911 Truth Hunger Striker - Topic for Town Hall Meeting

Senator John McCain and Senator Barack Obama should discuss what really happened on 9/11 in their town hall meetings over the summer. Blair Gadsby, in the webeo above and Arizona State Senator Karen Johnson, in the webeo below, should ask the opening questions.

Senator McCain has been a big backer of the 19 lucky Arabs story. The majority of the American people know that 9/11 was an inside job.

It is best to strike when the iron is hot. Phoenix activist Blair Gadsby, a professor of Religious Studies, is in the 10th day of his hunger strike regarding 9/11 truth. He's striking outside of Senator McCain's office in Phoenix.

Here's the link announcing his hunger strike which began Memorial Day weekend. Excerpts only are posted in this article.

"Hungry for the Truth - 911 Truth Hunger Strike Against Senator John McCain Phoenix 911 TruthTim King

Hunger strike for 9/11 truth, Memorial Day, 5:00PM,May 26, 2008 at the office of Senator John McCain,

5353 N. 16th St., Phoenix, AZ

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Phoenix 9/11 Truth Activist to Start Hunger Strike at McCain's Office

Contact: Tim King
e-mail: wasichu10@yahoo.com

Phoenix, AZ, May 21, 2008 - In an effort to bring national attention to the 9/11 truth issue, Phoenix activist, Blair Gadsby, a professor of Religious Studies, plans to start a hunger strike on Memorial Day, at the Phoenix office of Senator John McCain. Gadsby is putting the spotlight on McCain because of McCain's avowed support for the official account of 9/11. McCain is the author of the foreword to the 2006 Popular Mechanics book, Debunking 9/11 Myths: Why Conspiracy Theories Can't Stand Up to the Facts."

Thank you hero State Senator Karen S. Johnson, R-Mesa,

"Lawmaker asks McCain to talk with 9/11 theorists

Matthew Benson
The Arizona Republic
Jun. 3, 2008 10:42 PM

An Arizona state senator is petitioning presumptive GOP presidential nominee John McCain to meet with 9/11 conspiracy theorists, including an adjunct professor from Scottsdale who has been fasting outside McCain's Phoenix office for more than a week.

State Sen. Karen Johnson, a Mesa Republican, delivered a letter to McCain's Senate office Tuesday asking that he sit down with Scottsdale activist Blair Gadsby and a pair of leading members of the 9/11 Truth Movement to consider alternative explanations for the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks and the collapse of the World Trade Center towers. Gadsby's fast outside McCain's Senate office entered its 10th day today."

State Senator Johnson (I hope she runs for McCain's seat) has posted her findings

"Backing my claims about 9/11 questions

Karen S. Johnson, Commentary May 2, 2008

A recent letter to the editor asked for evidence of my claims regarding the tragedy of 9/11. Below I present some points that are presently known. I won’t be able to convince anyone who doesn’t want to be convinced, but for those who are willing to deal with factual evidence, consider the following:

• 37 different people reported explosions in the basement of the World Trade Center Towers before the first plane hit, and seismic equipment recorded both the explosions and the impacts. In addition, people were injured by the explosions in the basement, providing well-documented evidence. Yet this evidence is ignored.

•The media and government have promoted the “pancake theory” as the cause of the collapse of the Twin Towers — that is, fire weakened the steel support beams, causing the upper floors to collapse. Then the weight of the collapsing floors above caused the floors below to collapse. This theory is not consistent with scientific principles or the facts. Frank Legge, who has a doctorate in chemistry, and Tony Szamboti, a mechanical engineer, reported in December in the Journal of 9/11 Studies: “It appears therefore that the official concept of a free-fall collapse of the upper portion through the initiation story, due to heat effects from fire, is a fantasy. If the temperature did become high enough for collapse to occur” — and everyone agrees that it did not — “it could not have happened in the observed manner. In particular it could not have been sudden and thus could not have produced the velocity, and hence the momentum and kinetic energy, upon which the official story depends for the second stage of collapse.”

• The theory that the buildings collapsed due to controlled-demolition explosives, however, is consistent with scientific principles and the facts. The “demolition” theory, in fact, is the only one which scientists have been able to corroborate. That is, “… all observations are in accord with the use of explosives in a time sequence.” (Legge and Szamboti, December, Journal of 9/11 Studies.)

