Mn-prog-events Mailing List: Progressive Calendar 05.17.06

[David Shove (shove001]

            P R O G R E S S I V E   C A L E N D A R     05.17.06

1. Stadium demo/Kelley 5.17 7pm

2. Wages/economy       5.18 12noon
3. Eagan peace vigil   5.18 4:30pm
4. Small is beautiful  5.18 5pm
5. Northtown vigil     5.18 5pm
6. LWV convention      5.18 5pm
7. AmInd/pow wow       5.18 5pm
8. Cuba                5.18 6:30pm
9. Labor history       5.18 7pm
10. Transportation     5.18 7pm
11. Immigration        5.18 7pm
12. People's open mic  5.18 7pm
13. Plant sale         5.18

14. Green Party of MN opposes any subsidy to stadiums
15. Kevin Barrett - Ex-Bush official exposes 9/11 plot
16. Kevin Barrett - Media hide truth: 9/11 was inside job

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Date: Wed, 17 May 2006 12:27:34 -0500
From: Dave Bicking <dave [at] colorstudy.com>
Subject: Stadium demo/Kelley 5.17 7pm

Dear friends and fellow activists,

Tonight we will follow up last night's protest in front of the home of
Margaret Anderson Kelliher with another in front of the home of another
key legislator:  Sen. Steve Kelley of Hopkins.  Full announcement below.

It's time to get out and protest!  We really need you all, and you can
make a difference!  This is a most critical time in the stadium
negotiations, and we are targeting the people with the most power to
influence State action.  (A little more comment on where the process
stands is at the end of this email.)  I hope you have kept tonight free
based on my recent email announcing last night's action.  Also put
tomorrow, Thursday, on your calendar - same time, different place.

I believe last night's demonstration was successful.  We gathered at 7pm
with signs, and stayed til about 8:30.  We passed out nearly 100 flyers to
homes in the general neighborhood of Rep.  Kelliher's house.  There were
about 17 of us.  Not as many as I would have liked, but certainly a
respectable and effective number given the venue and the nature of the
demonstration.  We got very good feedback from a number of neighbors and
passers-by.  We had one angry reaction from a neighbor(?) who accused us
of scaring Rep. Kelliher's children.  A couple of neighbors commented that
they were supporters of Kelliher, but they disagreed strongly with her on
this issue.

We called a number of media.  Channel 11 KARE news came and filmed and did
two short interviews.  Those were not carried on last night's news; I
suppose there is a small possibility that they were on the longer news
programs this morning.  There is also a small chance that it might run the
next time they do a story on the stadiums.

Steve Kelley is even a bigger player in the stadium games.  He lives on a
very busy street.  And he is running for governor.  All reasons why we may
get more attention tonight.  And reasons why it would be a BIG help for as
many as possible to show up!

I understand that demonstrating in front of someone's home may seem
extreme - or scary - to some.  I have never done that before.  But it is
certainly not unprecedented, and it reflects the urgency of the situation
- and the way public opinion has been so blatantly ignored.  Please come
tonight!!

The full announcement:

--
NO STADIUM TAX WITHOUT A REFERENDUM!

We can still stop this plan!

Protest in front of the homes of a few key members of the State
Legislature Conference Committee.  This will be a peaceful, legal
expression of our opposition to their support of a new tax to subsidize
corporate greed.

Wednesday Night, May 17, 7PM - Senator Steve Kelley (DFL)  District 44.
At home address: 121 Blake Road S., Hopkins 55343

Steve Kelley is the chief author of the stadium bill in the State Senate.
He introduced and supported the original House version of the bill, back
when it included only the Twins stadium, with a Hennepin County sales tax
and no referendum.  Under his leadership, this morphed into a monstrosity
including both Twins and Vikings stadiums, plus transit, all supported by
a 1/2% sales tax in the entire 7 county metro region.

