Today is the anniversary. September 11, 2001. The day that changed everything.
I remember it as though yesterday. The images burned into my memory. The realization of our vulnerability as a (mostly) free nation.
Conspiracy theories aside, “terrorists” destroyed the iconic towers as they suicided two jets filled with fuel and people into the Twin Towers, New York City.
The event ushered in a new era. A MAJOR chunk of our privacy removed – probably forever. While back then one might have agreed with and accepted many of the initial processes put in place to “find” terrorists, the abuses have since changed our world.
The NDAA (National Defense Authorization Act) is one example — and has been renewed ever since its origin during 2012.
The “War on Terror” another. Fear was widely used to scare us all. It wields great POWER over the people. As a result Americans gave up a lot of their privacy for a “feeling” of security. We’ll never get it back – without a fight.
It enabled a monstrous technical behemoth named the NSA (National Security Agency). The agency no doubt has nearly every electronic communication (among a zillion other things) about YOU on record. Though Edward Snowden “ratted” the spy agency out, it didn’t stop anything. It is a gigantic “vacuum cleaner” of your life. Whosoever pulls the strings of the NSA has immense power at their fingertips.
But I digress…
Under Attack From Within
Today’s 9/11 anniversary made me think of how we are under attack, TODAY, by well funded and organized terrorist organizations. Despite all of the powers within the NDAA, the NSA, etc., NO ONE is stopping these terrorists to the extent necessary. Antifa. BLM. They themselves are fascist terrorists in my view.
Increasingly bold in their riots, tactics, murder, mayhem, disruption, terrorism, and now arson (apparently some or many of the fires in the West and NW right now) — they are terrorists. Like 9/11, we are being attacked. Except this time from within.
Why have we spent billions / trillions on all this? The anti-terror spy agencies and equipment — but yet we can’t seem to find or stop the funding and heads of these terrorist organizations?
Answer: Because the rabbit hole is deep. They know all this. Though the heads of the hydra are not lopped off… What does that tell you…
It tells me we’re in deep doo-doo. Enemies within.
The NSA will not act upon their intercepts unless specifically instructed to do so by DIRNSA,who sits on the President’s cabinet, as it is illegal for them to use any intercepts for civil issues, until they are deemed to be a national security matter. Once ordered to seek and disseminate their intercepts on the approved targets, the data is provided to authorized analysts, who direct any intelligence to Federal agencies for action, as directed by the Chain of Command.
While with the NSA, a USAF Major discovered intercepts, which informed of a massive drug smuggling operation about to take place. The Major wanted to do something about it. So, he contacted the local Sheriff and informed him of the date, time, and place, of where the drugs would be brought into the U.S.. The Major kept his identity from the Sheriff and did not tell the Sheriff the source of this information. Nevertheless, the Sheriff and his men made an appearance at the proper time and place and intercepted the drugs and arrested the smugglers. The affair ended with the criminals being set free, and the Major Court-martialed and imprisoned for his actions.
You see, the judge wanted to know how the Sheriff knew to be at the crime site. The Sheriff said he was acting on a tip from an unidentified caller. The phone call was investigated and this eventually allowed the USAF Major to be identified, as well as his NSA information source. The judge threw out the case, as it was the result of an illegal “wire-tap.” The Major was found guilty of violations of the National Security Act.
The NSA has the information. All that is needed is it be properly accessed.
We could easily stop the criminal organizations we are now concerned with.
All one needs is the proper orders.
A few things come to mind wirh the arson fueled fires…
first ,where are these folks going to vote or will they even be in the mindset to vote?
Second,once the smoke clears(eventually) will they hear the mantra from their leftist local tyrants that there is no money to rebuild the “infrastructure ” so there is no going back “home” to rebuild?
Third ,who do you think will swoop in and buy up all the real estate for pennys on the DOLLAR?
Shell corps from these scum politicians families and friends?
The Chinese or someone else?
Really would like to know what you folks think…
Btw,We had our morning memorial for our fellow citizens and the flags are at half staff on both of our flag poles. A solemn history lesson for the young grandkids…
We will never forget …
Oregon is a vote by mail state so I am wondering if with all the fire/evacuations etc if they will say that all those people(500,000 as of today) were not able to vote and so postpone election?
