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		<title>By: S.C. Denney</title>
		<link>http://globalizati.wordpress.com/2008/03/30/the-power-of-conspiracy-theories/#comment-3113</link>
		<dc:creator>S.C. Denney</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Mar 2008 19:51:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;i&gt;I&lt;/i&gt; was kidding, by the way.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><i>I</i> was kidding, by the way.</p>
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		<title>By: globalizati</title>
		<link>http://globalizati.wordpress.com/2008/03/30/the-power-of-conspiracy-theories/#comment-3112</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Mar 2008 19:45:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hi Joey. Before I respond to your specific questions, I want to ask one: even if you think there are some questions that don't have answers, is there another, more probable explanation? If one or two facts are disconnected, does it automatically make more sense that the government did it? And if that were true, don't you think there'd be at least a little direct evidence? There would have to have been hundreds or thousands of people in the know, and some at very high levels, wouldn't some of them come forward?

The Pentagon is the Pentagon--they keep lots of secrets, so why would they release anything at all? And for the record, they have &lt;a href="http://www.break.com/index/911pentagon.html" rel="nofollow"&gt;released a video&lt;/a&gt;, so that kind of works against the whole secrecy idea.

&lt;a href="http://screwloosechange.blogspot.com/2006/05/those-passenger-lists.html" rel="nofollow"&gt;The idea that the hijackers weren't on the passengers list if false&lt;/a&gt;, and an indication that you're only getting your information from 9/11 conspiracy sites. Those sites cite lists of &lt;i&gt;victims&lt;/i&gt; posted by CNN, which did not include everyone on the planes, because the terrorists weren't considered victims.

How do you know none of the passengers were identified by ID? What's your source?

The collapse of WTC 7 after extensive fires has been thoroughly documented in such easily accessible sources as &lt;a href="http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/military_law/1227842.html?page=5" rel="nofollow"&gt;Popular Mechanics.&lt;/a&gt;

The twin towers began collapsing from the top (where the damage was sustained) so it's hard to see how they would fall to the side. A controlled demolition would have been awfully hard to set up and keep hidden. Also, how hot were the fires, and where do you get your data?

Your post and the questions it contains serves to illustrate another key connection between the "9/11 Truth" movement and Creationism (though you also demonstrate that the two groups are often antagonistic): Both subcultures repeat the same old information that they receive through back channels, such as churches, publications, conferences, and (especially) the Internet and simply ignore information that comes to light through other sources. Basically, once the theory is agreed upon, any information that doesn't fit into it is disregarded as part of the conspiracy.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi Joey. Before I respond to your specific questions, I want to ask one: even if you think there are some questions that don&#8217;t have answers, is there another, more probable explanation? If one or two facts are disconnected, does it automatically make more sense that the government did it? And if that were true, don&#8217;t you think there&#8217;d be at least a little direct evidence? There would have to have been hundreds or thousands of people in the know, and some at very high levels, wouldn&#8217;t some of them come forward?</p>
<p>The Pentagon is the Pentagon&#8211;they keep lots of secrets, so why would they release anything at all? And for the record, they have <a href="http://www.break.com/index/911pentagon.html" rel="nofollow">released a video</a>, so that kind of works against the whole secrecy idea.</p>
<p><a href="http://screwloosechange.blogspot.com/2006/05/those-passenger-lists.html" rel="nofollow">The idea that the hijackers weren&#8217;t on the passengers list if false</a>, and an indication that you&#8217;re only getting your information from 9/11 conspiracy sites. Those sites cite lists of <i>victims</i> posted by CNN, which did not include everyone on the planes, because the terrorists weren&#8217;t considered victims.</p>
<p>How do you know none of the passengers were identified by ID? What&#8217;s your source?</p>
<p>The collapse of WTC 7 after extensive fires has been thoroughly documented in such easily accessible sources as <a href="http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/military_law/1227842.html?page=5" rel="nofollow">Popular Mechanics.</a></p>
<p>The twin towers began collapsing from the top (where the damage was sustained) so it&#8217;s hard to see how they would fall to the side. A controlled demolition would have been awfully hard to set up and keep hidden. Also, how hot were the fires, and where do you get your data?</p>
<p>Your post and the questions it contains serves to illustrate another key connection between the &#8220;9/11 Truth&#8221; movement and Creationism (though you also demonstrate that the two groups are often antagonistic): Both subcultures repeat the same old information that they receive through back channels, such as churches, publications, conferences, and (especially) the Internet and simply ignore information that comes to light through other sources. Basically, once the theory is agreed upon, any information that doesn&#8217;t fit into it is disregarded as part of the conspiracy.</p>
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		<title>By: JoeyRamone</title>
		<link>http://globalizati.wordpress.com/2008/03/30/the-power-of-conspiracy-theories/#comment-3110</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Mar 2008 19:22:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I'm a skeptic; an atheist; a free thinker.  I'm far from a Creationist and yet I am skeptical of the "official" 9/11 story.  Why?  Because there are too many unanswered questions.  Why hasn't the Pentagon released all of the confiscated home videos taken of the Pentagon attack or the rest of their own security camera footage?  Why are none of the hijackers on the airline manifests?  Isn't it strange that hijacker passports were found after the attack but none of the passengers were ever identified by Ids?  How did WTC 7 fall down in its own footprint when it wasn't hit by anything other than flying debris?  Isn't it strange how the twin towers fell straight down and the concrete was instantly turned to fine dust even though the fires weren't that hot?  Although some conspiracy theories seem like lunacy, if you watch and listen tp and read the information you can't help but wonder if some of them might be on to something.  After all, it's not like it's unprecedented for the US and other countries to have staged false flag attacks in the past.  It has happened before, and that sets the stage for the alternative theories posited by the Truth movement.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m a skeptic; an atheist; a free thinker.  I&#8217;m far from a Creationist and yet I am skeptical of the &#8220;official&#8221; 9/11 story.  Why?  Because there are too many unanswered questions.  Why hasn&#8217;t the Pentagon released all of the confiscated home videos taken of the Pentagon attack or the rest of their own security camera footage?  Why are none of the hijackers on the airline manifests?  Isn&#8217;t it strange that hijacker passports were found after the attack but none of the passengers were ever identified by Ids?  How did WTC 7 fall down in its own footprint when it wasn&#8217;t hit by anything other than flying debris?  Isn&#8217;t it strange how the twin towers fell straight down and the concrete was instantly turned to fine dust even though the fires weren&#8217;t that hot?  Although some conspiracy theories seem like lunacy, if you watch and listen tp and read the information you can&#8217;t help but wonder if some of them might be on to something.  After all, it&#8217;s not like it&#8217;s unprecedented for the US and other countries to have staged false flag attacks in the past.  It has happened before, and that sets the stage for the alternative theories posited by the Truth movement.</p>
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		<title>By: S.C. Denney</title>
		<link>http://globalizati.wordpress.com/2008/03/30/the-power-of-conspiracy-theories/#comment-3098</link>
		<dc:creator>S.C. Denney</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Mar 2008 07:17:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Where's the video from the Pentagon, then?  Yeap, that confirms it.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Where&#8217;s the video from the Pentagon, then?  Yeap, that confirms it.</p>
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