That version, which was passed and sent on to the conference committee,
does include a referendum.  But before the conference committee even met,
Kelley said that he was not personally committed to requiring a citizen
referendum, even though his bill called for doing so. "I can support a
bill that does not have a referendum," he said.  That certainly undermines
any chance for him to be a tough negotiator for our right to a referendum!

Steve Kelley is the co-chair of the powerful Conference Committee that is
negotiating critical differences between the Senate and House bills.
Contact his office at 651-297-8065.  He can be emailed only through the
email form on his Senate website:
http://www.senate.leg.state.mn.us/members/member_emailform.ph
p?district=44

Thursday Night 7PM At the home of... TBA (can't spoil the surprise)

They have listened to the begging of billionaire team owners; we will
gently remind them how much debt they are giving us and future
generations.

Sponsored by Minneapolis Green Uprising and friends.  For more
information, contact 612-276-1213 or dave [at] colorstudy.com

(directions to 121 Blake Road S., Hopkins:  Go west on Excelsior Blvd,
turn left on Blake Road, about 2 miles west of Hwy 100.  Kelley's house is
about a block south of Excelsior Blvd, directly across the street from the
entrance to Blake School.)

We had a successful demonstration last night in front of the home of Rep.
Margaret Anderson Kelliher.  At this critical time for the stadium bills,
let's have a really large turnout tonight!

--
Please also remember to contact Pawlenty: (651) 296-3391 or
tim.pawlenty [at] state.mn.us

If you have not yet done so, please sign the online petition at:
 http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/610863001

The stadium bills are still in Conference Committee to work out the major
differences between the House and Senate versions.  I attended yesterday
morning's session.  They were still just hearing more information about
the bills, rather than debating or voting on anything.  The main issue
that was obviously causing problems, however, was the Vikings Stadium.
The Senate bill includes some state money for a retractable roof and
highway access improvements.  That is unacceptable to Pawlenty and most
Republicans.  So they were exploring other options - leaving off a roof,
having Wilf pay more of the cost (he is adament he won't), etc.

Just at the end of yesterday's session, there were some comments and
debate regarding the Vikings stadium.  It appears that the committee is
finally about to start its substantive work.  Today's paper indicates that
some of the conflicts regarding the Vikings stadium have been worked out
last night behind closed doors.  That will be presented to the Committee
today.

There was no morning meeting of the Committee today - probably those
closed door negotiations are continuing, and there is no sense meeting til
those are hammered out.  There will be a meeting this afternoon, just
recently posted on the legislature's calendar.  It will start soon after
the full house and senate adjourn for the day.  That could be early
afternoon or late tonight.

The question still remains of how much of the deal will be worked out in
secret - indeed, I suspect that most of it has ALREADY been worked out,
and much of the committee hearings will be theater, with no real conflict.
But there is still a chance that the differences, which on the surface
appear huge, could actually be real differences that will be hard or
impossible to overcome.  With the session ending in five days, there is
little time left for actual debate and deliberation.

The committee has not given the impression of being in a big hurry. Some
suggest that that is a strategy - to force a particular course of action
by running out the clock.  We should remember, though, that everyone on
the conference committee is a stadium supporter, and really wants to get
the stadiums built - at our expense.  I suspect the lack of a sense of
time pressure is more due to a knowledge that the deal has already been
struck.

Even if a deal has been worked out, it could still fall apart.  There is
some real hope at this point.  It all falls apart if some legislators get
cold feet when they realize the depth of the people's anger.  That's our
job!

Please keep up the fight!
Dave Bicking H:  612-276-1213 W:  612-729-8580


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From: erin [at] mnwomen.org
Subject: Wages/economy 5.18 12noon

May 18: JOBS NOW Coalition with Working Families Win host a lunch-hour
discussion of wages and the economy from noon to 1:15 PM at the Blaine Human
Services Center, 1201 89th Ave NE. RSVP to Michelle Dibblee at 612/310-0087
or wkgfamilieswinmn [at] yahoo.com by Wednesday, May 17.


