Posted on 05/27/2004 9:26:51 PM PDT by Rennes Templar
I have to say I totally agree with you as far as being extremely skeptical about conspiracies. It is pretty easy to conjecture links about most things and provide surprisingly short steps between people and events. This NB thing, though, really strikes me as exceptional.
How many coincidences does it take before we prove it is a conspiracy? A very good question, but given the info and speculation I watched take form on this thread, as well as those others linked in:
Nick Berg Links (by backhoe)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1133927/posts
there's definitely something worth a deep look by professional investigators...
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It is not beyond imagining that Moore, knowing that Nick Berg's father has been vehemently and publicly denouncing President Bush, cooked up this scheme and appraoced Mike Berg to get some publicity for his film.
We all know that Michael Moore is an extremely publicity savvy opportunist snotling, but the Berg connection is way too bizarre for this to be a good publicity move. Remember, Moore was forced to reveal the connection only when pressed by Salon.com. The only way Moore could view this as a good thing is if he had footage of Nick Berg praising George Bush and the war effort; but if Moore had such footage, he surely would include it in his film rather than sit on it with his earth-sized posterior.
Honest to goodness, I had that thought the first time I clicked on that website.
This entire thing has given me more creepy tin-foil thoughts than anything I've ever seen at FR. And for me, that's saying a lot!
A minimum of two people sharing a secret is all that is required for a conspiracy. Tinfoil hats aren't always required to believe they exist.
Short answer...a creep at CBS.
Add me to the ping list please!!
Why isn't Rush bringing this up? He's behind the curve!
LOL! That was pretty good, Carolinamom.
Who's that Freeper whose home page analyzes the NB incident? Anyone remember? I'd like to see it again, assuming he's keeping it updated.
He won't bring this up until it makes major news, and I don't mean the one statement. He often discounts "tin-foil" and won't discuss it. Now if the FBI subpoenas Moore, he might. Until then, don't hold your breath.
Please add me to the Berg ping list.
Please put me on your Nick Berg ping list. This story just gets more amazing all the time.
On the first threads about Nick Berg, one freeper (name of Skywalker? Can't remember exactly) was all over the place supporting the fact that Nick was a GWB and Iraq war supporter. Kind of strange. I read all the threads I could find, and the only source I could see of N.Berg support of GW was his father's insistence. I know ultra liberal families, and a conservative offspring is anathema to them. Because the father is a treasonous sick in the head ANSWER man, I don't trust anything he says. If he claims Berg Jr supported GWB, it may very well be a lie, and spoekn only for propaganda purposes.
The whole thing stinks, and this M. Moore connection is very creepy as well. Moore would NOT have interviewed Nick Berg as a GW supporter, I'd bet a lot of money on that.
Berg was acting as Moore's agent, trying to setup interviews with AQ bad guys. (Makes as much sense as anything else.)
I'm adding your names as you post.
"I posted a notice you are starting a ping list to everyone on backhoe's links thread I listed in #558."
please add me too.
I sent this thread to Michael Wilson at http://www.michaelmoorehatesamerica.com--he's trying to make an expose-type of film about Michael Moore. Perhaps he has some information that can be added to the mix.
Suppose NB was actually anti-Bush and was simply trying to create an image with this one man.
We truly need more info than this single-source stuff.
Hmmm....if he was already part of a conspiracty at OU, then he would have already been working to conceal that by the time he worked with Hollister. .
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