Thanks to each of you who worked to get resolutions passed at your precincts. There were many successes!
Colorado county assemblies are being held soon. In some cases, they have already been held. You can find the date and venue for your county assembly here.
The Colorado Democratic Party Platform Committee has thus far drafted a short plank for a truly independent 9/11 investigation. It is not bad, but needs to be stronger.
Here is the CDP PC recommendation thus far:
Investigations:
Trust in our government and our democracy has been severely eroded in this new century as falsehoods have been spread to start unwarranted wars, torture has been condoned or ferreted away to foreign shores, the privacy of our own citizens has been invaded, and facts have been ignored or concealed regarding government involvement in and response to national crises. To restore transparency and confidence in our institutions and to honor the American ideal that “no one is above the law,”
We call for:
1. 38. A truly independent Grand Jury and public investigation, with subpoena power and the power to grant immunity, into anomalies ignored by the 9/11 Commission.
2. 39. Reviews of the investigations into the illegal invasion of Iraq, Abramoff and other lobbyists, the response to Hurricane Katrina, and other major issues.
Here is the one we recommend for a stronger plank:
Investigations:
For many reasons, mistrust in our government and our democracy has reached crisis proportions. Ten years later, September 11, 2001, remains a pivotal moment in US and world history, as it has been the engine that has driven the “war on terror,” unwarranted wars, and the condoning of torture, and in the name of national security has triggered unparalleled attacks on constitutional rights, such as domestic surveillance of US citizens, illegal detention of immigrants and US citizens, and an “assassination list” for specified Americans abroad.
The 9/11 Commission chairs have admitted that significant information given them by NORAD turned out not to be true and that they were stonewalled by the White House. Among many other criticisms, there were egregious conflicts of interest within this commission, and much of the information that informed their final report was derived from the torture of prisoners.
Even though there was ample evidence of explosives in the World Trade Center dust, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has refused to test for explosives or pyrotechnic materials, which is routine and specified by the national standard for fire investigation (National Fire Protection Association or NFPA 921), and NIST has refused to disclose its computer model upon which it based its theory of collapse initiation of the Twin Towers.
To “restore science to its rightful place,” to restore transparency and confidence in our institutions, and to restore the American ideal that “no one is above the law,”
We call for:
1. 38. A truly independent Grand Jury and public investigation, with subpoena power and the power to grant immunity, into anomalies ignored by the 9/11 Commission.
2. 39. An independent investigation, with subpoena power and the power to grant immunity, into the source of orders that resulted in torture, torture sites, rendition, illegal detention of nationals and immigrants, and related issues.
3. 40. Reviews of the investigations into the illegal invasion of Iraq, Abramoff and other lobbyists, the response to Hurricane Katrina, and other major issues.
If you are a delegate to your county assembly, please consider taking either of these–but we hope you’ll choose the second one–and do your best to get it adopted by your assembly participants.
You can inform them that the Colorado Platform Committee has recommended the first one, but we need to specify reasons for a new investigation since many people do not know about the failure of the 9/11 Commission or of the NIST study. Also, it addresses the great need for accountability for the orders for torture.
Let your caucus attendees know:
This is a difficult and painful issue to face, but if we do not find out what really happened on 9/11, life will be even more difficult for us all in the future–more “war on terrorism,” more false-flag operations, more loss of liberties. Is that what we want?
This process may require getting a petition signed at the assembly, so call your county chair to find out what the procedure is for getting this plank established on your county platform.
The more counties that adopt this, the greater the probability it will be adopted as a plank for all of Colorado.
Once again, this is, at the very least, a great opportunity to educate many people!
Please email franshure (at) estreet (dot) com to let us know what happens.