9/11 Truther Kevin Barratt for congress/Wisconsin

[outsider]

Kevin Barrett is well on the way to get his required number of signatures in his bid to register to run for Congress, and he has found an unexpectedly high level of support for 9/11 Truth:

I had a busy week on the campaign trail. So far I have collected nearly a thousand signatures on my nomination papers and given away hundreds of DVDs. I've had the cops called on me twice by store managers for collecting signatures on "private" sidewalks in front of big stores - but so far I've managed to avoid arrest for the crime of trying to run for public office. (I always explain that when the First Amendment was passed, every entrance to every place of business in the land was protected by the First Amendment -and as far as I'm concerned, that's still the case.)


It's slightly amazing that I, the oft-vilified "conspiracy professor" and O'Reilly death threat target, can get out there in my "Investigate 9/11" cap and dish out 9/11 truth DVDs and "Washington You're Fired" DVDs like proverbial hotcakes ... and most of the people I meet at places like Wal-Mart and the local supermarket and the rodeo and the barber shop in Richland Center, Wisconsin are happy to sign my nomination papers! Of the several dozen people who've recognized me and admitted it, all but one signed the petition to put me on the ballot. And get this - I met almost as many 9/11 truthers during two days at the rodeo at the Richland County Fairgrounds as during my two days in front of progressive food co-ops. (And don't tell Homeland Security, but the best barber shop in Richland Center is a hotbed of support for the patriot movement!)


In short, I'm happy to report that regular folks here in rural Western Wisconsin are not as dumb as the neocons think. The vast majority opposes the war, and Rep. Ron Kind's support evaporates the minute I explain that Kind has repeatedly voted FOR the war. If I can raise enough money to get my message out, I'll surprise a lot of people in this election.


In radio news...thanks to a pair of great radio guests, two of last week's shows were selected for posting, with commercials edited out, at the free speech radio hall of fame, otherwise known as http://www.radiodujour.com :


Richard Hayes Phillips, author of Witness to a Crime: A Citizens' Audit of an American Election, talks to Kevin Barrett about his ground-breaking forensic investigation of the fraudulent 2004 presidential election in Ohio.

Kevin Barrett discusses "left gate keepers" and Israel's influence over American media including Amy Goodman's Democracy Now with Muhammad Idrees Ahmad

Thanks for listening, and keep up the struggle for truth!

Kevin Barrett
http://www.barrettforcongress.us

[scienceplease]

Another outing of 9/11 truth in the MSM "Ventura endorses 9-11 conspiracy theorist" in Minniapolis Star Tribune

http://www.startribune.com/politics/state/27869284.html

There is a lively debate section, favorable of Ventura

[gareth]

Why this is disappointing news

http://arabesque911.blogspot.com/2008/03/kevin-barrett.html

[Rowan Berkeley]

Doesn't he share a radio program with Jim Fetzer? That's a grotesque combination, idiotic. I mean, Fetzer is the man who created the Sarah Palin of the 911 Truth Movement, Judy Wood. The Space Beams Lady.

[outsider]

Latest on Kevin Barrett's assault on Congress:

http://www.barrettforcongress.us/

If he makes it, make no mistake, he will be banging away at the NWO with 9/11 Truth, more so even than Cynthia McKinney (who is just 'Awesome'!). And Cindy Sheehan, if she's successful, what a smack in the chops for AIPAC!

[TonyGosling]

What exactly is the problem with Kevin Barratt Arabesque?
He addresses the crux of the AIPAC and Zionist problem which so many shy away from.
After listening to the second half of this please

Link

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6398398041805848780

[gareth]

[TonyGosling]

I have read the particularly divisive article. I was interested in your own personal opinion because it appears to be a comprehensive, anonymous hit piece on a particularly courageous and successful 9/11 Truther.
I wondered if you could persuade me otherwise?

[gareth]

[TonyGosling]

I tell you what, how about you answer my question and then I'll answer yours.

Convince me that you're not having a cheap pop at a brave guy.

