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Of White Elephants and Demolition: Jesse Ventura on the Howard Stern Show Kurt Nimmo Infowars May 21, 2008 Listen to Ventura describe the WTC buildings as "white elephants." Howard Stern was incredulous. “It was an insurance job?” he asked when Jesse Ventura postulated that the WTC buildings were brought down because WTC 1 and 2 were “white elephants,” that is to say the cost of the buildings exceeded their usefulness. “They were losing money, they had asbestos in them, and they were required by law to do over a billion dollars worth of asbestos removal.” “It was an insurance job?” asked Stern. Ventura continued. Larry Silverstein had insured the buildings against terrorist attacks for $7 billion dollars, “of which he settled for four.” Again, Stern and crew were incredulous, although Stern said he would have to read Ventura’s book, Don’t Start the Revolution Without Me. Jesse urged him to do so. It may have been a near perfect crime, at least in the beginning, so perfect Allianz Group, the company that carried a significant portion of the insurance coverage on the WTC, didn’t put two and two together. However, one company stockholder, publisher John Leonard, did put two and two together, suggesting demolition. Allianz, however, would have nothing of it, as the insurer relied on the official 9/11 fairy tale as an explanation. It apparently did not occur to the German company that Silverstein had over-insured the buildings. “The WTC catastrophe was doubtless one of the biggest insurance incidents in history. A significant portion of the multi-billion dollar loss is expected to be borne by Allianz,” Leonard wrote in a letter to shareholders. “Numerous observers and researchers find the WTC case very suspicious.” Noting that a staggering 49.3% of respondents to a survey conducted in New York City “agreed that ’some of our leaders knew in advance that attacks were planned on or around September 11, 2001, and that they consciously failed to act,’” Leonard was taken aback that Allianz had not “asked whether perhaps the US Government instead of the insurers is responsible for the damages, or whether the possibility of insurance fraud has been investigated.” Allianz eventually balked at paying out and in stepped Brooklyn-Queens Democratic Congressman Anthony Weiner, who threatened to punish the insurer with fines or operating restrictions if they did not cough up the cash. “Silverstein is determined to rake in every last penny possible from 9/11 and has already secured billions from other insurers without a blink of an eye over the fact that he leased the property just six weeks before the attacks and has since been caught in an admission that he ordered at least one of the buildings, WTC 7, ‘pulled’ on 9/11,” writes Steve Watson. It is indeed strange, Watson notes, that any “building that was not owned by Silverstein Properties that day strangely remained upright, despite being a lot closer to the two towers that collapsed onto them,” leading no shortage of people to smell something rotten in Brooklyn – or rather on Manhattan. Considering the amount of insurance fraud, corruption, and rampant malfeasance in the corporate world, the possibility that Silverstein was involved in a plot to bring down the buildings — as they were excessively expensive “white elephants,” as Ventura notes – it is a possibility that cannot be discounted out of hand, although Howard Stern and his crew, like millions of other gullible Americans, are incapable of believing ruthless business interests would do such a thing. Of course, insurance fraud alone cannot explain the events of September 11, 2001. In fact, such an event would be impossible without the complicity of government and — as Ventura recently stated on the Alex Jones Show — the government had reason enough to plan and orchestrate such an event, from scheming a pretext to invade Afghanistan and Iraq to providing an excuse to erect a military police state at home. Unfortunately, far too many people naively believe the government — and for that matter, ruthless business interests — would not do such a thing, and that includes Howard Stern. http://www.infowars.com/?p=2284

VFP Resolution to Abolish War

Harold Saive holds David Ray Griffin's book: "911/Contradictions"

A RESOLUTION TO PROMOTE THE ABOLISHMENT OF WAR BY DEMANDING A CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION OF THE 9/11/2001 TERROR ATTACKS ON AMERICA.

WHEREAS Veterans For Peace, Inc. is an educational and humanitarian organization dedicated to the abolishment of war; and

WHEREAS the 9/11/2001 terror attack was the primary pretext for war and the illegal occupation of Iraq and Afghanistan; and

WHEREAS historical documents reveal that False Flag operations by rogue elements within governments have been used too frequently as a pretext for war and military aggression; and

WHEREAS the 9/11 Commission final report could show no conclusive evidence that two passenger jets were capable of collapsing three World Trade Center skyscrapers in New York City; and

WHEREAS public records show the FBI can find no evidence to indict Osama Bin Laden for the 9/11 terror attacks; and

WHEREAS several alleged suicide hijackers were inexplicably found to be alive, working and at home in the weeks following 9/11/2001; and

WHEREAS crime scene evidence was illegally ordered to be removed from the Pentagon and World Trade Center sites; and

WHEREAS recent forensic evidence concludes that three World Trade Center skyscrapers were deliberately destroyed by controlled demolition on 9/11/2001; and

WHEREAS first responders and site workers continue to die and suffer disablities from breathing toxic air at ground zero following deadly assurances by the government, Rudy Giuliani and EPA’s Christie Todd Whitman that the air was safe to breathe; and

WHEREAS the widows, widowers and families of the 9/11 victims continue to suffer without closure as to how and why their friends and loved-ones died on 9/11/2001; and

