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	<title>Comments on: Hoekstra Pushed For Publication of Sensitive Nuclear Documents, Blames New York Times, IAEA</title>
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		<title>By: liver dog treats</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2006/11/04/hoekstra-iraqi-documents/comment-page-2/#comment-4827906</link>
		<dc:creator>liver dog treats</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2008 11:44:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;strong&gt;liver dog treats&lt;/strong&gt;

It was quite useful reading, found some interesting details about this topic, Thanks...</description>
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<p>It was quite useful reading, found some interesting details about this topic, Thanks&#8230;<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=4827906', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Faxless Payday Loans</title>
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		<dc:creator>Faxless Payday Loans</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Apr 2008 19:24:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>By: Eric</title>
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		<dc:creator>Eric</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Mar 2008 10:24:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;strong&gt;Eric&lt;/strong&gt;

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<p>Web traffic can be increased by placement of a site in search engines and purchase of advertising, including bulk e-mail, pop-up ads, and in-page advertisements. Web traffic can also be increased by purchasing non-internet based advertising.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=4551584', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: accept debt online.com relief</title>
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		<dc:creator>accept debt online.com relief</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Mar 2008 15:07:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;strong&gt;accept debt online.com relief&lt;/strong&gt;

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		<title>By: kathleen</title>
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		<dc:creator>kathleen</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Nov 2006 03:59:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Will Hoekstra be going to jail anytime soon for producing the flaky, inaccurate and dangerous report on Iran?   The International Atomic Energy Agency dismissed his report on Iran as false!    This guy is dangerous!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Will Hoekstra be going to jail anytime soon for producing the flaky, inaccurate and dangerous report on Iran?   The International Atomic Energy Agency dismissed his report on Iran as false!    This guy is dangerous!<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=1135169', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Suspect Device: The Blog &#187; Supporting the troops</title>
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		<dc:creator>Suspect Device: The Blog &#187; Supporting the troops</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Nov 2006 03:40:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] Thanks for being from my home state, asshole. [...]</description>
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		<title>By: Memnison Journal :: You&#8217;d think they&#8217;d figure it out:</title>
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		<dc:creator>Memnison Journal :: You&#8217;d think they&#8217;d figure it out:</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Nov 2006 13:42:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] Atomic Secrets: Traded for drugs. Or posted on the internet for someone&#8217;s idea of political gain by BushCo, despite a knowledge of risk and warnings recently that the stuff online was too dangerous to have up there. Only taken down when the media caught on as to how dangerous the stuff was. [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] Atomic Secrets: Traded for drugs. Or posted on the internet for someone&#8217;s idea of political gain by BushCo, despite a knowledge of risk and warnings recently that the stuff online was too dangerous to have up there. Only taken down when the media caught on as to how dangerous the stuff was. [...]<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=1076920', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Gregor Samsa</title>
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		<dc:creator>Gregor Samsa</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Nov 2006 07:56:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;i&gt;[...] including what I believe are improper efforts by the IAEA to interfere with U.S. domestic affairs [...]&lt;/i&gt;

And yet, IAEA&#039;s authority is never questioned when it suits the Bush administration, i.e., regarding Iraq, and now Iran. 

Not only nobody in the Bush administration ever says anything about IAEA&#039;s &quot;improper interference&quot; in Iran&#039;s internal affairs, they pressure both the IAEA tougher measures and Iran for more openness. 

I guess what is good for the goose is not good for the  gander.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><i>[...] including what I believe are improper efforts by the IAEA to interfere with U.S. domestic affairs [...]</i></p>
<p>And yet, IAEA&#8217;s authority is never questioned when it suits the Bush administration, i.e., regarding Iraq, and now Iran. </p>
<p>Not only nobody in the Bush administration ever says anything about IAEA&#8217;s &#8220;improper interference&#8221; in Iran&#8217;s internal affairs, they pressure both the IAEA tougher measures and Iran for more openness. </p>
<p>I guess what is good for the goose is not good for the  gander.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=1076126', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: katy</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2006/11/04/hoekstra-iraqi-documents/comment-page-2/#comment-1075086</link>
		<dc:creator>katy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Nov 2006 00:26:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;If this doesnâ€™t scare the Hell out of you&lt;/strong&gt;
By: John Amato @ 2:50 PM - PST  
Digby: 

&lt;blockquote&gt;When it was revealed yesterday that the internet document dump to the &quot;Army of Davids&quot; contained plans for building nuclear weapons in arabic, I knew that the 101st Keyboarders and Pete Hoekstra and Rick Santorum had been agitating for it for some time.â€”What I didn&#039;t know was that George W. Bush himself considered this a personal project and specifically ordered the program.

