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boastOne43 Donating Member (71 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-22-06 03:50 PM
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Zogby Poll: Over 70 Million American Adults Support New 9/11 Investigation
Zogby Poll: Over 70 Million American Adults Support New 9/11 Investigation

Mon May 22, 8:00 AM ET

Utica, NY (PRWEB) May 22, 2006 -- Although the Bush administration continues to exploit September 11 to justify domestic spying, unprecedented spending and a permanent state of war, a new Zogby poll reveals that less than half of the American public trusts the official 9/11 story or believes the attacks were adequately investigated.

911Truth.org Urges 2006 Reform Candidates to Recognize a Powerful New Constituency

The poll is the first scientific survey of Americans' belief in a 9/11 cover up or the need to investigate possible US government complicity, and was commissioned to inform deliberations at the June 2~4 "9/11: Revealing the Truth, Reclaiming Our Future" conference in Chicago. Poll results indicate 42% believe there has indeed been a cover up (with 10% unsure) and 45% think "Congress or an International Tribunal should re-investigate the attacks, including whether any US government officials consciously allowed or helped facilitate their success" (with 8% unsure). The poll of American residents was conducted from Friday, May 12 through Tuesday, May 16, 2004. Overall results have a margin of sampling error of +/- 2.9. All inquiries about questions, responses and demographics should be directed to Zogby International.

According to Janice Matthews, executive director of 911truth.org, "To those who have followed the mounting evidence for US government involvement in 9/11, these results are both heartening and frankly quite amazing, given the mainstream media's ongoing refusal to cover the most critical questions of that day. Our August 2004 Zogby poll of New Yorkers showed nearly half believe certain US officials 'consciously' allowed the attacks to happen and 66% want a fresh investigation, but these were people closest to the tragedy and most familiar with facts refuting the official account. This revelation that so many millions nationwide now also recognize a 9/11 cover up and the need for a new inquiry should be a wake up call for all 2006 political candidates hoping to turn this country around. We think it also indicates Americans are awakening to the larger pattern of deceit that led us into Constitutional twilight and endless war, and that our independent media may have finally come of age."

Poll co-author, W. David Kubiak concurs, saying: "Despite years of relentless media promotion, whitewash and 9/11 Commission propaganda, the official 9/11 story still can't even muster 50% popular support. Since this myth has been the administration's primary source of political and war-making power, this level of distrust has revolutionary implications for everyone working for peace, justice and civil liberties. If we ever hope to reclaim this country, end aggression and restore international respect, we all must finally scrutinize that day when things started to go so terribly wrong. The media and movement leaders ignore this call at their peril, because tens of millions are clearly telling us here they are ready for 9/11 truth."

SCOPE: The poll covered five related areas: 1) Iraq - do Americans think the Bush administration exploited 9/11 to attack Iraq? (44% do, 44% don't); 2) Cover up - did the government and its 9/11 Commission conceal or refuse to investigate evidence that contradicts their official story? (only 48% said no); 3) the collapse of WTC 7, which was not even mentioned by the 9/11 Commission and has seldom been reported in the media---had respondents been aware of this collapse and, if so, did they think it should be investigated (only 52% had known about it, but over 70% of this group believe it should have been investigated); 4) new investigation of official complicity - do respondents think we need one? (only 48% said no); and 5) mass media - how do people rate its performance, including its coverage of alternative 9/11 theories, unanswered questions and inquiry issues? (43% rate it positively, 55% negatively).

(The poll sponsors see knowledge of the collapse of World Trade Center Building 7 as a bellwether issue, because if people do not know this elementary fact, they have probably not been exposed to any independent 9/11 research at all. Because the number of respondents who support a new investigation of 9/11 (45%)) is roughly the same as the number who knew about the collapse of Building 7 (52%), it can reasonably be extrapolated that if the entire public were exposed to independent 9/11 research, about 90 percent would support a new investigation of the events of that fateful day.)

