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Fenris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-26-04 01:21 PM
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Poll question: How conspiracy-minded are you?
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madmax Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-26-04 01:23 PM
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1. I don't believe in conspiracy per se
but I do believe our government is corrupt to the nth degree.
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stellanoir Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-26-04 01:30 PM
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4. "conspiracy" by definition infers. . .
secrecy. These folks are utterly blatant in their agendas. They just devisively use disingenuous nomenclature: "Clean Skies", "Healthy Forests," "No Child Left Behind," "Help America Vote," trusting that no one will look beyong contrite labeling to see what they're really up to. Most frighteningly and to a certain extent, it has worked.
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Triple H Donating Member (714 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-26-04 01:28 PM
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2. Not a conspiracy theorist here...
but I do believe the gov'ment is secretive about a lot of things...
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Ganja Ninja Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-26-04 01:29 PM
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3. I absolutely believe that within the intelligence/military there is a ...
GOP faction that engages in dirty tricks and espionage for the benefit of the corporations (big oil) that control the Republican Party.
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bkcc Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-26-04 01:33 PM
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5. I voted "other." Allow me to explain:
First off, let me get this out in the open...my father is a UFO investigator and has his own nationwide organization of fellow investigators. (I'm not joking...I wish I were, but it's true.)

I grew up listening to how everything was a government conspiracy to cover up something paranormal. (Funny that my dad will doubt every Roswell report that has ever been published, but will take anything Bush* says about Iraq at face value.)
As a result, I don't have much faith in anything that the government reports to us as fact...I always have to do extra research to fill in the blanks.

So, am I a conspiracy theorist? To some extent, yes. I never take anything in the news at face value, but that's not to say that I don't find a lot of the conspiracy stuff floating around to be utterly ridiculous.
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YellowRubberDuckie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-26-04 01:42 PM
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6. I believe nothing that comes from the government.
Everything has to be more sinister and wrong than what they are saying. I dont' think the black helicopters are coming or that I need a tinfoil hat, but I doubt everything and trust very few people.
Duckie
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Syrinx Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-26-04 01:47 PM
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7. if there are no conspiracies, why are there laws against conspiracy?
And by the way, the alien urine is a bargain... three huge barrels for only $319.
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bkcc Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-26-04 01:51 PM
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8. alien urine is good stuff, apparently
Just check out the rating.

http://www.drinksmixer.com/drink790.html

hahaha.
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NoPasaran Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-26-04 02:02 PM
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9. I use Hanlon's Razor
"Never attribute to malice that which can be explained by simple stupidity."
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ComerPerro Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-26-04 02:10 PM
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10. Am I a conspiracy nut? No. But
I do believe that people of wealth, privilege, and power will do anything necessary to keep their status. And I mean anything. Whatever it takes.

I don't think that is so hard to believe.
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