







"The New World Order ...listen to me folks...they're trying

to make your homes smell like poorly digested Snausages





The New World Order: Playing the Long Game













If this is how things work, than I have a couple of questions. First of all, let's just look at our government. How can a group that historically has had so many instances of incompetence (even by



And my second question: What exactly is taking them so long? I mean, according to Jones, the U.S. government secretly develops and withholds all types of technology that is But let's say that I'm wrong. Let's say that the global elites have been planning to wipe most of us out (myself included since there is no way I am even in the top 50% of the population) so that they can live forever like Larry King or Suzanne Sommers.If this is how things work, than I have a couple of questions. First of all, let's just look at our government. How can a group that historically has had so many instances of incompetence (even by Alex Jones' own analysis ) also be able to pull off such an elaborate scheme?And my second question: What exactly is taking them so long? I mean, according to Jones, the U.S. government secretly develops and withholds all types of technology that is decades ahead of what the general public has access to





Why keep letting all of us 80% commoners keep breeding and having our "eyes opened" by people like Jones as information (and misinformation) flows more and more freely across the world?



Who knows; maybe he's just joking about that part...which brings me to my next point.













The Sliding Scale of Satire





In a 2009 interview with NBC, Rush Limbaugh told Jamie Gangel that his show was "equal parts satire and serious commentary ." As a formerly avid listener of the Rush Limbaugh show (for which I am still deeply ashamed), I can tell you right now that at the very least, his 50/50 percentage split is way off.









Limbaugh, however, is one of the many pundits who has become smart enough to know when to use the old "it was just satire" card whenever he is really wrong about something or makes an incredibly offensive statement. Alex Jones, on the other hand, hasn't quite figured out how that system of deception works. With the exception of his ridiculous songs , Rushbo sounds dead serious when telling you how America is going to crumble into dust under the rule of Obama (just like he was when Clinton was president).Limbaugh, however, is one of the many pundits who has become smart enough to know when to use the old "it was just satire" card whenever he is really wrong about something or makes an incredibly offensive statement. Alex Jones, on the other hand, hasn't quite figured out how that system of deception works.





On the eve of the year 2000, Alex Jones did a special broadcast that included claims of missiles being launched at the United States by Russia, nuclear power plants failing all over the world, ATM machines not giving people money, short wave radios going down, and that more military conflicts were happening right at that moment all over the world than had occurred in 50 years. Here are some of the highlights:



















During this time, Alex Jones apparently forgot that the internet existed and that someone would record what he was saying on the eve of the year 2000. When questioned about his claims in 2010, Jones explained that he was just "joking around" and had simply been taken out of context.









This article has been stewing inside of me for a while, but the recent horrific events in Boston (and Alex Jones' predictable yet shockingly tasteless reaction to it) finally convinced me that I needed to put it out there.And yes, I am well aware that most of you with a functioning brain don't take Alex Jones seriously. I'm also well aware that most of his of very large listener base will refuse to listen to reasonable arguments or have a logical debate about why Alex Jones is a about as good a source of information as graffiti on a rest area bathroom stall.Now to be fair, I do think that he actually believes the core ideas from which everything he says comes from...and believe it or not, there is a little bit of truth to some of it. A cursory amount of research and knowledge about the Federal Reserve is enough to make any conservative or liberal's blood boil with populist outrage.And let's not forget that government conspiracies can and do happen once in a while. Operation Northwoods Project MKUltra , and the Gulf of Tonkin incident constitute more than enough evidence to make any determined skeptic cast a wary eye towards official government narrative that sounds suspicious.But most people seem to think that Alex Jones is simply a deranged idiot. With videos like the one embedded below, it's not hard to see how they would come to that conclusion.When Jones recently appeared on CNN with Piers Morgan and had what appeared to be a catastrophic shut down of all higher brain functions, many believed that they were watching someone who didn't realize just how crazy (and bad) he was making himself look . On the contrary, his behavior was probably very carefully orchestrated and played perfectly to his large, disposable cash spending audienceJust like I've pointed out with Glenn Beck and Michael Moore , pundits on the extreme end of the political spectrum have an audience that tunes into them specifically to have their beliefs validated and enhanced, not to be challenged or to think critically.If Alex Jones got on the air after the Boston Marathon Bombing and saidthen his listeners would tune out and find someone else who DOES think that every national tragedy is layered in cover ups and false flag operations.As one commenter on a Fark.com thread said recently, many conspiracy theorists have an elaborate story pre-loaded in their heads for every time a dog farts. Alex Jones then swoops in to make sure that dog fart is backed up with an exhaustive amount of unrelated research, out of context mainstream media reporting, and a healthy dose of hyperbole and theatrics.The man knows his audience and he knows how to keep them listening...all while turning a very healthy profit. Let's take a look at Alex Jones and how he's turned his brand of crazy from some deeply held (and bizarre) beliefs into a very profitable brand of crazy.Jones has been warning everyone who will listen about the imminent end of our world as we know it since 1996 when he was just a crazy (but very popular) radio and cable access television show host in Austin, Texas.Part of his theory about how things will go down is that the New World Order, a group of powerful people who run the world from behind the scenes, will somehow eliminate approximately 80% of the world's population while the "elites" that are left will live forever thanks to the magic of technology.While it shouldn't be a shocking revelation to anyone over the age of 10 that people with large amounts of money and political power control how the world works, I'm not convinced that they all like to get together, put on robes, and sing the Stone Cutters Song.