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... and therein lies the problem. What is and what isn't, fact. But most important are the OPINIONS supposedly adduced from those facts. I think that may be where many of us have disagreement. Assuming what is purported to be fact is in fact that, way too often I see quantum leaps to arrive at conclusions not even reasonably inferred from ... the facts.GET YOU HOT said:The thing is All You all Get Fucked by ordinary news casts, and if you link to 90% of these stories there is factual information to support it.![]()
Well said. This is why BGOL pays you the Big Bucks!QueEx said:... and therein lies the problem. What is and what isn't, fact. But most important are the OPINIONS supposedly adduced from those facts. I think that may be where many of us have disagreement. Assuming what is purported to be fact is in fact that, way too often I see quantum leaps to arrive at conclusions not even reasonably inferred from ... the facts.
What I see from both the far-right and far-left is the manipulation of the facts to reach unreasonable, twisted or unwarrented conclusions cloaked and disguised as fact. When you mix enough of those and throw in a cup of half-truths for good measure -- you often end up with the recipe for a conspiracy.
QueEx
Dude, that's what I was trying to say. For example, many anti-semites were correct in thier assertions that Jews were heavily involved in the European banking system. Then they used that fact to conclude that "JEWS WANTED TO TAKE OVER THE WORLD". It was bullshit then, and it's bullshit now. What I find interesting is that I usually get dismissed when I challenge theory with fact.QueEx said:... and therein lies the problem. What is and what isn't, fact. But most important are the OPINIONS supposedly adduced from those facts. I think that may be where many of us have disagreement. Assuming what is purported to be fact is in fact that, way too often I see quantum leaps to arrive at conclusions not even reasonably inferred from ... the facts.
What I see from both the far-right and far-left is the manipulation of the facts to reach unreasonable, twisted or unwarrented conclusions cloaked and disguised as fact. When you mix enough of those and throw in a cup of half-truths for good measure -- you often end up with the recipe for a conspiracy.
QueEx
the simple fact is the US for all intents and purposes and those who run the US control the world, politically, militarily and financially and they must "conspire" to keep it that way or they will lose their controlQueEx said:... and therein lies the problem. What is and what isn't, fact. But most important are the OPINIONS supposedly adduced from those facts. I think that may be where many of us have disagreement. Assuming what is purported to be fact is in fact that, way too often I see quantum leaps to arrive at conclusions not even reasonably inferred from ... the facts.
What I see from both the far-right and far-left is the manipulation of the facts to reach unreasonable, twisted or unwarrented conclusions cloaked and disguised as fact. When you mix enough of those and throw in a cup of half-truths for good measure -- you often end up with the recipe for a conspiracy.
QueEx
Mak, yes, it is OFTEN a wild leap. Those folks you talk about, and many others like them almost always turned on the CIA or, modified thier intentions to a lesser extent. The greatest example is Castro. He was assisted by the CIA, and turned when the US would not give him more money. Would you call him a CIA asset ? The same goes with Allawai. He used the US, and the US dissed him. So calling him a CIA asset is a long strtch indeed. This is especially true when you consider the fact that that these same theories don't take into account all of the actions an "asset" makes. And about the thing about the Nazi's setting up the CIA is bullshit too. The CIA was well on it's way to becoming the at the end of World War II. The CIA was had another name, but the same purpose. It changed it's name about the same time the Department of War changed it's name to the Department of Defence.Makkonnen said:the simple fact is the US for all intents and purposes and those who run the US control the world, politically, militarily and financially and they must "conspire" to keep it that way or they will lose their control
Those in power have no problem murdering millions of people in order to maintain their grip on power so people guessing that they'd manipulate political contests or news or any other propaganda or societal control programs is not a reach.
Do you believe it is a stretch for people who have no moral dilemma in causing the deaths of millions of people to do any of the farfetched bullshit that many of these conspiracy theories put forward?