WHEREAS body parts and human remains of from the victims of 9/11 were found in 2006 on the tops of adjacent buildings; and

WHEREAS eighty countries around the world lost citizen nationals who were killed in the 9/11 attacks; and

WHEREAS David Ray Griffin’s overall body of work and particularly his 2008 release: 9/11 Contradictions: An open letter to Congress and the Press provides compelling contradictory evidence that substantially undermines the government’s official story; and

WHEREAS VFP supporters, Cindy Sheehan, Col. Ann Wright and others are now calling for a new investigation into the 9/11 terror attacks; and

WHEREAS Veterans For Peace, Inc. currently recognizes and lists the 9/11 Truth Group as a related organization; and

WHEREAS the Nuremberg Trials following WWII succeeded to end Nazi Germany’s aspirations for waging future wars; and

WHEREAS Article 9 was composed by the United States following WWII as legislation for Japan to forbid their country from engaging in - or assisting other countries in pursuit of war; and

WHEREAS the 1996 War Crimes Act under Federal Statute [18 U.S.C. § 2441] contains no statute of limitations and provides that a war crimes complaint can be filed at any time after the crime is committed, therefore let be

RESOLVED, that Veterans For Peace, Inc. will pursue the abolishment of war by demanding a valid and ongoing criminal investigation into the mass murders of 9/11/2001 with the objective to ultimately indict and incarcerate the guilty as a deterrent to future False Flag operations and the consequential promotion of World Peace. Supporting References: Bush gave the order for 9/11 attacks says government insider http://prisonplanet.tv/audio/091204hilton.htm http://www.daily.pk/world/americas/99-americas/3789-george-w-bush-authorized-911-attacks-says-government-insider.html Stanley Hilton sues Bush cabal for 9/11 conspiracy http://911review.org/Wiki/StanleyHiltonLawsuit.shtml FBI Top Ten Most Wanted http://www.fbi.gov/wanted/topten/fugitives/laden.htm http://www.prisonplanet.com/articles/august2006/280806binladen.htm The 9/11 Commission Report http://gators911truth.org/sitebuilder/PDF/911Report.pdf History of FALSE FLAG operations http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8489153098606965862 Joe Crubaugh’s 10 False Flags http://joecrubaugh.com/blog/10-false-flags-that-changed-the-world/ Gators 911 Truth Resource page http://gators911truth.org/MOV-TERROR-STORM.html Suicidal 9/11 hijackers found alive http://www.whatreallyhappened.com/hijackers.html http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/1559151.stm “US-led invasion of Iraq was an illegal act that contravened the UN charter” http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3661134.stm War Crimes Act of 1996 Federal statute set forth at 18 U.S.C. § 2441, http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/18/usc_sec_18_00002441----000-.html http://globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=viewArticle&code=20051028&articleId=1159 Legal basis to support military troop resistance to illegal orders http://www.commondreams.org/views05/0503-25.htm Illegal destruction of 9/11 crime scene evidence http://rinf.com/alt-news/911-truth/chair-of-911-commission-admits-official-evidence-was-far-from-the-truth/1248/ Dubious Whitehouse story of 9/11 debated in Japanese Parliament and around the world http://www.911blogger.com/node/13392 http://www.911blogger.com/node/15247 http://www.911blogger.com/node/14103 Japanese MP, Yukihisa Fujita says UN could lead new 9/11 investigation http://www.prisonplanet.com/articles/march2008/033108_un_investigation.htm The 9/11 widows and families http://www.pbs.org/now/politics/911widows.html http://www.usatoday.com/life/books/news/2006-09-04-9-11-widow-book_x.htm http://www.911families.org/ Controlled Demolition destroyed 3 WTC skyscrapers on 9/11/2001 http://www.attackonamerica.net/proofofcontrolleddemolitionatwtc.htm More allegations by notable citizens http://911controlleddemolition.blogspot.com/ Call for new investigation by Col. Ann Wright http://www.opednews.com/maxwrite/print_friendly.php?p=genera_alan_mil_080104_eight_u_s__state_dep.htm#_edn3 Call for new investigation by Cindy Sheehan http://www.911truth.org/article.php?story=2007060292705718 List of notables who call for new 9/11 investigation: http://www.opednews.com/maxwrite/print_friendly.php?p=genera_alan_mil_080104_eight_u_s__state_dep.htm#_edn3 Japan’s Article 9 on non-belligerence http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20060504a6.html Nuremberg Trials as model for deterrent to war http://www.derechos.org/nizkor/doc/articulos/ferencz1.html#vision David Ray Griffin’s “9/11 Contradictions” book review: http://www.amazon.com/review/RUEZZ4RU6F6GB/ref=cm_cr_rdp_perm 9/11 responders gravely ill http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=2409716&page=1 9/11 responders need aid for PTSD treatment. http://www.911blogger.com/node/15829 9/11 victim body parts found in Oct, 2006 http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15345694/ 9/11 victim remains in landfill in March 2007 http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/24/nyregion/24remains.html 9/11 human remains fill potholes in NY streets. http://www.nydailynews.com/news/2007/03/24/2007-03-24_911_remains_fill_potholes_worker_claims.html