Captain America – fugitive

GUY DIXON
From Wednesday's Globe and Mail

Marvel's new series has your favourite superheroes fighting George Bush and
the Patriot Act


Captain America is about to battle his most fearsome foe yet: The government of the United States.

Today, Marvel Comics is releasing the first in its miniseries Civil War, which can only be described as a gutsy comic-book series focusing on the whole debate over homeland security and tighter government controls in the name of public safety.

The seven-issue series once again puts superheroes right back in the thick of real-world news, just as DC Comics has Batman battling al-Qaeda in a soon-to-appear comic and Marvel's X-Men continue to explore themes of public intolerance and discrimination.

It also recalls the plotline during the Watergate years when Captain America's alterego, disillusioned by White House politics, stopped donning the patriotic costume.

Article courtesy of Bill M.

Air Force One

Q: Was a threat lodged against Air Force One on the day terrorists attacked the World Trade Center and the Pentagon?

A: No, as the Washington Post has reported, the White House has backed away from this claim, which they first made after the President had been criticized for flying to Louisiana and Nebraska before returning to Washington

Liberty

President George W. Bush reacts to a Turkey named 'Liberty' at the annual turkey pardoning event at the White House, three days ahead of Thanksgiving, November 19, 2001.

The World Today - Thursday, 4 May , 2006 12:40:00

Reporter: Kim Landers

ELEANOR HALL: "To the United States now, where al-Qaeda conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui has escaped the death penalty for his role in the deadliest terrorist attack in US history – September, 11th attacks."

Moussaoui is the only person charged over the four hijackings that killed nearly 3,000 people.

But the jury has found that he had only limited knowledge of what was planned and that they did not unanimously believe he bears personal responsibility for the deaths.

GEORGE W. BUSH: "As I think about the trial I can't help but think about the families who lost a loved one on September the 11th. I think about the rescuers who tried to save lives in the burning buildings."

Letter from a friend

Letter...
Subject : You decide
We would all like to hear your opinion -
Please hit "reply all" when responding to this letter.

This letter is not meant to cause dissent but to spark conversation.

Be civil in your response, we are all patriots.
I simply prefer not to be a slave to nationalism.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8260059923762628848

After mailing the video (above link) to 20 friends, my friend John responded...

Re: You decide-
A very close friend of mine has told me on a number of occasions that there was a government conspiracy behind 9/11. Although I might have believed it with regards to the Oklahoma bombing, I could never bring myself to believe that they would do it to the World Trade Center, the epitome of the U.S. and an economic icon.

What I found truly fascinating in this pseudo-documentary was the testimonies of the firefighters that were there that fateful day & survived. I must also admit, although no expert by far, that I thought those towers came down very, very quickly and systematically; much like those buildings that are demolished from within by explosives.

At the very end of the program, the narrator claims that America was hijacked on Sept. 11, 2001, but not by Al-Qaeda...
The sad, sad truth is that it happened long before that, in fact, it happened in the days or months leading up to Nov. 22, 1963. Our country has never been the same since.

I have served my country and have seen first hand how our government can place a veil over the truth under the guise of "National Security." Although I'm not certain just exactly how I feel about this information, or propaganda as some may refer to it, I do like that fact that it gives us another perspective, albeit an unpopular one. It is wise for us to consider all the facts and information at our disposal and not go through life with our blinders on, accepting the explanations that the powers that be would have us believe.

It is our choice to question authority... I, for one, choose not to live my life as an ostrich and bury my head in the sand, believing some of the garbage that our government might feed us. We are fortunate enough to live in the greatest country on this beautiful planet of ours. However, if we fail to question the ideas or situations that are thrust upon us and that we believe ar unjust, then we are guilty of an injustice that this wonderful country was founded upon. Remember our great forefathers and why they came to this country and established it as such!

Another good friend of mind, a conservative republican no less, who I recently argued with about our current situation in Iraq, reminded me of Rome and that all great things at sometime must come to an end... all I can hope and pray for is that 9/11 wasn't the beginning of the fall. I must admit however, that this is how I feel with regards to our current administration and the path that they are leading us down.

If there are those of you with any great ideas of how we can make a difference and "right the ship," in a peaceful manner, of course, than I am all ears.

Johnny~

Ground Zero

Largely ignored by the mainstream media, many of the disturbing facts surrounding the attacks of 9/11 raise deeply ethical questions associated with issues of accountability, justice and censorship in America.