So how did the lefty blogs remember September 11?
James Joyner waded into the cesspool and reports the following,
Duncan Black, aka Atrios,
But, anyway, just a big hearty fuck you to the White House and the news media who have decided this day is largely a personal narrative about George Bush, a man who was almost entirely absent on that day then had a big giggle before falling asleep early.
Kos,
Itâ??s not about me, and itâ??s certainly not about Bush, who after his famous Pet Goat moment cowardly fled and hid out in Nebraska in fear â?? the same kind of abject fear theyâ??d spend the next five years selling to the American people.
Ezra Klein: â??Five years ago, we were attacked. But the real damage happened when we responded.â?ť
Michael Tomasky calls â??OBSCENEâ?ť media coverage of Bush commemorations that donâ??t discuss the â??partisan rancorâ?ť that â??Bush & Co. have enforced on the country since about 9-14.â?ť
Wayne Barrett and Dan Collins have a piece in The American Prospect, debuting today, arguing that Rudy Giuliani was not a hero who united a great city and the country in a time of crisis but rather a blundering nincompoop whose poor administrative skills made much of the tragedy possible.Robert Sheer: â??In light of that sorry record of the propagandistic exploitation of the 9/11 tragedy for partisan political purpose, is it any wonder that large numbers of Americans have doubts about all of it and that a considerable industry of documentaries and investigative reports has sprung up with alternative theories ranging from the plausible to the absurd?â?ť
Remember, these are not fringe lunatics, culled to show the left in a bad light, they are the thought leaders of the left, the best and brightest they have to offer in the blogosphere. If you can stomach it, James has more, much more.
September 11th, 2006 at 10:40 pm
The hatred and rage these people carry with themselves on a daily basis assures me that they will not fulfill their true life expectancy. Let’s all hope that these people die a death far worse than having to choose between being burned alive or jumping from the 100th floor. Hate is a Democrat Value. How else can you explain it?
September 12th, 2006 at 7:50 am
As bad as the mainstream lefty blogs may be, they don’t compare to weasels like Sen. Jay Rockefeller. He now claims that GWB misled him into voting for the Iraq war and that Iraq would be better off with Saddam still in power.
As Democrat Vice-Chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, Rockefeller has access to the same intelligence as GWB which led him to make this speech in 2002:
Apparently 9-11 only changed the world for serious people — lefty bloggers and Democrats need not apply.
September 14th, 2006 at 10:00 pm
Reading the “Ideas” of the Left Wing Dems is amazing and Sad. Do THEY not realize that once we are overrun by the Islamic Fascists..they will be the first to go…every thing they stand for is AGAINST MUSLIM LAW…and to speak whith such hatred..all because they (the Dems. ) lost the election in 2000 is just so ridiculous. These lunatics really need to get over their depression that has taken hold of them since 2000! Worst of all these are people claiming to be “educated”…but education that they apparently got was without Curiosity and the ability to do RESEARCH! While watching the lunatics on CSpan who think the Government blew up the WTC on 9/11…I did notice something most intersting…everytime the “audience” asked a question and wanted an expert answer..the HOST said ..well so and so couldn’t be here and I am not an enginerr, so
I can only tell you what he found. Every question got that answer..NO EXPERTS..JUST FOLKS WHO CAN’T EXPLAIN IT IN THE TECHNICAL TERMS…then the Host would go into a RANT and his missing expert was overlooked! What a Joke, and these fools believed it! I did note that many of the Askers..were in middle age and looked like Hippies of old…sort of like the soldiers who hadn’t even been to NAM and they claimed to be such heroes and now they would tell the “whole” story about how bad we were there! I suppose they think their “MEDIA” leader, Dan Rather touched up the films of planes flying into both buildings and just did it then to have Face time on Air! None of these folks ever seem happy..they are all grimacing and just MAD. An Intelligent adult figures out why the