He did this because he listened to the crew of childlike idiots, both in the congress and on the radio and internet, who comprise the heart of his political movement. It illustrates something I don&#039;t think I&#039;ve ever fully understood before. Bush listens to the 101st keyboarders and believes their delusionary drivel. In essence, the nation is being led by Limbaugh, Powerline and Michele Malkin.

If that doesn&#039;t scare the hell out of you, I don&#039;t know what willâ€¦read on&lt;/blockquote&gt;
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http://www.crooksandliars.com/2006/11/04/if-this-doesnt-scare-the-hell-out-of-you/
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em><strong>If this doesnâ€™t scare the Hell out of you</strong><br />
By: John Amato @ 2:50 PM &#8211; PST<br />
Digby: </p>
<blockquote><p>When it was revealed yesterday that the internet document dump to the &#8220;Army of Davids&#8221; contained plans for building nuclear weapons in arabic, I knew that the 101st Keyboarders and Pete Hoekstra and Rick Santorum had been agitating for it for some time.â€”What I didn&#8217;t know was that George W. Bush himself considered this a personal project and specifically ordered the program.</p>
<p>He did this because he listened to the crew of childlike idiots, both in the congress and on the radio and internet, who comprise the heart of his political movement. It illustrates something I don&#8217;t think I&#8217;ve ever fully understood before. Bush listens to the 101st keyboarders and believes their delusionary drivel. In essence, the nation is being led by Limbaugh, Powerline and Michele Malkin.</p>
<p>If that doesn&#8217;t scare the hell out of you, I don&#8217;t know what willâ€¦read on</p></blockquote>
<p></em><br />
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		<title>By: Drew Mackenzie</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2006/11/04/hoekstra-iraqi-documents/comment-page-2/#comment-1075056</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Nov 2006 00:11:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&quot;Select Committee on Intelligence&quot; eh?  Is this the kind of &#039;intelligence&#039; the select committe comes up with?  I fear for our national defense...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;Select Committee on Intelligence&#8221; eh?  Is this the kind of &#8216;intelligence&#8217; the select committe comes up with?  I fear for our national defense&#8230;<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=1075056', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Beowulf</title>
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		<dc:creator>Beowulf</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Nov 2006 23:33:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;strong&gt;CNN Late Edition  Preview for 11/05/06...&lt;/strong&gt;


CNN Late 
Edition (Wolf Blitzer)
Below are the topics and guests announced for 
this program, along with my take on the &quot;memes&quot; that the show is trying to 
push.  With each guest&#039;s name are a series of links that I found in a web search 
that...</description>
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<p>CNN Late<br />
Edition (Wolf Blitzer)<br />
Below are the topics and guests announced for<br />
this program, along with my take on the &#8220;memes&#8221; that the show is trying to<br />
push.  With each guest&#8217;s name are a series of links that I found in a web search<br />
that&#8230;<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=1074954', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: unbelievable</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2006/11/04/hoekstra-iraqi-documents/comment-page-2/#comment-1074891</link>
		<dc:creator>unbelievable</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Nov 2006 23:10:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;em&gt;At this point I am questioning. Seriously questioning. 
Comment by Briseadh na Faire â€” November 4, 2006 @ 3:40 pm&lt;/em&gt;

As you should.  It&#039;s what Thomas Jefferson expected from us.

But, you&#039;re way too intelligent to adopt a conspiracy theory that is no more based on facts than the 9/11 Commission Report is based in reality.

In order to make the buildings that tall, they did something new with those towers - they put some of the structure at the core, and most of it along the exterior face.  It was a new idea and it had not been done before (therefore it had not been tested in real world applications).

They used tube steel, which is, in section, shaped like a rectangle with rounded corners, and is hollow at the exterior wall.  

After the planes took out one side of each building, the jet fuel (as the planes were filled just before take off), poured out and saturated the entire floor at impact, as well as several floors below.  Think of how water acts when poured on the carpet - it quickly spreads.  The jet fuel would have done the same, engulfing the entire floor with a uniform fire that evenly weaken the remaining 3 exterior structural faces, as well as the core columns that we were no longer fire proofed.

