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The Deniers have called for a "general strike" on 9-11-07. General strikes haven't happened much in the United States, but the concept is that workers don't show up for work, students stay home from school, and shoppers don't shop, and the nation grinds to a halt.

But somehow I don't expect that to happen. The Oneonta Burger King might have to close down, but aside from that, the effects will probably be invisible.

NY Press on the Kooks

I am glad to see this proposal by Alarming News is catching on.

Political consultant Karol Sheinin will go one further, arguing instead that the government is retarded and could never get its act together to pull off such a grand scheme unnoticed. “I know enough about the government to know that they are generally incompetent, that they can’t keep a secret” said Sheinin. “All these things are way too complicated, there’s no way our government is that powerful.”

But Sheinin worries that the 9/11 “truth” movement might pick up steam and could eventually become part of our national memory. So in September, on the anniversary of the attacks, Sheinin and others will stand at Ground Zero and hand out pamphlets, titled “The Truth About 9/11.” The inside will not be filled with the rants of crazed pseudo-scientists about the inability of fire to melt steel (then why do we fireproof steel?) or the claim that Donald Rumsfeld tipped his hand regarding the impending attacks in Parade magazine. No, Sheinin’s pamphlets will contain actual truths about 9/11, especially the truth that so many “truthers” cannot seem to grasp: that 19 Muslim men of Middle Eastern descent hijacked four planes and crashed them into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.

Original project post here.

The only thing I would caution them on is that they should not try to debate the "Truthers" directly because they'll not be able to school themselves on the proper debunking of all the "evidence" that the kooks have in the month and a half before 9-11-07. We've been doing this for over a year now so we've pretty much seen it all. For example, the response to "Fire can't melt steel," is not "Yes it can, look at this blacksmith," it's "Nobody says the steel melted."

A Good Idea

Here's a post from a blogger who intends to spread the truth (as compared to the "Truth" about 9-11 at Ground Zero.

On this upcoming September 11th, I am putting together a group of people to go down to Ground Zero and hand out pamphlets titled "The Truth About 9/11". Inside the pamphlet will be the actual truth about 9/11 (19 Muslim men flew planes into our buildings, etc.).

I have not made any final decisions about going to New York this year; it's tempting but a long way to go to confront the nutbars. Kudos to Karol and Ms. Pretty Numbers!

TrutherFest '07 Plans

Dylan put them up on the blog after consultation with Luke:

9/7
Friday

Street Action ( either at Federal Reserve or CFR )
Event covering 9/11 and other issues
Possible Concert

9/8
Saturday

Street Action at Ground Zero
Event for family members

9/9
Sunday

Street Action most likely at Times Square
Event for rescue workers

9/10
Monday

Possible Street Action
Screening of Loose Change Final Cut ( we mean it this time ;) )
Concert with Remo Conscious

9/11
Tuesday

Peaceful vigil at Ground Zero during the memorial services
Event round-table at undetermined location

Final Cut, Rough Cut, what's the difference? And I strongly suspect that Luke is the force behind the demonstration at the CFR/Federal Reserve.