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‘Path to 9/11’ tells a sad, riveting tale~ ...is unsparing, and its viewpoint draws criticism
MSNBC ^ | Sept 7, 2006 7:05 a.m. PT | FRAZIER MOORE - AP COMMENTARY

Posted on 09/09/2006 4:25:29 AM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach

NEW YORK - "The Path to 9/11" will break your heart. It will leave you unnerved, even more than before. And angrier than ever. A five-hour miniseries that dramatizes a decade's worth of events leading up to the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, this film is plenty gripping. It doesn't forgo artistry for polemics.

Even so, it drives home, step by step, a message any viewer can understand: The people in charge of keeping you safe failed the nation monumentally. Systemically. Shamefully. And continue to, five years after what should have been a terribly sufficient wake-up call.

Then "The Path to 9/11" leaves the viewer with a chilling coda: a recap of the "report card" issued last December by the 9/11 Commission, which accused the government of failing to protect the nation against another attack, and assigned failing grades in five areas, with a dozen Ds and just one A (actually, A-minus).

(Excerpt) Read more at msnbc.msn.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Editorial; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events; War on Terror
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To: Baynative

Ahh, thank you Baynative. I love Ray Charles, that was great!!


81 posted on 09/09/2006 8:57:38 PM PDT by potlatch (Does a clean house indicate that there is a broken computer in it?)
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To: potlatch; devolve; bitt; ntnychik; Ernest_at_the_Beach; ALOHA RONNIE

82 posted on 09/09/2006 9:21:54 PM PDT by PhilDragoo (Hitlery: das Butch von Buchenvald)
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To: potlatch

RE-EMPLOY?






83 posted on 09/09/2006 9:23:01 PM PDT by devolve (---------------- - now playing: 911 Tribute & Lee Greenwood -)
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To: PhilDragoo

Wonderful post Phil! LOL, now you've got your old 'wall' up in the slideshow and this wonderful new one too. Love the 'level'!


84 posted on 09/09/2006 9:24:27 PM PDT by potlatch (Does a clean house indicate that there is a broken computer in it?)
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To: devolve

Lovely devolve! LOL, Cindy will give you nightmares - at least Ann makes up for it as you scroll down!


85 posted on 09/09/2006 9:27:17 PM PDT by potlatch (Does a clean house indicate that there is a broken computer in it?)
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To: PhilDragoo; All

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When the book first came out...

I'll NEVER FORGET having the blessed opportunity to talk to this 'LOSING bin LADEN' author on national talk radio.

We talked about those infamous 3 free offers from the Sudan during the 1990's to give us our No. 1 Terrorist Enemy OSAMA bin LADEN on a Silver Platter that the CLINTONS had purposely REFUSED.


For after all...
...it's all simply a matter to ...NEVER FORGET..???

http://www.Freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1692140/posts

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86 posted on 09/09/2006 9:36:39 PM PDT by ALOHA RONNIE ("ALOHA RONNIE" Guyer/Veteran-"WE WERE SOLDIERS" Battle of IA DRANG-1965 http://www.lzxray.com)
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To: potlatch


Potlatch's "Film at 11!"


87 posted on 09/09/2006 9:47:36 PM PDT by devolve (---------------- - now playing: 911 Tribute & Lee Greenwood -)
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To: devolve

Sorry devolve, don't know if it will be ready but I'll try. It is after your time limit now, lol, and it is a different topic.

You will see it first.


88 posted on 09/09/2006 10:04:46 PM PDT by potlatch (Does a clean house indicate that there is a broken computer in it?)
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To: devolve
Here is your film, not quite on topic here and a bit late


89 posted on 09/09/2006 10:27:12 PM PDT by potlatch (Does a clean house indicate that there is a broken computer in it?)
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To: bitt; devolve; potlatch

Thanks, bitt!
And, thank you, devolve and potlatch, for all of your pings.

I'm trying to produce a resemblance of being up to speed.


I isn't happening just yet. ;o)

However, I just finished watching the trailers for "Path to 911".

I don't know if I can watch it.
It made me angry, and that's an emotion I don't need right now.
If I watch, and the trailers have been edited, I will be even more angry.


It was interesting to see that Clinton is portrayed by himself.


90 posted on 09/09/2006 11:44:27 PM PDT by dixiechick2000 (There ought to be one day-- just one-- when there is open season on senators. ~~ Will Rogers)
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To: dixiechick2000

[It made me angry, and that's an emotion I don't need right now.]

I avoid some of the news for that reason too DC.

Good to see you and hope all is well with you. Thanks for writing!


91 posted on 09/09/2006 11:49:06 PM PDT by potlatch (Does a clean house indicate that there is a broken computer in it?)
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To: ALOHA RONNIE

"I'll NEVER FORGET having the blessed opportunity to talk to this 'LOSING bin LADEN' author on national talk radio."


Richard Miniter?
God love you for having the opportunity to talk to him.
And, he is even more blessed to be able to talk to YOU. ;o)

NEVER FORGET!

Your post...

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1692140/posts

...is most understood.

Thank you. ;o)


92 posted on 09/09/2006 11:57:30 PM PDT by dixiechick2000 (There ought to be one day-- just one-- when there is open season on senators. ~~ Will Rogers)
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To: potlatch

It's very good to see you, too. ;o)

I'm off to bed.

Nitey nite.


93 posted on 09/09/2006 11:59:54 PM PDT by dixiechick2000 (There ought to be one day-- just one-- when there is open season on senators. ~~ Will Rogers)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
There are those in the Left or MSM with enough sense to not demand Clinton whitewashing. However, most of these embrace a misconception about the War on Terror. They measure our safety by the number of defensive measures taken, sometimes laughably ignoring the disuption of terror plots in the making, which is by far the most important thing to focus on. No matter what we do defensively, it will still be possible for evil to be done. So yes, we are not safe, but have a little skepticism about how inspecting more containers is going to do it.
94 posted on 09/10/2006 12:10:30 AM PDT by NutCrackerBoy
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To: OldFriend

She had been in charge of the NSA for seven months....pales in comparison to the Klintonoids eight years.

Remember, the Bush director for the FBI was confirmed 9-10-01. There is little blame to be put on people with such a short time in office.


95 posted on 09/10/2006 5:47:52 AM PDT by A.Hun (Common sense is no longer common.)
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To: dixiechick2000

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Thank you for your kindness, my Fellow FReeper, and for your LOVE of FReedom.


AR

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96 posted on 09/10/2006 7:02:27 AM PDT by ALOHA RONNIE ("ALOHA RONNIE" Guyer/Veteran-"WE WERE SOLDIERS" Battle of IA DRANG-1965 http://www.lzxray.com)
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To: ALOHA RONNIE

Thanks for your comments and links....histor must not be forgotten.


97 posted on 09/10/2006 7:00:02 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach (History is soon Forgotten,)
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