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Conspiracy theories you believe?
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Ether_Snake said:
I saw it last week. The change in speeds sounds like a likely answers for that.
Here's a video of someone who believes the theory (I reccomend putting it on mute).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBjDSNWiuKQ
It shows a jet turning "it" on at the 50 second mark, and I've seen many where the trail stops as well (lower altitude, or change is speed would be a good reason for this).
Edit: For crappy Youtube video.
MacGuffin said:
The evidence I'm talking about is molten steel and it extreme bending.
Popularmechanics is full of as much shit as truthers in some of their explanations, especially considering they debunk it using NIST evidence which has been found to alter and leave out evidence to suit them.
Regardless of what you mention that is WEAKENED steel not steel that has melted or been severely bent which would require far more heat. Not only that a steel engineer who knows wtf they are talking about would tell you a building of that size would need far more time at a consistent temperature to actually do what you mentioned. The very science they use to debunks is what sinks their argument. Neither two facts I mentioned can be supported by that claim in any manner and show how people will accept BS on both sides of the aisle to support their claims. The demolition theory is supported by the fact there should be no reason for any amount of thermite within the wreckage, care to explain why there's any amount let alone a moderate amount? One can say for cleanup but the evidence shown in photos and videos is from recent footage well before any major effort took place to even remove tons of wreckage.
For me the most damning is the simple fact that Bush and Cheney never manned up on this issue. You don't want people to talk then let everyone know what you said to congress together at the same time and not under oath. Odd how the pentagon refuses to show any footage of what happened, to shut up truthers. Many things could be done to shut up truthers but the government does more to fuel them than quiet the issue.
I will say this now so there's no confusion alex jones and his types are full of shit and grasping for straws. Engineers and other groups who actually do their work not so much and have valid points. Don't expect to find out anything useful if you get caught up in BS points that have no logic for being supported except to cast FUD on a murky situation that I feel anyone reasonable agrees should be no doubt about.
Musashi Wins! said:
Agreed. Very little of conspiracy theory lore holds any water under scrutiny, but it's fun to read up on and especially interesting when you get the really hardcore believers talking. As for the major stuff:
I believe Oswald was a lone gunman but did not act alone. The route change was too late for him to have prepared off the cuff, so unless the guy was just bringing a high-powered rifle to work every day just in case, it doesn't add up. I think he was telling the truth (at least in a sense) when he said "I'm just a patsy."
9/11 was not an inside job by any stretch of the imagination. Intelligence was available that could have helped predict or prevent it, and the government's reaction to the attacks was pathetically slow and ineffective, but there's no reason to believe the government was involved. The conspiracy theories surrounding 9/11 are just people trying to impose some form of control on a random (well, not really, but from the American citizen's perspective) event.
Extraterrestrials almost certainly exist, but none of them have ever been here.
LCGeek said:
See? Insanity. These people won't even accept basic physics and metallurgy.
SpoonyBard
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LCGeek said:
Find us one of these steel engineers.
MattKei said:
See, no evidence to back a claim that is being made. Saying it doesn't make it true. Unless you're going to back up and prove what I mentioned is false, you're just as insane as you claim I am. I guess these individuals are insane as well despite they are far better informed and haven poven themselves more than either one of us could on the subjects.
Ad Homenem 101
Physics and metallurgy are useless to mention when the person using it as basis is more clueless than the one they attack.
Spoony the list is the link.
Always-honest
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true or false, i like how people come up with them. it's pretty creatve and smart thinking most of the time.
United 93 was shot down.
The road construction companies in Utah must have a huge lobbying arm because construction never stops. Par example, while I was in high school there was a huge construction project that took 3 years to complete on a major road. Less than six months after completion another 2 year project was announced on the same damn road. After that project was done just one year after completion another 3 year project was announced for the same road. I've never seen so much road construction ever in my life anywhere.
The road construction companies in Utah must have a huge lobbying arm because construction never stops. Par example, while I was in high school there was a huge construction project that took 3 years to complete on a major road. Less than six months after completion another 2 year project was announced on the same damn road. After that project was done just one year after completion another 3 year project was announced for the same road. I've never seen so much road construction ever in my life anywhere.
SpoonyBard
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LCGeek said:
Did you even read what the petition said? Find us an interview or an article where a real life "steel engineer" says what you claimed.