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From: Greg and Sue Skog <skograce [at] mtn.org>
Subject: Eagan peace vigil 5.18 4:30pm

CANDLELIGHT PEACE VIGIL EVERY THURSDAY from 4:30-5:30pm on the Northwest
corner of Pilot Knob Road and Yankee Doodle Road in Eagan. We have signs
and candles. Say "NO to war!" The weekly vigil is sponsored by: Friends
south of the river speaking out against war.


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From: Jesse Mortenson <jmortenson [at] Macalester.edu>
Subject: Small is beautiful 5.18 5pm

First and third Tuesdays of the month
5.18 5pm
Cahoots coffeehouse
Selby 1/2 block east of Snelling in StPaul

Limit bigboxes, chain stores, TIF, corporate welfare, billboards; promote
small business and co-ops, local production & self-sufficiency.

http://www.gpsp.org/goodbusiness


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From: EKalamboki [at] aol.com
Subject: Northtown vigil 5.18 5pm

NORTHTOWN Peace Vigil every Thursday 5 to 6 pm, at the intersection of Co.
Hwy 10 and University Ave NE (SE corner across from Denny's), in Blaine.

Communities situated near the Northtown Mall include: Blaine, Mounds View,
New Brighton, Roseville, Shoreview, Arden Hills, Spring Lake Park, Fridley,
and Coon Rapids.  We'll have extra signs.

For more information people can contact Evangelos Kalambokidis by phone or
email: (763)574-9615, ekalamboki [at] aol.com.


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From: erin [at] mnwomen.org
Subject: LWV convention 5.18 5pm

Thursday, May 18: League of Women Voters of Minneapolis City Convention
2006. 5 PM. St. Mary's Greek Orthodox Church on Lake Calhoun, Terrace Room,
3450 Irving Avenue South, Minneapolis. $25 Dinner and Meeting. $5 Meeting
only. 612/333-6319.


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From: Chris Spotted Eagle <chris [at] spottedeagle.org>
Subject: AmInd/pow wow 5.18 5pm

Thursday, May 18th-5PM (until 8PM)  American Indian Education Pow Wow at
South High School Field, 3131 19th Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN, Please
join us at this traditional pow wow event held monthly, Please note: this
will be the last one in 2006, Vendors will be participating, FMI call
Peggy at (612) 668-0618.


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From: Charles Underwood <charleyunderwood [at] hotmail.com>
Subject: Cuba 5.18 6:30pm

Thursday, 5/18, 6:30 pm, meeting of MN Cuba Committee, Holy Trinity Lutheran
Church, 2730 - 31st St E, Mpls.  612-623-3452.


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From: Carol Walsh <bycarolwalsh [at] hotmail.com>
Subject: Labor history 5.18 7pm

Minnesota History Day encourages young people to explore a historical
subject related to an annual theme - this year, "Taking a Stand in
History." The program promotes the study of history by engaging students
and teachers in the excitement of historical inquiry and creative
presentation.  Watch labor history come alive with imaginative exhibits,
original performances and media presentations, as students display their
2006 projects on Thursday, May 18 at 7 p.m., at the Hamline Midway Branch
Library, 1558 West Minnehaha Avenue, Saint Paul.


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From: Anne White <awhitepho [at] msn.com>
Subject: Transportation 5.18 7pm

I invite people to attend the public information meetings being sponsored
by the District Councils Collaborative and ask their questions directly.
The meetings are set up with approximately a 20-30 minute presentation at
the beginning.  Then the balance of the meeting is devoted to questions
from the audience.

Thur, May 18, 7:00 pm, Hubbs Center, 1030 University Ave, St Paul


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From: Joe Schwartzberg <schwa004 [at] umn.edu>
Subject: Immigration 5.18 7pm

THIRD THURSDAY GLOBAL ISSUES FORUM
Free and open to the public.

