# Breaking News: Rosie is an idiot **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 29, 2007, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-news-rosie-is-an-idiot/398055 "2007-03-29T23:38:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2007, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-news-rosie-is-an-idiot/398055/1 "2007-03-29T23:38:18Z")
The [proof.](http://news.aol.com/entertainment/tv/articles/_a/rosie-opens-911-conspiracy-view-debate/20070329140909990001) Next up: water is wet. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2007, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-news-rosie-is-an-idiot/398055/2 "2007-03-29T23:42:13Z")
Until clicking the link, I thought you were dissing the Jetsons’ maid. ---
**Author:** ![thirdname](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d07c76/32.png) [@thirdname](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thirdname)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2007, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-news-rosie-is-an-idiot/398055/3 "2007-03-29T23:44:52Z")
I’m ashamed to admit that through an unusual set of circumstances I heard that discussion as it was aired. Before that part, they had some discussion on whether Iraq was involved in the Semptember 11 attacks; they seemed to think that a few years ago _everybody_ thought Iraq was involved. Now I’m aware that there had been surveys that indicated that some people thought that, but you’d think that these professional broadcasters would at least be informed to the extent of watching some of the news that comes from their own network, later in the day. ---
**Author:** ![Contrapuntal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2007, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-news-rosie-is-an-idiot/398055/4 "2007-03-29T23:53:13Z")
The first time in history that fire has ever melted steel? WTF? How does she think steel is melted? Laser beams? ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2007, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-news-rosie-is-an-idiot/398055/5 "2007-03-29T23:56:51Z")
Can someone post a summary for those of us who want to know what she said without having to actually, y’know, _listen_ to her? ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2007, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-news-rosie-is-an-idiot/398055/6 "2007-03-30T00:01:53Z")
Yeah, that’s just crazy talk. I thought by now that everyone knew that aliens were responsible for the 9/11 attack. ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2007, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-news-rosie-is-an-idiot/398055/7 "2007-03-30T00:07:40Z")
[QUOTE=Wile E] Yeah, that’s just crazy talk. I thought by now that everyone knew that aliens were responsible for the 9/11 attack. [/QUOTE] Well, of course they were. By definition. ---
**Author:** ![bienville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@bienville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bienville)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2007, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-news-rosie-is-an-idiot/398055/8 "2007-03-30T00:10:49Z")
[QUOTE=Miller] Can someone post a summary for those of us who want to know what she said without having to actually, y’know, _listen_ to her? [/QUOTE] She said Tower 1 and Tower 2 were taken down by airplanes, but that World Trade 7 was a calculated implosion. She says that if she had any physicists on the show they would agree with her. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2007, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-news-rosie-is-an-idiot/398055/9 "2007-03-30T00:12:04Z")
[QUOTE=Miller] Can someone post a summary for those of us who want to know what she said without having to actually, y’know, _listen_ to her? [/QUOTE] Pretty please? ---
**Author:** ![Baldwin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baldwin/32/7264_2.png) [@Baldwin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baldwin)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2007, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-news-rosie-is-an-idiot/398055/10 "2007-03-30T00:17:40Z")
[QUOTE=Contrapuntal] The first time in history that fire has ever melted steel? WTF? How does she think steel is melted? Laser beams? [/QUOTE] It’s a little hard to get past that. How does she – never mind. What a strange woman. So, does she think Our Evil Government engineered the whole 9/11 attack? Otherwise, it’s hard to think of a reason to have WTC7 wired up with explosives. ---
**Author:** ![want2know](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/50afbb/32.png) [@want2know](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/want2know)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2007, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-news-rosie-is-an-idiot/398055/11 "2007-03-30T00:31:48Z")
Rosie _is_ an idiot. However, it appears she didn’t dream up this conspiracy theory. [Link](http://www.prweb.com/releases/2007/3/prweb514759.htm) I’m not too sure about the credibility of the people in question, but I’ll say this much–having Rosie break it on _The View_ pretty much cuts the credibility score in half! ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2007, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-news-rosie-is-an-idiot/398055/12 "2007-03-30T00:56:42Z")
