Thread: Thoughts about conspiracies.

Often disbelief of an 'official government' proclamation and the offering of an alternative POV is labeled as being of a conspiracy mindset.

My feeling is that people sense connections that could amount to conspiracies, but are not necessarily what is ordinarily considered a conspiracy.

An example would be a chart involving top pentagon officials who went to be lobbyists for defense contractors. Imagine the chart detailing 30 of these with different colored lines showing active duty interaction with the defense industry and different colored lines back and forth to the pentagon as a lobbyist after service.

One could assert there is something not right in this relationship. All those lines could reveal an ongoing conspiracy especially if it included all the pentagon personnel who have turned around and acted as salesmen for the products of the defense industry. There would certainly be a large amount of different colored lines showing the relationships that developed.

Someone looking at the chart might say they see a conspiracy. Another looking at it would think of ways to make the process work better.

So how is it you classify information as being conspiratorial? For instance the information surrounding the Lincoln assassination is conspiratorial. I do not see such a relationship with the pentagon and the military industrial complex. I see instead a process that has taken over the economy the way cancer takes over a body. It is doing precisely what it needs to do, it knows what it needs to do and has been doing it successfully since it began.

Originally Posted by Mr. Neo-Con

Thoughts on conspiracies! I know that Michaelr loves them.

They're interesting to think about. One thing to be aware of is the ability fool oneself completely.

Originally Posted by Mr. Neo-Con

Agree!

That's pretty much why I view politics as a joke. I voted for both Nixon and Reagan. If that doesn't tell you about the need to test voters before allowing them to vote I don't know what does.

Originally Posted by Spooky

Thoughts about conspiracies.

99% are pure bullshit thought up by the weak-minded and/or those who are poorly informed on the subject matter. Does bullshit go on in D.C.? Yes, obviously. Everyone knows it. It's like accusing Glenn Beck of having a secret agenda to get rich. That might be a startling revelation to the clueless, but to most sane and intelligent people it's pretty frigging obvious. Same goes with the workings of government, the military or any other large organization. They all have secrets, but most secrets don't keep for long.

Nuclear weapon tech?

Iran-Contra?

CIA involvement in overthrowing third world nations?

The Enigma machine?

Japanese code PURPLE?

Top secret recipes?


Nothing lasts forever. Not even the Universe.

Originally Posted by Mr. Neo-Con

Agree!

For the good of the nation and my fellow man I have chosen not to vote again.

Originally Posted by spooky

i voted for both nixon and reagan.

Originally Posted by spooky

for the good of the nation and my fellow man i have chosen not to vote again.

thank you!!!!

Originally Posted by Inkslinger

thank you!!!!

It's the least I could do. My slogan in the 88 campaign was 'Lick Bush'.