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More than 100 cities mobilizing for Sept. 15 March on Washington (ANSWER COALITION)
by Open-Publishing - Thursday 6 September 20072 comments
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The ANSWER Coalition sent the following statement to its supporters.
Countdown to a Showdown
More than 100 cities mobilizing for Sept. 15 March on Washington
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An Important Appeal from an Iraq War Veteran
We are in a countdown to a showdown and Bush is scrambling to beat back the anti-war opposition that is dominating the country.
He and the neocons are betting that their propaganda blitz preceding the September 15 showdown will force the Democrats to capitulate once again.
William Kristol and other neocon fascist cheerleaders for Bush are so scared of the anti-war movement that they have launched a campaign attacking Iraq war veterans for planning a mass Die-In on September 15. Kristol, like other coddled rich boys in the Bush administration, never served a day in his life. He dares to incite attacks against Iraq war veterans who are courageous enough to tell the truth and who are coming out to lead the September 15 March on Washington.
Bush’s disgusting photo-op trip to Iraq is just one more optical illusion. The "surprise" visit yesterday to the heavily-guarded Al Asad air base, with 10,000 U.S. troops, is the latest in the new propaganda blitz to convince Congress and the country to fork over $3 billion each week to fund Bush’s fantasy that Iraq can be occupied and subdued. Bush must also convince the people of the United States that they should keep sending their sons and daughters to their deaths.
Bush arrived at Anbar province in secrecy just days after a plane carrying a U.S. congressional delegation was nearly blown from the skies by resistance fire after it took off. He arrived after another month that took the lives of nearly 2,000 Iraqis, landing on the same day that the British left the city of Basra implicitly acknowledging their defeat in southern Iraq.
All the photo-ops in the world cannot conceal the truth. Join with the tens of thousands of people who will stand with the Iraq War Veterans and March on Washington on September 15.
This is a critical demonstration for all those who oppose the war and people can participate in different ways. There will be a fully permitted march and rally (for those who will not be risking arrest) in addition to the Die-In led by Iraq War Veterans.
Forum posts
7 September 2007, 20:06
It seemed that the anti war protesters had gone from marching to blogging.
The World Peace Religion would end the Nuclear Jihads and Nuclear Crusades
11 September 2007, 02:28
Ode to Building 7:
Remembering the Embers
B. Z. Bendigedig, P.I.
Oh mighty Temple of Security in death,
Hidden fortress of ultimate deception:
Your worms of molten thermite breath,
Ashes of twisted evil corruption
Beneath the apocalypse gloom,
Behind the surge of lies and daily doom—
Building 7 is there imploding into infinity
On that fateful dark day of deadly destiny
When America’s dreams melted into insanity.
Solid and secure center of rich cities
Standing witness September 11th in New York
When crashing airplanes interrupted our work:
Building 7 stood amongst the sad debris.
One-way windows reflecting flames,
Deflecting detection amidst the war games—
Then disintegrating conveniently to dust
Swept behind the scenes hidden with our trust
Icon of inevitability mystery and warlust.
Your shadow haunts our sweaty nights,
Reinforced command and control center,
24 hour blinking spymaster lights your
Clouds of death cough in wasting winter.
Cold silent surreality
Masquerading news amidst parades and militarity
Repression suppression repetition of authority—
Yet Building 7 collapses in a perfection of conspiracy
As Silverstein boasts of pulling away history.
"Most of the greatest evils that man has inflicted upon man have come through people feeling quite certain about something which, in fact, was false."
— Bertrand Russell
B. Z. Bendigedig, P.I.
Perception Recovery Collective
http://bombshelter.org/
"What a stupendous, what an incomprehensible machine is man! Who can endure toil, famine, stripes, imprisonment & death itself in vindication of his own liberty, and the next moment inflict on his fellow men a bondage, one hour of which is fraught with more misery than ages of that which he rose in rebellion to oppose."
— Thomas Jefferson
The new DVD 9/11 GUILT: THE PROOF IS IN YOUR HANDS by Don Paul, Jim Hoffman, and Celestine Star proves that the Twin Towers and WTC Building 7 were destroyed through planned demolitions, and shows who benefited most from these crimes. Go to:
http://www.wtc7.net/
http://www.sept15.org/
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http://911truth.org/
Painful 9/11 Truth
September 5th, 2007
BY Joel S. Hirschhorn author of Delusional Democracy and Friends of the Article V Convention
Many technical analyses cast doubt on the official explanation of the collapse of three World Trade Center buildings, including those presented by an impressive new group: Architects and Engineers for 9/11 Truth. More difficult than discovering the truth, however, is convincing most of the public to accept the bitter truth.
