Rosie and 9/11

i've stayed away from this one, but i think the attacks on rosie o'donnell are crossing the line to a prohibition of free speech... i think she's entirely justified in raising questions... while it's certainly a volatile subject, why shouldn't she...? just because the media treats the subject like it's a dead skunk under the porch, it's not... there are lots of folks, including me, who simply do not feel like we have had all the facts presented to us... there's been entirely too much stonewalling... and rosie makes her case very well...

9/11 affected me deeply, as I know it did many Americans. The falling of the twin towers served to remind me that many of the assumptions Americans have about their lives are rooted in false feelings of security. In light of this reminder, I have begun doing exactly what this country, at its best, allows for me to do: inquire. Investigate. America is great in so many ways, one of which is the freedom to speak, and indeed think, freely. I have, of late, begun exercising the rights bestowed upon me by the democratic system I value, and the exercising of these rights has taken the form of an inquiry into what happened five years ago, an inquiry that resists the dominant explanations and that dares to entertain ideas that push me to the edge of what is bearable. I have come to no conclusions and, given the scope of the subject, will not for some time.

If the very act of asking is so destabilizing for people, than I have to wonder whether the fabric of our democracy is indeed so raveled it is beyond salvage. My own belief is that the act of asking is itself reparative, because it brings to life the values on which our constitution rests. I am, therefore, pledging my allegiance, hand over heart, trying, as always, for a rigorous truth.

she's right...

(thanks to raw story...)

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