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A Conspiracy Theorist's Proof

The two events that will reveal the truth will take place in the coming months of 2004. Specifically, between May and the end of October, Bush will miraculously "capture" Osama bin Laden, who has been under surveillance since the start of the Afghan war, held as a trump card for just this purpose, an electoral surge. The other event that will occur between May and October is a second engineered terrorist attack in the US, coordinated by the security apparatus under Bush, similar in magnitude to 9-11, designed to terrify the US public into ceding more authority to Bush and electing him based upon a state of national emergency.
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A conspiracy theorist's proof

By Adam Trueblood
Online Journal Contributing Writer

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April 1, 2004—Man has struggled throughout time with proving that what exists in his mind also exists in the world outside his mind. When the idea relates to a physical object or a law of motion, the proof might be difficult, but still possible. Man was able to prove that the world is not flat, for example, and with time could even prove that the sun is at the center of the solar system and that it is possible to split an atom. These ideas existed in man's mind before they were proven, and the proof came because the physical world allowed man the opportunity to test his hypothesis.

But what of ideas that relate to an abstraction? How can I prove that there is an afterlife, or that a forgotten dream I had ten years ago was a premonition of what happened to me yesterday, or that an abstract concept such as God is not just an idea but reality? St. Anselm (1033-1109) attempted to prove such an abstract concept in his ontological proof, by which he formulated that if one can 1) understand the concept of God as an omniscient and all-powerful being, and 2) if the belief in God truly exists in one's mind, then 3) God must exist in reality because if he did not exist in the outside world he would not be omniscient, and would not exist in one's mind as a perfect being. Even if St. Anselm's proof leaves doubters skeptical, he succeeded in addressing an abstract hypothesis in rational terms that led, at least in theory, to a proof of what had existed in his mind. His theorem, however, leaves many with the feeling that the argument is impressive in thought, but has God really been proven? We yearn for hard proof, something we can see, feel, touch.

But what if St. Anselm could relate his knowledge of God to an observable act in the future, a sign that the being he was acquainted with in his mind actually was present in the world and could be observed through signs foretold by those who knew Him? What if a crazy preacher that you see on the street corner each day were to say, "You must believe me, I know of what I speak. This perfect being that I have described will appear at 1 p.m. this Saturday in Central Park—he will rise out of the lake at this time and grow to a height of 60 feet . . . he is a bearded figure, and will be wearing a white robe." What then? You might continue to dismiss him, but if you do show up at 1 p.m. on Saturday and God does rise up from the lake in a figure 60 feet tall, hasn't the madman made his point? He has, for his abstract concept has been revealed in an observable form.

Our government's secrecy leaves many in the position of wondering and hypothesizing: what is really going on, why does it all seem like a staged production, a script closely followed? Specifically, those who are certain that Bush and Cheney were responsible for 9-11, that it was a US-based covert operation, an engineered attack that would serve as the justification for a radical shift in foreign and domestic policy, are dismissed as paranoid conspiracy theorists. The air force that did not fly despite over an hour's warning of an attack in progress? Hogwash, they say. The pre 9-11 stock option trades in American Airlines and United Airlines that were never investigated? Bull, couldn't be true. The suppressed FBI investigations into the flight schools before 9-11? No way, not our government, not the FBI. The fact that at least five of the nineteen hijackers were trained at US military installations? The military would never allow it, comes the rejoinder. The fact that the head of Pakistan's intelligence service, the ISI, was in Washington, DC, the week of the attack meeting with US intelligence officials, and was later directly connected to a $100,000 payment to Mohammed Atta, alleged leader of the hijackers? Come on, they say, the CIA would never condone something like this . . . do you really think the government would kill 3,000 of our own citizens in order to advance policies that enrich and empower a small circle of Bush supporters?

One who believes in the hypothesis that Bush and Cheney were truly behind 9-11, as supporters of a masterful covert operation that used our enemy to further the interests of a small circle of neoconservatives, is relegated to the position of trying to prove the abstract—for if all of the relevant information is classified under the veil of national security, perhaps forever, and if there are no whistleblowers from Bush's inner circle, how does one go about proving it? The answer is that like the orator on the street corner, I can say, "Come with me, and I will show you the beast, I will prove the horror that is the Bush administration." I will prove it by telling you the future, for I know that what I have seen in my mind is true, and I will show you by foretelling the future.

