http://www.democracynow.org

http://www.infoshop.org

http://www.counterpunch.org

http://www.nyc.indymedia.org

http://www.chicago.indymedia.org

http://www.alternet.org

Noam Chomsky

Air America Radio (those who did speak up are now gone except for Randi Rhodes)

Keith Olberman

Lou Dobbs

the 'progressive wing' of the Democratic party except for
Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney and the late Senator Paul Wellstone

Bill Maher

Jon Stewart

Steven Colbert

Ralph Nader

Cindy Sheehan

Michael Moore

Greg Palast

I know some of these and you failed to mention others. Nation Ragazine, for instance, with a certified CIA spook in their editorial staff.

What's your beef with Ralph Nader?

Yes, the Nation magazine is yet another.

I have no beef with Ralph Nader. I voted for him in both 2000 and 2004 knowing full well he wouldn't received the amount of votes needed to get his candidacy federal funding for the next time around. I have no beef with him, as I have no beef with Cindy Sheehan.

I should have specified that some of these "gatekeepers" are unwitting and are NOT agents of disinformation as others are such as Noam Chomsky. Some people use the excuse that "911 was a long time ago" (puke). Well perhaps they should say that to the war profiteers who use 9/11 in every one of their speeches to justify their expanding global empire.

I have no problem with Nader or Sheehan. I respect them both for what they've done and are doing. But they both ignore the disease and only focus on the symptoms. This needs to change if aggression around the world is to stop.

http://www.911blogger.com

Here’s the deal.
Ralph Nader is anti-corporate and this means anti-corporate. We could clean this system up by leashing the charters, eliminating influence, opening all books and corporate/government doors. Then a huge house cleaning would be in order.
I don’t see your problem with him, all right.
Really the main problem would be security for this man.
He or Ron Paul or Cynthia McKinney would be assassinated immediately.

Not necessarily. A few years ago I would have agreed with you, but now the "truth movement" is enormous and still growing. If any of these people spoke out for 911 truth and then they suddenly decided to commit suicide or were killed in a mysterious (and never investigated) plan crash, like Paul Wellstone was, we would be able to smell it from a mile away. It would look too suspicious, if not obvious. So these people would have the protection of the mere SIZE of the movement.

In Australia there is a fledgling 911 truth movement group, as there is in many places in Europe and elsewhere.

But to stress, because apparently it wasnt made clear in my previous post, I have no problem with Ralph Nader. I respect him for what he has done. I voted for him the only 2 times Ive ever voted and do not regret having done so. Forgive my lack of using proper punctuation, my pc seems to have a will of its own and occassionally wont allow me to use them, other than commas and periods.

Asking for any additional info about 9/11 beyond GW Bush regime's "official version" (aka 'those A-rabs did it!) certainly has people on both sides of the political divide highly upset. We need to remind ourselves the mass patriotic hysteria of victimization following 9/11 was when all the GW Bush regime misinfo on Iraq's missing yet never discovered WMDs appeared without question in the US corporate media. Maybe the radioactive depleted uranium dust resulting from the US military occupation of Iraq is thick enough to obscure those missing WMDs from the eyes of weapons inspectors??

Here's the DU dumped on Iraq by US military occupation in action;

"According to Falk, more than 30 percent of the DU fired from the cannons of U.S. tanks is reduced to particles one-tenth of a micron (one millionth of a meter) in size or smaller on impact. "The larger the bang" the greater the amount of DU that is dispersed into the atmosphere, Falk said. With the larger missiles and bombs, nearly 100 percent of the DU is reduced to radioactive dust particles of the "micron size" or smaller, he said.

When asked if the main purpose for using it was for destroying things and killing people, Falk was more specific:

"I would say that it is the perfect weapon for killing lots of people."

When a DU round or bomb strikes a hard target, most of its kinetic energy is converted to heat " sufficient heat to ignite the DU. From 40% to 70% of the DU is converted to extremely fine dust particles of ceramic uranium oxide (primarily dioxide, though other formulations also occur). Over 60% of these particles are smaller than 5 microns in diameter, about the same size as the cigarette ash particles in cigarette smoke and therefore respirable.

Because conditions are so chaotic in Iraq, the medical infrastructure has been greatly compromised. In terms of both cancer and birth defects due to DU, only a small fraction of the cases are being reported.

