A fun-filled look at the current state of National Paranoia!
Conspiracy Nation
The Truth is out there.
America is full of conspiracy theorists. The Internet is brimming with tales of cover-ups, fixes, frauds, and plots to deceive the public. Books like “The DaVinci Code” fly off the shelves by asserting that we are being kept in the dark and a new movie seems to appear every month offering us the truth behind 911. People who put these theories forward are usually branded as nuts. Are they crazy, or is there yet another conspiracy afoot to discredit them? Let’s take a look at America’s landscape of Conspiracy.
Some say Lee Harvey Oswald was a crazed lone gunman who took down a President. Others insist that the CIA, the Mafia, Castro, LBJ, The Republican Party, The Military Industrial Complex, and dozens of other shadowy organizations might have been behind the death of JFK. Dozens of books and movies have been made arguing different sides of the question. Personally, I think Joe DiMaggio did it out of jealousy. He never could get over Marilyn Monroe.
Some say Lee Harvey Oswald was a crazed lone gunman who took down a President. Others insist that the CIA, the Mafia, Castro, LBJ, The Republican Party, The Military Industrial Complex, and dozens of other shadowy organizations might have been behind the death of JFK. Dozens of books and movies have been made arguing different sides of the question. Personally, I think Joe DiMaggio did it out of jealousy. He never could get over Marilyn Monroe.
The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza chronicles the life and assassination of President John F. Kennedy. The museum, located on the building’s sixth and seventh floors, overlooks Dealey Plaza, the site of the Kennedy assassination. Exhibits inside the museum include a historical overview of the early 1960s, short films about the assassination and many artifacts from Kennedy’s life, death and subsequent Warren Commission investigation.
No mention is made of a conspiracy.
The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza chronicles the life and assassination of President John F. Kennedy. The museum, located on the building’s sixth and seventh floors, overlooks Dealey Plaza, the site of the Kennedy assassination. Exhibits inside the museum include a historical overview of the early 1960s, short films about the assassination and many artifacts from Kennedy’s life, death and subsequent Warren Commission investigation.
No mention is made of a conspiracy.
AREA 51
Area 51
ALAMO, NV 89001
In the desert outside of Rachel, NV. there is a large fenced-off military facility that is known to conspiracy buffs worldwide as Area 51. The government claims that it is a proving ground for new aircraft and for reasons of National Security must remain strictly off-limits to the public. UFO fans claim that captured spacecraft are kept here and are being reverse-engineered for military use. There is also a strong belief that several alien bodies, and perhaps even a living alien, are kept in a mysterious hanger in the complex.
Secret Societies
The Freemasons
According to some conspiracy buffs, the Freemasons run it all. From the days of our founding Fathers until now, this secret organization of the elite has been in control of the world’s economy, medicine, and technology. Some point to Masonic images on our currency and our national seals and symbols as proof of this ongoing conspiracy.
Temples like this one in D.C. can be found in every major American city.
Temples like this one in D.C. can be found in every major American city.
Skull and Bones
Like the Freemasons, this secret fraternity at Yale University is credited with running the whole show. They are said to work in all the highest levels of government and control all the worlds wealth and power. There actually might be some truth to this one. Most of our recent Presidents, CIA and FBI Directors, and many powerful barons of industry have all been Yalies, and members of Skull and Bones.
Some radical skeptics have accused NASA of being behind the biggest hoax in American history: The Moon Landing in 1969. It is their claim that Neil Armstrong’s walk in the Sea of Tranquility was actually filmed on a soundstage at the Kennedy Space Center.
Some radical skeptics have accused NASA of being behind the biggest hoax in American history: The Moon Landing in 1969. It is their claim that Neil Armstrong’s walk in the Sea of Tranquility was actually filmed on a soundstage at the Kennedy Space Center.
September 11
The most recent wave of conspiracy theories all have to do with the events of Sept. 11. 2001. Some claim our government failed to stop the attacks and covered up their mistakes. Some claim that our government masterminded the attacks in order to justify military aggression. Some claim that there were no attacks, just an elaborate ruse and the controlled destruction of buildings.
The Pentagon attack doesn’t get much press, but recent films wonder how an airplane managed to hit one of the worlds best fortified buildings without anyone actually seeing it and no camera catching an image of it.
The Pentagon attack doesn’t get much press, but recent films wonder how an airplane managed to hit one of the worlds best fortified buildings without anyone actually seeing it and no camera catching an image of it.
Roswell, NM.
UFO crash site
ROSWELL, NM 88203
In 1947 something crashed in the desert outside of Roswell and was investigated and collected by the military. What exactly it was that crashed has become a matter of intense debate. The military says it was a weather balloon. UFO enthusiasts say that it was a crashed spacecraft and the bodies of several aliens.
One thing is for sure: Roswell, NM has made a cottage industry out of the debate. They have UFO museums, UFO themed restaurants and hotels, and even an annual UFO celebration.
Here is a real conspiracy for you. For years, the Archer Daniel Midland corporation conspired with food and additive producers all over the world to rig and fix food prices in almost every developed country. After an exhaustive FBI investigation they were busted and the price fixing plot was foiled. Who knows how many other big multi-national companies are up to the same hijinx?
Here is a real conspiracy for you. For years, the Archer Daniel Midland corporation conspired with food and additive producers all over the world to rig and fix food prices in almost every developed country. After an exhaustive FBI investigation they were busted and the price fixing plot was foiled. Who knows how many other big multi-national companies are up to the same hijinx?