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Originally posted by SPreston
posted by OmegaPoint
It is the right stand to take, and it is a powerful stand to take.
Join us, on the right side of history.
Thank you.
posted by GoodOlDave
That's a rather absurd statement to make. First of all, it's blatantly obvious you truthers are joining the fight with preconceived notions of coverups and conspiracies, so you aren't looking for the truth. You're looking to have your own particular conspiracy stories certified as being what actually happened, regardless of what the truth actually is. You *want* these conspiracies of yours to be true.
Second, you can hardly call yourself a movement since there are more theories on what the conspiracy is than there are recipies on how to cook an egg, One person says it's controlled demolitions, another says it's laser beams from outer space, a third says it's nukes in the basement, yet another says there wasn't even any planes at all, and you're all but getting into fistfights with each other over all this crap. I ABSOLUTELY POSITIVELY GUARANTEE that if, say, it turned out there really were controlled demolitions, the "Lasers from outer space" people will steadfastly refuse to accept it and continue to protest.
Who here says I'm incorrect, raise your hands.
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Sure Dave; you are incorrect. Since many of the families of the WTC victims are all working tirelessly for a real investigation into 9-11; I will raise my hands.
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Since many of the 503 WTC 1st responders who were ignored by the 9-11 Whitewash Commission are still eager to testify under oath to the explosions and demolition they witnessed; I will raise my hands.
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Since that would necessarily entail a new real investigation so they could testify; I will raise my hands.
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Since actual justice for wrongs committed in some strange way absolutely turns you off; I will raise my hands.
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Since absolutely nobody responsible for protecting America and Americans has been punished for incompetence or dereliction of duty or treason; I will raise my hands.
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Since many of those responsible for protecting America and Americans have been actually promoted and rewarded for incompetence or dereliction of duty or treason; I will raise my hands.
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Since the 9-11 OFFICIAL STORY official fantasy tale is self-destructing so wonderfully; I will raise my hands.
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Since you just love to regurgitate stupid senseless strawman arguments such as laser beams from outer space again and again and again; I will raise my hands. Does that answer your question Dave?
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Originally posted by Lillydale
HAND UP!!!!!!
While I agree on the second part, the first part is way off. Are you honestly claiming that all of these people you also say are not a movement or cohesive group are all also part of a cohesive group that all agree together that before any of this happened they already thought there was a conspiracy? You mean that "truthers" knew it was a conspiracy on September 10th?
Originally posted by GoodOlDave
I've talked to many, many, MANY truthers who believe the 9/11 attack was some secret gov't plot, and the vast majority of them tend to subscribe to one or more *other* conspiracies
Originally posted by HennyPen
Some supporters of the 911 official storyline believe there are millions of pilots supporting the official storyline also. But since there are only about 312,000 aircraft wordwide, that millions of pilots seems rather dubious, doesn't it?
Originally posted by OmegaPoint
What's disgraceful, is the one who is aware, having done the research, who has access to all the information average Joe public does not, and in light of all the information and all evidence, persists in defending the OS, while ridiculing those who have some very serious and valid questions, and observations.
Originally posted by HennyPen
How many tens of thousands, thousands, hundreds of these truthers who believe the 9/11 attack was some secret gov't plot have you met again? Were you attending truther conventions and meeting truthers from all over the nation, or were they just from your local neighborhood?
Were you pretending to be a truther else why would they confide in you about their "other" conspiracy beliefs?
It seems kind of strange because I have personally met quite a few truthers and the subjects of JFK or Oklahoma City or UFOs or moon landings never came up.
Some supporters of the 911 official storyline believe there are millions of pilots supporting the official storyline also. But since there are only about 312,000 aircraft wordwide, that millions of pilots seems rather dubious, doesn't it?
Originally posted by ugie1028
this is a conspiracy site, some stuff seems outlandish, some aren't. (you seem to align everyone as the same here, when its not, your blind to this, and its ignorance we should deny, but you flood these threads with your meaningless posts and border-lined attacks on these concerned peoples character.)
Originally posted by GoodOlDave
Originally posted by ugie1028
this is a conspiracy site, some stuff seems outlandish, some aren't. (you seem to align everyone as the same here, when its not, your blind to this, and its ignorance we should deny, but you flood these threads with your meaningless posts and border-lined attacks on these concerned peoples character.)
On the contrary, the fact that you conspiracy people are all different is one of the major debate points I keep bringing up. None of you seem to believe in the same conspiracy and you're all but getting into fistfights with each other over what the "secret conspiracy" actually is.
Case in point- According to a number of posters here (I.E. Bonez) they say we ought to ignore the fringe elements in the 9/11 truther movement who keep bringing up all this absurd nonsense about cruise missiles, planted aircraft wreckage, faked crash sites, etc etc etc...which I'm sure you know includes you...becuase you're falsely associating yourselves with the serious researchers and you're making them look like a bunch of lunatics.