Doctors in southern Iraq are making comparisons to the birth defects that followed the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in WWII. They have numerous photos of infants born without brains, with their internal organs outside their bodies, without sexual organs, without spines, and the list of deformities goes on an on. Such birth defects were extremely rare in Iraq prior to the large scale use of DU. Weapons. Now they are commonplace. In hospitals across Iraq, the mothers are no longer asking, "Doctor, is it a boy or girl?" but rather, "Doctor, is it normal?" The photos are horrendous, they can be viewed on the following website"

entire article @;
http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=viewArticle&code=20060503&articleId=2374

Certainly the conspiracy theorists who question the US corporatist military industrial goverment routinely began their own examination of the 'pancake theory' of the WTC's collapse following 9/11. Maybe UFOs and crop circles is a bit beyond the scope of the average skeptical citizen investigations, though simply asking questions about physics of 9/11 and challenging the official doctrines of GW Bush is reason for shunning and namecalling??

The fact remains that 9/11 and GW Bush described 'war on terror' remains the primary excuse for the continued occupation of Iraq, and escalation with neighboring Iran. The colonial settler state of Zionist Israel continues to produce their nuclear weapons and points them at Syrai, Lebanon and Iran. Needless to say the Iraqi interim government (US puppets beyond a doubt) is seeking to privatize the Iraqi petroleum supply as the troop surge into Iraq continues. We again remind the skeptics that the primary reason for Halliburton in Iraq is evidenced by their focus on repairing the infrastructure of the petroleum platforms..

Who would profit from the sales of Iraqi petroleum on world market following privatization? None other than US oil companies and the thick oil slick that occupies the US Presidency;;

"The Oil and Gas Industry Is One of Bush's Largest Career Donors. The oil and gas industry ranked 12th among career contributions to George W. Bush. In 2000, the oil and gas industry ranked 8th in the top industry contributions. In 2004, the oil and gas industry ranked 15th in the top industry contributions. [Center for Responsive Politics]

…And the Bush Administration Is Filled with People from Big Oil

"Let us rid ourselves of the fiction that low oil prices are somehow good for the United States."

–Dick Cheney, October 1986.

Cheney Personally Profited from Rising Gas Prices in 2000. Vice President Cheney sold his stock in Halliburton in June 2000 for $5.1 million and his stock increased $1.4 million in value due to rising gas and oil prices that drove up the value of Halliburton stock. [Associated Press, 7/25/00 Boston Globe, 7/25/00]

Oil & Gas Industry Was Cheney's Biggest Donor in 1988. In 1988, Cheney's last congressional race, the oil and gas industry gave Cheney $27,500 in PAC money, Cheney's largest donor that year. [Center for Responsive Politics, http://www.opensecrets.org]

Cheney Personally Profited from Rising Gas Prices in 2000. Vice President Cheney sold his stock in Halliburton in June 2000 for $5.1 million and his stock increased $1.4 million in value due to rising gas and oil prices that drove up the value of Halliburton stock. In August 2000, Cheney exercised stock options and sold 660,000 shares between Aug. 21 and 28, 2000 for $35 million; Halliburton shares were soaring because of high oil prices. Cheney made an $18.5 million profit selling his shares for more than $52 each in August 2000. [Washington Post, 7/16/02; Associated Press, 7/25/00; Boston Globe, 7/25/00]

Condoleezza Rice Served on Chevron's Board; Chevron Gave More Than $858,000 to GOP, Bush. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice served on the board of directors for Chevron, a major U.S. oil company from 1991-2001. Chevron named an oil tanker in her honor. During 1999-2000 Chevron gave GOP candidates and committees $758,588 – $534,550 to GOP committees and $224,038 to Republican Congressional candidates. Chevron employees gave $100,000 to the Bush inaugural fund. [http://www.crp.org; Hart's Africa Oil and Gas, 1/29/01]"

entire article @;
http://www.oilcompanies.net/

Though GW Bush appears to articulate like a jester at a wine tasting party, people should never underestimate the levels of devious deceit that this current US regime will go to in their quest for power and wealth. Iraq, Iran and other middle eastern nations are just another colonial exploitation for the masters of deceit in the GW Bush regime..

Am glad to hear that Mutada Al-Sadr is calling for unity amongst the Iraqi people, both Sunni and Shia. The sooner the Iraqi people recognize the US occupation as illegal and there to steal their petroleum from under their feet , the better. Iraqis should recognize the US military as an occupation army and treat them as such. All the more reason to bring the US troops home immediately!!

