It's definitely time to expose Barrett's BS in broad daylight.

I actually met Cosmos on the first "Bush Did It!" 9/11 Truth Rally/March to the Power to the Peaceful Festival 9 years ago. He has been a member of our local group. We gave him a Citizen's hero for 9/11 Truth award in 2007, along with Richard, Janette, Bob Bowman, Jim Hoffman...

I also actually met Kevin Barrett working on the Truth Conference in Chicago in 2004. I think he has written a couple of good books on 9/11 Truth and some very good articles. He spoke with Steven Jones and Kevin Ryan at an event I moderated in Denver, Colorado.

I also know Webster Tarpley, who spoke at the SF Int'l Inquiry into 9/11 and the Toronto Inquiry in 2004 and came to California in 2005 when we premiered Barrie Zwickers' The great Conspiracy- The 9/11 News Special You Never Saw.

I have always felt that for any of these prominent 9/11 truth activists to attack one another publicly is very detrimental to the movement and have always urged them to work out their differences privately- without broadcasting them to the world.

I am concerned that Cointelpro is alive and well and we are under attack, but I have a hard time identifying precisely who is creating all the schisms- I generally concentrate on the work at hand.

I know that people have been accused of having Jekyll and Hyde personalities which harm the movement irreparably. The truth is- none of us are perfect- we do all make mistakes and I have also been accused from all sides for being too radical, too conservative, too gullible, too nice, too manipulative, too tyrannical... you name it. And the truth is- I am human, a mom, I do the best I can, I make mistakes.

I was exhausted by the recent events and wrote to our local group:

I want to thank everyone from the bottom of my heart for your participation, support, efforts on behalf of 9/11 Truth!!!!

....hummux said something profound to me about how the hope of the world was whether we could figure out how to work together cooperatively. It always sound so good in theory, but as you all know, in real life, it can be very messy. He likened our path as the spirit escape thread woven into every Navajo rug. Our success depends on us finding/making the path.

There was a lot of uncertainty about exactly what would happen at the Film Festival, part of it because I removed myself from the committee (to spare them the tyranny of my presence - and to spare me the conflicts/arguments/frustrations and allow me more time to do what I was more passionate about- my radio show and the 9th Annual Truth/Rally/March.) So on 9/11/2010, we were spread rather thin- with two film festivals happening, while we were also in two different locations at Power to the Peaceful Festival, plus I had the rally/march in the morning and the Take Back Gandhi's 9/11 Celebration in the evening.

Needless to say, there were a lot of things that just didn't get done, and a lot of mistakes, but the events happened because people wanted them to happen and put time and energy into them, and each bit of time and energy shaped the events. Was some of it wasted? I overlooked one cookie tin at the Grand Lake Theater when the cookies seemed to run out, and later found it and passed them out to the last folks who helped to pack up, and were the last to leave the theater. On Friday, I was so tired, but I spent the whole day unloading and reloading the car, and baking cookies, I even recruited my kids to help bake them. We ran out of cookies unbelievably soon in the afternoon on September 11th. So many people came by asking for cookies, and I had to apologize and not give them any, but when Bill was packing up in the evening- he found two whole giant tins of them (2 hours of effort) and shared them with volunteers and the homeless. I came home with way too many and my family can't eat them all- Daniel's sharing them at school with his friends.

People say 9/11 couldn't have happened because the government is too incompetent, but I think 9/11 happened the way it did- because it was the most botched special operation in history and therein lies the hope and strength of our movement- that truth will triumph over the lies, and love will triumph over fear. Maybe we are too incompetent, to really succeed in changing the paradigm that has dominated the planet for 10,000 years or so, but I believe the strength of our movement, which I have seen grow dramatically over the years, is because it is the power of truth, spirit yearning for social-justic,e and the survival of life/planet, that nurtures the community, cooperation, trust that the growing network of activism is totally dependent upon. We continually have obstacles/opportunities hurled our way and have to figure out what to do, whether we can go around them, get blocked, despair, give up. Organizing events is a challenge, with all sorts of possibilities/challenges, and it does involve some risk- you just never know what is going to happen or what the results will be. You have to have the courage to try and to be able to make mistakes, and to learn from them. When I began working on 9/11, I did things that I never did before. I made lots of mistakes. I have lost thousands of dollars on events, but I don't have any regrets. The events accomplished things, and helped spread the word, despite the financial losses. The process, itself, would bring people together, and new collaborations would emerge, way beyond anything imaginable.

I interviewed Mickey and Peter on my Thursday radio show (live from the Film Festival) and one of the most censored stories is 9/11 Truth, particularly Richard's press conference in SF last February. The press didn't cover the press conferences in NY, DC, LA on the 9th either, and tried to create a smoke screen with the mosque controversy/ and ignore that third beam, but I don't think it will work. When thousands of people protested in front of the NY Times and the NY Times didn't report it- those people knew the NY Times was NOT telling the whole truth. The image of the third beam, which is bound to spread- will make the media look even more lame than it already is, and will greatly strengthen the movement.

