Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

9/11 conspiracy theorists energized
CNN.com ^ | 7 August 2006

Posted on 08/06/2006 5:18:55 PM PDT by Aussie Dasher

(AP) -- Kevin Barrett believes the U.S. government might have destroyed the World Trade Center. Steven Jones is researching what he calls evidence that the twin towers were brought down by explosives detonated inside them, not by hijacked airliners.

These men aren't uneducated junk scientists: Barrett will teach a class on Islam at the University of Wisconsin this fall, over the protests of more than 60 state legislators. Jones is a tenured physicist at Brigham Young University whose mainstream academic job has made him a hero to conspiracy theorists.

Five years after the terrorist attacks, a community that believes widely discredited ideas about what happened on September 11, 2001, persists and even thrives. Members trade their ideas on the Internet and in self-published papers and in books. About 500 of them attended a recent conference in Chicago, Illinois.

The movement claims to be drawing fresh energy and credibility from a recently formed group called Scholars for 9/11 Truth.

The organization says publicity over Barrett's case has helped boost membership to about 75 academics. They are a tiny minority of the 1 million part- and full-time faculty nationwide, and some have no university affiliation. Most aren't experts in relevant fields.

But some are well educated, with degrees from elite universities such as Princeton and Stanford and jobs at schools including Rice, Indiana and the University of Texas.

(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Government; News/Current Events; US: Wisconsin; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: 911; 911conspiracy; 911truther; academia; blameamericafirst; bushsfault; cnnselfpromo; conspiracy; conspiracytheory; dubyadidit; islaminamerica; islamonazism; kevinbarrett; libertarians; moonbats; ronpaul; taxdollarsatwork; tenuredprofessors; uwmadison; whywefight; youpayforthis
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-4041-6061-8081-85 next last
To: Aussie Dasher
"Barrett will teach a class on Islam at the University of Wisconsin "

No agenda here...move along....

41 posted on 08/06/2006 5:43:23 PM PDT by traditional1
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Aussie Dasher
These men aren't uneducated junk scientists: Barrett will teach a class on Islam at the University of Wisconsin this fall

What's teaching a class on Islam got to do with science, genuine or even junk?

42 posted on 08/06/2006 5:51:58 PM PDT by expatpat
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: SoftballMominVA

Isn't it obvious? The government turned the plane into a missile with all the people still inside! </crazy_moonbat_mode>


43 posted on 08/06/2006 5:52:15 PM PDT by mazack
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 40 | View Replies]

To: Aussie Dasher
I wonder about the money behind this. So many people, all putting out the same warped lies, with websites, and, frankly, better web videos (which again means hiring pros). People getting time on talking head shows on TV, and favorable press everywhere.

And now some university is going to allow some professor to TEACH this, uh, illogical stuff in one of their classrooms?

Who is pushing this stuff? It's clear that someone is preying on those with BDS, feeding them stuff that they want to hear, but it will begin having an effect on society and politics. Which is the goal (university now, then when the kids graduate and teach, it'll go into Junior high classrooms).

Has anyone been able to see the roots of this movement?
44 posted on 08/06/2006 5:55:07 PM PDT by DBrow
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Aussie Dasher

"These men aren't uneducated junk scientists: Barrett will teach a class on Islam at the University of Wisconsin this fall"

This is on CNN? Ha, what a bunch of f*n idiots. This sentince alone explains the whole thing. Do these ass*holes think we are stupid?


45 posted on 08/06/2006 5:55:59 PM PDT by observer5 (It's not a War on Terror - it's a WAR ON STUPIDITY)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Aussie Dasher
Repent unbelievers! Yea, the truth shall set you free. Listen to the voices in your head!


46 posted on 08/06/2006 5:56:21 PM PDT by ChildOfThe60s (If you can remember the 60s...you weren't really there.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Aussie Dasher

It is useless to try to argue against a moonbat. They know for sure that "Bush" stole Florida 2000, that the WTC was a controlled demolition, the WMD was never in Iraq and that Ohio was stolen in 2004. They know all these things for sure. Any evidence to the contrary is dismissed, because it does not agree with these obvious "facts".


47 posted on 08/06/2006 6:01:18 PM PDT by gridlock (The 'Pubbies will pick up two (2) seats in the Senate and four (4) seats in the House in 2006)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Aussie Dasher
These men aren't uneducated junk scientists

Education credentials & tenure do not an idiot unmake. I saw the above scholars' conspiracy conference on CSPAN and thought these retarded freaks make Ward Churchill look like presidential material.
48 posted on 08/06/2006 6:01:48 PM PDT by Bars4Bill
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Aussie Dasher
I believe that the Twin Towers were brought down by US conspirators. The evidence is whelming.

Al Gore could never forgive the lack of support in the 2000 election. Within a week of leaving the Naval Observatory, (Veep's Mansion), he had begun to consort with Osama nad the usual suspects named in the 911 Report.

With Bill and Hillary's support he brought the towers down and Hillary seized the opportunity to forward her presidential plans.

The impeach Bush plan has stunning overtones and undertows. With Pelosi sitting in the third chair after 2006 the plan is to impeach Bush and Cheney. Pelosi will pick Hillary as her Veep not realizing the Arkanacide that awaits her. Once the Hildebeast ascends the throne she will appoint Slick her Veep, (which would not violate the presidential succession amendment).

Rush, Hannity, O'Reilly and the rest of fair and balanced media will be silenced and the Communistic Cabal will be in power.

Gore will implement Kyoto in draconian fashion and we'll all be driving oxen wagons well into the 21st Century.

How do I know? The Bible Told Me So!

