Posted on 09/12/2006 5:56:11 PM PDT by rhema
Five years ago, Al-Qaida hijackers destroyed the World Trade Center in a horrifying cloud of ash and smoke. The events of Sept. 11 galvanized Americans across all political and economic divides. "United We Stand" was emblazoned on gas station marquees, and flags flew in every neighborhood. It's natural that intervening events -- like the invasion of Iraq and the war on terror -- should disrupt this solidarity and generate strong differences of opinion.
Yet today the debate has moved far beyond reasonable exchange. According to a recent poll by the Scripps Survey Research Center, 16 percent of Americans -- roughly 48 million -- now think it "very likely" that the U.S. government itself either assisted in the attacks or allowed them to happen as a pretext for war in the Middle East.
Who's responsible for this? One major player is Prof. James Fetzer, who was McKnight University professor of philosophy at the University of Minnesota Duluth until he retired in June.
Fetzer is the founder of Scholars for 9/11 Truth -- a group of academics and hangers-on who are busy compiling evidence of what they call a massive, secret government 9/11 plot. In recent months, they have moved from the Internet's back alleys to the mainstream media.
Fetzer insists that he has "overwhelming scientific proof" that the Bush administration perpetrated the 9/11 attacks. "The Bush administration is totally politically and morally corrupt," he told me last week.
Here's a sample of Fetzer's claims:
George W. Bush's agents blew up the World Trade Center with "secretly planted explosives." The planes that hit the buildings provided terrorist cover, and were "probably operated by remote control" by Bush henchmen, says Fetzer.
But didn't Osama bin Laden admit responsibility on videotape? Bin Laden's first videotape, made shortly after 9/11, was authentic, says Fetzer.
(Excerpt) Read more at startribune.com ...
Isn't this the pinko paper in Minneapolis?
They must be really off the deep end if they are getting slammed in this paper.
"But didn't Osama bin Laden admit responsibility on videotape?"
I guess the author missed the DNC talking points -- OBL doesn't exist. He was created by the Bush administration.
With what? The guns the Lefties don't want anyone but the government to have?
This is a "discredit the moonbats" article that is worth a read.
"With what? The guns the Lefties don't want anyone but the government to have?"
Yes, those would be the ones. The terrorists can be reasoned with, if we only took the time to understand them, so be armed, but not with guns. Be armed with understanding and compassion.
How about the Pentagon? "Hit by a missile from an A-3 Skywarrior, most likely," says Fester. The motive? Defense officials had "lost track of $2.3 trillion," and a team investigating the lost money was "wiped out by that attack."
And United Flight 93? It was probably obliterated by Sidewinder missiles, according to Fetzer. Bush agents likely "faked" the supposed frantic cell phone calls from passengers "by using voice synthesizers," he explains.
Uh no Katherine(writer of this article), it's the poison the left drinks that has poisoned the American political well.
LOL!
Bush created all the terrorists.....
Yah. And my English II college teacher used his course to do nothing but force anti-Vietnam War propaganda down our throats. This has been going on for decades.
Professors, as a group, are bad enough. Philosophy professors are near-universally insane.
Idiots....
"OBL doesn't exist, He was created by the Bush administration."
So, what do you like? Bush who "invented" OBL?
or
Al Gore who "invented" the INTERNET?
The only thing this guy is missing is Karl Rove using alien technology to reduce gas prices ahead of the November election.
(2.23 here in Southern NH)
Rove is a pure genius!
WOW!
how so these people function?
I mean- Bush must have REAL busy to get all this masterminded in just a few months...LOL!
must have actually masterminded it before the election...that is why he had to steal it....
oy!
"So, what do you like? Bush who "invented" OBL? or Al Gore who "invented" the INTERNET?"
Neither invented neither. LOL!
I guess Fat Al is one step ahead, since he invented gloabl warming too. Is he taking credit for that yet?
"2.23 here in Southern NH"
Wow, we're still around $2.60 in MA.
What is your state tax rate? We're at 0.21/gal last time I checked.
I'll see your philosophy professor and raise you a sociologist.
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