechanics' excellent book, "Debunking 9/11 Myths," in today's New York Post. Here's an excerpt: I GET several e-mails from 9/11 conspiracy theorists every week, usually typed in all capital letters with minimal punctuation and maximum sputter. Here's a typical message I received last Tuesday: "It appears you are not a believer. So, I have only one question, perhaps, but doubtfully, you can answer. WHY DID BUILDING SEVEN COME DOWN?" As it happens, Popular Mechanics magazine's new book, "Debunking 9/11 Myths," (website here) answers that question concisely - with the caps key off. Among the unhinged fever swamps in academia and on the Internet, there is widespread suspicion that World Trade Center 7 collapsed as a result of a controlled demolition set by Secret Service and CIA agents who had offices there. Reality check for the Twilight Zoners: Federal investigators and experts believe a combination of massive damage from falling debris plus raging fires led to a progressive collapse of WTC 7, causing structural failures that brought the building down. Popular Mechanics patiently bats down the paranoid delusions of Bush-bashers and terrorism-deniers who have seized on flimsy evidence and cherry-picked quotes and misquotes to bolster their cockamamie theories. Consider how the conspiracists have abused 20-year veteran New York City firefighter Louie Cacchioli. A People magazine article attributed this quote about WTC 7 to Cacchioli after the attacks: "We think there was [sic] bombs set in the building." But Cacchioli told Popular Mechanics he was misquoted: "I said, 'It sounded like a bomb.' I tried to explain what I meant [after the fact], but it was already out there." Cacchioli has been contacted repeatedly by people hoping he will say there were bombs in WTC 7, but he refuses to do so. According to the book, Cacchioli is "distressed at the inaccurate use of his name in conjunction with conspiracy theories." He's not alone. Popular Mechanics also interviewed Marc Birnbach, a freelance videographer whose words have also been twisted by the tinfoil hat brigade. On the day of the attacks, Birnbach told Fox News in a live broadcast that he "didn't see any windows" on United Airlines Flight 175 before it crashed into WTC's South Tower. Revisionists have exploited the no-windows statement to perpetuate claims that the South Tower was hit by a military cargo plane or fuel tanker. Never mind that chunks of fuselage with passenger windows from Flight 175 were found in debris at Ground Zero. Or that the simple explanation for Birnbach's inability to see the windows is that the plane was banked sharply as it approached the South Tower, tilting the windows upward. Or that Birnbach himself rejects the cargo plane/tanker nuttiness: "I think they are completely out of line." In their quest for "truth," the 9/11 Truthers' response to reality is just that: "Never mind." If it were only a fringe few spewing tall tales about 9/11, Popular Mechanics' book wouldn't have been worth writing. But the movement has gone mainstream... Read the rest. *** For a taste of how sick these people are and how much they enjoy mocking the suffering of 9/11 victims, watch and listen to the comments of conspiracy documentarian Dylan Avery here. Ace , Allah , and Rusty cover the mainstreaming of Trutherism. The Democrat nominee for Florida's 15th Congressional seat is a Truther. So's a Dem challenger to Baghdad Jim McDermott, who believes "there is ample evidence that suggests the extreme improbability that events occurred as depicted in the official reports." Meanwhile, leading Truther Steven Jones has been put on leave at Brigham Young University: A professor who has questioned whether planes destroyed the World Trade Center in New York on Sept. 11 five years ago has been placed on paid leave by Brigham Young University while the LDS Church-owned school investigates his statements. Steven Jones, who has taught at BYU since 1985, has written that the towers fell because explosives were placed inside the buildings. He is co-chairman of a group called Scholars for 9/11 Truth. In a formal statement, BYU said it was "concerned about the increasingly speculative and accusatory nature of these statements by Dr. Jones." "BYU remains concerned that Dr. Jones' work on this topic has not been published in appropriate scientific venues," the statement said. BYU, a private university operated by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, also is concerned about its reputation, spokeswoman Carri Jenkins said. "It is a concern when faculty bring the university name into their own personal matters of concern," she said. NIST's 9/11 site countering conspiracy theories is here. Glenn and Helen's podcast with the editors of Popular Mechanics is here. The single best clearinghouse on the 'net for fighting the tinfoil hat brigade is the Screw Loose Change blog, dedicated to exposing the lies and distortions in Avery's 9/11-denying crockumentary, "Loose Change." Hot Air coverage of the Loose Change wars here. "Debunking 9/11 Myths" is a necessary antidote to counteract the vile and poisonous effects of Trutheriness. Unfortunately, it will not cure the persistent symptoms of Bush Derangement Syndrome that have blinded so