Shortly after 9/11, George Bush said in a speech that we should be afraid, but not so afraid that we would stop shopping(a paraphrase). He understood the power of money, and that the economy would collapse if people did not continue to spend.

In a previous thread, one of your contributors indicated that the media has always been owned and controlled by the elite, and that it's purpose, on the grand scale, is to sell, whether it is a message, a product, or a way of life.

At this time it appears as though the owners are trying to sell a message which many people see as a lie. The only way to get them to change the message, and reflect what people are actually thinking, is to hit them where George Bush knows it will hurt the most: The Wallet. A boycott of their advertsisers' products, and pressure on their finances is the only way in our capitalist model to apply the requisite pressure. Let the boycotts begin, and the circulation numbers fall!

All one can say is thank goodness for the internet. The only chance for change is through education. If the lessons are only taught by those in power, the sheep will continue to graze sullenly until they are shipped off to the butcher.

The depths to which Mr. Giuliani will descend seem bottomless. My previous quetion posted on your site remains unanswered. How did Giuliani have the foreknowledge to know that the Twin Towers were going to collapse? (ABC news interview) Who told him, and why weren't those in the towers privy to that information? If anything, Giuliani's admission that he knew the towers were coming down suggests at best a miserable failure of leadership(he did not make the NY Firemen aware, nor those innocents who died), and at worst, it suggests complicity.

It seems to me that this is a topic worthy of discussion. One wonders why no one will pursue the origins of Giuliani's self- made myth.

For a candidate running on the 9/11 ticket, supposedly being a hero and leader during that catasrophic event, it would be nice if Giuliani would answer the question about how he had fore knowledge that the twin towers were going to collapse.

He was interviewed on local TV news saying that he had been informed before the collapses, that they were imminent.

Given that no steel framed high-rises have collapsed before or since due to plane crashes and fires, it seems to me suspicious that anyone could have predicted this outcome.

How did Giuliani know, and who told him? Were they the same people who suggested 'fixing the facts' around air quality testing in New York City, and announcing that the air was safe to breathe?

Giuliani's campaign would be toast, if only your elections were not fixed. Que sera, sera...

Sorry for this completely off topic post.

Just watched Michael Moore's film SICKO, this weekend, and did not realize how good we have it in Canada as compared to you south of the border. Was further astounded by how good they seem to have it in France, and even in the UK!

This film is dangerous, and highly subversive, as it talks about ideas that are counter to the American independent way of thinking and being! I wish to strongly caution your readers not to watch, as those ideas could be revolutionary to your system. Michael Moore may be encouraging people to think for themselves, and this can not be tolerated! It may cause people to seek a better way of life! This film should be marked with strick warnings, and definitely no young people who could be influenced, should be allowed to view it.

Best wishes on your continued Beltway analysis...

It is refreshing to see some of the democrats actually doing something about the destruction of Constituional rights that has occurred under the Bush administration. The fact that the rule of law no longer seems to apply to those in power makes it difficult to understand why it should apply to anyone at all. Evidence suggests that with enough money, one can simply buy off the politicians, and have no consequences to criminal activity.

One wonders when sufficient pressure will be brought to bear on Nancy Pelosi, to force her to put impeachment 'on the table'. Unless Bush and Cheney, amongst others, are impeached, this will give cart blanche to their successors to continue to flout and rewrite laws according to their whims.

For there to be any meaningful return to the rule of law, impeachment must take place, or the Republic is dead.