9/11 CONSPIRACIES HERE, THERE AND EVERYWHERE

Conspiracy theories scare me. I mean even if they're right it's too horrible to contemplate! But there were a whole spate of 'em up today. On the extreme right, ABC-TV is presenting some kooky fictionalized version meant to try to deflect blame from the incompetent Bush Regime. My TV hasn't hasn't gotten reception from ABC in a dozen years and I've never heard of missing a single important thing, so I won't worry too much about those corporate whores and what kind of propaganda they're pushing. I mean a slash and burn piece against Bill Clinton by the thoroughly discredited walking joke, Cyrus Nowrasteh? Someone is supposed to take this right wing delusional fairy tale seriously?

I was much more disturbed by a story out of the U.K. this afternoon. The Daily Mail reports that 75 respected American professors and scientists are blaming elements inside the Bush Regime for 9/11, perhaps more believable than ABC's silly spin, but far more frightening. They say it was an "inside job."

"Around 75 top professors and leading scientists believe the attacks were puppeteered by war mongers in the White House to justify the invasion and the occupation of oil-rich Arab countries... But leading scientists say the facts of their investigations cannot be ignored and say they have evidence that points to one of the biggest conspiracies ever perpetrated. Professor Steven Jones, who lectures in physics at the Brigham Young University in Utah, says the official version of events is the biggest and most evil cover up in history. He has joined the 9/11 Scholars for Truth whose membership includes up to 75 leading scientists and experts from universities across the US."


Even Tom Kean, the Republican co-Chairman of the official 9/11 Commission, a partisan lackey with a very questionable past reeking of racism and electoral cheating-- who has been a consultant and major shill for the ABC propaganda effort is now admitting that parts of it are fake. And why has ABC refused to allow President Clinton and other Democrats they are slandering see an advance copy?

Back to the conspiracy theory. Is there anything you wouldn't believe on Bush and the foul crew assembled around him? Anything? Me neither. I wonder if we'll ever find out. I doubt it. Unless we want to badly enough. But I think most Americans are way to scared to find out the truth about anything to want to enough.


UPDATE: DISNEY BUCKLES AND WILL RE-EDIT THE SLANDEROUS PARTS OF THEIR SILLY MOVIE

After hearing from President Clinton and several of the officials who worked for him that were slandered in the ABC mockumentary, Disney told ABC to make the problem go away. Senate Democrats hinted that if ABC served as a propaganda tool for the GOP, there would be trouble in the future.


FRIDAY MORNING UPDATE: DISNEY BACKING OFF A LITTLE?


According to today's Variety, Disney and ABC are so freaked out that they've been caught trying to pass off their right wing fantasy as a documentary, that they are now considering pulling the whole contemptible series. Christy over at Firedoglake has all the contact info, phone numbers, fax numbers, Bob Iger's e-mail address... for the Republican propagandists at Disney and ABC who are planning on helping Bush win the midterm elections with their slanderous and idiotic movie. Just in case you want to make your feelings known. President Clinton told CNN yesterday that it's important for ABC to be truthful. The Center for American Progress has the video.