Challenge Facts: Sheen
Sheen is facing his neo con (cover up artists) critics.
Date: 3/28/2006 7:47:54 PM ( 18 y ) ... viewed 1730 times Charlie Sheen: 'Challenge Me On the Facts'
Actor's first response since media firestorm over 9/11 comments
Paul Joseph Watson & Alex Jones/Prison Planet.com | March 24 2006
Charlie
Sheen has responded publicly for the first time since the media
firestorm over his comments by challenging his detractors to debate him
on the evidence of 9/11 and not issues relating to his personal life.
"I
am an American citizen that loves my country and as a citizen with my
passion for this great country I demand that I be challenged on the
facts not on immature behavior from twenty years ago," said Sheen.
"If they continue to attack me personally it only gives credence to our side of the argument."
Sheen elaborated on how developments during the course of the week had unfolded and his reaction to them.
"All I can say is wow! Wow! this has been some kind of week I can tell you."
Sheen tipped his hat to A.J. Hammer and CNN's Showbiz Tonight for having the guts to cover the story and give 9/11 skeptics a balanced platform on which to discuss the issues. He called the CNN poll showing around 82% support his
stance on 9/11 an "inspiration" and "staggering" but Sheen also
outlined the fact that he was not entirely surprised by the outcome.
Sheen said he was encouraged by the support shown on blogs and message
boards across the Internet.
The poll directly contradicts a line of attack used on a Hannity and Colmes piece Thursday
night which claimed that Sheen's views didn't reflect the mainstream of
America. If we are to treat an 82% majority as the mainstream then that
accusation is completely fraudulent.
Sheen addressed the attack pieces generated from his comments.
"The
majority of them, in fact 90% of them, were attacking me personally,
were attacking my credibility, were attacking my observational or
talents of insight or observance and what they did not attack is the
specific points that you and I raised, the points that generate the
most controversy about the events," Sheen told the Alex Jones Show.
"For anyone to have any kind of opinion on something that warrants an opinion I guess you have to be squeaky clean."
Sheen
made the point that the hit pieces singled out his quotes relating to
his first reaction to 9/11, and in particular the suspicious collapse
of the buildings, but deliberately avoided the hardcore evidence he
later presented, making him appear uninformed when in fact he had
documented why he had serious doubts about the official story.
"I was vilified for expressing my feelings about what I saw and I was demonized for expressing my gut reaction to what I saw."
Even so, both Dan Rather and Peter Jennings'
gut instincts were that the collapse of the buildings looked like
controlled demolition so Sheen is hardly on a skinny branch in simply
stating what common sense told him at the time.
"When
they pigeon-hole me into the tin foil hat wearing conspiracy
knuckle-head brigade they don't mention those quotes by Peter Jennings
and Dan Rather," said Sheen.
Sheen responded to the claims made by National Geographic producer Nicole Rittenmeyer aired by CNN on Wednesday night.
Rittenmeyer insinuated that her conclusions on 9/11 were credible
simply due to the fact that the series she produced had high viewing
figures.
"This woman based
all of her credibility on the ratings that the show received and I find
that ludicrous because what that speaks to is people's interest.
Whether you believe the official story or you're curious about an
alternate viewpoint so she kind of shot herself in the foot talking
about 'this is the base of my credibility', 'this is why I'm right,
because a lot of people watched it', you know I could say the same
thing about the reaction to my comments this week....but I'm not saying
that I'm just here to remind people that the only credibility that I
need is what I have and that is as an upstanding taxpaying American
citizen who loves his country and who refuses to stand by as this level
of insanity is blanketed over obvious truths."
Sheen
reiterated his main focus as being on what caused Building 7, which
wasn't hit by a plane, to become only the third steel building in
history to collapse from fire damage (the other two being the twin
towers). Photographs taken prior to the building's collapse show minor
fires before it falls in a textbook demolition fashion.
"If
there's a problem with Building 7 then there's a problem with the whole
damn thing and guess what? There's a serious problem with Building 7,"
said Sheen.
Sheen demanded
that Larry Silverstein, the owner of the WTC complex, explain what he
meant when he told a September 2002 PBS documentary 'America Rebuilds'
that the decision was made to "pull" the building, which is a
demolition term for deliberate implosion.
"When someone makes a statement like that I think it warrants a follow up response," said Sheen.
"In
fact you know what I'll come right out and say that I'm personally
requesting a direct answer from Mr. Silverstein about what he
meant....give him my number tell him to call me I'm just curious. Tell
him to call CNN tell him to call somebody because you cannot make a
statement like that and not follow it up, and not back it up and not
explain it."
"Anyone that
cannot view this as a controlled demolition, I would have to say that
their chair was not facing the television. Anyone that can look at this
and say 'yes, that is a random event caused by fire' really needs
psychiatric evaluation," said Sheen.
Sheen
challenged the mainstream media to run a poll on Building 7 asking if
viewers believe from video evidence that the building was brought down
by means of controlled implosion.
Sheen
again underscored his challenge to his detractors to debate him on the
evidence and not idle gossip about his private life and his family.
"I
ask that they look at the evidence and they debate myself, yourself,
people that support us on those specific issues. Not about me
personally, not about what they think about me personally not about
what they think they know about me personally, just about the facts. I
issue that challenge."
Sheen
expressed his excitement at the response that his stance received and
hinted that this was only the beginning of the journey.
"It feels like you and I have started the revolution and God bless America," said Sheen in closing.
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