A Signs of the Times reader comments on Lynn Margulis' recent criticism of the official 9/11 conspiracy theory.

Dear Colleagues,

The following appeared today in the UMass/Amherst Daily News Summary for September 6, 2007:
Lynn Margulis, geosciences, is criticizing the official account of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks on the U.S. and is calling for a new investigation of those events. (Opednews.com, 9/6/07)
Professor Margulis is one of the most distinguished professors at UMass/Amherst and one of the most independent thinkers I know. (For whatever it is worth, she used to be married to Carl Sagan, the astronomer.) She is after Truth, and she speaks directly. She "calls 'em as she sees 'em." (If you feel hurt by her directness, you should waste no time on sulking and instead examine why you feel hurt and see if understanding the reason why can help you live closer to Truth, she seems to say.) She also does not tolerate what she perceives to be time-wasting--I understand she prefers letters and faxes to emails because in her profession as a biologist, she was getting swamped with emails and spending too much time trying to answer them all.

I clicked on the link to Opednews.com, and found this:
NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES MEMBER CALLS FOR NEW 9/11 INVESTIGATION

By Alan Miller

Official Explanation a "Fraud"

World renowned scientist, Lynn Margulis, Ph.D., has severely criticized the official account of 9/11 and called for a new investigation. "I suggest that those of us aware and concerned demand that the glaringly erroneous official account of 9/11 be dismissed as a fraud and a new, thorough, and impartial investigation be
undertaken.

One of America's most prominent scientists, Dr. Margulis is Distinguished University Professor in the Department of Geosciences, University of Massachusetts-Amherst. She was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 1983 and served as Chairman of the Academy's Space Science Board Committee on Planetary Biology and Chemical Evolution. In 1999, President Bill Clinton presented Dr. Margulis with the National Medal of Science, America's highest honor for scientific achievement, 'for her outstanding contributions to understanding the development, structure, and evolution of living things, for inspiring new research in the biological, climatological, geological and planetary sciences, and for her extraordinary abilities as a teacher and communicator of science to the public.'

In her statement on PatriotsQuestion911.com, Dr. Margulis referred to 9/11 as 'this new false-flag operation, which has been used to justify the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq as well as unprecedented assaults on research, education, and civil liberties.' She compared 9/11 to several self-inflicted attacks that had been used in the past to arouse people's fear and hatred and justify war, including the sinking of the USS Maine in Havana Harbor, the Reichstag Fire, and Operation Himmler, which Germany used to justify the invasion of Poland, the trigger for World War II.

In her statement, Dr. Margulis cites 'the research and clear writing by David Ray Griffin in his fabulous books about 9/11' as a useful source of information and analysis of problems with the official account of 9/11. She specifically lauded THE NEW PEARL HARBOR and THE 9/11 COMMISSION REPORT: OMISSIONS AND DISTORTIONS, 'which provides overwhelming evidence that the official story is contradictory, incomplete, and unbelievable.'

Internationally acclaimed for her ground-breaking scientific work, Dr. Margulis is an elected member of The World Academy of Art and Science, an organization of 500 of the world's leading thinkers, chosen for eminence in art, the natural and social sciences, and the humanities. And in 2006, she was selected as one of 'The 20th Century's 100 Most Important Inspirational Leaders' by the editors of RESURGENCE magazine.

Dr. Margulis' full statement can be read at PatriotsQuestion911.com.

More information about Dr. Margulis' career can be found at http://www.sciencewriters.org.

www.PatriotsQuestion911.com

Alan Miller is author of the website http://www.PatriotsQuestion911.com
I called her assistant to ask the assistant to thank Lynn for standing up for Truth as best we can yet ascertain it, and she said that calls were coming in today from all over the country. One grandmother in her 70s from Iowa sounded almost tearful as she thanked Lynn for speaking out about this. Another gentleman said he was calling to say thanks, and he didn't care who was listening in on the line, because he was now refusing to live any longer in fear. He said, "It is by fear that they control us. I'm not going to be afraid anymore." The assistant is amazed at the number of people who have called in.

I said I hoped Professor Margulis was being careful. The assistant said, "We are well aware of the number of scientists working in areas close to hers who have recently died under mysterious circumstances. Some of them we know were involved in top-secret genetic research."

Comment: Maybe they were about to 'spill the beans,' so to say? We wonder what the nature of this "top-secret genetic research" was. Could it have related to psychopathy? Such research is forbidden in a pathocracy, after all.

The assistant said, "And don't think they are not already watching here on campus. No one of us is too inconsequential to be observed. They are heavily present at educational institutions."

Then she asked, "And you do know the United States suffered a coup back on May 7, 2007? Go to the White House website and click on Homeland Security. On that date, Bush made it so he could take dictatorial powers over the US, declare martial law, should HE feel that the country was 'in danger.' And this Presidential Directive states that he and his administration would stay in power until HE thinks it is safe for people. All this is not upfront on the White House website. You have to click on that page's Homeland Security link to find this info. The coup has already occurred. And very few know it."

Then she said, "If you want to see a great movie, watch 'V for Vendetta.'"

Comment: We here at SOTT agree. Everyone should see this movie. Artists use lies to tell the truth ... politicians use them to cover the truth up."

I told her, "Knowledge protects; Ignorance endangers. Just KNOW what is going on--it changes your vibration, and you then don't 'taste' as good." She seemed to understand. She also said this problem's causes are very deep. Wonder if she knows how possibly deep the causes are?

To TRUTH, as best we can perceive it,

SOTT correspondent

The causes are, in fact, deep. They lie in the very genetic and instinctual nature of humankind in all its variations. By acquiring knowledge and learning to stand for truth, the attacks of psychopaths become harmless. The author of Political Ponerology, Dr. Andrzej Lobaczewski, related his experience regarding this phenomenon. After years of suffering under the brutal hands of the Polish Soviet pathocracy Lobaczewski gained a new kind of freedom. He held his own against the petty tyrants brutalizing his country, without fear.
When I was arrested for the first time in 1951, force, arrogance, and psychopathic methods of forcible confession deprived me almost entirely of my self-defense capabilities. My brain stopped functioning after only a few days without water, to such a point that I couldn't even properly remember the incident which resulted in my sudden arrest. I was not even aware that it had been purposely provoked and that conditions permitting self-defense did in fact exist. They did almost anything they wanted to me.

When I was arrested for the last time in 1968, I was interrogated by five fierce-looking security functionaries. At one particular moment, after thinking through their predicted reactions, I let my gaze take in each face sequentially with great attentiveness. The most important one asked me, "What's on your mind, buster, staring at us like that?" I answered without any fear of consequences: "I'm just wondering why so many of the gentlemen in your line of work end up in a psychiatric hospital." They were taken aback for a while, whereupon the same man exclaimed, "Because it's such damned horrible work!" "I am of the opinion that it is just the contrary", I calmly responded. Then I was taken back to my cell.

Three days later, I had the opportunity to talk to him again, but this time he was much more respectful. Then he ordered me to be taken away - outside, as it turned out. I rode the streetcar home past a large park, still unable to believe my eyes. Once in my room, I lay down on the bed; the world was not quite real yet, but exhausted people fall asleep quickly. When I awoke, I spoke out loud: "Dear God, aren't you supposed to be in charge here in this world?!"
The problems facing the United States, and the world itself, run deeper than just 9/11. The attacks of that day were a symptom of a problem much deeper. Without an awareness of psychopaths, and their modus operandi of infiltrating and subverting ideologies, nothing can be done. The sickness will simply resurface with a new name, a new mask of sanity.

We can only hope that more scientists become aware of the nature of our global disease, before it is too late.