Midday Open Thread

I will be out of pocket this weekend, so SBG will be pulling his weight around here. Also, someone had requested I set up a PO Box for anonymous donations, you can find that on the left panel now.

Lots of stuff going on today - Open thread, have at it!

After seeing Jack White's

After seeing Jack White's photo "studies" I'm convinced that Jack White is a moron. He has no concept of perspective. He believes that the moon landing was faked. I can't believe anyone takes him seriously.

Examples of bizarre "analysis" on that site:
http://911studies.com/911photostudies16.htm
Good fucking god, floating poles inserted by anonymous fakers as subtle hints?

He thinks the generator trailer was a construction office. On many pages, he displays inability to understand that physical objects can be moved in the real world. He complains that there are (a) not enough firemen (b) too many firemen. Then there's this: "I believe that the [Pentagon] fires were kept burning for three days so that photographs like these could be taken." what - the - shit...

Of course, he also blathers about an explosion at WTC 6.

I need to start a website dedicated to 9-11 idiocy... http://911myths.com is OK (mostly), but it's not enough, seeing as it's run by someone who subscribes to the official story.

I know it's pleasant to get all warm and fuzzy about "big tent" ideology but it's goddamn harmful to the movement, with sites such as 911studies being referenced as authoritative. (His website was recommended in several previous threads right here on 911blogger.)

_____-

On a brighter note, I'm listening now to the recent Griffin lecture, it's great.

I've posted a couple of messages under throwaway handles ('anonym.', '=A='), from now on I think I'll use this one.

NYC Releases 9/11 WTC

NYC Releases 9/11 WTC Emergency Calls

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060331/ap_on_re_us/attacks911_calls_15

Perhaps these tape will provide more clues. Although the article says "partial" transcripts were released

911Blogger newcomers may

911Blogger newcomers may find these FDNY quotes handy

The following are ten quotes from the WTC Task Force Interviews "Oral
Histories" as published in the New York Times.

See here for many more quotes, and links to the Times website
http://forums.bluelemur.com/viewtopic.php?t=4820

FDNY CAPTAIN:
"Somewhere around the middle of the world trade center, there was this
orange and red flash coming out. Initially it was just one flash. Then
this flash just kept popping all the way around the building and that
building had started to explode. The popping sound, and with each popping
sound it was initially an orange and then a red flash came out of the
building and then it would just go all around the building on both sides
as far as I could see. These popping sounds and the explosions were
getting bigger, going both up and down and then all around the building."

FDNY BATTALION CHIEF:
"It looked like it was a timed explosion"

FDNY ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER:
"I saw a flash flash flash and then it looked like the building came
down."

Q. "Was that on the lower level of the building or up where the fire
was?"

A. "No, the lower level of the building. You know like when they demolish
a building, how when they blow up a building, when it falls down? That's
what I thought I saw"

FDNY DEPUTY COMMISSIONER:
"We looked up at the building straight up, we were that close. All we saw
was a puff of smoke coming from about 2 thirds of the way up. Some people
thought it was an explosion. I don't think I remember that. I remember
seeing, it looked like sparkling around one specific layer of the
building. I assume now that that was either windows starting to collapse
like tinsel or something. Then the building started to come down. My
initial reaction was that this was exactly the way it looks when they
show you those implosions on TV."

FDNY FIRE MARSHAL:
"I thought it was exploding, actually. ThatÂ’s what I thought for hours
afterwards, that it had exploded or the plane or there had been some
device on the plane that had exploded, because the debris from the tower
had shot out far over our heads"

FDNY ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER:
"I should say that people in the street and myself included thought that
the roar was so loud that the explosive - bombs were going off inside the
building."

"As I said I thought the terrorists planted explosives somewhere in the
building. That's how loud it was, crackling explosive"

FDNY CHIEF:
"You could see the windows pop out just like in the picture, looked like
a movie. I saw one floor of windows pop out, like poof, poof. I saw one
and a half floors pop out. It looked almost like an explosion. The whole
top was teetering, and I really thought just the top of the building was
falling off."

