Olbermann: Rebuild the Twin Towers as they were - (VIDEO)

[dzika]

May 13, 2005

Video - Olbermann: Rebuild the Twin Towers as they were

Keith Olbermann agrees that the World Trade Center Twin Towers should be rebuilt as they were... with one exception.



Video in Real Media format (6 minutes)

[Horse with no Name]

1. Awesome.

I so agree.

[Love Bug]

2. Good idea

Expecting, of course, that they would fix the design problems that caused the floors to pancake like they did and to add more stairs.

[entanglement]

36. It wasn't a design problem

See this link for details
http://www.architectureweek.com/2002/0515/news_1-1.html

[BrklynLiberal]

3. When it first happened,that was my initial reaction. I think it was part

of the denial. I now think that it should be a Memorial Park...no tower at all.

[FreepFryer]

4. I've felt that way ever since escaping the WTC minutes before the collapse

Build 'em back up, same way they were... only I'd prefer them one story higher.

[Ladyhawk]

7. I'm glad you got out. Peace. n/t

[NorCalDem]

5. Wow

I'm convinced. I said rebuild em from the begining though

[dzika]

6. If you can't view the video then...

Read the details on Keith Olbermann's Blog

[bleever]

13. Thanks again, dzika.

:yourock:

[UdoKier]

8. Cool, but kinda sad.

Might make renting space in it harder...


Like having your office in a tomb.

[orleans]

26. that's how i look at it

how could i possibly go to work in a place where such a thing happened? i couldn't. i wouldn't be surprised to hear ground zero is haunted.

[Nothing Without Hope]

9. Thanks, dzika! I wonder if Keith has seen the David Ray Griffin lecture

that was recorded at U of Wisc at Madison and broadcast twice (soon to be a third time) on CSPAN? What does he think of the possibility - to me a certainty - that the Bush administration was complicit in this horror? I do wonder.

Video of this 1 hr 20 speech is now up at CSPAN:

http://www.booktv.org/feature/index.asp?segid=5677&schedID=362

David Ray Griffin lecture at the Univ. of Wisconsin/Madison

The 9/11 Commission Report: Omissions and Distortions
David Ray Griffin

Watch (Real Media, about 1 hr 20 min): – Use the link on the linked page at this position

Description: David Ray Griffin takes a critical look at the official 9/11 Commission Report. Professor Griffin argues that "omissions and distortions" in the report amount to a cover-up by government officials and says that the available evidence suggests that the Bush administration was complicit in the 9/11 attacks. Professor Griffin covers topics he says have been inadequately answered by the commission. These include questions surrounding the attack on the Pentagon, the way in which the World Trade Center towers collapsed, and the behavior of President Bush and his Secret Service detail following notification that a second plane had hit the WTC. The talk was hosted by the Muslim-Jewish-Christian Alliance for 9/11 Truth (www.mujca.com) and took place at the University of Wisconsin in Madison. Includes Q&A.

Author Bio: David Ray Griffin is professor emeritus at the Claremont School of Theology, where he taught for over 30 years (retiring in 2004). He has authored or edited over two dozen books, including "God and Religion in the Postmodern World," "Religion and Scientific Naturalism," and "The New Pearl Harbor: Disturbing Questions About the Bush Administration and 9/11."

[bleever]

14. Thanks for posting that link, Hope. n/t

[Nothing Without Hope]

18. YVW, bleev. Also don't miss this 60 min audio recording of a radio

interview (Pacifica) with Griffin about his recent book. It brings out additional points not addressed in his Madison talk. I suppose I should post all these links in a new thread somewhere.

The MP3 file of the Pacifica radio interview link is here:
http://www.kpfa.org/cgi-bin/gen-mpegurl.m3u?server=209.81.10.18&port=80&mount=/data/20041227-Mon1700.mp3

And then there is the full text online of Griffin's first book on this subject:
http://vancouver.indymedia.org/news/2004/06/141355.php

[BattyDem]

10. Thank you Keith!

:loveya:

The thought of that hideous Freedom Tower, which has lattice work instead of actual floors occupying the top 1/3 of the building, is heartbreaking! A hollow building doesn't say "freedom" - it says fear. :-(


http://teamtwintowers.org



http://www.twintowersagain.org




On edit:

I always believed the towers should be rebuilt, but I thought they both should be one story higher as a way to represent the American spirit. However, I really like Keith's idea. He's right ... years from now, people will still be asking, "Why is one tower shorter than the other?" and that will ensure that 9/11 is never forgotten.