Im not saying these tales woven so poorly are accurate but one cannot discount them on the basis that those they accuse are above doing such things. I honestly dont believe they could maintain the current world stability without those maneuvers and because others around the globe in positions of power agree somewhat- things do not change much
For instance- the CIA has always liked to put its people into power in foreign nations after promoting or desiging a coup - so calling allawi or the present afghani leader, both of whom owe their existence to the CIA, CIA assets is no wild leap
Is it a wild leap that the CIA was built with the help of rescued Nazi SS officers? No its a fact. But it might sound wild to someone ignorant of the facts.
Im not talkin about the aluminum foil wrapped helmet type of shit here
Bohemian Grove stories were in that same realm of I dont know until Alex Jones took a camcorder into it and I saw a very famous political hack interviewed by him in NYC and he asked him about it and the dude flew into a rage when he discovered he was talkin to the guy who infiltrated their meeting
people like george bush sr and jr, colin powell, schwartzenegger etc pretending to kill babies on altars and shit- that aint a theory
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this dude is down with that bohemian grove shit- he fuckin flipped out on alex jones over it I bugged out because I watched him on the Gergen and Shields segment on mcneil lehrer for years and he never showed any emotion at all
With all due respect, I can appreciate your thoughts. I just have this pet peeve with the word "they". Who are the they that people so often refer to? I know, none of us (maybe) are in a position to know the every they. But I have a simple rule, if you can't identify the they, then someone has some research and investigation to do. I say that because they is just too damn easy -- we tend to use the pronoun when we don't really know who is fucking us, and, if we don't know who is fucking us, its awfully hard to know how to stop it. "They" tends to become the catch-all for our own ignorance.Makkonnen said:the simple fact is the US for all intents and purposes and those who run the US control the world, politically, militarily and financially and they must "conspire" to keep it that way or they will lose their control
Let me have a continuing objection as stated above to the "they" etc. Again, with due respect, who is it that you're referring to? We might agree, but I can't agree if I don't know who we're talking about.Those in power have no problem murdering millions of people in order to maintain their grip on power so people guessing that they'd manipulate political contests or news or any other propaganda or societal control programs is not a reach.
Honestly, I believe it is a stretch to say X happened back then, therefore, you know X must be happening now. I might be an idiot, but shit doesn't work for me quite that simply. Maybe that comes from an old legal rule that goes: character evidence (what someone did in the past) is not admissible to prove that the actor (the same person) has acted in accordance therewith on this (now) occassion. That is, because X robbed a bank 8 years ago, you just can't bring in a witness to say that for the proposition of proving that X robbed the liqour store he is now accused of robbing. Because I know my 8 year old will take a couple of extra cookies from the jar when give permission to take 2 -- doesn't mean I will accuse him when the jar comes up empty and no gave permission to eat them all.Do you believe it is a stretch for people who have no moral dilemma in causing the deaths of millions of people to do any of the farfetched bullshit that many of these conspiracy theories put forward?
You may not "discount" them, but not discounting them and putting such tales forth as significant is quite a different thing. Hell, in this world, anything is possible but a reasonable assessment would say that a particular thing is not probable based on what we know. Must people I see tossing around conspiracy theories <u>NEVER</U> come close to admitting that the shit is not probable. It may not be important, but those opinions lose credibility quick with me -- and I suspect they lose credibility with a lot of other people, as well.Im not saying these tales woven so poorly are accurate <u>but</u> one cannot discount them on the basis that those they accuse are above doing such things. I honestly dont believe they could maintain the current world stability without those maneuvers and because others around the globe in positions of power agree somewhat- things do not change much
Yeah, to me thats a wild leap (again, with all due respect). Lets say its true that the CIA puts people into power in foreign nations after promoting or designing a coup -=- but calling that person a "CIA asset" doesn't follow. Assuming by asset you mean one who will now report to and/or do the CIA's bidding, I think you have to show (by some reasonable evidence or example) where the person (say Alllawi) is now doing the bidding, taking orders from, etc, in order to say he is an "asset". If you can show something close to that (I know we don't always know exactly & much of our suppositions are based on what we hope are credible sources) then to me that would lead to the conclusion that Allawi (or whomever) is an asset. Even so, does that mean its a bad thing ???For instance- the CIA has always liked to put its people into power in foreign nations after promoting or desiging a coup - so calling allawi or the present afghani leader, both of whom owe their existence to the CIA, CIA assets is no wild leap
If its fact, its fact. It might sound wild, but that wouldn't be opinion.Is it a wild leap that the CIA was built with the help of rescued Nazi SS officers? No its a fact. But it might sound wild to someone ignorant of the facts.
