tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19580203.post1964494150420623057..comments2024-03-25T16:03:36.810-07:00Comments on The Existentialist Cowboy: The Blood on Bush's handsAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04598093941551759917noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19580203.post-540712976482107142008-06-17T08:51:00.000-07:002008-06-17T08:51:00.000-07:00"Hmmmm" again! Now it appears that, far from being..."Hmmmm" again! Now it appears that, far from being censored, my comments aren't even being held for review before posting, as they were previously. So it seems you've actually <I>loosened</I> constraints on posting.<BR/><BR/>One of my comments still disappeared down a rabbit-hole, but all things considered I guess I have to issue a retraction, eh?<BR/><BR/>I can say in this instance that is sure is nice to be proven wrong.<BR/><BR/>I hope I gave no offense.<BR/><BR/>Thanks, Len.perspiciohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04756832342990830938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19580203.post-76151974060111953592008-06-17T08:46:00.000-07:002008-06-17T08:46:00.000-07:00Hmmm...you seem to be blocking my comments now.If ...Hmmm...you seem to be blocking my comments now.<BR/><BR/>If so, that's pretty sad. I only tried to point out that we need to apply higher standards than those that got us into the mess we're in. The Bush administration let belief trump fact; you seem to advocate doing the same to them in retaliation. Calling skepticism gullibility doesn't make it so, but it does reveal your bias.<BR/><BR/>As Nietzsche said, "Convictions are more dangerous enemies of truth than lies."<BR/><BR/>And by censoring comments from those who offer alternate points of view, you've effectively truncated meaningful discussion in favor of a clique of head-nodders.<BR/><BR/>The people who you allow to post may have worthwhile things to say, but by disallowing intelligent dissent and skepticism, you've cheapened them and yourself.<BR/><BR/>I hope you'll reconsider your decision, and post my previous comment.perspiciohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04756832342990830938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19580203.post-4840758542024536542008-06-15T13:38:00.001-07:002008-06-15T13:38:00.001-07:00Skepticism misplaced is not skepticism. Since Bush...Skepticism misplaced is not skepticism. Since Bush assumed the office, 'skepticism' is applied ONLY to critics of Bush. That is NOT skepticism. That's gullibility!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04598093941551759917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19580203.post-23221427298623245182008-06-15T13:23:00.000-07:002008-06-15T13:23:00.000-07:00Aargh...I meant to say, "...the weak and irrespons...Aargh...I meant to say, "...the weak and irresponsible cases being touted by <I><B>some</I></B> believers in 9/11 conspiracy."<BR/><BR/>My deal is, I'm very suspicious of government and in the past I've been biased toward seeing intentional malfeasance whether or not it existed, so I have learned to keep myself on a short leash, to check the details, and to make as few assumptions as possible. I'm a <A HREF="http://www.suffolkschools.net/learning/hats" REL="nofollow">"black hat"</A> kind of guy. Five years of engineering school didn't hurt, either.<BR/><BR/>That's why you'll hear more skepticism from me than you're probably comfortable with. I can't bring myself to believe many things, even more trivial ones, without examining the facts and logical framework myself.perspiciohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04756832342990830938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19580203.post-89987651821737265752008-06-15T13:22:00.000-07:002008-06-15T13:22:00.000-07:00perspicio said... But your point is taken, Len,...perspicio said...<BR/><BR/><EM> But your point is taken, Len, and you'll hear no agitating from me.</EM><BR/><BR/>Perspicio, see my new article at <A HREF="http://existentialistcowboy.blogspot.com/2008/06/indict-george-bush-marvin-bush-dick.html" REL="nofollow">Indict George Bush, Marvin Bush, Dick Cheney, Larry Silverstein for Mass Murder</A> <BR/><BR/>I support agitation and indulge it.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04598093941551759917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19580203.post-42487165733866349702008-06-15T12:30:00.000-07:002008-06-15T12:30:00.000-07:00I want to be clear that my comment wasn't intended...I want to be clear that my comment wasn't intended to draw conclusions or advocate a specific position about 9/11. It was only about the presentation. I still would have preferred sourcing to reputable articles and evidence, since it would help cut through the weak and irresponsible cases being touted by believers in 9/11 conspiracy. But I'm not as familiar with your body of writings as perhaps the majority of your readers are, so it didn't occur to me to search your archives.