Ditto to what most have written here, especially geo. I haven't watched your video yet -- it's still downloading -- but I look forward to it.

My life too changed more from the realization that what we've been told about 9/11 was a lie (at least three years after the fact for me) than it did on 9/11 itself. Realization is not even the best word for it -- it did not happen in a moment. It was a process for me, after having a few seeds planted over several months that eventually caused me to spend a night Googling and reading. I sucked it all in, up to and including missiles hitting the Pentagon and holograms at the Twin Towers.

A year and half later all I know for sure (as much I can know anything) is that the official story is swiss cheese -- both in texture and in odor -- and that the implications of the most compelling evidence are disturbing indeed. The incessant invocation of 9/11 by this administration as justification for so many horrible things makes a lot more sense. I can no longer believe that 9/11 was just a happy accident for these monsters.

Since my "coming around" didn't happen overnight, the realization that members of our government had murdered (or allowed to be murdered, I will allow) thousands of its own citizens did not evoke the same kick-in-the-gut feeling it must do for people who realize it in a moment. In some way I wish it had hit me at once. I still have not had a good cry over it; I should work on that.

One of the biggest points of disappointment for me is the reaction to 9/11 by prominent atheists, skeptics and "freethinkers" like Penn Jilette, Michael Shermer and James Randi, to name a few. People whom I have admired for so many years and who have rejected the establishment lies and bullshit on so many other fronts accept the official story at face value and throw out the same ad hominem attacks and straw man arguments when someone questions what our government and corporate media have told us. What a shame. Sometimes I wonder if those people NEED the official story to continue justifying their disdain for religion in general. As long as they accept the official story they can continue to rail against "radical Muslims" and, consequently, "radical Christians." I'm guilty of that too. Or at least I have been. I try to rise above that now.

I am embarassed for myself at how I suppressed my own skepticism in the aftermath of 9/11. There were clues, to be sure. When the Justice Department trotted out those 19 names and faces (the same day or was it 9/12?) I remember thinking, "Gee, that was fast." Also, I fucking watched WTC 7 come down on live TV. I know this because I watched a building collapse later in the day and I vividly remember a reporter for some time before that collapse, standing there in the street, with a building in the background, saying more than once something along the lines of "Whitey McAnchor, we are being told that officials are concerned that this building may collapse." I don't remember how long that went on but I do remember seeing the collapse when it finally happened. And then I blocked it out for about three years. My own capacity for denial still amazes me. One of these days I'll quit smoking too.

Godspeed to the rest of you who have done WAY more than I have in trying to open peoples' eyes. Jon Gold, in particular, a few days ago I read a thread on Conspiracy Smasher's blog (I nominate CS for Most Ironic Blog Name) and you are one brave soul to subject yourself to the crap those people throw at you. Keep on keepin' on.

I want to throw an idea out there and see if it has legs... I've been thinking about writing an essay telling the story of how I went from 9/11 believer to 9/11 skeptic. Has anyone started any kind of repository for such stories? I'm thinking it could be helpful for us to find new ways to break the ice and open peoples' minds. We each had our own paths but surely there are more effective ways than others.

this should be fun..........

And don't forget to make sure someone writes in with a 9/11 Truth Movement angle that sounds totally bizarre, uneducated and possibly anti-Semitic, so they can display all the bullshit flag-waving ones and then play one Truther email and make him sound like a fringe lunatic.

Well.... I suppose we at least have to write in, to prove the point that they'll marginalize us again.

Before 9/11, I was a happy-go-lucky American citizen without a care in the world. After 9/11, I was turned into an activist who spends every day telling people that the attacks of 9/11 were orchestrated not by 19 men directed by a man on dialysis in a cave, but by elements of the very Government sworn to protect us.

Yes, my life has been transformed by the extraordinary act of hatred perpetrated on September the Eleventh, 2001.

I fully admit to a pre-existing cynical mentality regarding the honesty and benevolence of modern United States Federal Government. I admit a pre-existing distain and lack of faith in mass media to hold accountable the actions of our government. I also admit, that I held deep and well reasoned concerns for my countries self sufficiency and behavior upon the world stage, before "9/11".

I could never have imagined before that day, how much worse We as a country could, and ultimately would, behave after such an event. My love and devotion to our Great Experiment has been deeply shaken. My dedication to the principals, ideals, and possibilities embodied in The Declaration of Independence, The Constitution and Bill of Rights will most likely be my final undoing. For no man or woman who reads and chooses to embrace such concepts, can long live with this manifestation of unchecked raw power made possible by that day.

I will fight with every ounce of my blood and watt within my soul, to bring ruin upon those who have capitalized this latest "Pearl Harbor". I will NEVER forget the "Shock and Awe" perpetrated in my name. I will never forget the knot in my stomach lasting days after coming to terms with the inescapable truth, that I must now live within a vast land of deception and propaganda.

I will never forget those who executed this fiendish plot, in order to satiate an unsatisfiable ego.

I will never forget those who have betrayed their Oath, to uphold and defend The Constitution of The United States of America, from all enemies both foreign and domestic.

Sham, endless sham be upon you...... long after I depart this otherwise Eden called Earth.

Heres what I wrote

I would have never thought our own government would murder thousands of its own citizens for its own geo-political interests. I was left scratching my head after 9/11 hearing the Bush Administration say "They attacked us because the hated our freedom" and "They didn't think they would retaliate." None of this every made sense to me. If Bin Laden wanted us out of the middle east why would he provoke us like that? How could he possibly think the world's only superpower wouldnt respond to an attack on its own soil? I thought about these questions whenever I thought about 9/11. But then I learned that 3 skyscrappers collapsed on that fateful day. The government has decided they do not need to explain why this building collapsed, nor do they answer the hundreds of unanswered questions that remain unanswered. What the 9/11 Commission Report claims happened is not supported by the facts, and what they ommit is even more telling. Learning the truth about 9/11 has forever changed my life. I no longer feel our government serves and portects its citizens but rather attacks and intimdates them.

Is there somewhere on the page you can see all the posted comments?

Here's what a friend of mine just posted:

How has 911 changed my life? Thanks for asking. 9/11 was an inside job, and a clear majority of educated citizens know this. There are dozens of credible online sources (and you know it), so I won't bore you. The problem is that the mainstream US media are still hiding from what is perceived as journalistic suicide by coming out first with stories suggesting anything other than the official (lie) story of 9/11. Those who speak out are shunned or labeled as conspiracy theorists, and those who claim to be officials hide from public debates knowing their lies would be unveiled. The first news outlet that embraces the search for the truth will become the next CNN, and get the lion's share of worldwide approval and respect. Until such time, we cannot rely on MSNBC, CNN, ABC, or CBS or any others for much more than sitcom reruns and sports coverage. In the meantime, 911 has changed my life in that I will never trust a Republican administration with ties to NeoCon interest groups who push the ideals of PNAC to shape this country. Cheney is an evil man and Bush is an unelected and useless village idiot. And both are as innocent as a virgin lap dancer at Sunday mass. The truth will come out, newspeople, so why not lead the pack and start covering the real news for a change? But you cannot, because your news and production bosses prohibit your corporation from covering this topic. Start a rebellion, tell the truth, and let's settle 9/11 for what it really was - a deception of mass destruction.