A Disturbance In The Force?

I love a good conspiracy, don't you?

The JFK Assassination:

One of my favorite books of all time is "Rush To Judgement" by Mark Lane. You read it and it makes you want to move to Canada. Who can't get worked up over the frame by frame action of the Zapruder Film and the fact that nobody ever believed the explanation they gave for JFK's head snapping back.

They disregarded eyewitness accounts of sound and muzzle flash seen by several people coming from the grassy knoll and behind the wall. And they (historians) seemed to minimize the fact that most of those eyewitnesses met with rather tragic ends in a short few years after the Warren Commission.

Area 51 and UFO's:

Located in Nevada on the shores of Groom Lake Area 51 is a top secret military base long suspected of housing proof of a UFO crash that took place in the late 1940's. The government denies any form of knowledge about UFO's and we're just vain enough to believe it but smart enough to question it.

The Business Plot:(1)

The Business Plot (also the Plot Against FDR and the White House Putsch) was, according to a committee report of the United States Congress, a political conspiracy in 1933 wherein wealthy businessmen and corporations plotted a coup d’état to overthrow President of the United States Franklin D. Roosevelt. In 1934, the Business Plot was publicly revealed by retired United States Marine Corps Major General Smedley Butler, testifying to the McCormack-Dickstein Congressional Committee. In his testimony, Butler claimed that a group of men had approached him as part of a plot to overthrow Roosevelt in a military coup. One of the alleged plotters, Gerald Mcguire , vehemently denied any such plot. In their final report, the Congressional committee supported Butler's allegations of the existence of the plot,but no prosecutions or further investigations followed, and the matter was mostly forgotten.

The New World Order:(2)

In conspiracy theory, "New World Order" is a term that refers to a hypothetical totalitarian end of history. At the extreme, some theorists speculate that a powerful and secretive group is conspiring to eventually rule the world via an autonomous world government, which would replace sovereign states and other checks and balances in international power struggles. In most theories, significant occurrences are said to be caused by an extremely influential cabal operating through many front organizations. Historical and current events are seen as steps in an on-going plot to rule the world primarily through crypto-politics: a combination of campaign finance, social engineering, fear-based propaganda, and even mind control. New World Order conspiracy theory may be presented by any who fear the loss of their civil and political rights, whether they be on the far-right or far-left. Conspiracy theory in the late 20th and early 21st century allows for "fusion paranoia": the convergence of many fringe theories about the nature of the New World Order conspiracy and the identity of its conspirators that in the past might have been thought to be mutually exclusive.

(1)(2) Synopsis provided by Wikipedia.

If you ever want just plain brain candy search the net for different conspiracy theory's and read. If nothing else you'll have a slightly different slant on events as they take place, and sometimes a little paranoia can be healthy.

With that said let me pose a couple of different things for you to ponder.

Digital TV:

This whole Digital Television thing as of February 17th, 2009.

Did you ever stop and ask yourself why we are doing this? Here is a simple explanation I found on the net: DTV technology is more flexible and efficient than the current analog system. The switch to digital broadcasting will allow television stations to offer crystal-clear pictures and sound, plus more channels and programming – all for free. The Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 requires full-power television stations to turn off their analog channels by June 12, 2009 and begin broadcasting exclusively in a digital format.
Going all-digital will free up parts of the airwaves for future innovative services by entrepreneurs. TV stations can also improve their services with enhanced closed captioning, better pictures and sound, and offer several channels of programming at the same time, known as "multicasting."
Today, 1,631 out of 1,760 full-power television stations nationwide already offer digital programming in every market in America.

It sound logical but this transition to digital has been around a lot longer than since 2005. I need to do some research but I am sure I heard about Congress passing laws regarding digital as far back as the late 90's.

Another thing they fail to mention in their explanation. Both you and I can build and use a transmitter that runs on an analog signal both for radio and tv, but without a satellite were SOL if we wanted to broadcast anything. In other words the government just limited how ordinary citizens may communicate with one another in a time of emergency. See, even if you build an analog transmitter nobody will have the equipment to pick up the signal. Interesting conundrum.

May The Force Be With You:

Then there was today, the disturbance in the force. It occurred between the hours of 8:00am to 1:45pm eastern time. I first drove my personal vehicle, then my work vehicle down Middlebelt Road by Metro Airport. This road runs North and South and has registered on my vehicle compass as such for as long as I have driven cars with compasses. But a funny thing happened today both of my vehicles registered the trip down this road as NE to SW and vice versa. One vehicle is a malfunction, two is a ?

Now I'm certainly not going to jump to any conclusions I just find this interesting happening a week or so before we are forced to go completely digital. Coincidence?

Food For Thought:

To all of you tekkies and geeks that become orgasmic with each new invention or improvements in communication. You do realize that there is no place you can go or nothing you can use to have a private conversation, right? GPS is a wonderful thing if you have lost a child but why do you need it in your car? Did you ask for it? Did you order it? Did you have the option? No. Your Cell Phone has GPS, as does your laptop computer, don't you wonder why? I do.

With all of the technology advances comes a responsibility to understand what has gotten better and what has been given up to get better.

God, I love a conspiracy.....