Texas gubernatorial candidate, Debra Medina, was apparently caught off-guard on a question as to whether she thought 9/11 was the product of a government conspiracy. She replied that she had not “taken a position” on this matter.
Accusing one of being a “conspiracy theorist” is the political establishment’s way of intimidating people into not questioning the state-defined, consensus-based explanations of events. Those who do so get marginalized as “paranoid kooks.” As the lies and coverups of government continue to grow, I am more inclined to the views offered by such people as Kurt Vonnegut, George Carlin, et. al., namely, to “never believe anything the government tells you.” I also share the sentiment of the late Chris Tame: “I am not interested in conspiracy theories; I am interested in the facts of conspiracies.”
When questioned as Ms. Medina was, I think a far better answer for intelligent minds is to say: “it being the nature of governments to operate in secrecy and to lie, I think it is wise to always question official explanations of events, and to insist upon inquiries conducted not by government-run commissions, but by those interested in truth.” Who will quarrel with that position?
12:07 pm on March 2, 2010
