conspiracies & secret societies: Vast Right Wing Conspiracy
Lately I have returned to an interesting diversion, reading about conspiracy theories and secret societies. One topic I will not touch is 9/11.
Some things many conspiracies have in common are:
1. the usual suspects: Freemasons, Jews, the Government, Enormously Rich People Who Control the World
2. subjects such as the occult; politics; missing treasure; groups pushing special agendas, religious or political, on the rest of the world or country
Putting together some posts on it will give me a chance to catch up on new ideas regarding old theories. Some old conspiracy topics such as Watergate have been in the news so much during the period of their infamy that they would not seem to offer much interest in bringing it out from under the rug, yet new books on the subject are frequently published.
Another example of a fairly recent one is The Vast Right Wing Conspiracy which figured in the impeachment of Bill Clinton. Despite all the reams of testimony we still don't know whether this was a clear cut case of evidence of guilt being subjected to legal proceedings. However there is also evidence of tainted testimony, subornation of perjury and an eminence grise behind the massive undertaking against a sitting president. Also because of what we know, there are questions as to whether a conspiracy actually existed.
WHAT WE KNOW
The term Vast Right Wing Conspiracy was coined by Hillary Clinton when the big boys came after her husband for his and others' financial wheeling and dealing (Whitewater scandal) and his unwholesome sexual habits (supposedly secret). The phrase was mocked for years but has been recently used again by Senator Clinton. My opinion: the term is too good to drop.
The force behind the supposed Vast Right Wing Conspiracy has a face and a name: Edward Mellon Scaife. He was born rich, got richer and his money usually flows to conservative organizations and causes. The documents and facts about who and what he funded are included in links below. For example, we know that he funded a variety of anti-liberal groups, such as The Center for the Study of Popular Culture, in Hollywood, which frets over what it sees as liberal bias in films.
We know that he had (and probably still has) a huge antipathy to Bill Clinton. People on his payroll, reporters, editors, investigators, pursued information on Bill Clinton's misdeeds, sexual and financial, work which was referred to as The Arkansas Project. Operatives are said to have contacted and paid informants through an Arkansas bait shop.
One of those informants, David Hale, reportedly made a deal with Kenneth Starr to be released from prison after 20 months on an unrelated fraud charge in return for testifying against Bill Clinton. Today some of the people involved, like the bait and tackle shop owner, deny their role in the Arkansas Project.
If you are interested please read the articles cited below and make up your own minds about how credible the whole story is. Many of us already "know" what happened; after all, haven't we read it in the newspapers and seen and heard it all on television?
WHEN IS A CONSPIRACY NOT A CONSPIRACY?
It is not unusual for politicians with high profiles or in high profile positions to have enemies but if these enemies go beyond open backing of one candidate against another, if they make secret deals and suborn perjury and bribe witnesses to give false testimony, then they more than skating on thin ice -- they may be involved in a conspiracy.
WHAT WE DON'T KNOW
A very small bit of what we don't know:
>whether Ken Starr was on the payroll of Edward Mellon Scaife. After Scaife made a large donation to Pepperdine University School of Law, Starr was offered the post of Dean, which he then refused because of accusations of a financial relationship with Scaife. Later he accepted the post.
>whether the Paula Jones scandal happened the way we read that it did, considering that she was a state employee at the time. Did Scaife's alleged employees pursuade her to tell a tale about Clinton's alleged sexual misconduct? Whether or not the tale she told was true, after being stretched out in the courts for years, a judge dismissed it, dismaying Clinton-haters, and leaving the public wondering why Jones waited a couple of years to seek justice, in which time Clinton had become the President. Some of us would like to know too why The justices of the Supreme Court in their wisdom decided a suit could be brought against a sitting president for having been rude in a hotel room.
CONTEMPORARY RELEVANCE
>If the alleged Vast Right Wing Conspiracy unfolded as many have written that it did and if the impeachment trial of the President had ended in his conviction and brought down the president, then that would have been a coup and even attempted coups are relevant. Certainly it was not completely unsuccessful: many people were imprisoned, many lives were ruined and Bill Clinton's reputation was tainted for all time.
>Is a conspiracy ethical if the members believe that they are patriots acting in the best interests of the country, or true believers doing what they think God wants, striving to preserve the purity of their country? Please share your opinions.
>The Clinton's are still in politics, and probably one of them will be for some time in some office or other.
