I really enjoyed the Mel Gibson film Conspiracy Theory. In fact, I love conspiracies altogether. Notthat I believe them, but they are fun. One of the things that I findfascinating about them is that in any good conspiracy, there is at least agrain of truth. I would even go so far to say that in any good conspiracy, thefacts are almost always true or at least a good percentage of them. The problemdoes not lie in the facts surrounding the conspiracy, but in the conclusion,the interpretation of those facts.
Of course, the facts must be pertinent to the conspiracy;otherwise the conclusion / conspiracy will sound completely ridiculousregardless of the truth of the facts surrounding it. One can say that the formerlogo used by Procter & Gamble featured what appeared to be rams horns, andthat the logo also featured a male face that was attached to the rams horns,and the numbers 666 appear throughout the logo and that the logo also featured13 stars. All of this is true – at least to some extent. The conclusion basedon these facts, however, was that since the number 666 is the number of Satan,and that the devil has rams horns and that the number 13 is also a satanicnumber – then obviously Procter & Gamble is a satanic organization. Theproblem with this is that it is all hogwash. The so-called ram’s horns areactually the moon, and the face is that of the man in the moon, and the 666that is seen is merely curls in the hair and beard of the man in the moon. Butyou can see where conspiracies must have actual documented facts that arepertinent to the conclusion in order to be even remotely believable. One mustbe able to connect the dots so to speak, and the dots must follow a logicalprogression in order to arrive at a reasonable conclusion. Whether or not thatconclusion is true is another matter.
Now that’s one heck of a prologue isn’t it! So, with thatall being said, I will now present a group of facts that I have noticed overthe past several months while surfing the web. I will not present a final conclusionbased on this group of facts, however. I will leave that up to the reader (andno, the images appearing in this article are not a conclusion, they are merelysatirical in nature, so don’t draw any conclusions based on them. Draw yourconclusions only on the facts presented). But I would be interested to see ifthese are all just random facts that do not lead to any conclusion, or if thereis something really here. If the following facts really were part of aconspiracy (as opposed to nothing more than completely random unconnected factsand incidents) then I would call this (non) conspiracy:
“After the 9/11 terrorist attacks, we learned that ourimmigration system had been used by foreign terrorists to gain a safe haven inthe United States. All of the 9/11 hijackers received visas to come to the U.S.And once they were here, all but one of the 9/11 hijackers acquired some formof a U.S. identification document. These forms of ID helped them boardcommercial flights on 9/11.” – Rep. Lamar Smith (R-TX) (Source)
“The southern border isporous, and we need to shut it down if we hope to get ahead of the problemsthat illegal immigration brings, …Less than 5 percent of the 125,000 containerscoming into this country each day are ever inspected.” – Joe M. Allbaugh,former FEMA Director (Source)
In February 2011, the United States GovernmentAccountability Office (GAO) released a report which states that of the 1,969mile border with Mexico, only 873 have been deemed secure according to thestandards of the Department of Homeland Security. (Source)
Thereis little doubt that the federal government has either created a porous border(overtly or covertly), or has been ineffectual in creating a secure border(either overtly or covertly). Even the director of the FBI, Robert Mueller hasstated that we “live in a world where borders and boundaries are increasinglyirrelevant.” (Source)
Thatthe federal government has allowed such a porous border, and that FBI DirectorMueller considers borders irrelevant is cause for concern, especially in lightof known anti-America terrorist groups operating in Canada and Mexico. It hasbeen speculated that there are more international terrorist organizationsactive in Canada than anywhere else in the world. Groups such as Al Qaeda,Hamas, Islamic Jihad, Hezbollah, Armed Islamic Group (GIA) and the EgyptianIslamic Jihad group are all suspected of operating in Canada. (Source). Rep. JohnCulbertson of Texas has stated that Mexico is home to Al Qaeda training camps(Source), and there isevidence that both Hezbollah and Iran have a strong presence in Mexico as well.(Source). Hezbollah has even gone so far as to bragabout waging war on the United States, yet for some reason, the Americangovernment seems to be ignoring this. (Source)
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