9/11 PATH OR MAZE
9/11 will go down the ‘memory hole’, at least if Hillary Clinton has her way. The ABC TV miniseries the "Path To 9/11" is 5 hours long and cost $40 million to produce. It was shown once and had a viewership of 25 million. It was good enough to receive seven Emmy award nominations but now it is down the ‘memory hole’. For those not old enough to remember, the ‘memory hole’ comes George Orwell’s novel "1984" about totalitarianism. Inconvenient documents, photos and stories that did not reflect the leader’s world view were dropped down a hole in the office of the ‘Ministry of Truth’ and disappeared from all public memory. While Hillary Clinton may not be a totalitarian, or at least not until she is elected President, she certainly is one heck of a schoolyard bully already. Consider the fear and trembling she must have instilled in the ABC network executives, if they are willing to sink the $40 million they have in the "Path To 9/11" project in order not to incur her wrath. I am sure that when it is time for the Emmy Awards most of Hollywood and New York will dutifully ‘disremember’ the "Path to 9/11."
What offence does this miniseries commit to cause bloodless, calculating businessmen at ABC to scuttle an investment of $40 million? When September 11, 2001 occurred, the Clinton duo were safely out of the presidency and the arch villain George W. Bush was in office for several months. He would take the fall for the tragedy. Why are the Clintons concerned with a docudrama re-telling the event? Unfortunately for the Clintons, the docudrama does not cover just the terror of the 9/11 event in isolation. The series looks backward over several years to determine the seeds of the plot and the preparation and planning of the U.S. government for terrorist events. What it documents is that the Clinton co-presidency was woefully unaware of intelligence issues and botched an attempt to ‘take out’ bin Laden. This is clearly unacceptable. As Martin Miller, of the Los Angles Time, reports " attempts to pressure ABC to cancel the miniseries at the time were unsuccessful, but last-minute edits were imposed to quell the critical outcry." Clinton cohorts made the edits. Even so, Sen. Harry Reid, now majority leader, and four other Democrat senators threatened ABC that if it were shown it would "deeply damage" ABC’s reputation. Wow, they get to edit the program and threaten ABC with consequences for daring to defy political correctness! This may even rise above normal schoolyard bullying.
The DVD version of the program was to be issued in January, then April, then, this summer. Currently, release time is unknown. Cyrus Nowrasteh, the miniseries writer and producer, is angered over the stonewalling on the release date and said he was told by ABC "if Hillary weren’t running for president, this wouldn’t be a problem." Even notorious left-wing Hollywood types are disturbed by the non-release of the DVD. Oliver Stone stated "this is a shame; it’s censorship in the most blatant way." But in the weird world of Hollywood spin, the protesters don’t directly criticize the Clintons, they just see the precedent of the censorship (by the Clintons) as giving cover so that "the Bush administration may go after a movie." Political Correctness does sometimes require strenuous twisting of facts to obtain the proper conclusion.
Author Judge Robert H. Bork said that the final stage of liberalism is tyranny. Left-leaning liberals like Hillary Clinton have demonstrated intolerance for any presentation that illuminates their unflattering characteristics and activities. Judge Bork notes that extreme liberalism leads to tyranny because of liberals’ need to control. Controlling the media is just a prelude to controlling the Clintons’ images, but it is an essential prerequisite to controlling the country. The left’s agenda to control has already curtailed freedoms to smoke, own guns, choose schools, eat trans fats, pollute, gas guzzle, select associates, acknowledge God or flag, waste money, be stupid or to think differently from them. Certainly in the campaign for 2008, they do not want any mention or image of 9/11 used, nor do they want the word ‘terrorism’ heard.
The ‘memory hole’ has moved into the electronic age with only slight modification. The Amazon page for "Path To 9/11" reads: "Currently unavailable. We don’t know when or if this item will be back in stock." Will the Amazon search entry "Path To 9/11" after the November 2008 elections read: "No Match Found - Please Search Again" The Ministry of Truth has its ways.
