Recall any LIHOP/MIHOP articles within the first week/month after 9/11?

[DerekG]

Though no one would know it from my post count, I've been a DU member since 2001 May, and I recall that the general consensus to the attacks in New York and Washington was fairly tempered; grief and incredulity far outweighed the scant "conspiracy theories." Some (including myself) even expressed the desire to call a truce with Bushco.

Well, now that this graciousness has long since dissipated, I'd be interested to see any Internet articles that suspected LIHOP or MIHOP from the get-go. It might be interesting to recognize the men and women who gazed at America's Reichstag fire and didn't blink.

I'll go first...

Dave McGowan, acclaimed author of "Derailing Democracy" (among others) boasts a controversial site, Center for an Informed America. He has gained notoriety of late for his sharp critique of the Peak Oil theory (and a major thorn in the side of Mike Ruppert), but I'd rather harken back to an article entitled "Welcome to the New and Improved Police State" which was penned ONE DAY after the aforementioned attacks.



"I have a friend with whom I frequently disagree on matters of politics. He thinks that I am a crazed conspiracy theorist, and I think that he is a reactionary fascist. There was one thing that we agreed on though.
A few weeks ago, I told him that our fearless leaders seemed to be veering dangerously close to unleashing 'tactical' nuclear weapons upon the world. Although he seriously doubted that that was in fact the case, he readily agreed that such an action would be reckless and unconscionable. He stated that he couldn't envision any scenario under which such a strike would be justified and that we should avoid, at all costs, crossing that threshold. Opening that door, he believed, could only serve to escalate tensions and make this a much more dangerous world in which to live.
He was one of several people who called me yesterday to discuss the alleged terrorist attacks on America. During the course of that call, he stated flatly that when the perpetrators were identified, they and their backers should be nuked. When I reminded him of our conversation of just a few weeks before, he said that things have changed now. I asked him if he had considered whether that wasn't perhaps precisely the point of the attacks. Unfazed, he reiterated his belief that I am a crazed conspiracy theorist.
Excuse my cynicism here, but have we Americans completely lost our ability to think? Are we now so thoroughly brain-dead that we are completely reliant on our media outlets, with their endless supply of 'experts,' to make sense of events in the world? Are we really that stupid -- or do our leaders just think that we are?"

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