The two events that will reveal the truth will take place in the coming months of 2004. Specifically, between May and the end of October, Bush will miraculously "capture" Osama bin Laden, who has been under surveillance since the start of the Afghan war, held as a trump card for just this purpose, an electoral surge. The other event that will occur between May and October is a second engineered terrorist attack in the US, coordinated by the security apparatus under Bush, similar in magnitude to 9-11, designed to terrify the US public into ceding more authority to Bush and electing him based upon a state of national emergency.

These two events will be the proof that behind the face of propriety, lapel pins, and patriotism set forth by the Bush administration, lives a beast that is willing to lie, terrorize, and murder in order to achieve its desired ends.

What exists in my mind is the truth, and the events shall unfold as I have described them.

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what will become of portland indymedia? 02.Apr.2004 17:15

redblooded patriot

so if the Bush boys stage another terrorist attack on the good ol' USofA, in hopes that we'll be so scared shitless to give up our sacred freedoms we share in this country, and things like talking shit about the prez and the administration are instant grounds for being stripped of your US citizenship ("you cant say that! that's a threat to national security!you must be a terrorist") and tossed in the HomelandSecurity/nazi concentration camp in Tacoma, WA,(and other various camps already in place around the country) what will become of my beloved portland.indymedia.org? i guess it wont matter cause i doubt they'll give us quote unquote "enemy combatants" internet access anyway.......

.... 02.Apr.2004 17:18

redblooded patriot

....so much for checking my email...........

The Ontological Argument 02.Apr.2004 18:04

Ellen1910

St. Anselm's method can prove the existence of unicorns, as well.

Are we doubting the existence of unicorns? 03.Apr.2004 11:04

Tom

Ellen--

Surely you don't mean to throw doubt (by what seems to be a snide comment about St Anselm) on the existence of the Unicorn.

The British Empire was founded by the union of a Lion and a Unicorn. And look what they achieved. Are you telling us that the British Empire didn't exist?

Nothing would surprise me about Bush 03.Apr.2004 12:38

oklico

Predicting what Bush will do to be reelected may be the very thing that will prevent him from carrying out the predicted act. Bush has no moral constraints in my opinion. So he is fully capable of doing almost any immoral act to be reelected. But he doesn't want the cat to be let out of bag beforehand.

We need more predictions like this to limit Bush's immoral options.

don't know why people keep associating Bu$h Regime with "morality" 03.Apr.2004 14:59

hm

GWB is not a human being, in the "moral" sense of making his own choices. he didn't even arrive to the White House that way - being the scion of a multimillionaire Texas Oilman / CIA Crime family, it wasn't his choice to begin with.

he's just fulfilling a figurehead role.

(and yes, all that B.S. of GWB's 'Christian Fundamentalist' beliefs and ties is 100% political kowtowing to a huge segment of the GOP's support base - GWB has no fucking idea who or what he is morally, religiously, or humanly).

he is an automaton puppet who only does what Daddy, Cheney, Rove, Rumsfeld and the others tell him to do.

there is no "morality" involved, whatsoever.

the PNAC gang is proof of this. their plan for wiping out 'Islamic fundamentalism' is a calculated, amoral, systematic design that claims to have 'morality' and 'Western civilization on its side, but is of course geared to secure oil supplies for Western corporations.

Bu$h & Co. are amoral.

I very much agree with hm 03.Apr.2004 18:50

in his assessment of

George W. Bush. Bush is a captive of his ignorance, and being so unbelievably
dumb, it's no wonder so many people in America "personally identify" with him, as
they are themselves about as dumb a population ever bred on this planet, so it's
no wonder that a very troubled Dry Drunk is Pied Piper to such large segment of
our population...after all, he "represents" them! Is there any hope? I wonder?
Maybe the best thing is to simply push the Reset Button, and start over again?