Reply #22: You know, I was a kid in the 80s...

[Ufomammut]

And it was with Raygun, and especially the elder Bush that I began to become politically aware by degrees, and not long after, began taking note of the various "illuminati" theories and such. I never completely dismissed it out of hand, for there are many things that we simply can't prove beyond a shadow of the doubt ...however, I never took it very seriously, and chalked up the corruption as typical of how power operates.

Having said that, I'm now willing to consider some of the more "far reaching" theories nowadays, given all that's happened, and how unprecedents become a given virtually overnight in Amerika now.

Yes, it's obvious it's about geopolitical power, and war profiteering, and oil ..however, I do honestly fear that a deadly serious component to what's happening is based around a wished-for "holy war" as part of establishing theocracy. Which is to say, I think that there are some seriously out-to-fuckin-lunch people in charge, and with the weapons and technologies they have at their disposal, hold the fate of our species in their demented whims and strategies.

So while my business-as-usual approach agrees with you, my more contemplative side doesn't put anything past these sociopaths.