goosing loose ends
Back in the early 90's the Irish pop group the Corrs picked up a whole lot of international attention with their smooth light pop stylistics. The group had some real success and then went their separate ways. The sisters went on to marry and quarrel amongst themselves. That left brother Jim at loose ends. Now it is sort of an unwritten law of the universe that when some one is at loose ends something is gonna come along to fill that void. In Jim's case it's an avid and active interest in conspiracy theories.It's life Jim, but not as we know it
What sort of theories is Jim interested in? Well you know the usual stuff - the Royal Family are shape shifting reptilians, air port security is a plot to render the American male impotent, the financial crash was engineered by the Rothschilds, and oh yeah - 911 was an inside job. Here's a little video that just recently surfaced on the Irish Central website. It features Jim defending his beliefs against some glibly dismissive assholes.
Now I know that looks bad but wait - it gets worse (getting worse is an inviolable law of the universe. Cynics call it "Murphy's Law" but physicists know it better as the 2nd law of thermodynamics. IN practical terms it means that things fall apart because it's thte tendency of things to do so.). Jim had this to say about the usual suspects and the usual subjects.
WTF?
Saying that Jim finally found a way to take the attention away from his beautiful sisters would be cheap shot - so naturally most people are gonna do that. I feel that Jim isn't really to blame for whatever ideas have found their way into his head. I think that the blame goes directly to George W Bush. I mean his two term presidency was an unmitigated disaster; that saw the tide run out on the USA, and inflamed the market for conspiracies theories to the point that Alex Jones reputedly has a small shrine dedicated to W in his home and makes daily thanks offering to it.The Menacing Idiot: Presitard
So that had people who's brains weren't completely numbed with denial asking "what the fuck actually happened in the past 8 years?" It's a fair question. During the Bill Clinton Era America ruled the roost. When the President said "jump" foreign leaders said "how high?" (nowadays they simply guide the President to the nearest ledge and say "you first"). The economy was in overdrive to the point that any Forrest Gump type numskull could make it rich if he wasn't too honest and knew how to bend the rules. Now middle class Americans have to ask for govt stimulus packages so that they can avoid the indignity of buying smaller cars and flipping burgers to make ends meet.Who spiked the Punch? Optimism is seeing the glass as half full; paranoia is asking what it's full of!
So what went wrong? The inevitable conclusion seems to be, as usual with pro politicians, that Bush was either dishonest or incompetent. Jim Corr has given W the benefit of the doubt and decided he's dishonest, rather than a fucking moron. While that may be the flaw in his conspiracy theory, you do have to empathize. The alternative is that a majority of the American public voted a moron into the Presidency - for a second term if not a first. That would be enough to undermine a sensible person's faith in human nature ( a really sensible person has already lost that). So you can't blame Jim for wanting to give just plain people, as well as W, the benefit of the doubt. Jim Corr - I salute your crazy optimism!
