Voice from the Commonwealth Commentary, World Views and Occasional Rants from a small 'l' libertarian in Massachussetts
"If ye love wealth greater than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest for freedom, go home and leave us in peace. We seek not your council nor your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you, and may posterity forget that ye were our countrymen." - Samuel Adams
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"Your blog is bullshit"- anonymous angry French reader.
Thie Dutch professor really should learn to check his facts before making such declarative statements.
First he repeats an urban legend that has been thoroughly debunked.
There was no visible impact of a plane crash at the Pentagon on Sept 11, the speaker revealed, expressing his doubt over the diversion of four civilian aircraft from their course on the day. "It was really very strange that two aircraft took off from Boston, were diverted from their routes, but the sophisticated air traffic control system and its authorities could not detect it. At the same time, two other aircraft were also hijacked and the calamity which followed changed the course of the world politics. There was a sharp reaction to the incident in the US, and of course the whole world, as Washington declared that the US was under attack. For the first time, the whole world was united against terrorism,"
Then he tells his listeners that apparently nearly 20% of America's population is living in poverty:
"The policies adopted by the US affected its own citizens, as about 60 million Americans live below poverty line," he maintained.
He must have been quoting from Chomsky's new book.
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