CONSPIRACY THEORIES AND PERPETRATORS

Once again the opportunity to appear as all knowing, smarter than the average, and in on the real scoop is handed to the conspiracy theorists. Those who feed upon the process of imagination to create their realities will use the Boston bombing as another log on the fire.  The really sad part is that resembling a physical illness being passed on to infect others, those theories generally create intellectual illness in others too weak or too lazy to understand the importance of the truth.  

In today’s age of lightning fast information, sharing it is far too easy for innuendo and rumor to establish false conclusions as the truth.  What may or may not have really occurred becomes what probably did in the minds of those receptive to the altered information.  Those theories are similar to the sprouting of weeds. They will take root in a wide variety of soils and can be widely spread through the ingestion of seed and dispersed through indiscriminate dropping of scat.

There is no doubt that a good portion of information is packed with some form of “propagandic” seasoning.  The reality of any given event is almost impossible for us to know, and finding receptive minds to spread any story one might dream up is far too easy.  We are forced to deal in the realm of possibility, probability and actuality, never knowing for sure if what or how much of what we are led to believe is the truth.  It appears that for every story there are numerous contradictory counterparts from which we pick and choose depending upon our individual beliefs.  
Therein lies the problem.  Conspiracy theories are dependent on some form of prejudice in order to survive.  Without some seed of pre-agreement there could be no continuance into the stage of probability.  It is impossible for belief and doubt to exist at the same time in the same mind but there is the self-knowledge that one is still in the info collection stage.  The problem is beliefs in prior probabilities are inserted into the equation.  
The “Boston Marathon bombing” is a good example of how one theory is able to gain agreement over that of another.  Within minutes of the bombing, theorists were hard at work finding various possibilities of what took place.  The possibility that supported their previous positions, in similar circumstances, is the one they promoted into the realm of probability and then promoted as the truth.  The actual truth is obscured by denial of evidence and the story is supported by stacking theory on top of theory rather than fact upon fact.  It gains the appearance of truth through repetition.  The old adage that if you tell them often enough people will come to believe anything, is not a theory, it is part of human nature.

There are far too many of those theories that have taken place in recent history, and to that purpose I have let others make their lists. I have listed some web sites that have interesting information and listings.

http://listverse.com/2013/04/10/10-more-fairly-recent-conspiracy-theories/ http://www.splcenter.org/get-informed/intelligence-report/browse-all-issues/2010/fall/patriot-paranoia#.UXv3vqKceD4 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_conspiracy_theories

Wikepedia is one of the more extensive listings and gives some of the why these theories exist and meanings behind the particular theory.  The original purpose behind each of them will have a similarity of type.  Most are self-serving, pseudo altruistic ideas that are designed to elevate the importance of the person promoting the theory.  

A friend of mine suggested a blog site that really opened my eyes on the matter of conspiracy promotion.  In today’s world of what can be deemed as news in social media becomes tomorrows “truth”.  In actuality this site was filled with so many of the author's personal deductions and denial of any facts or ideas that didn’t support his theories.  This article supports my own theory that conspiracy theories are seldom factual.  The age old practice of a falsehood containing just enough truthful elements to add the appearance of truth is a major tool in the conspiracy world as much as it is in the world of cover ups.

The following pertains to that article: http://tv.globalresearch.ca/2013/04/american-terror-manufactured-fbi

“American Terror: Manufactured by the FBI

by grtv

The Boston Marathon bombing has provoked shock, grief and outrage from around the world. After decades of conditioning, the public automatically equates such terrorism with Muslim radicals. But the evidence shows that every major terror plot on American soil in the past 10 years has been fostered, funded and equipped by one organization: the FBI.”

 In this one statement the Bovine excrement warning bells start ringing.  The word “every” is as much of a miss-speak as saying “all” of a race are.  Over active imagination and the need to support the exciting aspect of everyone else being uninformed and ignorant compared to “ME” helps create the theory.  The belief of others fuels the spread and the growth of the conspiracies possibility.  The above article made so many leaps into false credibility that listing them all in my article would be a waste of time.  The article in question is still up on the site listed above if you want to check it out.

Conspiracy theories are called theories for a reason.  They cannot be substantiated into the realm of factual truths.  When they are put along side of the other views of an event certain things happen to promote the theories existence and spread. Some of the components required are:

1.       The event must be important enough to capture the imagination of the originator

2.       The event must have repercussions affecting society as a whole

3.       The theory must have a villain with some degree of notoriety or importance to the society

4.       The theory must have an audience with agreement as to the probability and possibilities proposed in the theory

5.       The theory must be able to be expanded upon

6.       The theory must be able to be connected to previous theories and proposed guilty parties

7.       Gullibility and the desire of the followers to be part of an elite group of intelligentia

8.       A good enough story to gain the strength of growth equal to a life of its own.

It must contain the same components of any good work of fictional “who dunnits”.  Intrigue, multiple possibilities, miss-direction, miss-interpretation of fact and the reliance upon involving the audience in the process of discovery.

Each of us could be susceptible to those theories if they are in agreement with our own individual belief systems.  It would be important to us to be aware of what we believe, questioning ourselves as much as we question others.