When?  Thursday, May 18, 7-9pm.
Where? Hennepin Avenue United Methodist Church,
               511 Groveland Avenue, Minneapolis (at Lyndale & Hennepin).
                Free parking in church parking lot.

Topic: WHAT TO DO ABOUT IMMIGRATION?

The United States allegedly is now home to some 12 million undocumented
immigrants, mainly from Mexico and other countries of Latin America. Their
economic and social status and their prospects for becoming citizens are
currently being vigorously debated in Congress, in state legislatures, in
the mass media and in communities throughout the land. Opinions differ
widely over how to deal with the issue in ways that are at once just,
socially viable and economically sound. This discussion will address the
factors that have led to a large undocumented population in the US and
some of the proposals for immigration reform that have been introduced at
state and federal levels and also consider the effects of immigration on
wages and employment.

Presenters: KATHERINE FENNELLY and RAYMOND ROBERTSON

Dr. Fennelly is Professor of Public Affairs at the Humphrey Institute at
the University of Minnesota. She taught previously at Penn State and
Columbia University. She holds a certificate of studies from the
University of Madrid and a masters of philosophy, a masters of health
education, and a doctorate in adult education from Columbia University.
Her research, teaching and outreach interests include immigration and
public policy, leadership in the public sector, human rights of immigrants
and refuges in the US and the preparedness of communities and public
institutions to adapt to demographic changes.

Dr. Robertson, an associate professor of economics at Macalester College,
specializes in the effects of globalization and labor market integration
in the Americas. He has been a Fulbright scholar in Mexico, has a Ph.D. in
economics from the University of Texas at Austin, and has taught at
Syracuse University and ITESM (in Mexico City). He has published in
several leading economic journals and has served as a consultant to the
World Bank and Inter-American Development Bank. His current research,
supported by the Mellon Foundation, focuses on the effects of trade,
outsourcing and migration on migrant workers in the US.


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From: Jennifer <jennifer_nemo [at] yahoo.com>
Subject: Open mic 5.18 7pm

7-9pm. Minnesota Spoken Word Association's People's Open Mic: Poetry for
the People by the People. Every Thursday. Lula's Coffee and Jaz, 3400
Nicollet Ave., Mpls.


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From: Jeanne Weigum <jw [at] ansrmn.org>
Subject: Plant sale 5.18

Of course my favorite plant sale is.... my own.  It is also a fund raiser.
It supports the Association for Nonsmokers - MN.  In addition to
perennials I have Heirloom tomotoes.  This year I have Brandywine (Pink &
Black), Bloody Butcher, Amana Orange, Old German, Siberia and others whose
names I have forgotten for the moment.  I will also have peppers and the
difficult to find Elephant Head, Love Lies Bleeding, Summer Poinsetia, &
Joseph's Coat Amaranthus.  The sale is at my home at 1647 Laurel on May
18-19.  You all come.

Jeanne Weigum
In Meriam Park with soil under my nails.

Flowers:

I am planting flowers and generally have a great time enjoying the spring
weather. I think I have dahlias coming up from last year, which aren't
supposed to last the winter. Indeed when I took away the bags of leaves (a
Date: Wed, 17 May 2006 11:34:02 -0700 (PDT)
From: Ken Pentel <kenpentel [at] yahoo.com>
Subject: GPMN Stadium Press Release

GREEN PARTY OF MN OPPOSES ANY SUBSIDY TO STADIUMS

The Green Party of MN is opposed to spending any resources, including the
time and energy of legislators, on stadiums for professional teams like
the Twins and Vikings. Unlike the two major parties, we are unified on
this issue.  Our platform states:

"We strongly oppose any use of any public funding or financing for
building or renovating sports stadiums in Minnesota.  We also oppose any
new tax or extensions of existing taxes to subsidize professional sports
leagues, teams or facilities."