Americans easily block out painful truths. Powerful societal forces keep much of the population distracted and uninterested in complex issues. Entertainment-oriented mainstream media contribute to mass ignorance. And the political establishment often buries the truth, uses propaganda and manipulates citizens. Intelligent, strong-willed people can fight all these.
But on a deeper level, many truths are blocked psychologically, because they produce too much pain. This results when truths sharply disagree with strongly held beliefs. The conflict produces cognitive dissonance that can block full acceptance of the disturbing truth. People fall victim to self-manipulation and self-delusion. Truths are dismissed and false beliefs remain embedded.
When it comes to 9/11, we face the strong belief that only Al-Qaeda caused 9/11. But analyses by many experts reveal the collapse of three WTC buildings was not caused by the two airplanes exploding into the two towers. Without getting into details that one can spend many hours examining on a number of websites, the general view is that the buildings were brought down by controlled demolition.
If correct - IF - the immediate reaction is like a cosmic big bang. It would have taken considerable effort by a number of people with expertise and access to the buildings to rig them so that they could be intentionally collapsed when the two jets hit the towers. Tough questions flood in: Who could have engineered all this? Could foreign agents accomplish such complex actions - and if they did, why not take credit for it? If Americans did it, why would they intentionally inflict inevitable mass death and devastation? Worse, they seemingly knew about the plan to fly the jets into the towers.
Post-9/11, why have the government and official investigations not come to the same controlled demolition conclusion? This might be explained if the government was involved.
Pull one string and the whole 9/11 story unravels as your imagination triggers unending questions. Can Americans support a reinvestigation and rethinking of the 9/11 event? Or would they rather avoid even more pain and preserve the official account that places all blame on Al-Qaeda? So easy to criticize those who offer different explanations as conspiracy nuts.
After all, the new truth would be so shocking that we would have to question our political and government system. Could there have been such malevolence somewhere in our government? Did a monumental conspiracy push us into attacks on Afghanistan and Iraq? Did petroleum and corporate interests shape 9/11?
Like other groups, Architects and Engineers for 9/11 Truth wants a new, honest and comprehensive study that considers all the evidence for controlled demolition. First, let the technical truth emerge. Then, if necessary, cope with the inevitable political, conspiracy and other questions. But let us not allow a possible painful truth block the primary task of determining once and for all what caused the collapse of the WTC towers and building no. 7.
If there were non-Muslim forces - possibly U.S. government ones - that played a major role in the WTC catastrophe, then let us have the courage to face the truth. Suppose some element of our government played a secret, awful role. If we do not uncover it, then we are vulnerable to repeat nefarious and unimaginable activity in the future - possibly to impact the 2008 presidential election. Discovering 9/11 truth would enshrine the wisdom of the old adage: the truth hurts. That means suffering the pain of revealing lies and cover-ups. Mourning over the deaths of building victims and heroic first responders would expand with new anger. And another reason to hate and oppose the Iraq war would surface.
If those that believe the official 9/11 story - especially elected officials - trust their views, then let them support a serious investigation to test the validity of the controlled demolition hypothesis. If they fear and reject doing so, then let us see that as suspicious and unacceptable.
As a former engineering professor with growing skepticism about the official WTC story, I joined Architects and Engineers for 9/11 Truth; you can learn about the controlled demolition findings and other similar truth-seeking efforts at http://www.911truth.org/. You choose: seek the truth yourself or take the easy way and just criticize those who question the official story.
To sum up, horrific possible answers can cause us to shun a question. But clearing our minds of fears of painful truths is essential to clearing our nation of destructive lies. Otherwise, we stay stuck in a delusional democracy.
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"For in a Republic, who is ’the country?’ Is it the Government which is for the moment in the saddle? Why, the Government is merely a servant - merely a temporary servant; it cannot be its prerogative to determine what is right and what is wrong, and decide who is a patriot and who isn’t. Its function is to obey orders, not originate them." — Mark Twain