[gareth]

[TonyGosling]

It isn't a critique it's a crude attempt to assassinate Barratt's character. Arabesque's post has surely been written not to contribute to the 9/11 Truth movement but to poison his election campaign.

I don't know whether beam weapons were used or not either and there's a mile of difference between saying they were and recognising all sorts of exotic stuff as a possibliity.

Did you listen to the interview with him BTW.

Oh yes, hit 'refresh'.

[outsider]

Hear it from 'The Man':

http://www.radiodujour.com/people/barrett_kevin/

[outsider]

Nobody can be more scathing of the ridiculous 'Beam Theory' than me, that does not mean we have to dismiss ppeople who flirt with it; as a previous post of mine shows, he gets the message out, and gets the people's support:

Kevin Barrett is well on the way to get his required number of signatures in his bid to register to run for Congress, and he has found an unexpectedly high level of support for 9/11 Truth:

I had a busy week on the campaign trail. So far I have collected nearly a thousand signatures on my nomination papers and given away hundreds of DVDs. I've had the cops called on me twice by store managers for collecting signatures on "private" sidewalks in front of big stores - but so far I've managed to avoid arrest for the crime of trying to run for public office. (I always explain that when the First Amendment was passed, every entrance to every place of business in the land was protected by the First Amendment -and as far as I'm concerned, that's still the case.)


'It's slightly amazing that I, the oft-vilified "conspiracy professor" and O'Reilly death threat target, can get out there in my "Investigate 9/11" cap and dish out 9/11 truth DVDs and "Washington You're Fired" DVDs like proverbial hotcakes ... and most of the people I meet at places like Wal-Mart and the local supermarket and the rodeo and the barber shop in Richland Center, Wisconsin are happy to sign my nomination papers! Of the several dozen people who've recognized me and admitted it, all but one signed the petition to put me on the ballot. And get this - I met almost as many 9/11 truthers during two days at the rodeo at the Richland County Fairgrounds as during my two days in front of progressive food co-ops. (And don't tell Homeland Security, but the best barber shop in Richland Center is a hotbed of support for the patriot movement!)'

I don't have time to chase the info at present, but KB has distanced himself from 'Dr.' Judy Wood, and I believe Fetzer has also, to some extent. 'T.V. Fakery' I am totally happy with; planes don't 'melt' into buildings, but computer animations do (see 'Loose Change 2' with their computer-generated 'Boeing' flying into the Pentagon). Doesn't mean no planes were used.

[gareth]

Tony you are so way off the mark it's genuinely worrying that you're running this forum.

So what is Sean Haugh, Political Director of the Libertatarian Party saying about Kevin Barrett?

[outsider]

[TonyGosling]

Well yes Gareth, and one could remark that it is genuinely worrying that with your naive peddling of posts that, if they are not, may as well be US military or Blackwater disinfo, of you are supposedly developing the UK's official 9/11 Truth website. There will be many people in the U.S. reading your Arabesque post who are disappointed at that. And many at Blackwater who will be delighted.
By pushing this sort of material you are invalidating all the good work you've done. There we are, some potentially divisive criticism.

We have to be extremely careful before having a pop at our own side. That is what shills have been encouraging o this site for years. I realise feelings run high but there need to be some humility and gentleness in the language when pointing out flaws within the 9/11 Truth movement.

Imagine any of us cutting and pasting an anonymous tirade against William Rodriguez, Annie or Andrew Johnson for that matter. One could quite rightly wonder whose side they were actually on.

[scienceplease]

[gareth]

[Alexander]

Ralph Schoenman goes into Tarpley's long history in the LaRouche organisation in this interview starting 29 minutes in -
http://visibility911.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=275728#

[QuitTheirClogs]

Didn't the Barksdale nukes incident demonstrate that the Kennebunkport warning was essentially right?

