Howard did not interrupt while Ventura was blasting away at the official story.

Jesse did a great job. And to Howard: thanks for letting Jesse do it.

I tuned it to the replay of today's show and heard them discussing Jesse Ventura's appearance. What a difference 24 hours can make. They read letters from listeners who were calling Ventura names. Other listeners said they liked him until he started talking about his views on 911. Fred was discounting Ventura saying he may have been a demolitions person, but he wasn't a metallurgist etc.. I think one letter was pro Ventura, suggesting that Howard give him his own show, but I don't believe that emailer mentioned the 911 stuff. Then Howard stated that he liked Jesse Ventura, but wasn't on board with his views of 911.

All in all, the discussion was anti 911 Truth.

What could have happened in that 24 hour period. Could Howard have been pulled aside by Mel Karmizen or Doug Goodstein, or possibly the people at XM, who Sirius just merged with? Could being pro 911 Truth be detrimental to the success of the show? Could being pro 911 cause the powers that be to come down on the show in some way.

Something sure happened.

What the fuck Howard?

North Texans for 911 Truth (new site)
http://tellstruth.webs.com/index.htm
North Texans for 911 Truth Meetup Site
http://9-11.meetup.com/249/

Herbert Wachtell, NY lawyer, represented Howard Stern as a co-counsel in a breach of contract suit bought by Stern's previous employer, CBS, following his move to Sirius.

Here is the page that mentions that he represented Howard Stern/Sirius and also talks about his work on the Silverstein insurance, double indemnity case:

http://www.legal500.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1136&l...

and....

Larry Silverstein is Herb Wachtell's oldest friend. They met as teen-agers, at New York City's High School of Music & Art, where they both played piano. At New York University, both played in the band, Silverstein on drums and Wachtell on clarinet. They stayed close enough over the years that Silverstein had dinner at Wachtell's house the Friday before Sept. 11. Silverstein didn't use Wachtell Lipton as his regular lawyers -- Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom and Stroock & Stroock & Lavan routinely represented him -- but when he split from his business partner (and brother-in-law), Wachtell and his partners negotiated the breakup.

Here is the source page for the info about Wachtell's and Silverstein's friendship:

http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1030343783307

I think that explains it.

This is an interesting paragraph:

Willis Group Holdings Limited is a giant insurance broker, specializing in coverage for big commercial properties. Even by Willis standards, though, the World Trade Center insurance program was huge. The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which finished building the complex in 1972, carried only $1.5 billion (per occurrence) in coverage on all of its buildings, which, in addition to the Trade Center, included the three New York City area airports. Silverstein's lenders insisted on more coverage, first demanding $2.3 billion, then $3.2 billion, and then, right before the lease deal closed, $3.55 billion. The lead Willis broker on the insurance placement, Timothy Boyd, and his team hustled in June and July to satisfy the lenders, contacting carriers in the United States, Europe and Bermuda to place coverage. Willis distributed to many, but not all, of the carriers underwriting packets that featured not only the risk analysis documentation on the World Trade Center, but also a 37-page sample property insurance policy that Willis had developed, a form called the WilProp 2000. The WilProp form included a specific definition of occurrence, one designed to minimize deductibles for policyholders: "all losses or damage that are attributable directly or indirectly to one cause or to one series of similar causes."

North Texans for 911 Truth (new site)
http://tellstruth.webs.com/index.htm
North Texans for 911 Truth Meetup Site
http://9-11.meetup.com/249/

In the third paragraph of my second post titled: "Update On The Stern Saga"

it should read:

Could being Pro 911 TRUTH cause the powers that be to come down on the show in some way.

I left out the word Truth.

tone of follow up show is not suprising