SPONSOR: 911truth.org is a coalition of researchers, journalists and victim family members working to expose and answer the hundreds of still unresolved questions concerning 9/11, especially the nearly 400 questions that the Family Steering Committee filed with the 9/11 Commission. Initially welcomed by the commissioners as their "road map," these queries cut to the heart of 9/11 crimes and accountability, specifically raising the central issues of motive, means and cui bono (who profited?). The Commission ultimately ignored 80% of these issues, however, opting only to explore system failures, miscommunications and incompetence. The victim families' most incisive questions remain unaddressed to this day.

For more information on the Chicago "9/11: Revealing the Truth, Reclaiming our Future" conference and other developments, see http://www.911truth.org and http://911revealingthetruth.org or contact our media coordinator, Michael Berger, at 314-308-4893.

* Numerical computations conservatively based on 2000 Census data citing 174 million Americans between the ages of 18 and 64.

Survey Methodology: Zogby America, 5/12/06 through 5/16/06

This is a telephone survey of adults nationwide conducted by Zogby International. The target sample is 1,200 interviews with approximately 81 questions asked. Samples are randomly drawn from telephone cd’s of national listed sample. Zogby International surveys employ sampling strategies in which selection probabilities are proportional to population size within area codes and exchanges. As many as six calls are made to reach a sampled phone number. Cooperation rates are calculated using one of AAPOR’s approved methodologies1 and are comparable to other professional public-opinion surveys conducted using similar sampling strategies.2 Weighting by region, party, age, race, religion, and gender is used to adjust for non-response. The margin of error is +/- 2.9 percentage points. Margins of error are higher in sub-groups.

Zogby International’s sampling and weighting procedures also have been validated through its political polling: more than 95% of the firm’s polls have come within 1% of actual election-day outcomes.

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911TRUTH.ORG
Mike Berger
314-308-4893
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Grateful for Hope Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-22-06 04:34 PM
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1. Well, well
Thanks for posting this.
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Bushwick Bill Donating Member (605 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-23-06 12:57 PM
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2. Zogby Poll: Over 70 Million American Adults Support New 9/11 Investigation
Fringe lunatics! ;-)

SCOPE: The poll covered five related areas: 1) Iraq - do Americans think the Bush administration exploited 9/11 to attack Iraq? (44% do, 44% don't); 2) Cover up - did the government and its 9/11 Commission conceal or refuse to investigate evidence that contradicts their official story? (only 48% said no); 3) the collapse of WTC 7, which was not even mentioned by the 9/11 Commission and has seldom been reported in the media---had respondents been aware of this collapse and, if so, did they think it should be investigated (only 52% had known about it, but over 70% of this group believe it should have been investigated); 4) new investigation of official complicity - do respondents think we need one? (only 48% said no); and 5) mass media - how do people rate its performance, including its coverage of alternative 9/11 theories, unanswered questions and inquiry issues? (43% rate it positively, 55% negatively).
http://news.yahoo.com/s/prweb/20060522/bs_prweb/prweb388743_4
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JackRiddler Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-23-06 12:59 PM
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3. Zogby Poll: Over 70 Million American Adults Support New 9/11 Investigation
http://news.yahoo.com/s/prweb/20060522/bs_prweb/prweb388743_4

Zogby Poll: Over 70 Million American Adults Support New 9/11 Investigation

Mon May 22, 8:00 AM ET

(PRWEB) - Utica, NY (PRWEB) May 22, 2006 -- Although the Bush administration continues to exploit September 11 to justify domestic spying, unprecedented spending and a permanent state of war, a new Zogby poll reveals that less than half of the American public trusts the official 9/11 story or believes the attacks were adequately investigated.

