I agree with Nephy. iSm, you are clearly off base and your joke is in poor taste. This has been going on for almost a month. If you look at your timeline, the only rational explanation is that Rove engineered this to bolster Lieberman's new Independent status. Duh.

*snort* :p

(another time someone agreed with me- ah ha!)

The joke police have spoken! It is not appropriate to joke about a non-event with no fatalities.

I personally find iSm's playfully paranoid scenerio to be at least two times more plausible than the idea that we can fight terrorism by invading Iraq. And how is it that there are still terrorists around after the American public passed a referendum against terrorism back in November of 2004?

KROQ/Doc on the ROC was talking about this this morning.

Sorry Steve, while I have no doubt that our government can carry out an event as large as 9/11 I don't think Oliver Stone has that kind of publicity power [anymore].

Oh, and here's a bit of my paranoia that is really no joke: Get ready for Patriot Act III and having big brother watching you take a dump on a regular basis.
Frankly, while I'm glad no planes were blown up ... the truth is NO PLANES WERE BLOWN UP. Accusations of this nature have been made by the U.S. authorities before, people held in solitary confinement for years without charge or access to counsel, but accusations of terrorist plots made by the Justice Department ... then cases dismissed or convictions made only on immigration violations ... with no terrorism charges ever brought.

Please come back and comment after you've reviewed the Declaration of Independence, and be prepared to tell us why our own King George is not a tyrant.

Oy, and I have to fly to Chicago in a couple weeks - hopefully things will settle by then. Oh well maybe the parks will be less crowded again.

:eek: please tell me you are not one of those people who think the gov't made or allowed 9/11 to happen on purpose.

That is just.....beyond.

Wow… A government actually listened to intelligence sources, and was able to stop a major terrorist attack before it happened. What a novel concept. Perhaps the Bush administration needs to take a few lessons from the British….

While I can certainly appreciate your concerns, what does our Dec of Ind have to do with Scotland Yard?

Our Bill of Rights and Constitution have no bearing elsewhere. I am certainly no expert on the governing documents of other nations, but there is no Bill or Rights elsewhere.

What are the limitations that apply to Scotland Yard (or other non-US investigative agencies)?

I'm not trying to be rhetorical - I really have no clue what surveillance guidelines Scotland Yard (or any non US agency) must adhere to.

Made it happen? No.
Let it happen? Obviously! It’s only whether or not it was intentional, or through shear incompetence, that is still in question.