Well, I took the trouble to look through your links. I would go so far as to agree that governments do dark and dirty things behind the scenes. Not at all sure why you think anyone would be surprised.
Well, like I said, I believe it's a much darker picture than what you think. Yes, I'm sure everybody would agree there is corruption and that govts do bad things. But I'm quite sure that the avg joe does not understand the bigger picture.
like i mentioned, if you really want to invest the time, i would watch all the videos first, then make your judgments. Don't just read the video description, actually invest the time and watch them in their entirety. there is plenty of info out there. all somebody needs to do is actually take the time and do the research while staying away from the major media channels. A couple of good sites are:
http://www.infowars.com/
http://americanfreepress.net/
http://www.canadafreepress.com/
http://www.911truth.org/
In terms of the 9/11 conspiracy theory being an embarrassment and an insult, I have to 100% disagree with you. In fact, I believe it to be an insult to think that the events transpired as we are told to believe. When is the last time you did any investigation into this? A lot of information has come to light recently. There are simply too many holes and too many questions that have not been answered.
You might find this link interesting as it relates to an exiled FEMA videographer living in Argentina who recently released a book about his eye witness accounts at ground zero:
http://www.voltairenet.org/article160666.html
False flag operations are the NORM, not the exception. Governments routinely stage events in order to provide a pretext to wage war or pass legislation i.e. Patriot Act, that under normal circumstances would never be passed. Using fear(terrorism, economy, disease, food, environment) and the threat of a faceless/imagined enemy are classic moves. Just look at Pearl Harbor, Gulf of Tonkin incident, blowing up of the Maine...etc.
In terms of viewing things as "simple", I don't follow your logic at all. If anything it's just the opposite of what you stated. It is far more comfortable for a person to believe that things are NOT as bad or dark as they seem - that we've got it all figured out for the most part. That would be going WITH the grain, not against it. It's the path of least resistance and requires the least amount of energy. It's when we begin to think critically and question the info that is spoon fed to us by the propaganda machine is when we begin to exercise our brains and get out of our comfort zones. Btw I never said it was an all powerful group controlling the world....not yet anyway.
in terms of me calling you "my friend", i only meant it as a friendly gesture, no need to get bent out of shape over it. i can see by your comments to mini that your mind is already pretty much made up over the issues. You also seem to have a disdain for anyone who believes in so called conspiracy theories. i think it's an unfair characterization to say that I hold a dark picture of the world. Being aware and being jaded/cynical do not necessarily go hand in hand. It's far easier for you to attack the messenger rather than address the issues in detail.
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Mini - what can we do? First, start with ron paul's bill HR 1207 that calls for an audit of the federal reserve:
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h111-1207
"This bill is in the first step in the legislative process. Introduced bills and resolutions first go to committees that deliberate, investigate, and revise them before they go to general debate. The majority of bills and resolutions never make it out of committee."
Contact the members of congress who have not yet signed on as co sponsors:
http://www.visi.com/juan/congress/ When/if it gets past the house then we'll have the senate to deal with.
