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Gold9472
06-10-2005, 04:17 PM
Kevin Ryan - A Personal Decision
Thursday, June 09, 2005 - 11:38 PM

Have you ever found yourself caught between several hundred million people and their most cherished lies? After writing a letter to a government scientist, pleading with him to clarify a report of his work, I found myself in just that situation. The letter was circulated on the internet and for a brief time I became a reluctant celebrity. Of course I stand behind what I wrote, although it was originally intended as a personal message, not an open letter. Since many have asked for clarification, here is my message to all.

[For background to Kevin Ryan's personal story see:
UQ Wire: Underwriter Speaks Out On WTC Study
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0411/S00177.htm
UQ Wire: 9/11 Whistleblower Kevin Ryan Fired - UQ Wire Editor.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0411/S00239.htm]

To me, the report in question represents a decision point, not just for the US, but for humanity as a whole. We’re at a point where we must decide if we will live consciously, or literally give up our entire reality for a thin veneer of lies. In the US these lies include cheap propaganda that passes for journalism, police-state measures that promise security, and mountains of debt that paint a picture of wealth. Additionally we’ve adopted many implicit self-deceptions, like the idea that we’ll always enjoy a limitless share of the world’s resources, no matter where these are located or who might disagree.

All people lie to themselves. It’s one of the most important things we have yet to accept about our own nature. We lie to ourselves to justify our past actions, to protect our self-image, and to promote ourselves relative to others. This lying is at the root of many of our problems (e.g. nationalism and racism). Until we see this, and strive to understand if not control it, the resulting problems will continue unchecked and the outcome will be certain. Any organism or society that makes self-deception its modus operandi will make many bad, and ultimately fatal, decisions. The day will come when we are collectively fooling ourselves in such a way that we essentially trade everything we have for what’s behind our fantasy curtain. It appears that day is near.

The official conspiracy theory of 9/11 is a key part of our current self-deception. More importantly, this story may be our last chance to see just how critical our situation is so that we can all stop, and begin working together to solve the real problems we face. These problems, for the US and the world as a whole, amount to a growing storm of factors including environmental changes, resource depletion, and growth in resource usage.[1,2] Undoubtedly the secret Energy Taskforce report of May 2001 would verify this, and help us to understand that our government is responding to some of these threats with a carefully laid out plan. This plan assumes that people cannot rise above their own natural, ego-based self-deception, and therefore few of us will survive the coming storm. In essence, they’re betting against us.

Anyone who honestly looks at the evidence has difficulty finding anything in the official story of 9/11 that is believable. It’s not just one or two strange twists or holes in the story, the whole thing is bogus from start to end.[3] In my previous job I was in a position to question one part, the collapse of three tall buildings due to fire. But this isn’t really a chemistry or engineering problem, and may be best approached initially through statistics.

The three WTC buildings in question weren’t all designed the same way and weren’t all hit by airplanes. The only thing they seemed to have in common were relatively small and manageable fires, as indicated by the work of firefighters right up to the moment of collapse. From the government’s report we know that only a small percentage of the supporting columns in each of the first two buildings were severed, and that the jet fuel burned off in just a few minutes.

To follow the latest “leading hypothesis”, what are the odds that all the fireproofing fell off in just the right places, even far from the point of impact? Without much test data, let’s say it’s one in a thousand. And what are the odds that the office furnishings converged to supply highly directed and (somehow) forced-oxygen fires at very precise points on the remaining columns? Is it another one in a thousand? What is the chance that those points would then all soften in unison, and give way perfectly, so that the highly dubious “progressive global collapse” theory could be born? I wouldn’t even care to guess. But finally, with well over a hundred fires in tall buildings through history, what are the chances that the first, second and third incidents of fire-induced collapse would all occur on the same day? Let’s say it’s one in a million. Considering just these few points we’re looking at a one in a trillion chance, using generous estimates and not really considering the third building (no plane, no jet fuel, different construction).

How convenient that our miraculous result, combined with several other trains of similarly unlikely events, gives us reason to invade the few most strategically important lands for the production of oil and natural gas. As I said, this is not about chemistry or engineering. Our continued dependence on this highly improbable story means that we have a desperate need to believe it. It is, in fact, a psychology problem.

Solving the problem is a personal challenge, and involves at least three-steps. First, we have to admit we were wrong, and that we were fooled. This is not easy for most people, but congratulations to the neo-cons for noticing that their political opponents seem to be least able to admit they were wrong on any significant issue. Secondly, we have to see that terrorism is actually much worse than we feared because the terrorists are in charge. Such a pause on a national scale would be dramatic to say the least. If we get to the third step we begin to realize the scope of change necessary to move forward in a conscious manner. Obviously the US government must be substantially changed and/or forgiven. New cooperative, multinational agreements would need to be implemented immediately.[4]

If you make it through step one and care enough about people to work for step three, you may face ridicule and isolation. You may lose your income and some friends, but if we continue down the same path there’s a real chance you’re going to lose those anyway. On the upside you may be able to hold on to some sense of integrity. The only thing you can be certain of is that we’re all in this together. No matter how you voted, what credentials or positions you hold, or what faith you have in people, you will face the consequences of our collective self-deceptions. Now is the time for each of us to decide between a stormy reality and what’s behind the fantasy curtain.

