N.B.: An earlier version of this diary was posted to DailyKos, troll-rated, deleted, and led to suspension of my account within two hours.

Hustler magazine's latest issue devotes its lead article ("Was 9/11 An Inside Job?") to "new scientific evidence" that the destruction of the WTC towers was an inside job. This evidence from university and industry scientists and engineers, while certainly not "new" in journalistic terms, suggests the towers were likely brought down by controlled demolition.  

Hustler's effort comes almost exactly one year after Maxim's considerably longer and more indepth feature of March 2006, which asks "What Really Brought Down the Towers?"

What's going on here? Why has the most important media exposure for the 9/11 Truth Movement come from vehicles for male masturbatory fantasies, locker and bathroom humor, and Charlie Sheen?

Dennis Kucinich comes from a blue-collar background and was reared in Cleveland, long an American melting pot with strong roots to Eastern Europe.  He was the oldest of seven children in the Kucinich household.  His Croatian father was a semi-truck driver while Dennis's mother was a housewife with Slovenian roots.

Kucinich's progressive roots as a self-defined Paul Wellstone Democrat have been defined by key quotes from his political career.  One in particular stands out in reference to his political posture and expectations as he declared for the 2004 presidential race for the Democratic nomination.  "You're looking at a guy who believes he can beat a rigged game," the Cleveland Congressman sharply declared.  

A significant element of game rigging is the potent interlocking directorate of the mainstream media connected to the corporate structure with heavy emphasis on the world of lobbying.  

Its chief consequence is the severe paralysis of any semblance of legitimate democracy.  This effort has been enhanced by the termination of the then prevailing equal time rule applied by the Federal Communications Commission.  

Using the demagogic catch phrase of, "Let's get the government off of people's backs" the definitive corporatist president, Ronald Reagan in his most important role, harkened the death knell of equal time.  Just who possessed the necessary funds to control the airwaves?