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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 01:41 AM Original message |
I was watching Men in Black tonight and there was a clip of the Twin Towers in one shot. |
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CaliforniaPeggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 01:45 AM Response to Original message |
1. Many good thoughts... |
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cliffordu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 01:49 AM Response to Original message |
2. Excellent. K&R!! |
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Chulanowa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 01:52 AM Response to Original message |
3. And at their base, Americans are screaming hatred and fear even now |
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grasswire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 01:58 AM Response to Original message |
4. there could never be a more tragic imposition of a ruler on a people |
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Golden Raisin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 02:46 AM Response to Reply #4 |
8. The "gods" didn't place |
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grasswire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 12:32 PM Response to Reply #8 |
42. well, yes. But I was thinking in a literary sense... |
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Divine Discontent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 02:07 AM Response to Original message |
5. good post! hoping we get back our country soon, and somehow, |
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pundaint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 04:19 PM Response to Reply #5 |
58. None of those, currently in office, will get it back for you. |
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Beam Me Up (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 02:10 AM Response to Original message |
6. Osama who? |
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Nostradammit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 02:13 AM Response to Reply #6 |
7. Exactly. |
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Skip Intro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 03:02 AM Response to Reply #6 |
10. Maybe, maybe not - only a handful of people really know... |
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ooglymoogly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 11:55 AM Response to Reply #10 |
40. But more millions know in their mind, pretty much what happened |
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truth2power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 01:42 PM Response to Reply #40 |
43. I hear what you're saying. *ahem*.... |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 02:55 PM Response to Reply #40 |
47. Exactly . . . Osama did what the Russians wouldn't have even dared try . . .!! |
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puebloknot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 03:48 PM Response to Reply #47 |
54. Thanks for defending and protecting truth ... |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 04:42 PM Response to Reply #54 |
61. It's kinda what I feared . . . |
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polly7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 07:52 PM Response to Reply #47 |
77. Very thought provoking post. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 08:24 PM Response to Reply #77 |
81. Thank you for the link . . . |
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sce56 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 10:37 PM Response to Reply #47 |
88. The evidence of what really happened on 911 is out there |
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ooglymoogly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-13-10 04:12 PM Response to Reply #88 |
102. Thanx for the link, everybody should see this. |
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Gin Blossom (99 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 11:07 PM Response to Reply #47 |
89. This comment (and the OP) are what keep me coming back to DU. Thanks. |
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vanboggie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-13-10 01:09 AM Response to Reply #40 |
96. I recommend your comment |
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Desertrose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 11:00 AM Response to Reply #6 |
30. But history always tells the truth, right? |
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puebloknot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 11:47 PM Response to Reply #6 |
92. And is he even alive? Was he even alive when 9/11 happened? nt |
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Dover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 02:54 AM Response to Original message |
9. Does anyone believe this country would have agreed to a war half way around the world |
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glitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 09:19 AM Response to Reply #9 |
23. Excellent post. nt |
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Desertrose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 11:02 AM Response to Reply #9 |
31. I agree, Dover. |
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Dover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 06:05 PM Response to Reply #31 |
68. Hey girl! |
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ooglymoogly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 12:09 PM Response to Reply #9 |
41. Excellent post...and very close to the bone for those |
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byrok (132 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 02:19 PM Response to Reply #9 |
45. well said n/t |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 03:00 PM Response to Reply #9 |
48. Not without a "new Pearl Harbor" as suggested by PNAC . . .right wingers . . . |
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Dover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 07:22 PM Response to Reply #48 |
75. Yep, and I understand why that scenario is so difficult for people to examine and/or accept. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 08:13 PM Response to Reply #75 |
79. Completely agree with that analysis . . . . |
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Subdivisions (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 06:11 PM Response to Reply #9 |
70. '...bin Laden's guilt has never been proven...' Well, hell, he's not even |
