9/11 Again

[KeithE]

[David Flick]

[Jim]

[KeithE]

[William Thornton]

Immediate derision from me. Nothing diminishes your street cred more than this stuff. "Oh yeah. He's the 911 Truther guy."

Sad to see, frankly.

[Tim Bonney]

Keith, for me there is just too much water under the bridge on this one. I'm far more concerned about the current administration and its unprecedented behavior.

[KeithE]

[KeithE]

[Tim Bonney]

[Sandy]

When I was a kid, and I did something wrong, my usual reaction was to use all of the means at my disposal to convince my parents that my version of the facts was the actual version of the facts. I was not normally successful at this, however, there were times when a situation would occur, and I was right. When that happened, I encouraged my parents, my mother in particular who never seemed to be satisfied until she found out the truth, to investigate my version of the story. I tend to think that the government in a democratic republic probably operates the same way, with greater resources. If there is complete cooperation with the investigation, you're probably landing close to a truth that they are willing to support. If there's all kinds of obfuscation, obstruction, attempts to stop it, interference, or simply commandeering the investigation and inserting your own information, then the results are suspicious. 9-11 carries just enough of that to call the final conclusions of that investigation into question. Whether the conspiracy theories are accurate or not, well, odds are that there was some intent to hide things, but how do you determine which one, of several various theories, is correct?

We have the Kennedy assassination, Pearl Harbor, and the Lincoln Assassination, along with 9-11, and now, the Russia investigation. In typical American fashion, each of these, and other events, have generated a fair share of conspiracy theories, books, lectures and an alternative economy off of which money is made. That is the unfortunate bottom line of conspiracy theories. That, and the fact that while an official investigation must operate within the parameters of the same standards for considering evidence, conspiracy theories don't have to meet that requirement. The results are not likely to be changed. I think focusing efforts on being an advocate for the truth to be revealed in the current crisis our country is experiencing having its electoral process undermined by a foreign power at the instigation of, and with the help of our president, is a better use of time.

[KeithE]

[Jim]

[KeithE]

[Jim]

[KeithE]

[Haruo]

I'd like to see Trump try his "I love these guys, we get along great" MO on the mullahs.

[KeithE]

[Sandy]

[Haruo]

He's talking about the place in the Constitution where it says if Presidents do no-nos it's okay for Congress to lop off their heads.

[Haruo]

The guillotine is preferred by Democrats for this purpose, because it has a smaller carbon footprint than say the firing squad preferred by the Mitch Romney camp, or the electric chair of the old Republican guard. Or the nuclear option preferred by the Trumpeters.

[Jim]

[Sandy]

[Jim]

[Sandy]

[Haruo]

In terms of general trends, unemployment has been falling ever since about halfway through Obama's first year. The latest report shows an uptick, but there have been upticks repeatedly under both Obama and Trump.
Boy, looking at that makes me feel like Keith or something!