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H2O Man Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-25-07 11:54 AM
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10. The combined words
are frequently used to attempt to discredit someone, without examining what facts they are basing their theories on. I find that the values of various theories tend to be related closely to the insight and abilities of those making the theory.
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  -Breathing theories H2O Man  Oct-25-07 10:16 AM   #0 
  - I think there is another aspect in the motive to out Plame  unpossibles   Oct-25-07 10:35 AM   #1 
  - Yes.  H2O Man   Oct-25-07 10:45 AM   #2 
  - Wow. Is it three years already??? Man we're gettin old. n/t  burythehatchet   Oct-25-07 10:58 AM   #4 
  - Yep.  H2O Man   Oct-25-07 11:04 AM   #5 
  - Well, we've also had more recent conclusions that David Kelly did NOT commit suicide too!  calipendence   Oct-26-07 09:36 AM   #91 
  - I remember the essay that you posted here.  yardwork   Oct-25-07 03:33 PM   #37 
  - While I would  H2O Man   Oct-25-07 04:34 PM   #52 
     - I think historians will look at your work on Plame here, along with that of a number of DUers,  leveymg   Oct-26-07 02:32 AM   #81 
  - I also seem to remember the accusation that the Bush Administration ...  Ian_rd   Oct-26-07 09:26 AM   #90 
  - Call anyone crazy, who doesn't think the Criminal Bush involved in the Plame Outing Treason.  dickbearton   Oct-25-07 07:43 PM   #62 
  - I'm sorry, but I'm not sure I understand what you're saying  unpossibles   Oct-26-07 09:14 AM   #88 
  - "Both wars have been planned for over a decade". At first I couldn't believe DoD was this dumb...  EVDebs   Oct-28-07 02:57 PM   #103 
  - I'm proud to be an old hippie and conspiracy theorist  OceanChick   Oct-25-07 10:57 AM   #3 
  - Thanks.  H2O Man   Oct-25-07 11:06 AM   #6 
  - Wow, that's an interesting theory  OceanChick   Oct-25-07 11:09 AM   #7 
  - sorry, dupe  OceanChick   Oct-25-07 11:09 AM   #8 
  - It started well before that.  freebrew   Oct-26-07 07:49 AM   #87 
  - The Problem With Trying To DeBunk 'Conspiracy' Theories  Me.   Oct-25-07 11:11 AM   #9 
  - The combined words  H2O Man   Oct-25-07 11:54 AM   #10 
  - Propaganda vs. Truth  Me.   Oct-25-07 12:53 PM   #13 
  - I must be too far out on the lunatic fringe to have  Yodananda Samadhi   Oct-26-07 02:18 AM   #80 
  - Do you know the history of the phrase "conspiracy theory" used to discredit?  John Q. Citizen   Oct-25-07 04:21 PM   #48 
  - The very phrase "conspiracy theory" has been framed to  annabanana   Oct-25-07 09:02 PM   #71 
  - Fer sure  DCKit   Oct-25-07 02:34 PM   #20 
  - Personally I see a conspiracy going on in that regard everyday.  go west young man   Oct-25-07 11:01 PM   #77 
  - Not all theories are created equally  LeftCoast   Oct-25-07 11:57 AM   #11 
  - True.  H2O Man   Oct-25-07 02:50 PM   #22 
  - Kickety kick  OceanChick   Oct-25-07 12:41 PM   #12 
  - Kick  Hun Joro   Oct-25-07 12:59 PM   #14 
  - Thank you. n/t  H2O Man   Oct-25-07 02:50 PM   #23 
  - "if the Government has nothing to hide, why does it hide everything?"  LSK   Oct-25-07 01:06 PM   #15 
  - Huge amounts  H2O Man   Oct-25-07 01:13 PM   #16 
  - yes, I just got it at Target 2 days ago  LSK   Oct-25-07 01:15 PM   #17 
     - Yes, I will buy it too  OceanChick   Oct-25-07 02:17 PM   #18 
  - Also...  Javaman   Oct-25-07 03:22 PM   #32 
     - That is at the center of many things  Juniperx   Oct-25-07 07:10 PM   #58 
  - K&R as usual.  endarkenment   Oct-25-07 02:27 PM   #19 
  - The new book  H2O Man   Oct-25-07 03:00 PM   #24 
     - I'm off to the bookstore on the way home to pick up plame and wolf  endarkenment   Oct-25-07 03:09 PM   #27 
     - The Old Plame Threads - For Anyone Who Is Interested  Me.   Oct-25-07 03:50 PM   #43 
     - Thank you.  H2O Man   Oct-25-07 03:57 PM   #44 
     - Thanks!  wlucinda   Oct-26-07 03:26 AM   #83 
     - Oh man! I remember being called all sorts of names...  Juniperx   Oct-25-07 07:12 PM   #59 
        - Yep.  H2O Man   Oct-25-07 07:55 PM   #64 
  - Was Richard Armitage part of the  2rth2pwr   Oct-25-07 02:37 PM   #21 
  - What do you think  H2O Man   Oct-25-07 03:01 PM   #25 
     - This is how most "truthers" like to answer questions-  2rth2pwr   Oct-25-07 03:24 PM   #33 
        - Ha!  H2O Man   Oct-25-07 03:26 PM   #35 
        - Do we do that? n/t  Truth2Tell   Oct-25-07 04:31 PM   #51 
        - LOL! Nice one!  RufusTFirefly   Oct-25-07 07:02 PM   #57 
        - The great challenge is to know things as they really are.  Yodananda Samadhi   Oct-26-07 01:57 AM   #79 
           - Using a point to show that a point is not a point is not as good as using  2rth2pwr   Oct-26-07 11:49 AM   #97 
