Just a few FACTS about 9/11

It’s been something like two weeks since I first started this blog.  My goal was to make an entry every day, but of course that hasn’t happened.  I suppose I’m not as disciplined and not as tough as I once was.

On discipline:  For about 10 years I was a runner.  I used to pop up out of bed at some early hour and bust out a few push-ups and flutter kicks before setting out on a 3-4 mile run.  Those days are over.  As I stumble into my thirties, I find myself exercising about once a week.

On toughness:  Since the release of the MIAC report, those of us who would dare call ourselves Independent know that our government is actively targeting us.  Never in my wildest dreams did I consider the possibility that here, in this country, I could get into trouble for my beliefs.  The MIAC report shattered all of that.  This is not a land of free speech and free ideas any longer.  The knowledge that writing this blog could get me put on some government “list” somewhere scares me.  I am frightened for myself, my family, and my countrymen.  These things are not excuses for failing to make a blog entry in two weeks, but rather reasons.

I’m not sure what direction this blog will take as far as “calls to action” or the like.  I suppose I started it because I felt someone should do something.  One area where there is always work to be done is in the area of waking up my fellow Americans.  If this blog causes even one person to ask more questions, or to vote, or to write their Representative, then it won’t have been in vain.

One area that could always use more attention is 9/11.  I guess what I’d like to do is simply list some items about the attacks on that day, and hope that folks begin to develop some skepticism about the official government story we’ve been given.  Also, if there are any government officials, elected or otherwise, that would like to comment on the items, I welcome them doing so.  One of the more suspicious things about 9/11 is that while a whole Internet community questions the official story, people in power remain silent.  It seems to me that if everything were on the up-and-up, people like Dick Cheney and Katie Couric would jump at the chance to explain and debate, to debunk and investigate.  I mean, we’re talking about easily the most important event of this decade!  I think that event deserves a vigorous discussion about what took place and by whom and for what purpose.

Item 1:  ae911truth.org Architects & Engineers for 9/11 Truth is an online petition to the United States Congress, calling for an independent investigation into the World Trade Center collapses.  The fact that 719 (to date) degreed, licensed, Architecture and Engineering professionals think there is something fishy about 9/11 is some of the most damning evidence of all.  These are the experts!  Personally, I look at the video of the buildings collapse and believe it to be a controlled demolition.  But I’m just a layman.  I’m an amateur.  But the FACT that 719 experts also don’t like what they see just plain scares me.

Item 2:  Thermite found in samples taken from WTC site After analyzing dust/debris from four different samples, researchers concluded that materials commonly used in controlled demolitions was present at Ground Zero.  Go to stj911.org/evidence/ and read the article “Active Thermitic Material Discovered in Dust from the 9/11 World Trade Center Catastrophe” from The Open Chemical Physics Journal.

Item 3:  NORAD didn’t stop Flights 175 and 77 The U.S. spent about $290 billion in 2001 on defense.  The U.S. is, by almost any measure, the world’s only remaining superpower.  We spend more militarily than almost the rest of the world combined.  It doesn’t take much more than plain ol’ common sense to know that our military trains for any number of scenarios involving hijacked airliners.  The FACT that our military’s fighter jets did not intercept flights 175 and 77, even after Flight 11 collided with the WTC North tower, is a damning indictment of our military chain-of-command.  Those planes went on to kill more Americans at WTC South and the Pentagon.  To date, no one within the North American Aerospace Defense chain of command, whether military or civilian, has been held accountable.

These are just a few items about that day that give me pause.  There are many others, but I believe that’s all for today.  This stuff takes a lot out of me.

It’s difficult to come to terms with what you believe about your government, when what you believe is so terrible.  This is one of the toughest hurdles we in the Truth Movement have to overcome—most people simply cannot compute that everything they thought was true and good is actually false and evil.  I see examples of this everyday.  Mainstream media outlets like Fox News are currently busy, now that a Democrat is President, trying to co-opt the Patriot movement for themselves.  They have an easy job.  Most self-described Republicans have no desire to look at 9/11 because their guy was in office at the time.  People love George W. Bush.  I suppose what I wanted to do with Left & Right Unite is try to understand why people are so loyal to him and others, rather than condemning them for being loyal.

This is what we MUST do if we are going to take back our government.  We absolutely have to understand each other.   Perhaps some folks liked Dubya because the media made fun of him and called him dumb, and they felt like the media elites had been calling them dumb for years, so they rallied behind him.  Perhaps some folks liked Dubya because he was a Republican, and they considered themselves Republican because their parents voted that way, so they rallied behind him.  Perhaps some folks liked Dubya because Bill Clinton was an obvious philanderer, and Dubya wasn’t, so they rallied behind him for their children’s sake, because they were scared about where the values had gone in this country.