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Child_Of_Isis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 06:34 PM Response to Reply #9 |
73. It's quite a tough process, this dying.... |
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lib2DaBone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 08:24 PM Response to Reply #9 |
80. G.W. Bush turned the United States into Israel. Made Huge Profits. |
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The Doctor. (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-13-10 12:48 AM Response to Reply #9 |
94. It is not introspection the corporations fear, it would be 'exposure'. |
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Frank Cannon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 03:23 AM Response to Original message |
11. K&R. As Philip K. Dick used to say, in matters such as these, ask, "Who benefits?" |
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Dr Morbius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 06:03 AM Response to Reply #11 |
18. Spot on. Who benefitted the most? The Oiligarchy. (nt) |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 03:29 AM Response to Original message |
12. You Should See "Godspell" Then |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 03:36 AM Response to Reply #12 |
14. wow, i hadn't remembered that. screencaps: |
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GreenEyedLefty (708 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 08:15 AM Response to Reply #12 |
19. Especially since the towers appeared to be still under construction in Godspell. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 03:02 PM Response to Reply #19 |
50. The WTC was failing . . .was going to have to be brought down ... |
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lib2DaBone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 08:39 PM Response to Reply #50 |
82. How about the thousands of first responders who suffer from Asbestos Inhaltion...? |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 08:49 PM Response to Reply #82 |
83. Evidently, some of us are getting used to the idea that our government lies . . . |
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FailureToCommunicate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 04:40 PM Response to Reply #12 |
60. The iconic World Trade Plaza is also the setting of OZ in "The Wiz" with Michael Jackson and |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 03:32 AM Response to Original message |
13. This was way more successful than Bin Laden ever could have dreamed |
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ejpoeta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 05:22 AM Response to Original message |
15. and while you watch other countries who have had attacks move on |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 05:25 AM Response to Reply #15 |
16. I was going to try and work that in... |
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Bitwit1234 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 05:49 AM Response to Original message |
17. I thought most movies deleted those shots of the Twin Towers |
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JHB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 09:17 AM Response to Reply #17 |
22. No, just a couple, and only immediately afterward... |
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NICO9000 (574 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 03:56 PM Response to Reply #17 |
56. Even "The Simpsons" fell prey to censorship |
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xynthee (322 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-13-10 11:33 PM Response to Reply #56 |
103. They've actually re-aired the Simpsons episodes several times |
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kgnu_fan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 08:26 AM Response to Original message |
20. Poignant thought. Enemy is within and bin Laden is just a shadow of the true US ruler |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 09:06 AM Response to Reply #20 |
21. It all came to me while watching MIB... |
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kgnu_fan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 09:23 AM Response to Reply #21 |
24. People with full stomach can be easily manipulated, I guess |
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peekaloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 09:29 AM Response to Original message |
25. Still visible in the Manhattan skyline shot in 'The Usual Suspects', too. |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 09:56 AM Response to Reply #25 |
26. You mean like... |
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cascadiance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 11:08 AM Response to Reply #25 |
32. The twin towers in the movie "Artificial Intelligence (AI)" haunts my memories... |
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MrScorpio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 10:05 AM Response to Original message |
27. Bravo, WCGreen ... |
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bluestateboomer (313 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 10:19 AM Response to Original message |
28. K&R (sadly) |
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musette_sf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 10:56 AM Response to Original message |
29. When I woke up that morning |
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Martin Eden (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 11:21 AM Response to Original message |
33. I disagree on a few points |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 11:42 AM Response to Reply #33 |
37. They sold it as a simple minded quest for vengeance... |
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Martin Eden (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 11:50 AM Response to Reply #37 |
39. Yes, that's how they "sold" it. |
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jwirr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 11:22 AM Response to Original message |
34. I have always thought that Osama waited for GWB for another reason |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 03:06 PM Response to Reply #34 |
51. And do you remember "The Russians Are Coming!" .... ??? |
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HCE SuiGeneris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 11:25 AM Response to Original message |
35. Man. That Osama bin Laden sure thought things through. |
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ProgressiveVictory (322 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 11:30 AM Response to Original message |