<BR/><BR/>But your point is taken, Len, and you'll hear no agitating from me.perspiciohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04756832342990830938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19580203.post-43827601550977180922008-06-15T10:50:00.000-07:002008-06-15T10:50:00.000-07:00The biggest whorehouse is Texas is most probably t...The biggest whorehouse is Texas is most probably the State Legislature. <BR/><BR/>The Saudis are crooked and were up to their sorry asses in the <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bank_of_Credit_and_Commerce_International" REL="nofollow">BCCI</A> scandal. <BR/><BR/>Khalid bin Mahfouz liked Houston so much that he built himself a billion dollar home in River Oaks, flying in marble from Cararra.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04598093941551759917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19580203.post-67530436174912077372008-06-15T10:29:00.000-07:002008-06-15T10:29:00.000-07:00One question I have always wanted to ask you; Is t...One question I have always wanted to ask you; Is the Armstrong Ranch the best biggest whore house in Texas?<BR/>Concerning your comments as to 9/11 Commision Report to being a 'white wash'. How? With out the portion concerning the Saud's, (Prince Bandar, his wife, the bin Ladens, etc), the report is incomplete. It isn't very good white wash.tiagohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00354310296446288223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19580203.post-68563000026465321592008-06-15T06:26:00.000-07:002008-06-15T06:26:00.000-07:00Video Response:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0k4B...Video Response:<BR/>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0k4B6C60an0Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19580203.post-40323888130075833852008-06-15T00:37:00.000-07:002008-06-15T00:37:00.000-07:00marain said... Len, thank you for keeping this ...marain said...<BR/><BR/><EM> Len, thank you for keeping this issue alive - for posting so frequently on this topic. Nearly seven years have gone by since 9/11. The truths of this terrible crime could so easily fade into obscurity if not for people like you who question the official conspiracy theory. Thank you for this. I hope that someday a proper investigate will be undertaken.</EM><BR/><BR/>Thanks marain! We simply must not let the truths fade into obscurity. In fact, we should be organizing now to arrest and prosecute him for this crime when he is no longer safe and above the law inside a stolen and heretofore illegally occupied White House. Two things are needed --a series of short articles (like this) punching specific holes in the official lie. At some point -- an EXHAUSTIVE study leaning upon all the great work done by damien and, of course, David Ray Griffin and others. <BR/><BR/>Damien sez...<BR/><BR/><EM> There's plenty of good links out there about the Pentagon discrepancies. Disappearing planes are an insult to anyone's intelligence and it's an interesting commentary on our society that patent falsehoods are so easily and widely accepted. Keep up the good work, Len.</EM><BR/><BR/>Indeed there is! It was you, in fact, who made the point so effectively that 100 tons of debris is still 100 tons of debris. My response (as I recall) was that what wreckage was found was 1) NOT from an airliner and 2) could have been carried off in a two or three wheelbarrows. That hardly makes up an complete airliner. <BR/><BR/>What is still so amazing about this entire topic is the shocking, deplorable and widespread ignorance of basic science that is found among the US population. With regard to education in America, Bush might have gotten one thing right: 'wings took dream'! In my more cynical moods, I often doubt that as many as one in ten "educated" adults 'escaped' a four year college level education with an ability to define 'syllogism' --let alone follow one or posit one of their own. <BR/><BR/>Conspiracies aside --Bush should have been prosecuted, convicted and jailed for the cover up if not the crime. And I have yet to find ANY case of ANY time in which someone actively covering up a crime was not also guilty of it! Bush's cover up of 911 was conducted, in Hitler's words, 'in full view of the world!"Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04598093941551759917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19580203.post-48736437572101958692008-06-14T18:16:00.000-07:002008-06-14T18:16:00.000-07:00There's plenty of good links out there about the P...There's plenty of good links out there about the <A HREF="http://911exposed.org/index.htm" REL="nofollow">Pentagon discrepancies</A>. Disappearing planes are an insult to anyone's intelligence and it's an interesting commentary on our society that patent falsehoods are so easily and widely accepted. Keep up the good work, Len.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19580203.post-71409881775543210292008-06-14T09:39:00.000-07:002008-06-14T09:39:00.000-07:00Len, thank you for keeping this issue alive - for ...Len, thank you for keeping this issue alive - for posting so frequently on this topic. Nearly seven years have gone by since 9/11. The truths of this terrible crime could so easily fade into obscurity if not for people like you who question the official conspiracy theory. Thank you for this. I hope that someday a proper investigate will be undertaken. <BR/><BR/>marainAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19580203.post-44696640371489881162008-06-14T08:39:00.000-07:002008-06-14T08:39:00.000-07:00...this one isn't going to convince anybody who th...