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25-Oct-02

"My heart feels ripped apart. Here was a man of courage and conscience. An American hero in the truest sense of the word. When so many of his colleagues in Congress cowered, afraid to uphold truth, Wellstone risked all to stand up and say "Enough!" And now, he is dead. Can anyone not totally brainwashed believe this is a coincidence - less than two weeks before a critical election, with Wellstone surging ahead in the polls. This was murder." - Cheryl Seal. "The bottom line is it would not surprise me to learn that the right-wing or CIA or someone close to Bush was involved in Sen. Wellstone's tragic crash...the truth is out there. " -Jackson Thoreau.

Two Democratic Voices Speak Out: Was Paul Wellstone Murdered?"


By Cheryl Seal



American Martyr: Will Justice Be Sought Now by His Less Courageous Colleagues?
I can feel in my bones, in my heart, and in my soul that Senator Paul Wellstone was murdered. Maybe not by the CIA, but at the very least by GOP operatives. A serious accusation? Damn right, and I mean it, in all seriousness. I only half-seriously wondered if Me Carnahan, running against John Ashcroft in Missouri, had been murdered. Remember him? Same identical thing: right before the election, with a strong lead, he dies in a plane crash. Another voice of Democracy silenced by those who would murder not just good men, but Democracy herself. Less than two weeks ago, here in Baltimore, a family of seven was murdered, burned to death in their homes in what was supposed to have looked like an "accidental" fire for speaking out against drug lords. Now Paul Wellstone has speaken out against the oil lords and he and his family are dead.

My heart feels ripped apart. Here was a man of courage and conscience. An American hero in the truest sense of the world When so many of his colleagues in Congress cowered, afraid to uphold truth, Wellstone risked all to stand up and say "Enough!" I remember reading how, before the vote, he called his aides and family together to tell them. I may be finished politically, but I must vote my conscience. Please understand. What a fine human being. And now, he is dead. Can anyone not totally brainwashed believe this is a coincidence - less than two weeks before a critical election, with Wellstone surging ahead in the polls. This was murder. I do not know how. I do not know by whom. But murder, it most surely was.

This is it, folks, war has been declared on us by those among us who seek to give absolute power to a fascist regime that wants to plunge us and the world into an eternal war to fuel their own lust for wealth and power. If America allows this murder to go unaddressed, uninvestigated by an unbiased, thorough investigators in a search for facts open at every turn to the public, then our nation is doomed. The Nazis are here to stay. Who then, will be next?

Will Wellstone's less courageous colleagues in Congress finally now find the guts and conscience to speak up and demand justice? Their fallen brother deserved their support on October 11 and failed to get it. Will they give it now? God and America are watching.

- Cheryl Seal

Did the right-wing or CIA or someone close to Bush tamper with Sen. Wellstone's plane?


By Jackson Thoreau


My first hunch about Sen. Paul Wellstone's tragic plane crash less than two weeks before this pivotal election is that the plane was tampered with by right-wingers, possibly the CIA, either directly or through some psychic mind games.

I'm not a big conspiracy nut who worries about this kind of thing all the time - just an average one like Oliver Stone who knows there's something sinister and weird going on in our world - but I have done extensive research into the 1963 JFK assassination in Dallas. The right-wing-CIA was heavily involved in that, from Oswald's CIA connections to the Dallas mayor at that time being the brother of the former CIA deputy director who lost his job after the Bay of Pigs fiasco and blamed that on JFK. The Dallas mayor also changed the parade route on that fateful day so it would go right by the grassy knoll and triple overpass, where JFK met his death.

I have interviewed numerous people who report weird things that occurred during that time, such as key witnesses dying in strange ways like mysterious plane crashes and being run over by trains in the middle of the night. I have written numerous stories on this and covered it in my book on Dallas history - and have received my share of threatening phone calls, mail opened, and the like to know I was stepping on some powerful toes. The right-wing hates having its misdeeds exposed to the light of day, and perhaps that is our greatest weapon. But I know how to mentally protect myself - two can play at that game. I continue to pursue the truth and expose their crimes to the light.My first hunch about Sen. Paul Wellstone's tragic plane crash less than two weeks before this pivotal election is that the plane was tampered with by right-wingers, possibly the CIA, either directly or through some psychic mind games.

I'm not a big conspiracy nut who worries about this kind of thing all the time - just an average one like Oliver Stone who knows there's something sinister and weird going on in our world - but I have done extensive research into the 1963 JFK assassination in Dallas. The right-wing-CIA was heavily involved in that, from Oswaldâ??s CIA connections to the Dallas mayor at that time being the brother of the former CIA deputy director who lost his job after the Bay of Pigs fiasco and blamed that on JFK. The Dallas mayor also changed the parade route on that fateful day so it would go right by the grassy knoll and triple overpass, where JFK met his death.

