Tuesday, August 12, 2008

Going out on a limb

Disclosure:

My guy, karmasurfer, is, basically, liberal. Except when he's not. "Anomaly" doesn't describe him at all. (Or me, but another story.)

Anyway.

Both of us believe the events surrounding the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks are questionable.

Both of us acknowledge that simply by saying that, we open ourselves up to ridicule, etc.

Okay, fine.

But we are both left with doubts.

Now.

When you verbalize your doubts, you know exactly the reaction: the "C" word. You're a "conspiracy theorist."

(Regardless of where you stand on the political spectrum. Nowadays, that doesn't matter. Certain keywords automatically brand you as a nut case. "Critical thinking?" What's that?)

We think the events surrounding 9/11 are suspect. Mostly, because the government version is alarmingly lame. That is: It doesn't answer science, vis-a-vis basic fundamentals of physics (why were the Twin Towers, and WTC 7, the first buildings ever to fall into their own footprints following a catastrophic fire?).

Me ... I think it's time we truly, critically, examine September 11. There is more than meets the eye. There are certainly too many unanswered questions.

As a conservative, I'm not willing to accept the "party line." I am a critical thinker. Let's answer these questions, and not "default" to a defined template.