Bohemian Grove stories were in that same realm of I dont know until Alex Jones took a camcorder into it and I saw a very famous political hack interviewed by him in NYC and he asked him about it and the dude flew into a rage when he discovered he was talkin to the guy who infiltrated their meeting
people like george bush sr and jr, colin powell, schwartzenegger etc pretending to kill babies on altars and shit- that aint a theory
It was the OSS, Office of Strategic Services.Fuckallyall said:... The CIA was well on it's way to becoming the at the end of World War II. The CIA was had another name, but the same purpose. It changed it's name about the same time the Department of War changed it's name to the Department of Defence.
Do some research- I never said Nazis set up the CIA. I said the US Government took SS Officers and they assisted in the design of the CIA. Research it and you will find out it is true. There was a scramble for many Nazi scientists, doctors and other important figures at the end of the war. Our space program would not have been what it was in the 60's had it not been for Nazi scientists as well.Fuckallyall said:Mak, yes, it is OFTEN a wild leap. Those folks you talk about, and many others like them almost always turned on the CIA or, modified thier intentions to a lesser extent. The greatest example is Castro. He was assisted by the CIA, and turned when the US would not give him more money. Would you call him a CIA asset ? The same goes with Allawai. He used the US, and the US dissed him. So calling him a CIA asset is a long strtch indeed. This is especially true when you consider the fact that that these same theories don't take into account all of the actions an "asset" makes. And about the thing about the Nazi's setting up the CIA is bullshit too. The CIA was well on it's way to becoming the at the end of World War II. The CIA was had another name, but the same purpose. It changed it's name about the same time the Department of War changed it's name to the Department of Defence.
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QueEx said:With all due respect, I can appreciate your thoughts. I just have this pet
peeve with the word "they". Who are the they that people so often refer to? I know, none of
us (maybe) are in a position to know the every they. But I have a simple rule, if you can't
identify the they, then someone has some research and investigation to do. I say that
because they is just too damn easy -- we tend to use the pronoun when we don't really know
who is fucking us, and, if we don't know who is fucking us, its awfully hard to know how to
stop it. "They" tends to become the catch-all for our own ignorance.
Que said:As for the US being in control, I can't say that I'm angry with that. I don't hold any
illusions that the rest of the world wouldn't dominate or control if it had half of a chance.
I don't believe that the Chinese, Russians, Iranians or any other 1st, 2nd or 3rd world
power would rule or control with my beneficence in my mind. I know that because my
experience tells me that ... some of which is based on exposure -- and I am picking my words
carefully lest I wake up suddenly like a famous poster (gene cisco) would say: smelling
Newports.
I think, and I would love for someone to tell/show me differently, that every country
operates in what it perceives as its best interest. Some are better capable of seeing to its
interest than others.
I also don't think that everything those in power in this country do are BEST for our
interest. Some times those in power err -- whether out of greed, ignorance or negligence.
And, when that happens, regardless of the reason, I think the people and their government
should deal with it.
thats my main problem- some of these muthafuckas will feed their momma plutonium to earn 5 bucks so you know people they couldnt give a shit about are totally fucked.<u>I know</u> too that the Ruskies, et al., err too and I know that they are constantly
seeking ways to tip the balance of power. You don't have to believe me -- but <u>I know</u>
these things. And I know that they do as much dirty shit as we do. It must be that staying
on top is a dirty fucking business. But as long as someone else is doing dirt, I sure as
hell don't want to come to the show clean. On the other hand, there has to be a limit to
shit and some ethical/moral lines that should not be crossed, by my government and the rest.