[TonyGosling]

Let's not drag a load of baggage in here but concentrate on this specific 'Arabesque' post which may as well have been written by the great Guy Smith himself.
IMO it's not making any worthwhile points, not got anything going for it at all and I still don't see - can somebody, anybody, show me why it contributes anything to the 9/11 Truth movement?
We all have our foibles and the main thing the other side want to see is for us to be wasting our time dredging over those foibles and slagging each other off. Any inter-movement criticism has got to be reasoned, polite and not flippant.
There doesn't seem to be any understanding from you Gareth that we are here to aid and encourage people like Kevin not throw his every sentence, out of context, back in his face.

It seems to me we get drawn into this sort of infighting as a way of venting frustration about not seeing the results we want in the outside world.

[outsider]

Talking about events in the outside world -

Thanks to all of you who contributed time, energy, money, and votes to this effort! Now we're heading for the big time...
-Kevin
PS Keep those contributions coming - money gets the message out, and my peace-and-truth message can WIN in a three-way race with the other two guys splitting the pro-war vote.




3rd District Winner Kevin Barrett Thanks Olson, Targets "Pro-War" Kind


Kevin Barrett, the apparent winner of the 3rd District Libertarian congressional primary with over 60% of the vote, thanked opponent Ben Olson for what he called "a terrific campaign." "Ben Olson is a wonderful guy, and I'm glad this campaign gave me a chance to get to know him," Barrett said. "Our debate on Captain Soma's riverboat was a memorable experience. I have nothing but good things to say about him. I hope to stay in touch with him, and I will continue to work with him and his supporters in an attempt to rein in this out-of-control government."


Barrett also thanked Governor Jesse Ventura for his last-minute endorsement. "Next time I take on Hannity and O'Reilly, I want Jesse Ventura on my tag-team," Barrett said. "Seriously, Jesse Ventura is the only true statesman I see anywhere on today's political landscape, and I'm honored by his endorsement. I hope he'll run for president and win in 2012."


Barrett cited the popular Libertarian mayor of Tomah, Ed Thompson, a regular guest on Barrett's radio shows. "Ed Thompson said this primary was a referendum on 9/11. I don't know if I'd go that far...but any landslide victory for the 'conspiracy professor' Hannity and O'Reilly and the rest of the controlled media love to beat up on is very good news for the 9/11 truth movement."


Barrett added that he planned to hold incumbent Ron Kind responsible for "consistently voting for a criminal war of aggression that has wrecked our economy," and added that he had just sent the following email to Kind:


Dear Congressman Kind,


Now that I have won the Libertarian primary, I am writing to request that you ask one of your staffers to schedule the debate to which you agreed: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_dCg_QYEeA


I hope you will be prepared to truthfully defend your pro-war votes, in light of the recent announcement that thousands of Wisconsin guardsmen will soon be sent to Iraq in the biggest call-up since World War II.


Sincerely

[gareth]

[TonyGosling]

This thread is not about Tarpley or Kennebunkport much as you may like it to be.

Dragging in baggage which has already been poured over elsewhere at length, is a classic, if rather dull, way of avoiding the pertinent questions.

Questions such as these:

[outsider]

E-mail from Kevin Barrett:

Hi friends,


Polling can be a powerful political tool -- especially when the poll results send shockwaves through the media. Several 9/11 truth polls over the past several years have done just that. Those who would write us off as a fringe movement have been stunned to learn that:


* Only 16% of Americans think the Bush regime is telling the truth about 9/11
* Roughly 40% of Americans are at least MIHOP (made it happen on purpose)
* Over half of Americans want Bush and Cheney investigated for 9/11.


Now, in the wake of the seventh anniversary of 9/11, truth-seekers everywhere have taken heart from a new World Public Opinion poll showing that the conspiracy theorists who blame al-Qaeda for the attacks are in a minority worldwide. The poll of 17 nations found that only 46% of respondents blamed al-Qaeda for 9/11, while those who blamed the U.S. or Israel, or said they didn't know, totaled 47%. Steven Kull, director of WorldPublicOpinion.org, expressed amazement at the results, saying "Given the extraordinary impact the 9/11 attacks have had on world affairs, it is remarkable that seven years later there is no international consensus about who was behind them."


