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| McKinney has more 9/11 conspiracy theories |
| 2005-09-24 |
| Rep. Cynthia McKinney was involved Friday in a new series of conspiracy theories concerning the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, but this time she let others do most of the talking. The Georgia Democrat hosted a forum at the Congressional Black Caucus' legislative conference entitled, "The 9/11 Omission: What the Commission Got Wrong." Most of her panelists had written books on the attacks, some of which accuse the Bush administration of a coverup if not actually being coconspirators alongside al Qaeda. McKinney, who four years ago made controversial remarks on a radio talk show that Bush had prior warning of the attacks and profited by them, was mostly silent this time. However, she nodded vigorously as many of the panelists spoke and concluded one panel by signaling her agreement with some of the charges. "We had four significant failures on one day of a trillion-dollar military and intelligence infrastructure," McKinney said. "I don't think that is certainly a possible thing to have happened. It's quite a coincidence, if it is." One of the speakers, David Ray Griffin, labeled as "a 571-page lie" a report produced by an independent commission that investigated the events leading up to the attacks. Griffin's most recent book, "The 9/11 Commission Report: Omissions and Distortions," suggest there must have been pre-planted explosives inside the World Trade Center to topple the steel towers after the airplanes hit. Another author, Barbara Hatch Rosenberg, suggested a Pentagon initiative may have been complicit in the anthrax attacks on Washington several months after Sept. 11, 2001. She also suggested a former government worker the FBI has targeted for years may indeed have been involved. Former Army scientist Steven Hatfill was once labeled as a "person of interest" in the investigation, but Rosenberg refused to say whether she meant him because of legal concerns. |
| Posted by:Dan Darling |
| #10 I'm tired of listening to the whining and finger-pointing by corrupt and ungrateful victims I remember my Mommy reading me a story about this once. It involved three little pigs. I don't recall whether the pig who worked hard and built his house out of bricks charged his brothers rent after the wolf sopup was eaten or whether he just threw them out of his house. But I'm pretty sure he didn't build them new brick houses while they fiddled and danced. |
| Posted by: Mrs. Davis 2005-09-24 21:35 |
| #9 Listen to Frank G., Danielle. He forgot to mention that he is a civil engineer with a very great deal of experience -- so this is well within his professional expertise. I am not an engineer myself (I took just enough courses to know my limitations), so in such matters I know that whatever impression I may have had must yield to his knowlege-based opinion. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2005-09-24 21:28 |
| #8 As long as we're engaging in 9/11 conspiracy theories... I heard that McKinney and her father were responsible for 9/11. AND for Katrina destroying New Orleans - particularly the part where the poor blacks lived. And then, when they saw how quickly New Orleans was being pumped out, and that many black people weren't blaming Bush, and Bush promised government help in the rebuilding, they steered Hurricane Rita right to the Louisiana coast so more rain would fall and the levees would breech again. (They're smart - they didn't make it hit in the exact same location as Katrina. That might have raised suspicions.) 9/11 was because they wanted to do something drastic that killed a lot of Americans and damaged the economy so they'd have something big they could blame Bush and the Joooooos for. That seems to be waning, so they brought in the hurricanes hoping the destruction and aftermath would destroy the Bush Administration. And it's worked out well for them, hasn't it? They're getting lots of attention, black votes, and donations, and the leftist press conspires to cover up their involvement. Even the 9/11 Commission didn't call them to testify. And Bush's poll numbers are down. I think they're going to get away with it.... |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2005-09-24 18:52 |
| #7 gravity failure due to heat-caused strength failure is a gradual thing. First-yr Engineering students could tell you that....it's called elastic failure, then gravity does what's called a P-delta effect: the more it bends the heavier the stress on what were once vertical columns....eventually totally plastic failure - i.e. pancaking of floors via gravity and impact |
| Posted by: Frank G 2005-09-24 16:37 |
| #6 Playing the race card is is ridiculous and I agree most of these theories are off the wall. However, watching the towers fall, I thought it looked like a controlled demolition and the third building that went down isn't really explained at all by jet fuel. I could believe that terrorists scoped out the building and pre-positioned explosives, but not our own administration. These lies are just like all the other ones, like blaming Israel for the Hamas explosions. |
| Posted by: Danielle 2005-09-24 16:28 |
| #5 CS - when your "leaders" from your supposed civil rights orgs and elected members of congress participate in lunatic -victim-racial-trashtalk, you got what you friggin deserve. I won't contribute to a LA charity - MS or Al or Tx now. I'm tired of listening to the whining and finger-pointing by corrupt and ungrateful victims |
| Posted by: Frank G 2005-09-24 12:22 |
| #4 Please forgive me if I come accross as a racists but after the polls about New Orleans can anyone be surprised what McKinney says? If 75% of the Black thinkn that race had something to do with the New Orleans debacle then it can't be a huge leap for some (McKinney included) to believe any 9/11 conspiracy. I feel sorry for any children they have because they will grow up hamstrung with these prejudices. |
| Posted by: Cyber Sarge 2005-09-24 11:12 |
| #3 McKinney's a raving moonbat racist who makes Lester Maddox look civil and rational by comparison. And warmly welcomed into the Democrat party. Oh, sure, they booted her out once. But as soon as memories faded and they were sure the press wouldn't say a thing, she was back in. |
| Posted by: Robert Crawford 2005-09-24 10:49 |
| #2 Former Army scientist Steven Hatfill was once labeled as a "person of interest" in the investigation, but Rosenberg refused to say whether she meant him because of legal concerns. "...But if you want to assume that, you go right ahead, nudge nudge wink wink." Mike |
| Posted by: Mike Kozlowski 2005-09-24 10:38 |
| #1 McKinney's a raving moonbat racist who makes Lester Maddox look civil and rational by comparison. It speaks volumes about her Congressional district that they elected someone with her past. Anybody who thinks whites are the worst racists in this country needs to take a good look at McKinney and her ilk (like Maxine Waters, etc.) If white people said the same things about blacks that elected blacks routinely say about whites, the whites would be arrested and jailed for hate speech. This double standard is getting real damned old. |
| Posted by: mac 2005-09-24 09:54 |