Been an AA fan since the start. Watched the core of what made AA great destroyed as Marc Maron, Mike Malloy and finally Randi were forced off the air by the foolish triangulating of AA management. What little remains is not worth the price of a podcast. I hope Sam and Thom retain their integrity, and don't succumb to the moral rationalization that comes with striving for 'mainstream' acceptance.

It’s too bad. Rachel is intelligent, and understands the depths of depravity inherent in the NeoCons and their ilk. However, she has a belief in a nonexistent system that blinds her to a greater evil, the machine of global capitalism of which the NeoCons are only a pawn, an ideological front for the ongoing rape and pillage of the planet and its inhabitants.

Ask Martin, Bobby or John what I'm trying to convey. Or Pat Tillman. Or the millions of Vietnamese, Central Americans or Iraqis who cry from their graves for justice. An afternoon's research can point the way to understanding how a small groups can machinate events, how those who fight for humanity are marginalized and denigrated.

Among others, check out Evidence of Revision, Trails of Tears, Loss of Innocence and The American Ruling Class on Google Video to see where I'm coming from. For readers, try Michael Parenti. Listeners should try Unwelcome Guests or Taking Aim available free at Radio4all.net.

I'm also a student, formal and informal, of world history, have been for 40 years. All I say here and below meets my standards of historical context, observable reality and the scientific method for determining the degree of truth behind any assertion.

Yesterday's interview with the sneering Rolling Stone ( a magazine that hasn't been cool since Donny Osmond was on the cover) writer was my last straw. Denigrating 9-11 truthers is easy as long as you don't engage in open and honest debate. That's to be expected from those who will not confront the harsh realities of who rules this country and how they go about doing it. Even Chomsky himself will not look at evidence that shows at minimum criminal negligence, dismissing out of hand physical evidence of disintegrating steel, disappearing planes and blatant acts of covering up that indicate much more.

I see this again and again. Over there, against foreigners, they create terrorists, assassinate leaders, conspire to overthrow governments, steal and murder at will. For some strange reason, they can't cross the line and do it here. Guess what? People who murder have little or no compunction about murdering anywhere. To think for one minute that those who torture, destroy all liberty and start preemptive wars would flinch from murdering us is an exercise in wishful thinking.

For the cop perspective, see Mike Ruppert. For science, Richard Gage and Stephen Jones. I have yet to see any official conspiracy believers come up with any evidence to support their theory. Ad hominem attacks on those who disagree are about as good as it gets.

I admit we have some strange speculating types in our midst. I suspect at least some of these to be agents of disinformation, as we saw in the Anti-Vietnam War and Civil Rights movements, etc. and so forth. The others are probably well intentioned if somewhat prone to unexamined beliefs, like people who profess the efficacy of numerology or astrology. Or Christianity for that matter.

Worst of all was the compliment to Evangelical sincerity. Those who would gladly rekindle the ovens and shove us inside are given the kid glove treatment. Made even more horrible by Rachel's fawning, it all adds up to a sell out. Very reminiscent of Cokie Roberts (a true SonderKommando) in her descent into the ‘mainstream’.

I wish Rachel well, and that she turns her back on AA and the empty suits she has befriended. They serve no worthwhile purpose, add nothing to our understanding, are only good for holding up the facade hiding a decayed and dying society, and who will turn you into a willing accomplice in the destruction of all that is decent.