9-11 Is Bush's Reichstag Fire - Democratic Underground

Mark E. Smith

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Sun Dec-18-05 09:38 AM
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9-11 Is Bush's Reichstag Fire

Shrub continues to use this national tragedy to justify subverting the United States Constitution in order to grossly inflate the power of both himself and those whose interests he represents. Even arch-conservatives such as Republican Senator Larry Craig have begun to call him out on his bullshit.

The irony here is that while Osama bin Laden is still running around out there somewhere, George W. Bush uses valuable resources to illegally spy on the American people.

You can always trust Shrub to get things ass-backwards.

The greatest threat
to American freedom.

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no_hypocrisy

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Sun Dec-18-05 09:43 AM
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1. My Uncle Jerry made that connection the week-end after 9-11

and he quoted Santyana about those who forgot the past are condemned to relive it.

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iamahaingttta

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Sun Dec-18-05 10:17 AM
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5. Took him a whole week?

I live in Brooklyn and was heading to the subway when I saw the towers burning with my own two eyes. I decided not to go to work and turned around and went home. In the three blocks it took me to get back home, I "KNEW" that is was "Terrorism", I "KNEW" that our government was complicit in the act, and I "KNEW WITHOUT ANY DOUBT" that everything had just changed drastically. I have seen, heard or read nothing that leads me away from my initial impression!

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killbotfactory

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Sun Dec-18-05 09:48 AM
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2. The average person doesn't believe it

They don't believe that anyone could be so crass as to exploit a national tragedy this way. But, as we have seen, politicians hold nothing sacred.

Welcome to realpolitik.

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CJCRANE

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Sun Dec-18-05 09:59 AM
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3. They didn't just exploit it -

they were waiting for it to happen. And they were very well prepared when it did happen (politically that is).

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killbotfactory

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Sun Dec-18-05 10:53 AM
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6. The fish jumped into their boat

They just had to whack it with the oar.

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PatrioticOhioLiberal

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Sun Dec-18-05 10:07 AM
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4. The PNAC'ers letter to Clinton

pointed out the "need" for a "Pearl Harbor event" to justify their schemes.

Was it fate?

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