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Theorists have a conspiracy for every occasion
Contra Costa Times ^ | 5/24/11 | Tom Barnidge

Posted on 05/24/2011 11:05:38 AM PDT by SmithL

I OWE AN apology to the conspiracy theorists among our readership. I underestimated their dedication to the craft. For the past two weeks, they have trained their truth-sharing emails on my inbox the way UFOs target cows in Nebraska.

Since making light of the multiple rumors surrounding Osama bin Laden's death -- he's not really dead; he's been dead for 10 years; he was the stooge blamed for U.S.-orchestrated 9/11 attacks -- I have been labeled an idiot, moron, simpleton, tool and other terms best left to the imagination.

No offense taken. We need all the readers we can get. The wonder is that so many enlightened thinkers care what a dim bulb has to say.

The gist of their message, minus the expletives: Never, ever trust the federal government to tell the truth about anything, even the dates of national holidays. Or, rephrased: Only fools accept a straightforward story when it's so much more fun to concoct a convoluted one. . . .

(Excerpt) Read more at contracostatimes.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Editorial; Government
KEYWORDS: tinfoilhats

1 posted on 05/24/2011 11:05:40 AM PDT by SmithL
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To: SmithL
Only fools accept a straightforward story when it's so much more fun to concoct a convoluted one. . .

When it comes to the bin Laden raid, the Obama Administration has done more than their share of convoluting. So they have brought a lot of the conspiracy theorizing upon themselves.

2 posted on 05/24/2011 11:08:52 AM PDT by dirtboy
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It’s really very simple. George Soros reports to the Bildenberg group, who report the Illuminati, who report to the 12 princes who live in secret palaces under the Arctic Ice Cap. That is why global warming is a hoax.

Next!


3 posted on 05/24/2011 11:12:26 AM PDT by proxy_user
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To: SmithL
I know several people that thrive on conspiracy theories. There is not a newsworthy event that doesn't spark an email about how the illuminati is behind it.

As soon as I put them on my junk email list my email dropped so dramatically that I thought the government was blocking the legitimate ones. (Yes, that was sarcasm)

4 posted on 05/24/2011 11:16:12 AM PDT by pfflier
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To: SmithL
When the adminstration refuses to provide common documents, stonewall's oversight committees, and offers multiple changing stories for events, others will fill the void with their own facts.

It's not the fault of those who want the answers.

-PJ

5 posted on 05/24/2011 11:19:14 AM PDT by Political Junkie Too (Everyone's Irish on St. Patrick's Day, Mexican on Cinco de Mayo, and American on Election Day.)
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Yet many of these folks refuse to consider the EASIEST possible hoax of all: obama lied about who he is, where he comes from, the God he worships and is NOT eligible to be President....


6 posted on 05/24/2011 11:33:17 AM PDT by Maverick68
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To: SmithL

Lefties have their own conspiracy theories but these are never mentioned in Big Media stories about conspiracy theories.

eg. There was a conspiracy to keep George Bush out of combat.


7 posted on 05/24/2011 11:35:43 AM PDT by DManA
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To: SmithL

When a conspiracy theory makes more sense than the government’s official story and when the government provides no documentation, then I can hardly blame the conspiracy theorists.


8 posted on 05/24/2011 11:36:14 AM PDT by Raycpa
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To: SmithL

Paging Michael Rivero....


9 posted on 05/24/2011 11:38:16 AM PDT by Joe 6-pack (Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
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To: SmithL

Obviously, this article is a Masonic plot, totally planned by the Trilateral commission and funded by the Bildebergs.


10 posted on 05/24/2011 11:39:15 AM PDT by WinOne4TheGipper
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To: WinOne4TheGipper

In this day and age of crazy stuff happening all around us, there is a fine line between conspiracy and “little-known fact”.


11 posted on 05/24/2011 11:42:11 AM PDT by I Buried My Guns (Novare Res!)
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To: dirtboy; SmithL

Agreed: after a while, it was no longer a case of believing or disbelieving the “official story”, but rather choosing which of the several and contradictory “official stories” was likely closest to the truth.

All I can say with absolute certainty based on the evidence published thus far: wherever OBL is, he’d better stay “dead” this time if he knows what’s good for him.


12 posted on 05/24/2011 12:01:34 PM PDT by ExGeeEye (Freedom is saying "No!" to the Feds, and getting away with it. "Speak 'NO' to Power!")
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To: dirtboy
So they have brought a lot of the conspiracy theorizing upon themselves.

Which points up why it's so important to be forthcoming and know what you are talking about. Brennan shot off his mouth before he actually knew the complete story. In the real world, witnesses can be honestly confused and provide inconsistent accounts of the same event. It happens.

Mature officials know better than to run around shooting their mouths off. The junior varsity over at team Obama are in way over their heads.

13 posted on 05/24/2011 12:53:25 PM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets (Somewhere in Kenya a village is missing its idiot)
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To: WinOne4TheGipper
"Obviously, this article is a Masonic plot, totally planned by the Trilateral commission and funded by the Bildebergs."

Much worse than that, it proves the Knights Templars still exist and the Builderbergs only work for them.

d;{>

14 posted on 05/24/2011 1:23:13 PM PDT by Spitzensparkin1 (Arrest and deport all illegal aliens. Americans demand those jobs back! Whooorah, Arizona!)
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To: proxy_user
It’s really very simple. George Soros reports to the Bildenberg group, who report the Illuminati, who report to the 12 princes who live in secret palaces under the Arctic Ice Cap. That is why global warming is a hoax.

And we Free Masons control all of them. I, as a lowly 32 ond, degree control a couple of local judges and a mayor.

15 posted on 05/24/2011 1:34:47 PM PDT by Graybeard58 (Eccl 10:19 A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh merry: but money answereth all things.)
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