election was lost…works hard for the next two, six or four years (bet the idiots can’t name the relevant offices those years go with) and makes a Better Campaign..poses stronger arguments, etc and tries again..Not these fools…BUT OF COURSE IF THEY PRESENTED THE TRUTH IN THEIR ARGUMENTS..HAD THE GUTS TO SAY WHAT “THEY” WANT..THEY KNOW THEY WOULD LOSE! ELECTION AFTER ELECTION THEY DO DOUBLE SPEAK…CLINTON (their LEADER and HERO) repeated time and time again “I won’t raise taxes”..then he said only on the rich..WELL WHEN HE TOOK MY MONEY I WAS NOT RICH AND HE COST ME..PAYING TUITION FOR A BRILLIANT STUDENT WHO COULDN’T GET SCHOLARSHIPS BECAUSE “OTHERS” NEEDED THEM..FORFCED MY HUSBAND AND I TO WORK 50 TO 60 HOURS A WEED JUST TO KEEP UP WITH ALL THE BILLS. THANKS CLINTON…HE PLAYED GOLF, CHEATED ON HIS WIFE AND ROAMED THE WORLD ON A FAREWELL TOUR..finally, with falling interest rates, lower taxes my husbgand and I paid off our share of the student loans and even have a Lower mortgage. In my blue state of Massachusetts ..parents are required to pay tuition for their children ..so do not ask why we ran up a debt…plus our kids were very smart..advanced placement students…and worked hard..I bet half these fools still live at Home or in a Dorm…at least my children managed to get apartments, and now a home and Condo..and are just a few years out of graduation! THAT IS THE AMERICAN DREAM..these fools must not know about THAT DREAM…All responsible parents encourage their children to work hard and succeed…if your busy…you do not worry about a foolish election…only Lazy people looking for a handout worry about that. I have a friend in France..her daughter ..at 27 finally got a job and this year at 29..is renting her first apartment..she doesn’t have a car..and flunked the 15 year old test in Public School..so she couldn’t go to College…so I imagine the 3 room apartment she has will be her home for life..untill she gets married..She pays 50% of her income in taxes and if she gets a raise she gets a bill…her health care IS NOT FREE..30% of her salary goes to that..and because she has a congenital problem she has to pay extra..monthly for her insurance! the only thing that keeps her afloat is that her mother and father GIVE HER MONEY..THEY WORK FOR THE GOVERNMENT AND GET LOTS OF FREEBIES LIKE CREDIT CARDS FOR CELL PHONES, FREE TRIPS AROUND THE WORLD..and discounts Galore..She wants to come here now that she is grown up and sees No Future…MAYBE A COUPLE OF THESE IDIOTS WOULD LIKE TO SWAP COUNTRIES..THEY LIKE SOCIALISM..SHE LIVES UNDER IT AND DOESN’T SEE A FUTURE! France would be ideal for these folks…their are even lots of Muslims there..but between us…WATCH OUT FOR THE FRENCH SECRET POLICE THE NSA AND CIA HAVE NOTHING ON THEM OR THEIR TACTICS! THESE LUNATICS WOULD BE ARRESTED IN A MINUTE FOR THEIR COMMENTS AND BE STASHED IN A PRISON THEY WOULD COMPARE TO GITMO OR ABU GHRAB!
They might just as well quit school, retire, or leave..the country they want will SHOCK EVEN THEM…pay back is tough..but some of these fools would look good in burkas and head gear..and they would make me laugh when they were FORCED to kneel on their prayer rugs and worship Allah 5 times a day! or worse still spend their entire day as slaves..cooking, cleaning, raising children by the tens, and stuck in the house all day..not allowed out without a MALE watching them…Sometimes we get what we wish for…FOR THESE FOOLS THEIR ANSWERED WISHES WILL BE THEIR DOOM!
September 18th, 2006 at 5:58 pm
The media is lying to Americans about 9/11. The towers were taken down by preplanted explosives and the Pentagon was hit by a scalar (laser) weapon. The accused Arabs were set up as patsies by the CIA and Mossad. These were little more than low level intelligence operatives who in no way could have pulled off the sophisticated aerial maneuvers necessary to crash the planes.
High level members of the Bush administration were complicit in the attack, and the reasons are vast and complicated. What’s not understood is that there is a nexus of evil that controls all the world’s governments, including the US government. Bush and Cheney are actors, puppets in a much larger conspiracy against the world’s people. The truth about 9/11 and the fabricated war on terror will come out, and the initial shock will give way to a renewed commitment to justice and equality for all.