FDNY FIREFIGHTER:
"I was distracted by a large explosion from the south tower and it seemed
like fire was shooting out a couple of hundred feet in each direction,
then all of a sudden the top of the tower started coming down in a
pancake."

Q. "where was the fire? Like up at the upper levels where it started
collapsing?"

A. "It appeared somewhere below that. Maybe twenty floors below the
impact area of the plane. I saw it as fire and when I looked at it on
television afterwards, it doesn't appear to show the fire. It shows a
rush of smoke coming out below the area of the plane impact. The reason
why I think the cameras didn't get that image is because they were a far
distance away and maybe I saw the bottom side where the plane was and the
smoke was up above it."

FDNY FIREFIGHTER:
"I just remember there was just an explosion. It seemed like on
television they blow up these buildings. It seemed like it was going all
the way around like a belt, all these explosions"

FDNY FIREFIGHTER:
"There was an explosion at the top of the Trade Center and a piece of
Trade Center flew across the West Side Highway and hit the Financial
Center." ... "the south tower from our perspective exploded from about
midway up the building." ... "At that point a debate began to rage
because the perception was that the building looked like it had been
taken out with charges"

ATTN 911BLOGGER

ATTN 911BLOGGER NEWCOMERS:

***Please sign this petition***

Scholars Call for Release of 9/11 Information
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/929981172?ltl=1141667399

Simple Math demonstrate that

Simple Math demonstrate that the Official 9/11 Account is a Fabrication

Boolean algebra used to invalidate the official 9/11 account

Probability theory used to invalidate the official 9/11 account

http://www.globalresearch.ca/articles/DAV504A.html

Don't forget kiddies...

Don't forget kiddies... tonight at 8pm EST... the first of many (hopefully) of 9/11 classes...

Class Is Now In Session

I was hoping my good friends at 911blogger.com could post this...

Hello, good friends?

Note: On the "Michael

Note: On the "Michael Ruppert Weighs in on Recent Media Coverage" thread below, some interesting "Peak Oil" stuff is being debated. Please read it & add your comment.

it would help if you emailed

it would help if you emailed it to the right place and/or included the link next time ;)

Will do next time, dz.

Will do next time, dz.

Good article CB, that

Good article CB, that globalresearch.ca piece. Hope it gets the proper attention.

Following relates to Michael

Following relates to Michael C. Rupert, may be source of thread anonymous was referring too:

http://www.fromthewilderness.com/free/ww3/033006_charlie_sheen.shtml

Give Doug Tompson a piece of

Well another 911-Truth

Well another 911-Truth thread locked at the Left Gatekeeper site, AIPAC-Whipped-Chimp. The admins there should just be honest and say, "The official 911 Myth is good for Israel, 911-Truth is BAD for Israel, therefore we don't permit 911-Truth discussion here. Now get out there and work hard to replace the Republicrats with the Demublicans- coz both are owned by AIPAC!" Instead their reasoning for locking the thread was characteristically thin:
http://smirkingchimp.com/viewtopic.php?topic=64278&forum=7

62 of 62. SmirkyChimpster New York, New York | Member 148, Joined Nov 20, 2000 | 1828 posts

________________________________________________________________________________
Posted: 2006-03-31 14:06

Quote:
________________________________________________________________________________
On 2006-03-30 20:10, badmaru wrote:
One more locked thread...

________________________________________________________________________________

Well of course.

Because the whole "did Charlie Sheen change anyone's mind?" question was a red herring, an excuse for everyone to trot out their pet CT twaddle.

Be happy I let this rot go on as long as I did.

ON EDIT: Would you like a 9/11 CT thread that doesn't get locked? It's easy, just follow these three rules:

1. Bring something new to the discussion, something we haven't all heard before,

2. Don't confuse speculation with fact, and

3. Don't make any snarky "oooooh, this thread will be locked!" comments.

But you all know you can't do it. You've had four-plus years to do it and you haven't yet.

