Now playing on Virgin Airlines…
You know, had a Democrat been in the White House, and certainly a Clinton, there would be a bigger proponent of 9/11 conspiracy theorists off of the edge of the right-wing, and by that dent off of the edge of the Republican constituency, as opposed to where we are now with a Bush in the White House (The CIA’s bastard son), and the necessity of The Nation to publish Altermann editorials wagging the smattering of some of the “9/11 Truth”ers in the midst of some meetings with largely liberal groupings. None of which is to even toss an arrow at the 9/11 conspiracy theorists, but is by way of observation.
I am surprised that I can not find the story of Virgin Atlantic Airlines’ giving Loose Change 2 as an option on Alex Jones’s “prisonplanet.com”. I have to surf through the web to find an editorial against this decision, and by way of explanation:
On Tuesday Virgin Atlantic revealed it would present among its onboard viewing options Loose Change 2, a revolting conspiracy fantasy – its makers prefer the description “documentary” – which claims to present evidence that September 11 was an inside job pulled off by the wicked government of George W. Bush.
The first version of the film (made by a trio of young student types) was assembled for only two grand, which is about, oh, $2000 more than it’s worth. It found an audience on the internet, however, presumably among the same people who bought French conspiracy monger Thierry Meyssan’s 2002 paperback Horrifying Fraud.
Meyssan didn’t even bother visiting the US during his investigation but nevertheless was able to conclude: “This (Pentagon) bombing was not done with a plane but a missile. As far as we are concerned the plane was destroyed in Ohio.”
In other words, 9/11 is the greatest con since France tricked everyone into believing it was a nation of intellectuals. Loose Change 2 – the second version contains extra portions of stupidity – makes similar claims, all of them ridiculous, and easily demolished by the non-idiotic.
Your little update:
Virgin Airlines has pulled a controversial internet documentary on 9/11 from its in-flight entertainment system after complaints from bloggers and radio shows.
Fair enough, and I’m not surprised, and have no real opinion on the matter. Except to say this: why would anyone want to watch a presentation, conspiracy-oriented or not, pretend for a moment that it is issued straight from the government, of airplanes crashing into the World Trade Center (and crashed into a Pennsylvania wheat field) while riding on an airplane?