POLITICS: Truthers In Our Midst

Dave, I hope you are not lumping me into the "you Truthers" group... I did not say I held fast to the beliefs of "Truthers". I do not "feel the need" to believe anything at all, but let my beliefs unfold as new information is presented to me.

Please do not pretend to know my point of view... that being an ever evolving process.  I keep asking questions, keep looking at the wide variety of information. I do this with all things, not just politics.

Nor do I "hate my country"... the implication being offensive to me.

I find your wife beating anology simplistic in the extreme.

I can't be sure there is a small group of people pulling the strings of our world politics and economy. I can't be sure that the events of 9/11 unfolded as reported by mainstream media. How can you be so sure?

It is hard for me to believe in a "cabal" of powerful families (in fact, I hate the idea), but I don't dismiss it out of hand.
Careful... didn't say I embrace it either.

It certainly is possible that the Muslims hate us enough to attack us... hate is a gigantic force.

Turning your Jew/Nazi analogy back towards you, it is possible that our govenments' presentation of events is a "cover story" for darker motives... there could be "something else going on". Why is that not possible to you? "Oh, there are none so blind as those who will not see."

One thing I am sure about: the world is immensely more complicated than I ever could have imagined as a child growing up believing that the American Government was beyond corruption. Careful... I am not saying for certain that my government is corrupt enough to make 9/11 an inside job. I am saying that there is possiblity of corruption.

It's interesting to me that you seem to "know" and have the answers here: When did you become omniscient? Or perhaps you have some religious-like faith.

Again, let me be 100% clear: I do not know what to believe.

So, let me get this straight. There are people out there who believe no one flew a plane in to the WTC?

The passengers of flight 93 told us what happened on their flight via cell phones.  This stuff is recorded.

I could maybe buy someone theorizing that our Government turned the situation around to their advantage, but that they planned it? And that we had Federal workers hijack the planes, blow up our own buildings and kill our own people? That I have a hard time believing, in light of the evidence.

Not to say our Government isn't corrupt. It's been corrupt for many years before 2001. Personally, I think our government did one of two things. Either 1) It knew the terrorists were going to attack, let it happen to justify a war and disavow any knowledge that it was going to happen. Or 2) It had no idea this was going to happen, or ignored the warnings because they didn't believe it could happen -- and therefore the Government is inept and weak.

Either way, the Government needs a good weeding of the chaff. But, for anyone to think the entire event was pre-planned by Bush and the rest of the Government. Not a chance. The only way for something like that to be "true" is for those who believe in things like the Illuminati.

I'm not one to disavow the existence of conspiracies, but it does bother me about all of the people who look for a conspiracy behind every tradgedy, just becuase they don't like the idea of personal responsibility. These people are paranoid and fearful of everything.

Oh no, I heard a loud bang outside my house. Everyone says it was a car backfiring, but I just can't believe that. Someone had to be assassinated.

A hurricane ripped though New Orleans, that had to be pre-planned by our Government too. Didn't you know? They have a weather making machine and conjured up that hurricane. They sent it to New Orleans!!!

There are fires in Southern California. We must blame our Government for that too. I bet they sent the CIA in to secretly set that entire area ablaze.

Two planes flew in to the World Trade Center. But those videos were doctored. They weren't really planes. The buildings had bombs in them and those were blown. There was never a plane in that area that day.

They didn't really kill Saddam. That video was doctored too. The US now employs Saddam to help them create a sequel to 9/11. They're going to call it 9/12 and this time, they are going to drop 29 nuclear bombs on 29 different major US cities, just like the TV show, "Jericho" is trying to warn us about. Man, TV and movies...they've always got it right. You want proof that there is a conspiracy. Watch this movie. Watch that TV show. Because all the accounts of people who were there, inside the building, and other people who were effected by the actual hijackings...their stories don't count. They were all in on it. 3,000 people died, but we think it's all a smokescreen.

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How we dishonor the dead. Truthfully, this is no way to live.  Some things happen, the way they happen.

Hollywood isn't some secret organization trying to eliminate Christians.

Hurricane Katrina was not planned by the US Government.

9/11 may have been manipulated by the Government, but certainly not planned. Too many eyewitness accounts that can attest to terrorism, that actually died that day.

And, Jimmy Hoffa. He's dead.

Elvis is dead.

Andy Kauffman is dead.

JFK -- now that may have been a coverup.

Pearl Harbor -- that has finally been proven that our President let it happen, to be able to enter WWII.

The earth is really round, not flat. Even though the Flat Earth Society thinks we've been told a lie.

Bobby Kennedy. He really did die in a plane crash, that he was piloting. No one shot him down.

Ted Kennedy....well, some wish their might be a conspiracy happen in his life.

The Oklahoma Bombings...that really was Ted that did those.

Waco, Texas...those people really were nuts, even though our FBI had bad tactical movement there.

Heaven's Gate -- hmmm...no! Hale Bop really didn't whisk them away to the great beyond.

Anyway, I think I've made my point. I won't be watching Zeitgeist, as some things I just don't grace with my attention. I'm certainly no supporter of Bush in anything he has done, but I won't dishonor those who died that day by even entertaining the idea that their deaths were a joke.