There is no need for getting into the parsing of how things are paid, and
who is allowed to vote. The fact is that the priorities shown in this
legislative session are flat wrong, and the need to deal with far more
pressing issues, once again, gets ignored or pushed to the margins.

The stadium bills with their increased taxes and many exemptions prove
that when the legislature and governor want to raise money in big chunks
they can do it. It seems to happen, however, only when it is for the
benefit of those who need it the least: corporate billionaires. And
legislators who claim they believe in "local control" and "democracy" are
willing to bypass local referendums on the Twins and Viking bills.

This session could have made a strong response to global warming by moving
swiftly toward energy efficiency and renewable energy. We could have had
health care for all. We could have established lobby reform and publicly
funded campaigns so average voters, not big money, are represented at the
Capitol.

No one doubts that the Gophers, Twins and Vikings have strong appeal to
many in our state, but, as the recent StarTribune poll shows, the people
do not want to be force-fed stadiums.

Both the Democrats and the Republicans are misguided. They have wasted our
time and resources. The Green Party of MN is clear on this: no
anti-democratic process and no welfare for billionaires.

Contact:  Ken Pentel, GPMN spokesperson, (612) 387-0601

month ago) that protected my flower beds, I found several plants already
growing under the ice, including strawberries. I have just have shady
gardens, so keeping plants blooming is tricky.  I just try many different
plants. My favorite plant sale is the The Friends School Plant Sale, held
May 12Â-14 at the State Fair Grandstand building because it is a school
fundraiser and because they tend to have a great selection of single
plants to try out. More info at

http://www.fsmn.org/news.html

I would love to hear any planting suggestions or favorite plant sales.

Yards:

I am dropping up leaves and brush, while bringing home mulch and soil from

http://www.co.ramsey.mn.us/ph/hy/Leaves_Grass_Brush.htm

(This was Tim's excellent idea!)

Recycling:

My greatest find in recycling is the free market where you can list almost
anything that you want to give away for free:

http://www.twincitiesfreemarket.org/


I would appreciate reading your best tips for flowers, yards and spring
cleanup!

Grace Kelly nicknamed Kelly
Merriam Park, St Paul
More info: http://forums.e-democracy.org/stpaul/contacts/gracekelly


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Date: Wed, 17 May 2006 11:34:02 -0700 (PDT)
From: Ken Pentel <kenpentel [at] yahoo.com>
Subject: Green Party of MN opposes any subsidy to stadiums

GREEN PARTY OF MN OPPOSES ANY SUBSIDY TO STADIUMS

The Green Party of MN is opposed to spending any resources, including the
time and energy of legislators, on stadiums for professional teams like
the Twins and Vikings. Unlike the two major parties, we are unified on
this issue.  Our platform states:

"We strongly oppose any use of any public funding or financing for
building or renovating sports stadiums in Minnesota.  We also oppose any
new tax or extensions of existing taxes to subsidize professional sports
leagues, teams or facilities."

There is no need for getting into the parsing of how things are paid, and
who is allowed to vote. The fact is that the priorities shown in this
legislative session are flat wrong, and the need to deal with far more
pressing issues, once again, gets ignored or pushed to the margins.

The stadium bills with their increased taxes and many exemptions prove
that when the legislature and governor want to raise money in big chunks
they can do it. It seems to happen, however, only when it is for the
benefit of those who need it the least: corporate billionaires. And
legislators who claim they believe in "local control" and "democracy" are
willing to bypass local referendums on the Twins and Viking bills.

This session could have made a strong response to global warming by moving
swiftly toward energy efficiency and renewable energy. We could have had
health care for all. We could have established lobby reform and publicly
funded campaigns so average voters, not big money, are represented at the
Capitol.

No one doubts that the Gophers, Twins and Vikings have strong appeal to
many in our state, but, as the recent StarTribune poll shows, the people
do not want to be force-fed stadiums.