FOOTNOTES:
1. http://www.energybulletin.net/primer.php
2. http://www.worldwatch.org/press/news/2005/05/12/
3. http://www.septembereleventh.org/newsarchive/2005-05-22-571pglie.php
4. http://www.peakoil.net/uhdsg/UppsalaProtocol.html

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erose001
06-10-2005, 06:46 PM
Well said. You refer to "collective self-deceptions," which is probably similar to what I refer to as "collective denial." I grew up among alcoholics, so I've done some 12-step stuff, and if ever there was a bunch of drunks in the administration (dry or wet), it's now. Meanwhile, Congress acts like the enabler/codependent. And far too many of the People live in denial. I understand the denial, the idea that our drunken, dysfunctional government is betraying us left and right (pun intended ;) ) is a hard burden to bear. (It's bad enough coming to terms with families that betray their members.)

The other point you made that hit home with me is there is nothing in the "official" version of the story that makes logical sense (for reasons you've detailed and are detailed in all the resources on this board and the links), and if Americans could rouse themselves from the stupor of denial, they'd realize this too. (If I hadn't had advance knowledge that something like this was going to be orchestrated by certain elites in power, I would have become suspicious within 24 hours - the amount of time it took the government to release a list of 19 suspected hijackers. GIVE ME A BREAK! An event of this magnitude requires MONTHS of investigation and suspects are difficult to find.)

I take some small (okay, teensy) bit of consolation in the fact that it took 20 years for the Germans to finally pay attention to the scientists who were trying to show them that the Nazis were the ones to set the Reichstag building on fire. Of course, they had to be invaded and the Third Reich defeated first.

I still wait and wonder when Canada is going to invade us. ;)

Thanks for your fascinating messages.

Gold9472
06-10-2005, 06:56 PM
Somebigguy is from Canada. He says he's trying to rally the troops as we speak. ;)

In regards to what you stated, I remembered something (regarding the amount of time it took for them to find the "guilty party"). 9/11 was a horrible, tragic event, but 9/11 was in fact, a murder. If I murdered Joe Schmoe, who would the police try to apprehend? Me. In regards to 9/11, so far we've apprehended Afghanistan and Iraq. 9/11, a murder conducted by "19 Hijackers". Not Afghanistan, not Iraq.

Gold9472
06-10-2005, 06:59 PM
BTW... "19 Hijackers" is in quotations because "19 Hijackers" means the United States Government. ;)

erose001
06-10-2005, 07:01 PM
Yes, indeed. Not at all an act of war, but an act of murder conspiracy to be sure. Hence this nonsensical "official version." Kinda like the Warren Commission, eh?

(I'm in the manhole/grassy knoll camp on that one. And for me, that too was personal. More to follow, but suffice it to say there IS a connection between the two events.)

Gold9472
06-10-2005, 07:05 PM
I am by no means an expert on the JFK assassination, but we have evidence that is as clear as day that shows JFK was shot from the front, and to the right. I always tell people the reason I don't focus on "Missiles/Remote Controlled Airplanes/Pods", etc... is because they are the "Magic Bullet Theory" of 9/11. The "Magic Bullet Theory" is one of the many reasons the JFK assassination will never be solved. It's something that can be brought up at a party, to discuss for fun, but ultimately never gets to the truth.

erose001
07-07-2005, 03:39 PM
I am by no means an expert on the JFK assassination, but we have evidence that is as clear as day that shows JFK was shot from the front, and to the right. I always tell people the reason I don't focus on "Missiles/Remote Controlled Airplanes/Pods", etc... is because they are the "Magic Bullet Theory" of 9/11. The "Magic Bullet Theory" is one of the many reasons the JFK assassination will never be solved. It's something that can be brought up at a party, to discuss for fun, but ultimately never gets to the truth.

Oliver Stone's movie JFK had some flaws. (Not the least of which is that LBJ was not an active conspirator, he was a passive conspirator after the fact, that is, he knew who did it, but did nothing to bring them to justice. The Cuba issue also was not the primary reason JFK was murdered. That he planned to dismantle the CIA, because of how the CIA was handling Cuba and the anti-Castro Cubans was the primary reason).

But the magic bullet theory as Jim Garrison (Kevin Costner) described it in the courtroom scene was one of the best and most amazing descriptions of this most odious of the Warren Commission's findings.

I do agree that it is unlikely that JFK's murder will ever be solved publically, especially as most of the bad actors are dead now. But my father told us the whole plan when I was a kid, and even considered moving us out of the country after the murder, because he was concerned those who worked for JFK on programs for which he was killed would be targeted. Lucky for us, his mentor Clark Clifford quickly found him a place in the LBJ White House to appear to remove suspicion from him that he had been working with JFK on the rapproachment with Castro (which he had).

Mr. Clifford was an odd duck, and maintained his "friendship" with LBJ much as he maintained relationships throughout Washington, mostly to remain a mover and shaker, not because he really liked the people. I don't know that I agree with this approach. (I hated the Washington political/social scene), but I do appreciate what he did to help our family. He actually helped us out a couple of times. In the case of Dad, I think the two did actually like each other pretty well, although Dad commented that he found Mr. Clifford's phoniness annoying. Oh well....

ehnyah
08-08-2005, 08:59 PM
try this site

http://jfkmurdersolved.com

My favorite part: Background on Posada Carriles

http://jfkmurdersolved.com/posada.htm