Honestly, I believe it is a stretch to say X happened back then, therefore, you know X must
be happening now. I might be an idiot, but shit doesn't work for me quite that simply.
Maybe that comes from an old legal rule that goes: character evidence (what someone did in
the past) is not admissible to prove that the actor (the same person) has acted in accordance
therewith on this (now) occassion. That is, because X robbed a bank 8 years ago, you just
can't bring in a witness to say that for the proposition of proving that X robbed the liqour
store he is now accused of robbing. Because I know my 8 year old will take a couple of extra
cookies from the jar when give permission to take 2 -- doesn't mean I will accuse him when
the jar comes up empty and no gave permission to eat them all.
Now, I'm not stupid either. When I see the top on the cookie jar always screwed on
cross-threaded, a chair is always pulled up to the shelf, and a scuff mark always near the
same spot on the floor -- each time his little ass has gotten cookies before and thats what I
found when the perverbial cookie jar is now empty -- I can use that shit against him. That
is, when I see similar enough markings from the governments hand, I can more easily say its
been up to no good -=- not because it did a certain thing in the past, but because it fits a
common plan or scheme used in the past that bears its marks in the particular incident now in
question.
So, do I believe its a stretch - yes. I need more than just "you know them muffukas did it
before ... so you know they did _________ this time."
How do I know the government did or didn't do ________ ? I don't, but I try to use my best
ability to read, deduce and reason -- and I try my damnest to read critically tossing out the
shit that doesn't flow or naturally follow in the opinions that I read. And, yeah. I fuck
up. I mis-read, I overlook shit or sometimes, the truth just wasn't out there to be known.
You may not "discount" them, but not discounting them and putting such tales forth as
significant is quite a different thing. Hell, in this world, anything is possible but
a reasonable assessment would say that a particular thing is not probable based on
what we know. Must people I see tossing around conspiracy theories <u>NEVER</U> come
close to admitting that the shit is not probable. It may not be important, but those
opinions lose credibility quick with me -- and I suspect they lose credibility with a lot of
other people, as well.
Yeah, to me thats a wild leap (again, with all due respect). Lets say its true that the CIA
puts people into power in foreign nations after promoting or designing a coup -=- but calling
that person a "CIA asset" doesn't follow. Assuming by asset you mean one who will now report
to and/or do the CIA's bidding, I think you have to show (by some reasonable evidence or
example) where the person (say Alllawi) is now doing the bidding, taking orders from,
etc, in order to say he is an "asset". If you can show something close to that (I know
we don't always know exactly & much of our suppositions are based on what we hope are
credible sources) then to me that would lead to the conclusion that Allawi (or whomever) is
an asset. Even so, does that mean its a bad thing ???
I haven't seen those clips and I won't pass judgment on them without seeing them. I am not
saying, however, that there aren't secret societies; and I'm not saing that secret societies
don't influence people in power, elected and not. But I don't beleive that all in power are
corrupt and influenced that way nor do I believe that all of the press is so influenced.
Hence, most dirty shit eventually comes to light. And, sometimes, we get even.
QueEx
Honestly, I believe it is a stretch to say X happened back then, therefore, you know X must be happening now. I might be an idiot, but shit doesn't work for me quite that simply. Maybe that comes from an old legal rule that goes: character evidence (what someone did in the past) is not admissible to prove that the actor (the same person) has acted in accordance therewith on this (now) occassion. That is, because X robbed a bank 8 years ago, you just can't bring in a witness to say that for the proposition of proving that X robbed the liqour store he is now accused of robbing. Because I know my 8 year old will take a couple of extra cookies from the jar when give permission to take 2 -- doesn't mean I will accuse him when the jar comes up empty and no gave permission to eat them all.
Now, I'm not stupid either. When I see the top on the cookie jar always screwed on cross-threaded, a chair is always pulled up to the shelf, and a scuff mark always near the same spot on the floor -- each time his little ass has gotten cookies before and thats what I found when the perverbial cookie jar is now empty -- I can use that shit against him. That is, when I see similar enough markings from the governments hand, I can more easily say its been up to no good -=- not because it did a certain thing in the past, but because it fits a common plan or scheme used in the past that bears its marks in the particular incident now in question.