LCGeek said:
But the previous explanation is correct and what you are claiming is wrong. The temperatures were not hot enough to melt steel into its liquid state, but severely weakening it is plenty when you're dealing with something the mass of one of the WTC towers.
It's certainly possible that basing data on the NIST findings is a bad idea, but it's not enough to suddenly drag in the idea that pre-planted thermite was required to blow the structures. This administration couldn't even respond to a hurricane adequately. How the hell did they rig two of the largest and most trafficked buildings in the world for demolition without anyone noticing? Did they kill the people who rigged it, too, just to guarantee their silence?
Any conspiracy theory regarding 9/11 is far easier to debunk than the "official" story.
jecclr2003
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As far as the state DOT stuff goes, it's always going to be that way. The roads require constant maintenance, especially if you have snow. The salt used for de-icing causes potholes which will always need patched.ronito said:
It's like that in Ohio, the road construction NEVER stops. Here in Ohio we have 3 seasons... HOT, COLD, and CONSTRUCTION. Our state flower? The orange barrel
MattKeil said:
No you're claiming they are wrong based on BS you read. I could understand if you were in the field and backed it up but all I heard was you're insane and wrong with nothing behind it.
I never disagreed with what you said. My point was simple at no time during the entire 9/11 incident were any of the fuel sources mentioned hot enough to melt steel or bend it in the fashion evidence left has shown us. Yes the mass of WTC played in to but it ignores metallurgy in general which requires massive amounts of time to melt and bend metal from the result we saw. I don't need an explanation from someone who ignored those facts to support their perspective.
The evidence to support the idea of demolitions is thermite or other explosive chemicals being present at all before the actual crews who were sent in to recycle and destroy evidence came in.
The administration did not commit 9/11 only the possibility individuals in it there's a big difference between a conspiracy and a government effort to kill it citizens both of which have happened in US history in various ways. As proven conspiracies that have been done by mobs or government individuals has show us time and time again it's not done by the whole rather a few exploiting the whole.
1. Illuminati and the New World Order
2. Freemasonry, and their global control
1 and 2 are heavily linked with each other, and there is so much depth regarding these topics. 911 is obviously a pretty popular conspiracy theory and another one I believe, orchestrated by the Illuminati.
2. Freemasonry, and their global control
1 and 2 are heavily linked with each other, and there is so much depth regarding these topics. 911 is obviously a pretty popular conspiracy theory and another one I believe, orchestrated by the Illuminati.
hmmm....
1. I agree Lee Harvey Oswald couldn't have acted alone.
2. I don't think the US government caused 9-11, but they at best were inept and ignored it and at worse let it happen.
3. I think George W Bush has no real power and is (was) simply a puppet for a Neo-conservative consortium.
4. I think the destabilisation of the Middle East that has occurred because of the war in Iraq is exactly what the aims were.
5. As far as aliens go I'm sure they exist, but I don't think they've ever come to Earth.
1. I agree Lee Harvey Oswald couldn't have acted alone.
2. I don't think the US government caused 9-11, but they at best were inept and ignored it and at worse let it happen.
3. I think George W Bush has no real power and is (was) simply a puppet for a Neo-conservative consortium.
4. I think the destabilisation of the Middle East that has occurred because of the war in Iraq is exactly what the aims were.
5. As far as aliens go I'm sure they exist, but I don't think they've ever come to Earth.
Comedyworks
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MattKeil said:
This is fucking funny shit.
So you don't believe that rich people wouldn't allow something to happen to make a sudden turn of events possible to make them more rich?
Buuuuuuuuuut you believe in the spooky little green guys flying saucers around.
Awesome logic we have here.
Prime example of why other countries see us as fat, stupid americans and laugh at us.
Comedyworks
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MattKeil said:
Yes!
BECUZ THEY WERE JEALOUS OF OUR FREEDUM HUH?
Please go watch more Fox news.
jecclr2003
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Comedyworks said:
Why is it so hard for you to believe?
It's extremely arrogant to think WE'RE the only life out there.
Comedyworks
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Tamanon said:
Thats just it, there is no debate.
Comedyworks
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jecclr2003 said:
Actually I do believe they exist but I was trying to make a point about how some people are quick to believe in something they never saw before in their entire life vs obvious things that are right in front of their eyes.
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On a side note, Fox news does one hell of a job brainwashing america boy I'll tell ya.