Aka We live in Oregon, very close but not so close to the fires we have to evacuate. I didn’t consider this, but with that thought, those that had to evacuate are from primarily republican counties.
Just one of those random tin foil hat thoughts ya know?
My sister that lives “over that way” is on level 2 alert.
I don’t live in Oregon, but another state that starts with “O”. I assume your state’s map is a lot like ours in regard to having thick clumps of blue completely surrounded by a thin layer of red. Since forest fires don’t burn inside cities, it does seem suspicious. Especially now when it’s becoming known there are a lot of urban liberals who are not at all happy with the lack of law and order in their cities. Perhaps the puppeteers are concerned they will lose votes they had previously held locked up for many years and burning out the red counties would be a quick way to offset the loss.
that scumbag judge should be doxxed
Made this comment in Open Forum, copying it here where it belongs.
I’ll never forget that day. Taking my two now grown up boys to school, radio on, when the news started pouring in. Lots of confusion, shock, early on without much intel. After I dropped the kids off at school, I headed to the church to get stuff ready for choir practice (musician/music director was my day job then). The church secretary had tv on and second building had been hit and that’s when it was obvious something more than an accident was happening. Spent the rest of that day wandering around the church, while at the same time a song was writing itself in my head. We had a memorial service that night, and the mood was anxious and somber. Peace for all the families still living with the consequences of that day, and prayers for their healing. Gratitude and respect beyond words for those who gave everything to save as many as they could. God’s judgement for the architects of the attack on the Soul of our country. I still see that day as a ritual sacrifice to Evil, carried out by dark people serving a Dark cause. The same people behind the chaos and destruction we’re seeing now. God give us strength to stand against the dark.
I’ve confirmed to my satisfaction that arsonists are behind the majority of the fires breaking out, at least in Oregon. Listened to Ham radio channel 155.430 155.190. through twitter feed. Suspects throwing molotovs and shooting fireworks out of moving vehicles, getting apprehended. Rural Oregon woman found man with matches walking on their property. She marched him down the drive to asphalt and made him lay face down on the road to wait for LE to show up. Has a long rap sheet, including assault of a police officer. The woman said he’s lucky her husband wasn’t home, or the police would have nothing to do. Lots more coming in, and I don’t know all the areas.
If you live in the PNW, might be the time to start perimeter/AO patrols, both for yourself and with neighborhood groups. Be prepared and armed. The insurgents have been threatening to attack rural areas. It’s no longer just a threat – they’re here.
Sorry – correction on the band. It’s not ham, it’s police band.
Oh my, I had not considered the fires were possibly arsonists.
Sorry I’ve been commenting so much today. Guess I’m making up for some lost days, lol. Last thing and I’ll sit back quietly.
I try to be careful in my word choice, and there’s a reason for that. There were lots of reports of incidents today that I could find no confirmation of, and lots of reports designed to provoke emotional reactions from people. Those aren’t helpful and can stir up trouble.
I did not say Antifa or BLM were behind the fires, I chose the word insurgents for a reason. Those groups are playing their role in things, but my gut says there are other players as well. Insurgents is my word for anyone in service to the masters of chaos behind the planned destruction of our country. And it goes without saying, but we’re still at least pretending to operate under ROL (rule of law). An arsonist is someone caught starting a fire on purpose, or at the very least walking around on private property with the materials to do so, NOT someone standing somewhere legal wearing a BLM t-shirt. There are numerous reports of catch and release, which I can’t verify personally. Understand, though, if *you* act outside the law, that’s not the deal you’re getting. It’d be wise to govern your actions accordingly.
Farmgirl –
Based on your posts I found several interesting news feeds from various law enforcement showing the individuals who have been arrested for arson. Twitter has #arsonexposed with clips embedded. Also #oregonfires, #westcoastfires, plus a new one that is popping up on various patriots feeds as BLM and Antifa fires, so your conclusion is confirmed widely at this point.
For anyone who wants to see how much of Oregon is on fire, type in wildfire(dot)oregon(dot) gov for a map, which also shows the other states on the west coast. These fires are everywhere! And there is drone footage that someone has made showing them using a flame thrower to light fires from above, as well as glass bottles that are being found in various locations that are presumed to be used to heat up a cloth inside from sunlight (like a magnifying glass will do to an ant) to start fires without anyone around. People are randomly coming upon them as they are walking their properties and sending them to be tested for fingerprints since they are identical in nature, yet dispersed amongst different areas. Given all of that developing and your great ability to scour even more news locations, please continue with what you find. This is large magnitude and of dire consequences to those affected.
