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Charlie Sheen Isn't the Only 9/11 Conspiracy Nut Out There
By Jim Brogan
Mar 23, 2006
Oh brother, Never in a thousand years did I think after penning my 'gossip' article about Sheen and his conspiracy theory that I would be writing another one, let alone one in the same day. In fact, this is not a gossip column but an opinion piece.
However, the sheer lunacy of this fiasco needs to be addressed in more detail. If you avail yourself with any of the known conspiracies surrounding 911 you will see a common theme. America is bad, Americans are greedy and it wasn't the islamists who caused the towers to come down. Now, some differ in their opinions overall but they all agree that it wasn't the planes that brought down the towers.
Here is a sample of the drivel that has come by my e-mail box today:
inform yourselves about 9/11... Here are some great summaries from a theologian, well a mainstream media reporter would present him as "the CONSPIRACY-MINDED THEOLOGIAN DAVID RAY GRIFFIN", ehhe...
9/11 and the American Empire: How Should Religious People Respond?
by Dr. David Ray Griffin
http://911review.com/articles/griffin/madison.html ***
I find that Mr. Ryan's opposition to Sheen's statements, like that of so many others, is more based on his dislike for their implications than any fault they've been able to find with the validity of his arguments or the soundness of the evidence he cites. It's fine if you want to disagree with him, but that disagreement should be grounded in logic and evidence, not these sort of vicious ad hominem attacks.
Ryan states that:
"It's not anti-American to question your government, it's anti-American to question that your government, led by a Judeo-Christian believing man, may have deliberately MURDERED innocent people."
So in other words, you can question the government to a certain extent but if you question one of the sacred
assumptions on which our current political paradigm is based then that's a line you can't cross. Ryan also commits the circular reasoning fallacy here, because he assumes from the outset what his argument is purporting to prove ? that Bush is a good Christian who would never do such a thing.
But if people in the government had indeed committed mass murder and treason, then it would be the patriotic duty of every American to try to expose this. So throwing around allegations like "anti-American" can serve no purpose other than prejudice.
As the adage goes, "what's right isn't always popular and what's popular isn't always right." In 1810, if you were to unequivocally call for the complete abolition of slavery, you'd be branded an extremist and vilified and ridiculed by the political establishment and mainstream media. Now does this mean that slavery was right, or that the conventional wisdom was dead wrong? Clearly in this case the "extreme" position was the only defensible one, though it would take
several more decades for it to become mainstream.
I think Charlie Sheen has shown great courage to speak his mind on this issue, knowing full well what the reaction from pundits and spinsters like Ryan would be. He's put a lot on the line to speak out for the truth ? risking millions of dollars in acting deals which may be lost as a result of the controversy. Valuing the future of his country over his own personal interests ? if that's not patriotic then I don't know what is!
I challenge Mr. Ryan and his readers to visit wtc7.net and watch the short video clips (about 10 seconds each) of World Trade Center building seven coming down. This is footage most Americans have not yet seen, as it has not been broadcast by the major media since 9/11. Decide for yourselves if you think these clips resemble a controlled
demolition.
If you do think they do then do some follow-up research ? check out 911research.com and physicist Steven Jones's paper at
http://www.physics.byu.edu/research/energy/htm7.html ***
""It's not anti-American to question your government, it' s anti-American to question that your government, led
by a Judeo-Christian believing man, may have deliberately MURDERED innocent people. ""
What in the world are you talking about? You HONESTLY believe that our leaders are Judeo-
Christian? They are all Masons. You think Masons are Judeo-Christian? You think its anti-American to blow a
whilstle on a proven fact that 9/11 was orchestrated by the Big Banks, for their Global agenda? Do some
research before you put your words through a spell-checker, as they say. Thats for a good post at least.
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If you are so sure that Charlie Sheen is incorrect then explain to me and us " WACKOS" how these planes and
box cutter terrorists were able to do what they did! Instead of attacking somebody for raising questions
regarding the worst disaster in history you should do your own research and make and informed decision.
GET YOUR HEAD OUT JACK!
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"Actor Charlie Sheen has joined the chorus of conspiracy theorists that bang the drum loudly in their
belief that the attacks on 9/11 are not exactly as America watched them unfold on live TV. "
The Chorus includes:
Professor Steven E Jones
Professor David Ray Griffin
Professor Morgan Reynolds
Professor Jim Fetzer
and at least about another 150 Scholars, myself included.
See
http://www.st911.org.
Can we turn the American Dream into the American Awakening? That depends on people like you.
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Regarding the article, "Charlie Sheen doesn't buy 9/11 spin" - have you not looked at the evidence? Do you want us to believe that steel-frame 47-story world trade center building 7 collapsed from a small fire, when it wasn't hit by a plane and it wasn't under the falling debris of the twin towers? Show still frames of the collapse video to your readers from
http://www.wtc7.net and read Dr. Steven Jones' paper at
http://www.physics.byu.edu/research/energy/htm7.html This evidence will emerge. Are you going to lead the fight?
Again, I reiterate that it is not un-American to question your government but to suggest that your government would murder 3000 people in a staged attack is treason.
The soldiers we have sent to war are that.. SOLDIERS. The people who died in that building were 9-5'ers. If you truly equate the two as the same or believe our Government would destroy 3000 lives for some sort-of sick, twisted capitalistic gain then I want you to move to France.
If these same people who spout this nonsense spent the same amount of time researching why the media only reports the negative aspects of the war on terror, we wouldn't have the media bias that we do. No, these people WANT America to be guilty.
They make accusatory statements about the Presidents faith and intentions, yet, there is no substance to their claims.
It's no wonder Europe has the opinion they do of America, some Americans hate who they are and view the US as an imperialist nation. It's called Self-Loathing.
I almost wish Gore was in office when this happened. It would have been Jimmy Carter and the hostage situation all over again.
Get your heads out of your collective theories people and rally around your president who is attempting to keep you safe from the very people who want to kill you.
Conspiracy theories are meant to generate money and those behind it are the real pimps. Don't be fooled! Get on your knees and PRAY for your President rather than curse him... It is after all, the Christian thing to do.
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