Deadly missiles: not as sexy as Britney

[struggle4progress]

Submitted by James Clay Fuller on Mon, 09/17/2007 - 21:04.

Have we ever before seen a major news event disappear from public view so completely and so quickly? Or a story with such potential significance so widely ignored and minimized? ...

A B-52 bomber “mistakenly” loaded with five nuclear warheads (later reported as six) flew from Minot to Barksdale. The nuclear warheads “should have been removed in Minot before being transported to Barksdale” according to three Air Force officers who tipped the reporter. They also said the missiles carrying the nukes were mounted on pylons on the bomber's wings – as are missiles which are to be fired ...

Never have so many inadequate journalists asked so few questions about an incident carrying so many possible national and world-wide implications ...

In sum, say those who've been part of the process, loading nuclear weapons into combat position on an aircraft by mistake simply isn't possible. The implication is that someone of sufficient rank authorized the loading of those missiles on the bomber ...

http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/blog-entry/2007/09/17/deadly-missiles-not-sexy-britney.html

[Rosa Luxemburg]

1. no one in congress is worried?

[Thirtieschild]

2. Shades of Dr. Strangelove

which, btw, we watched again last night.

[lapfog_1]

3. This happens all the time

9/11 was surrounded by events that seem to have disappeared down the memory hole.

The stocks options that were purchased.

The Anthrax killings (5 dead, no one ever charged, Anthrax used is very likely from a US bio weapons lab).

And these aren't even the "conspiracy theory" stuff.

[CoffeeCat]

4. They cover what their bosses tell them to cover...

...and their bosses are indebted to the politicians, particularly those in the WH.

We get to hear what they want us to hear.

We're supposed to believe that the MSM is sane and providing factual information about our world,
and that the bloggers and other online sources are wackjobs.

The only way to get the truth, and to place importance on critical stories--is through the Internet.

If we only had the MSM, the B2/Nuke story would have been forgotten. We're keeping it alive because
it is important--and the ensuing discussion and research on that story might just make a difference.

The MSM has no credibility. They're flacks for the WH.