Farmgirl we are in Oregon and I can confirm same. Copied media links, took screenshots, many of the CA, OR, WA fires are arson. As confirmed by the forest service, law enforcement and media. But now all our media are claiming nothing is arson, it’s all climate change and downed power lines.
Team Coop – The MSM, and many of the local ones, are the propaganda arm of the insurgency. They will say whatever supports their cause of absolute control. It’s safest just to assume ‘opposite speak’ in their reporting. Not arson? Yeah, it’s arson. It’s climate change? Not. Praying for your safety, and for you to have sharp eyes.
this a partial post on MSN, on patriots enlisting to fight the leftists. this is from the NYT,s
“But gauging the size of these groups is difficult and imprecise, because much of their membership is limited to online participation. The estimates are based on samplings of militia member data gleaned from social media profiles, blogs, online forums, militia publications, interviews, assessments from watchdog groups and news reports”.
don’t think for a moment that big brother is not watching this blog. watch your backs, cover your ass and what ever you say can, and will be used against you. they have the ways and means to know where everyone of us live. please watch what you say.
I was in a meeting in New Orleans with then FAA Administrator Jane Garvey and several other air traffic controllers from various facilities when we saw the first plane hit the WTC. Her phone began ringing non-stop along with everyone else’s and realizing this was no accident we all started checking out of the hotel when the second one hit. I ran down to the valet parking, got my truck and drove back to Pensacola, FL.
I was assigned as controller in charge for the afternoon/evening shift at Pensacola Control Tower and it was extremely chaotic but luckily over 4000 flights were safely landed at various airports nationwide and outside of the country. The only flight that we had that night was a Life Flight Lear Jet carrying a burn victim and I had to go through NORAD to get a release as they had assumed control of all US airspace.
It was strange that night looking at a radar scope with no traffic and silent frequencies.
Romeo Charlie –
It was the silence that was the most chilling when all the planes were grounded. I’ve spent my life listening to bombers and jets flying overhead and when they all sat grounded, it was heart breaking to hear such deafening silence. At night they’d streak through the sky to do their checks, then land afterwards and the silence returned.
Earlier in the day they sat in line, tip to tail, as they waited to take off. Pilot after pilot was chomping at the bit to get their plane into the air and fly to wherever they were needed to shoot down any enemy in our airspace. As an American you watch the police, the firemen, the EMT’s in every news clip and feel pride for their acts of courage and compassion. Yet it’s the pilots that bring the tears to my eyes because they are every bit as brave and every bit as committed to protecting and serving. I watched executives get whisked into bunkers, yet the flyboys zipped up their suits, grabbed their helmets and gave a thumbs up that they were ready and unafraid.
I thank God for every American who answered the call on that fateful morning. We are a nation without equal because of our people.
do tell
kevin – ‘do tell’ ? What do you mean by that?
that we are great because of some of the people that put EVERYTHING THEY HAVE on the line every day they go to work
kevin – Got it. Thought at first it was /s – didn’t understand.
I absolutely agree.
I’ve always been one to vote on election day. Not this year, this year I will vote the first day of early voting.
Why? I strongly expect election day to be a day of orchestrated chaos. I feel it in my bones. A sense of foreboding. Many reasons for this.
Too many actors with the desire to keep Trump from a second term. The “deep state” whose players, both elected and bureaucrat, and their militant arms, BLM, Antifa, anarchists. Nations like China, Russia, Iran who lost their ability to manipulate the president and his cabinet after Trump took the reigns of the executive branch.
These actors have too much at stake to allow a second Trump term. Collectively, they have the ability, the where with all, and motivation, to bring this country to it’s knees, at least for a period.
Hope I’m wrong…..fear I’m right…..only time will tell.
– Dennis, I agree. I am also going to vote on early voting, and wait and see just what transpires. I am afraid that what you said is absolutely correct, and I’m going to do like Kulafarmer keeps suggesting – sit back with a bowl of popcorn and an adult beverage and just watch!
– Papa S.