As a result of the distributed fire, the steel weakened to the point of failure.  As a result, the structure above came crashing down upon itself.  When things fall, they actually accelerate in their descent.  So, think of an accelerating car hitting a brick wall.  It&#039;s basically the same - just in a horizontal application.  You&#039;re gonna destroy the wall you hit with that speeding car.  Imagine what a falling 20 story building would do...

If you realize that the building that was impacted first fell last, you hold a big piece of the puzzle.  The building that was hit first was hit higher up than the one that was hit second.  As a result, the size and weight of the part of the building that was being held up by the weakening structure was the deciding factor in how long the building held.  If there had been explosives, they would have fallen at relatively the same duration between explosion and fall, because the explosions would have evenly distributed the damage.  The fact that the first tower fell last suggests that explosives were not present, and the towers indeed fell as a result of the plane crashes alone.

I saw the documentary filmed by the guy who was in the first tower.  The &#039;explosions&#039; eye-witnesses were describing seemed to actually be the fall out from the damage and the collapsing building hitting the building, cars and the street.  Hitting a car with a piece of steel that had fallen 800&#039; would create quite a racket...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>At this point I am questioning. Seriously questioning.<br />
Comment by Briseadh na Faire â€” November 4, 2006 @ 3:40 pm</em></p>
<p>As you should.  It&#8217;s what Thomas Jefferson expected from us.</p>
<p>But, you&#8217;re way too intelligent to adopt a conspiracy theory that is no more based on facts than the 9/11 Commission Report is based in reality.</p>
<p>In order to make the buildings that tall, they did something new with those towers &#8211; they put some of the structure at the core, and most of it along the exterior face.  It was a new idea and it had not been done before (therefore it had not been tested in real world applications).</p>
<p>They used tube steel, which is, in section, shaped like a rectangle with rounded corners, and is hollow at the exterior wall.  </p>
<p>After the planes took out one side of each building, the jet fuel (as the planes were filled just before take off), poured out and saturated the entire floor at impact, as well as several floors below.  Think of how water acts when poured on the carpet &#8211; it quickly spreads.  The jet fuel would have done the same, engulfing the entire floor with a uniform fire that evenly weaken the remaining 3 exterior structural faces, as well as the core columns that we were no longer fire proofed.</p>
<p>As a result of the distributed fire, the steel weakened to the point of failure.  As a result, the structure above came crashing down upon itself.  When things fall, they actually accelerate in their descent.  So, think of an accelerating car hitting a brick wall.  It&#8217;s basically the same &#8211; just in a horizontal application.  You&#8217;re gonna destroy the wall you hit with that speeding car.  Imagine what a falling 20 story building would do&#8230;</p>
<p>If you realize that the building that was impacted first fell last, you hold a big piece of the puzzle.  The building that was hit first was hit higher up than the one that was hit second.  As a result, the size and weight of the part of the building that was being held up by the weakening structure was the deciding factor in how long the building held.  If there had been explosives, they would have fallen at relatively the same duration between explosion and fall, because the explosions would have evenly distributed the damage.  The fact that the first tower fell last suggests that explosives were not present, and the towers indeed fell as a result of the plane crashes alone.</p>
<p>I saw the documentary filmed by the guy who was in the first tower.  The &#8216;explosions&#8217; eye-witnesses were describing seemed to actually be the fall out from the damage and the collapsing building hitting the building, cars and the street.  Hitting a car with a piece of steel that had fallen 800&#8242; would create quite a racket&#8230;<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=1074891', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: osage</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Nov 2006 21:59:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Republicans are accustomed to saying whatever comes to mind and doing whatever they want with impunity because no one with integrity has been in a position to hold them accountable.   Hoekstra&#039;s criminal/traitorous negligence is going to be on the new Democratic House majority&#039;s to-do-list.  Republicans still seem to in denial about what&#039;s going to happen to them when House Democrats have supboena power.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Republicans are accustomed to saying whatever comes to mind and doing whatever they want with impunity because no one with integrity has been in a position to hold them accountable.   Hoekstra&#8217;s criminal/traitorous negligence is going to be on the new Democratic House majority&#8217;s to-do-list.  Republicans still seem to in denial about what&#8217;s going to happen to them when House Democrats have supboena power.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=1074759', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: PoliticalCritic</title>
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		<dc:creator>PoliticalCritic</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Nov 2006 20:58:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>This &#039;blame the NY Times&#039; defense is getting old.  Hoekstra is to blame along with his cohorts.  What an idiot!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This &#8216;blame the NY Times&#8217; defense is getting old.  Hoekstra is to blame along with his cohorts.  What an idiot!<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=1074688', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Briseadh na Faire</title>
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		<dc:creator>Briseadh na Faire</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Nov 2006 20:40:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;em&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;If it disintegrated upon impact? Youâ€™re hinging your credibility on if?&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/em&gt; - Unbelievable.