  - Conspiracies happen. But grand conspiracies are rare at best  Az   Oct-25-07 03:05 PM   #26 
  - I am not  H2O Man   Oct-25-07 03:09 PM   #28 
  - The Plame scandal is the result of a limited conspiracy  Az   Oct-25-07 03:13 PM   #29 
     - I agree in  H2O Man   Oct-25-07 03:19 PM   #30 
     - Oh I would say it goes farther  Az   Oct-25-07 03:34 PM   #38 
        - I again agree  H2O Man   Oct-25-07 03:45 PM   #40 
           - I was of course refering to them as they see themselves  Az   Oct-25-07 03:50 PM   #42 
     - If you would care to read through the extensive threads on the topic...  AntiFascist   Oct-26-07 03:01 AM   #82 
  - was this a grand conspiracy?  LSK   Oct-25-07 03:57 PM   #45 
     - It was an attempt to establish a grand conspiracy  Az   Oct-25-07 04:07 PM   #47 
  - nt  Javaman   Oct-25-07 03:20 PM   #31 
  - Why, you crazy conspiracy theorist!  robertpaulsen   Oct-25-07 03:26 PM   #34 
  - I got it last night.  H2O Man   Oct-25-07 03:48 PM   #41 
  - conspiracy theories get harder and harder to prove as time passes.  spanone   Oct-25-07 03:26 PM   #36 
  - Right.  H2O Man   Oct-25-07 05:42 PM   #54 
  - k&r  me b zola   Oct-25-07 03:43 PM   #39 
  - There's a difference between 'conspiracy theorist' and a theory about a conspiracy.  sicksicksick_N_tired   Oct-25-07 04:06 PM   #46 
  - Interesting.  H2O Man   Oct-25-07 04:26 PM   #50 
     - The term "conspiracy theorist" is certainly used to demean others. Professionals must theorize,...  sicksicksick_N_tired   Oct-25-07 04:42 PM   #53 
  - life would be so boring without speculation....  WHAT   Oct-25-07 04:22 PM   #49 
  - A questioning mind  H2O Man   Oct-25-07 05:44 PM   #55 
  - Conspiracies work when like minded people are galvanized by self-interest or a "noble cause"  RufusTFirefly   Oct-25-07 06:51 PM   #56 
  - That is similar  H2O Man   Oct-25-07 07:52 PM   #63 
     - Thanks. Haven't read this book yet, but I've been curious. n/t  RufusTFirefly   Oct-25-07 08:38 PM   #69 
  - I see conspiracies daily...  Juniperx   Oct-25-07 07:14 PM   #60 
  - In any large operation,  H2O Man   Oct-25-07 07:58 PM   #65 
     - Sure...  Juniperx   Oct-25-07 08:03 PM   #66 
     - What you don't know can't hurt you  RufusTFirefly   Oct-25-07 08:38 PM   #68 
     - Many JFK debunkers are now in CYA mode since the Joannides revelation  EVDebs   Oct-25-07 09:53 PM   #73 
  - Today on CNN Valerie Plame said that the Administration is guilty of Treasonous behavior....  AntiFascist   Oct-25-07 07:42 PM   #61 
  - Is that what she said? nt  sicksicksick_N_tired   Oct-25-07 08:43 PM   #70 
  - Something to that effect, and she used the word treason...  AntiFascist   Oct-25-07 10:17 PM   #75 
     - She Said It Flat Out On Hardball  Me.   Oct-25-07 11:00 PM   #76 
  - The preponderance of evidence and inductive thinking can only lead to a conspiracy  EVDebs   Oct-25-07 09:56 PM   #74 
  - Yoko Ono  Annces   Oct-25-07 08:35 PM   #67 
  - How many rifles did the Warren Commission report acknowledge finding at the Schoolbook depository?  EVDebs   Oct-25-07 09:45 PM   #72 
  - I hope the Jersey Girls haven't given up.  redqueen   Oct-26-07 09:18 AM   #89 
     - That's all they're asking for. It's a miracle they haven't shunted this to the dungeon by now  EVDebs   Oct-26-07 12:09 PM   #98 
  - ..so many conspiracies: so many left wing gatekeepers and so little time......  bbgrunt   Oct-26-07 12:19 AM   #78 
  - Morning Kick for a great conversation.  Lochloosa   Oct-26-07 06:43 AM   #84 
  - I like your posts but let me kindly disagree.  Pawel K   Oct-26-07 07:24 AM   #85 
  - ttt n/t  Blue_Tires   Oct-26-07 07:26 AM   #86 
  - Thank you. "Conspiracy theorist" has been made a pejorative  deutsey   Oct-26-07 09:40 AM   #92 
  - There was a time when most learned men dismissed the THEORY of germs  havocmom   Oct-26-07 09:41 AM   #93 
  - ...and now it's still difficult to get Drs to wash their hands btw visits to patients ! nt  EVDebs   Oct-26-07 12:11 PM   #99 
     - Well, they can't go about believing in little critters that are invisible!  havocmom   Oct-26-07 12:20 PM   #101 
  - Bugliosi will be on c-span/BookTV In Depth Nov. 4, live for three hours taking calls.  TacticalPeek   Oct-26-07 10:58 AM   #94 
  - Google up Richard Belzer's blog re JFK and Bugliosi's book  EVDebs   Oct-26-07 12:12 PM   #100 
  - Thought crimes  windoe   Oct-26-07 11:15 AM   #95 
  - Thank you, Sir.  Octafish   Oct-26-07 11:19 AM   #96 
  - Check out kpete's most excellent post re Bobby Kennedy on JFK  EVDebs   Oct-27-07 01:29 PM   #102 
  - Kicking  robertpaulsen   Oct-29-07 01:29 PM   #104 
 

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