The Noble Lie

Since some people on YouTube have put up video collages of famous people who challenge the official line on 9/11, I have to rotate the other way and put up a small collection of "9/11 Truth Haters." What is fascinating to me about this issue is that, almost unilaterally, it's not enough to disagree on the issue, but it has to be refuted forcefully and anybody who ascribes to such an idea has to be ridiculed more vehemently than any other group, including their political or ideological opponents.

Also, I have to challenge the most popular argument among most of these guys. Why do I have to choose between either inside job or government incompetence? Why couldn't a group of high level insiders take advantage of an incompetent government? It's too dismissive to say people think "the government" did it. There is a lot of research which names names, with supporting evidence.

Penn and Teller

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Honestly, I like Penn and Teller, and I knew they had an "anti-9/11 truth" episode out. I've read a LOT of 9/11 stuff and I've read a LOT of anti-and-debunking 9/11 stuff. I haven't heard of half the theories these guys showcase. They do put in a bit of what I would consider legitimate evidence, but it's in 2-second mentions of demolitions interspersed with bizarre segues about how the planes were flown to a military base and attached with remote control equipment. I guess that guy doesn't know that remote control autopilot systems are standard issue in commercial planes.

It's sad how they talk about how it was obviously fires that brought down the towers, while taking deliberate close-up shots of gaping holes in the tower with no fire, just a bunch of black smoke (a dead or dying fire). I've seen some videos of massive skyscraper fires (from buildings that stood, by the way) and they are truly breathtaking.

Greg Palast Disses 9/11 Truthers

Where do any of these people (some of whom make their careers out of chronicling the lies and conspiracies of the powers that be) get off acting so personally, morally outraged at the suggestion that the crooks of the military-industrial complex once again screwed over its own population? At least Greg Palast lost a friend who worked there. The sad thing is that he also broke half the stories that connects the dots of the conspiracy, such as the theft of the election, the Bush/bin Laden link, and the black-balling of CIA and FBI investigations, but just can't take that last step.

Behind the Cut: Noam Chomsky, Bill Maher, Bill Clinton, Ron Paul, Danny Bonaduce

Noam Chomsky Talks Around 9/11 Question

Bill Maher Pwns 9/11 n00b5

Bill Clinton sez "It was an Osama bin Laden Job"

Ron Paul Doesn't Know He Has a Bunch of Weirdo "Truther" Supporters

Danny Bonaduce Bout to Beat Somebody Up