9/11 Doubts

AFP (France) in an article titled Iran foreign ministry backs Ahmadinejad Sept 11 doubts writes:

Iran's foreign ministry on Sunday backed the doubts expressed by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejed about the accepted version of the September 11, 2001 attacks, saying there were "many ambiguities."
Ahmadinejad last week caused controversy when he described the airborne attacks on New York and Washington by Al-Qaeda militants as a "suspect event" and cast doubt on the strikes in three speeches within the space of eight days.
"Regarding 9/11, as long as all the aspects have not been clarified this remains a suspicious incident," foreign ministry spokesman Mohammad Ali Hosseini told reporters.
"Many analysts and observers who have followed this feel that there are many suspicions and ambiguities. There are many points of ambiguity surrounding it," he added.

I don't get why people like conspiracy theories. I'm not suggesting there has never been any conspiracies around but not all incidents and events involve conspiracy as some people like to believe. It's one thing for some brain-overdosed dude on the street to believe that there is something suspicious about 9/11, but it's a disaster for an official figure in another country to talk like this.
Mr. Wisedude! Questioning all historical events in the last decade does not make you an intelligent person. What's next on the list? Questioning the 1944 invasion of Normandy by the Allied forces? I think there are still many ambiguities about that day. For example we don't know the exact GPS location of all Allied soldiers who landed on the coast. Also, there is a possibility that some of the Nazi soldiers committed suicide before they were arrested. That's a good reason to believe that the Allied forces didn't really accomplish anything on that day! Wake up... or keep sleeping but don't talk.

NYT: Bruce for Barack: Ohhhh He’s the One

New York Times says:

Bruce Springsteen threw his support to Barack Obama in a letter to fans on his Web site this morning, calling Mr. Obama “head and shoulders above the rest.”

“He speaks to the America I’ve envisioned in my music for the past 35 years, a generous nation with a citizenry willing to tackle nuanced and complex problems, a country that’s interested in its collective destiny and in the potential of its gathered spirit,” Mr. Springsteen wrote. (read more)

Well I haven't been here for 35 years but I feel the same way. About the "bitter" comment, Bruce said:

“At the moment, critics have tried to diminish Senator Obama through the exaggeration of certain of his comments and relationships,” he said. “While these matters are worthy of some discussion, they have been ripped out of the context and fabric of the man’s life and vision, so well described in his excellent book, ‘Dreams of My Father,’ often in order to distract us from discussing the real issues: war and peace, the fight for economic and racial justice, reaffirming our Constitution, and the protection and enhancement of our environment.”

Right to the point. Thanks Mr. Springsteen.

AP: Iran a Threat in Iraq

Stephen Hadley, Bush's national security adviser is a true follower of Condi Rice v1.0:

WASHINGTON (AP) — With al-Qaida's influence diminishing in Iraq, U.S. troops have much work to do in stemming Iranian support for militias, President Bush's national security adviser said Sunday.

"Iran is very active in the southern part of Iraq. They are training Iraqis in Iran who come into Iraq and attack our forces, Iraqi forces, Iraqi civilians. There are movements of equipment. There's movements of funds," Stephen Hadley said. "So we have illegal militia in the southern part of the country that really are acting as criminal elements that are pressing the people down there." (read more)

I have another theory: I think Iran is training Osama Bin Ladin and providing him with food and milk shake while the Saudi's are planning to bomb all mosques in Shiraz. At the same time Kim Jong-il is secretly praying with Ahmadinejad every Friday and gets a lollipop to suck on as the mullahs in Iran are putting some yellow cake in a Russian oven, which is making the feet of our troops in Germany yellow and putting American lives in danger.

Mr. Hadley, you and the people around you have screwed up. When you go to the other side of the globe in someone's backyard, expect them to re-act. Grow up and blame yourself instead.

How to tick people off

How to tick people off:

• Leave the copy machine set to reduce 200%, extra dark, 17 inch paper, 99 copies.
• In the memo field of all your checks, write "for sexual favors."
• Reply to everything someone says with "that's what you think."
• Practice making fax and modem noises.
• Highlight irrelevant information in scientific papers and "cc" them to your boss.
• Holler random numbers while someone is counting.
• Ask people what gender they are.
• Sing along at the opera.
• Go to a poetry recital and ask why each poem doesn't rhyme.

read more at artlung

Now here are a few more from me:

• Tell everyone how "blessed" they are.
• While in the elevator, suddenly move over and hold your nose.
• When your fellow graduate student talks about "his" stuff in the lab, correct him by saying "you mean the lab stuff that you use more often". (this one works! I guarantee.)
• On a busy sidewalk, look through your camera and pretend that you are taking a picture.
• Call MS XBOX Customer service and when the Indian agent introduces himself as "Tim", tell him your name is Venkatanarasimharajuvaripeta
• Record a greeting for your answering machine that says: "Phone number incorrect - please try again."
• Record a greeting for your answering machine that says: "I'm not home but please leave a message for the FBI agent on line."