Nyarlathotep
Philosopher
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As anyone with even a passing familiarity with my political views probably knows, I am no fan of the government or of politicians. That being said, I cannot stand the idiots who try to proclaim that 9/11 was the result of some US government conspiracy. I cannot stand them because it smacks of trying to exploit a terrible tragedy for political ends. I also cannot stand them because I have yet to see a 9/11 conspiracy theory that made any sense, they ALWAYS come with gaping logical holes. Further, though I am happy to deride the morals and competance of our leaders; it is one thing to accuse someone of being venal and inept, it is another thing entirely to accuse someone of being a mass murderer and I am not going to do it without some damn solid proof. In short, 9/11 conspiracy theorists are nitwits.
Into this ring steps Charlie Sheen. The story has gotten little media attention. I heard it on some Entertainment Tonight clone last night, Alas when I went to find an internet version of the story so I could link to it, I could find only heavily left or right biased versions of the story, and picked the one that was friendly to his claims so as to show that this wasn't just some right-wing hatchet job. So I apologize for the source.
Heeeeeeeeere's Charlie.....
For one thing, I suppose his "it just didn't look any commercial jetliner" comment is supposed to imply the hoary, old, "Remote control jets" story. The problem with that is, if it wasn't a commercial jet, then what happened to all the family members that people lost on those flights? Why would the government use any other type of jet, in this day and age of video cameras? I won't even go into Mr. Sheen's qualifications to identify a commercial jet from other types of large aircraft at a glance.
As for the "controlled demolition" part, that's even more absurd. For one thing, does he even have a fricken' CLUE how much it takes to ring down a building that size in a "controlled demolition"? It's not just a matter of "A little bit of dynamite here, here, here, and here, BOOM! we're done" It usually requires TON's of explosives and lots of construction work to weaken key structural members. I am sure someone would have noticed. But hey, let's give ol' Charlie the benefit of the doubt and say the government, with its vast resources and brilliant minds (which couldn't even cover up a covert program to tap phones, but I digress), could find a way. Then the question becomes "Why go to the trouble?" If they are so callous as to kill all the people in the building, why would they care if the towers fell in such a way as to take out other buildings?
Truly, Charlie Sheen is the King of the Nitwits.
Into this ring steps Charlie Sheen. The story has gotten little media attention. I heard it on some Entertainment Tonight clone last night, Alas when I went to find an internet version of the story so I could link to it, I could find only heavily left or right biased versions of the story, and picked the one that was friendly to his claims so as to show that this wasn't just some right-wing hatchet job. So I apologize for the source.
Heeeeeeeeere's Charlie.....
For one thing, I suppose his "it just didn't look any commercial jetliner" comment is supposed to imply the hoary, old, "Remote control jets" story. The problem with that is, if it wasn't a commercial jet, then what happened to all the family members that people lost on those flights? Why would the government use any other type of jet, in this day and age of video cameras? I won't even go into Mr. Sheen's qualifications to identify a commercial jet from other types of large aircraft at a glance.
As for the "controlled demolition" part, that's even more absurd. For one thing, does he even have a fricken' CLUE how much it takes to ring down a building that size in a "controlled demolition"? It's not just a matter of "A little bit of dynamite here, here, here, and here, BOOM! we're done" It usually requires TON's of explosives and lots of construction work to weaken key structural members. I am sure someone would have noticed. But hey, let's give ol' Charlie the benefit of the doubt and say the government, with its vast resources and brilliant minds (which couldn't even cover up a covert program to tap phones, but I digress), could find a way. Then the question becomes "Why go to the trouble?" If they are so callous as to kill all the people in the building, why would they care if the towers fell in such a way as to take out other buildings?
Truly, Charlie Sheen is the King of the Nitwits.
