"JOHN LENNON WAS A CONSERVATIVE" - DISINFORMATION

Disinformation comes in all forms and from a variety of sources. Lately, folks on the interweb seem to be getting a bit of kick out of the proclamation that John Lennon was a conservative. Yes, the man President Nixon and his cabal tried so mightily to deport, was actually a dyed in the wool Republican! But it is disinformation, which in this case also doubles as a synonym for outright lies.

Iconic photo of John Lennon by Bob Gruen.

Real god fearing Republicans, who still haven't forgave or never bothered to research Lennon's statement about The Beatles being bigger than Jesus Christ, were able to squeal merrily that Lennon was a closet conservative.

TAKING A TURN TOWARD THE SURREAL

You know things have taken a turn toward the surreal when Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's annual speech before the United Nations General Assembly is beginning to make some sense. Oh, certainly he resolutely refuses to examine his own country with such a microscope and continues his obvious anti-Semitism, but that's what makes it surreal. I mean that's the way it is: he speaks of some truth but is vilified because, well, the United States describes him as a "madman".

Photo by Emmanuel Dunand/AFP/Getty Images

And the "madman" undermines legitimate research by co-opting ideas from others (I'm talking to you, too, Ron & Rand Paul) for his own country's agenda. In religious tone, his speech is not all that different from many given by George W. Bush or his recent heir apparent, Rick Perry. Yet, when viewing certain world affairs, his assertions defy the rhetorical questions.

SHUT UP YOU JEW-HATING LEFT-WING COMMIE PINKO BASTARD!

To believe anything but the official government/media version of 9/11 is to invite comparisons to the scum of the earth. It makes you a conspiracy theorist, it puts you on the same level as people who deny the Holocaust they say; which is about as scummy as it gets.

With the officially announced killing of Osama bin Laden on May 1st, 2011, the government laid 9/11 right at our feet just in time for the tenth anniversary. The government/media version of 9/11 parades before us the same falsehoods, implausibilities and denials. Very few will be allowed access to media to counter the official version and those that are will be equated with anarchists or Holocaust deniers.

If you are still reading this, you may be wondering what I think. Holographic planes? Mini-Nuke bombs? Missiles? Phony jumpers? Phony planes? Phony terrorists? No. Those and many other disinformations distract from the real two questions about 9/11. Yes, two questions, just two.

Trillions of dollars were spent safeguarding this countries' airspace from planes and missiles since 1945. The AP reported that NORAD jet fighters had "...67 scrambles from September 2000 to June 2001..." and yet on September 11th the United States failed to intercept 4 hijacked airliners. All the years of training, all the money that was spent and there was a complete and utter failure of the system to such an extent that the Pentagon itself was struck over one hour after the attack began.

How is that possible?

Second, watch this clip from the BBC. They report that WTC building #7 (aka the Solomon Brothers building) has collapsed, yet right over the reporters' left shoulder there is building #7 STILL STANDING. They report a collapse of a building that won't collapse for approximately 25 minutes.


How is that possible?