911Truth.org Urges 2006 Reform Candidates to Recognize a Powerful New Constituency

The poll is the first scientific survey of Americans' belief in a 9/11 cover up or the need to investigate possible US government complicity, and was commissioned to inform deliberations at the June 2~4 "9/11: Revealing the Truth, Reclaiming Our Future" conference in Chicago. Poll results indicate 42% believe there has indeed been a cover up (with 10% unsure) and 45% think "Congress or an International Tribunal should re-investigate the attacks, including whether any US government officials consciously allowed or helped facilitate their success" (with 8% unsure). The poll of American residents was conducted from Friday, May 12 through Tuesday, May 16, 2004. Overall results have a margin of sampling error of +/- 2.9. All inquiries about questions, responses and demographics should be directed to Zogby International.

According to Janice Matthews, executive director of 911truth.org, "To those who have followed the mounting evidence for US government involvement in 9/11, these results are both heartening and frankly quite amazing, given the mainstream media's ongoing refusal to cover the most critical questions of that day. Our August 2004 Zogby poll of New Yorkers showed nearly half believe certain US officials 'consciously' allowed the attacks to happen and 66% want a fresh investigation, but these were people closest to the tragedy and most familiar with facts refuting the official account. This revelation that so many millions nationwide now also recognize a 9/11 cover up and the need for a new inquiry should be a wake up call for all 2006 political candidates hoping to turn this country around. We think it also indicates Americans are awakening to the larger pattern of deceit that led us into Constitutional twilight and endless war, and that our independent media may have finally come of age."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/prweb/20060522/bs_prweb/prweb388743_4
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sarcasmo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-23-06 12:59 PM
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4. Half of Americans half taking the correct pill. Kick and Nom
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tiptoe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-23-06 12:59 PM
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5. k & r !! "Scholars for 9/11 Truth" presents grounds for investigation
Edited on Mon May-22-06 05:18 PM by tiptoe
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FtWayneBlue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-23-06 12:59 PM
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6. International Tribunal
investigate. That sounds wonderful. Who can do it? It definitely needs to be done. I wouldn't trust Congress to investigate a stolen ice cream cone.
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mogster Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-23-06 12:59 PM
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7. K&R ! n/t
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rinsd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-23-06 12:59 PM
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8. A headline worthy of Fox News.
Extrapolating polls results to reflect a number of Americans is dishonest. I know its a press release but sheesh.





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young_at_heart Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-23-06 12:59 PM
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9. Time for another viewing of Michael Moore
I especially like the part that juxtaposes Bush just sitting while we are under attack....maybe it will affect people more these days.
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tiptoe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-23-06 12:59 PM
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10. What?! The public grows suspicious of 9/11 Terror...FRAUD?!?!
Edited on Mon May-22-06 05:24 PM by tiptoe
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Name removed Donating Member (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-23-06 12:59 PM
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11. Deleted message
Message removed by moderator. Click here to review the message board rules.
 
IChing Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-23-06 12:59 PM
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12. 66% is not a mandate!!!!!!
But the remaining 33% seems to equal the pResident's poll numbers
I guess that newly released revealing photo of the pentagon plane crash turned the poll.:sarcasm:

On another thought
this thread was moved to the basement faster than building 7 fell down
which was twice the speed of gravity....
it still was LBNs so I object.
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tiptoe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-23-06 01:00 PM
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17. agree. 9/11 study suppressed by Sen Roberts. MSM reports Zogby NEWS
Edited on Mon May-22-06 05:59 PM by tiptoe
that the American people want to pursue the TRUTH!!!

"For here we are not afraid to follow truth wherever it may lead." Thomas Jefferson

(Except for the possibly traitorous, hidden-agenda anti-Constitution, anti-Democracy Neocon/Repuke Congress, post 9/11 2001...Un-American!!)
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Nothing Without Hope Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-23-06 12:59 PM
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13. Note that we CANNOT RECOMMEND THREADS FROM THIS FORUM
Once the thread was dumped into the basement, it is silenced. Try it and see - you'll get an "error" messsage saying that you cannot recommend threads from this forum. Anything about 9/11 or anything about AIPAC or the Isaraeli government's role in US politics are immediately dumped into these silenced basements. (Isaeli or AIPAC-related threads are dumped into the non-recommendable forum on Israeli-Palestinian affairs, which is usually totally inappropriate. Once there, threads not only cannot be recommended, they are often gratuitously gutted and their comments removed.)