Both the Democrats and the Republicans are misguided. They have wasted our
time and resources. The Green Party of MN is clear on this: no
anti-democratic process and no welfare for billionaires.

Contact:  Ken Pentel, GPMN spokesperson, (612) 387-0601


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Ex-Bush Official Exposes 9/11 Plot
News Media silent as our leaders are exposed for executing 9/11
Ex-Bush Official Busts 9/11 Perps at U.W. Historical Society, Madison, WI

Saturday, May 6, 2006
Kevin Barrett, 07.05.2006 13:06

An enthusiastic standing-room-only crowd overfilled the 300-seat Wisconsin
Historical Society auditorium Saturday to hear ex-Bush Administration
insider Morgan Reynolds prosecute top administration and military
officials for the 9/11 inside job.

Reynolds indicted Richard Cheney, George W. Bush, former Joint Chiefs
Chairman Richard Meyers, confessed WTC demolisher and insurance-fraudster
Larry Silverstein, and others for mass murder, conspiracy, and other
charges including high treason.

The former Director of the Criminal Justice Center at the National Center
for Policy Analysis, showed that the defendants conspired to create a
false cover story of suicide hijackings in order to "blow the World Trade
Center to kingdom come" with explosives - a shock-and-awe psy-op designed
to coerce the American people into supporting a pre-planned "long war" in
the Middle East, massive increases in military spending, and the rollback
of Constitutional civil liberties.

Reynolds stated that everyone in the worldwide intelligence community knew
that 9/11 was an inside job as soon as it happened, with the obvious
stand-down of US air defenses, controlled demolition of the World Trade
Center, and non-protection of the President in Florida being the biggest
tip-offs. The head of the Russian equivalent of the Joint Chiefs of Staff,
the former head of the German intelligence service Andreas Von Bulow,
former National Security Agency official Wayne Madsen, and former MI-6
agent David Schayler have all openly called 9/11 an inside job, while
former CIA official Ray McGovern has confirmed this directly in private,
and indirectly in public by way of his ringing endorsement of David Ray
Griffin's work on 9/11. Reynolds, who served as George W. Bush's Labor
Department Chief Economist in 2001-2002, believes that a 9/11 truth
victory is looming on the near-term horizon.

He predicted that one or more of the 9/11 insiders will soon "give it up"
and come forward with what they know, saying "Remember, you heard it here
first." He said that most of those complicit in the attacks did not
realize how over-the-top the plot was, due to the need-to-know
compartmentalization of such covert operations, and that some
semi-complicit individuals will probably be coming forward. Reynolds said
that most of his email acquaintances are now worried that the 9/11 truth
movement is going to win, triggering the greatest Constitutional crisis in
U.S. history. For Reynolds, this is less a cause for worry than for
rejoicing:

"We need a Constitutional crisis!"

Reynolds argued that 9/11 truth is a matter of extreme urgency, since the
perpetrators seem to be preparing another 9/11-style terror hoax as a
pretext for attacking Iran with nuclear weapons. He said that exposing the
9/11 fraud is the best way to stop Cheney's plan to stage an unprovoked
nuclear attack on Iran, and the military draft and Pinochet-style prison
camps and death squads for dissenters that might accompany it.


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Kevin Barrett: Media hide truth: 9/11 was inside job
By Kevin Barrett
Published: May 12, 2006
http://www.madison.com/tct/opinion/column/index.php?ntid_83698&ntpid=1

Last Saturday, former Bush administration official Morgan Reynolds drew an
enthusiastic capacity crowd to the Wisconsin Historical Society
auditorium. It is probably the first time in Historical Society history
that a political talk has drawn a full house on a Saturday afternoon at
the beginning of final exams.

Reynolds, the former director of the Criminal Justice Center at the
National Center for Policy Analysis, and the ex-top economist for George
W. Bush's Labor Department, charged the Bush administration with gross
malfeasance, and proposed the prosecution of top administration officials.