<EM>...this one isn't going to convince anybody who thinks critically.</EM><BR/><BR/>That's not my audience on this one. 'anybody who thinks critically' is already convinced.<BR/><BR/><EM> But it's a pretty bold assertion to make without offering evidence to back it up.</EM><BR/><BR/>This is not the only article I've written. I cited tons. Moreover, the burden of proof is not on me. Bush has asserted a 'conspiracy theory' for which there is NO evidence in support. The dictum in law, logic and debate is this: 'those who assert must prove!. Not only has Bush NOT proven, he has actively sought to quash and cover up. That is, in itself, evidence of guilt! Those who are innocent of crimes have no valid reasons for actively covering them up!<BR/><BR/><EM>I had my first pang of real suspicion about the official 9/11 story when, during the cleanup, I learned that the steel girders that were recovered from Ground Zero were summarily shipped off to China and India, and melted down instead of being saved for forensic evidence, not necessarily of a crime, but for mode of failure. The information would have been immensely useful to engineers.</EM><BR/><BR/>Indeed! If Bush had been innocent, he would have INSISTED upon a complete and thorough examination of those girders. 911 was the scene of a crime and, by law, all of that wreckage was evidence. His order to 'destroy' or to dispose of that evidence in any way is in itself a crime for which he should have been impeached, removed and prosecuted in a Federal Court! His actions subsequent to 911 will be of great interest when a case against him goes to court.<BR/><BR/><EM>I guess my real issue is that you have offered no sources for the key data of your claim.</EM><BR/><BR/>The facts of the case are already established. I summarized a valid and logical conclusion. Regulars here know that I have made an exhaustive, researched case against Bush. This blog is a gestalt! I am quite frankly not in the mood to repost hundreds of pages and possibly thousands of links that can be found here with a search.<BR/><BR/><EM>I admit I haven't done my homework thoroughly on this matter, so many of my questions may have been satisfactorily answered already.</EM><BR/><BR/>But since you've raised no specific objection, I can't answer it here.<BR/><BR/><EM>But I do know that, for the sake of your credibility, you should provide reputable sources your information.</EM><BR/><BR/>I have done! And I've paid my dues! This is an opinion piece and I am entitled to summarize my conclusions. An 'indictment' of Bush is found in numerous other articles --all footnoted and cited. Moreover --my conclusions are correct and I would tell Bush that to his stupid face.<BR/><BR/>BTW --I've interviewed the Senior but equally stupid Bush on numerous occasions. He was always just a tad shy of intelligibility. He just faked it a little better than Jr.<BR/><BR/>In the meantime, the refutation of my article would consist of someone telling me what motivation other than guilt does Bush have to cover up the crime of mass murder? If there is an innocent explanation, I am sure we would have heard it. We haven't because there is none!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04598093941551759917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19580203.post-10472832328928945902008-06-14T05:22:00.000-07:002008-06-14T05:22:00.000-07:00As much as I appreciate your blog - and I do - thi...As much as I appreciate your blog - and I do - this one isn't going to convince anybody who thinks critically.<BR/><BR/>Not that it couldn't be true. But it's a pretty bold assertion to make without offering evidence to back it up. Leaving aside the trivial matter of the mass of an airliner (I could probably look that up myself if it were the only thing missing, but you should have nevertheless included your source if you have one), how do you know how much debris was recovered at the Pentagon?<BR/><BR/>I guess my real issue is that you have offered no sources for the key data of your claim.<BR/><BR/>I had my first pang of real suspicion about the official 9/11 story when, during the cleanup, I learned that the steel girders that were recovered from Ground Zero were summarily <A HREF="http://911research.wtc7.net/wtc/groundzero/cleanup.html" REL="nofollow">shipped off to China and India</A>, and melted down instead of being saved for forensic evidence, not necessarily of a crime, but for mode of failure. The information would have been <I>immensely</I> useful to engineers.<BR/><BR/>But even so, I can well imagine that in the mayhem the cleanup was just poorly managed.<BR/><BR/>I admit I haven't done my homework thoroughly on this matter, so many of my questions may have been satisfactorily answered already. Or, maybe there are many more questions I haven't thought of which are left hanging in the balance.<BR/><BR/>I don't know.<BR/><BR/>But I do know that, for the sake of your credibility, you should provide reputable sources your information.perspiciohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04756832342990830938noreply@blogger.com