nicepants
6th August 2007, 07:36 AM
From a recent episode of Hardfire (Google Video Link (http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=63322162094980754&hl=en))
Les Jamieson and have created a petition and are pushing for a new investigation into 9/11 (http://nyc911initiative.org/index.html), this time by a new Commission made up of their own hand-picked members. (Selected with the help of David Ray Griffin, so it has to be good)
Here are the proposed Committee Members (#4)
Dr. William Pepper
historian Ralph Schoenman
Appollo 14 astronaut Dr. Edgar Mitchell
former Sen. Lincoln Chafee
Mohawk tribal member Splitting-the Sky
9/11 widow Lorie Van Auken
Actor/activist Ed Asner
Roman Catholic Bishop Thomas Gumbleton
others to be appointed by a majority vote of the Commission members to bring the Commission to as many as 12 members. (#4) (I expect we would see the addition of Jason Bermas, Dylan Avery, Alex Jones, and Stephen Jones)
If additional Commissioners or candidates are needed to fill vacancies, a selection panel of 3 persons will be named by Dr. William Pepper and/or Carl E. Person from individuals who have published a book, film, magazine article, or website about 9/11 to draw up a list of additional candidates. (#4)
So Lyte Tripp, Dylan Avery, Killtown, Alex Jones are all eligible. Something tells me they wouldn't be knocking on Gravy's, or Popular Mechanics' door.
Now to the REALLY good part.
They want $10,000,000 per year to run this, with a time limit of 5 years. (#8)
Each commission member gets a salary of $112,500, and up to $20,000/year for expenses.(#14) The best part is, they're not even required to work on the Commission full-time! (#16)
Read the full petition (http://nyc911initiative.org/PetitionFinal-01.pdf) (PDF)
A few problems I see:
1 - Committe is made of twoofers, selected by other twoofers.
2 - Members are paid a very large salary.
3 - They're asking for $50 Million.
Looks to me like this is all about the money. This is their ticket to get a 6-figure salary, and spend $5 Million hiring any "expert" they want. This would ensure that even once they complete the investigation with no evidence of a conspiracy, at least they are a few million dollars richer.
Les Jamieson and have created a petition and are pushing for a new investigation into 9/11 (http://nyc911initiative.org/index.html), this time by a new Commission made up of their own hand-picked members. (Selected with the help of David Ray Griffin, so it has to be good)
Here are the proposed Committee Members (#4)
Dr. William Pepper
historian Ralph Schoenman
Appollo 14 astronaut Dr. Edgar Mitchell
former Sen. Lincoln Chafee
Mohawk tribal member Splitting-the Sky
9/11 widow Lorie Van Auken
Actor/activist Ed Asner
Roman Catholic Bishop Thomas Gumbleton
others to be appointed by a majority vote of the Commission members to bring the Commission to as many as 12 members. (#4) (I expect we would see the addition of Jason Bermas, Dylan Avery, Alex Jones, and Stephen Jones)
If additional Commissioners or candidates are needed to fill vacancies, a selection panel of 3 persons will be named by Dr. William Pepper and/or Carl E. Person from individuals who have published a book, film, magazine article, or website about 9/11 to draw up a list of additional candidates. (#4)
So Lyte Tripp, Dylan Avery, Killtown, Alex Jones are all eligible. Something tells me they wouldn't be knocking on Gravy's, or Popular Mechanics' door.
Now to the REALLY good part.
They want $10,000,000 per year to run this, with a time limit of 5 years. (#8)
Each commission member gets a salary of $112,500, and up to $20,000/year for expenses.(#14) The best part is, they're not even required to work on the Commission full-time! (#16)
Read the full petition (http://nyc911initiative.org/PetitionFinal-01.pdf) (PDF)
A few problems I see:
1 - Committe is made of twoofers, selected by other twoofers.
2 - Members are paid a very large salary.
3 - They're asking for $50 Million.
Looks to me like this is all about the money. This is their ticket to get a 6-figure salary, and spend $5 Million hiring any "expert" they want. This would ensure that even once they complete the investigation with no evidence of a conspiracy, at least they are a few million dollars richer.