# 9/11 "Truth" Convention Kicks Off in Chicago

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/9-11-truth-convention-kicks-off-in-chicago/359476>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [June 5, 2006, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/9-11-truth-convention-kicks-off-in-chicago/359476 "2006-06-05T13:43:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![ColonelDax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@ColonelDax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ColonelDax)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2006, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/9-11-truth-convention-kicks-off-in-chicago/359476/1 "2006-06-05T13:43:39Z")

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Let’s get those :rolleyes:s and :dubious:s lined up, gonna need a few to get through [this](http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/05/us/05conspiracy.html).

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**Author:** ![Ins\_Outs\_What-have-yous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8797f3/32.png) [@Ins\_Outs\_What-have-yous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ins_Outs_What-have-yous)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2006, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/9-11-truth-convention-kicks-off-in-chicago/359476/2 "2006-06-05T14:02:55Z")

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Okay, I’m ready.

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> There were speeches by the lawyer for James Earl Ray, who claimed that a military conspiracy killed the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, and by a former operative for the British secret service, MI5.

:dubious: I haven’t heard that one yet

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> the towers did not collapse because of burning fuel and weakened steel but because of a “controlled demolition” caused by pre-set bombs.

Sigh :rolleyes:

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> A poll released last month by Zogby International found that 42 percent of all Americans believe the 9/11 Commission “concealed or refused to investigate critical evidence” in the attacks

True. The Commission’s investigation sucked, but that doesn’t indicate a conspiracy.

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**Author:** ![Missy2U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@Missy2U](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Missy2U)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2006, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/9-11-truth-convention-kicks-off-in-chicago/359476/3 "2006-06-05T14:21:11Z")

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From the article - “I hope you don’t end up dead somewhere,” a companion said to a participant, hours earlier as he dropped him at the Loop. “Don’t worry,” the participant said. “There’s too many of us for that.”

Good Lord - I don’t even know where to start. :rolleyes:

Do these loons really think we CARE?

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**Author:** ![Lissa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lissa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lissa)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2006, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/9-11-truth-convention-kicks-off-in-chicago/359476/4 "2006-06-05T19:56:12Z")

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> [@Missy2U](#):
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> From the article - “I hope you don’t end up dead somewhere,” a companion said to a participant, hours earlier as he dropped him at the Loop. “Don’t worry,” the participant said. “There’s too many of us for that.”
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> Good Lord - I don’t even know where to start. :rolleyes:
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> Do these loons really think we CARE?

Man, I wish I was important enough for the government to want to kill me. It’s really got to be an ego boost.