36. I know, I wish we would have just ignored the terrorist after 9/11. |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 11:46 AM Response to Reply #36 |
38. If they would have concentrated all their resources on Afganistan... |
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truth2power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 02:08 PM Response to Reply #38 |
44. They don't want him "caught".He serves a purpose... |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 08:09 PM Response to Reply #44 |
78. I was calling him Emanuel Laden to a lot of my friends |
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truth2power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-13-10 12:13 PM Response to Reply #78 |
100. Some people can't connect the dots. n/t |
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Butch350 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 02:50 PM Response to Original message |
46. So now it's time to watch, "The Kindom". |
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Jkid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 03:02 PM Response to Reply #46 |
49. Did you mean "The Kingdom"? |
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DesertFlower (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 03:08 PM Response to Original message |
52. great post. nt |
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DesertFlower (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 03:12 PM Response to Original message |
53. my husband just read your post. |
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Beam Me Up (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 03:53 PM Response to Original message |
55. Project Censored: FBI: "No Hard Evidence Connecting Bin Laden to 9/11" |
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sce56 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-13-10 10:54 AM Response to Reply #55 |
99. So is that a admission that the famous tape from Afghanistan,Dec 01, was not really Bin Laden |
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Beam Me Up (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-13-10 12:27 PM Response to Reply #99 |
101. That is a logical conclusion. This update was added to the above: |
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bertman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 04:14 PM Response to Original message |
57. You make some good points, but giving credit to OBL is off base. |
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Dave From Canada (932 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 04:25 PM Response to Original message |
59. LOL, familial ties? Bush was a crappy president, but I don't see how he's to blame for Bin Laden |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 05:56 PM Response to Reply #59 |
66. You think Gore would have ignored all the warnings that Bush "ignored"... |
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Art_from_Ark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-13-10 12:50 AM Response to Reply #66 |
95. Another thing about Gore |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 07:35 PM Response to Reply #59 |
76. Just pondering... |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-14-10 01:16 AM Response to Reply #59 |
104. Why? We don't need any more towers... |
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Jeffersons Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 05:00 PM Response to Original message |
62. K&R |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 05:05 PM Response to Original message |
63. k+r |
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laughingliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 05:05 PM Response to Original message |
64. K & R nt |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 05:49 PM Response to Original message |
65. Great post. |
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bbgrunt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 05:56 PM Response to Original message |
67. k and r for TRUTH and many great replies. |
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Initech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 06:09 PM Response to Original message |
69. September 11th wasn't a terrorist attack, it was a coup. |
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RagAss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 11:19 PM Response to Reply #69 |
90. Yes...who can ever forget the media beating the drums for war? |
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high density (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 06:19 PM Response to Original message |
71. I was watching Wall St the other night and had some similar thoughts |
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Blue Owl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 06:20 PM Response to Original message |
72. Or the episode of The Lone Gunmen in early 2001 |
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Child_Of_Isis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 06:44 PM Response to Original message |
74. I remember a time when this wasn't allowed to even be discussed |
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tiny elvis (619 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 09:53 PM Response to Original message |
84. how is usa occupation of mid east a success for obl? |
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mdmc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 09:58 PM Response to Reply #84 |
86. the war is a great recruiting tool |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 11:34 PM Response to Reply #84 |
91. With that one action, OBL has turned out country into a debtor |
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mdmc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 09:56 PM Response to Original message |
85. thanks for the op |
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Ardent15 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 10:09 PM Response to Original message |
87. K and R |
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The Doctor. (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-13-10 12:41 AM Response to Original message |
93. Anyone with a religious bent would have to admit; |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-13-10 02:34 AM Response to Original message |
97. Has anyone else wondered why the towers were not rebuilt if for |
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peacetalksforall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-13-10 09:10 AM Response to Original message |
98. Good post! I see it differently, however. The corporations won. |
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