Do you remember when the senators were giving Ollie North such a bad time?

[a kennedy]

an e-mail I just received.....


I had forgotten all of this. Do you remember when the senators were giving Ollie North such a bad time? This brings it all into perspective doesn't it? Have a great day.

Do you remember 1987.......

Thought you might be interested in this forgotten bit of
information.........

It was 1987! At a lecture the other day they were playing an old news video of
Lt.Col. Oliver North testifying at the Iran-Contra hearings during the Reagan
Administration.

There was Ollie in front of God and country getting the
third degree, but what he said was stunning!

He was being drilled by a senator; 'Did you not recently spend close to $60,000 for a home security
system?'

Ollie replied, 'Yes, I did, Sir.'

The senator continued, trying to get a laugh out of the audience, 'Isn't that just a little excessive?'

'No, sir,' continued Ollie.

'No? And why not?' the senator asked.

'Because the lives of my family and I were threatened, sir.'

'Threatened? By whom?' the senator questioned.

'By a terrorist, sir' Ollie answered.

'Terrorist? What terrorist could possibly scare you that much?'

'His name is Osama bin Laden, sir' Ollie replied.

At this point the senator tried to repeat the name, but
couldn't pronounce it, which most people back then probably couldn't. A couple
of people laughed at the attempt.. Then the senator continued. Why are you so
afraid of this man?' the senator asked.

'Because, sir, he is the most evil person alive that I know of', Ollie answered.

'And what do you recommend we do about him?' asked the senator.

'Well, sir, if it was up to me, I would recommend that an assassin team be formed to
eliminate him and his men from the face of the earth.'

The senator disagreed with this approach, and that was all that was shown of the clip.

By the way, that senator was Al Gore!
(Thank you Al, you are such an embarrassment to Tennessee !!)

Also:

Terrorist pilot Mohammad Atta blew up a bus in Israel in 1986. The Israelis captured, tried and imprisoned him. As part of the Oslo agreement with the Palestinians in 1993, Israel had to agree to release so-called 'political prisoners.'

However, the Israelis would not release any with blood on their hands, The American President at the time, Bill Clinton, and his Secretary of State, Warren Christopher, 'insisted' that all prisoners be released.

Thus Mohammad Atta was freed and eventually thanked us by flying an airplane into Tower One of the World Trade Center This was reported by many of the American TV networks at the time that the terrorists were first identified. It was censored in the US from all later reports.

If you agree that the American public should be made aware of this fact, pass this
on.

Do Not Break - it is 6 years strong

[babylonsister]

1. What a bunch of bunk. OBL is still out there and North is on nat'l TV.

Is he still so frightened, or was he just covering his ass because he was involved in running drugs and selling arms during the hearings?

[maddezmom]

2. send them the snopes link, this is utter trash

http://www.snopes.com/rumors/atta.asp

[a kennedy]

5. thanks for snopes maddezmom.....

I'm sending it back.....

[Ikonoklast]

8. Bet me to it, this is an old one, and totall bullshit.

And Ollie North is a criminal.

[ck4829]

3. How does someone find the time to fit so many lies into one email?

[Solly Mack]

4. Bovine Caca

[hileeopnyn8d]

6. Might I suggest

that you familiarize your email address book members with:

http://www.snopes.com/rumors/north.asp

http://www.snopes.com/rumors/atta.asp

[a kennedy]

9. Yup, you're right.......

Will refresh everyone's memory regarding snopes.

[blm]

15. Refresh memories? Dems KNOW Poppy Bush armed global terror networks in the 80s and the more

honest ones admit that Clinton protected Poppy from the fallout of his illegal operations throughout the 90s when the whole gang should have been fully exposed and jailed for life.

Refresh memories? What you did was post a RW screed as if this forum would benefit from it.

Though....I'm not surprised YOU posted it.

[deutsey]

7. "It is six years strong"

What was it Twain that said? Something about a lie makes it half way around the world before the truth can even get its shoes on.

Gullible, stupid people.

[Rabrrrrrr]

10. In 1987 Reagan was still arming Osama bin Laden in his fight against Russia.

[KG]

11. debunked a brazzilion times.

[blm]

12. So typical of you. Always pushing pet RW myths. Newsflash: GHWBush-North were ARMING global terror

networks and it was JOHN KERRY who was uncovering those networks - Had BCCI and IranContra's outstanding matters not been deepsixed throughout the 90s, there would never have been a 9-11 event.

This nation is truly Bizarro World when it comes to its fairy tale view of recent history.

[FSogol]

13. Ollie North is a traitor and should still be in jail.

The weapons that the Iraqis and Afghans are firing at US soldiers are weapons they got as gifts from scum like North and Ronald Reagan. Tell that to those emailing fuckers. F'ing pukes.

[lame54]

14. Wasn't OBL still fighting our enemy...

the Russians, in Afghanistan at the time?

[Nikki Stone1]

16. The Oliver North Coloring book: Anyone still have one of these?

More than 200,000 copies of ''The Ollie North Coloring Book,'' a satire of the Iran-contra hearings, have been sold. Sales remain strong across the country and may reach half a million books, according to its publisher, Paul Burke.

''We've sold 10 times what we expected to sell,'' he said.

Mr. Burke attributes his success to the fact that the coloring book takes Colonel North and the Congressional hearings very lightly. ''A few people didn't like us poking fun at Ollie,'' he said, ''but I guess you can't please all the people all the time.''

http://www.nytimes.com/1987/09/13/us/north-souvenirs-draw-few-takers.html

[EOTE]

17. You might want to ask your friend why he/she needs to lie to make a point.

Forward them the snopes links and tell them that if they need to lie, they don't have an argument to begin with.

http://www.snopes.com/rumors/north.asp