(2051-09-11) — As part of the nation’s month-long celebration of the 50th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, ABC television tonight will show an educational drama called ‘The Path from 9/11‘.
The docudrama recounts the initial resistance to global jihad mounted by the infidels of the former United States of America in the immediate aftermath of the great martyrdom operation.
But then the tide turns in favor of the budding Islamic caliphate (Allah be praised!). As memories of the 2001 attacks fade, world opinion turns against the Great Satan. Then the Great Satan turns on itself, consumed from within by a toxic combination of political ambition and cowardice masquerading as tolerance.
The Path from 9/11: A Triumph of the Will illustrates the righteousness of Usama Bin Laden’s cause, and how his unswerving commitment to jihad ensured the establishment of our glorious global Caliphate, upon which today the sun never sets.
The program begins tonight at 7 p.m., right after Chief Justice al-Zawahiri leads Sunset Prayer Live from the National Mosque and just before a very special episode of American Idol.
The Path from 9/11, includes a scholastic study guide for boys, and is required viewing for all subjects of the Islamic Republic of America.
Advanced overnight ratings indicate the show will notch a 100 share and shall win its timeslot.
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1 JamesonLewis3rd // Sep 8, 2006 at 1:56 pm
God Bless America
2 Darthmeister // Sep 8, 2006 at 2:04 pm
There, the DemDonks ought to be happy now … ignorant dhimmies.
3 Big Java // Sep 8, 2006 at 2:06 pm
OK, but what about the coffee?
4 Dryden // Sep 8, 2006 at 2:10 pm
‘Triumph of the Will’ — superb.
5 Darthmeister // Sep 8, 2006 at 2:22 pm
Once again, here’s an excellent futuristic tale which warns of what may happen if western civilizations continue to ignore the Islamofascist threat as the work of mere fringe groups, exacerbated by the self-destructive fingerpointing of self-loathing American haters (i.e. liberals and socialist humanists)
In Mr. Simmons’ scenario America is the lone bulwark of freedom resisting global Islamism while Europe devolves into an Eurabia plunging headlong into open appeasement of Muslim fundamentalism.
Hey, good-by yellow-brick road!
6 GnuCarSmell // Sep 8, 2006 at 2:45 pm
“cowardice masquerading as tolerance”
A perfect and pithy analysis of the left.
7 Old War Dogs // Sep 8, 2006 at 2:46 pm
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8 MF in FL // Sep 8, 2006 at 3:02 pm
RE: #6
I agree. We should save that phrase as a highly quotable one for dealing with the Dems and McCains of the world.
9 nylecoj // Sep 8, 2006 at 3:04 pm
Imagine a 100 share in the advance overnight ratings. I bet that is how ‘elections’ work as well……well if they bother
10 R.A.M. // Sep 8, 2006 at 3:11 pm
I understand AhDIMajad now says, 9/11 NEVER happened!
11 Tony’s Baloney // Sep 8, 2006 at 3:22 pm
“Cowardice masquerading as toleranceâ€
How true! I never thought of it that way.
Scott, that phrase is an eye opener.
12 RedPepper // Sep 8, 2006 at 3:35 pm
How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love Jihad
“Our source was the New York Times.”
13 gafisher // Sep 8, 2006 at 3:51 pm
You forgot the prayer for Yumama bin Plottin (may peas be upon him!) but otherwise it sounds about right.
14 puzzletop // Sep 8, 2006 at 4:33 pm
The Koran can only be interpreted correctly from its original language, yet most Moslems do not know what it says. How then are they to understand that the big picture is to kill all Jews and Christians when their radical brethren do it with such conviction. It does not matter if they are moderate. Just so that they are Muslim is what seems to matter and the big picture that comes along with it.
15 camojack // Sep 8, 2006 at 5:19 pm
Hopefully I’ll be dead before the “global Caliphate” takes over…
16 Bit Decay // Sep 8, 2006 at 5:28 pm
Laugh While You Can
If we don’t keep up our vigilance, this will come true.I hope for the sake of my kids and yours that this stays in the "Humor" category.
17 Rock Slatestone // Sep 8, 2006 at 5:30 pm
I would add the note that congress has given permission to ABC to run this program.
18 Godfrey // Sep 8, 2006 at 5:35 pm
Great post, Scott. You should do this Billy Pilgrim stuff more often. There’s nothing like a long view to put the present into perspective.
