Comments on: IF 9/11 WAS SIMPLY SEPTEMBER 11

By: Bamos

Bamos — Tue, 22 Aug 2006 15:34:00 +0000

Drewsmom’s heart is no doubt in the right place but her inability to process information in a logical and nonconfrontative manner is insulting to her cause and unpersuasive to those who think differently from her. You are better off keeping your ignorance to yourself rather than publicizing and confirming it.

By: Rick Moran

Rick Moran — Wed, 16 Aug 2006 16:37:09 +0000

Ed:

Even the historians pieces were crap.

Like you say - what a waste.

By: ed

ed — Wed, 16 Aug 2006 16:24:36 +0000

What a banal set of essays. Why on earth was no editorial functions in place for the potentially exciting idea? For example, “Mr. Wolfe if you have a point to make, please rewrite this into a form that allows us to recognize it.” Or, “Mr. Sharpton, thank you for your interest, but this work is too amateurish for us to print. Please take some writing lessons focusing on clarity and the necessity of an idea before submitting to us again.”

By: Steve

Steve — Wed, 16 Aug 2006 13:00:33 +0000

Alternate history of 9/11!

Nothing more than intellectual masturbation. Or, as they say in the newspaper business, “filler”. A profoundly “unserious” idea. But, I’ll bet it sounded good in the editorial meeting.

Alternate history is no good without perspective. And, not surprisingly, a knowledge of the future, ie the past. One of the best alternate histories I ever read started with Lincoln’s refusal to make war on the Confederacy. The story took place in the 1960s. The plot of the book revolved around an attempt by the US to liquidate the Confederate president.

As you can imagine, 100 years of history gives the author a lot of material to work with. War, technology, political trends, fire, flood, pestilence and sexual mores.

The fatal flaw in this weak Times’ series is that most authors do not have the imagination to do anything other than extrapolate the world of 9/10 into the present. Add in that any politician or influencer (Rev. Al? Let’s be serious!) has a vested interest in “re-writing” history to reflect his own wishes and you get an espisode of Seinfeld.

Tom Wolfe’s essay was good. Everything would be the same, only different.

By: Drewsmom

Drewsmom — Wed, 16 Aug 2006 11:22:32 +0000

TTHTI:
WHATS UP WITH YOU? YOU SOUND LIKE CINDY SHEENUTS NEPHEW, WHY NOT GO ON DOWN TO HER PLACE IN CRAWFORD AND HOLD UP A SIGN, BUT YOU’LL NEED TO WAIT AS I HEARD CINDY TOOK HER ASS OVER TO BEIRUT TO DO GOD KNOWS WHAT, PROBABLY TO GIVE AID AND COMFORT TO GREEN HELMET AND THE REST OF THE HEZZIES.
c-span left bias spin still has DEMS CALLING IN TO SAY THE HEZZIES NEED TO KEEP THEIR WEAPONS AND THE BLACKS ARE CALLING IN BY THE DROVES SAYING HEZZIES HAVE TO BE ABLE TO PROTECT THEMSELVES AND THIS SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN STARTED OVER A FEW KIDNAPPED SOLDIERS.
GOOD GOD, THIS WASN’T OVER A FEW KIDNAPPED SOLDIERS, ISREAL HAS BEEN ATTACKED FOR YEARS, WHY CAN’T THE MOONBATS GET THIS.

By: tthti

tthti — Wed, 16 Aug 2006 06:04:39 +0000

No matter how these wars turn out, they were the right thing to do….

Yes, yes, the outcome of a event is irrelevant to evaluating if it was the correct decision. Welcome to the reality less universe. We no longer need to know the facts or the consequences of our actions. We are right no matter what the outcome.
Now I understand why Dems are significantly favored by US voters in the coming elections.

So sorry

By: Drewsmom

Drewsmom — Wed, 16 Aug 2006 01:34:48 +0000

I just watched a segment on Scarbourgh County and Joe asked if Bush is an idiot or just not a good communicator, he said he has heard from other Repubs he is dumb.
Joe has been at msnbc too long and is starting to sound jut like keith olerman, the heil hitler guy.
Bush has had more on his plate than any President we can name and NOBODY can deny this. !!!!!!
The rev sharpton, dumb race baiter, and the rest of the lame stream media can just KISS MY ASS, I’m sick of em and I keep having to hear their bu*lsh%t on a daily basis.
SHUT UP ALREADY, LETS SIT BACK AND WATCH A DEM HANDLE THE WAR ON TERROR, pass the popcorn, will ya.

By: Chris

Chris — Wed, 16 Aug 2006 01:13:50 +0000

My good God, I just read Wolfe’s piece. He should not be allowed outside the house and no writing instruments should be within 1500 yards of him.

It’s obvious that he is so hung up on his loathing for a culture that has left him in the dust that he can’t get his mind around anything but “whipper-snappers” anymore.

By: Chris

Chris — Wed, 16 Aug 2006 01:09:25 +0000

George Bush was the best personality to handle 9/11 and the subsequent five years? Did you really mean that?

No, no, clearly not. I can think of several GOP Senators who would have been better presidents through these five years.