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Sept. 11 Conspiracy Theorist Offers $100,000 Prize
Reuters ^ | 12/16/04 | Reuters

Posted on 12/16/2004 9:12:06 AM PST by jmcclain19

Sept. 11 Conspiracy Theorist Offers $100,000 Prize

By Larry Fine

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Jimmy Walter has spent more than $3 million promoting a conspiracy theory the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the United States were "an inside job" and he is offering more cash to anyone who proves him wrong.

The millionaire activist is so convinced of a government cover-up he is offering a $100,000 reward to any engineering student who can prove the World Trade Center buildings crashed the way the government says.

"Of course, we expect no winners," Walter, 57, heir to an $11 million fortune from his father's home building business, said in a telephone interview from California on Wednesday.

He said a panel of expert engineers would judge submissions from the students.

Next month, he also launches a nationwide contest seeking alternative theories from college and high school students about why New York's World Trade Center collapsed. The contest offers $10,000 to the best alternative theory, with 100 runner-up awards of $1,000. Winners will be chosen next June.

The World Trade Center's twin towers were destroyed after hijackers slammed two commercial airliners into them. The attack in New York killed 2,749 people.

Various official investigations give no credence to Walter's theory. A Sept. 11 commission spokesman did not return calls seeking comment.

Walter insists there had to be explosives planted in the twin towers to cause them to fall as they did, and also rejects the official explanation for the damage done at the Pentagon (news - web sites).

"We have all the proof," said Walter, citing videotapes and testimony from witnesses.

"It wasn't 19 screw-ups from Saudi Arabia who couldn't pass flight school who defeated the United States with a set of box cutters," he said. He dismissed the official Sept. 11 commission report, saying, "I don't trust any of these 'facts.'"

Walter has spent millions of dollars to bolster support for his case, running full-page ads in The New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, The New Yorker and Newsweek, as well as alternative newspapers and 30-second TV spots.

He points to a Zogby poll he commissioned last summer that showed 66 percent of New Yorkers wanted the 9/11 investigation reopened.

Walter has spent about 30 percent of his net worth on his efforts.

"I am a patriot fighting the real traitors who are destroying our democracy. I resent it when they call me delusional," he said.


TOPICS: Extended News; News/Current Events; US: New York
KEYWORDS: 911conspiracy; conspiracytheories; conspiracytheory; insidejob; jimmywalter; millionaires; nutjobs
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We'll go ahead and file this one under "nutjob".

I think the black helicopters that are obviously flying around his house are interfering with the signal going into his tin foil hat.

1 posted on 12/16/2004 9:12:06 AM PST by jmcclain19
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To: jmcclain19

Michael Rivero's real name is finally revealed.


2 posted on 12/16/2004 9:13:06 AM PST by Lazamataz ("Stay well - Stay safe - Stay armed - Yorktown" -- harpseal)
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To: jmcclain19

When it comes to nutjobs like this guy, no evidence, no matter how genuine or rock solid, will suffice. His money is therefore safe.


3 posted on 12/16/2004 9:14:25 AM PST by MizSterious (First, the journalists, THEN the lawyers.)
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To: jmcclain19

4 posted on 12/16/2004 9:14:25 AM PST by The G Man (The Red States ... the world's only hope for survival.)
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To: jmcclain19

This shcmuck is worse and less deserving than Jack Whittaker.

Well actually they both suck.


5 posted on 12/16/2004 9:15:18 AM PST by Tempest (Click on my name for a long list of press contacts)
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To: jmcclain19

Of course he is fully aware that you cannot EVER PROVE a negative. Friggin blowhard.


6 posted on 12/16/2004 9:15:41 AM PST by lawdude (Leftists see what they believe. Conservatives believe what they see.)
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To: jmcclain19

Apparently he didn't see the PBS special about the Twin Towers.

It described it's design and construction and interviews with the designer.

It was very explicit and had a detailed explanation of how the towers collapsed on 9/11.


7 posted on 12/16/2004 9:15:44 AM PST by Bigh4u2
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To: jmcclain19

he'll have to make the check payable to Osama Bin Laden, c/o Jihadi Cave Production Studios, Fleeing Goat River, PK


8 posted on 12/16/2004 9:16:10 AM PST by Buckeye McFrog
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"I am a patriot fighting the real traitors who are destroying our democracy. I resent it when they call me delusional," he said.