Dennis
yup, 100%. good luck all
Dennis & Papa Smurf:
When I moved here to podunk Four Corners almost 40 years ago, through all the 911’s, Y2K’s and a billion other “events”. I made it my odd ball vow to vote every election and to vote in person.
These domestic terrorists are trying and are doing a hell of a job at shutting down everything. Or so they think.
Where I vote is a small firehouse in the middle of nowhere. I again will be voting in person, why? I’m not really sure, maybe it’s the not letting go of something I hold as a privilege to do. Maybe it’s just defiance of the anarchist.
BTW, flag is flying at 1/2 mast….
NRP & Blue,
I understand, I live in the outback of Podunk. We have always voted at the local EH Club (extension homemakers). I believe we only have around 40 registered voters in our precinct. This year, the county bosses decided to consolidate all voting down to three polling places…you guessed it…all located within a couple of miles of the county seat.
This move makes it necessary for me and mine to journey around 30 miles, 60 miles round trip to vote, and an almost guaranteed standing waiting in line. This makes it wise, at least in my mind, to go ahead and vote at the county court house, the designated early voting site, when I go in to pay my county/school taxes.
I really don’t expect chaos in my county on election day, but a big enough national level event could very well affect turnout greatly. That’s my main reason I’m encouraging in person early voting to my friends….here at home, and on MSB.
– NRP, Blue too,
My little burg is not going to become a hotbed of Antqueefa activity either. The county commissioners have decided that all voting will take place at the courthouse second floor, and I don’t want to stand in line in the middle of a slightly over 40 mile drive back and forth.
That and the Sheriff who was a personal friend and had been sheriff for over 12 years decided to retire, and I don’t care for his replacement, who will be glad-handing every voter in line on election day outside the no-electioneering line (despite running unopposed by any Demoncrat).
I will vote in person, just avoiding all the cr*p, also avoiding standing in what will be a long line. Doesn’t change what I am afraid of for Election day, just gives me a better seat.
– Papa
First day here is october 13–I will do as you. vote early.
It does not feel (at least to me) that 19 years have passed since we lost so many of our fellow citizens that horrible day.
And now, 19 years later here we are. A nation being purposely divided by those who work to undermine the very principles upon which our country is built.
We have paid agitators.
Companies giving in to extortion.
A media not just complicit but feeding off the unrest, violence, rhetoric and destruction.
Anarchists, socialists and criminals of many ilks banding together to do as much damage as they can. People and groups who see this as their big moment to cut loose with their hate and violence. They have been working for a long time for what they see as this moment on the world’s stage. Many have had a long time to plan for this – many are relishing this opportunity.
Now we have not just the usual firebugs and looters taking advantage of these horrific fires, but we have people who appear to be maliciously and purposefully adding to the destruction and mayhem.
Next week is expected to be the beginning of the 50-day siege on our nations capital leading up to Election Day.
Ken’s clock is ticking down quickly. Every day we have is a gift, we don’t know how many we have left as we watch our domestic enemies become more emboldened.
Be safe everyone, these are truly perilous times.
i was working at that time i had just started taking 2 weeks off of vacation
i was sitting at home when a friend of mine called and said turn on the tv
ALL vacation plans went out the window right then
i still remember that day like it was yesterday it was so surreal i remember thinking is this the end of the world?? is this how the end starts ?
i remember there was a local radio station saying that folding chairs cots folding beds ANYTHING that could be used to either sleep on in or just lay down where badly needed so that the fire fighters and cops could rest on
in less than 2 hours there was enough stuff to fill 4 tractor trailers had been donated
THAT DAY was when i started learning about prepping but it started me on the path of prepping after katrina i jumped in this thing with both feet and i have learned a LOT
MOSTLY that there was only one man that could REALLY take care of me ME
and now we like you stated we are under attack again only this time from within and i will freely admit it without a second thought if the hard left wins come novemeber that unless you totally toe the hard left line i am convinced we will end up being hunted
only the stupid turds from the hard left truly do not know the kind of pandoras box they will have opened and once its been opened it wont be able to be closed
WTC 7? Sympathetic implosion? No aircraft wings and engines at the pentagon……False Flag!!!!
Oh, my name…tell the rest of the story…what person believes the most guarded building in the world let a billion dollar defense system fail??
Really?? PUH-LEEZE.
Let that sink in folks.
Air Force have escorted lost pilots from the New York skies for many decades—just now on 9/11.
