The Daily Plunge’s disdain for conspiracy theories is well-documented. One of my favorite conspiracy theories involves the Bilderberg Group. The Bilderberg Group meets annually, and it usually consistes of 140 or so influential people from all over the world. The meetings are secret and thus they have to be evil. The newest member of the Bilderbergs is none other than Texas Governor Rick Perry.
Every indication suggests that Bilderberg-approved Texas Governor Rick Perry is set to become the frontrunner in the Republican race to challenge Barack Obama for the presidency, illustrating once again how a shady, secretive and undemocratic global elite holds the reigns of true power while Americans are distracted by the delusional notion that they have a genuine choice in 2012.
Of course! How could I be so blind? Obviously the chronically conspiratorial Alex Jones’ Infowars has to get ahead of the impending Perry candidacy. You don’t have to have a PhD in political science to realize that Perry would be a formidable candidate; however, Paul Joseph Watson believes every eventual president has to go through the Bilderberg application process to get elected. Why Perry? Why now? It’s because of the strong Ron Paul candidacy (no, really!).
In a comparatively weak GOP field, the establishment cannot take any chances in allowing Ron Paul to gain momentum as the only candidate who has a real chance of defeating Barack Obama.
As polls have shown, out of the Republican candidates, only Ron Paul has a realistic hope of success in a hypothetical run off against Obama – the other candidates are equally unpopular as the President.
Watson is referencing a CNN poll from May. The poll is completely irrelevant. Paul’s campaign is going nowhere. Watson also tries to brand Perry as Bush 2.0 even though there’s not a lot to tie the two together besides Texas. Other “sins” that Watson pins on Perry are privatizing highways (a good idea) and supporting NAFTA (another good idea).
There’s something psychological about people who believe that the world is controlled by a secretive group. It’s nothing new. These types of beliefs are as old as time itself. It’s just a simple way for people to deal with a complicated world.
"The Jetsons or The Flintstones?"
Last night’s Republican presidential debate on CNN was perhaps the most substantive debate I’ve seen in awhile, despite CNN’s lack of maturity. The candidates mainly stuck to the issues and were pointedly averse to using their time to attack each other. In my book, that’s a good thing, particularly this early in the cycle. I want to know where they stand and their ideological philosophy, not how they perceive their rivals’ weaknesses. That can come later as we move closer to primary season.
What’s frustrating about these debates, particularly when they’re hosted by CNN, is how much time is wasted on frivolity. John King, who moderated the debate, did a lot better than Anderson Cooper (the king of frivolity) when Anderson moderated it in the last election cycle.
King constantly reminded the candidates that time was of the essence, yet he took precious time to ask a silly round of “this and that” questions: American Idol or Dancing with the Stars, for instance. Okay, if you insist on doing “this and that,” how about something more substantive, such as “Jefferson or Adams,” or “Israel or Palestine,” or “Keynes or Hayek” or “cash or credit”?
The candidates were mostly on message, though I tire of the time-wasting preambles used mainly by Tim Pawlenty and Rick Santorum to establish their bonafides as men of the people. “My father worked in a mill. We’re a union family. I come from a working class background. My grandfather was black, my mother is Hispanic and my sister is a handicapped Native American lesbian teacher. I ran away from home at the age of 13, fought with Andrew Jackson, opposed Jackson as a Congressman and died defending liberty in the Alamo.” Just answer the question!
Similarly, we’re forced to suffer through the patriotic preambles whenever a member of the audience who asks a question is connected to the military in some way: “Let me first say that I honor your sacrifice, a sacrifice that guarantees our precious freedoms, blah blah blah.” Once again, just answer the question! Time is ticking away!
I’ve been updating the website this weekend. It’s bee a few years since I upgraded the blogging software. There are a lot of features I’d like to add, but I’m basically having to learn from scratch again. It took all day just to figure out how to add links to the sidebar.
In other news some Senators caved and it looks like the Government Stimulus bill will indeed pass. This just means it’s more likely that our generation will witness our government going bankrupt. Ron Paul has more…
This bill isn’t so much an indictment of the Democrats as it is on the Republicans. The Democrats have always been known as the big government spenders. It’s the principle of their party. The Republicans squandered an amazing opportunity after decades of Democrat rule in Congress. The Republicans just took after the Democrats. Unfortunately the Republicans never enjoyed a large enough majority to get away from moderate rule. Americans who are tired of wasteful spending and corruptions now have no alternative. The nations heads inevitably towards bankruptcy. When the economy bounces back in six months or two years the Democrats will claim they did it. When the country goes bankrupt 5 years or 20 years from now those greedy bureaucrats will be nowhere to be found.
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