Censorship lives on at DU. Makes me both angry and very sad.
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Mnemosyne Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-23-06 12:59 PM
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15. Did you know that if someone posts in the 9/11 forum it
doesn't show up on latest page?

I asked a question several months ago here re: Rummy press conf. on 9/10/2001 announcing that Pentagon was missing 2.3 trillion dollars. Never showed up, so I tested it. Nothing.

This is MSM reporting and it still goes in the dungeon. Jeesh...
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BrklynLiberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-23-06 12:59 PM
Response to Reply #3
14. This sure looks like Late Breaking News to me. Why was it moved so fast?
Edited on Mon May-22-06 05:05 PM by BrklynLiberal
:wtf:

Well. it got enough "greatest" votes to make the list before it was moved.
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babylonsister Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-23-06 01:00 PM
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16. And I found it in greatest, so no foul. But this doesn't have anything
to do with conspiracy theories, so I too wonder why it was moved. Does that mean anything w/9-11 in it has to go in that forum? :shrug:
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Blackthorn Donating Member (675 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-23-06 01:00 PM
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18. Essentially yes...
9/11 is treated as the "Conspiracy" forum and anything on 9/11 or any other "conspiracy" theory is dumped there, out of they way so no one will talk about them and ask unpleasant questions. I think it stems from the fact a (large?) majority of DU is very uncomfortable about taking 9/11 theories past LIHOP and were at odds with the MIHOP people. I guess this is a way of keeping the peace, but really, it is sweeping one of the biggest lies in human history under the carpet.
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BrklynLiberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-23-06 01:00 PM
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20. Agree 100%.
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tiptoe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-23-06 01:00 PM
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23. "keeping the peace" so as not to disturb the conquest of America...
Edited on Mon May-22-06 05:54 PM by tiptoe
by enemies without and within...

...quaint.
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petgoat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-23-06 01:36 PM
Response to Reply #23
53. "keeping the peace" so as not to disturb the delicate mental health
of the OCT believers.
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truthisfreedom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-23-06 01:00 PM
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19. okay, i'll bite... what's k&r?
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BrklynLiberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-23-06 01:00 PM
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21. kicked and recommended
:)
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WePurrsevere Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-23-06 01:00 PM
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22. Never mind.... dupe info... I need to type & enter faster ;-)
Edited on Mon May-22-06 05:43 PM by WePurrsevere
(not to mention get better & faster phone lines) :D
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pauldp Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-23-06 01:00 PM
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24. NO NO NO! We need an investigation into the real issue..gay marriage. n/t

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Name removed Donating Member (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-23-06 01:00 PM
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25. Deleted message
Message removed by moderator. Click here to review the message board rules.
 
IChing Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-23-06 01:00 PM
Response to Reply #25
26. It is the choice of the one moderator to move it.
Not the administrators of DU,
I've seen it before, she has to make the call, however this time there was nothing that broke the rules of the site.
She has a tough job and does it for free, but this time she jumped the gun, without reading the context of the Zorby Poll.

Send a protest to the administrators
they are not viewing everything all the time,
that is why DU works so well most of the time
with so many wonderful moderators and I mean that.
however

I agree should not have been moved.
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Moderator DU Moderator Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-23-06 01:00 PM
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27. I thank you for understanding the guidelines we must follow. (n/t)
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Grateful for Hope Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-23-06 01:00 PM
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28. bump....
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medienanalyse Donating Member (727 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-23-06 01:00 PM
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29. My Congratulations, Jack. Good Work. All the best, AH.
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deminks Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-23-06 01:00 PM
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30. Zogby: Over 70 Million American Adults Support New 9/11 Investigation
http://news.yahoo.com/s/prweb/20060522/bs_prweb/prweb388743_6

Although the Bush administration continues to exploit September 11 to justify domestic spying, unprecedented spending and a permanent state of war, a new Zogby poll reveals that less than half of the American public trusts the official 9/11 story or believes the attacks were adequately investigated.