9/11 will go down the ‘memory hole’, at least if Hillary Clinton has her way. The ABC TV miniseries the "Path To 9/11" is 5 hours long and cost $40 million to produce. It was shown once and had a viewership of 25 million. It was good enough to receive seven Emmy award nominations but now it is down the ‘memory hole’. For those not old enough to remember, the ‘memory hole’ comes George Orwell’s novel "1984" about totalitarianism. Inconvenient documents, photos and stories that did not reflect the leader’s world view were dropped down a hole in the office of the ‘Ministry of Truth’ and disappeared from all public memory. While Hillary Clinton may not be a totalitarian, or at least not until she is elected President, she certainly is one heck of a schoolyard bully already. Consider the fear and trembling she must have instilled in the ABC network executives, if they are willing to sink the $40 million they have in the "Path To 9/11" project in order not to incur her wrath. I am sure that when it is time for the Emmy Awards most of Hollywood and New York will dutifully ‘disremember’ the "Path to 9/11."
What offence does this miniseries commit to cause bloodless, calculating businessmen at ABC to scuttle an investment of $40 million? When September 11, 2001 occurred, the Clinton duo were safely out of the presidency and the arch villain George W. Bush was in office for several months. He would take the fall for the tragedy. Why are the Clintons concerned with a docudrama re-telling the event? Unfortunately for the Clintons, the docudrama does not cover just the terror of the 9/11 event in isolation. The series looks backward over several years to determine the seeds of the plot and the preparation and planning of the U.S. government for terrorist events. What it documents is that the Clinton co-presidency was woefully unaware of intelligence issues and botched an attempt to ‘take out’ bin Laden. This is clearly unacceptable. As Martin Miller, of the Los Angles Time, reports " attempts to pressure ABC to cancel the miniseries at the time were unsuccessful, but last-minute edits were imposed to quell the critical outcry." Clinton cohorts made the edits. Even so, Sen. Harry Reid, now majority leader, and four other Democrat senators threatened ABC that if it were shown it would "deeply damage" ABC’s reputation. Wow, they get to edit the program and threaten ABC with consequences for daring to defy political correctness! This may even rise above normal schoolyard bullying.
The DVD version of the program was to be issued in January, then April, then, this summer. Currently, release time is unknown. Cyrus Nowrasteh, the miniseries writer and producer, is angered over the stonewalling on the release date and said he was told by ABC "if Hillary weren’t running for president, this wouldn’t be a problem." Even notorious left-wing Hollywood types are disturbed by the non-release of the DVD. Oliver Stone stated "this is a shame; it’s censorship in the most blatant way." But in the weird world of Hollywood spin, the protesters don’t directly criticize the Clintons, they just see the precedent of the censorship (by the Clintons) as giving cover so that "the Bush administration may go after a movie." Political Correctness does sometimes require strenuous twisting of facts to obtain the proper conclusion.
Author Judge Robert H. Bork said that the final stage of liberalism is tyranny. Left-leaning liberals like Hillary Clinton have demonstrated intolerance for any presentation that illuminates their unflattering characteristics and activities. Judge Bork notes that extreme liberalism leads to tyranny because of liberals’ need to control. Controlling the media is just a prelude to controlling the Clintons’ images, but it is an essential prerequisite to controlling the country. The left’s agenda to control has already curtailed freedoms to smoke, own guns, choose schools, eat trans fats, pollute, gas guzzle, select associates, acknowledge God or flag, waste money, be stupid or to think differently from them. Certainly in the campaign for 2008, they do not want any mention or image of 9/11 used, nor do they want the word ‘terrorism’ heard.
The ‘memory hole’ has moved into the electronic age with only slight modification. The Amazon page for "Path To 9/11" reads: "Currently unavailable. We don’t know when or if this item will be back in stock." Will the Amazon search entry "Path To 9/11" after the November 2008 elections read: "No Match Found - Please Search Again" The Ministry of Truth has its ways.
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