Silence is Consent

If you don't speak up you accept what is happening. This site was born out of the mainstream media's inability to cover the news. I am just an American cititzen trying to spread the word in the era of FCC consolidation, post 9/11 Patriot Act hysteria, hackable voting machines and war without end. I rant and post news items I perceive to be relevant to our current situation.

All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent.
- Thomas Jefferson

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Wednesday, April 14, 2004
 
Today's Progress Report

Amazing
Panel Says Bush Saw Repeated Warnings
By the time a CIA briefer gave President Bush the Aug. 6, 2001, President's Daily Brief headlined "Bin Ladin Determined To Strike in US," the president had seen a stream of alarming reports on al Qaeda's intentions. So had Vice President Cheney and Bush's top national security team, according to newly declassified information released yesterday by the commission investigating the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.

Arrogance
The Bush team's Know-It-All-ism isn't working. It's a long shot, but some humility might work with both voters and Arabs.
But that would mean admitting that the Know-It-All-ism isn't working. Bush's idea in 2000 of a "humble" role for America in the world is long gone, replaced by a crew of self-satisfied policymakers who are sure that, even now, admitting the smallest error in judgment would disadvantage them politically, not just in the November election but in the Arab world. That's old thinking; some new humility might work with both American voters and Arabs, but don't expect them to try it.

And the answer is that had I had any inkling whatsoever that the people were going to fly airplanes into buildings we would have moved heaven and earth to save the country. Just like we're working hard to prevent a further attack. -- Your President last night

But check this out
Joint Chiefs of Staff Rejected "Airplanes as Missiles" Scenario Five Months prior to 9/11
According to an email obtained by the Project On Government Oversight (POGO), members of the U.S. military responsible for defending America's airspace were in fact concerned that a terrorist group would "hijack a commercial airline [sic] (foreign carrier) and fly it into the Pentagon."

- posted by Mom/Dad @ 1:18 PM
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