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On the 11th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks it is unfortunate that the planned museum in New York City has not opened. Apparently the governors of New York and New Jersey who ultimately oversee the New York Port Authority, owner of the destroyed twin towers and now a memorial site, are at odds with New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg. Bloomberg raised $450 million as leader of the National September 11 Memorial and Museum foundation.
The Port Authority wants more say over the 9/11 Memorial site. The Port Authority’s proposal is for an oversight group that includes representatives for the governors, the city and victims’ families that would monitor the foundation, including its finances, according to the Wall Street Journal.
Bloomberg, of course, is not giving up an inch. This year, understandably, no politicians were invited to participate in the 9/11 ceremonies. The best idea we’ve heard is for the National Park Service to take over the memorial and the museum. It is not just a memorial for New York City or the Port Authority; it is a memorial for America.
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prime timeSeptember 11, 2012 - 7:31 am
9/11: A Conspiracy Theory
Phillip VeerkampSeptember 11, 2012 - 9:35 pm
PATHETIC LINK, PRIMETIME.
Phillip VeerkampSeptember 11, 2012 - 9:39 pm
HOT LINK TO The man in the picture above is Dylan Avery. To be more precise, the fact that Dylan, his friends, and family are alive, is proof that "Loose Change" is b%LL$$it.
prime timeSeptember 12, 2012 - 5:42 am
Seven Minutes on 9/11
HannitownSeptember 12, 2012 - 8:23 am
"During incredibly challenging times, he kept us safe." -- Jeb Bush, about George W. Bush, August 30, 2012 "Bin Laden Determined to Strike in U.S." -- Presidential Daily Brief, August 6, 2001 "All right, you've covered your ass now." -- George W. Bush, to the CIA briefer who warned him about an imminent bin Laden strike, August 6, 2001
Phillip VeerkampSeptember 12, 2012 - 9:43 am
A few years ago (under Bush) Libya was busy dismantling and turning over to the US its nuclear weapons program. Today (under Obama) Libya is burning our embassy and killing our ambassador. I guess Bush really pissed them off. It’s Bush’s fault. If Bush had simply stayed in that Florida classroom reading to those children our embassy in Libya would not have burned and our Libyan ambassador would be alive. And Libya and Iraq could be a nuclear counterweight to Iran. Damn Bush!
Ken SteersSeptember 12, 2012 - 11:25 am
I just watched the video of our Ambassador to Libya being dragged thru the streets and killed. Why would our diplomatic team be in that hostile place with out Marine Corps support? Why are the Marines not in Cairo? In 1998 Al Qaeda blew up our Embassy in Kenya and we did nothing. Then they hit the U.S. These murderers in Libya and Egypt are carrying Al Qaeda flags and chanting Osama Bin Laden. This was a coordinated attack by our enemies on 9-11.
Phillip VeerkampSeptember 12, 2012 - 11:31 am
KEN: Do you have a link to the video?
Ken SteersSeptember 12, 2012 - 11:40 am
Phil, http://raptureintheairnow.com/news-you-can-use/our-ambassador-to-libya If you check our State Dept site they don't even list Libya having a presence
R.J. CarterSeptember 12, 2012 - 1:27 pm
It's just too bad that our U.S. Ambassadors, who constantly run the risk of being slaughtered in the street, aren't given half the protection that Obama bestows upon right-hand gal Valerie Jarrett.....
CatherineSeptember 12, 2012 - 9:10 pm
My understanding is that two of the the men killed were Marines providing security, but it's an interim embassy without adequate physical security. Tragic. I haven't seen any "dragged through the streets" videos. I think the story that he was in a safe room and died of smoke inhalation is (surprisingly) believable. But all sites should take the photos down. Besides being sad and inappropriate, they drive the Rapture crowd to palpitations.
Ken SteersSeptember 12, 2012 - 10:34 pm
Private security is not the Marine Corps. I don't know who you think the rapture crowd is? Al Qaeda seems quite proud of their actions and I don't see them pulling the videos down anytime soon. Catherine are you worried that this premeditated attack and murder of our US citizens trying to help the Libyan people might upset religious fanatics here in the US? Is that what you're worried about?
James E.September 12, 2012 - 11:17 pm
The photos didn't show the Ambassador being dragged through the streets and killed -- rather being carried by locals to a hospital where he was declared dead by a doctor because of smoke inhalation. Catherine's comment that he was in a safe room and overcome by smoke is reasonable given the hospital report.
CatherineSeptember 12, 2012 - 11:41 pm
I'm not worried about anything, Ken. Good people were killed by religious fanatics. Whether the killers were driven by clerics via a Sunni TV channel, or pushed by al-Qaeda, or if they believed the consular building to be empty and just wanted to burn it down we don't know. But I found the site you referenced pretty fanatical (Rapture in the Air Now dot com?!), and there is no video as you describe. I find it sad/reprehensible that people who believe in "The Rapture" feel a need to make up a story saying this man was dragged through the streets. Those sites should remove their posts.
go sueSeptember 13, 2012 - 12:12 am
Ken Steers has never had any problems with makin stuff up.
Ken SteersSeptember 13, 2012 - 8:12 pm
I read today that the US embassy in Cairo did not issue ammunition to our Marines. Today, sadly there are more stories and some horrific information regarding our Ambassador's last hours in Libya. Tragic. I pray for our President and the task at hand.
James E.September 13, 2012 - 8:47 pm
During a crisis event, soldiers/Marines/etc., are often not allowed to load their weapons until the order to load is given. Imagine in Cairo if weapons were loaded and individual soldiers/Marines had suddenly decided on their own to shoot intruders off the top of the Embassy walls. A bad crisis would then be escalated into a horrific crises as thousands and thousands would have reacted by breaching the walls and overcoming Embassy personnel. As a commander, I was always aware that loaded weapons could be a disaster in a tense situation should an individual, for whatever reason, decide to take that first shot which could not be taken back. The Marines had ammo, just no magazines loaded -- magazines with ammo that could be quickly loaded on order. I've been in the Cairo Embassy -- memories. Spent a nice evening on the roof using commo equipment while enjoying the stars.