[ This message was edited by: SmirkyChimpster on 2006-03-31 14:10 ]

This topic is locked; no new posts may be added |

What the hell has gotten

What the hell has gotten into Doug Thompson?? "The government is too incompetent to do this"???? It wasn't "the government", it was a conspiracy for god's sake!

Him claiming to have interviewed all those people -- even the cab driver! -- makes me suspicious about his past stories, including the "Constitution is a just a piece of paper" quote he attributed to Bush. Which is unfortunate since that's a quote fitting for a neocon.

Anyone else here think that Doug has lost much of his credibility with that piece?

Re: Doug looks like his

Re: Doug
looks like his readers really let him have it with their comments.

This is what needs to be done, people not willing to be ignored and expected to swallow whatever is spoon fed to them in news papers, magazines, television, blogs, etc.

Maybe when these writers begin to understand their audience, they will write a more fair article.

CB wrote, "911Blogger

CB wrote,

"911Blogger newcomers may find these FDNY quotes handy."

They only tell the firemen's impressions. There is no useful data from them.

CB wrote, "Simple Math

CB wrote,

"Simple Math demonstrate that the Official 9/11 Account is a Fabrication."

REAL math refutes you:

http://www.911myths.com/WTCREPORT.pdf

anonymous: When that many

anonymous: When that many firemen tell of their impressions, I would give them some credence. And lately, my gut feeling is that most "guys" have a pretty good idea what a controlled demolition looks like.

The crew that is running

The crew that is running things right now do not constitute our government.

Our government is a market place where the highest bidder wins.

So you have to figure there are rich arabs, rich jews, JR etc . .

Someone says, "something is going to happen and its going to make you alot of money, are you in?".

The first gulf war made everyone money except gasoline consumers. The Saudis paid for the war but they had huge windfalls because the price of crude went up when the war started.

This is about business folks. This about people who kill other people to achieve their goals. This is about people who have no feelings for other human beings.

As much as we try, we cannot escape nature.

Randy wrote, "my gut feeling

Randy wrote,

"my gut feeling is that most "guys" have a pretty good idea what a controlled demolition looks like."

How would they know what a collapsing WTC tower was "supposed" to sound like?

They don't report seeing a "controlled demolition" anyway.

I think

I think http://www.911myths.com is the premier disinfo government-apologist site.

Let's take a vote:

- Its the premier disinfo site

- Nah, there are better disinfo sites

- Its the premier disinfo

- Its the premier disinfo site

It's even more disingenuous than this;

http://usinfo.state.gov/media/Archive/2005/Jul/27-595713.html

Har, har!

Behold, on this page, the State Dept links to Rense!

You can't make up stuff like this!

http://usinfo.state.gov/media/Archive/2005/Jun/28-581634.html

I mean, WTF? Do we trust Rense, or not, as it is listed as a "CT" site on the main page!

Anyone promoting 911myths is

Anyone promoting 911myths is either misinformed or deliberatley misinforming others. WTCREPORT.PDF has been discussed already and Steven E. Jones has covered some of it in his paper.

anonymous: "...They only

anonymous: "...They only tell the firemen's impressions. There is no useful data from them."

On the contrary, the data is quite compelling. Numerous accounts of unexplained explosions from credible witnesses makes a good case for controlled demolition.

anonymous wrote: "They don't

anonymous wrote:
"They don't report seeing a "controlled demolition" anyway."

FDNY ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER:
"I saw a flash flash flash and then it looked like the building came
down."

Q. "Was that on the lower level of the building or up where the fire
was?"

A. "No, the lower level of the building. You know like when they demolish a building, how when they blow up a building, when it falls down? That's what I thought I saw"

PARAMEDIC DANIEL RIVERA Interview Date: OCTOBER 10 2001
http://graphics8.nytimes.com/packages/pdf/nyregion/20050812_WTC_GRAPHIC/...

pg 9: It was a frigging noise. At first I thought it was -- do you ever see professional demolition where they set the charges on certain floors and then you hear “pop, pop, pop, pop, pop”? That’s exactly what -- because I thought it was that. When I heard that frigging noise, that’s when I saw the building coming down.