49 posted on 08/06/2006 6:07:18 PM PDT by Young Werther
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: SmithL

Wonder if the University of Wisconsin has any Islamic professors on staff who deny the Holocaust happened (as do the Iranians)?


50 posted on 08/06/2006 6:12:05 PM PDT by weegee (Remember "Remember the Maine"? Well in the current war "Remember the Baby Milk Factory")
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: gridlock

I would say the President is one hell of a Man if he can do all this, more power to him......................


51 posted on 08/06/2006 6:12:57 PM PDT by angcat ("IF YOU DON'T STAND BEHIND OUR TROOPS, PLEASE, FEEL FREE TO STAND IN FRONT OF THEM !")
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 47 | View Replies]

To: Aussie Dasher

Sounds to me like the UFO "abductees" have found themselves a new "conspiracy."


52 posted on 08/06/2006 6:13:12 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (I support Israel.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: cardinal4

The moonbat at University of Texas is an antiAmerican troll.


53 posted on 08/06/2006 6:13:28 PM PDT by weegee (Remember "Remember the Maine"? Well in the current war "Remember the Baby Milk Factory")
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 8 | View Replies]

To: Aussie Dasher

More proof that you can have as many degrees as you want and still qualify for the jacket that's all sleeves.


54 posted on 08/06/2006 6:14:37 PM PDT by WestVirginiaRebel (Common sense will do to liberalism what the atomic bomb did to Nagasaki-Rush Limbaugh)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: gridlock

They also know that there were no Communists in America in the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s and that the communists who WERE here meant no harm to the status quo or our form of government.

They also knew that Hitler meant no harm and was not a threat to the US and that we should not oppose him (at least until he betrayed Uncle Joe Stalin).

The SAME Communist led antiwar movement that gave Hitler a pass has led the protests against Vietnam and still Iraq today. THE SAME PARTICIPANTS (including that commie musician Pete Segar).


55 posted on 08/06/2006 6:16:44 PM PDT by weegee (Remember "Remember the Maine"? Well in the current war "Remember the Baby Milk Factory")
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 47 | View Replies]

To: PackerBoy
Though I believe the Towers came crashing down as a result of the planes weakening the structural integrity of one or more floors, there is a remote possibility that because it did resemble the configuration of a demolition, the buildings may have been wired for demolition when they were constructed years ago in anticipation of the day they would have to be demolished.

IF (A big "IF") that is true, I suppose that for one reason or another, the charges on each floor may have triggered accidentally as the upper floors crashed into each descending floor. That would account for what some conspiracy folks say about the charges being in evidence as the buildings collapsed.

The only reason I say that is because Building 7 could not have been wired in just a couple of hours before it was demolished. Building 7 must have been wired long before 9/11. If it was, then that is reason to consider that the Twin Towers were also pre-wired.

Building 7, BTW, came down from the bottom, all in one piece. A pre-announced demolition, according to several reports. All three networks video-taped the demolition, but it wasn't generally reported as a demolition for some reason.

I'm just trying to piece together a scenario from bits of info I have read during the last few years, not that I necessarily believe it.

56 posted on 08/06/2006 6:23:56 PM PDT by Eastbound
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 13 | View Replies]

To: Eastbound
Would any insurance company on the planet insure a building with "pre-planted demolition charges"?

They must have been planted in secret, and all of the ironworkers involved killed on the spot. If word ever leaked out, nobody would set foot in the building.

Down in the fourth subbasement was a secret Self Destruct switch with a red LED timer that starts counting down when the switch is thrown.

The closest I have ever seen to your theory is an old RR tunnel that had "pockets" in the brickwork over both entry arches. I was told (and have no authority or way to vouch for veracity) that they were put there so that the US military could pack the pockets with dynamite to deny access of the tunnel to the enemy in time of war.

Do you think perhaps the contractor that built your house placed secret demolition devices? You never know...

Just to get your mind working, you know that the investigators found no trace of explosives (which proves the coverup) but did find tritium and uranium in the debris?
57 posted on 08/06/2006 6:35:57 PM PDT by DBrow
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 56 | View Replies]

To: Aussie Dasher

I find most Moonbats indeed have a large amount of self-respect. It's individuals other than themselves they have a tough time respecting, since mankind has destroyed the planet and they're all God-drunk murderers and rapists and blah blah blah.


58 posted on 08/06/2006 6:39:56 PM PDT by Darkwolf377 (http://www.dansimmons.com/news/message/2006_04.htm)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 34 | View Replies]

To: Aussie Dasher
Another thread here on FR is asking for a definition of "liberal"... they can come right over here and find several; for instance:

Sorry, libs. Professors can surely lead students to find truth, but they don't own truth by means of credentials.

Daniel Orr, a Princeton Ph.D. and widely published retired economics chair at the University of Illinois, said he knew instantly from watching the towers fall that they had been blown apart by explosives.....

and

[Wood says] "If the U.S. government is lying about how the buildings came down, anything else they say cannot be believed," she said. "So why would they want to tell us an incorrect story if they weren't part of it?"

PUKEARINO! Then let's be fair and also discuss jamie gorelick's appointment to the committee and her backroom influence on the report - and the timely coincidence of kean and hamilton just releasing a new book as they suddenly realize that they need to pay for the printing this time.

59 posted on 08/06/2006 6:40:09 PM PDT by LurkedLongEnough
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Aussie Dasher
911/conspiracy theorists energized?

What does that mean? Charlie Sheen get a new batch of Viagra or something?

60 posted on 08/06/2006 7:18:00 PM PDT by libs_kma (USA: The land of the Free....Because of the Brave!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-4041-6061-8081-85 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson