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I would like to confront the absurd notion posited by Admiral Mike Mullen, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff on Meet the Press; that 'extremist Muslims' are holed up in a cave, or remote outpost in the foothills of the Himalayas, plotting the demise of Americans. When asked, ‘who we are fighting?’, the response is always ambiguous; we are fighting the September bomber/plotters, we are fighting Al Qaeda, we are fighting extreme Muslim factions of the Taliban.

If I could be so bold as to ask a couple of basic questions; where do these groups get these highly sophisticated weapons? How were they able to purchase them? How was that transaction allowed to happen; the purchase and transport of such equipment? The planet I live on has such an extreme surveillance and police/military presence, that the only people who could pull off any of this would be the people in the military of all sides.

Where’s the upside to this war? Who stands to make any thing off this war? Well, pretty obviously the arms manufacturers, arms traders/dealers make money every time a weapon is fired. So it stands to reason that the more times a weapon is fired, the more money they are making. Then there are the ‘contractors’. This is the mercenary arm of the mega corporations that land all the no-bid contracts to rebuild whatever country that the arms merchants destroyed (think of the massacres in Ghana (Shell), Chile (Chiquita Banana), Haiti(textiles, fruit) and now Honduras(textiles, fruit) to name just a few. And, of course, if you were to combine these forces into one supermegamultinationalcorporation, you would have Blackwater and Halliburton.

Then there’s the drugs. Lets look at where in the world we are deeply involved militarily (an increasingly private, christian military that answers to no one), shall we? Columbia(Bush 'candy'), Indonesia/Philippines(refined heroin, methamphetamine), Nigeria(pharmaceuticals), Afghanistan(raw opium)(today's State of the Union podcast shows the dramatic increase of production since our occupation), and here at home(the best marijuana in the world, bar none). That covers cocaine, heroin, ice, marijuana and pharmaceuticals. Are we trying to eliminate the drug cartels, or just our rivals? Which country consumes the lions’ share of drugs?

That’s right, us.

Now, if you want to believe that a group of poppy-growing-goat-herding-rug-making Afghanis are plotting away in some Dr. No type highly sophisticated cave, you go right ahead. There is no possible way that anyone had the ability to manipulate the CIA, FBI, FAA, FEDERAL, STATE and LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT, from some fucking cave in a war torn hovel. And who, on this planet, makes nano thermite?

I am, of course, referring to September 11th.

Every action this country has taken, both domestically and internationally, has been based on the premise that it was a cave dwelling goat herder that planned and executed this horrible farce. And it saddens me that even the so-called progressives, the Bill Mahers, the Art Bells, The Rachel Maddows, refuse to even entertain the blatantly obvious; Dick Cheney, and the rest of that reptilian/evangelical cadre, perpetuated that atrocity for financial and, for some, spiritual gain.

Follow the money. Follow the abolition of our rights. Follow the unbelievably despicable acts of cruelty perpetuated in our name. Look at the admission by the first head of the Department of Homeland Security, Tom Ridge; that he was forced to raise the so-called terror alert level for political reasons, (specifically to manipulate the 2004 presidential election). Look at the ties between Al Qaeda (MI6’s term meaning “friendly Arab”) and the CIA and the PSI(Pakistan's CIA, for whom Osama Bin Laden worked) and the whole Bin Laden family. Look at the “C” Street revelations and the Eric Prince/George Bush evangelical crusade.

Look at the MONEY.

And why drugs? Well, if the populace is stoned, they wont even get up to change the channel on the TV. We have removed all the nutritional value from our food and replaced it with sugar/corn syrup. And let’s not forget ALL our corn is genetically modified. We are the most obese nation in the world. I could go on and on, as the signs of this global conspiracy are everywhere. They aren’t even bothering to hide it anymore.

Don’t be afraid. Be informed. Ask the hard questions and don't let up until you have the truth. We know the truth when we hear it. And we know when we are being lied to. And if you find yourself getting angry, look in the mirror and be angry at yourself for not having the balls to follow through with some basic reporting. Just a few tough questions that really need answering. The truth is gonna suck: a really traumatic event happened to us. But the fact that we did no investigation, the fact that we have held no one accountable, the fact that we have only been reporting the symptoms, not the disease; this is what is inexcusable. This is the cancer to our democracy. And any doctor will tell you that if you only treat a patient’s symptoms, they’s gonna die.

So Bill, let’s put down our bongs long enough to get the answers to these very basic and admittedly painful questions, and then we can curl up to the TV for the inevitable trials, twist up a fatty and celebrate the return of our testicular fortitude.