Grade Inflation
Now the Daily Mail is inflating the 9/11 conspiracy theorists into "leading scientists". Gee, I need to get them to do a write-up on Blue Crab Boulevard. Then I'd be a leading blogger!
The 9/11 terrorist attack on America which left almost 3,000 people dead was an "inside job", according to a group of leading academics.
Around 75 top professors and leading scientists believe the attacks were puppeteered by war mongers in the White House to justify the invasion and the occupation of oil-rich Arab countries.
The claims have caused outrage and anger in the US which marks the fifth anniversary of the terrorist attacks on Monday.
But leading scientists say the facts of their investigations cannot be ignored and say they have evidence that points to one of the biggest conspiracies ever perpetrated.
Professor Steven Jones, who lectures in physics at the Brigham Young University in Utah, says the official version of events is the biggest and most evil cover up in history.
He has joined the 9/11 Scholars for Truth whose membership includes up to 75 leading scientists and experts from universities across the US.
Prof Jones said: "We don't believe that 19 hijackers and a few others in a cave in Afghanistan pulled this off acting alone.
"We challenge this official conspiracy theory and, by God, we're going to get to the bottom of this."
Well, by God, we have done our level best to help you sort it out, prof! We told you all about the "super thermite". Geeze, we handed it to you on a silver platter. It really is a shame these whack jobs are getting the ink they are. There are almost no real "hard" scientists or real experts among them. Those that they do have, like the good professor are playing well outside their limited expertise.
There is a reason for that, folks. I've done just enough fire-protection work in my career to know these people have zero clue what they are talking about. For the sane, there are links to 9/11 conspiracy theory debunking information here.
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By Neo, September 6, 2006 @ 4:39 pm
All these guys are wrong.
Those planes you saw hitting the WTC were actually UFOs. The Pentagon was also a UFO, the hole in Shanksville was the disposable staging vehicle.
You see, Klaatu and Gort (the robot) are inciting a war between factions on earth to keep them from going out into space and bringing the worst that humanity has to offer (Big Macs, Islam, Seinfeld, etc.) with them.
I know most of you posters won’t believe this to be true, but it is as equally plausible as the theory these 75 numnuts have proposed. I mean, prove me wrong.
By Gaius, September 6, 2006 @ 4:57 pm
I’m sorry, you forgot to cite the absence of proof as irrefutable proof. 10 point penalty and back to conspiracy theory school for you.
By Neo, September 7, 2006 @ 12:14 pm
And in a new twist, CNN is reporting:
The Arabic language TV network Al-Jazeera says it will show video of Osama bin Laden and other al Qaeda leaders as they planned the 9/11 terror attacks.
By Gaius, September 7, 2006 @ 12:26 pm
I don’t think they would actually like the 9/11 conspiracy theorists taking away credit from them…