19 onlineanalyst // Sep 8, 2006 at 6:27 pm
I know, I know. Who reads yesterday’s papers? But I had listed two links at the end of the LEAK thread about Fancy Pants Berger as well as the Dems’ attack against ABC that some may not have seen. They are worth checking out.
Hank is correct about the Dems’ plans to institute the “Fairness” Doctrine because they are frightened about the impact that facts and opposing viewpoints have on their stranglehold of the media. When Err America can’t make it on its own, we’ll have to listen to even more skewed propaganda from the Left under penalty of law.
20 onlineanalyst // Sep 8, 2006 at 6:28 pm
Will we have to tell the tale to our great-grandchildren in Arabic?
21 onlineanalyst // Sep 8, 2006 at 6:34 pm
American Idol?! Won’t all of the idols have been obliterated?
22 Libby Gone // Sep 8, 2006 at 6:39 pm
Satire, maybe.
Reality definitely.
Scott,sir……its almost not funny due to the fact that it is, well, the truth in so many ways.
23 JamesonLewis3rd // Sep 8, 2006 at 6:39 pm
The American Idol of the future IRA will feature masked, male, a capella yodellers exclusively.
24 Godfrey // Sep 8, 2006 at 6:40 pm
I’ve gotta say, as I read more about this miniseries uproar I’m leaning toward the Dem position on this one. I’m truly mystified as to why ABC would fictionalize anything surrounding an event like 9/11.
I understand the need for composite characters and events in a dramatization, but if they portray the Clinton Administration unfairly it loses as much value for me as if they had unfairly portrayed Bush or anyone else for that matter.
I think this subject deserves to be treated with complete accuracy or not at all. There’s only one villian in this story and it’s not Clinton, regardless of his negligence.
25 camojack // Sep 8, 2006 at 7:27 pm
I think this subject deserves to be treated with complete accuracy or not at all. There’s only one villian in this story and it’s not Clinton, regardless of his negligence.
Comment by Godfrey — September 8, 2006 @ 6:40 pm
There are a LOT of villains in the story; some for their actions (e.g.: 19 hijackers) and others for their inaction…like Sick (not Slick!) Willie.
26 prettyold // Sep 8, 2006 at 7:29 pm
Hmmmm. I thought it was rather strange ABC would show a movie critical of the Dims in the years 1990 to 2001. But I heard the movie was pretty factual with dramatizations of things we will recognize as real happenings. Now we have this tempest in a teapot from Clinton etal ,the Libblogs are going nuts . and I am beginning to wonder . Is this a way to get many more people to watch this miniseries?Is this a ploy to draw everyone in ,then hit us with a very different movie than we were promised? Instead of “Clinton Cowers ,while Islam take Powers” are we really going to be shown more “Bush Lied ,People Died”?
27 prettyold // Sep 8, 2006 at 7:32 pm
Do I trust the Drive-by Media? No
Do I trust anything a Democrat says or does? No
Am I paranoid? Probably
28 onlineanalyst // Sep 8, 2006 at 7:32 pm
Both Hewitt and Bozell indicate in their reviews of the docudrama that the “blame” or failure to act with decisive vigor prior to 9-11 falls to both Clinton and Bush. The bigger point of the program, they maintain however, is that the deadly earnest aims of Islamic jihad are to be taken seriously.
Lost in all of this finger-pointing is that the threat to our national security has/had been brewing for quite some time and that the threat will not go away regardless of who is CIC unless it is identified forthrightly and defeated. “Containment” and “negotiations” have/had allowed the threats to escalate into growing atrocities through the years until the wake-up call of 9-11. Some people, however, have preferred to go back to sleep (or remember a happier time of their dream world).
29 JamesonLewis3rd // Sep 8, 2006 at 7:40 pm
RE: #24~~
For the sake of conversation (and at the risk of appearing semantical or to pick at nits):
I’m not sure that dramatization is the same as fictionalization.
Nevertheless, don’t forget that those disingenuous people who sent that letter making presumptuous claims and overt threats had not seen the flick before passing judgement upon it. To me that’s what’s the real shame about this whole brouhaha.
It’s not like I’m going to watch it, anyway…..
30 Ms RightWing, Ink // Sep 8, 2006 at 7:47 pm
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31 JamesonLewis3rd // Sep 8, 2006 at 7:49 pm
Here’s an example of why, more and more often, I find myself asking myself, “WHY/HOW do these people get re-elected year after year after year!?!”
