Whatever about 9/11, the US public never was able -- then or now --
to say that Vietnam was a policy that served special moneyed
interests rather than the noble aims of the great Republic. Selling
9/11 as a conspiracy of whoever/whatever US government interests
seems prepostorous to me, regardless of whether it was or wasn't a
conspiracy of whoever/whatever.
As an experienced pilot I do believe that the named conspirators,
with what I understand their time in the simulator was, could have
guided the planes into the World Trade Center on a clear day. That
is not to say that playing on a PC with a flight program would be
sufficient. The flight simulator gives physical feedback.
Gene Coyle
On Jun 24, 2006, at 1:06 PM, Michael Perelman wrote:
What sort of issues have political traction? Gay marriage. No facts
required. My marriage is screwed up. Well, it is because a couple
married in Mass. The right can get away with such crap because they
are pretty unified and the media repeats much of what they say.
In contrast, the 9/11 thesis requires complex technical analysis of
structural engineering. Not something that you can put into a 10
second sound bite.
The Dems could have created a lot of energy by protesting the two
election scandals or by raising hell over the issue of fairness, but
they have been complicit so long that they cannot make a case. Even
more for Iraq.
Carroll says go out & organize, but I am not sure that the left has
clearly framed any issue. Iraq is an issue but it is not enough for
building a longer term movement.
I suspect that the first step is to get on the ground and find out
what
people feel. Not a focus group where you figure out how to sell a
predetermined product, but to really develop a way of speaking to
people's needs.
I don't think that I have that kind of scale, but some of us do.
--
Michael Perelman
Economics Department
California State University
Chico, CA 95929
Tel. 530-898-5321
E-Mail michael at ecst.csuchico.edu