-FIREFIGHTER KENNETH ROGERS Interview Date: December 10, 2001
http://graphics8.nytimes.com/packages/pdf/nyregion/20050812_WTC_GRAPHIC/...

pgs 3-4: Â… then there was an explosion in the south tower, which according to this map, this exposure just blew out in flames. A lot of guys left at that point. I kept watching. Floor after floor after floor. One floor under another after another and when it hit about the fifth floor, I figured it was a bomb, because it looked like a synchronized deliberate kind of thing. I was there in '93.

-FIREFIGHTER RICHARD BANACISKI Interview Date: December 6, 2001
http://graphics8.nytimes.com/packages/pdf/nyregion/20050812_WTC_GRAPHIC/...

pgs 3-4: We were there I don't know, maybe 10, 15 minutes and then I just remember there was just an explosion. It seemed like on television they blow up these buildings. It seemed like it was going all the way around like a belt, all these explosions.

fireman2: We made it outside, we made it about a block.
fireman1: We made it at least 2 blocks.
fireman2: 2 blocks.
fireman1: and we started runnin'
fireman2: poch-poch-poch-poch-poch-poch-poch
fireman1: Floor by floor it started poppin' out ..
fireman2: It was as if as if they had detonated, det..
fireman1: yea detonated yea
fireman2: as if they had planned to take down a building,
boom-boom-boom-boom-boom-boom-boom-boom

Video: http://www.prisonplanet.tv/discussion_in_firehouse.mpg

Daryl Bradford Smith goes on

Daryl Bradford Smith goes on a rant again:

http://www.iamthewitness.com/Smith31Mar2006_1.mp3

Wow just thought I'd chime

Wow just thought I'd chime in how this comments thread seems to be working a divide and concur strategy for those that may be getting wrapped up in debate with anonoymous posters.

GeorgeWashingto wrote, "I

GeorgeWashingto wrote,

"I think http://www.911myths.com is the premier disinfo government-apologist site."

That's what all 9/11 conspiracy apologists say when they realize they've been royally debunked.

Amazing to see what's going

Amazing to see what's going on over at Capital Hill Blue. I tried posting, but their server is supposedly being moved now. After reading at least half of the responses (a vast number), it looks like 9/11 truth is the clear winner, by a huge majority. Here's my contribution, which I hope to post there when they get back on-line.

+ + +

There is a huge sea change going on in the United States regarding 9/11, and it really doesn't matter if the crime is solved and fully explained (although I'd prefer it were).

My point is that perception equals reality. Right after 9/11, the vast majority of Americans believed the "official" story provided (but never proved) by BushCo and the corporate media who regurgitated the talking points ad infinitum. That was our reality in 2001 and into the next few years.

But as BushCo has been exposed over and over again through lie after lie, particularly regarding the reasons for the Iraq war, it has become all too obvious that something is very fishy about 9/11. And thanks to the excellent work by scholars and researchers like David Ray Griffin, Michael Ruppert, Nafeez Ahmed, Paul Thompson, and many others, the vast number of anomolies have been made available, mostly via the internet (ironic, since the internet was originally developed by the DARPA) so that the huge numbers of unanswered questions have been percolating up from the grassroots.

Obviously, the corporate media and even the progressive/alternative media (for the most part) has been negligent in delving into all of this, ostensibly to avoid being discredited for embracing "conspiracy theories." But, the people aren't stupid and they smell a rat. Trouble is, waking up to 9/11 truth involves waking up to media corruption as well. Many people can't deal with that much change to their reality all at once. Perhaps that is why Doug refuses to go there. But, more and more of us regular folks aren't so afraid of the red pill after all.

And this is such amazingly good news, because if perception equals reality, then BushCo (and the minority of people who still want to believe the "official" story of 9/11) is finally losing. And that, my friends, gives me a lot of hope that people will be prepared for the next false-flag operation. Remember the last election in Spain? Yes!

