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Originally posted by synchro
Perhaps 'ol Rummy has also been sighted at ComiCon and other fanboy conventions also!
Seriously, if this can be verified it would speak volumes. Or, it could be that UFOs are his 'hobby' just like any one else who enjoys learning about the possible truth behind this phenomena. Many have assumed for such a long time that PTB types such as Rummy are in the know. When in truth, many of them may be groping in the dark just like everyone else. Who knows? I'd rather be wrong about that. But, I just can't see how such a huge secret like this could stay hidden for so long without absolute/undeniable proof leaking out given the bumbling nature and history of secret keeping (or lack thereof) by the U.S. government.
This line of thought always amuses me. The government just can't keep a secret. How the hell do you know? There are probably hundreds of thousands of secrets that this government has kept from the general public. If they are successful at keeping something a secret then you would never know, would you? It seems to me that this notion that the government can't keep a secret is entirely and completely false. Most folks will just do as they're told. The honest whistle-blowers are far and few between. To honestly be a whistle-blower requires a level of courage and integrity that few people possess in our modern nation. Recent legislation goes far to punish whistle-blowers, even tho they are providing an invaluable service to their country. Sorry to burst your bubble but state secrets are alive and well and our government is very very capable of keeping the truth from a low-level service drone like you and me.
Originally posted by calcoastseeker
I find it strange that when Richard Boylan is quoted, people attack him for his character. Maybe one should read what he says with an open mind and not attack his personal life.
People believe Bill Clinton was the greatest President we have ever had,but it is rarely brought up now that he was and is a sexual predator.
Also, DR.Boylan has a Phd. which is a ACADEMIC degree. He does not need a license to use the title. Neither does DR.Condoleeza Rice.
Originally posted by OrionHunterX
Good point! I think we should leave personal lives out of this. If Boylan was screwing around, so was ex president Clinton! Has the latter's credibility taken a beating? No! Ditto where Dr Boylan is concerned. So let's get over with the personal sex life of people and move on, as it does not reflect on professional competence per se!
Cheers!
Originally posted by OrionHunterX
Good point! I think we should leave personal lives out of this. Ditto where Dr Boylan is concerned. So let's get over with the personal sex life of people and move on, as it does not reflect on professional competence per se!
Originally posted by SaviorComplex
There were also skeptics at the hearing; notice Dr. Sagan was also a speaker.
Finally, let me say something about the question of priorities, which
Congressman Rumsfeld asked us for, and the question of significance.
Now, the possibility of discovering something about extraterrestrial
life, life originated on some other planet, is of the very highest
interest for biology and in fact for all science. A bona fide example
of extraterrestrial life even in a very simple form, would
revolutionize biology. It would have both practical and fundamental
scientific benefits, which are very hard to assess, it would truly be
immense.
Now, if the answer to this sort of profound scientific question lies
right at hand, it would be folly to ignore it. If we are being
visited by representatives of extraterrestrial life, just stick our
heads in the sand, would be a very bad policy, I think.
Originally posted by mikesingh
Dr Carl Sagan wasn't a skeptic by any stretch of imagination. He had an open mind. Have a look at what he said at that conference:
Sagan "wrote frequently on what he perceived as the logical and empirical fallacies regarding UFOs and the abduction experience. Sagan rejected an extraterrestrial explanation for the phenomenon but felt there were both empirical and pedagogical benefits for examining UFO reports and that the subject was, therefore, a legitimate topic of study."
Westrum writes that "Sagan spent very little time researching UFOs ... he thought that little evidence existed to show that the UFO phenomenon represented alien spacecraft and that the motivation for interpreting UFO observations as spacecraft was emotional".
Jerome Clark writes that Sagan's perspective on UFOs irked Condon: "... though a skeptic, [Sagan] was too soft on UFOs for Condon's taste. In 1971, [Condon] considered blackballing Sagan from the prestigious Cosmos Club".
In one of his last written works, Sagan argued that the chances of extraterrestrial spacecraft visiting Earth are vanishingly small. However, Sagan did think it plausible that Cold War concerns contributed to governments misleading their citizens about UFOs...
Originally posted by Majorion
I honestly believe that Clinton was the one who was sexually manipulated in his case with Lewinski
There is a relationship between sex and power. Powerful men, world leaders and important politicians, are prone to exercise their power in other arenas– such as in their sexual relationships. Furthermore, many politicians have a pathological need for constant ego gratification and to “press the flesh”. Thus, it should not be surprising that some American Presidents have had affairs. Which of these alleged mistresses (or “mister”) would you be or be intimate with? We have selected a number well-documented Presidential sexual liaisons.
Originally posted by mikesingh
I mean, that amounts to the possibility of taking the president of the most powerful nation in the world for a jolly good ride, what? Talk of woman power!!!