A Bogus New 9-11

[jd]

I would wager if it does it will be along the lines of a pundit making
an offhand comment to the blogosphere, though maybe one will make a
more direct comment.  I don't think that the mainstream media will
focus on this directly though - probably just more of the same empty
"what price our freedom" stuff and talk about changing lives in a
dangerous world.  They didn't really focus on the absurdity of the
shoe situation, and certainly don't seem to raise much fuss about
women getting fondled at security checkpoints:

http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig3/monahan1.html

(from 2002 but still relevant).  I don't want to become overly
political here and certainly don't want to turn the list into a
political debate forum, but what I will say is that the non-mainstream
media is just as bad as if not worse than the mainstream, though I'll
read it anyways...  all you can hope to do is read as many sources as
possible and make your own opinions.  There's nothing any media outlet
can do to get the majority of people to do this, and it's really the
only way to get as close an approximation of truth as possible from
what is ultimately a second-or-third-hand source.  Don't trust the
news, trust yourself, after that it becomes a matter of whether or not
you're still willing to get on an airplane.

At least there's some humor to be found though:

http://craphound.com/images/liquids-on-a-plane.jpg

Hooray internet!

On 8/16/06, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
> But just think of what an (additional - beyond the Iraq war) outrage
> this is, and its affects on so many people (including those arrested).
>  Bogus threat.  Worldwide increase in needless counter actions and
> precautions, not to mention economic impacts.  All for a political
> "bounce" for the truly desperate Bush and Blair.
>
> Do you think this story will ever make it into mainstream media?
>
> David
>
> On 8/16/06, jd <wescac at gmail.com> wrote:
> > further:
> > http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/200608/msg00087.html
> >
> > debunking the chemistry
> >
> > > > >
> > > > > From "This Modern World" website:
> > > > > http://www.thismodernworld.com/
> > > > >
> > > > > This has been zipping about, but if you haven't seen it already, don't
> > > > > miss the take of Craig Murray, the former UK Ambassador to Uzbekistan,
> > > > > on the latest terror plot. (Murray was fired by the British Foreign
> > > > > Office for criticizing Uzbekistan's routine torture, thereby mucking
> > > > > up England's highly moral and extremely rational foreign policy.)
> > > > >
> > > > > I have been reading very carefully through all the Sunday newspapers
> > > > > to try and analyse the truth from all the scores of pages claiming to
> > > > > detail the so-called bomb plot. Unlike the great herd of so-called
> > > > > security experts doing the media analysis, I have the advantage of
> > > > > having had the very highest security clearances myself, having done a
> > > > > huge amount of professional intelligence analysis, and having been
> > > > > inside the spin machine.
> > > > >
> > > > > So this, I believe, is the true story…
> > > > >
> > > > > Continue reading here:
> > > > > http://www.craigmurray.co.uk/archives/2006/08/the_uk_terror_p.html
> > > > >
> > > > > Money Quote:
> > > > > We then have the extraordinary question of Bush and Blair discussing
> > > > > the possible arrests over the weekend. Why? I think the answer to that
> > > > > is plain. Both in desperate domestic political trouble, they longed
> > > > > for "Another 9/11". The intelligence from Pakistan, however dodgy,
> > > > > gave them a new 9/11 they could sell to the media. The media has
> > > > > bought, wholesale, all the rubbish they have been shovelled.
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > > I suspect this is what a lot of people will soon be saying.. It was
> > > > my own immediate reaction to the arrests.
> > > >
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