Friday, August 21, 2009

Connecting dots or expressing obtuse conspiracy theories?

This article on Huffington post “C.I.A. Said to Use Outsiders to Put Bombs on Drones” knocked me over with a feather and my Hiney Shiney starting screaming “9/11! 9/11! That‘s how they did it! The planes were drones! It was supposed to have been a simple kidnapping! The highjackers were tricked! Bamboozled!”

On TV earlier yesterday there was this gem from a soon to be released book, “Tom Ridge: I was pressured to raise terror alert to help Bush win”. My Hiney Shiney is acting as if it is going to have a nervous break-down! Between very deep breathes it manages to ask questions. Questions like, “Why was the Bush administration stroking fears of another attack?” and “If they thought the 911 attack was an anomaly, why were they countering with such harsh realities?” and “Why were harsh realities so thoroughly coordinated with other elements i.e., poll numbers, op-ed pieces and ‘Breaking News’ segments from the Pentagon?” “Why did the administration have to lie if they truly felt in their hearts the 911 attacks were genuine?” This does not make sense to me, and the final expression of wonder is how Blackwater got so efficient in using drones in Afghanistan since we have only been there a few months. There is indeed a fly in the milk somewhere and I need some rest! (Mumble, mumble…) “Is this the sort of stuff Pres. Obama has to confront and deal with? WOW!” (Mumble…mumble..) “If it is, he has my prayers.”
As always,
BB
C.I.A. Said To Use Outsiders….

Excerpt:
“The actual pulling of a trigger in some ways is the easiest part, and the part that requires the least expertise,” said one government official familiar with the canceled C.I.A. program. “It’s everything that leads up to it that’s the meat of the issue.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/21/us/21intel.html?_r=1&src=twt&twt=nytimes

Tom Ridge: I Was Pressured To Raise Terror Alert To Help Bush Win
Excerpt:
In a new book, former Secretary of Homeland Security Tom Ridge reveals new details on politicization under President Bush, reports US News & World Report's Paul Bedard. Among other things, Ridge admits that he was pressured to raise the terror alert to help Bush win re-election in 2004.

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Ridge's book, "The Test of Our Times: America Under Siege...and How We Can Be Safe Again," comes out September 1.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/08/20/tom-ridge-i-was-pressured_n_264127.html

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