Tag: 9/11
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For-profit ‘patriots’
Talk about exploiting tragedy: Beck, Palin to restore honor to 9/11 by cashing in at $225 “meet-and-greet”
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Have You Forgotten?
Thomas passed along this great moment in journalism: The nightmare of 9/11 will live forever in our minds and memories. Fast forward eight years later and last Friday, Sept. 11 is a night the Sun Prairie High School football team, coaching staff and Cardinal fans hope can soon be forgotten. Dealt a 22-0 halftime deficit…
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does bush own a fiddle?
After the second tower was hit, he continued reading a children’s book. As New Orleans descended into chaos, he strummed a guitar before aides hastily assembled a fly over in Air Force One. Since Georgia was invaded, Bush attended swimming, basketball and beach volleyball matches in Beijing. Yet people insist on defending him. “At least…
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in case you missed it … captain caveman speaks
The great villain of our times comes out of hiding, and the world barely takes notice. Here we’re too busy sorting out Obama’s speech on race; thankfully there’s no shortage of middle-aged white pundits available to provide context. So what to make of bin Laden’s latest rantings? Has he become little more than a figurehead, the metaphorical “crazy…
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The Saudi Connection to 9/11
Some pretty credible reporting indicates that the C.I.A.’s destruction of at least two videotapes documenting the interrogation of two Al Qaeda operatives has little to do with torture and everything to do with the Saudis. We already know that 15 of the 9/11 hijackers hailed from the oil-rich kingdom. Author Gerald Posner believes the videotapes…
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