The point I’m trying to make is that we have to set aside the Left v. Right battle right now, because I and others like me believe that sometime in the not-too-distant future we’re going to wake up and find that We the People have zero say in what happens politically.  In order to do that, we have to recognize that most of us have good intentions when we venture into politics.  We are fighting for something good or against something bad.

So, for those of you that need a charge or a call to action:  Talk to your neighbors.  Talk to the people in your community, your co-workers, etc.  Try to find common ground.  It’s the most valuable piece of real estate you can own.

Kicking things off…

Hello, everyone.  My name is Jake.  This is my blog.  There are many like it, but this one is mine.  I’m starting a blog because for the first time in my life I am utterly terrified.  Don’t get me wrong–I’ve been scared before.  I’ve been through rough times.  There has even been a time or two when I thought I was going to die.  I prayed to God to save me, and He did just that.  But this is a different kind of scared, and while I do believe in the power of prayer, I don’t think prayer is necessarily enough.

Folks, what is terrifying me these days and sleepless nights is the condition of our country.  I’m talking about the United States of America, of course.  For the first 29 years of my life I was like most Americans, in that I knew full well that politics was a dirty game that rich people played, and that there wasn’t much a regular guy like me could do about it.  But, being an American, and having freedoms that many other citizens of the planet don’t, I went about my daily life knowing that while the crooks in DC were busy stealing our money, a middle-of-the-road fellow could still have a pretty decent life if he was willing to work hard and keep his nose clean.  My generation’s teachers, parents, and media personalities have always maintained that we were living in the Greatest Country in the World, and I believed them.

About a year or so ago I became aware of various websites and radio programs that I, for lack of a better term, will call “alternative media.”  Some of you reading this are going to know precisely which ones I mean.  Others of you probably will not.  For those of you that don’t, I’ll get real specific for you:  The investigative journalist Alex Jones jumps to mind first.  If you take a moment to enter his name in your search engine, or go to youtube and enter his name, or perhaps go to his website, infowars.com, you can begin to see some of the material I’ve discovered.

Basically what I’ve found over the past year is an entire community of people who believe in (again, for lack of a better term) conspiracy theories. There are many, many “theories.”  Way too many to list here, at least in one blog post.  Some of them include:  the attacks of 9/11 were perpetrated by our own government, JFK was the last true President, and the mainstream media (MSM) lies to us on a daily basis.

This stuff is scary.  What really scares me, though, is that the more research I do, the more it all makes sense.  The puzzle pieces fit together too well.  I’ve brought up my concerns to a few people among my family and friends, and the reactions I get are not good.  Most people don’t want to have a debate, or consider evidence, but would rather “stay asleep.”  It is almost as if they have been programmed to not ask certain questions.

Perhaps I’m too stupid to simply take the ‘blue pill’ and go to sleep like everyone else.  I want answers, damnit.  By the way–I’m not perfect.  I’m a sinner like everyone else.  I’ve made mistakes.  I’ve done bad things in my life, been mean to people, been dishonest, whatever, but in this instance at least, I’d like to think I’m showing some integrity.  Because, after all, what is integrity if it isn’t taking on overwhelming odds in the name of good?  And believe me, for myself and others in the Truth Movement, these are overwhelming odds.  We are in the fight of our lives.

I’ve chosen to call my blog Left and Right Unite because I believe that’s what it will take to expose the Truth to the American people.  One of the things we Truthers believe is that our government has been successfully hijacked in part because we are victims of a ‘Divide and Conquer’ strategy.  We have been separated into two camps:  Blue v. Red, Democrat v. Republican, Liberal v. Conservative.  This is a false paradigm to keep us distracted and keep us fighting amongst ourselves, while powerful people loot our country and gradually erode our liberties.  Also, I’m similar to many Americans in that I consider myself middle-of-the-road.  I’ve found myself the most liberal guy in the room before, and I’ve been in a group where I was considered the conservative, as well.

But that’s all bull, right?  The fact of the matter is that we, the People, need to take our country back before it’s too late.  Heck, it may be too late already!  Our government is not accountable or responsive to us.  It’s supposed to be.  It was set up by the Founders to be.  In order to take our country back, we all have to turn off Dancing with the Stars, roll up our sleeves, and get to work.  People have to start giving a damn.  Oh, and by the way, we need EVERYBODY.  It’s time for Left and Right to Unite.