• Peer-reviewed reports indicate that the masses of dust particles created by the disaster contained tiny pieces of metal that had been exposed to both extreme temperatures (higher than could have been produced by a burning office or burning airplane fuel) and extreme pressure (such as an explosion) that would fragment material into minute particles. Official reports ignore this.

• In December, physicist Steven Jones announced the discovery of thermite chips in World Trade Center dust samples. The chemical composition of these chips are an exact match to known thermite samples used in controlled demolitions — further corroboration that explosive devices were involved.

• Steel support beams recovered from the site of the World Trade Center exhibit cut edges that are characteristic of thermite used to slice steel support beams in building demolitions but are not characteristic of steel beams that have been burned in a fire.

When the 9/11 Commission Report was finally released, it was woefully inadequate. It never even addressed the collapse of Building 7, for example. Former FBI Director Louis Freeh has stated that there are inaccuracies in the report and unanswered questions. Even the two chairmen of the 9/11 Commission — Thomas Kean and Lee Hamilton — have accused the CIA of “obstructing” the commission, and one commissioner, U.S. Sen. Max Cleland, resigned, stating that the commission was “compromised.”

Private individuals with specialized knowledge — scientists, engineers, architects, demolitions experts, and the firefighters and police officers who were on the scene on Sept. 11, 2001, have tested theories, constructed models, provided testimony, and dug for the truth about what really happened on 9/11. They have been ignored by media and the government.

The mainstream media parrot the less-than-credible conclusions of the 9/11 Commission without giving any thought to the many omissions and inconsistencies. In a truly free country, the press would ask hard questions and do real investigating, but this is not happening. Only the alternative media, such as Internet news sites, have done any solid investigating.

The events of 9/11 led immediately to the creation of the Department of Homeland Security and passage of the Patriot Act (what double-speak), both of which deprive us of Constitutional rights and have brought us to the brink of becoming a police state. Homeland Security is currently trying to force a national ID card down our throats, although some governors have politely (or not so politely) told Secretary Michael Chertoff where he can go.

If we’re going to sacrifice our freedom, there ought to be a very good reason, and we have a right to know what that is. It isn’t enough for government to say, “Trust me.” It’s way past time for Congress to authorize an independent investigation of 9/11 that will consider the mass of new evidence that has been gathered in the past seven years. The longer they stall, the more suspicions grow.

Sen. Karen S. Johnson, R-Mesa, represents District 18."

The nation is ready to discuss 9/11 as an inside job.

Senator Obama is talking about the failings of the Bush Administration.

Let the town hall meetings begin!!!

National Security - Senator Barack Obama's Analysis

Five years ago today, President George W. Bush launched a war that should never have been authorized based on faulty premises and bad intelligence.

This war has now lasted longer than World War I, World War II, or the Civil War.

Nearly four thousand Americans have given their lives. Thousands more have been wounded. Even under the best-case scenarios, this war will cost American taxpayers well over a trillion dollars.

And where are we for all of this sacrifice?

We are less safe and less able to shape events abroad. We are divided at home, and our alliances around the world have been strained. The threats of a new century have roiled the waters of peace and stability, and yet America remains anchored in Iraq.

I am running for President because it's time to turn the page on a failed ideology and a fundamentally flawed political strategy, so that we can make pragmatic judgments to keep our country safe.

That's what I did when I stood up and opposed this war from the start and said that we needed to finish the fight against al Qaeda. And that's what I'll do as President of the United States.
Please take a few minutes to read my strategy for ending the war in Iraq and making America safer. I hope you will sign on and show your support:

http://my.barackobama.com/fiveyearslater

Senator Clinton says that she and Senator McCain have passed a "Commander-in-Chief test" -- not because of the judgments they've made, but because of the years they've spent in Washington.

She made a similar argument when she said her vote for war was based on her experience at both ends of Pennsylvania Avenue.

But here is the stark reality: there is a security gap in this country -- a gap between the rhetoric of those who claim to be tough on national security, and the reality of growing insecurity caused by their decisions.