"NEWS ARABWORLD

Al-Sadr calls for Iraqi unity

Iraqi Shia figure Muqtada al-Sadr has called on the country's Shia and Sunni Muslims to stop attacks on each other in the aftermath of the destruction of a revered Shia shrine.

More than 130 people have been killed after the shrine bombing

In a message he read by telephone on Aljazeera from the holy city of al-Qum in Iran, Sadr said: "Shia and Sunni mosques are being attacked as if we were enemies."

"No, we are brothers, we are brothers in Islam and peace. Love each other and do not attack each other. The blood, property and honour of a Muslim is sacrosanct ... the unity of Iraq is your responsibility."

Al-Sadr, who has been on a tour of Iran and Arab countries since late January, warned against "a plan by the occupation to spark a sectarian war," and called on Sunni groups such as the Association of Muslim Scholars to form a joint panel that would prevent sectarian attacks."

entire article @;
http://english.aljazeera.net/English/archive/archive?ArchiveId=18898

Clearly Muqtada Al-Sadr is a wise leader who recognizes the US attacks of divide and conquer via secterian violence have played a major role in the history of both Iran and Iraq. From the arming of Saddam Hussein by Ronny Reagan's special envoy Donald Rumsfeld against Iran's Ayatollah Khomeini to the Iran-Contra arms deal for cocaine scandal, the two nations have been coerced into war against their neighbors, eventually weakening them both. All this as decades of pretext to a final invasion and occupation for the petroleum extraction..

Even the left gatekeepers can get it if they try;

"While the August 18 NYT article added new details about the extent of US military collaboration with Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein during Iraq's 1980-88 war with Iran, it omitted the most outrageous aspect of the scandal: not only did Ronald Reagan's Washington turn a blind-eye to the Hussein regime's repeated use of chemical weapons against Iranian soldiers and Iraq's Kurdish minority, but the US helped Iraq develop its chemical, biological and nuclear weapons programs.

Nor did the NYT dwell on the extreme cynicism and hypocrisy of President George Bush II's administration's citing of those same terrible atrocities--which were disregarded at the time by Washington--and those same weapons programs--which no longer exist, having been dismantled and destroyed in the decade following the 1991 Gulf War--to justify a massive new war against the people of Iraq.

A reader of the NYT article (or the tens of thousands of other articles written after the war drive against Iraq began in earnest soon after September 11, 2001) would have looked in vain for the fact that many of the US politicians and ruling class pundits who demanded war against Hussein--in particular, the one of the most bellicose of the Bush administration's "hawks", defence secretary Donald Rumsfeld--were up to their ears in Washington's efforts to cultivate, promote and excuse Hussein in the past.

The NYT article read as though Washington's casual disregard about the use of chemical weapons by Hussein's dictatorship throughout the 1980s had never been reported before. However, it was not the first time that "Iraqgate"--as the scandal of US military and political support for Hussein in the '80s has been dubbed--has raised its embarrassing head in the corporate media, only to be quickly buried again."

entire article @;
http://www.counterpunch.org/dixon06172004.html

My friendly heartfelt advice to Muqtada Al-Sadr and his supporters is to target petroleum infrastructure ASAP (can always rebuild after US troops leave Iraq), and please try to not kill too many US soldiers in the process as most are ignorant lower income youth who don't really know why they're sent there, as cannon fodder coerced into military service by the GW bush regime's quest for petroleum power. Maybe some of the young US soldiers would escape to safety if given the chance? There's plenty of places to leave while alive, maybe Al-Sadr can help with a non-violent exit strategy for US soldiers sick of being there, food and shelter in the mountains?? Just a thought..

Call me a right wing or left wing or Islamic extremist (more name calling), at least i'm not going to be naive enough to believe the deceit of the GW Bush regime's 9/11 official version..

Thanks for the credits.
Kind of stupid aren't you?

This is a good list, except Lou Dobbs is not a "Leftist."

He is a corporate media hack for CNN's Moneyline, though he--like the rest of the American "free press"--promotes the Official Lie about 9/11.

You could add a lot more Leftists to this list--basically every Karl Marx-quoting Marxist academic in America.

It's funny that these oh-so-radical Ivory Tower Marxists of America can spout the most revolutionary rhetoric, but when it comes to the issue of 9-11, they are as conservative as G.W. Bush.