Actually, it was the slide show on your link which claimed that the planes disintegrated upon impact, yet also completly destroyed 6 of the heavy inner core columns in one building and 10 in the other.

At this point I am questioning. Seriously questioning.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em><br />
<blockquote>If it disintegrated upon impact? Youâ€™re hinging your credibility on if?</p></blockquote>
<p></em> &#8211; Unbelievable.</p>
<p>Actually, it was the slide show on your link which claimed that the planes disintegrated upon impact, yet also completly destroyed 6 of the heavy inner core columns in one building and 10 in the other.</p>
<p>At this point I am questioning. Seriously questioning.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=1074655', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Jaded Prole</title>
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		<dc:creator>Jaded Prole</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Nov 2006 19:52:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The Times and others are already complicit in crimes against humanity, and knowing promotion of falsehoods that lead us into an ilegal invasion of Iran. Yhey should pay more attention to &lt;a href=&quot;http://jadedprol.blogspot.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;what Scott Ritter reports&lt;/a&gt; about Iran and less attention to the known liars.

They should be held accountable at the Hague along with the neocons.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Times and others are already complicit in crimes against humanity, and knowing promotion of falsehoods that lead us into an ilegal invasion of Iran. Yhey should pay more attention to <a href="http://jadedprol.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">what Scott Ritter reports</a> about Iran and less attention to the known liars.</p>
<p>They should be held accountable at the Hague along with the neocons.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=1074594', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: AvengingAngel</title>
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		<dc:creator>AvengingAngel</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Nov 2006 19:42:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>For more details on the role of Hoekstra, Santorum, Powerline, Instapundit, Michelle Malkin et al in making nuclear secrets available to Iran, see:
&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.perrspectives.com/blog/archives/000483.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;&quot;Documents of Mass Destruction: GOP Puts Party Before National Security with Iraq Papers.&quot;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>For more details on the role of Hoekstra, Santorum, Powerline, Instapundit, Michelle Malkin et al in making nuclear secrets available to Iran, see:<br />
<b><a href="http://www.perrspectives.com/blog/archives/000483.htm" rel="nofollow">&#8220;Documents of Mass Destruction: GOP Puts Party Before National Security with Iraq Papers.&#8221;</a></b><a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=1074563', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: unbelievable</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2006/11/04/hoekstra-iraqi-documents/comment-page-2/#comment-1074555</link>
		<dc:creator>unbelievable</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Nov 2006 19:39:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;em&gt;Whenever the WTC conspiracy comes up, just live and let live. Itâ€™s like talking about errr.. depleted uranium.
Comment by El Tonno â€” November 4, 2006 @ 1:52 pm&lt;/em&gt;

It drives me nuts when liberals tell others to shut up...  No, I won&#039;t.  This impacts my profession and I have a right to be offended by it.

Actually, it&#039;s more like discussing religion.  There&#039;s a lot of blind faith involved...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>Whenever the WTC conspiracy comes up, just live and let live. Itâ€™s like talking about errr.. depleted uranium.<br />
Comment by El Tonno â€” November 4, 2006 @ 1:52 pm</em></p>
<p>It drives me nuts when liberals tell others to shut up&#8230;  No, I won&#8217;t.  This impacts my profession and I have a right to be offended by it.</p>
<p>Actually, it&#8217;s more like discussing religion.  There&#8217;s a lot of blind faith involved&#8230;<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=1074555', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: unbelievable</title>
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		<dc:creator>unbelievable</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Nov 2006 19:37:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Gregor,

Perhaps it was growing up in the Bible Belt that has an impact on the religious culture?  I&#039;ve heard that explanation a lot around here, even though my friend was raised in Pennsylvania and Southern Florida, and is Catholic.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Gregor,</p>
<p>Perhaps it was growing up in the Bible Belt that has an impact on the religious culture?  I&#8217;ve heard that explanation a lot around here, even though my friend was raised in Pennsylvania and Southern Florida, and is Catholic.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=1074549', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: unbelievable</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2006/11/04/hoekstra-iraqi-documents/comment-page-2/#comment-1074491</link>
		<dc:creator>unbelievable</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Nov 2006 19:20:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;em&gt;the â€œofficial versionâ€ including the PBS documentary does not address the items I posted above. &lt;/em&gt;

First of all, it&#039;s not a choice between just these two things.  Both are biased, and neither is credible.  If I don&#039;t ascribe to organized religion, I&#039;m not going to accept other people&#039;s explanations without proof.  I have seen proof for neither version, and therefore, based on my education and real experience as an architect, came to my own conclusion.