The poll is the first scientific survey of Americans' belief in a 9/11 cover up or the need to investigate possible U.S. government complicity, and was commissioned to inform deliberations at the June 2~4 "9/11: Revealing the Truth, Reclaiming our Future" conference in Chicago. Poll results indicate 42% believe there has indeed been a cover up (with 10% unsure) and 45% think "Congress or an International Tribunal should re-investigate the attacks, including whether any US government officials consciously allowed or helped facilitate their success" (with 8% unsure). The poll of American residents was conducted from Friday, May 12 through Tuesday, May 16, 2006. Overall results have a margin of sampling error of +/- 2.9. All inquiries about questions, responses and demographics should be directed to Zogby International.

SCOPE: The poll covered five related areas: 1)
Iraq - do Americans think the Bush administration exploited 9/11 to attack Iraq? (44% do, 44% don't); 2) Cover up - did the government and its 9/11 Commission conceal or refuse to investigate evidence that contradicts their official story? (only 48% said no); 3) The collapse of WTC 7, which was not even mentioned by the 9/11 Commission and has seldom been reported in the media -were respondents aware of this collapse and, if so, did they think it should be investigated (only 52% knew about it, but over 70% of this group believe it should have been investigated); 4) new investigation of official complicity - do respondents think we need one? (only 48% said no); and 5) mass media - how do people rate its performance, including its coverage of alternative 9/11 theories, unanswered questions and inquiry issues? (43% rate it positively, 55% negatively).
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Viva_La_Revolution Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-23-06 01:00 PM
Response to Reply #30
31. drip...drip...drip, drip...




:bounce:


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Endangered Specie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-23-06 01:00 PM
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32. Thats all well and good... similiar percentages of people doubt evolution.
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petgoat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-23-06 01:00 PM
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37. Which says that evolution doubters are 9CR believers. nm
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JackRiddler Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-23-06 01:00 PM
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43. Wow...
So the OCT of 9/11 according to its defenders is now on a level with nothing less than the theory of evolution.

Wake me when it beats out the Laws of Thermodynamics, will you?

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earth mom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-23-06 01:00 PM
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33. Bet it's a helluva lot more people than that! K & R! eom
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bleever Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-23-06 01:00 PM
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34. Zogby was punked by the 2004 election theft.
Made a fool of, on his own turf, by the rigged numbers.

The man has serious questions, and he's asking them.

:thumbsup:
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rodeodance Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-23-06 01:00 PM
Response to Reply #30
35. I think people want accountability (Phase II)-until then, doubt and
suspicion will remain.
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Pierzin Donating Member (710 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-23-06 01:00 PM
Response to Reply #30
36. Wow, that's really awesome!!
There should be an investigation, absolutely.

How did 19 guys with boxcutters penetrate the defenses of the most militarized nation on THE PLANET???
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petgoat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-23-06 01:00 PM
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38. the most militarized nation on the planet IN HISTORY??? nm
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intheflow Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-23-06 01:00 PM
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39. I just tried to recommend this but got an error message:
Edited on Tue May-23-06 06:14 AM by intheflow
"Error: You can't recommend threads from this forum"

Which is amazing because here I found it on the GP and I'm a pledging member of DU. :shrug: Wish I could recommend it. More and more people I know are thinking this exact same thing.


*On edit: Spell check is useless when my typos spell real words.
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Debunking911 Donating Member (270 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-23-06 01:00 PM
Response to Reply #30
40. I'm disapointed at 911truth, you should be too.
Edited on Tue May-23-06 09:40 AM by Debunking911
They had an opertunity to ask the question "Do you think the government planted bombs in the towers?" and they once again choose skip this.

