You're referring to the theory that a zillion Jews who worked in WTC didn't show up to work that day?

Well, I'm as reflexively sensitive to anti-Semitism as anybody else in this country, so I'll admit that I didn't really give that one a lot of thought. That argument did come up once before, though, and at that time I decided that fair was fair, I'd see if there were any holes in the theory so obvious that even I could figure them out.

So I wandered out to a website ... I forget whose it was, I want to say ABC's again ... and checked out a list of the names of the dead and presumed dead.

Whole lotta Jewish sounding names in that list, gotta tell ya. Not that I'm an expert on what is and isn't a Jewish name -- but as you scroll down the list, you can't really go a whole page without running into a "-berg" or a "-stein" or something.

So if the conspiracy went in that direction -- and I wouldn't be at all surprised to discover that Israel had something to do with it, Sharon does strike me as that kind of guy -- I'd say that there probably wasn't a Jewish conspiracy, but rather an Israeli conspiracy. Big difference.

But the idea that a thousand Jews didn't show up to work that day? Doesn't pan out, mostly because a whole bunch, apparently, did show up.

That there was foreknowledge of the attacks is, in my mind, no longer in serious doubt (I realize that you guys are still waiting for CNN to tell you). That some of the people that had foreknowledge were Jewish is statistically likely, given the situation and the place. I don't think that makes it a "Jewish conspiracy," though.

And Rob, name a conspiracy, I'll talk about it. The thing is, the one I'm going with doesn't have any big holes in it. It did, at one point -- for a while, I couldn't figure out why the Oil Boys wouldn't just cut a deal with the Taliban to put their pipeline through, so I figured that my budding theory wasn't real likely. Then I came across this (note the owner of the website -- and tell me it's not "official" -- also note the company making the statement and tell me it's not a conflict of interest) :

http://www.house.gov/international_relations/105th/ap/wsap212982.htm

quote:
The country has been involved in bitter warfare for almost two decades. The territory across which the pipeline would extend is controlled by the Taliban, an Islamic movement that is not recognized as a government by most other nations. From the outset, we have made it clear that construction of our proposed pipeline cannot begin until a recognized government is in place that has the confidence of governments, lenders and our company.

In spite of this, a route through Afghanistan appears to be the best option with the fewest technical obstacles. It is the shortest route to the sea and has relatively favorable terrain for a pipeline. The route through Afghanistan is the one that would bring Central Asian oil closest to Asian markets and thus would be the cheapest in terms of transporting the oil.
Makes it pretty clear, I think. The Oil Boys want a pipeline through Afghanistan, 'cause it's cheap (in terms of money -- not human lives). It's clear that a war will be necessary to remove the Taliban, which is a necessary precursor to the building of the pipeline. It's also clear that the Shrub did not have the political power to talk the American people into fighting a war in Afghanistan on September 10th, 2001 -- but he did on September 11th.

That, I think, is what makes this theory more plausible than, say, the bullshit we're being handed by the government and their puppet news networks -- it only requires four basic steps, and they're all pretty undeniable. 1) The Oil Boys wanted to make the Taliban go away. 2) The Shrub couldn't do it because he was too unpopular. 3) September 11th made him really popular. 4) The connections were in place and the will to do such an evil act existed.

If you can point out how another theory fits together quite as neatly, I'll be happy to entertain it. If, for example, you can demonstrate that the Shrub family is actually Israeli, not one of the Oil Boys, then the Israeli theory starts to make sense (though you still have the problem that Sharon isn't quite the chess-player than the Oil Boys are -- he wouldn't have come up with a three-step plan -- he's a two-step plan guy at best).

I'm quite proud to say (I want a gold star) that I figured this one out all on my lonesome. Not that I should brag much -- a few zillion other people figured it out, too, and quicker than I did. The talking heads on CNN figured it out -- I presume they still have some journalistic instincts left. So did the talking heads on all the other news networks, I'd imagine. They just aren't telling you, 'cause the same people that sign the paychecks of the people that sign their paychecks also sign the Shrub's paychecks (in a figurative sense -- I've always sort of wondered who really does sign the President's paychecks -- is it the Secretary of the Treasury or something?).

As a matter of fact, if you just go cruising the web, or look at independent or foreign news, you'll discover that pretty much everybody on Earth has this one figured out -- except for people who are waiting for CNN to tell them, that is. [Smile]