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Conspiracy Theory is probably the most logical examination of the general idea of conspiracy theories you'll find anywhere. I won't describe it here because I hate it when people do that. Don't you just love listening to someone give a fifteen minute speech, and then for the next two hours listening to a bunch of talking heads try to tell you what they think he said? You know me better than that.
What I will tell you is you'll enjoy Dave's essay, and you'll probably also enjoy a lot of his other stuff. I warn you though, his site is only working about half the time. The other half you'll get a message that says his site has exceeded its allotment of bandwidth.
At this point I need to share something with you that is embarrassing to me.
Those of you who have heard me speak have probably heard me talk about the fact that George Washington was not the first President of the United States (For more on this topic, see Early Presidents of the United States in our Reading Room). Every time I've brought up this topic in public, it has been for a simple reason: I'm about to tell you something you may find hard to believe, and I bring up Washington as an example of how many millions of people can be made to swallow a really big whopper of a lie.
So what am I about to drop on you this time? I'm embarrassed to say, and yet the truth is important to me-- as I know it is to you. That's why you're here. When I tell you what this is about, I run the risk of being labeled a crackpot. Sure, I run that risk all the time, but never by you, Faithful Reader.
I've just published Dave McGowan's essay, and pointed you to his site. When you visit him, you're not going to be able to miss the top list of articles, called Wagging the Moondoggie. At the time of this writing, Dave has published eleven articles under this heading. By the time I was halfway through reading the second, Dave had convinced me that the United States never landed on the moon.
Okay, are you done laughing yet? Ready to surf somewhere else and abandon The Lawful Path forever? I don't blame you. Prior to reading Dave's articles I would have felt the same way.
This has effected me more strongly than I would have ever suspected. Sure, I know that there are certain milestones (or millstones) that people, both individually and collectively, use to build the foundation of their belief systems. George Washington being the first President is one of those, and I've used it as a tool for years to shake those foundations and wake people up. I didn't realize until recently that the alleged moon landings were a part of my own foundation.
At least ten years ago I read there were a bunch of people who thought the moon landings were faked. Just as you would expect of any experienced and discriminating student of conspiracy theories would do, I scoffed. No way, I said, could anyone ever pull off a lie of that magnitude (But what of George Washington?).
I stand corrected. Dave has convinced me. I won't try to convince you here, I'll leave that up to him. If you're reading this, Dave, I want you to know I thank you-- but I'm still profoundly disappointed.
Until next time... Thanks for reading.
Gregory Allan, Editor