My name..
Look for the video from that day, Silverstein (owner WTC )
“we’re gonna pull the building” the video is a upper torso and head shot
and he is surrounded by perhaps four or five folks. It has always stuck
in my mind.
Mn
just thought I would add, as a person who has spent the better part
of my life in aviation both as a mechanic and pilot, let me drop you
a bread crumb. Shanksville, crash site….. now every mech that I
have ever spoken to about this asks the same question, “Where’s the tail?”
You see most of us that wrench on aircraft are super critical about
everything. So we all look at and try to analyse crashes. But back to the
crumb…. Look at the other 737 in Colorado Springs, in Brazil and one other
they all turned into lawn darts from 30,000-40,000 feet, in each case the
area is strewn with debris, and the big pieces of the tail are still there…….
Just fueling your quest, always ask question and seek truth.
k-bay: Shouldn’t there be an aft pressure bulkhead at the tail section? Now that you mention it, in every land crash I’ve ever seen, the tail section tends to depart tangentially and somewhat intact from the direction of impact.
tmc
Yep, pressurized a/c all have that pressure bulkhead. That’s what has doomed
any number of airplanes after a tail strike, when they have damaged that bulkhead
and it was financially not worth repair, thus off to the scrappers. I simply
offer the question, where’s the tail? Just as a sidebar, I have investigated some
seventy wrecksites in my time, and tend to ask different questions than most.
k-bay (kaneohe?) ambitious V1 over-rotation seems to be a bigger problem since B and even AB have been stretching fuselages to ridiculous lengths, new type certs costing what they do, and such. IIRC some even have sacrificial skid plates at the back now, like training wheels; to mitigate the issue.
thyen explain away all the people THAT SAW WHAT HAPPENED explain away that or shut up and get lost
WTC
For the record, I worked with a man who’s wife was on the plane that crashed into the Pentagon. You’re probably very lucky he can’t get to you.
I had a 9:30AM appointment at the Pentagon that day and had to cancel it as the building inspector that I was waiting for at another Gov. facility was late for our 8AM inspection…I will never forget that day either.
I had a crew that had just finished a job in CA. All planes grounded. They wanted to be home with their families so they rented a car and drove round the clock until they made it home to VA.
I went to that site the day after and standing on a knoll overlooking the EAST parking lot if you turned around, on your right was what was then was a main MCI facility. Looking back down what was 6 lane freeway (closed at the time) all the light poles, on both sides of the highway were laid over like a child’s pickup sticks. Took a very large wingspan to accomplish that.
Six months later I went to a 9/11 art exhibit put on by the country where I was living. They’d asked their more prominent visual artists for their perspectives on the events of that day. Quite moving. I went with a documentary film maker who coincidentally was a retired NYFD chief who had taken most of the video of that day and the aftermath that was shown in various films. He was in country working on a new project. He asked me when I thought we would “get back to normal.” He was not pleased with all the changes being implemented at home. “Fifty years” I said “when those who are too young to remember clearly are old men.” We are still transitioning to a new normal. Old normal is gone forever.
. . . .
As frustrated as we are with the covid restrictions, it might help to remember that today’s teens and twenty-somethings have been very protected, locked down, and watched over just about all their lives. Theirs is a vastly different world and reality than where we (boomers) come from.
I have post this before, but it seems right to post this again. In the movie ” Red Dawn” the U.S. is invaded by our enemies, now we have been invaded by an enemy political system philosophy. Weird thing is that it is doing a great deal of damage/ burning/murdering like the movie version.
If you haven’t read it yet, try to find the article ” The Coming Coup” by Michael Anton, and watch the Dan Bongino utube video by the same name that aired last Monday.
I don’t know about y’all, but I read/watch this stuff only to stay informed as to what danger is coming next!
I agree with Bill Ayers, Civil War 2.0 is already taking place.
The enemy is focused on causing as much social disruption as possible, in an ever increasing manner, as we approach the election:
*The enemy is currently rioting and burning various cities and towns.
*The enemy is currently busy driving about the U.S., committing arson, by throwing road flares, and placing incendiary devices, into our National forests and wilderness areas. Thus, causing the displacement of, and to afflict damage upon, as many non-sympathetic populations as possible, with the goal of causing enough disruption to effect the targeted population’s vote.
