Written by Reggie
Monday, 16 June 2008 20:06
Today, Chris Matthews continued his ongoing canonization of Tim
Russert. Early in this evening’s Hardball show, Matthews repeated a
segment of his original tribute to Russert’s career. By doing so, he
either shamelessly established Russert as a leading 9/11 gate keeper
or a blithering idiot. I strongly suspect the former.
Of all the endless possibilities, Matthews chose to memorialize
Russert for some uncanny and privileged insight into the truth about
what happened on September 11th. He wanted us all to know that
“[Tim Russert] knew on that horrid morning of September 11th that
the hijackers had grabbed the transcontinental flights because
they’d have enough fuel to melt the girders of the World Trade
towers.”
Wow, just like that, on the morning of 911, Tim Russert KNEW the
motivations of a whole group of incinerated hijackers. That’s really
fantastic. He also KNEW the planes had enough fuel to melt the
girders of the World Trade towers. He just KNEW the temperature of
burning jet fuel, and he KNEW the melting temperature of steel. Tim
Russert was not only a mind reader of the dead, but an undeclared
expert in aviation practices and thermal physics. I’m impressed.
But I’m also outraged. Real or imagined hijackers aside, there are a
myriad of questions that still remain answered about 9/11. In this
article, I will address ONLY TWO. My purpose is not to delve into
the mountains of evidence that have utterly decimated the nonsense
in the official story of the attacks and the fairy tale known as the
9/11 Commission Report. That can be done by any one with the ability
to use a search engine on the Internet.
My intent is to put to rest the notion that Tim Russert KNEW
anything before or after there was any pretense of investigation by
anyone. I also want to to illustrate how Matthews' commentary
effectively thwarts the attempts by the 9/11 Truth community to
expose the truth or even raise the vital questions about what
happened on that day.
For the record, let's look at the Russert quote with some sense of
reality.
For starters, in relation to the Russert quote, there is significant
controversy about how much fuel would have been on board either 767
on that fateful morning. One theory that bears serious consideration
has been outlined by people with far greater scientific credentials
than Tim Russert. Here’s the counterpoint:
Since the aircraft were only flying from Boston to Los Angeles, they
would have been nowhere near fully fueled on takeoff (the aircraft
have a maximum range of 7,600 miles). They would have carried just
enough fuel for the trip together with some safety factor. Remember,
that carrying excess fuel means higher fuel bills and less paying
passengers. The aircraft would have also burnt some fuel between
Boston and New York.
So much for Russert’s unsubstantiated knowledge of the use of
aviation fuel.
Second, there is considerable challenge to the claim that jet fuel
from the 767 could cause the collapse of either of the Towers. Even
at the maximum possible temperature a jet fuel could reach at
combustion, there is serious question that a 767 aircraft could melt
96,000 tons of steel, and crumble 14,000 cubic foot concrete slabs
between floors into dust particles. That becomes even more enigmatic
when you consider that the pool of fire created by the impact of the
planes was consumed in less than five minutes.
Perhaps Tim Russert knew something the rest of us do not, but I
wonder why did not KNOW why the clever ‘hijackers’ opted against
using the larger 747, with its greater fuel load. As it stands, we,
too, will never know.
So, there goes any confidence in Tim Russert’s knowledge of
thermodynamics.
Chris Matthews insists that Tim Russert knew things simply ‘because
new them.’ Now there’s a credible reason for stating that he KNEW
what has never been truly investigated or in any way corroborated
about the events of 9/11.
This evening, the official nonsense fed to the public about the
attacks of that day was reinforced in spades. Chris Matthews used
Tim Russert’s passing to elevate the man’s credibility beyond
challenge by the average American. That leaves a huge burden on
those of us who know that all has been smoke and mirrors, and that
nothing we have been told about 9/11 by anyone in the government or
the mainstream media is true.
And that is why I took the time to write this article. I could not
sit by and allow Chris Matthews to slide this lie past the public,
unnoticed.
Ironically, in his tribute, Matthews also compared Russert to Tom
Sawyer. That’s interesting, because one thing we all associate with
Tom Sawyer is the term ‘white wash,’ Tom conned his friends into
white washing a fence. That was harmless and innocent.
But using Tim Russert to help white wash the truth about 9/11 is
neither harmless nor innocent. It is the calculated work of a
complicit corporate gate keeper.
Last Updated ( Monday, 16 June 2008 23:24 )