Very nice, Keith! :toast:

[bleever]

16. Thanks for the links. And maybe it would be better if people asked

"Why is one tower higher than the other?"

[BattyDem]

17. I just saw your post below ...

You're right. Adding height is a much better idea. As I said, that's what I originally thought they should do. I liked the sentiment behind Keith's idea so much that I never thought of going up instead of down, LOL! Silly me. :blush:

[AlmightyTallest]

20. I agree

I never really liked the "Freedom Tower" design, plus every-time I hear the name it makes me think of "Freedom Fries" and other stupid phrases like that which the * admin has used. I don't want to be thinking about that every time I look at the NY skyline, I still feel like there is a hole there. I have a feeling if the Freedom Tower gets built it will be kind of like the Eiffel Tower in Paris, ie. no one liked it very much.

BTW was Keith's mustache not hilarious?

[FreedomAngel82]

23. That sounds like a good idea!

I never felt right about the whole "freedom tower" ordeal. It's a Bush thing and it just lets them have some more of that propoganda. I also think if it is rebuilt like it was is it shows nobody can bring us down like that whether it's Bush and his croonies or real terrorist's and we can go on with our lives and live like we always have. Don't let them get us.

[Withywindle]

27. They could still be one story higher than the original...

...as the starting ratio for the difference in their heights. I like that idea.

[Tesla]

29. How about adding an inch to each tower, per person that died in each

thay wouldn't be the same size , or just add it add to one, but not takeaway.

[Withywindle]

11. Oh YEAH.

That feels exactly right to me.

It's not denial. It's defiance. And I love the idea about the difference in the heights of the towers. I do think there should be other ways of memorializing - artwork, plaques, something moving and fitting in the plaza between the buildings, etc.

[FreedomAngel82]

24. Maybe in the rebuilt tower

is there can be a special room for memorials etc for those who lives were lost.

[bleever]

12. Nominated! This is a great idea, the best memorial.

A brilliant segment by KO and his staff, and the tremendously moving idea we've been groping for to best memorialize the people lost.

My only contribution is to suggest that we add, rather than subtract, one foot to one of the towers for every life lost.

KO might have had this in mind, but if not I'd like to emphasize the affirmative notion of going up, rather than down.

In the spirit of the Towers, and most of all the people who worked there.

[BattyDem]

15. Add height, not subtract ...

that's an even better idea! There would still be a height difference, so in the future, people would still ask why.
:toast:

[Shopaholic]

19. Dzika--you are the best

and KO ain't too bad either!

[Chicago Democrat]

21. I agree totally

way to go Keith (you sexy beast)

[IndianaGreen]

22. Donald Trump said Wednesday that the Towers should be rebuilt

with an improved designed to prevent a collapse similar to 9/11.

[FreedomAngel82]

25. Sounds good

I like it better than the whole "freedom tower" bullshit.

[the_spectator]

28. Absolutely, rebuild:

That is the only thing that could give us (forgive the word, I know it's awful) "closure." If we did that, maybe we could move on and put the so-called "War on Terror" in perspective.

[Tesla]

30. Only right

[Clark2008]

32. My son has that poster on his wall...

Oh - and I wanted to point out that I went to http://www.teamtwintowers.org/ to read more.
I can't remember if it was them or another, similar group who wants to rebuild the twin towers, but they don't want to put the towers on the exact same footprints as the old towers - they want to build just up from them. The footprints would serve as memorials.
I think it's a splendid idea - including the one tower shorter than the other one.

Bravo Keith!

(And he is a sexy beast! :loveya:)

[Catchawave]

31. Rebuild Them !

As always, Keith's da man :loveya:

[Princess Turandot]

33. That was my thought as well...

I lived seeing them in the distance out of our apartment window for 15 years before I moved to where I live now. Put them back.



From Ellis Island, July 2003 (by me)



Probably from Liberty Island, August 2001, Wired New York

[Tesla]

34. Looks like "Size Matters" !!!!! hahaha

It makes a HUGE difference!!!

(As long as Haliburton isn't getting the contract to do it!!!!)

[jayctravis]

35. Very nice idea.

Strong but with a graceful humility.