"I mean, really now, Spanish authorities conviently find an abandoned van with seven detonators and recordings of Koranic verses. Sounds about as convient as the FBI finding a trunkful of plans and verses after 911, or the miraculous survival of one of the hijacker's passports, going through the hell of the WTC collapse, and landing blocks away virtually unscathed. I'm sorry, but most terrorists, most criminals do not leave the tools of their trade simply lying around for anyone to peruse, if for no other reason than monetary.
And then there is the matter of who Al Qaeda is really working for. Supposedly headed by Osama bin Laden, a former CIA contract agent(and what is that old saying, once you're in the CIA, you never get out), it is funded by, among others, a large Saudi family with close ties to the Bushes(also "former" CIA). In fact the Bushes and bin Ladens have been in bed together for decades now, investing in each others business, doing deals together, being socially, businessly, and politically intimate to the point of appearing incestous at times. I mean really now, who was on that lone civilian plane allowed out of the US on 9/12/01? That's right, members of the bin Laden family.
And then there is the matter of Israeli intelligence setting up false front al Quaeda cells in order to provide an excuse to crack down on the Palestinians. "The Palestinian Authority arrested a group of collaborators who confessed they were working for Israel, posing as al-Qaeda operatives in the Palestinian territories," said the official, on condition of anonymity. He said the alleged collaborators sought to "discredit the Palestinian people, justify every Israeli crime and provide reasons to carry out a new (military) aggression in the Gaza Strip."
The Left is Quite Looney....LOL!!
FReegards...MUD
"And, the amount of "hidden money" handled by the Tides Foundation is considerable. Since its founding, the relatively little-known foundation has made over $300 million in grants. In 2002 it amassed assets of $139 million and had an income of $59.3 million. Between 1995 and 2001, $4.3 million of that money came from the Howard Heinz Endowment. In 2002, it and the Vira Heinz Endowment blessed The Tides Center, a San Francisco spin-off of the Tides Foundation, with another $190,000 while the two endowments gave $1.6 million to the new Tides Center for Western Pennsylvania.
If all this movement of money between the Tides Foundation, Tides Center, two Heinz Endowments and Pittsburgh's new Tides Center for Western Pennsylvania has you shaking your head, let's talk about your money. You, the taxpayer.
Nearly $8 million in taxpayer money flowed into the Tides Center in the form of federal grants made by eight different agencies between 1997 and 2001. They include the Environmental Protection Agency, the Department of Housing and Urban Development, the Department of Agriculture and the Department of Energy. Does this mean your tax dollars also are going to fund the Tides Center for Western Pennsylvania, a creation of the Howard Heinz Endowment, which in 2001 was worth a breathtaking $788.6 million in 2001? With the Tides Center for a partner, we will likely never know.
HOO Wouldda Thunk It?!
RATS're Corrupt!!
FReegards...MUD