As the peace and truth candidate for Congress, I'm about to launch a series of polls to find out what people in my district, Wisconsinites, and Americans in general think about 9/11 in this election year. After conducting the poll, I'll have the names and phone numbers of all respondents, sorted by their answers. This will allow me to contact those who gave pro-9/11-truth answers, so I can offer them free DVDs and information about how to get involved in the 9/11 truth movement, and in my campaign.


The polling is amazingly cheap, but it does cost money (details below). Those of you who have contributed to my campaign have spent your money wisely -- last Tuesday I stunned the Wisconsin political scene by winning a landslide victory in the Libertarian primary on a pro-9/11 truth platform, thanks to you. By helping me generate some hopefully surprising poll results, and acquire a data-base of pro-9/11 truth people in my district and elsewhere, your donations will be the best investment you could ever make in a safer, saner post-9/11-truth future.


Please give generously at http://www.barrettforcongress.us


Thank you, and keep up the struggle for truth.


Kevin Barrett
Libertarian Candidate for Congress, Wisconsin's 3rd District


PS: The Barrett campaign is pioneering this new, cheaper polling methodology, as outlined in Campaign Advisor Rolf Lindgren's letter below.

[Stefan]

[Chris Walsh]

I understand why some people have concerns with Barrett's quotes about energy weapons and TV fakery, but I really do think that as a researcher he's just trying to look at all possibilities. I'm sure he's refined his theories about 9/11 to the point where he's realised TV fakery is far fetched and ultimately impossible. If he's not, then we can take issue with that.

I do not support what he allegedly said about hanging the likes of Amy Goodman - who was herself recently roudned up and arrested with her team at the DNC - but I think his sentiment about justice for gatekeepers and those involved in the cover up is acceptable. We have all said things in anger that could be taken out of context. I'd like to think that Barrett, if asked seriously if he advocates killing such gatekeepers, would reply in the negative.

I think my overall take on all of this is that we have a 9/11 truther running for congress - the exact kind of activity we need to be seeing more of. What I will always maintain is the most crucial issue when getting the truth about 9/11 out is that WE DON'T know the truth; we can only offer our best interpretation of how it could have been an inside job. Anyone challenging the US government on this massive issue should be applauded for being brave. We all have one thing in common here - we can adeptly prove that the official story is a complete lie. But it's bravado to try and say we understand completely what happened that day and that we understand black ops to the point where we can point the finger at the terrorist controllers and main architects of 9/11. Sure, we can offer evidence against the likes of Dick Cheney, who lied to the Commission, and we can show it likely that Israeli Intelligence played its part in the attacks. But to this day I've never had the confidence to say outright who is to blame; I can only prove who isn't, and in the efforts of waking people up to the utterly corrupt world we live in, we need to make them open their minds through seeing the BIG LIE, the elephant in the living room. This, I think, is what Barrett's intentions are, and I support his courage. That said, if he still stands by no plane theories etc. he has to be questioned on those theories and has to be able to justify them.

I'm sure some of us take issue with Michael Meacher being a Peak Oil advocate, but his research has lead him to that conclusion. The fact is he's done a lot for 9/11 truth in the UK and is an example of someone whose influence could wake up a lot of British people

Nobody is perfect, especially in this movement, which has multivarious theories and has no doubt been infiltrated.



As a final note, like Tarpley said - although I don't agree with his overall argument against Arabesque etc. - we have good reason to be wary of people in the movement who hide behind pseudonyms and who don't use their real names. It makes far more sense to me to take part fully in the movement by using your real identity so you don't arouse suspicion about who you really are.

Just my two pence, but I can see both sides of this argument. Although I support anyone in politics who challenges false paradigms and represents change - not the kind we're promised via the MSM!

[chrisc]

[gareth]

FYI Tony Gosling

Arabesque made the following comment after an article he'd written entitled 'How 9/11 Disinformation is Defended: Common Talking Points'