If one really sits back and thinks about things in their totality, it is almost impossible to not believe at least somewhat in conspiracy theories. No, I'm not saying that Fedgov was behind 911, or other similar kookiness, but what is going on certainly feeds the agenda of the continual centralization of government power. The only thing that actually would have made sense for the government to have done after 911 as far as airline flight crews are concerned, is to arm them all. A blatant show of force on every single flight, with the explicit policy that there would be zero tolerance of monkey business or crap on a flight would do more to deter would-be terrorists than anything.
That didn't happen for one primary reason. It would have involved the empowerment of us, the lowly serfs to take charge of our lives and safety. Instead they completely disarmed us down to our swiss army knives. Disarming the only real barrier between us and disaster only makes sense if you are interested in continued and massive increases in government power at all levels.
It also explains why nothing was done about our borders or immigration policies despite the fact that most of the terrorists involved were here illegally on expired visas.
The IRS can tell me if I didn't properly fill out a 1099 form, but is powerless to do anything about a SS# being used by 50 people? Yeah right. Are we supposed to believe in the tooth fairy too?
all your points are good. well-presented post. no coincidence the orwellian-named patriot act was presented in full very shortly after 9/11. presumably had been on shelf for years waiting for chance to ram it through.
Well, if you are she, she certainly wouldn't say so, so just let that one go.
I highly recommend her writing to you.
Let's say she, you, and I were more or less born at the hip.