The existing paradigm depends on complex webs of relationships, and on fear, war, terrorism, violence to maintain their power. We have a much greater force on our side, which is "satyagraha" as Gandhi termed it. truth force, soul force, or as Martin Luther King Jr. described it "Love in Action"...

I got up at 4:30 am on Saturday to get to Speedway Meadow and begin setting up. Scott came all the way from Southern California to set up for Architects and Engineers for 9/11 Truth. Truth be told- I was so exhausted on Friday that when I realized that I couldn't fit all the stuff into my car- I called Brian Good for help. He and Ray Banque graciously agreed to carry all the stuff for our non-profit space to and from Speedway Meadows, and he kept an eye on the booth when NC9/11TA volunteers ran short or disappeared. Dana brought the tables and free lit from the GLC. John Wright miraculously showed up and helped tremendously (and picked up DVDs to table at the VIZ). He also gave Dina, Rudy, and I a ride to the rally at the Panhandle- which saved me the nightmare of trying to chase down my car later in the day. John also helped carry all the stuff we had a hard time dealing with after the rally back to the Power to the Peaceful Festival (including the medicine pouch that Zachary Running Wolf had forgotten). And he took photos of us when we arrived at Speedway Meadow! (A good thing we have some- cause my camera battery died first thing that morning.)

I didn't know how many people would come. The police gave us a permit and were very nice, and escorted us like royalty the whole way. But I was expecting the big blue banner which didn't come- Kathy was away. The corporate media wasn't there. Patrick videotaped a lot. John Fitzgerald didn't make it- but Janet and David were there. Vic did a great job singing at the rally and during the march. He found a new sound system which is self contained that he can carry with no hands! KPFA interviewed us all along the march route- and recorded people's talks. (Bernie also sang). It was a very friendly event, but for me it meant a great deal because I really do think satyagraha, global non-violent resistance, active love, is what we must do to counter the corporate/fascist police state that is being imposed... and today I realized just how "priceless" relationships are- the trust- love bonds that occur, almost naturally within a family - and are the basis of community... Before 9/11 my big issue was changing the monetary system, and I need to give a talk in Chicago at the end of them month on the strategy for the monetary reform movement, and I planned to use the lens that I used when I spoke at the plenary for the 2006 Truth Conference in Chicago http://www.communitycurrency.org/plenary.html and as I was doing math, making phone calls, I realized how like water, air, life itself, how priceless the help we offer one another is. Money is such a small part of the equation, if anything it generally gets in the way and is more of a problem than anything else- things are so much easier- when we don't use it or need it - and it saves so much time and effort on bookkeeping - and it is generally not taxable! But I did swap some 9/11 Fact sheets for DVDs, and Mickey wanted a book which we deducted off his honorarium. So I have this radical view on money and it has had a big impact on my life, my marriage, my relationship with NC 9/11 TA over the years. I hate asking for money. The more money I have, the more "responsible" I feel. More money to me generally means more work. I sometimes run short of money, because I do give it away to people who need it.

Last year I was accused of being a tyrant and I realize that I "am a tyrant" but the tyrant probably tyrannizes me, more than anyone else. I drive myself harder than other people. I usually only ask for help when I desperately need it, because I can't do it myself, and people (like my husband, my kids, the Northern California 9/11 Truth Alliance) usually only help because (1) they love me (2) the request is in line with their passion, their purpose, their mission - which is the mission of the 9/11 Truth Alliance, or within a much larger mission which is helped by the mission of the 9/11 Truth Alliance (3) out of fear of earning my wrath/disappointment. Each of us has an inner tyrant and the trick is remembering to balance our lives, so that if we are pushing ourselves really hard, we don't harm those close to us- family or colleagues in the process. It is painful to see one we love harm themselves/commit suicide, hurt other people. It is a joy to see the people we love, our colleagues joyous, successful, especially if their successes are beneficial to our cause/humanity. I always thought that we should compete at who could think of the most effective way of winning over the public to 9/11 truth through art, film, music, literature, science...comedy, theater... actually, Gandhi didn't come up with the word "satyagraha" he held a contest to come up with the best word to describe it...

We should have a contest to spread the meme of satyagraha and encourage new ones worldwide and link them all together- so that it is CELEBRATED each year on 9/11 as the force that saved the planet, and the tragedy of 9/11 transformed into a force which heals the wounds of the lies, deceptions, violence that were once used to divide and conquer humanity and the world... Actually I think Arnie said that better in the poem he delivered at the Gandhi statue...

I'm afraid I was interrupted ... and wasn't able to convey half of what I thought that I realized about myself, our group, the world this weekend, beyond that we don't appreciate and celebrate one another and ourselves enough. We are too hard on ourselves and one another. We should love, appreciate and encourage one another more often. We should learn and be grateful for the opportunity to make mistakes which helps us to grow. "We are all beginners amidst beginners..." and we need to listen to one another more... although there is never enough time to do all that we wish that we could do... We should concentrate on that which we are most passionate about. I still think our group should be "a support group for activists." If the group wants to be more "effective" then the group will have to figure out a better process than the one we have now. I have my limitations, and so does everyone else. Together we can do things that no one of us can do alone, but since no one is really getting paid for the work we do - and we are all volunteers - and we rarely agree on anything - we have our limitations, and can only try to balance our needs/purposes with the group's needs and purposes...