Also, this yahoo news article was cut and pasted from the 911truth web site.

http://www.911truth.org/article.php?story=20060522022041421

http://www.911truth.org/images/911TruthZogbyPollFinalReport.htm

Lets look at all the questions...

"23. Some people have said that the Bush Administration exploited the September 11th attacks to justify the invasion of Iraq. Others say that Bush acted correctly by going into Iraq because Saddam Hussein supported terrorism. Who are you more likely to agree with?"

My vote: Bush exploited Sept. 11th attacks (This has nothing to do with Bush or the government planting bombs. That Bush USED 911 is obvious to anyone willing to look at the evidence. DSMemo, Whistleblowers, ETC..)

24. Some people believe that the US government and its 9/11 Commission concealed or refused to investigate critical evidence that contradicts their official explanation of the September 11th attacks, saying there has been a cover-up. Others say that the 9/11 Commission was a bi-partisan group of honest and well-respected people and that there is no reason they would want to cover-up anything. Who are you more likely to agree with?

My vote: US government and 9/11 Commission are covering up (The republican controlled 911 commission was covering for Bush and the republicans ineptitude pre-911.)

"25. World Trade Center Building 7 is the 47-story skyscraper that was not hit by any planes during the September 11th attacks, but still totally collapsed later the same day. This collapse was not investigated by the 9/11 Commission. Are you aware of this skyscraper's collapse, and if so do you believe that the Commission should have also investigated it? Or do you believe that the Commission was right to only investigate the collapse of the buildings which were directly hit by airplanes?"

My vote: I am aware of it and think the Commission was right to investigate just the Twin Towers' collapse
(Most people don't even know the building exists. Others don't know the NIST is investigating it and others still don't know the fireman were the ones who pulled everyone away from the building. This is ignorance on the part of the people and not a need to waste millions on investigations. You might as well say "Do you want the fireman investigated for letting the building collapse...?)

http://www.geocities.com/debunking911/pull.htm

"26. Some people say that so many unanswered questions about 9/11 remain that Congress or an International Tribunal should re-investigate the attacks, including whether any US government officials consciously allowed or helped facilitate their success. Other people say the 9/11 attacks were thoroughly investigated and that any speculation about US government involvement is nonsense. Who are you more likely to agree with?"

My vote: Not sure (I have not seen any evidence placing the government at the scene but the Bush administrations ties to saudi's are troubling.

"27. How would you rate the US media's performance regarding 9/11, including their coverage of victim families' unanswered questions, theories that challenged the official account, and how the attacks were investigated?"

My vote: Poor/Negative (They are letting this grow out of hand because they don't want to legitimize this. I think that's the wrong attitude.)
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rman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-23-06 01:00 PM
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41. don't f'in tell me what i should do. nt
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Debunking911 Donating Member (270 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-23-06 01:00 PM
Response to Reply #41
42. don't f'in tell me what i can do. nt
This is a public forum. I can tell you what you should do. In a free sociaty you can do it or not. As long as I am within forum rules which I believe I am.
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JackRiddler Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-23-06 01:00 PM
Response to Reply #40
44. Not "disappointed" but I agree
Edited on Tue May-23-06 11:24 AM by JackRiddler
As someone with a former and still occasional connection to 911T, and as one of the people behind the original 911 Zogby poll (but not this one), I agree that two of the questions should have asked something like:

Do you think people within the government orchestrated 9/11?

and

Do you believe pre-planted explosives were used to bring down the WTC buildings?

These would have clarified a great deal.

The failure to ask these questions is not indicative of anything untoward, but nevertheless unfortunate.

From the answers we can safely guess that at least 1/4 to 1/3 suspect government involvement in 9/11, though no clue how the bomb question would go over (given how these things work you might have people who fully believe the OCT nevertheless saying they also believe in bombs...)

"Truth is not measured in mass appeal," as Immortal Technique says, but political effectiveness and media coverage sadly are influenced by it.

