Or: Jeezum Crow, how do we know what we know?

At the risk of opening up a box of Pandoras:

Today is, of course, the 6th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks.

Big Media has been strangely quiet on this front. The past few years have been devoted to constant re-hashing of the events of six years ago. Shock, awe, the intensely visual moments - planes colliding, smoke spewing, buildings collapsing...

We remember all those who lost their lives on that day, and all those who stepped up and sacrificed their time, life energy, and hard-earned wealth to assist the citizens of New York and Washington, DC in their time of need.

We also remember - those of us who have spent time exploring the nature of the attacks - that a number of unanswered questions remain.

It is easy to swallow Big Media and Big Government's constant linking of the 9/11 Attacks with "So Damn Insane" (Remember him?).

And, according to an "important New York Times/CBS News survey," 33% of Americans believe that Mr. Hussein was "personally involved."

Huh.

But a much (much) larger number of Americans remain comfortable with the "official" version of events, as well: namely, that 19 box-cutter-wielding Muslim fundamentalists linked to al Qaeda single-handedly hijacked four commercial aircraft, stood down the world's most powerful Air Force, and sucessfully attacked the U.S while the FAA, USAF, and US based intelligence agencies stood haplessly by.

Huh.

I'd suggest that 9/11 is the ULTIMATE experiment in epistemological thinking.

Namely:

How do we know what we know about 9/11? Where does the truth lie?

Have we read and studied the official report issued by the 9/11 Commission?

Have we explored the technical reports issued by NIST and other official agencies?

Have we approached the books produced by independent investigators - Michael Ruppert, David Ray Griffin, Webster Tarpley, and Barry Zwicker, to name but four - with an open mind?

If we have not done these things, than we must admit to simply accepting the "official" version of events without question. Given that the 9/11 attacks have provided the rationale for all that has come along since, this seems problematic.

And these times, as interesting as they are, suggest that to accept ANY version of an event like 9/11 without question is awfully dicey.

Moment of Silence.