Down the Rabbit Hole

I've always had a soft spot for conspiracy theories.  I spent years devouring books about the JFK assassination.  One of my favorite books still to this day is the Illuminatus Trilogy by Robert Anton Wilson which, at the time it was published, covered every possible conspiracy known to man.  However, over time I started to wean myself off of that world view.  It became very difficult to live a paranoid lifestyle all the time.   When the 9/11 conspiracies started rolling out, I was willing to say that a lot of the conspiracy theories were bullshit.  It's been said that people gravitate towards conspiracies because they are easier for us to process than accepting that the people we put in power might have failed us, or that nutjobs have the ability to threaten our American way of life.  I don't think that was my reasoning ... I enjoyed them more as a mental connect the dots.

Recently though I have felt the conspiratorial part of my brain kicking in again, and I have this administration to thank for it.  However, it isn't like you really need to peek behind too many curtains, since there are plenty of examples of the true nature of this administration that see the light of day.  It's no secret that President Obama has issues with our free market system (Obamacare, Green Energy), our military (worldwide apology tour, inserting into the Afghanistan Koran burning issue on the wrong side), or the founding principles of this country (Free markets, Freedom of Speech and Religion).  He has brought his Marxist-based ideas of wealth redistribution under the guise of "economic justice" into the White House.

So with all the obvious staring us in the face, is it any wonder that some of us start to question almost everything about the man that is President?  The folks at the Breitbart sites have started the vetting of Barack Obama that should have occurred four years ago by our traditional media.  Now we plainly see why his college days were a giant black hole when he was introduced on the national stage.  It's because it is full of radical ideology that isn't fit for the highest office in the Nation.  I guess I shouldn't have expected the Mainstream Media to dig too deep .... they obviously had their guy picked out.
       
What else is there?  Does the birth certificate really look legit?  Or are we too scared to be labeled as nuts by others?  How about his Selective Service application?  Was his rise to power orchestrated?  What about the more salacious rumors?  I really can't make the call on what is fact or fiction because Barack Obama never went through proper media vetting like certain Vice Presidential candidates did!

In the past we have had to rely on traditional media to give us information about who we are voting for.  Obviously they can't be trusted with that job, since even now they act like everything being revealed by the Breitbart sites is a non-story.   Thankfully we have the new media, and more people popping up as citizen journalists.  We have the duty to be vigilant citizens, and now we have the ability.  Just because you are paranoid, doesn't mean this President isn't legitimate.