If you ask me today: "Some have argued that some leaders in
the U.S. government knew in advance that attacks were planned on or around
September 11, 2001, and that they consciously failed to take action. Do you
agree or disagree with this argument?" I would say yes.
http://www.zogby.com/search/ReadNews.dbm?ID=855
Where does it say the administration blew up the WTC? Where
does it say "The administration knew the time, place and date of the attack and
did nothing"? Where does it say the administration had a conspiracy to destroy
the WTC?
In the same poll, only 28% of the people knew the number of
the third building that fell.
If you "follow the money" you find the poll was paid for by
911truth.org.
It doesn't surprise me a bit that the poll was worded in
such a way as to get people like me, who don't see a conspiracy to blow up the
WTC, to vote in agreement with it.
You
also have to take into account the context of the times in which this
poll was taken. The August 6th PDB was just uncovered by the press and
headlines like this were all over the front pages...
In this
context, it's not unreasonable for people to agree with the poll which
asks:
"Some
have argued that some leaders in the U.S. government knew in advance
that attacks were planned on or around September 11, 2001, and that they
consciously failed to take action."
Other
internet polls are also misleading. It's not hard to post messages on
like minded message boards and blogs to get a one sided poll. The minute
a poll comes out saying "Do you believe the towers were blown up?" you
can be sure conspiracy message boards and blogs go to work funneling
members to the poll. There are also scripts which automate clicking on
the same poll unattended. There are other ways I don't want to detail
here because they are too easy for anyone to copy. The point is these
internet polls are very unreliable.
The
NEW Zogby poll...
They had an
opportunity to ask the question, "Do you think the government planted
bombs in the towers?" and they once again chose to skip this. Why?
Because they knew they would get about 2 votes in a thousand.
http://www.911truth.org/article.php?story=20060522022041421
http://www.911truth.org/images/911TruthZogbyPollFinalReport.htm
Let’s look at all the questions...
"23. Some people
have said that the Bush Administration exploited the September 11th
attacks to justify the invasion of Iraq. Others say that Bush acted
correctly by going into Iraq because Saddam Hussein supported
terrorism. Who are you more likely to agree with?"
My vote: Bush
exploited the Sept. 11th attacks (This has nothing to do with Bush or
the government planting bombs. That Bush USED 911 is obvious to anyone
willing to look at the evidence.
Downing Street Memo, Whistleblowers, ETC..)
24. Some people
believe that the US government and its 9/11 Commission concealed or
refused to investigate critical evidence that contradicts their
official explanation of the September 11th attacks, saying there has
been a cover-up. Others say that the 9/11 Commission was a
bi-partisan group of honest and well-respected people and that there
is no reason they would want to cover-up anything. Who are you more
likely to agree with?
My vote: US
government and 9/11 Commission are covering up (The Republican
controlled 911 commission was covering for Bush and the Republicans’
ineptitude pre-911. But the so called 911 Truth group is being...
err... DISHONEST because the government DID investigate the collapse of
the towers. They charged the NIST with that job.)
"25. World Trade
Center Building 7 is the 47-story skyscraper that was not hit by any
planes during the September 11th attacks, but still totally
collapsed later the same day. This collapse was not investigated by
the 9/11 Commission. Are you aware of this skyscraper's collapse,
and if so do you believe that the Commission should have also
investigated it? Or do you believe that the Commission was right to
only investigate the collapse of the buildings which were directly
hit by airplanes?"
My vote: I am aware
of it and think the Commission was right to investigate just the Twin
Towers' collapse (Most people don't even know the building exists.
Others don't know the NIST is investigating it and others still don't
know the fireman were the ones who pulled everyone away from the
building. This is ignorance on the part of the people and not a need to
waste millions on investigations. You might as well say "Do
you want the firemen investigated for letting the building collapse...?
Again, we see the blatant dishonesty of the 911truthers suggesting the collapse wasn't investigated and that such an
investigation would have been carried out by Congressmen instead of
scientists of the NIST, most of whom are professors in civil
engineering. Not to mention the other studies done by civil engineers)
"26. Some people
say that so many unanswered questions about 9/11 remain that
Congress or an International Tribunal should re-investigate the
attacks, including whether any US government officials consciously
allowed or helped facilitate their success. Other people say the
9/11 attacks were thoroughly investigated and that any speculation
about US government involvement is nonsense. Who are you more likely
to agree with?"
My vote: Not sure
(I have not seen any evidence placing the government at the scene but
the Bush administration’s ties to Saudis are troubling. But I do feel
that alone should not be the test.)
"27. How would
you rate the US media's performance regarding 9/11, including their
coverage of victim families' unanswered questions, theories that
challenged the official account, and how the attacks were
investigated?"
My vote:
Poor/Negative (They are letting the conspiracy theorists grow out of
hand because they don't want to legitimize this. I think that's the
wrong attitude. A free society can not exist if one side of an issue is
the only side speaking.)
Update:
As an example of how
conspiracy theorists take quotes out of context, notice how my words
were recently taken out of context.
From a conspiracy
theorist site:
"...note this point
by the creator of the debunking site just referenced:
"If you
ask me today: 'Some have argued that some leaders in the U.S.
government knew in advance that attacks were planned on or around
September 11, 2001, and that they consciously failed to take action.
Do you agree or disagree with this argument?' I would say yes"
They left out "Where does it say the administration blew up the WTC? Where
does it say "The administration knew the time, place and date of the attack and
did nothing"? Where does it say the administration had a conspiracy to destroy
the WTC?" As if I'm saying I believe the government blew up the towers and the
collapse should be reinvestigated. It's so obviously dishonest.
I write a page on how
conspiracy theorists craft language to deceive the reader and they craft
language to suggest I support an investigation into the collapse of the
towers... I couldn't make this
stuff up...
Update:
The latest Zogby poll
asks if they believe the Government "Made it happen". As I suspected,
only 4.2% agreed with this statement. 26.5 said they thought the
government "Let it happen"; though there is not one memo or person on
the inside of such a plot who has come out as evidence of this.
An
Opinion Dynamics Corporation poll says 34 percent of Americans believe
in ghosts, 34% believe in UFO's, and 24% believe in witches. Yet only
4.2% believe Bush blew up the towers...
The so called "truth
movement" is being very dishonest when they claim the zogby poll shows
that people support an investigation into why the towers collapsed.
Maybe we should spend millions investigating Area 59 first?
If you want to know how
many people believe Bush blew up the towers, the
answer was provided by the conspiracy theorists themselves.
