Can Conspiracy theories be politically motivated?

Losing arguments? Yup, I have lost arguments...but never to you, Kandahar. You're STILL batting 1000. You lose every single argument you ever make. I don't know why you even bother.
As for the GOP being anti-free market? What the fuck planet do you live on? The rightwing Neo-cons are the most fervent proponents of "Free Trade" Why do you think Bush appointed Wolfowitz to head the World Bank? Man, you are so incredulously witless. Actually, you are WORSE than a republican. At least Republicans KNOW what they are talking about. So, in essense, I have a ton more respect for them than I do for the likes of yourself. You really are a loser in every single way imaginable. You have absolutely no saving grace. You are doomed to a life of worthlessness. How sad.

 

You guys keep talking about "left and right" when these labels are distorted every which way. What is leftwing nowadays is nowhere near what it used to be.

As the saying goes..."it's not "left vs. right" anymore..."it's TOP VS. BOTTOM". Elite vs. the underclass. So stop all this drivel about left vs. right...you're starting to sound like the pundits on Crossfire and MSNBC! These labels are completely obsolete. Let Kandahar bask in them...he knows no better anyhow...and is totally content that way.

 

They don't truly want free trade (at least not the Bush Republicans). Witness the disastrous steel tariffs that Bush imposed early in his term only to have to lift them later. Witness the increase in farm subsidies, housing & urban development, and other programs that serve to keep American industry and people unproductive and poor. Witness the monstrous growth in the annual budget deficit under the watch of a "conservative" President and "conservative" Congress.

While there are a few free-market supporters left in the GOP, such as Congressman Ron Paul of Texas, they are most definitely in the minority.

I don't have a definite answer for that, but I like the speculation that it was a way to get rid of him without having to make him retire. Seems plausible to me.

 

I'll let your own words speak for themselves.

 

handbags at dawn.

 

Conspiracy theories are the result of honest, persistent curiosity. When the official version of some major historical event contains anomalous or incongruous aspects. Like the JFK assassination conclusion. The holes in that official finding could hold a 747.
My feeling is that the theories of impropriety are only able to gain popularity if the accepted version of events clearly does not add up.

 

i agree that theres no smoke without fire. But conspiracy theories are very quick to jump to obscure conclusions. The truth is almost always somewhere in the middle. Tkae the moon landing, some of the pictures are to say the least suspect. But then again the hundreds of indepentant radar sites monitoring the progress of the spacecraft. So they sent a craft to the moons surface and there were people on the ship the only bit you cant show is they left the main craft and went to the surface. I suspect the truth is that they went got crap pictures. Lets face it space exploration to the general public is all about pretty pictures, so they made some.
Theres nothing wrong with not taking things at face value, indeed it should be encouraged. However i fear the many conspiracy theories tag on to a few minor details that point out we dont have the whole truth and somehow use it to make a scenario that makes men in black look plausible by comparison. Until these theories consider all evidence i reserve the right to treat such theories with the same contempt I treat the mainstream explanations.