Eaten By A Grue
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Since I live in PA I've heard of this conspiracy multiple times, but have you guys ever heard of the The Philadelphia Experiment conspiracy? To me some of it seems believable, making a ship invisible by applying part of a unified field theory, bending light around an object. However the teleporting aspect of the conspiracy sounds pretty crazy. My favorite part of all of this is the conspiracies with Einstein and Tesla:
Here is the history channel special on it:
The True Story of The Philadelphia Experiment - Part I
The True Story of The Philadelphia Experiment - Part II
Here is the history channel special on it:
The True Story of The Philadelphia Experiment - Part I
The True Story of The Philadelphia Experiment - Part II
genjiZERO said:
Why? I mean, how hard is it to get a gun, find a position, and shoot someone? Really.
Which isn't a conspiracy for the first part. The "let it happen" means that when/if the story comes out (and it always does), there's gonna be hell to pay for a lot of people.
Why? What makes you think that? The fact that most the republicans are pissed off at him? The fact that nobody really likes him? The fact that directly because of him we have a long while of Democrats in power?
Why would you think that? How in the world is the destabilization helping anybody?
This one is agreeable at least. Except for the doubt. That one should be modified "for a great, great while". BEcause if we do make contact, they're gonna come to earth. Or Erf.
(gonna get killed for that one!)
You're an idiot.Comedyworks said:
"Extraterrestrials" refers to life existing away from planet Earth, not "spooky little green guys flying saucers around". Do you have any fucking clue how ridiculously large the universe is? How many varied sets of initial conditions there are, on untold planets circles untold stars in untold galaxies? And you think that we, human beings, are the ONLY LIFEFORMS IN THE ENTIRE FUCKING UNIVERSE?
Go eat a dick.
Comedyworks
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Feep said:
Maybe you should read the other posts that were below this one and you'd see that I was being sarcastic.
Comedyworks
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Feep said:
Or maybe you just fail at being able to tell the difference between the two?
I'm gonna go back to eatting dicks now. (SARCASM)
Comedyworks
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Cashman log off Gaf, hire an agent and book a show at the local comedy club, YOU'RE GOING PLACES KID!
Back to the topic at hand, I actually DO believe that aliens exist.
Back to the topic at hand, I actually DO believe that aliens exist.
Thing that always cracks me up about the 9/11 mistruths (both sides) is that a few men in a cave could plan it, but if our government was involved it'd take HUNDREDS of people.
I'm agnostic.... leaning towards George Carlin's view....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pow5_UYKaJ8
I'm agnostic.... leaning towards George Carlin's view....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pow5_UYKaJ8
I can think of a few reasons why people don't pay much attention to conspiracy theorists:
- There's a conspiracy theory for damn near everything.
- Specious reasoning/appeals to motive abound (Theorist implicates the government and starts to draw a bunch of connections between everything, looks back at the whole and is pleased with his conclusions)
- Theorists are quick to shout "they're in on it!" or "sheep!" when they start losing an argument.
- There's a conspiracy theory for damn near everything.
- Specious reasoning/appeals to motive abound (Theorist implicates the government and starts to draw a bunch of connections between everything, looks back at the whole and is pleased with his conclusions)
- Theorists are quick to shout "they're in on it!" or "sheep!" when they start losing an argument.
SpoonyBard
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AmishNazi said:
Who the hell claims that it was planned by few men in a cave? You watch too much stand-up comedy...
SpoonyBard said:
*sigh*
It's been thrown around in this thread, I read all the pages. Did you?
OK how bout planned by a small amount of people less than 100 most likely... Still doesn't change the difference of sophistication and power between terrorists and the government. Crack all the one liners you want the fact that it would take people with infinitely more tools at their disposal that much more manpower is one of the funnier ways misguided truthers are discredited.
SpoonyBard
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AmishNazi said:
Osama Bin Laden is pretty smart guy as far as I know, and he has money and connections... and it's not like he's surrounded by morons, even if they may be somewhat religious when it suits them. Saying "few men in a cave" is just silly.
So they felt like being discredited as a movement and losing all power and influence?LCGeek said:
Not this "agnostic" bullshit yet again. Unless by "without knowledge" you mean, you're completely ignorant.AmishNazi said:
The idea that it's simpler to orchestrate a coverup that looks like a terrorist attack, than for terrorists to carry out a terrorist attack in the first place, should strain the credulity of any intelligent human being.
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