While I tease Mr. Dolphin in regards to his conspiracy theories, I do believe there is much underlying truth to the general narrative, but the temptation to tie absolutely everything into the conspiracy wears thin and undermines its credibility, and the conspiracy theorists’ faith that they have the whole thing figured out also begs belief. They don’t have the whole thing figured out. I believe that things are both far more complex while simultaneously being far more simple than they can ever know. Also, that they believe they will overthrow the forces of evil in the name of what they call libertarianism and under the flag of Ayn Rand makes me not so sure I wish to be liberated.
I have my own conspiracy theories, and while I do often question the lone gunman theory of 1963, I’m not losing nearly the sleep on JFK as I am on GWB. I have ben saying for sometime (Lentinman and I even have a bet about it) that the fascists in control of the administrative branch of the US government have no intention of relinquishing control next year. If they could have maintained their stranglehold through the facade of a seemingly “elected” administration (my sources informed me that Romney was their front man), that would have been fine with them, but if they have to resort to supra-legal means, i.e. martial law and canceled elections, that would be equally fine with them. I am not a paranoid conspiracy-theorist, but my following of the news these last 7 years has convinced me that Cheney, Inc. respects no law other than that of the jungle, and its goal was never temporary world domination – it’s playing for keeps.
Here’s a link to an article about a Reagan official who concurs, and its well in keeping with the speeches of Ron Paul:
White House preparing to stage new September 11 - Reagan official
White House preparing to stage new September 11 - Reagan official 13:58 | 20/ 07/ 2007
WASHINGTON, July 20 (RIA Novosti) - A former Reagan official has issued a public warning that the Bush administration is preparing to orchestrate a staged terrorist attack in the United States, transform the country into a dictatorship and launch a war with Iran within a year.
Paul Craig Roberts, a former Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, blasted Thursday a new Executive Order, released July 17, allowing the White House to seize the assets of anyone who interferes with its Iraq policies and giving the government expanded police powers to exercise control in the country.
Roberts, who spoke on the Thom Hartmann radio program, said: "When Bush exercises this authority [under the new Executive Order], there's no check to it. So it really is a form of total, absolute, one-man rule."
"The American people don't really understand the danger that they face," Roberts said, adding that the so-called neoconservatives intended to use a renewal of the fight against terrorism to rally the American people around the fading Republican Party.
Old-line Republicans like Roberts have become increasingly disenchanted with the neoconservative politics of the Bush administration, which they see as a betrayal of fundamental conservative values.
According to a July 9-11 survey by Ipsos, an international public opinion research company, President Bush and the Republicans can claim a mere 31 percent approval rating for their handling of the Iraq war and 38 percent for their foreign policy in general, including terrorism.
"The administration figures themselves and prominent Republican propagandists ... are preparing us for another 9/11 event or series of events," he said. "You have to count on the fact that if al Qaeda is not going to do it, it is going to be orchestrated."
Roberts suggested that in the absence of a massive popular outcry, only the federal bureaucracy and perhaps the military could put constraints on Bush's current drive for a fully-fledged dictatorship.
"They may have had enough. They may not go along with it," he said.
The radio interview was a follow-up to Robert's latest column, in which he warned that "unless Congress immediately impeaches Bush and Cheney, a year from now the U.S. could be a dictatorial police state at war with Iran."
Roberts, who has been dubbed the "Father of Reaganomics" and has recently gained popularity for his strong opposition to the Bush administration and the Iraq War, regularly contributes articles to Creators Syndicate, an independent distributor of comic strips and syndicated columns for daily newspapers.
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