Category Archives: 2996

Bush Thought Flight 93 Had Been Shot Down. That Should Open Some Cans Of Conspiracy

You just know the Twoofers redonned their tin foil hats when they saw this one George Bush initially believed the only plane not to reach its intended target during the 11 September attacks had been shot down on his orders, according to leaks from the former president’s memoir of his two terms in office. Bush […]

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9/11 + 9: Remembering Brooke Alexandra Jackman And Andrew Golkin

This is Brooke Alexandra Jackman. She was born August 28, 1978. She was murdered by Islamic extremists September 11, 2001, while working at Cantor Fitzgerald, where she worked as an assistant trader. She was just 23. After reading so many touching stories and tributes about Brooke, I feel I almost know her. Her smile is […]

Now Here’s A Ground Zero Monument That Makes Sense

Nice After nearly nine years, life is returning to ground zero in a tangible way. Crews Saturday began planting 16 swamp white oaks at the World Trade Center site. They are the first of nearly 400 trees to be planted around the eight-acre memorial to the nearly 2,800 people were killed when terrorists attacked the […]

NY City Board Votes In Favor Of Mosque Near WTC Site

All I have to say is, this is very disappointing. Oh, and despicable After a raucous hearing, a Manhattan community board backed a proposal on Tuesday evening to build a Muslim community center near the World Trade Center. The 29-to-1 vote, with 10 abstentions, followed a four-hour back-and-forth between those who said the community center […]

NY Times Names BP Oil Spill Obama’s 9/11

No. Seriously. Thomas Friedman actually goes there: Obama And The Oil Spill President Obama’s handling of the gulf oil spill has been disappointing. I say that not because I endorse the dishonest conservative critique that the gulf oil spill is somehow Obama’s Katrina and that he is displaying the same kind of incompetence that George […]

Say, You Know That Planned Mosque In NYC? Guess When It’s Opening Date Is

Remember back on May 7th, when I mentioned that there is a mosque planned to be built two blocks from the site of the World Trade Center? Yeah, it gets better A mosque rises over Ground Zero. And fed-up New Yorkers are crying, “No!” A chorus of critics — from neighbors to those who lost […]

What Say To A Mosque Two Blocks From Ground Zero?

CNN seems almost confused and incredulous that people would have a problem with this idea, since Muslims died in the terror attack on 9/11, too Plans to build a mosque two blocks away from ground zero have set off an emotional debate among area residents and relatives of victims of the September 11, 2001 terror […]

Stupid Ideas 101: Combining Pig Roast With Burning WTC Image

Could this be considered a case of political correctness, or, simply a case of “some ideas are so stupid that I’m not sure how you actually did this“? Saskatchewan’s opposition New Democratic Party is slamming an advertisement distributed in a government-held constituency announcing a fundraising dinner that includes an image of the twin towers of […]

Truthers Pop Their Little Tin Foil Architect And Engineer Heads Up

Facepalm A lingering technical question about the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks still haunts some, and it has political implications: How did 200,000 tons of steel disintegrate and drop in 11 seconds? A thousand architects and engineers want to know, and are calling on Congress to order a new investigation into the destruction of the Twin […]

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