[QUOTE=Miller] Can someone post a summary for those of us who want to know what she said without having to actually, y’know, _listen_ to her? [/QUOTE] The link goes to an article summarizing as well as a video file. ---
**Author:** ![pinkfreud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pinkfreud/32/17603_2.png) [@pinkfreud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pinkfreud)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2007, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-news-rosie-is-an-idiot/398055/13 "2007-03-30T01:04:21Z")
I bet Rosie’s “the first time in history steel was melted by fire” remark was a botched attempt at quoting [this site](http://wtc7.net/), which says “but fires have never before or since destroyed a steel skyscraper.” ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2007, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-news-rosie-is-an-idiot/398055/14 "2007-03-30T01:08:54Z")
Holy crap, do people actually sit through that? For entertainment? On purpose? ---
**Author:** ![Rysdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7cd45c/32.png) [@Rysdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysdad)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2007, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-news-rosie-is-an-idiot/398055/15 "2007-03-30T01:21:51Z")
Why in hell is that nauseating pigbitch still given airtime? She’s a fuckin’ _loon_, people! Anyone who purchases anything appearing in commercials shown during The View is guilty of contributing to ignorance and thus is in direct opposition to the stated intent of The Straight Dope. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2007, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-news-rosie-is-an-idiot/398055/16 "2007-03-30T01:24:09Z")
[QUOTE=Bryan Ekers] Until clicking the link, I thought you were dissing the Jetsons’ maid. [/QUOTE] I would never do that. [QUOTE=miller] Can someone post a summary for those of us who want to know what she said without having to actually, y’know, listen to her? [/QUOTE] The link is safe, you have to double click to get the actual clip. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2007, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-news-rosie-is-an-idiot/398055/17 "2007-03-30T01:26:13Z")
[QUOTE=Baldwin] It’s a little hard to get past that. How does she – never mind. What a strange woman. So, does she think Our Evil Government engineered the whole 9/11 attack? Otherwise, it’s hard to think of a reason to have WTC7 wired up with explosives. [/QUOTE] That’s basically it. I hear she is backing the theatrical release of the loose change video. No cite, heard it on the radio so it might be incorrect. ---
**Author:** ![Lakai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9de0a6/32.png) [@Lakai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lakai)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2007, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-news-rosie-is-an-idiot/398055/18 "2007-03-30T01:35:29Z")
I don’t get it. Are the first two towers not enough? Did Bush and Co. see two towers get hit by planes and decide “hey this isn’t enough justification, we need to blow up one more.” Remarkably, the other women on The View are dumber than she is for letting her get away with this crap. And when the fuck was capitalism about helping your neighborhood and country? I can’t remember it being about anything but corruption, oppression and greed. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2007, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-news-rosie-is-an-idiot/398055/19 "2007-03-30T02:23:44Z")
Elisabeth isn’t all that sharp either. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2007, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-news-rosie-is-an-idiot/398055/20 "2007-03-30T03:28:32Z")
[QUOTE=Lakai] I don’t get it. Are the first two towers not enough? Did Bush and Co. see two towers get hit by planes and decide “hey this isn’t enough justification, we need to blow up one more.” Remarkably, the other women on The View are dumber than she is for letting her get away with this crap. And when the fuck was capitalism about helping your neighborhood and country? I can’t remember it being about anything but corruption, oppression and greed. [/QUOTE] The conspiracy folks go back and forth between it being Bush and it being Larry Silverstein going after more insurance money. When called on for that inconsistancy (among many others) they always fall back on “we are only asking questions”. Doesn’t matter how many times they get answers, there are always “questions”. > [@](#): > > Elisabeth isn’t all that sharp either. I think thats supposed to be her role. She is good at it. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-news-rosie-is-an-idiot/398055.md?page=2)