A tinfoil hat isn't cool. But suspicions re PNAC and 9/11 trouble me...

[VOX]

I know that what follows is hardly a revelation here. But it continues to trouble me deeply. No one wants to think the worst -- myself included -- but I keep going over the following:

http://www.newamericancentury.org/RebuildingAmericasDefenses.pdf
"Strategy, Forces and Resources For a New Century: A Report of The Project for the New American Century, September 2000":
<snip>
V. CREATING TOMORROW’S DOMINANT FORCE
<snip>
"...Further, the process of transformation, even if it brings revolutionary change, is likely to be a long one, absent some
catastrophic and catalyzing event – like a new Pearl Harbor. Domestic politics and industrial policy will shape the pace and content of transformation as much as the requirements of current missions..."

As your mind tries to digest this boggling information (written a year before 9/11), consider the following additional facts:

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2001/07/26/national/main303601.shtml
Ashcroft Flying High
CBS News
WASHINGTON, July 26, 2001
<snip>
"...In response to inquiries from CBS News over why "...Ashcroft was traveling exclusively by leased jet aircraft instead of commercial airlines, the Justice Department cited what it called a 'threat assessment' by the FBI, and said Ashcroft has been advised to travel only by private jet for the remainder of his term..."
<snip>
"...The Justice Department insists that it wasn't Ashcroft who wanted to fly leased aircraft. That idea, they said, came strictly from Ashcroft's FBI security detail. The FBI had no further comment."

http://www.cnn.com/2001/ALLPOLITICS/08/06/bush.crawford/
Bush vacation puts spotlight on tiny Crawford
CNN
August 7, 2001
CRAWFORD, Texas (CNN) -- President Bush's vacation home is seemingly a world away from Washington.

"Crawford -- a one-stoplight town of about 700 -- is now the summer White House. Bush is spending a month's vacation at his ranch here, bringing with him a retinue of aides, Secret Service agents and the White House press corps...
<snip>
Bush's sojourn to his ranch has made the town, about 120 miles south of Dallas, the focus of American politics for much of the next month, and its people are adjusting to a newfound fame..."
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Apologies for the lengthy post -- I almost feels ashamed for ruminating in this manner. I am the least likely candidate for a tinfoil hat that I know. But all you can do is look at the sequence of events and the subsequent fallout, and draw your own conclusion. And it's terrifying.

[greyl]

1. No need to be ashamed of ruminating.

But what exactly are your conclusions here? :)

[VOX]

7. My specific conclusion? That 9/11 was allowed to happen.

I think much better than "darn good" intelligence indicated that something big was going to happen, and it was allowed to.

[AliceWonderland]

2. What on earth is "tinfoil hat"

about reading documents and asking questions? Why would anyone ever feel ashamed about that?

[RC]

3. Tin foil hat has to do with

LIHOP/MIHOP. Ask yourself why this administration has stonewalled and not cooperated with any real investigation into 9/11.

Too many things happened on 9/11 that could not have happened without prier knowledge on the part of this administration.

[AliceWonderland]

6. Oh, I've asked that question

and others, many many times. I think it's bizarre to be labelled "nuts" for asking questions. I find it rather chilling, actually.

[nolabels]

12. Here is site you can look up terms at

lots of stuff for the inquire
http://www.seattleactivist.org/DiG.html
(kind of dictionary of DU)

[tomp]

4. wrong, tin foil hats are very cool.

only the hippest people wear them and you are late for the party with PNAC and 9/11 "revelations".

[Sophree]

9. They keep my head nice and cool

Reflect the sunlight.

I wear mine with pride as well.

:tinfoilhat: ers unite! WE are doing the legwork that will expose the Cabal and toss them out of DC in disgrace.

edited for emoticon

[VOX]

11. Well said, Sophree!

Summer is perfect for :tinfoilhat:

:toast:

[VOX]

10. I hope not unfashionably late, tomp...

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A 21 tinfoil-hat salute!

:toast:

[matcom]

5. I for one am PROUD as Hell of Mine

it goes with almost every outfit i have.

its a great conversation piece at parties.

i put christmas lights on it during the holidays.

wear it big and wear it with pride friend.

unfortunately, its now a permanent part of life :scared:

[VOX]

8. matcom, you're an inspiration!

You're right, it *is* a permanent part of life, so it might as well be worn with pride.

Best to you -- :toast:

On edit: Forgot my :tinfoilhat:!!!!