The Gift of 9/11

by Scott Creighton

The events of 9/11 unfolded before us in a grand spectacle of shock, emotion, and repetitive images; collapsing burning, jumping, screaming, falling, crying, dying. And we watched, helpless as a baby lost in a world of wolves, as black clouds, 10 stories tall, glided down the streets consuming everything we had once known and cherished about ourselves. We watched people trying desperately to escape the gathering gloom. They ran, and then we ran. We ran right into the waiting arms of Big Brother. Right where we were supposed to run. Where we would be …safe.

But we aren’t safe, are we? Far, far from it.

NBC and Roger Cressey Warn of “White Terrorists” Plotting and Planning in the U.S.

by Scott Creighton

In an article on the front page of MSNBC’s site and apparently aired on national NBC and MSNBC stations, Robert Windrem spins a harrowing tale of the terror to come at the hands of people like you and me; American “terrorists”. Terrorists with “an American face”.  Quoted in his article is Roger Cressey, an interesting choice to say the least.

Think back to HR1955, Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act of 2007, the bill that promises to crack down on meetings of peace groups and the internet activity of “dissidents” like myself (and most of you reading this now). That bill has been sitting in committee, just waiting for the right moment to spring on a terrified nation. Remember the resistance HR 1955 received when they first came out with it?  Well, just like the Patriot Act, sometimes bad bills just need a little good timing to get passed in congress without much complaint.  So what is Joe Lieberman waiting for?