*The enemy’s systematic, wildfire, arson attack has been part of our U.S. terrorist threat analysis for decades. Even the Japanese in WWII tried it. ONLY ARSON can explain wildfires which pay heed to our Northern and Southern National Borders. The same environmental conditions span these borders, but the fires do not.
If this site allowed pictures, I would post a very dramatic image of all the wildfires currently active in the U.S.. There simply cannot be any doubt the bulk of these wildfires are mostly the result of deliberate arson by the enemy. Especially, when police are arresting BLM activists in the act of lighting them.
We all remember where we were and how we felt on 9/11. Never Forget!!
But the first responders in New York who are sick and dying from the attacks have been forgotten by Congress.
Last year, again they had to lobby Congress to get their medical bills paid for because the bill had run out.
After many back and forth, it was again funded. Not for their lifetime, but a few more years.
This was in 2019. Now in 2020, it has been pillaged again.
Because New York owes the federal govt. Monies, they have taken it from the 9/11 first responders fund!
4 million dollars!!
How many chemo treatments is that? How many perscriptoins?
How many dinners for their kids/grandkids?
Last year, Jon Stewart addressed congress, and it is now on U-tube.
Everyone should check it out.
It doesn’t matter if ya agree with his politics or not. Check it out.
A congress woman from my state was supposed to be on that committee, but couldn’t be bothered to show up. Shameful!
Never Forget! We shouldn’t!
PEACE
MadFab
The irony of the situation is that what we used to fear outside our country – ISIS – we now fear inside our country – ANTIFA, BLM and if you believe in it, the Corona Virus.
“…Fear was widely used to scare us all. It wields great POWER over the people. As a result Americans gave up a lot of their privacy for a “feeling” of security. We’ll never get it back – without a fight.”
Again, fear is being used by the left to dictate policy. 9/11 was real, it happened “before our eyes” and we rose to the challenge – in some ways. Today, we don’t really know the extent of the Corona Virus. Much of the information is either exaggerated or fundamentally wrong. We do know it exists and it is detrimental to those who are sickly. Aside from that, we are swimming in a sea of disinformation.
History repeats. The agency that was formed to calm our fears – TSA – is now an obsolete “customer service” oriented courtesy force that does not have ANY legal authority to arrest or even detain a passenger trying to sneak in something illegal – fact check if you must. That authority is for local and state LE. There are many holes in TSA “security” protocol. Numerous by-pass gates used by employees and inadequate checkpoint equipment are easy entrances for those in-the-know. All in all it is a bloated over-priced agency.
Today, we have governors (most Democrats) telling us what to wear, where to eat, and who to hang with. It is the height of insanity. The left of course knows this. The virus is the perfect match for an election year Democratic candidate who can’t even remember what office he’s running for. Blame Trump for the virus and run on the platform of universal health care (Obamacare). Scare the crap out of old people and force them to vote for a peaceful coexistence with a Socialist tyrant, Kamala Harris. Re-invent professional sports to the ways of Chairman Mao. Finally, make the education system of this country so biased and corrupt that Josef Stalin will be hailed as the father of America.
9/11 was only the beginning. In November we’ll find out if it was also the end.
I think most people are in agreement that what we are seeing is a marxist uprising. However most Americans have a false sense of security and maintain a belief that no marxist revolution could actually be successful in this country. I don’t think they’ve added up all the factors yet. Maybe too many people are just distracted with football, TV, Covid-19 paranoia, or whatever their favorite celebrities are telling them to think. Nothing to worry about, right?
What makes this uprising unique is it has help from within. Marxists have historically risen up from the streets and fields, and then overthrown the establishment. We have people already in the establishment white-washing, condoning, and funding the movement. At the same time, they are using their wealth, social influence, and official powers to ridicule, vilify, and punish those who stand in their way. The Russians, Chinese, Cubans, and many others all got communism after rag-tag uprisings and not one of them got any help from the government that they were trying to overthrow. Let that sink in for a second. The odds for their success are a lot higher than what most people understand.
I agree. We’re in deep doo-doo. If successful, it won’t be enough for the marxists that someone voted for their preferred candidate in the election, put up a BLM sign in their yard, or went on social media blathering on in favor of their cause. What marxists will want is their wealth and assets, even if it’s not much. What the marxists will not want is another mouth to feed after they are in power.