The PBS site doesn&#039;t address what you posted above because those things are not based on facts.  It&#039;s like trying to prove that something doesn&#039;t exist, or didn&#039;t happen.

It is the burden of those who claim this position to provide facts.  You only posted, nearly verbatim, the Inside Job Theory&#039;s opinions.  I&#039;ve seen no facts from them either - just unequal comparisions to other buildings under different circumstances.  You know that you can&#039;t do that and expect to be taken seriously...

&lt;em&gt;It is, quite frankly, unbelievable. &lt;/em&gt;

Is this really you?  Usually the trolls or extreme left nutjobs say this...


&lt;em&gt;Even the PBS slide show on your link raises a question. If the commercial jet aircraft disintegrated upon impact, how was there enough mass and energy to completely destroy 10 steel reinforced inner core support pillars?&lt;/em&gt;

If it disintegrated upon impact?  You&#039;re hinging your credibility on &lt;em&gt;if&lt;/em&gt;?

You&#039;re also trying to force me to disprove your explanation, instead of considering that the plane impact did something else...

I don&#039;t believe the plane destroyed the inner columns based on study of statics (structural physics), strength of materials and all those other really difficult structural courses.  

The planes, more likely, just knocked off the fire-proofing, and allowed the immediate and intense fire to do what we put the fire-proofing there to prevent - weaken the steel.  That&#039;s all that has to happen.  It just has to weaken it enough for it to fail.  Very plausible and the more simple explanation.  It&#039;s my acceptance of Occum&#039;s Razor that leads me to understand that the simplest explanation is usually the right one.

&lt;em&gt;Iâ€™ve seen far more than the PBS documentary now, and I have serious questions; questions that are not answered by the official version. &lt;/em&gt;

But that doesn&#039;t automatically mean that this opposing Inside Job Theory is true either.  There are other explanations that are reality based that exclude both, and include both.  That&#039;s what I&#039;ve been trying to suggest for the last 6 months, but no one seems to be willing to form their own hypothesis - just pick a side and fight like crazy.


&lt;em&gt;A theory of how the towers fell must account for all the details. The presentation on your link fails to do so. Please, research the events further and explain how the official version can answer the points I made above.&lt;/em&gt;

All the details?  That&#039;s a tall order.  They were trying to educate the average person with an IQ of about 110.  It wasn&#039;t meant to be a 4 year education in building design.

Again, I do not subscribe to teh Official Version.  And I have researched the matter enough, as well as practiced as an architect for 14 years.  I know what I&#039;m talking about.

&lt;em&gt;I realize what it means to reject the official story. It means to accept the possibility that our own government, or at least a faction within our own government, was willing to sacrifice American lives in order to ascend to a position of power. &lt;/em&gt;

When have I ever hesitated to do that?  I do it all the time.  Are you sure this is you?

&lt;em&gt;Yet, in the aftermath of 9/11, isnâ€™t that exactly what has happened? Have we not seen civil liberties diminished and the power of the President expand to the point of dictatorship?&lt;/em&gt;

It&#039;s why I think Bush is an accomplice to 9/11.  By his failure to act, and perhaps, his willingness to ignore what was about to happen.  That makes sense.  Him orchetsrating it does not.  All I have to do is look at every thing he&#039;s touched to see that he is and always has been a failure.  But this one time, he succeeded?  Maybe.  But you&#039;ll have to prove it, and so far, I&#039;ve only seen opinions.  

