Conspiracy Minded Folks

When I was growing up, my Family lived on the edge of reality when it came to politics. To explain this we had a long history of conspiracy beliefs, going back to when my parents join the John Birch Society and I must admit I was in my youth, a member myself.

But after going to BYU Idaho formerly Ricks College, I came to the belief that the Birch Society and other organizations are in essence a money maker scheme to milk members and some of our society out of millions, by getting then to purchase Books, pamphlets, CD's and just about anything including bumper stickers.


There is a common idea among conspiracy minded folks to believe that there must something behind random events in our society, even when its proven that nothing is going on other than the event itself. These was no man behind the grassy nole ready to shoot Kennedy, other than Oswald. and there was no control demolition of the twin towers on 9-11. For some these days do not believe in either the Warren Commission or for that matter the 9-11 report. Except the people that realized where these theories come from. It is a classic witch hunt and these organizations are the promoters, the prosecutors and the Juries.

Nothing is as hard as it looks and as complex as it sounds? Conspiracies are often to complex then realities of life. They are for the most part a tale of fiction, with characters from a adventures novels. However for me they are far more boring and because they are far less realistic, then real life.

People have this need to explain the unexplainable especially if it as extreme as 9-11 was. Rosie O'Donnell's skepticism that metal doesn't melt made her looked the fool that she is and “The View” decision later to boot her. In that same time period we saw a bridge overpass melted do to a tanker fire.

We have people willing to believe anything from 9-11 to UFO’s and it doesn't end there. The most outrages of theories the more people willing to except it as fact. Throw enough spaghetti to the wall, something going to stick.

So it doesn't surprise me that a close relative of mine is caught up on the suppose Trans Texas Corridor and has told me, that President Bush, President Fox of Mexico and Prime Minster Martin of Canada had plan this attack on our national sovereignty.

Behind every conspiracy, there is a certain amount of truth, Yes there is a road being plan to improve trade, But there no federal funds will be used to build the project, and that Texas turned to private firms to finance the road because they could build it quickly without taxpayer money.

Commissioner Rica Williamson of the Texas Government told Newsweek says he's startled by superhighway fears. He had never heard of a North American Union until people started badgering him about it. "They say, 'Is this part of the NAU and the aero?' … And I say, 'What the hell are you talking about?' "


Organizations like the John Birch Society plays on growing nationalist fears and most of the time to sell books or bumper stickers. When one looks at these organizations and their enterprises then it dawn on a person that conspiracies make big money.

So with the John Birch Society, Move On and other wacky organizations are trying to sell you something like this trans corridor or 9-11. Look for the money trail. Like the old saying: “A fool and his money are soon parted.” And it seems the people who get icaught up on these conspiracies are so wiling to donate or buy books on these subjects, and lap up every morsel and tasty tidbits on any screw ball chronicles of events on any number of nutty conspiracy theories.

But remember for the most part nearly all conspiracies in history have not worked because someone always talks. It's human nature. Ben Franklin said it best: "The only way three people can keep a secret is if two of them are dead."

The biggest conspiracy however is the ones that hatched these tales!