I have interviewed numerous people who report weird things that occurred during that time, such as key witnesses dying in strange ways like mysterious plane crashes and being run over by trains in the middle of the night. I have written numerous stories on this and covered it in my book on Dallas history - and have received my share of threatening phone calls, mail opened, and the like to know I was stepping on some powerful toes. The right-wing hates having its misdeeds exposed to the light of day, and perhaps that is our greatest weapon. But I know how to mentally protect myself - two can play at that game. I continue to pursue the truth and expose their crimes to the light.

There were also numerous JFK murder witnesses committing suicide in the months after that tragedy. The CIA has done extensive mind control work for decades - I know several psychics personally who have worked for the CIA - and could possibly convince someone through such mind games to commit suicide. Could they psychically work on making a plane crash? Who knows. Anything is possible. I know the CIA can make â?? and has made - murders look like suicides or heart attacks. I sometimes wonder if J.H. Hatfield, author of the explosive Bush biography, Fortunate Son, was such a victim last year. And what about Democratic Missouri Gov. Mel Carnahan, who was killed when his small plane crashed right before the 2000 election? What about John F. Kennedy Jr., who had intelligence, political ambitions, charisma, and the name, dying in a 1999 plane crash? Do you really think these are mere coincidences?

Add to that Raytheon Co., one of the biggest U.S. military contractors and manufacturer of the plane that crashed, being a huge donor to Republicans, and the mind continues to wonder. U.S. House Republican Majority Leader Dick Armey of Texas, for instance, received $48,201 alone from Raytheon in 1997-98. The Republican National Committee received at least $170,000 from Raytheon since 1999. Raytheon donates to Democrats, too, but more than twice as much money goes to Republicans.

Raytheon has all kinds of CIA connections, as does Bush, whose father was once director of the CIA. It would take little for the right-wing to physically tamper with that plane, and even less to mentally tamper with it.

I know all this might sound weird, but itâ??s happening. The CIA and related agencies cover their tracks well and are in the business of confusing others. You canâ??t look at things in logical ways all the time when youâ??re dealing with the CIA. Up is down, left is right, JFK is Nixon.

The bottom line is it would not surprise me to learn that the right-wing or CIA or someone close to Bush was involved in Sen. Wellstoneâ??s tragic crash.

Bush, for his part, issued some strange comments immediately after the crash, even for him. He called Wellstone â?? who was an articulate, energetic, intelligent political science professor for 21 years before he was a senator - a "plain-spoken fellow." He said he wanted to issue his "condolences for the loss of the Senate." Did he mean the Democratsâ?? sudden loss of the Senate? Did he know something more than he let on?

The freepersâ?? comments I read about this tragedy were mostly tasteful â?? on the surface â?? though some jokes and conspiratorial posts were published on their right-wing site. Right after the news of the crash, some posted comments like "prayers for control of the Senate." Several comments were removed by the moderator. One that was not said, "You do realize that as we sit here praying for one of our biggest political enemiesâ?? safety, President Bush will be blamed by the Democrats [including the rabid leftists at DU and other brain-sucking sites] for the crash."

Another joked, "Maybe it was shot down by a right wing militia. Weâ??ve got to ban handguns." And another implied, "Ted Kennedy may have been on [the plane]." Then there was this ramble: "Politically speaking, would this be good or bad news for the GOP if heâ??s dead? I could see him winning now like Carnahan in 2000 so that Gov. Jesse could appoint his successor. Iâ??m thinking this is probably not good news."

And this comment: "Any bets on how quickly the Democrats will have his wife take his place on the ballot?" Sen. Wellstoneâ??s wife and daughter also died on board. Another predicted that "[Republican Senate candidate in Minnesota] Colemanâ??s campaign is dead." And then there was this message: "I pray that Wellstone and all of his aides survive, and live to see themselves defeated handily on Nov 5th...unless this is yet another of Tom "Caligula" Daschleâ??s election schemes." Someone else added, "Carnahan II? Ventura is the governor, not a D...this time."

Such conservativesâ?? glee at the demise of probably the most powerful real progressive in the country was entirely evident in such comments. Many contained themselves, but we know what theyâ??re really thinking, donâ??t we?

I donâ??t have proof of the right-wingâ??s involvement in this and other plane crashes involving Democrats. But my political hunches have been pretty good lately. I am digging into this and hopefully will produce some proof someday. The truth is out there.

Hold yourself in the light. Pray for the protection of God or your guardian angels or fate or humanity or whatever you believe in. These are trying, critical times. We canâ??t let the right-wing fascists take over entirely.

Jackson Thoreau is co-author of We Will Not Get Over It: Restoring a Legitimate White House. The 110,000-word electronic book can be downloaded at http://www.geocities.com/jacksonthor/ebook.html or at http://www.legitgov.org/we_will_not_get_over_it.html. Thoreau can be emailed at

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