what sancho said.

Beautifully written Reuben. I am a little envious.

The facts man - just the skeletal facts - and with a touch of sherbet to make the irony more palatable.

More please.......

This article is flawed by its acceptance of the Big Lie of 11 September 2001.

The evidence that the atrocities of 9/11 were masterminded by elements within the Bush administration and not by fanatical Muslims hiding in the caves of Afghanistan is overwhelming. This has been discussed extensively on the discussion thread "9/11 Truth".

As I wrote on the forum "Terrorists attacking Mumbai have global agenda" at http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?article=8293#129787

If anyone dismisses any suggestion that the September 11 terrorist attack was a 'false flag' operation, then please view these YouTube presentations:

"WTC7 in Freefall--No Longer Controversial" at http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=gC44L0-2zL8
"WTC7: NIST Finally Admits Freefall (Part I)" at http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=V0GHVEKrhng) ... or read this post (http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?discussion=2166#51675) and subsequent discussion from an Online Opinion forum on “9/11 Truth” and then try to convince yourself that the ‘collapse’ of World Trade Center Tower 7 on 11 September 2001 was not a controlled demolition.

See also http://911oz.com http://911truth.org http://911blogger.com http://patriotsquestion911.com etc

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Pericles wrote "The US population elected Bush."

The 2000 elections were stolen by George Bush. Al Gore legitimately won those elections.

The 2004 elections almost certainly were rigged as well. The evidence is to be found in these broadcasts listed below which show how any of the Diebold electronic voting machines in widespread use could be hacked in 1 minute and the results changed. The also show testimony of a programmer who was approached in 2000 and asked to write a program that would 'flip' recorded votes so that the results could be reversed by touching a sequence of locations on the touch screen. As there was no paper record of votes cast, any tampering with the votes would have been undetected.

http://www.brasschecktv.com/page/145.html
http://www.brasschecktv.com/page/465.html
http://www.brasschecktv.com/page/466.html
http://www.brasschecktv.com/page/467.html
http://www.brasschecktv.com/page/271.html

On top of that we must not forget the efforts of US corporate media, in particular, Rupert Murdoch's Fox News which acted throughout all these years as the privatised propaganda arm of the Bush administration.

OLO has become a haven for conspiracy theorist. Oh well let them live in their dream world. One day they will realize that they and the terrorist are actually on the same side. The hate for the US and the West is evident. No doubt they hate the fact that many in Iraq now have some chance of a decent life. Don't let that get in the way of their hateful spiteful half truths. When Obama continues on with Bush's policies just like Rudd has pursued Howard policies you will not hear boo from them.

<<The hate for the US and the West is evident. No doubt they hate the fact that many in Iraq now have some chance of a decent life>>

So true. The Leftists who continuously call for peace and diplomacy instead of never-ending war are obviously on the side of the terrorists.

Good thing the West is defended by so many religious fundamentalists who will use any means, no matter how immoral, to wipe out those Arab heretics in the name of the one true god, even if thousands of innocents die along the way. They've got nothing in common with the bad guys.

The world should be grateful that the Bush administration went into Burma, Zimbabwe, North Korea, Sudan and every other repressive regime to fight dictators on their own turf, when it could have simply exploited the deaths of 3000 Americans to carry out its long-planned invasion of an oil-rich nation so that the President could prove to his dad that he's all grown up.

The sad part is that there are certainly criticisms that can be made of the Bush administration and President Bush himself. This being the case, there is no need to resort to vitriol, hyperbole and hysteria. It undermines the message and makes this particular opinion piece more of a rant than a thoughtful discussion.