“Sen. (Guess Who) warned Republicans to either accept the Senate’s version of immigration reform – which includes amnesty for illegal aliens – or risk losing Congress to Democrats in the upcoming mid-term elections.”
Threats are becoming a way of life for these people. OOoooo, I’m SO sceered…..
32 Effeminem // Sep 8, 2006 at 7:53 pm
I think the biggest problem with this TV miniseries is that it’s a TV miniseries, and will inevitably suck.
During the partisan kvetching, they used one example of somebody… National security advisor or something… Hanging up on somebody at a crucial moment and missing vital information blah blah.. That’s got to be the most overused plot device in the history of overused plot devices.
33 JamesonLewis3rd // Sep 8, 2006 at 7:56 pm
RE: #30~~
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34 Godfrey // Sep 8, 2006 at 7:56 pm
Camo: not sure a failure to appreciate the threat makes someone a villian. Clinton definitely screwed up, don’t get me wrong. But let’s not forget that there was also a Republican Congress during most of his administration. Where were they?
Just as the Dems are doing now, they were playing political games with the issue. Here’s a trip down memory lane.
Ah, politics!
I tend to give a lot more latitude to people who failed to appreciate the threat pre-9/11. But as OLA points out, there’s really no excuse for failing to appreciate it today.
As for 19 hijackers, they were certainly evil but I think they qualify more as “henchmen” than as Bondesque supervillian types.
35 JamesonLewis3rd // Sep 8, 2006 at 8:03 pm
RE: #32~~
Exactly. With very few exceptions, television writing is pathetic–utterly unimaginative–creativity is a lost concept (too much effort, just hand me my paycheck).
36 Godfrey // Sep 8, 2006 at 8:05 pm
Effeminem: miniseries do tend to suck. You notice how a lot of them have colons in their name? For instance:
Spunk: The Tonya Harding Story
As they say in the business, where there’s a colon…there’s crap.
37 Fred Sinclair // Sep 8, 2006 at 8:36 pm
Rush points out that all of this furor will guarantee that the original uncut version will show up for sale on the web – may end up as #1 best selling DVD of the year “Path to 9/11″ may make enough Republicans mad enough to actually get out and vote in November????
Fred Sinclair, Heirborn Ranger
38 onlineanalyst // Sep 8, 2006 at 9:20 pm
John Hinderaker at Powerlineblog offers level-headed remarks: http://powerlineblog.com/archives/015223.php
Here is his conclusion after citing Glenn Greenwald and James Lileks:
“I agree with Glenn and James. I would also note that President Bush has, to my knowledge, never said a critical word about his predecessor’s failure to deal with the threat posed by al Qaeda and similar groups. If the Democrats had been willing to put aside their fecklessness after 9/11 and participate constructively in defending our security, I, too, would have little or no interest in revisiting the events of 1993 to 2001.
“But there is a huge problem with this magnanimous approach. The Democrats are, today, trying to dismantle our efforts to fight the terrorists. They are trying to block the NSA from intercepting terrorists’ communications; they are trying to force our armed forces to treat captured terrorists with the same deference they would accord to a member of our own services; and they are trying to block the confirmation of John Bolton as U.N Ambassador so that he can be replaced with someone who will offer meaningless platitudes instead of aggressive advocacy of American interests.
“What the Democrats are trying to do is return to the hunker-down and hope for the best days of the Clinton administration. They are trying to sell the American people on the absurd proposition that the terrorist threat we face today is mostly George Bush’s fault, and that if we only abandon his tough approach to national security, everything will be fine.
“That is why I think it is critically important that the American people not be deceived about how we got to the pass we arrived at on September 11, 2001; and that is why, I think, the Democrats are so hysterical about The Path to 9/11.
“We’ve been down that path before. Let’s not try it again.”
I might further add that insisting on honesty in our media would clarify the muddied waters.
39 R.A.M. // Sep 8, 2006 at 9:25 pm
Scott is going FORWARD in time about 45 years, while Sindy Shehag wants to go BACK in time about 60 years ago.
If we can locate the Delorean from “Back to the Future”, maybe it will be easy to get Shehag in it, then change the date to when they were burning witches at the stake?
40 R.A.M. // Sep 8, 2006 at 9:31 pm
Rush also refered today to a list, (on a blog that is on Scott’s blog roll, sorry I cannot remember the name), that has the number of terrorist attacks during the Klinton admin.