It is time to have a debate with Senator McCain about the future of our national security. And the way to win that debate and keep America safe is to offer a clear contrast -- a clean break from the failed policies and politics of the past.

Nowhere is that break more badly needed than in Iraq.

Join me in supporting an end to this war and a plan for a safer America:

http://my.barackobama.com/fiveyearslater

The judgment that matters most on Iraq -- and on any decision to deploy military force -- is the judgment made first.

If you believe we are fighting the right war, then the problems we face are purely tactical in nature. That is what Senator McCain wants to discuss -- tactics. What he and the Administration have failed to present is an overarching strategy: how the war in Iraq enhances our long-term security, or will in the future.

That's why this Administration cannot answer the simple question posed by Senator John Warner in hearings last year: Are we safer because of this war? And that is why Senator McCain can argue -- as he did last year -- that we couldn't leave Iraq because violence was up, and then argue this year that we can't leave Iraq because violence is down.

When you have no overarching strategy, there is no clear definition of success.

Success comes to be defined as the ability to maintain a flawed policy indefinitely. Here is the truth: fighting a war without end will not force the Iraqis to take responsibility for their own future. And fighting in a war without end will not make the American people safer.

When I am Commander-in-Chief, I will set a new goal on Day One: I will end this war. Not because politics compels it. Not because our troops cannot bear the burden -- as heavy as it is. But because it is the right thing to do for our national security, and it will ultimately make us safer.

Show your support for a clear strategy to end the war in Iraq and focus our national security efforts on making America safer:

http://my.barackobama.com/fiveyearslater

Here are the core elements of my strategy to address our critical national security challenges in the 21st century:

End the war in Iraq, removing our troops at a pace of 1 to 2 combat brigades per month;
Finally finish the fight against the Taliban, root out al Qaeda and invest in the people of Afghanistan and Pakistan, while making aid to the Pakistani government conditional;
Act aggressively to stop nuclear proliferation and to secure all loose nuclear materials around the world;

Double our foreign assistance to cut extreme poverty in half;

Invest in a clean energy future to wean the U.S. off of foreign oil and to lead the world against the threat of global climate change;

Rebuild our military capability by increasing the number of soldiers, marines, and special forces troops, and insist on adequate training and time off between deployments;

Renew American diplomacy by talking to our adversaries as well as our friends; increasing the size of the Foreign Service and the Peace Corps; and creating an America's Voice Corps.

Please take a minute to show your support for this plan:
http://my.barackobama.com/fiveyearslater

We are at a defining moment in our history.

This must be the election when America comes together behind a common purpose on behalf of our security and our values.

That is what we do as Americans. It's how we founded a republic based on freedom, and faced down fascism. It's how we defended democracy through a Cold War, and shined a light of hope bright enough to be seen in the darkest corners of the world.

When America leads with principle and pragmatism, hope can triumph over fear. It is time, once again, for America to lead.

Thank you,

Barack Obama

Senators Clinton And McCain's 9/11 calls? How'd they do?

My site on the subject of World Trade Center Illness is posted:
www.geocities.com/cureworks2

Senator Clinton has the nerve to talk about a 3 am call. How did Senators Clinton and McCain answer the 9/11 call? Let’s look at this based on results.

Here’s a few of my question about their response.

1. Was America adequately protected from attack on 9/11/01 when they were both in the senate, responsible for funding national defense?

2. When the planes hit, was there an (underground) evacuation plan in place to get people to safety? The senate could mandate cities have evacuation plans that are practiced like fire drills. One security sweep through the subways and people could have been evacuated safely.

3. Were the first responders and neighborhood residents given any protective tools to reduce toxic exposure? Were they given food or water or just had to fend for themselves?

4. When the EPA lied about the obvious dangers in the dust on 9/13, did they use their common sense and call her a liar? Did they tell people to get out of there?

5. Have they delivered reparations checks or medical care for people exposed to the toxic dust, or criminal charges for those who lied and put so many in danger with chronic exposure to known carcinogens?

6. Have they made any calls for a citizens or even a senate investigation into 9/11?

7. Did New York ever get cleaned up from the toxic WTC debris?

I’ve been stunned for years at both Senators Clinton and McCain’s response to 9/11.