As Bush himself stated, so eloquently: "There's an old saying in Tennessee — I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee — that says, fool me once, shame on — shame on you. Fool me — you can't get fooled again."

The Professional chose to

The Professional chose to lie by writing,

"Anyone promoting 911myths is either misinformed or deliberatley misinforming others. WTCREPORT.PDF has been discussed already and Steven E. Jones has covered some of it in his paper."

9/11 conspiracists don't like being debunked so instead of addressing the facts they wimp out.

You're welcome to refute that which is presented on 911myths, but I am confident you lack the ability.

And you know perfectly well that Jones has not addressed http://www.911myths.com/WTCREPORT.pdf,
so don't lie to us about it, ok?

Anonymous wrote, "On the

Anonymous wrote,

"On the contrary, the data is quite compelling. Numerous accounts of unexplained explosions from credible witnesses makes a good case for controlled demolition."

No, only to 9/11 conspiracists who want to believe there were "controlled demolitions." In actual fact, as anyone can read quite easily, no one saw or reported "controlled demolitions."

Neither had anyone experienced the collapse of the WTC towers before so had no idea what to expect.

You need to learn the nature of evidence and actually provide evidence of controlled demolitions.

stallion4 .... You just

stallion4 ....

You just repeated impressions and gave us NO evidence of "controlled demolitions."

You'd better learn what qualifies as evidence. You won't get anywhere with this repetition of stuff that is not evidence.

anonymous,

anonymous,

http://www.physics.byu.edu/research/energy/htm7.html

Don't be scared to read it anonymous. I know you don't like having your world-view threatened.

SS wrote, "Wow just thought

SS wrote,

"Wow just thought I'd chime in how this comments thread seems to be working a divide and concur strategy for those that may be getting wrapped up in debate with anonoymous posters."

On the contrary, many of us are educating you on the fact that you only depend on 9/11 conspiracy sites that promote conclusions you like and then desperately try to invent "facts" to fit them.

One only has to look at the articles posted here to KNOW that the search for the truth is of no interest to you all. It's no secret here.

Otherwise you would be posting both sides of the story.

We challenge you to realize that you have a lot of deliberate misinformation and to show you can't get anywhere with it.

That's called "education."

The Professional wrote for

The Professional wrote for some odd reason.

"http://www.physics.byu.edu/resea...nergy/ htm7.html

"Don't be scared to read it anonymous. I know you don't like having your world-view threatened."

Aren't you paying attention? How many times do I have to repeat that Jones has not written a scientific paper, has not supported any conclusions with evidence, and has been chastised by booth his university, BYU, and several university departments.

In the meantime he has been challenged on the facts, which scare him and all of you to death:

http://www.911myths.com/WTCREPORT.pdf

You'd do well to get your facts right.

Aren't you paying attention

Aren't you paying attention anonymous?

http://www.physics.byu.edu/research/energy/htm7.html

Don't be scared of the facts.

SS wrote: "Wow just thought

SS wrote:

"Wow just thought I'd chime in how this comments thread seems to be working a divide and concur strategy for those that may be getting wrapped up in debate with anonoymous posters."

I agree with SS. stop responding to this idiot. He's just trying to waste your time so you don't do something productive like spreading the truth.

Andy White Shhh, I'm trying

Andy White

Shhh, I'm trying to observe the troll in his naturual enviroment. You might scare him away Andy. :+:

"Shhh, I'm trying to observe

"Shhh, I'm trying to observe the troll in his naturual enviroment. You might scare him away Andy."

I've got a big smile on my face. Thank you.

Shill wrote: "stallion4

Shill wrote:
"stallion4 ....

You just repeated impressions and gave us NO evidence of "controlled demolitions."

You'd better learn what qualifies as evidence. You won't get anywhere with this repetition of stuff that is not evidence."

LOL, that's how much you think you know. I tell people about this shit EVERY DAY - and not ONE person that I've shown those fire fighter statements and other witness statements to has ever said to me that they still believe the government's official story.

Same with WCT7. After I show them that shit they realize they've been lied to about 9-11 by their once beloved mainstream media and politicians in Washington D.C. .

