FDR Pearl Harbor Conspiracy

Hey, Gawdzilla - I didn't get a chance to welcome you aboard in the Welcome Thread, and I suspect you may be hanging out in one of these Pearl Harbor threads more often....

So Welcome Aboard. (We've got another former squid JimBenArm from MO - Kansas City - aboard, also.)

Would you possibly know David Lippman's site http://worldwar2plus55.com/index.htm ?

It's something of a work in progress but it's pretty decent for what appears to be a one-man effort. He has a real job to report to, though, so I think he's going to be a web version of Will Durant - it may take him his lifetime to complete. (And he's also former Navy, plus a member here, albeit inactive, under the nom de plume of "Kiwiwriter".) I read through his site quite often, and never hesitate to give him a plug when I can.


ETA: Eeek! You're in a Galileo thread!!?? Galileo has never met a conspiracy theory he doesn't like. He's sort of our vanilla all-purpose conspiradroid and troll. He'll argue the contrarian point of view on any topic. (And he apparently is driven by the artistic conceit that he believes he's the reincarnation of THE Galileo - we hardly even mention it any longer.)
 
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Foolmewunz said:
Hey, Gawdzilla - I didn't get a chance to welcome you aboard in the Welcome Thread, and I suspect you may be hanging out in one of these Pearl Harbor threads more often....

So Welcome Aboard. (We've got another former squid JimBenArm from MO - Kansas City - aboard, also.)

Would you possibly know David Lippman's site http://worldwar2plus55.com/index.htm ?

It's something of a work in progress but it's pretty decent for what appears to be a one-man effort. He has a real job to report to, though, so I think he's going to be a web version of Will Durant - it may take him his lifetime to complete. (And he's also former Navy, plus a member here, albeit inactive, under the nom de plume of "Kiwiwriter".) I read through his site quite often, and never hesitate to give him a plug when I can.


ETA: Eeek! You're in a Galileo thread!!?? Galileo has never met a conspiracy theory he doesn't like. He's sort of our vanilla all-purpose conspiradroid and troll. He'll argue the contrarian point of view on any topic. (And he apparently is driven by the artistic conceit that he believes he's the reincarnation of THE Galileo - we hardly even mention it any longer.)
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Thanks, I'll check that out.

I've been playing with conspiracy buffs for a loooonnnnggggg time. In 1964 a neighbor of mine, a man I much respected, gave me his set of the Pearl Harbor Hearings, all FORTY volumes. "There's proof in there somewhere that FDR set the whole thing up, and you can find it." I was a history nut even then, so this challenge was perfect for me. It took me two years to read that thing, and when I was done I had to tell him I couldn't find anything that supported his claim. He was really upset.

I later found out that he was a veteran. He used to tell people about his service with George Washington at Valley Forge.
 
kookbreaker said:
Did he show you the Ninja Sword Washington personally presented to him? :p
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Looking back on that time I have wondered why he was allowed to even have kids in his house. I sometimes think I dodged a bullet way back then. Maybe I wasn't crazy enough (then) for him.

In the 40+ years since I started studying WWII I met him many times, or at least his spiritual brothers. (Is it true men are over-represented as CTwits?)
 
Gawdzilla said:
Looking back on that time I have wondered why he was allowed to even have kids in his house. I sometimes think I dodged a bullet way back then. Maybe I wasn't crazy enough (then) for him.

In the 40+ years since I started studying WWII I met him many times, or at least his spiritual brothers. (Is it true men are over-represented as CTwits?)
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Hard to tell. Rebecca Watson of skepchick did a presentation on what women believers believe. and they pretty much scored higher than men across the board. But I think when it comes to conspiracies men are louder and more 'active' than women in this matter.
 
kookbreaker said:
Hard to tell. Rebecca Watson of skepchick did a presentation on what women believers believe. and they pretty much scored higher than men across the board. But I think when it comes to conspiracies men are louder and more 'active' than women in this matter.
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They're certainly the flag-wavers. Mark Wiley comes to mind. But then so does Kent Hovind.
 
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