Regarding "Patriots Question 9/11" . . .

I got this email today:

Here is one you may like, you probably know about it already...but, here it is. http://www.patriotsquestion911.com/

I really do appreciate hearing about this stuff. Even so, I got thinking about all the "authorities" on the site (impressive in their sheer number, if not consistency of view) and so replied:


Thanks. That's an interesting list of heavy hitters. I think such a site might be useful to unblock the seriously mentally constipated, who just sit there and wave their flags in support of killing the A-rabs. What these luminaries do have in common is they all think something stinks.

Once people get into the thick of this 9/11 material, the matter of what "authorities" say fades into insignificance. Lots of these people still drink their malteds at the Limited Hangout, and support the 19-Arabs-with-boxcutters-who-hate-our-freedoms hypothesis but feel that the administration didn't do enough to stop the attacks with the information they had. This is akin to LIHOP, which is slightly more sinister--that the administration "let it happen on purpose" to further their own agendas. Plenty of those types there, too.

Then there are those who feel that a cabal of people in the government--and the corporate community--were directly complicit in the attacks, but have bizarre theories about the events and outside agendas (and may in fact be government-sponsored controlled opposition). Morgan Reynolds is the most notorious of these, since he has promoted Judy Wood and her whole "space beam" scenario. These guys get shot down easily, and give the Fox cheerleaders for Bush-Cheney the opportunity to chortle about "tin-foil hats."

Some of the people on the list are sincere, and have said some really good things. Of all the bigwigs cited, I think Ron Paul and Bob Bowman are probably the least sullied. But it really doesn't matter who they've got upon the list, because authority does not necessarily equal veracity.

Herb Smith and I have gone from being supporters of the Scholars for 9/11 Truth to seriously questioning everyone and everything in the so-called 9/11 Truth Movement. Ultimately, names and credentials don't matter. Slickly produced movies that millions of people download from the internet don't matter (though some of the videos are quite good).

What matter are the facts, and the immutable laws of physics that seem to have been disregarded by the 9/11 Commission Report and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in concocting their Official Theory. Chemistry and metallurgy matter. Above all, a sensible interpretation of the physical evidence matters. This may lead to some uncomfortable and unanticipated conclusions, but this is what we're about.

Maybe having all those big names on "our" side will effect some changes--but if the change means merely dumping the evil Republicans in favor of the pure and virtuous Democrats, then we will have been had. A Hillary presidency will prove that the "movement" was part of the plot itself. Of course, when Madame Clinton begins to pull the same crap that Bush-Cheney are perpetrating with regard to abrogating civil liberties, loss of economic freedom, continuing the war(s), etc., the Dems will tell us to shut up and enjoy our spinach.

All we have are the facts. We [by which I mean "all of us"] have to interpret them with a clear head and think for ourselves, and everyone else can go to hell.