Hey Jimmy...you're delusional..!!

9 posted on 12/16/2004 9:17:31 AM PST by Osage Orange (Hillary's heart is as black as the devil's riding boots.................)
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"I am a patriot fighting the real traitors who are destroying our democracy. I resent it when they call me delusional," he said.

Well in that case YOUR DELUSIONAL!
10 posted on 12/16/2004 9:18:10 AM PST by Edgerunner (Don't pay attention to me, ..I haven't been here long enough to have any credibility...)
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To: jmcclain19

Whacked out nutcase bump.


11 posted on 12/16/2004 9:18:36 AM PST by MineralMan (godless atheist)
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To: Osage Orange; Edgerunner

Don't they say, great minds think alike?


12 posted on 12/16/2004 9:19:05 AM PST by jmcclain19 (More from me at http://www.offcenter.us)
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Yeah, but my mind certainly is not one of those (read my NEW tag line)
13 posted on 12/16/2004 9:21:59 AM PST by Edgerunner (Don't pay attention to me, ..I haven't been here long enough to have any credibility...)
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To: Bigh4u2

NOVA: Why The Towers Fell

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/wtc/


14 posted on 12/16/2004 9:22:24 AM PST by Bigh4u2
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To: Lazamataz

Wow!!!
Good to see you FRiend!
Merry Christmas!


15 posted on 12/16/2004 9:22:28 AM PST by netmilsmom (Zell on DEM Christianity, "They can hum the tune, but can't sing the song.")
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A fool and his money.....


16 posted on 12/16/2004 9:22:42 AM PST by mlbford2 ("Never wrestle with a pig; you can't win, you just get filthy, and the pig loves it...")
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To: Edgerunner

How about "cashability"?


17 posted on 12/16/2004 9:23:05 AM PST by Bigh4u2
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To: jmcclain19

No doubt the NJ widows and their cohorts will be jumping on the bandwagon.


18 posted on 12/16/2004 9:25:03 AM PST by OldFriend (PRAY FOR MAJ. TAMMY DUCKWORTH)
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To: MineralMan

What's he gonna' do with the 2 full pages of witness interviews from the WashPost?

And my Verizon service guy heard the whole thing, he was right over the hill from the Pentagon, working on a line in Arlington.


19 posted on 12/16/2004 9:25:37 AM PST by angkor
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To: netmilsmom
(Laz and netmilsmom singing)

I really can't stay - Baby it's cold outside
I've got to go away - Baby it's cold outside
This evening has been - Been hoping that you'd drop in
So very nice - I'll hold your hands, they're just like ice
My mother will start to worry - Beautiful, what's your hurry
My father will be pacing the floor - Listen to the fireplace roar
So really I'd better scurry - Beautiful, please don't hurry
well Maybe just a half a drink more - Put some music on while I pour

The neighbors might think - Baby, it's bad out there
Say, what's in this drink - No cabs to be had out there
I wish I knew how - Your eyes are like starlight now
To break this spell - I'll take your hat, your hair looks swell
I ought to say no, no, no, sir - Mind if I move a little closer
At least I'm gonna say that I tried - What's the sense in hurting my pride
I really can't stay - Baby don't hold out
Ahh, but it's cold outside

I simply must go - Baby, it's cold outside
The answer is no - Ooh baby, it's cold outside
This welcome has been - I'm lucky that you dropped in
So nice and warm -- Look out the window at that storm
My sister will be suspicious - Man, your lips look so delicious
My brother will be there at the door - Waves upon a tropical shore
My maiden aunt's mind is vicious - Gosh your lips look delicious
Well maybe just a half a drink more - Never such a blizzard before

I've got to go home - Oh, baby, you'll freeze out there
Say, lend me your comb - It's up to your knees out there
You've really been grand - Your eyes are like starlight now
But don't you see - How can you do this thing to me
There's bound to be talk tomorrow - Making my life long sorrow
At least there will be plenty implied - If you caught pneumonia and died
I really can't stay - Get over that old out
Ahh, but it's cold outside

Baby it's cold outside

Brr its cold….
It's cold out there
Cant you stay awhile longer baby
Well…..I really shouldn't...alright

Make it worth your while baby
Ahh, do that again….
20 posted on 12/16/2004 9:26:04 AM PST by Lazamataz ("Stay well - Stay safe - Stay armed - Yorktown" -- harpseal)
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