http://blogcritics.org/ A sinister cabal of superior bloggers on music, books, film, popular culture, politics, and technology - updated continuously. en Copyright 2005 by the authors Mon, 1 Nov 2004 21:37:33 EST http://backend.userland.com/rss Blogcritics.org custom software http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/11/01/201628.php#comment-95119 It is a fact that those who consider any view that does not come from a government press release to be a "tinfoil hat conspiracy theory," and stay away from google or other sites that harbor these theories are happier people, and given the current situation, safer. 95119@blogcritics.org Mon, 1 Nov 2004 21:37:33 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/11/01/201628.php#comment-95115 no event this side of the Kennedy assassination has been looked at more closely and you brought up "tinfoil," I didn't but if the hat fits ... 95115@blogcritics.org Mon, 1 Nov 2004 21:28:57 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/11/01/201628.php#comment-95111 The powers that be in Washington feel that it is best that the 911 events not be looked into too closely. Questions regarding any stock transactions involving airlines in the days preceding 9-11-01, for instance, are considered bad form to say the least, as is any perceived reluctance to accept the miraculous appearance of an unsinged passport, as some victims' families were being informed that they would have nothing to bury; their loved one had been vaporized. Above all, no right-thinking American allows the words "cui bono?" to cross his mind, nor delve into which companies have enjoyed increased revenue since America elected to send its sons to die for the glory and the pipeline. In fact, it is suggested that any such suggestions be met with a curt denial that any pipeline ever existed, and reports of the Taliban being invited to Texas at any time are clearly tinfoil hat conspiracy theories. Far, far better to go out into the night, candle held high, and chant "Evildoers who hate Freedom." Under the circumstances, the importance of comfort cannot be underestimated. 95111@blogcritics.org Mon, 1 Nov 2004 21:10:45 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/11/01/201628.php#comment-95099 DTF, I don't know how I could be astonished by your fatwas by now, but I still am. And with the regularity of a bin Laden appearance, I ask, what in God's name are you talking about? Do you equate 9/11 with any actual actions by the US? Did we deserve it? Was the invasion of Afghanistan unjustified? What would be the appropriate path and who should lead us there? Let me guess, we should take bin Laden at his word and do our darndest to appease him, because he wouldn't hate us and kill 3000+ of us if we hadn't done something to him first, right? I desperately wish you could apply your well-functioning brain and writing skills to a worldview slightly closer to the earth than to Pluto. 95099@blogcritics.org Mon, 1 Nov 2004 20:31:48 EST