So, do I believe its a stretch - yes. I need more than just "you know them muffukas did it before ... so you know they did _________ this time."
How do I know the government did or didn't do ________ ? I don't, but I try to use my best ability to read, deduce and reason -- and I try my damnest to read critically tossing out the shit that doesn't flow or naturally follow in the opinions that I read. And, yeah. I fuck up. I mis-read, I overlook shit or sometimes, the truth just wasn't out there to be known.
NYTIMES said:C.I.A. Said to Rebuff Congress on Nazi Files
By Douglas Jehl
The New York Times
Sunday 30 January 2005
WASHINGTON - The Central Intelligence Agency is refusing to provide hundreds of thousands of pages of documents sought by a government working group under a 1998 law that requires full disclosure of classified records related to Nazi war criminals, say Congressional officials from both parties.
Under the law, the C.I.A. has already provided more than 1.2 million pages of documents, the vast majority of them from the archives of its World War II predecessor, the Office of Strategic Services. Many documents have been declassified, and some made public last year showed a closer relationship between the United States government and Nazi war criminals than had previously been understood, including the C.I.A.'s recruitment of war criminal suspects or Nazi collaborators.
For nearly three years, the C.I.A. has interpreted the 1998 law narrowly and rebuffed requests for additional records, say Congressional officials and some members of the working group, who also contend that that stance seems to violate the law.
These officials say the agency has sometimes agreed to provide information about former Nazis, but not about the extent of the agency's dealings with them after World War II. In other cases, it has refused to provide information about individuals and their conduct during the war unless the working group can first provide evidence that they were complicit in war crimes.
The agency's stance poses a sharp test between the C.I.A.'s deep institutional reluctance to make public details about any intelligence operations and the broad mandate set forth in the law to lift the veil about relationships between the United States government and Nazi war criminals.
The dispute has not previously been made public. Critics of the C.I.A.'s stance, including all three private citizens who are members of the working group, said they were disclosing the dispute now in hopes of resolving the impasse by March, when the working group's mandate is to expire.
"I think that the C.I.A. has defied the law, and in so doing has also trivialized the Holocaust, thumbed its nose at the survivors of the Holocaust and also at Americans who gave their lives in the effort to defeat the Nazis in World War II," said Elizabeth Holtzman, a former congresswoman from New York and a member of the group. "We have bent over backward; we have given them every opportunity to comply."
At the request of Senator Mike DeWine, Republican of Ohio, the Senate Judiciary Committee plans to hold a public hearing on the matter early next month, and is planning to call C.I.A. officials and members of the working group as witnesses, Congressional officials said.
A C.I.A. spokesman said the agency had already declassified and released 1.25 million pages of documents under the law, including those related to 775 different name files.
"The C.I.A. has not withheld any material identified in its files related to the commission of war crimes by officials, agents or collaborators of Nazi Germany," he said.
The spokesman acknowledged that the C.I.A. had refused to disclose other material "that does not relate to war crimes per se" and that the agency was working on a report to Congress to justify its actions under exemptions spelled out in the law.
A spokeswoman for the panel, formally known as the Nazi War Crimes and Japanese Imperial Government Records Interagency Working Group, said it would not comment on the dispute. The group is led by a representative of the National Archives, and includes representatives of the C.I.A., the F.B.I., the Defense Department and other government agencies, and has taken no formal stand on the matter, people involved in the issue said.
But in interviews, all three public members of the group, including Ms. Holtzman; Richard Ben-Veniste, a Washington lawyer; and Thomas H. Baer, a former federal prosecutor, made plain their opposition to the C.I.A.'s position. Congressional officials said the three had a sympathetic hearing from Senator DeWine, a sponsor of the 1998 law, known as the Nazi War Crimes Disclosure Act.