&lt;em&gt;Something to think about. 
Comment by Briseadh na Faire â€” November 4, 2006 @ 1:46 pm&lt;/em&gt;

Sorry, but not really.  For someone who was educated on this subject (the building aspect), and practiced it for a decade and a half, and now teaches it, I think the Inside Job explanations are without facts.  So far, I&#039;ve just seen a lot of opinions and comparisions to other buildings that are neither like the Trade Towers or under similar circumstances.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>the â€œofficial versionâ€ including the PBS documentary does not address the items I posted above. </em></p>
<p>First of all, it&#8217;s not a choice between just these two things.  Both are biased, and neither is credible.  If I don&#8217;t ascribe to organized religion, I&#8217;m not going to accept other people&#8217;s explanations without proof.  I have seen proof for neither version, and therefore, based on my education and real experience as an architect, came to my own conclusion.</p>
<p>The PBS site doesn&#8217;t address what you posted above because those things are not based on facts.  It&#8217;s like trying to prove that something doesn&#8217;t exist, or didn&#8217;t happen.</p>
<p>It is the burden of those who claim this position to provide facts.  You only posted, nearly verbatim, the Inside Job Theory&#8217;s opinions.  I&#8217;ve seen no facts from them either &#8211; just unequal comparisions to other buildings under different circumstances.  You know that you can&#8217;t do that and expect to be taken seriously&#8230;</p>
<p><em>It is, quite frankly, unbelievable. </em></p>
<p>Is this really you?  Usually the trolls or extreme left nutjobs say this&#8230;</p>
<p><em>Even the PBS slide show on your link raises a question. If the commercial jet aircraft disintegrated upon impact, how was there enough mass and energy to completely destroy 10 steel reinforced inner core support pillars?</em></p>
<p>If it disintegrated upon impact?  You&#8217;re hinging your credibility on <em>if</em>?</p>
<p>You&#8217;re also trying to force me to disprove your explanation, instead of considering that the plane impact did something else&#8230;</p>
<p>I don&#8217;t believe the plane destroyed the inner columns based on study of statics (structural physics), strength of materials and all those other really difficult structural courses.  </p>
<p>The planes, more likely, just knocked off the fire-proofing, and allowed the immediate and intense fire to do what we put the fire-proofing there to prevent &#8211; weaken the steel.  That&#8217;s all that has to happen.  It just has to weaken it enough for it to fail.  Very plausible and the more simple explanation.  It&#8217;s my acceptance of Occum&#8217;s Razor that leads me to understand that the simplest explanation is usually the right one.</p>
<p><em>Iâ€™ve seen far more than the PBS documentary now, and I have serious questions; questions that are not answered by the official version. </em></p>
<p>But that doesn&#8217;t automatically mean that this opposing Inside Job Theory is true either.  There are other explanations that are reality based that exclude both, and include both.  That&#8217;s what I&#8217;ve been trying to suggest for the last 6 months, but no one seems to be willing to form their own hypothesis &#8211; just pick a side and fight like crazy.</p>
<p><em>A theory of how the towers fell must account for all the details. The presentation on your link fails to do so. Please, research the events further and explain how the official version can answer the points I made above.</em></p>
<p>All the details?  That&#8217;s a tall order.  They were trying to educate the average person with an IQ of about 110.  It wasn&#8217;t meant to be a 4 year education in building design.</p>
<p>Again, I do not subscribe to teh Official Version.  And I have researched the matter enough, as well as practiced as an architect for 14 years.  I know what I&#8217;m talking about.</p>
<p><em>I realize what it means to reject the official story. It means to accept the possibility that our own government, or at least a faction within our own government, was willing to sacrifice American lives in order to ascend to a position of power. </em></p>
<p>When have I ever hesitated to do that?  I do it all the time.  Are you sure this is you?</p>
<p><em>Yet, in the aftermath of 9/11, isnâ€™t that exactly what has happened? Have we not seen civil liberties diminished and the power of the President expand to the point of dictatorship?</em></p>
<p>It&#8217;s why I think Bush is an accomplice to 9/11.  By his failure to act, and perhaps, his willingness to ignore what was about to happen.  That makes sense.  Him orchetsrating it does not.  All I have to do is look at every thing he&#8217;s touched to see that he is and always has been a failure.  But this one time, he succeeded?  Maybe.  But you&#8217;ll have to prove it, and so far, I&#8217;ve only seen opinions.  </p>
<p><em>Something to think about.<br />
Comment by Briseadh na Faire â€” November 4, 2006 @ 1:46 pm</em></p>
<p>Sorry, but not really.  For someone who was educated on this subject (the building aspect), and practiced it for a decade and a half, and now teaches it, I think the Inside Job explanations are without facts.  So far, I&#8217;ve just seen a lot of opinions and comparisions to other buildings that are neither like the Trade Towers or under similar circumstances.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=1074491', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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