It is 2 pages long! I thing Rush said 30 or more!
Remember how Klinton ALSO LIED, when he said we would go after these terrorists?
Now Klinton’s idolizers CLAIM they will make us safer!
Just as safe as with Bubba!
Maybe Grandma “Stretch” Pelosi will scare them, —she’s pretty mean,—just ask her.
41 Godfrey // Sep 8, 2006 at 9:45 pm
R.A.M. “If we can locate the Delorean from “Back to the Futureâ€, maybe it will be easy to get Shehag in it, then change the date to when they were burning witches at the stake?”
Perhaps it would be more appropriate to push her “forward”… to Scott’s version of September 11th, 2051.
We’ll have to throw a burka into the car with her, of course. Goodness knows it’d be an improvement.
42 onlineanalyst // Sep 8, 2006 at 9:46 pm
That extensive list is at http://www.powerlineblog.com, linked in the thread I mentioned above.
The blog also points out in another thread what is conspicuously missing in the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence’s recent report. When you look to see who serves on that committee, you can fathom where the potential impeachment politicos are going with their selective memories.
43 Ms RightWing, Ink // Sep 8, 2006 at 10:07 pm
I just got from my analyst. I told him I am no longer sure what world I live in. I know, at least I think I know, I was born on earth but lately that seems to be an illusion.
I wake up to arguments over 9/11 and ABC, saying that Clinton did this and that while Sandy Pants didn’t do that.
The senate has come out with a report saying bin Laden had nothing to do with Iraq, but al Queda put out a video saying all Moslems should kill at least one American.
England’s government is in trouble and they dare not argue the truth or the umpteen billion Moslems that now live there will destroy the nation overnight.
Meanwhile down on the border, it is run for your life because we are to much of a woos to say no to ol’ Mexico
Will someone tell me what in the name of Same Dell is going on here.
44 Ms RightWing, Ink // Sep 8, 2006 at 10:36 pm
er, I just got back from, or I just returned from, anything will do
45 conserve-a-tip // Sep 8, 2006 at 11:06 pm
Wow…it’s been a busy evening!! Scott, you really hit a nerve. I AM wondering, however, if popcorn and junior mints are being served.
Godfrey, I heard Rush Limbaugh talk about this movie and he said that it does not say anything unkind about Clinton. He said that he finds it interesting that the Dems are so narcissistic to think that this film is all about them. He said that it isn’t…that after you see the movie, the only conviction that you come out with is how evil and how determined the islamofacists are. Clinton has not even seen the movie and he is freaking out. The only thing that the DNC is doing is making more people want to see this thing and ABC couldn’t have paid for this kind of advertising.
46 conserve-a-tip // Sep 8, 2006 at 11:18 pm
Godfrey, re #34, Mohammed Atta lived not very far from us. Witnesses actually saw him in Oklahoma City at a coffee shop with Timothy McVeigh before the Oklahoma City bombing. He was no henchman…he was evil through and through.
47 Maggie // Sep 8, 2006 at 11:52 pm
The George Forman Grill will be obselete.In its place will be the Mohammed Ali Grill and Ginsu Beheading Knife Set.
48 Maggie // Sep 8, 2006 at 11:55 pm
checking.
49 streeter // Sep 9, 2006 at 12:45 am
HEY GODFREY! Thanks for your casting ideas but I already had Mike Moore playing Hillary. Keep up th egood work. Streeter
50 Future ABC Documentary: Looking Back at the 50th Anniversary of 9/11 « PurpleSlog // Sep 9, 2006 at 1:13 am
[...] From Scrappleface: The docudrama recounts the initial resistance to global jihad mounted by the infidels of the former United States of America in the immediate aftermath of the great martyrdom operation. [...]
51 Right Voices » Blog Archive » ABC Drama Marks 50th Anniversary of 9/11 // Sep 9, 2006 at 2:48 am
[...] (2051-09-11) Reported by Scott Ott! As part of the nation’s month-long celebration of the 50th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, ABC television tonight will show an educational drama called ‘The Path from 9/11‘. [...]
