[New-Poetry] conspiracies

[Judy Prince]

Just in case it might be misinterpreted, the "you" in the next to last
sentence of mine below refers to anyone/everyone---not, for goodness' sakes,
Roger Day or Anny Ballardini!!   Well, ok, it does refer to Roger Day. [note
emoticon:  ;-) ]
Judy

2008/8/7 Judy Prince <jbalizsprince at googlemail.com>

> Hmmmm.....
> I just read the interminable site Birk URL'ed---the equivalent of listening
> to USA's post-midnight AM talk radio that's loaded with
> obsessed-about-conspiracies dudes.  The topics often are crop circles,
> aliens from outerspace landing at Roslyn Air Force Base, and the
> Rockefellers and Rothschilds at the centre of the intrigues.
>
> Re the intellectuals vilified in this piece and some others not skewered in
> it, it's fascinating as well as profoundly negativing to get biog-data on
> them.  Many of them, as foggy-thinking as any other folks on drugs, manage
> to take over impressive hunks of our cultures and wrestle them to the ground
> with impunity.  It's a mistake to think that intellectuals, like actors, are
> good to follow.  Some intellectuals have the ear of wealthy folk, if they're
> not themselves wealthy; hence, they're in the catbird seat to set up the
> artists and lifestyles they favour.  As with many conspiracy theorists' spun
> rationality, then, there is a bit of logical reasoning in this theorist's
> conclusions.  On balance, though, I think, these amazing and energetic
> little manifestoes are a fascinating art form if you haven't been exposed to
> them much.  After that, well, it'll feel natural to turn off the radio,
> smile, and go to sleep.  However, it would be well to pick out the pieces of
> this theorist's argument that "resonate".  Few folks are entirely nutty, as
> you know from knowing yourself and your own family members and friends.
>  Locking out all of their fervent theses might be shortsighted.
>
> Judy
>
> 2008/8/7 Anny Ballardini <anny.ballardini at tin.it>
>
>>  David Bircumshaw forwarded the following link to another list, I just
>> scrolled it quickly but what I read seems quite interesting:
>> http://www.biblebelievers.org.au/aquarian.htm
>>
>>
>>  ------------------------------
>>  Anny Ballardini
>> http://annyballardini.blogspot.com/
>> http://www.fieralingue.it/modules.php?name=poetshome
>> http://www.moriapoetry.com/ebooks.html
>> I Tell You: One must still have chaos in one to give birth to a dancing
>> star!
>>
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