You have a history of thoughtful posting, but it would take much more time than I have right now to research, link, and sort out all the errors. Just a few:

- Of all the people on the planet, why the hell would Rice call Willie Brown, who, as far as I can discover, never named Rice in the first place? There is not one reliable source for this rumor.

- Ashcroft had been flying non-commercial on government trips for security reasons unrelated to foreign terrorism. He and his family continued to fly commercial flights for personal trips, and in fact Ashcroft and his wife had traveled to Washington on Sept. 3.

- The NORAD "Vigilant Guardian" exercise is a regular event, and had been going for about a week before Sept. 11. The exercise was not aimed at hijacking possibilities, but at a conventional Cold War attack over the North Pole. No sinister meanings here, either. (Note: Aviation Week is, for the record, a very reliable source.)

- I have already gone over the famous August memo, which warned of the possibility of conventional hijackings for ransom, and conventional bombings of buildings in the U.S. If the transcript had not been released, the Left would still be lying about this being a specific warning of the 9/11 attacks.

- I would hesitate to use DEBKAfile as a prime source for anything.

- No, our commercial airplanes do not have secret remote controls on them. Or, for the record, secret tanks for emitting mysterious substances from the trailing edges of the wings. Do you have the slightest idea what it would take to hide such systems from the thousands upon thousands of mechanics, designers, assemblers, maintainers, crew members, and all the rest who routinely work on airliners down to the rivet level?

- The "Stealth Blimp" idea is interesting, and in some ways even plausible. I do know more conventional systems of this type are being studied. It would not be a trivial thing to make such a thing invisible to radar, especially if it was electrostatically powered, which would make it stand out on radar screens like a railroad flare. The idea that there are some running around now does fail the usual "top secret Air Force project" test in that, like most UFOs, it seems to have a habit of buzzing populated areas at low altitudes, often with brilliant and distinctive running lights.

This crap keeps coming up, and over the past year or so I have refuted it, usually in much more detail. What's infuriating is that the truth is easily found, has been public knowledge for some time, yet the lies keep circulating over and over.

This isn't about security or terror. This is about an almost psychotic hostility towards Bush and his administration, and the willingness to believe anything at all that supports that agenda.

I'm tired of dealing with the offal that originates from "ThereAreWormsFromMarsLivingInMyBrain.com," and is immediately snapped up by people who, frankly, simply don't think.