52 Darthmeister // Sep 9, 2006 at 5:06 am
Democrat dim o kRAT – 1. a liberal with an inner dhimmie just waiting to get out 2. someone who hates conservatives, particularly Christian conservatives, yets gets along famously with dictators, despots, tyrants and terrorists 3. a political partisan who seems more than willing to take their chances with the Devil himself if it means getting rid of conservatives in government 4. someone who then denies there is a Devil syn see “moron”, “nihilist”, “depraved”, “twit”, “unabashed liar”
53 JamesonLewis3rd // Sep 9, 2006 at 7:41 am
While I suspect there are those who wish there were such a thing as a “Memory Hole” as depicted in “1984″ by George Orwell, there isn’t.
A rewritten history has a limited shelf-life, especially in today’s information-driven world, and will rejuvenate itself with a vengence.
This observation pretty much says it all:
“The old days of centralized media control are over. The attempt at censorship is not just futile, it is probably counter-productive. By protesting so harshly, the Clintonstas and KosKidz are drawing attention to the underlying questions of responsibility for the spread of Islamofascism during the 8 years of Clinton.”
All of the strawman and ad hominem arguments in the world cannot bury the truth; they can only obscure it temporarily, eventually they will spontaneously combust with a repulsive stench. Obviously, something just as stinky might be revealed but it will be revealed.
To paraphrase the Bard:
The Party doth protest too much, methinks.
54 ZardozZ News & Satire // Sep 9, 2006 at 11:28 am
ZZ News & Satire
Scott Ott, satirical reporter extraordinaire, scoops the main stream media with this report on the administration’s new plan to gain the blessing from our nation’s highest court. When confronted with the confounding problem of what to do with the ……
55 abowlofcereal.com » Blog Archive » ABC Drama Marks 50th Anniversary of 9/11 // Sep 9, 2006 at 3:27 pm
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56 Right Jokester // Sep 9, 2006 at 5:19 pm
Before you blame the Islamofascists for 9/11 just remember WE were the ones who constructed those buildings, thereby enticing Islamofascists to crash into them. Look at it this way –the Islamofascists saw those two tall structures as if they were those two fingers that Moe Howard used to poke Larry Fine and Curly in the eyes. Hey, it’s just a theory.
57 NhanTran Politics News » Blog Archive » Fifty Years From Now // Sep 9, 2006 at 6:58 pm
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58 mig // Sep 10, 2006 at 6:42 am
“Let me start by saying that “The Path to 9/11″ is one of the best, most intelligent, most pro-American miniseries I’ve ever seen on TV, and conservatives should support it and promote it as vigorously as possible.”
More of Govindini Murty & Jason Apuzzo, Liberty Film Festival Co-Founders & Co-Artistic Directors can be found here:
http://www.libertyfilmfestival.com/libertas/?p=2230
59 mig // Sep 10, 2006 at 6:58 am
#56… the continuation of your post comes from Larry the Cable guy: I blame my pencil for my misspelling.
Speaking of misspelling, we must be doing much better than we were a few years ago. I don’t see her posting corrections.
60 charmingtail // Sep 10, 2006 at 12:26 pm
Scott, ya left out the commentary right after Pathway to 9/11 given by the Sec. of Peace…Dennis Kucinich
61 Jericho // Sep 10, 2006 at 5:50 pm
Muslims who are not citizens and not working for an embassy need to leave the country. That is all.
62 La Shawn Barber's Corner // Sep 11, 2006 at 7:49 am
A Religious and Unconventional War
Conventionally, countries fight wars against other countries. Territory is well-defined, and the objective — unconditional surrender — is clear. World War II is always a good illustration. Adolf Hitler’s desire for power obviousl…
63 Hawkeye // Sep 11, 2006 at 8:42 am
In related news, Sandy Berger, former National Security Advisor in the Clinton administration was caught on surveillance cameras leaving the ABC movie studios with portions of the film stuffed into his socks and underwear.
“We think we now know where the missing 5 minutes of the movie went to”, said an ABC executive. Berger is still at large.
64 mattomatic102 // Sep 11, 2006 at 8:54 am
Great 9/11 coverage, but I wonder if our grief and mourning is holding us back from real analysis of the real issues we face.
Have people seen this video about the guys at barbeque talking about September 11th five years later? I know some will say it’s not right to find humor here, but I think being 100% somber isn’t right either…
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7808696975666289637
Matt Hoops
65 jewellygirl // Sep 11, 2006 at 9:28 pm
This is actually rather chilling. Conservatives will have to pay a price if we waver and cease to stand firm. We have been asleep toooo long.
66 Heh | MooreThoughts // Jun 27, 2009 at 12:14 am
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