Loose Change

14 09 2006

I recently recived a link to this video via email. It’s an hour and a half of critical analysis of what happened leading up to, during, and immediately after the attacks of September 11, 2001.

Loose Change (2nd Edition)(Google Video)

I have always been a little skeptical of the offical story of the events of 9/11/01, but I don’t have nearly enough faith in the government’s abilities to organize and execute a massive conspiracy, especially one involving so many civilians, without word getting out.

I have to admit, however, that the makers of this video do bring to light some very valid contradictions to the offical story. Using interviews taken that day, compared to interviews from later, the opinions of experts in a varity of fields, and the footage itself, they paint a picture that’s far more complex than men with box cutters.

A lot of the “mysterious circumstances” the video posits could probably be explained by much more… mundane reasons that just haven’t been discovered or considered. But some, such as the Pentagon crash site, and the Pennsylvania crash site just can’t be explained away.

Do I believe the official version of the events of that day? No. Do I believe that this government/financial conspiracy theory is all there is to the story? No. I believe that the truth lies somewhere inbetween. Much like a Pearl Harbor for the twenty-first centry, I would not be surprised if the government used the knowledge of impending attacks to its advantage, but I don’t think they have the wherewithall to plot and execute this whole ordeal.

You should watch this movie. Everyone should watch this movie. Not because I feel that everyone should believe it, but because everyone needs to question what happened that day. We need to plant that seed of doubt across the country so that someday, we can be more critical of ourselves.



They say MUSLIM = TERRORIST, eh?

12 09 2006

Today I recieved a very distressing email forward from a relative of mine. For the past few years my life has been blissfully free of direct involvement with those inflammatory and ignorant folks whose myopic view of the world leads them to condemn an entire culture for the acts of extremist groups. Today that ended.
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