So the question is, why should I take you seriously when your fellow truthers here aren't even taking you seriously?
Originally posted by Reevster
Seems your trying hard to convince us that 911 happened just like the commision reports says , I mean really trying here.... or is it just maybe your trying to convince yourself and cant see though all the lies?
Originally posted by OmegaPoint
It is the right stand to take, and it is a powerful stand to take.
Join us, on the right side of history.
Thank you.
Originally posted by GoodOlDave
The problem for YOU is, I can give you dumptruck loads of examples of gov't incompetence and bungling.
No, you can not. You people certainly aren't stupid, far from it. Most of you are quite intelligent and acticulate.
You're simply not getting all the facts because you're getting all your facts from those damned fool conspiracy web sites trying to get you all paranoid so that you'll buy their books, DVDs, T-shirts, etc.
I can't can't make it any more clearer than this.
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Originally posted by GoodOlDave
I've talked to many, many, MANY truthers who believe the 9/11 attack was some secret gov't plot, and the vast majority of them tend to subscribe to one or more *other* conspiracies
I'd say I've swapped posts with between 25 and 30 conspiracy theorists. I think that's a sufficient sampling, don't you?
Originally posted by hypattia
reply to post by GoodOlDave
The morning of 9/11, I was working. I have no access to the media where I work, but heard from others that do.
The rest of the day I was out of the office delivering mail. As soon as I heard about the 2nd plane, I knew it was a black op. It was logical deduction. How could the most powerful country be attacked not once, not twice, not three times, but four times, especially the pentagon.;and the NSA, CIA, Norad and god knows what other secret a agencies doing absolutely nothing?
Why is it so hard to believe that this government has advanced technology we can't even dream of? We most likely never know how it all was done.
"Further, the process of transformation, even if it brings revolutionary change, is likely to be a long one, absent some catastrophic and catalyzing event – like a new Pearl Harbor".
Rebuilding America's Defenses: Strategy, Forces and Resources For a New Century
September, 2000
Project For A New American Century
GoodOlDave's Master
Philip D. Zelikow, Chief 9/11 Master Mythmaker as the Bush appointed Executive Director of the 9/11 Commission.
The idea of 'public presumption'," he explained, "is akin to [the] notion of 'public myth' but without the negative implication sometimes invoked by the word 'myth.'
Such presumptions are beliefs (1) thought to be true (although not necessarily known to be true with certainty), and (2) shared in common within the relevant political community."
An act of catastrophic terrorism that killed thousands or tens of thousands of people and/or disrupted the necessities of life for hundreds of thousands, or even millions, would be a watershed event in America's history.
It could involve loss of life and property unprecedented for peacetime and undermine Americans' fundamental sense of security within their own borders in a manner akin to the 1949 Soviet atomic bomb test, or perhaps even worse.
Constitutional liberties would be challenged as the United States sought to protect itself from further attacks by pressing against allowable limits in surveillance of citizens, detention of suspects, and the use of deadly force. More violence would follow, either as other terrorists seek to imitate this great "success" or as the United States strikes out at those considered responsible.
Like Pearl Harbor, such an event would divide our past and future into a "before" and "after."
The effort and resources we devote to averting or containing this threat now, in the "before" period, will seem woeful, even pathetic, when compared to what will happen "after."
Philip D. Zelikow
www.ksg.harvard.edu...
On the World Trade Center
"... if the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center had succeeded, the resulting horror and chaos would have exceeded our ability to describe it. Such an act of catastrophic terrorism would be a watershed even in American history. It could involve loss of life and property unprecedented in peacetime and undermine America's fundamental sense of security..Like Pearl Harbor, the event would divide our past and future into a before and after. The United States might respond with.."
~ Philip Zelikow, pre-9/11
Originally posted by OmegaPoint
Listen to him, at the 3:50 mark, through 4:44..
Originally posted by hypattia
The morning of 9/11, I was working. I have no access to the media where I work, but heard from others that do.
The rest of the day I was out of the office delivering mail. As soon as I heard about the 2nd plane, I knew it was a black op. It was logical deduction. How could the most powerful country be attacked not once, not twice, not three times, but four times, especially the pentagon.;and the NSA, CIA, Norad and god knows what other secret a agencies doing absolutely nothing?
Originally posted by Lillydale
Yes, you can. You can show plenty of times when the government decided to act slowly, poorly, or without funding. I can show you plenty of times that he government pulls off huge tasks that wants to. Our VA, Moon Landings, Disease research, etc. You are trying to compare apples to oranges.
Wow, thanks. Now 3000 dead Americans can rest knowing that no matter who killed them and why, you think we are smart!