tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19289966.post114029600719894779..comments2023-09-13T07:58:39.352-06:00Comments on Masochistic Perceptions, Trials and Truths: Ed Meershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06079101364912241838noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19289966.post-1140493573853973082006-02-20T20:46:00.000-07:002006-02-20T20:46:00.000-07:00Not read the Martin book but will check it out.I c...Not read the Martin book but will check it out.<BR/><BR/>I concurr with your comments on conspiracies. People seem to confuse "conspiracy" with plain "tactics", Machieavellian or no. We can ruminate about these great secret plots, but that is the nature of ANY political/military use of intel. All international and domestic maneuvering has some aspect of cunning and underhandedness, this is not a grand plot to take over the world, but rather a matter of some form of smaller or large scale domination. Dyer's theory is most plausible and makes sense. Is it really a conspiracy or simply a manner of politiquing is up to how you see it.Ed Meershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06079101364912241838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19289966.post-1140491244448939612006-02-20T20:07:00.000-07:002006-02-20T20:07:00.000-07:00Dyer's book sounds interesting. Have you read "The...Dyer's book sounds interesting. Have you read "The Conspirators" by Al Martin?<BR/>Trying to put all of the machinations into a single perspective is almost impossible, but I keep trying. My bottom line is that there are things afoot which few people have the background to understand, let alone suspect without freaking out. I found my way to the blogs and conspiracies from a long, tortuous self-taught road in physics theory, looking for energy sources. What I found along the way led to books about everything from UFO's to Iran-Contra and now, 9/11. The trail follows energy and money. I cannot separate the two. The war wasn't about controlling the oil. I think it was about making it LOOK hard to get. When we really analyze the oil industry, the producing wells at $19 per bbl vs. the profitability of old wells at $60/bbl, the result is quite clear that we only needed to raise the price of oil in order to get the supply back up from various places to be able to replace Middle East oil (for a while). Somebody, I'm not saying who (but he carries a mean shotgun), has a card up his sleeve which covers any bet on the table. The move into Iraq for WMD wasn't done on fear, nor out of stupidity, but out of confidence that it was a necessary part of a bigger plan. "Conspiracy" has become the Big Red Button which shuts down all intelligent and public discussion these days. Unfortunately, just because you're paranoid doesn't mean someone ISN'T out to get you. Evolution favors the Paranoid. That's why we have religion.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19289966.post-1140311215763881262006-02-18T18:06:00.000-07:002006-02-18T18:06:00.000-07:00Thank you for commenting on my blogThank you for commenting on my blogjolly joliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01978560598588455608noreply@blogger.com