A 9/11 story.

Let me paraphrase the founder of Glenn Beck University, where History 101 doesn’t plan on teaching kids that August 28th and September 11th are important enough days in the American lexicon to not gouge them with sleazy events tied to slimy so-called “non-profits.”

If September 11th brought out the best of Americans, the last several weeks have brought out the worst. As an American Muslim, I feel like I have been on the receiving end of a bipartisan smackdown of sorts amidst the uproar over the proposed construction of the Cordoba House Islamic community center in Downtown Manhattan.

Barack Obama takes a principled stance, then says it isn’t a good idea.

I mean, rather, the quiet pausing to marvel in silence, or to ponder along with Engelhardt, the perverse and unnatural wonder that is our war-based society and our war-based economy, beginning perhaps with the wonder that we live in these things unknowingly.

Conspiracy Theories have become so prevalent in America. Why?

This is a follow-up to the two great threads on the Sibel Edmonds matter, posted by plunger (http://seminal.firedoglake.com/) and Watt4Bob (http://seminal.firedoglake.com/diary/8408#Respond).

Beau Friedlander of AirAmerica recently wrote a profound editorial on how South Carolina Congressman Joe Wilson stole the air waves and disgraced the Nation. In his commentary, Friedlander notes: “Is this the beginning of a Jerry Springer era on Capitol Hill?”

Patrick Fitzgerald Threatens Libel Against Peter Lance For Revealing Crimes Committed By US Governement Officials-Including Inside Knowledge of 9-11