Normally, if a prestigious UW alumnus and ex-Bush administration official
were to come to the Wisconsin Historical Society to spill the beans about
a Bush administration scandal, it would make the news. The local TV
stations would cover it, and it would merit front page headlines in The
Capital Times and Wisconsin State Journal.

Reynolds' indictment of the administration he worked for was a stunning,
life-changing event for many of those who witnessed it. As the event's
organizer, I have received dozens of e-mails about it from people who were
deeply affected.

Despite the prestigious speaker and venue, and the gravity of the charges
aired, for most Americans indeed most Madisonians the event never
happened. Why? Because it was censored, subjected to a total media
blackout. Not a word in the State Journal. Not a word in The Capital
Times. Not a word on the local TV news. Not a word on local radio news.
And, of course, not a word in the national media.

Why the blackout? Because Reynolds violated the ultimate U.S. media taboo.
He charges the Bush administration with orchestrating the 9/11 attacks as
a pretext for launching a preplanned "long war" in the Middle East,
rolling back our civil liberties, and massively increasing military
spending.

When a former Bush administration insider makes such charges, how can the
media ignore them? Is Reynolds a lone crank? Hardly. A long list of
prominent Americans have spoken out for 9/11 truth: Rev. William Sloane
Coffin, Sen. Barbara Boxer, former head of the Star Wars program Col.
Robert Bowman, ex-Reagan administration economics guru Paul Craig Roberts,
progressive Jewish author-activist Rabbi Michael Lerner, former CIA
official Ray McGovern, author-essayist Gore Vidal, and many other
respected names from across the political spectrum have gone on the record
for 9/11 truth.

Are the media ignoring all these people, and dozens more like them,
because there is no evidence to support their charges? Hardly.
Overwhelming evidence, from the obvious air defense stand-down, to the
nonprotection of the president in Florida, to the blatant controlled
demolition of World Trade Center building 7, proves that 9/11 was an
inside job. As noted philosopher-theologian and 9/11 revisionist historian
David Griffin writes: "It is already possible to know, beyond a reasonable
doubt, one very important thing: the destruction of the World Trade Center
was an inside job, orchestrated by terrorists within our own government."

A growing list of scientists has lined up behind BYU physicist Steven
Jones and MIT engineer Jeff King in support of Griffin's position, as
evidenced by the growth of Scholars for 9/11 Truth (st911.org) and
Scientific Professionals Investigating 9/11 (physics911.net).

As a Watergate-era graduate of the University of Wisconsin School of
Journalism, I was taught that exposing government lies and corruption is
the supreme duty of the Fourth Estate. I simply cannot fathom the current
situation. I do not understand the 9/11 truth blackout. I wish someone
would explain it to me.

It is time to break the 9/11 truth blackout. Please put pressure on your
local media through letters to the editor, call-ins to talk radio, and
phone calls to local and national journalists.

And come see Peter Phillips, director of the media watchdog group Project
Censored, who will lead a strategy session on breaking the blackout at the
upcoming international 9/11 truth conference in Chicago:  9/11: Revealing
the Truth, Reclaiming Our Future, to be held June 2-4 at the Embassy
Suites Hotel, Chicago-O'Hare Rosemont. Go to
http://911revealingthetruth.org for more information.

The event will feature presentations from dozens of 9/11 truth luminaries,
from scientists like Steven Jones to intelligence agency whistle-blowers
like David Shayler, and promises to be a historic, watershed event. Be
there, or resign yourself to a future of endless war, lost liberty, and a
craven media that cannot bring itself to breathe a single word of truth.

Kevin Barrett of Madison is a member of Scholars for 9/11 Truth
(st911.org) and SPINE: Scientific Professionals Investigating 9/11
(911physics.net) and serves as coordinator of the Muslim-Jewish-Christian
Alliance for 9/11 Truth (mujca.com). E-mail:  Kevin [at] mujca.com

Copyright 2006 The Capital Times


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