The question now is will the rats go down with the ship? Doubt it. More people are going to start coming forward and the scum the did 9-11 will eventually be held accountable for their crime.

The simple fact is they fu-ked up! And once anyone with a brain in their skull looks at the evidence they can see exactly how bad the perps botched their 9-11 inside job. Fools!

Anyone see/tape Bill Maher?

Anyone see/tape Bill Maher? Seth Green, Erica Jong (both were on Showbiz talking about Charlie Sheen's statements and questions) and R Congressman Dana Rohrbarfer (i spell that right?) and the discussion came around to Bush's incompetence and Jong and Green brought up the ignored warnings and intelligence, Maher was taken aback and incredulous and turned to Rohr and basically changed the subject back to the level of Bush is clueless and incompent and not criminal. the 2 didn't go there again.

Now that we are seeing

Now that we are seeing papers by physicists arguing about their equations, 'spreading the facts' about whether or not controlled demolition was at work beocomes a little more difficult. I'm reminded of debates about economics. There are a lot of reasons why 9/11 needs an aggressive and honest new investigation; the possibility of controlled demolition may be one of them, but how confident can non-expert people like me be in this area? WTC7 sure seems like a glaring anomaly, and even if there is a possible benign explanation for the collapse, the glaring omission of WTC7 from the 9/11 Commission final report probably represents the best single piece of evidence (from the controlled demolition angle alone) that a new investigation is needed.

Results 1 - 10 of about

Results 1 - 10 of about 92,200 for "charlie sheen 9/11". (0.31 seconds)

google.com

impressive...

@ anonymous shill: What's

@ anonymous shill: What's your intention to post here? To get us educated? Well, then come on with facts or shut up. And don't present government disinfos sites to prove that the government wasn't responsible, you must be joking if we should believe that crap, that was also for quite a long time debunked by thinking people.

The Proffessional

The Proffessional stuttered:

"Don't be scared of the facts."

I just gave you the facts. Here they are again: http://www.911myths.com/WTCREPORT.pdf

Scares you to death, eh?

stallion 4 wrote, "LOL,

stallion 4 wrote,

"LOL, that's how much you think you know. I tell people about this shit EVERY DAY - and not ONE person that I've shown those fire fighter statements and other witness statements to has ever said to me that they still believe the government's official story."

As if belief in the paranormal constitutes evidence.

Too bad that the real evidence doesn't support you.

bb wrote, "Now that we are

bb wrote,

"Now that we are seeing papers by physicists arguing about their equations, 'spreading the facts' about whether or not controlled demolition was at work beocomes a little more difficult."

Who else is qualified to speak on how the towers fell other than physicists and structural engineers?

"There are a lot of reasons why 9/11 needs an aggressive and honest new investigation;"

On how the towers fell??? Who would do such an investigation other then qualified structural engineers and forensic scientists that did the first investigations, the majority of them who were not governmnet employees to begin with?

Should different structural engineers do the investigation?

"WTC7 sure seems like a glaring anomaly..."

Seems? Or even "looks like" controlled demolition? Aren't you raising the question that this board does not want to address, the physics of the collapses and why those qualified on the subject see nothing wrong with the conclusions of NIST?

"the glaring omission of WTC7 from the 9/11 Commission final report probably represents the best single piece of evidence (from the controlled demolition angle alone) that a new investigation is needed."

How do you come to that conclusion when the 9/11 Commission is was not even the operating investigator of the collapse of WTC 7? NIST is the operating agency and its final report is not even finished yet.

What is interesting is this board's myopic focus on the 9/11 Commission to the exclsuion of NIST and independent investgations which deal with the actual PHYSICS of the collapse. The focus on the 9/11 Commission here is a red herring when it comes to the actual science of the events of 9/11.

Sitting Bull, desperate to

Sitting Bull, desperate to be educated, shows it by writing,

" anonymous shill: What's your intention to post here? To get us educated? Well, then come on with facts or shut up."