SOURCES
Vast Right Wing Conspiracy to destroy Bill Clinton:
http://surftofind.com/steele
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/special/clinton/stories/
scaife092998.htm#TOP
http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/1998/04/27/scaife.profile/
Former White House counsel Davis said, "I think it's the mystery,
the man behind the scenes pulling the strings and that's the scene
we all remember at the end of the Wizard of Oz."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Starr
http://www.carpenoctem.tv/cons/billy.html
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17593375/
Clinton: Vast right-wing conspiracy is back
Right Wing Comments:
http://www.therightwingconspiracy.org/
5/22/2008
Some things many conspiracies have in common are:
1. the usual suspects: Freemasons, Jews, the Government, Enormously Rich People Who Control the World
2. subjects such as the occult; politics; missing treasure; groups pushing special agendas, religious or political, on the rest of the world or country
Putting together some posts on it will give me a chance to catch up on new ideas regarding old theories. Some old conspiracy topics such as Watergate have been in the news so much during the period of their infamy that they would not seem to offer much interest in bringing it out from under the rug, yet new books on the subject are frequently published.
Another example of a fairly recent one is The Vast Right Wing Conspiracy which figured in the impeachment of Bill Clinton. Despite all the reams of testimony we still don't know whether this was a clear cut case of evidence of guilt being subjected to legal proceedings. However there is also evidence of tainted testimony, subornation of perjury and an eminence grise behind the massive undertaking against a sitting president. Also because of what we know, there are questions as to whether a conspiracy actually existed.
WHAT WE KNOW
The term Vast Right Wing Conspiracy was coined by Hillary Clinton when the big boys came after her husband for his and others' financial wheeling and dealing (Whitewater scandal) and his unwholesome sexual habits (supposedly secret). The phrase was mocked for years but has been recently used again by Senator Clinton. My opinion: the term is too good to drop.
The force behind the supposed Vast Right Wing Conspiracy has a face and a name: Edward Mellon Scaife. He was born rich, got richer and his money usually flows to conservative organizations and causes. The documents and facts about who and what he funded are included in links below. For example, we know that he funded a variety of anti-liberal groups, such as The Center for the Study of Popular Culture, in Hollywood, which frets over what it sees as liberal bias in films.
We know that he had (and probably still has) a huge antipathy to Bill Clinton. People on his payroll, reporters, editors, investigators, pursued information on Bill Clinton's misdeeds, sexual and financial, work which was referred to as The Arkansas Project. Operatives are said to have contacted and paid informants through an Arkansas bait shop.
One of those informants, David Hale, reportedly made a deal with Kenneth Starr to be released from prison after 20 months on an unrelated fraud charge in return for testifying against Bill Clinton. Today some of the people involved, like the bait and tackle shop owner, deny their role in the Arkansas Project.
If you are interested please read the articles cited below and make up your own minds about how credible the whole story is. Many of us already "know" what happened; after all, haven't we read it in the newspapers and seen and heard it all on television?
WHEN IS A CONSPIRACY NOT A CONSPIRACY?
It is not unusual for politicians with high profiles or in high profile positions to have enemies but if these enemies go beyond open backing of one candidate against another, if they make secret deals and suborn perjury and bribe witnesses to give false testimony, then they more than skating on thin ice -- they may be involved in a conspiracy.
WHAT WE DON'T KNOW
A very small bit of what we don't know:
>whether Ken Starr was on the payroll of Edward Mellon Scaife. After Scaife made a large donation to Pepperdine University School of Law, Starr was offered the post of Dean, which he then refused because of accusations of a financial relationship with Scaife. Later he accepted the post.
>whether the Paula Jones scandal happened the way we read that it did, considering that she was a state employee at the time. Did Scaife's alleged employees pursuade her to tell a tale about Clinton's alleged sexual misconduct? Whether or not the tale she told was true, after being stretched out in the courts for years, a judge dismissed it, dismaying Clinton-haters, and leaving the public wondering why Jones waited a couple of years to seek justice, in which time Clinton had become the President. Some of us would like to know too why The justices of the Supreme Court in their wisdom decided a suit could be brought against a sitting president for having been rude in a hotel room.
CONTEMPORARY RELEVANCE
>If the alleged Vast Right Wing Conspiracy unfolded as many have written that it did and if the impeachment trial of the President had ended in his conviction and brought down the president, then that would have been a coup and even attempted coups are relevant. Certainly it was not completely unsuccessful: many people were imprisoned, many lives were ruined and Bill Clinton's reputation was tainted for all time.
>Is a conspiracy ethical if the members believe that they are patriots acting in the best interests of the country, or true believers doing what they think God wants, striving to preserve the purity of their country? Please share your opinions.
>The Clinton's are still in politics, and probably one of them will be for some time in some office or other.
SOURCES
Vast Right Wing Conspiracy to destroy Bill Clinton:
http://surftofind.com/steele
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/special/clinton/stories/
scaife092998.htm#TOP
http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/1998/04/27/scaife.profile/
Former White House counsel Davis said, "I think it's the mystery,
the man behind the scenes pulling the strings and that's the scene
we all remember at the end of the Wizard of Oz."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Starr
http://www.carpenoctem.tv/cons/billy.html
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17593375/
Clinton: Vast right-wing conspiracy is back
Right Wing Comments:
http://www.therightwingconspiracy.org/
5/22/2008
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