Official Narratives vs. Independent History: Who Really Writes the Past?

It is no surprise that there is a growing distrust of the government by the American people. The public now senses that America is no longer a government for the people and by the people but rather for the wealthy by the corporation(s) and banking institutions.

Due to Building 7, it is extremely difficult for me, or any logical, sensible, and reasonable person to believe the government's official story line about 9/11. Looking at the evidence alone raises questions. However, if you are like me and have an intricate knowledge of history, you come to find that a mysterious coincidence like this is not only common place, but admitted as a falsification.

With the murders of John Kennedy, Martin Luther King, Jr., and Bobby Kennedy; Gulf of Tonkin with Vietnam, watergate, no connection between Iraq and 9/11, and the 2008 finical bail-out, it seem like America has become numb. It seems as if although we all know bad things will eventually happen, we therefor accept the official story might, and probably will be, a falsification. To be sure, there may be mystery shrouding JFK's assassination (but not really) however Robert Kennedy's assassination is scientifically verified as being fallacious.

It seems like every coutry outside the United States believes 9/11 was likely an "inside job." Whatever you beleive, you have to recognize that both stories are wildly outlandish. Is it more likely an internal operatoin was planned and exacuted without the story leaking (which it technically did)? Or, is it better to think that a bunch of foriegners, who didn't speak english, influtrated the United States, hi-jacked a bunch of plans with box cutters simultaneously, and succeed in terrorizing the infidel. Either way... it's a stretch! If you ask me, the former is much more probable then the latter.

Due to the utter lies that fill our official history books that we institute in schools--see Lies My Teacher Told Me by James W. Lowen--and the newspapers we distribute, there is now more then one form of history. The history that is recorded by the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and other well-know popular journal syndicates would fall under that old saying that "history is written by the winners." These papers are sympathetic to the governments 'official' story and more representative of wealthy and special interests then the people, their plight, and the truth.

There is another type of history which is independent history as recorded by independent historians like as Howard Zinn. The late Howard Zinn wrote A People's History of the United States by researching individuals in news paper articles throughout the country. Instead of focusing on pivotal figures, he focused on the aggregate and how they played their role in shaping history.

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