The 1998 law that established the working group directed that it "locate, identify, inventory, recommend for declassification and make available to the public at the National Archives and Records Administration, all classified Nazi war criminal records of the United States."
Under the law, the heads of government agencies have the power to exempt from release nine categories of national security information. But to assert such exemptions, agency heads are required to submit a report to Congressional committees, a step the C.I.A. has not yet taken, the Congressional officials said.
"I can only say that the posture the C.I.A. has taken differs from all the other agencies that have been involved, and that's not a position we can accept," Mr. Ben-Veniste said. In a separate interview, Mr. Baer said: "Too much has been secret for too long. The C.I.A. has not complied with the statute."
A book, "U.S. Intelligence and the Nazis," that was released by the working group in May provided a partial picture of those dealings. It has shown that the American government worked closely with Nazi war criminals and collaborators, allowing many of them to live in the United States after World War II.
Historians who have studied the documents made public so far have said that at least five associates of the Nazi leader Adolf Eichmann, the architect of Hitler's campaign to exterminate Jews, had worked for the C.I.A. Eichmann, who was arrested by the Allies in 1945, escaped and fled to Argentina. He was captured by Israeli agents in 1960, tried and hanged. The records also indicate that the C.I.A. tried to recruit two dozen more war criminals or Nazi collaborators.
American officials have defended the recruiting of former Nazis as having been essential to gaining access to intelligence after World War II, particularly about the Soviet Union and its cold war allies. Among former Nazis who were given refuge in the United States was Wernher von Braun, the German scientist who developed the V-2 rocket in World War II for the Nazis and played a major role in the development of the American space program.
After World War II, the Allied powers who occupied Germany defined war crimes broadly, declaring the Nazi SS to be a criminal organization guilty of exterminating and persecuting Jews and killing prisoners of war and slave laborers. They identified as a war criminal anyone who was a principal, accessory to, or consented in the commission of war crimes, or anyone who was a member of an organization or group connected with the commission of such crimes.
Exactly how many pages of documents the C.I.A. is still withholding is not clear, according to people involved in the dispute. But they said that at minimum, they believed it amounted to hundreds of thousands of pages.
A report made public by the working group in 1999 said an initial survey by the C.I.A. estimated that more than two million pages of documents among records in the agency's files for the years 1947 to 1998 included "operational, personality, country, and project files; analytical products, source material, and biographic reports" related to Nazi war criminals. The agency estimated that an additional 2.1 million pages among the files of its predecessor organizations, including the O.S.S., from 1941 to 1947, could be covered by the group's mandate.
The group outlined its objections to the C.I.A.'s position in a letter sent to the agency in February 2004, according to Congressional officials. The group's mandate to examine intelligence documents related to the Nazi war criminals was to expire last year. But Congress agreed to extend it until the end of March 2005, in a step that Congressional officials from both parties said was intended in large part to allow more time to resolve the impasse.
QueEx said:Honestly, I believe it is a stretch to say X happened back then, therefore, you know X must be happening now. I might be an idiot, but shit doesn't work for me quite that simply. Maybe that comes from an old legal rule that goes: character evidence (what someone did in the past) is not admissible to prove that the actor (the same person) has acted in accordance therewith on this (now) occassion. That is, because X robbed a bank 8 years ago, you just can't bring in a witness to say that for the proposition of proving that X robbed the liqour store he is now accused of robbing. Because I know my 8 year old will take a couple of extra cookies from the jar when give permission to take 2 -- doesn't mean I will accuse him when the jar comes up empty and no gave permission to eat them all.
Now, I'm not stupid either. When I see the top on the cookie jar always screwed on cross-threaded, a chair is always pulled up to the shelf, and a scuff mark always near the same spot on the floor -- each time his little ass has gotten cookies before and thats what I found when the perverbial cookie jar is now empty -- I can use that shit against him. That is, when I see similar enough markings from the governments hand, I can more easily say its been up to no good -=- not because it did a certain thing in the past, but because it fits a common plan or scheme used in the past that bears its marks in the particular incident now in question.
QueEx