Blogs Liberty and Power Karen's American Forum radio at noon today!
Jun 9, 2006Karen's American Forum radio at noon today!
callers too. Listen at www.rbnlive.com/listen.html.
Tomorrow night, 9-11 pm EST, I have Dr. Andy Schmookler, an interesting non-libertarian progressive who hosts the http://www.nonesoblind.org/index.php blog. Both guests will have a lot to say, and both shows will be educational. informative, and perhaps provocative too. Join us! And the call in number is 1-800-313-9443!
comments powered by Disqus
More Comments:
Craig J. Bolton - 6/9/2006
I took a look at the link you posted, and I am a bit concerned. The general tenor of the site appears to be summed up in the following:
"If the attacks of 911 were staged [which seems to be the thesis of the entire site], the subsequent attacks attributed to Al Qaeda fall under a large shadow of doubt. As it happens, the same pattern of anomalous evidence has emerged from virtually every major attack since 911: Bali, Madrid, London, and so on. It is not possible under ordinary circumstances to analyse an arbitrary incident where lives are lost and automatically discover anomalies. Where there is smoke there is generally fire."
Now this seems to me to be a bit silly. If you, or the site manager, argued that "Al Qaeda" really wasn't that much of an organization to begin with, and that several of these "attacks" appear to be more or less independently organized and executed, then that thesis might have some merit. However, to claim that these incidents are part of some global conspiracy by national security agencies.........
One thing I was taught in law school was never advance an argument that doesn't pass the "giggle test" [e.g., which you can't advocate without giggling or which engenders giggles in your audience]. Sorry, this one doesn't seem to pass.
News
- Health Researchers Show Segregation 100 Years Ago Harmed Black Health, and Effects Continue Today
- Understanding the Leading Thinkers of the New American Right
- Want to Understand the Internet? Consider the "Great Stink" of 1858 London
- As More Schools Ban "Maus," Art Spiegelman Fears Worse to Come
- PEN Condemns Censorship in Removal of Coates's Memoir from AP Course
- Should Medicine Discontinue Using Terminology Associated with Nazi Doctors?
- Michael Honey: Eig's MLK Bio Needed to Engage King's Belief in Labor Solidarity
- Blair L.M. Kelley Tells Black Working Class History Through Family
- Review: J.T. Roane Tells Black Philadelphia's History from the Margins
- Cash Reparations to Japanese Internees Helped Rebuild Autonomy and Dignity