My house reflects the state of my being, sometimes it is relatively neat, calm, peaceful and when I am pushing myself really hard- it generally becomes a mess, chaotic, and I can't find anything, I'm super inefficient and wipe myself out and can't do 2% of the things that I want/hope to do. This year, I think the group was divided, scattered, and we didn't do everything we had hoped/wanted to do, but even if we only did 2% of what we aimed for - it still was significant and will have impact and will plant some seeds and I'm sure it was worth the time, craziness, effort, love, heart, energy, attention that we poured into our efforts, and just Richard's direct action alone was so spectacular, that we should all bask and glory and rejoice at it- because I'm sure that that light beam will have a huge impact, and we should all be very proud that a member of our group was instrumental in pulling that off! I haven't even listed all the other great things/work that everyone has done, including the folks who never or rarely come to our meetings.

I'm glad that the Truth Movement is outgrowing our group, and could outlive us, but I think we really should take time to celebrate, and also to think, reflect, strategize, or figure out a better way of decision making than we have used over the past 8 years. We have evolved and should continue to grow, evolve, perhaps birth even more groups, that are more effective than we are...

My son, who just graduated from college is now living at home and looking for a job. We spend some time together- he helps me with cooking, dishes, housework, and we go on walks... He asks me if I think I am a better or a worse mom now than I was when he was little. I say he is bigger now and can do more than he used to, so I don't have to baby him like he was when he was young. It turns out that kids coming home from college LIKE to be babied. It is nice to be nurtured/cared for, loved, appreciated. I remember how hard it was for me, when I was sick/exhausted/tired to cook dinners for the family. Yesterday, my husband babied me - and fed me - and I needed it.

The poem I wrote years ago began- "I am a master; I am a slave; I am a mother."

But I often feel helpless in the group, voiceless, ignored; I think we all do. Each person has an impact, but it isn't easy to see because some people are shyer than others and don't even try to enter the conversation - and their gifts/contributions are lost. Meetings are an opportunity for real dialogue, for tapping into the group wisdom, but generally our processes don't allow it. I strongly favor the circle process, but I am generally outruled and "an agenda" dominates.

I propose that we celebrate at our next meeting and just pass the talking stick and speak from our heart and just devote the last hour to a meeting- but I'll bet we cover enough with a circle process that we will handle most of what needs to be said by the time we get to the agenda and vote on the financial stuff.

As you/I said it is unfortunate to bring this up here. For me and many others this was both opportune and also timely considering what has gone down. The other obvious reason is that Carol was here to be called on her blog at this time and Cosmos was at this event and was a founding member with Carol and their group on display on this thread. Also if you did not know it is very hard to engage Carol on these issues:) In my this was not off topic.

Otherwise I completely agree with your post!

Kind regards John

Because you (and other Barrett supporters) really don't give a damn about a loose canon "9/11 truth leader" who advocates violence, pushes Holocaust denial and has supported almost every nonsense claim about 9/11 that exists.

My government name is not a big secret. A lot of people in the movement know it. I wouldn't have had a problem with using it when I first got involved with 9/11 truth work 8 and a half years ago. Instead, I decided to use the name that EVERYONE has known me by for about 25 years. If my name is good enough for my mom and my grandparents and all my friends, it's good enough for some anonymous internet interrogator like yourself. So suck it up. Again, my work speaks loudly and clearly for myself and now that I'm being harassed by creeps left and right, I think I'll just let you keep guessing. Have fun with it.

Know his name. I know Arabesque's name as well. If people want to use a pseudonym, that is their prerogative, and no amount of pressure from debunkers, or people that have never posted a single blog before should make them do otherwise.

As Cosmos has repeatedly said, it is a name he has gone by for 25 years, and his mother, and grandmother call him that. But regardless, I see value in remaining anonymous considering I have gotten crank called to death by people like Troy Sexton.

With regards to Barrett...

People like Cosmos shouldn't have to deal with being accused of anything other than doing their best for a consistently long period of time. I can't name a bad thing he's done personally. We all make mistakes. The question is, do we learn from them? People who don't, and continually make them should be avoided, and not put on a pedastal. If we want to succeed.

With regards to Uncle Mickey, this is a non-issue invented by Adam Syed. Everyone who knows Cosmos, knows that Uncle Mickey was family friend that he called Uncle Mickey. I have been introduced to many family friends over the years as "Uncle this," and "Aunt that..." who weren't related.

My work also speaks for itself. I am here defending Cosmos and nothing more.

Yes Barrett just keeps tripping himself up. Amazing to see. I seriously wish I hadn't bought his book many years ago, but I think that earns me the right to be critical of him. Kidding of course, we all have the right and should use this right and be critical of all idea's about 9/11 truth. The timing of this John you are right is very amazing to see and coincide with the mosque mess. Love the work I have seen and heard you do over the years btw Mr. Bursill.