9/11 What Really Happened?

In my posting a week ago I mentioned the possibility of a real investigation into 9/11. Some of you may wonder why a number of us feel this is necessary. If you still buy the conspiracy theory published by the 9/11 Commission, please do me a favor. Run a Google image search on "Pentagon 9/11" and find a picture of the 757 that hit the Pentagon. It shouldn't take but a few minutes, at the most. When you find the picture post the link as a comment.

Back from the Holidays

Yeah, I took a couple of weeks off for Thanksgiving, but I'm back. That however is not what the title of this post is really about. It really refers to the January, when Congress comes back from the holidays. Then the fun begins.

Over my holiday I came across a few things that deserve mention here. The first was a question by a reporter on NPR of whether or not the Democrat would use their new majority to block the nomination of Robert Gates as the new Secretary of Defense. I expect better from NPR. The Democrats do not have a majority in either house until January, when the new Congress is sworn in.

That brings up the next point. Rep. Henry Waxman (D - California) has been trying for years to subpoena the records and other documentation and testimony on the Halliburton contracts with the Pentagon and what influence Dick Cheney may have had on the process. The Republicans have blocked him every time. Come January he will chair the committee, issue the subpoenas and hold the hearings. For what it's worth, a question from Sen. Patrick Leahy (D –Vermont) about the Halliburton contracts is what triggered Cheney’s, “Go f*** yourself!” response. Could it be there is something there worth investigating?

I would not be surprised if Cheney is gone by July. And once Congress wakes up and realizes they can take on the administration, Bush won’t be far behind.

One more point – Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D - Ohio) will chair a subcommittee that may “reopen” the investigation into 9/11 (i.e., may do a real investigation, not just a whitewash). Given his level of integrity, I hope it happens. If it does, it will be worth watching. Any true investigation will supply even more fuel to an impeachment firestorm.

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