Anyone got $5000 for a new poll? (Sigh...)
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petgoat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-23-06 01:00 PM
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45. Asking if they believed in CD would have been counterproductive
Edited on Tue May-23-06 12:12 PM by petgoat
because few do. And in America, it's all about winning. 20% or 23% answering
"yes" would not help.

I wonder how many have seen the pictures of the energetic ejection of dust
and the molten steel pouring out of WTC2?

Asking how many of that sample believes in CD might have been interesting.

I'm disappointed that you've dropped out of 911 T just when it's gaining
traction.
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Debunking911 Donating Member (270 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-23-06 01:19 PM
Response to Reply #45
52. So it's another publicity stunt.
Why else would it matter?

"I'm disappointed that you've dropped out of 911 T just when it's gaining
traction."

I don't know what you're talking about. I was NEVER in 911 T. I am interested in truth.
I can be disapointed in 911 T for their actions without being in the group.
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Koyaanisqatsi Donating Member (126 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-23-06 01:00 PM
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46. Over 70 Million American Adults Support New 9/11 Investigation (Zobgy)
Edited on Mon May-22-06 06:25 PM by Koyaanisqatsi
http://news.yahoo.com/s/prweb/20060522/bs_prweb/prweb388743_4

Zogby Poll: Over 70 Million American Adults Support New 9/11 Investigation

Mon May 22, 8:00 AM ET

(PRWEB) - Utica, NY (PRWEB) May 22, 2006 -- Although the Bush administration continues to exploit September 11 to justify domestic spying, unprecedented spending and a permanent state of war, a new Zogby poll reveals that less than half of the American public trusts the official 9/11 story or believes the attacks were adequately investigated.

911Truth.org Urges 2006 Reform Candidates to Recognize a Powerful New Constituency

The poll is the first scientific survey of Americans' belief in a 9/11 cover up or the need to investigate possible US government complicity, and was commissioned to inform deliberations at the June 2~4 "9/11: Revealing the Truth, Reclaiming Our Future" conference in Chicago. Poll results indicate 42% believe there has indeed been a cover up (with 10% unsure) and 45% think "Congress or an International Tribunal should re-investigate the attacks, including whether any US government officials consciously allowed or helped facilitate their success" (with 8% unsure). The poll of American residents was conducted from Friday, May 12 through Tuesday, May 16, 2004. Overall results have a margin of sampling error of +/- 2.9. All inquiries about questions, responses and demographics should be directed to Zogby International.

According to Janice Matthews, executive director of 911truth.org, "To those who have followed the mounting evidence for US government involvement in 9/11, these results are both heartening and frankly quite amazing, given the mainstream media's ongoing refusal to cover the most critical questions of that day. Our August 2004 Zogby poll of New Yorkers showed nearly half believe certain US officials 'consciously' allowed the attacks to happen and 66% want a fresh investigation, but these were people closest to the tragedy and most familiar with facts refuting the official account. This revelation that so many millions nationwide now also recognize a 9/11 cover up and the need for a new inquiry should be a wake up call for all 2006 political candidates hoping to turn this country around. We think it also indicates Americans are awakening to the larger pattern of deceit that led us into Constitutional twilight and endless war, and that our independent media may have finally come of age."

Poll co-author, W. David Kubiak concurs, saying: "Despite years of relentless media promotion, whitewash and 9/11 Commission propaganda, the official 9/11 story still can't even muster 50% popular support. Since this myth has been the administration's primary source of political and war-making power, this level of distrust has revolutionary implications for everyone working for peace, justice and civil liberties. If we ever hope to reclaim this country, end aggression and restore international respect, we all must finally scrutinize that day when things started to go so terribly wrong. The media and movement leaders ignore this call at their peril, because tens of millions are clearly telling us here they are ready for 9/11 truth."