Their support of the people who lied to New Yorkers exposed, that the air was safe to breathe and the water safe to drink, disqualifies them, in my opinion, to assume the position of President.
As sitting members of the US Senate they provided inadequate defense for our nation. All that money for the Department of Defense and nobody factored in the possible impact of scheduled annual war games on national defense. It’s o.k. with them that our nation is unprotected for a spell each year. All that money and they couldn’t hire temps to protect the nation while the workers went on games?

Like in New Orleans years later, there are no adequate survival plans in place when a national emergency happens.

The office of senator gives them media access, yet there were no calls for an immediate evacuation or protective gear.

They did not call the head of the EPA a liar at the time when she said the air was safe to breathe and the water safe to drink, when it could have done some good.

Senator Clinton’s 9/11 medical strategy of study the problem rather than do something about it is a horror. The WTC Registry should have been hooked up with medical care and disease prevention tips. We already have volumes of information on exposure to the list of chemicals that went airborne. Treatment and healing information, not just study, is what’s required.

Recently, sick first responders had to march on Washington in an effort to get some help. Isn’t that why they sent her to DC in the first place?

Senator McCain’s office, when asked to help those exposed, was it was Senator Clinton’s jurisdiction. Wasn’t he elected to a national office?

Given how they protected those in the NY/NJ/CT area exposed to WTC dust, please don’t give them responsibility for the nation.

I'm voting for a man who thinks things all the way through. I’m voting for Obama in this era of change, the Great ‘8

Sen. Barbara Boxer - Why She Voted No On Iraq Funding

Funding the war is supporting the war. Thank you all in congress who voted against giving the Bush Administration a blank check for this lied our way into war.

Please support the elected and appointed officials who are demanding the end of war in Iraq and other places.

From Senator Barbara Boxer:

"Yesterday, I voted "No" on the Iraq war funding bill. I want to share with you the remarks I made on the Senate floor.

Senator Boxer's Floor SpeechMay 24, 2007

In March and in April I voted for emergency spending legislation that would have fully funded our troops in Iraq, but also changed their mission to a sound one. That mission would have taken our troops out of the middle of a civil war, and put them into a support role, training Iraqi soldiers and police, fighting al Qaeda, and protecting our troops.

The President will not agree to that.

As a matter of fact, the President won't agree to any change in strategy in Iraq, and that is more than a shame for the American people; it is a tragedy.

It doesn't seem to matter how many Americans die in Iraq, how many funerals we have here at home, or what the American people think. The President won't budge.

This new bill on Iraq keeps the status quo. With a few frills around the outside, a few reports, a few words about benchmarks. While our troops die.

I understand why this particular legislation is before us today. It's because this President wants to continue his one man show in Iraq. The President doesn't respect this Congress or the American people when it comes to Iraq. He wants to brush us all off like some annoying spot on his jacket.

We have lost 3,427 American soldiers in Iraq. Of those, 731 (21%) have been from California or based in California. There are 25,549 American soldiers wounded.

And today, after several days of worrying and praying, we received the tragic news of the death of Private Joseph J. Anzack JR., 20 years old, of Torrance, California, who was abducted during a deadly ambush south of Baghdad almost two weeks ago.

One member of his platoon, Spc. Daniel Seitz, summed it up this way to the Associated Press: "It just angers me that it's just another friend I've got to lose and deal with, because I've already lost 13 friends since I've been here, and I don't know if I can take any more of this."

And he shouldn't have to. But with this bill, he will.

The first half of this year has already been deadlier than any six-month period since the war began more than four years ago.

In this month alone, 83 U.S. Service members have already been killed in Iraq.

Let me be clear, there are many things in this bill that I strongly support--many provisions that I actually fought for, for our troops, for our veterans, for our farmers, and for the victims of Hurricane Katrina--but I must take a stand against this Iraq war, and therefore I will vote no on this emergency spending bill.

Together, we will end this war. We may not have won yesterday's vote, and I'm very disappointed that we didn't, but with your help, that day is coming soon.

In Friendship,

Barbara BoxerU.S. Senator

Visit BarbaraBoxer.com "

'War is not the answer, for only love can conquer hate."