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Fahrenheit 2777: 9/11 has generated the mother of all conspiracy theories
Scientific American ^
| June 05, 2005
| Michael Shermer
Posted on 06/05/2005 6:22:17 PM PDT by demlosers
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To: ActionNewsBill
No way a controlled demolition could've been set up on the fly that afternoon. It's just not possible.
The "pull" comment referred to pulling the firefighters out (and I don't think you quoted it exactly).
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posted on
06/05/2005 7:46:26 PM PDT
by
AntiGuv
(™)
To: feinswinesuksass
The DUmmies are full of conspiracy theories about 9-11, the election of 2000 & 2004.....
DU provides an especially fertile petri dish in which sweaty paranoia and wacky conspiracy theories thrive like the clap at a biker rally.
If everything bad that happens to you is the result of a complicated plot involving the Freemasons, the Rockefellers, and Karl Rove, you become the center of the universe. But if you bump into a guy in a bar and he beats the crap out of you not because he is a sub-agent sent by the Trilateral Commission on behalf of the Illuminati but merely because he drives a pickup truck with a bumper sticker that reads: SH*T HAPPENS....
Well, in that case, you realize that you are just a single random ping pong ball in the great lottery popper that we call life. The liberals need to feel important.
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posted on
06/05/2005 7:48:37 PM PDT
by
Jaysun
(No matter how hot she is, some man, somewhere, is tired of her sh*t)
To: AntiGuv
Whatever the case, I should go to hell for posting this, but you might find this site interesting: I've seen that one before....it makes a pretty strong argument for an alternative theory to the "official"story.
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posted on
06/05/2005 7:51:16 PM PDT
by
ActionNewsBill
("In times of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act")
To: ActionNewsBill
I know it does, which is why I find it so compelling, because I actually believe the "official" story with regard to the Pentagon.
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posted on
06/05/2005 7:53:46 PM PDT
by
AntiGuv
(™)
To: AntiGuv
The "pull" comment referred to pulling the firefighters out He is quoted as saying "pull IT", not "pull THEM".
But I'm sure nothing I say or link to will convince you otherwise.
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posted on
06/05/2005 7:53:53 PM PDT
by
ActionNewsBill
("In times of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act")
To: PatrickHenry; Doctor Stochastic
ping. might not seem relevant, but it is, tangentially
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posted on
06/05/2005 7:54:58 PM PDT
by
King Prout
(I'd say I missed ya, but that'd be untrue... I NEVER MISS)
To: demlosers
Both Lyndon LaRouche(D) and Michael Moore(Dumbass) were searching for any substantiation that the 9/11 hijackings were carried out by "Timothy McVeigh" types. Perhaps they should spend more time tracking down John Doe #2 from the OKC bombings.
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posted on
06/05/2005 8:09:49 PM PDT
by
weegee
(Re: immigration "Those Syrians are coming to Iraq to do the bombings that Iraqis won't do.")
To: demlosers
Looking back I have to say the X Files has done more damage to American Culture than we knew. Everyone now thinks there is a conspiracy behind everything.
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posted on
06/05/2005 8:10:22 PM PDT
by
Swiss
To: ActionNewsBill
So, he got tongue-twisted in an interview. Hardly a shocking development.
I can believe a whole lot of things, but I can't believe they threw together a controlled demolition of #7 on the fly. Nor can I believe that Larry Silverstein would just casually order the FDNY to demolish the tower and they'd hop right to it. If it was a controlled demolition, it must've been premeditated, and if so, I can't imagine how the FDNY would be anything but clueless.
Is that your implication?
PS. I feel nutty just debating this point. I mean, it's one thing to debate whether 9/11 was the result of a conspiracy, it's taking it to a whole different level to bicker over the minor details of the alleged conspiracy. LOL
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posted on
06/05/2005 8:13:57 PM PDT
by
AntiGuv
(™)
To: Radioactive
BS. I know someone who works at the Pentagon. Have known him all my life and have kept in contact with him. When I finally was able to get through to him he told me he was coming in work a bit late due to sick kids. He was approaching the Pentagon and saw that plane hit it. You don't know what you are talking about. Because you didn't see it doesn't mean it didn't hit. There were people who did see it hit.