SCOPE: The poll covered five related areas: 1) Iraq - do Americans think the Bush administration exploited 9/11 to attack Iraq? (44% do, 44% don't); 2) Cover up - did the government and its 9/11 Commission conceal or refuse to investigate evidence that contradicts their official story? (only 48% said no); 3) the collapse of WTC 7, which was not even mentioned by the 9/11 Commission and has seldom been reported in the media---had respondents been aware of this collapse and, if so, did they think it should be investigated (only 52% had known about it, but over 70% of this group believe it should have been investigated); 4) new investigation of official complicity - do respondents think we need one? (only 48% said no); and 5) mass media - how do people rate its performance, including its coverage of alternative 9/11 theories, unanswered questions and inquiry issues? (43% rate it positively, 55% negatively).

(The poll sponsors see knowledge of the collapse of World Trade Center Building 7 as a bellwether issue, because if people do not know this elementary fact, they have probably not been exposed to any independent 9/11 research at all. Because the number of respondents who support a new investigation of 9/11 (45%)) is roughly the same as the number who knew about the collapse of Building 7 (52%), it can reasonably be extrapolated that if the entire public were exposed to independent 9/11 research, about 90 percent would support a new investigation of the events of that fateful day.)

SPONSOR: 911truth.org is a coalition of researchers, journalists and victim family members working to expose and answer the hundreds of still unresolved questions concerning 9/11, especially the nearly 400 questions that the Family Steering Committee filed with the 9/11 Commission. Initially welcomed by the commissioners as their "road map," these queries cut to the heart of 9/11 crimes and accountability, specifically raising the central issues of motive, means and cui bono (who profited?). The Commission ultimately ignored 80% of these issues, however, opting only to explore system failures, miscommunications and incompetence. The victim families' most incisive questions remain unaddressed to this day.

For more information on the Chicago "9/11: Revealing the Truth, Reclaiming our Future" conference and other developments, see http://www.911truth.org and http://911revealingthetruth.org or contact our media coordinator, Michael Berger, at 314-308-4893.

* Numerical computations conservatively based on 2000 Census data citing 174 million Americans between the ages of 18 and 64.

Survey Methodology: Zogby America, 5/12/06 through 5/16/06

This is a telephone survey of adults nationwide conducted by Zogby International. The target sample is 1,200 interviews with approximately 81 questions asked. Samples are randomly drawn from telephone cd’s of national listed sample. Zogby International surveys employ sampling strategies in which selection probabilities are proportional to population size within area codes and exchanges. As many as six calls are made to reach a sampled phone number. Cooperation rates are calculated using one of AAPOR’s approved methodologies1 and are comparable to other professional public-opinion surveys conducted using similar sampling strategies.2 Weighting by region, party, age, race, religion, and gender is used to adjust for non-response. The margin of error is +/- 2.9 percentage points. Margins of error are higher in sub-groups.

Zogby International’s sampling and weighting procedures also have been validated through its political polling: more than 95% of the firm’s polls have come within 1% of actual election-day outcomes.

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911TRUTH.ORG
Mike Berger
314-308-4893
E-mail Information
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Fire Walk With Me Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-23-06 01:00 PM
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47. Back to the top.
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Faux pas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-23-06 01:00 PM
Response to Reply #46
48. K and R-ing. n/t
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MrSlayer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-23-06 01:01 PM
Response to Reply #46
49. Of course they do.
Only a fool would believe the "official" story.
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Mr_Spock Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-23-06 01:01 PM
Response to Reply #46
50. Link doesn't work...
...
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Koyaanisqatsi Donating Member (126 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-23-06 01:01 PM
Response to Reply #50
51. Sorry! Thanks. Corrected and here it is again...
Edited on Mon May-22-06 06:28 PM by Koyaanisqatsi
http://news.yahoo.com/s/prweb/20060522/bs_prweb/prweb388743_4

If anyone is so inclined, please alert media outlets and demand this be reported. I mean, it is pretty outstanding when you consider the MSM has been ignoring 9/11 truth seekers. Thanks.
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