9/11: Who Really Did It?
Another View of 9/11
"WASHINGTON - .... The site is intended to elicit thoughtful reflection and contemplation, encouraging visitors to explore....
Explore what? 9/11 Truth?
Visitors could come away with more than a meditation on the past. Because the memorial is next to the building, it also might invite people to think about the Pentagon and the Department of Defense employees and contractors who work inside. Whether it humanizes their work or raises critical questions about what they do there, the site will offer a new vantage point from which to contemplate the attack, the building, or what happens behind its walls....
Why do I feel bile in the back of my throat?
The memorial will offer no access to the building itself. A metal fence with vertical bars will separate it from the wall of the Pentagon and the roadway that skirts the building, with guard booths at either end of the fence. There will also be state-of-the-art surveillance equipment."
And that is no the only memorial to 9/11 in the paper today:
"9/11 pilot's widow helps christen attack sub;Vessel named after Granite State" by Associated Press | June 22, 2008
GROTON, Conn. - The US Navy invoked the war on terrorism yesterday as it christened its newest attack submarine.
The New Hampshire was christened by the widow of a pilot who was killed in the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
"I believe I'm looking at heroes," Cheryl McGuinness, of Portsmouth, N.H., said, looking at the submarine's crew. "You all are my heroes."
Her husband, Thomas McGuinness, was co-pilot of American Airlines Flight 11, which was flown into the World Trade Center's North Tower.
The 7,800-ton, 337-foot submarine was built by General Dynamic's Electric Boat and Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding.
"She's a living, breathing soul who will provide a home to her crew," said Representative Joe Courtney, a Democrat from Connecticut.
The Navy said the submarine, which will have a crew of about 134, is an example of technology efficiencies and budget advances. It was delivered $54 million under budget and eight months ahead of schedule, the Navy said.
Scores of onlookers, including officials of the Navy, members of Congress, and Electric Boat workers helped celebrate the christening at the Electric Boat shipyard.
The submarine is scheduled to begin sea trials this summer and is scheduled for delivery to the Navy in October at a ceremony at the Naval shipyard in Kittery, Maine."And, of course, we get Globe censorship on the web:
Adm. Kirkland Donald, director of naval reactors, said two previous Navy vessels bore the name of the Granite State.
"Now it's time for this 'New Hampshire to continue the seafaring legacy of the ships before," he said. "We'll soon depend on this crew to take this submarine into harm's way."
So what does HE KNOW that WE DON'T?
The submarine is scheduled to begin sea trials this summer and is scheduled for delivery to the Navy in October at a ceremony at the Naval shipyard in Kittery, Maine.
"New Hampshire has come to pick up the keys," said Rep. Carol Shea Porter, D-N.H.
That's the ANTIWAR Shea-Porter, folks.
Then: "Shea-Porter won with a grass-roots, fiery message centered on opposition to the Iraq war and the president's agenda."
Now: "Shea-Porter also promised to continue fighting for new contracts at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard and to draw the U.S. Air Force Cyberspace Command computer project to vacant property there."
Politics. Pfffffftttt!
Gary Newsome of Niantic, an Electric Boat worker, said he is proud of his and other's handiwork.
"It's a good sense of accomplishment, seeing everything done," he said.
The submarine was named with the help of New Hampshire schoolchildren, who began a letter-writing campaign in 2003. Students at Garrison School in Dover sent letters to senators, congressmen, the governor, the secretary of the Navy and others.