I have many times. You all ignore it. Now pay attention:

http://www.911myths.com/WTCREPORT.pdf

"And don't present government disinfos sites to prove that the government wasn't responsible, you must be joking if we should believe that crap, that was also for quite a long time debunked by thinking people."

I present the science, not "governmnet disinfo sites" as you should well know.

If you believe our governemnt was responsible for 9/11, YOU are going to have to prove it. So far, after 3.5 years, none of you have been able to.

And it shows.

I found a really interesting

I found a really interesting stop motion music video. Should this be added to the 9/11 related Music section? Not necessarily 9/11 related but it does have everyone blinded by some magic glasses while Bush is on a podium like Hitler raving like a lunatic with bombs blasting everywhere.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=qtBVaFeMKrY

to anonymous: So you decide

to anonymous: So you decide what is science and what is not, by only maintaining your point of view is the scientific one?

Go ahead. You are just boring. History will judge you.

Anonymous, how can you say

Anonymous, how can you say the 9/11 Commission was not the operating investigator of WTC? The 9/11 Commission was created by a Federal Law, and charged by Federal Law to provide a full and complete accounting. By not mentioning building 7, not even the fact that an investigation has been continuing, they failed in this and many other respects to provide the complete accounting they advertised.

You seem to have a little too much faith in The Physics, and The Engineering, as if physicists and engineers never argue. I've seen a lot of fancy and manipulated math in my day, and don't believe the physical sciences are necessarily immune to it. Shit, look at the global warming debate. Is that politicized? Damn straight. I don't know which way to go on that one, and wish I knew which Doctorate to trust -- I don't mean which one has 'the facts,' I mean which ones are honest.

Who on this thread is

Who on this thread is bravest?

Wanna make a big difference in 911 skepticism and truth? Go analog once in a while. Have you ever handed someone a flyer that really questions the official story? Looked them in the eye while you did it? ItÂ’s hard and takes courage. I like to blog too but anything on a computer is virtual presence. More courage by all of us is really needed now.

bb wrote, "Anonymous, how

bb wrote,

"Anonymous, how can you say the 9/11 Commission was not the operating investigator of WTC? The 9/11 Commission was created by a Federal Law, and charged by Federal Law to provide a full and complete accounting. By not mentioning building 7, not even the fact that an investigation has been continuing, they failed in this and many other respects to provide the complete accounting they advertised."

NIST is the agency in charge of the investigation of the collapses, it has not been completed for WTC 7. To criticize the 9/11 Commission for failure to deal with an investigation that has not even been completed, is both silly and irrational.

9/11 conspiracists must first demonstrate their claims about the science and physics of the collapses since that is which forms the basis of their claims. They haven't. Instead they are using the 9/11 Commission as a red herring to get around that obligation.

"You seem to have a little too much faith in The Physics, and The Engineering, as if physicists and engineers never argue."

But that's not what's happening here. What's going on with 9/11 conspiracists are assertions are being made on the science, physics and structural engineering, of the WTC collapses without any evidence to back up those claims from those qualified to comment on it.

It is indeed politicized to the extent that 9/11 conspiracists MUST politicize it to get anywhere at all. That is why Steven Jones and the "Scholars for 9/11 Truth" is not a group of physicists, structural engineers, chemists, and foresnic scientists, but a group that is made up of "scholars" in every field that is irrelevant.

Why?

One look at their site and any rational person would question their motives straight off: the complete reliance on 9/11 conspiracy sites and politically-motivated groups. None of the so-called "scientific" papers back up claims, their not peer-reviewed, and they refuse to deal with scientific papers that question their assertions.

Science does not operate the way Jones wants it to - politically.

"I've seen a lot of fancy and manipulated math in my day, and don't believe the physical sciences are necessarily immune to it. Shit, look at the global warming debate. "

The final report of the NIST

The final report of the NIST on the collapse of the World Trade Center Towers was issued on September 2005, over a year after the 'final' report of the 9/11 Commission, yet the 9/11 Commission chose to make a case for a non-explosive-induced collapse of Towers 1&2, did it not?