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posted on
06/05/2005 8:14:47 PM PDT
by
Kath
(Luvya Dubya)
To: ActionNewsBill
The original goal of the 1993 WTC bombers was to topple the buildings over onto surrounding buildings.
This was brought to my attention on a tour bus 9/2/2001 as I rode by the WTC.
When we left the bus at one point to shoot (distant) photos of the Statue of Liberty a passenger (all red blooded Americans going on a baseball tour) asked another, "It's the World Trade Center, aren't you going to take a picture". The other responded, "they'll all just look like tall buildings when I get home".
No point to the conspiracy (then again little needs to be done to denounce them), just offering it up in the sense of full disclosure.
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posted on
06/05/2005 8:15:17 PM PDT
by
weegee
(Re: immigration "Those Syrians are coming to Iraq to do the bombings that Iraqis won't do.")
To: demlosers
In fact, if you type "World Trade Center" and "conspiracy" into Google, you'll get more than 250,000 hitsSo what. Most any FReeper can Google his/her screen name and be in the top five of a zillion hits...
Try it.
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posted on
06/05/2005 8:15:47 PM PDT
by
quantim
(Victory is not relative, it is absolute.)
To: Radioactive
Maybe Flight 77 disappeared over the Bermuda Triangle.
They should have wrapped the black box in tin foil.
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posted on
06/05/2005 8:17:13 PM PDT
by
weegee
(Re: immigration "Those Syrians are coming to Iraq to do the bombings that Iraqis won't do.")
To: quantim
That works better with Freeper names if you use http://www.google.com/ site:www.freerepublic.com "freepername"
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posted on
06/05/2005 8:18:36 PM PDT
by
weegee
(Re: immigration "Those Syrians are coming to Iraq to do the bombings that Iraqis won't do.")
To: Swiss
Looking back I have to say the X Files has done more damage to American Culture than we knew. Everyone now thinks there is a conspiracy behind everything.Conspiracy theorists need a fantasy to live.
Its a way to explain everything in their own lives and also feel like they are "in the know".
When a fantasy is shattered, it means they really are powerless and it is their own fault and things do "just happen".
There is also a great amount of financial gain in exploiting a paranoid conspiracy driven market.
The books, TV shows, etc are all good money makers, these people are naive enough to let others take advantage of them.
I've watched people go to DU and screw with them by claiming to be supporters or agents for PNAC.
Naturally the DUmmies believe them.
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posted on
06/05/2005 8:22:25 PM PDT
by
Sonny M
("oderint dum metuant")
To: ActionNewsBill
But, as for the Pentagon, I've seen crystal clear high-resolution prints of those photographs that are in the clip on that website I linked (and more of them). They are indeed eerie how minimal the damage seems, but perception can be a very capricious thing.
The problem is that Flight 77 never arrived in Los Angeles, and I can't think of a better explanation for where it might've gone.....
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posted on
06/05/2005 8:23:02 PM PDT
by
AntiGuv
(™)
To: Radioactive
There is nothing you can say or type that that will change my mind on this.I would love to see you tell Ted Olson this, he lost his wife in the plane that hit the Pentagon.
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posted on
06/05/2005 8:23:18 PM PDT
by
Sonny M
("oderint dum metuant")
To: quantim
I only get 1,870 hits. =(
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posted on
06/05/2005 8:25:14 PM PDT
by
AntiGuv
(™)
To: Radioactive
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posted on
06/05/2005 8:30:13 PM PDT
by
Kirkwood
To: demlosers
Uh-oh. You're going to send George Noory to an early
grave.
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posted on
06/05/2005 8:35:33 PM PDT
by
righttackle44
(The most dangerous weapon in the world is a Marine with his rifle and the American people behind him)
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