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In reply to the discussion: Are you ready for the TORNADO TRUTHERS? [View all]freshwest
(53,661 posts)37. We could go directly to the source for most of this. He's more rabid than usual:
Alex Jones pushes tornado truther theory: Theres weather weapon stuff going on
May 22, 2013
...Jones, a longtime proponent of the idea that the U.S. government can manipulate and even produce weather systems like tornadoes and hurricanes, went on to say that if people saw helicopters or small aircraft in the area, then you better bet your bottom dollar they did this... ... ...
Jones is also credited for pushing a bizarre and thoroughly debunked theory that President Barack Obama trying to buy up all the bullets in the country, both to enforce gun control and to prepare for the murder hundreds of thousands of American citizens amid what he believes is a planned period of civil unrest. Republicans in the House actually held a hearing about this matter, much to the disappointment of their Democratic counterparts. Of course, for years Jones has been telling his listeners that the government, particularly the Federal Emergency Management Agency, has Nazi-style death camps set up all around the country, although no evidence of this has ever surfaced.
Jones is being increasingly treated as a serious voice within the Republican Party, and lawmakers in statehouses across the country and in Congress are beginning to parrot his views, however bizarre they might sound. Even Fox News hosts and Republican freshman Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) has appeared on the Alex Jones Show, much like his father, Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX), continues to do.
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/05/22/alex-jones-pushes-tornado-truther-theory-theres-weather-weapon-stuff-going-on/
Perhaps you and I cannot make this stuff up, but somebody is, and it pays very well, too.
And the shapeshifting white guy?
That would be Jones himself...
May 22, 2013
...Jones, a longtime proponent of the idea that the U.S. government can manipulate and even produce weather systems like tornadoes and hurricanes, went on to say that if people saw helicopters or small aircraft in the area, then you better bet your bottom dollar they did this... ... ...
Jones is also credited for pushing a bizarre and thoroughly debunked theory that President Barack Obama trying to buy up all the bullets in the country, both to enforce gun control and to prepare for the murder hundreds of thousands of American citizens amid what he believes is a planned period of civil unrest. Republicans in the House actually held a hearing about this matter, much to the disappointment of their Democratic counterparts. Of course, for years Jones has been telling his listeners that the government, particularly the Federal Emergency Management Agency, has Nazi-style death camps set up all around the country, although no evidence of this has ever surfaced.
Jones is being increasingly treated as a serious voice within the Republican Party, and lawmakers in statehouses across the country and in Congress are beginning to parrot his views, however bizarre they might sound. Even Fox News hosts and Republican freshman Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) has appeared on the Alex Jones Show, much like his father, Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX), continues to do.
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/05/22/alex-jones-pushes-tornado-truther-theory-theres-weather-weapon-stuff-going-on/
Perhaps you and I cannot make this stuff up, but somebody is, and it pays very well, too.
And the shapeshifting white guy?
That would be Jones himself...
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We could go directly to the source for most of this. He's more rabid than usual:
freshwest
May 2013
#37
No, it's not satire. Anytime spent in that alternative reality shows they believe it.
freshwest
May 2013
#41
No, I'm really not ready for that. And don't expect to be, any time soon. n/t
winter is coming
May 2013
#2
Caused by giant cancer-causing wind turbines with detachable flying blades...nt
SidDithers
May 2013
#3
Non-sense... I've never seen a giant cancer-causing wind turbine with detachable flying blades...
Ohio Joe
May 2013
#10
Actually, since HAARP's in Alaska, and Infowars sez it created Katrina, Ike, Sandy and this tornado,
freshwest
May 2013
#5
I knew about the Bat Signal but ... really BIG letter O??? So does this mean that....
chknltl
May 2013
#21
*They* do *everything* you know. So convenient for the RWers to have the Jews. If they didn't exist,
freshwest
May 2013
#47
LMAO! FINALLY....someone else who knows the "Chris Rock's That train is Never Late" bit!
Behind the Aegis
May 2013
#48
Truthers suck. And yes, climate change is indeed influencing trends, no doubt.
AverageJoe90
May 2013
#15
tornadoes are a product of weather conditions both locally and on a continental scale
CreekDog
May 2013
#50