Boston in a perspective

Sadly we watch as our nation goes through another period of mourning.  It’s difficult enough when someone loses a family member or close friend to any untimely tragedy, but these occurrences are somehow different.  It is much easier to understand an accidental death, or even one brought about in the commission of a crime.  Attacks aimed at ordinary citizens due to a difference in ideology, brought about by propaganda, indoctrination and misinformation, are much harder to understand.  In the case of attacks, such as 9-11, and the recent Boston Marathon bombing, the loss of life, limb, and peace are attacks against us all as a nation.  They are in fact an attack upon the whole of humanity brought about by irrational hatred. 

 The saying “The pen is mightier than the sword” is as true today as at the time of its origin.  The only difference is the speed at which ideas can be spread and expanded upon and the pen and paper has been replaced by electronic communicative devices.  The Russian premier Nikita Krushchev predicted that Communism would defeat our way of life, not with weapons but with propaganda. The insidious creeping of hidden indoctrination evidences itself daily.  It is very easy to be aware of the effects of indoctrination in other ideologies when we see them acted out in violence.  It has always been easier to see the splinter in our enemy’s eye than the log in our own.  What we fail to see in ourselves may be much more heinous than the violence perpetrated by others. 

The danger of losing our country and way of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, to acts of physical violence is minimal.  The loss of those ideas we hold dear, nationally, are being eroded by propaganda promoted by our news media, the purchase of voter base through appeasement, the promotion of skewed values and historical misinformation put forward by our educators.  Our nation, assuredly, is attacked from the outside but the real danger is within.  That danger is self-inflicted ignorance because we are too lazy or lack the time to explore and seek the truths and dispel the falsehoods.  It is far too easy to look at the United States as good or bad. We have been led to believe one or the other and the real fact is that throughout our history we have been both.  When our sources of information are tainted by educators, parents, preachers and peers our beliefs may or may not have validity.  If it is important we owe it to ourselves to seek the truth and we owe it to our children even more so.

I believe that within each of us exist the seeds of both good and evil.  Whichever receives the most food will become predominate.  I think that the reason most radical purpose is generated in the young is because they are the most susceptible to whatever is fed into their minds.  That is one reason Communism, fundamentalist Islamists, and anti-American sentiments are so prevalent in today’s world.  Whenever there is a collective dictatorship, the first thing that is eliminated is any source of knowledge that disagrees with those in control.  That can be seen in countries all over the world.  That used to be why our form of government was feared by communist and socialist nations.  Control of the educational system is the only way the future can be swayed in the direction of an ideology.  Eventually those educated become the educators.  A self-perpetuating trek toward either a individual dictator or a government controlled by a few at the top of a bureaucratic food chain. 

We can look at the young people involved in acts of terrorism and ask how anyone can hate enough to kill innocents.  The answer is simply that they were taught to hate and in their young minds the acting out is a form of heroism.  They see the enemy not as a living human being but simply as an enemy, a thing not a life.  In this we can see the true effect of indoctrination and propaganda.  We need to beware.  Our own society is in a period of flux, deeply into the educational indoctrination and media propaganda stages.  Not so much in terms of government but in terms of restructuring our society to the point of submission

Sequestration 2013: With Cuts In Place, Obama And GOP Brace For Next Fight

Can someone explain, please, why all of the cuts the administration are putting on board are to affect the military and jobs. Or why when our monetary program is to print 85 billion dollars a month, when that would cover the twice sequestration affect for this year. Or why we don't consider the inflation caused by that action would not be the same as raising the taxes on every one of us. The president took an oath to protect our country. His allegiance to his party politics and disdain for our military puts us all in danger. A weakened military, a weakened dollar, and misguided international policies do not show adherence to that oath.
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Voting Rights Act Supreme Court Case: Scalia Condemns The 'Perpetuation Of Racial Entitlement' (UPDATE)

So thanking God for life threatening diseases on people one disagrees with designates you as a realist. Me thinks that your denial of liberal tendencies, nothing more than a liberal tactic of prevarication is very telling. If you want things like that to happen to people I suggest you pray to some other entity.
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Sequestration 2013: With Cuts In Place, Obama And GOP Brace For Next Fight

Let's see now. "Great guy" was not part of the Oath of office. "Fundamentally change the United States". not part of the oath of office. Advising the enemies we are at war with, "we are pulling out". not part of the oath of office. Protecting our people, upholding the constitution. Commander in chief, whoops, we don't really like that job either. How about putting party before country. Wow what a great guy
About sequester
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Voting Rights Act Supreme Court Case: Scalia Condemns The 'Perpetuation Of Racial Entitlement' (UPDATE)

What a kind, loving lib Typical example of hypocrisy
About Voting Rights
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Voting Rights Act Supreme Court Case: Scalia Condemns The 'Perpetuation Of Racial Entitlement' (UPDATE)

And furthermore.....attitudes such as yours do little to further your cause. If you look for wrong behind every action you will inevitably find them. On a percentage basis racism based on race in our country is minute. Dislike and distrust of color is a result of anger and fear propagated by the actions of individuals. Quit hating and striking out from behind your blindfolds of the past if you want to do something constructive.
About Voting Rights
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