many to the evils of jihad that exploded before our eyes five short years ago. Witness their reaction to the latest al Qaeda video of Osama and the 9/11 hijackers. Pay special attention to the hijacker trainees' throat-slitting rehearsals on airplane passengers, played by fellow jihadis. Via Laura Mansfield: Guess Rove and Cheney staged all that, too. TRACKBACK <0> Path to 9/11: Cut short? BY MICHELLE MALKIN • SEPTEMBER 10, 2006 09:52 AM Reader William observes: Originally, TV listings showed Path to 9/11 as being commercial free for three hours tonight and two hours tomorrow night. Now ABC's web site shows tonight's episode as only 2.5 hours, followed by a special 30 minute Nightline (no doubt with many Democratic guests.) Likewise, tomorrow's episode is only 90 minutes, having been edited for President Bush's speech. That makes an hour of originally scheduled content now gone… All the latest wrangling here and here, plus TVC has posted the clips ABC does not want you to see. TRACKBACK <2> Taking 9/11 out of 9/11 BY MICHELLE MALKIN • SEPTEMBER 09, 2006 08:22 PM Moonbat America is beyond parody. Yesterday, I told you about Bremerton, Washington's 9/11 commemoration--commemorating "diversity" and immigration and anything except the actual events, heroes, victims, and villains of 9/11. Well, here's more inanity from the Pacific Northwest. First, take a look at a few of the King County (WA) library system's Sept. 11 programs (hat tip: reader J.S.): Yes to the World: Songs of Peace, Unity and Healing for the Whole Family Presented by Lorraine Bayes and Dennis Westphall. The founding directors of Tickle Tune Typhoon sing songs to celebrate the beauty of life. Come sing and dance at a family concert that supports friendship, peace, cooperation and caring for all living things. Presented by Dr. Margaret Read MacDonald This world renowned storyteller shares delightful and engaging audience-participation stories from her book, Peace Tales: World Folktales to Talk About. And here's King County's 9/11 reading list for dhimmis: Picture Books
Poster Comment: Well, I suppose this is the final word. MICHELLE MALKIN wouldn't get it wrong, would she?
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#7. To: Jethro Tull (#0)
But the lies of this "Path to 9/11" docudrama are not sick, Michelle? By the way, apparently the uncut first half of the docudrama has already been broadcast in New Zealand and Australia this morning (evening there).
ATKHWDI found a nugget here.
That cannot be posted enough. It was posted here by Kamala: http://freedom4um.com/cgi-bin/readart.cgi?ArtNum=33832&Disp This Army financial management/audit area is part of, or contiguous to, the Army personnel offices, which was one of two main west section offices heavily destroyed in the Pentagon attack, the other being the Naval Command Center. The day before 9/11, September 10, Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld held a press conference at which he acknowledged that the Pentagon was "missing" -could not account for and needed to "find"- $2.3 Trillion dollars (other reports said $2.6 Trillion). Were the auditors who could "follow the money," and the computers whose data could help them do it, intentionally targeted? It is worth noting that the Pentagon’s top financial officer at the time, Dov Zakheim, who also acknowledged the "missing" trillions, had a company that specializes in aircraft remote-control technology.
Dov Zakheim also sold military hardware to Israel for pennies on the dollar (literally). From what I've read, Zakheim is not in it for the money, he drives an old car. But, he is very religious, he and his father are Orthodox rabbis. And Zakheim as a member of PNAC, co-authored the infamous "new Pearl Harbor" PNAC report, "Rebuilding America's Defenses". How in god's name can people NOT ask 911 questions?
Retalix and the Israeli Dallas spy cell Postman Patel excerpts a part from the DEA report on the pre-9–11 actions of the Israeli spy ring, showing how members of the Dallas cell purported to be connected to an Israeli firm named Retalix, which makes product scanners for retail outlets. Postman Patel notes that Retalix is working with a company called Pay By Touch to develop biometrics to replace cash and credit cards for retail payments. If Retalix was a willing front for Israeli spying (of course, it might have been unaware that the spies were using its name, but you have to wonder why they chose that particular name, and whether Retalix would have vouched for them), we have to be open to the fact that once biometics is fully in place for retail payments, the Mossad could have access to all information on such payments, with the accompanying possibilities for blackmail and other shenanigans (including financing itself by lifting money from bank accounts). It is interesting how often Israeli firms connected with security come up when we dig even a little into the story of September 11. In fact, it appears that all the security connected with September 11 was being run by firms connected with Israel. It must be a coincidence.
No linky, E
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#38. To: Eoghan (#26)
Thanks E - good link & info :)
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