9/11 - The Worthless Commission

Here's a little more background info on the Worthless Commission. A January 2003 post at Electrolite, which I discovered today via Daily Kos via Cursor.

Can’t…stop…self…must…don…tinfoil…hat: (1) Prominent Republican Thomas Kean, former governor of New Jersey, is the new chairman of the 9/11 commission. (2) Kean is also a director of petroleum company Amerada Hess. (3) In 1988, Amerada Hess formed a joint venture with Saudi company Delta Oil. (4) One of Delta Oil’s backers is Khalid bin Mahfouz, who is—here’s where you need to clap your hat firmly to your skull—married to one of Osama Bin Laden’s sisters. And suspected of financing Al Qaeda. Oh, and named in one of the lawsuits brought by 9/11 victims. Did we mention that he’s also been involved in deals with the Carlyle Group, the ultra-secret investment group that includes, among others, George H. W. Bush? And also in deals with—yes, your tinfoil hat, properly adjusted, plays 1980s popular music!—BCCI? (5) Three weeks before Kean’s appointment, Amerada Hess severed its ties with Delta. Source: Fortune magazine. I realize that only unreasonable people would make anything of the above. Why would anyone possibly worry about the fact that every time we turn around another prominent Administration member turns out to be up to his ass in business connections with shadowy Al-Qaeda supporters? Certainly I’m not worried. That would be tinfoil hat stuff. Not for me! I dismiss my misgivings with a stern flick of my Rational Mind! Also, monkeys fly out of my butt.

The comments on this post are good reading, too, including these:

Consider this: An inarticulate, politically inexperienced man with family links to a previous national regime comes to provincial leadership. Subsequently he gains the highest national office without winning the popular vote. The election in which he was declared the victor is considered compromised by his brother's province. He appoints a chief law enforcement officer who has repeatedly called for constitutional revisions. Regulatory agencies are filled with those previously regulated. Soldiers patrol transportation centers. International treaties are abrogated. International legal organizations are shunned. Roles of police and military are blurred. Law enforcement agencies are centralized. Individual civil rights are reduced. A "shadow" government is created. Domestic surveillance is increased. People are encouraged to spy on each other. Military budgets are increased. The military establishes a disinformation program. Media access to government is limited. Consultations with the legislative branch decline. Connections to corrupt corporate sponsors are disavowed. Efforts to further plunder natural resources for profit are initiated. Access to past administrations' documents is limited. A war mentality is established with imprecise enemies. Nebulous fear- inducing alerts are periodically released. National level profiling is introduced. People are imprisoned without public charges and unknown others are "disappeared." Does the word "coup" come to mind?

Patrick, baby: Who BENEFITS from the increased aluminum foil sales? ALCOA-- ex-Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neil's company! This Administration even looks out for its deposed members! That said, my own cospiracy investigations go a bit farther: George W. Bush's OWN partner in "Arbusto" was one Salem (big brother of you know who) bin Laden; the conspiracy theories abound here.

As the first commenter (and possibly wife of the blogger?), Teresa Nielsen Hayden, says, "I deeply resent the way this administration makes me feel like a nutbar conspiracy theorist."

One last comment:

Another helpful tip for when you must leave the house and can't wear your hat: If you wear a tie that has been lined with tinfoil you can still hear the voices but you don't absolutely have to do what they say...

And just in case you actually need a beanie: instructions here.

P.S. I'm plugging Electrolite into my recommended sites, a list which, unfortunately, i no longer have the time to read much of.