Why does Alex Jones get so much attention?

[Greedo]

I was watching some videos on this YouTube channel.

http://www.youtube.com/user/LiquidMetalBand


The user seems to be critical of Alex Jones, and he calls AJ out on his crap.

However, he made a few videos that were, at least in my opinion, more on the CTish side.


one would be this one:



(transcript: https://docs.google.com/document/pub?id=1Y4LEvQ3kNYBaIMrollVFXc3KbGcicYxN7oT8p9HDTR4)

And he made a two hour movie with the title "Alex Jones Establishment Connections"

That raised some red flags for me. I did not watch it, but considering some of his other videos, he seems like a CTer to me, that just doesn't like the term CTer.

Now, obviously saying Alex Jones is CIA, Mossad or what have you is quite.. err, out there.

But his video raises some questions.

He says something about two congressmen that apparently were "threatened" with martial law if they "didn't sign they bailout".
What's all that about?

But for me, having not followed Alex Jones' crap, what strikes me the most is the attention he gets. The Alex Jones show is broadcast on 63(?) stations? He's been on the mainstream media (that he so hates) and seems to get way to much attention for being the nut that he is.

What are your opinions?

 

[therival58]

He says something about two congressmen that apparently were "threatened" with martial law if they "didn't sign they bailout".
What's all that about?

What are your opinions

I can't comment on AJ's connections I havent dug too deep into his bio, but that whole thing about congressmen being threatened with martial law if they didnt pass the bailout apparently did happen.

Rep. Brad Sherman on the floor of congress
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HaG9d_4zij8

 

[Greedo]

I can't find any reports about that exept on CT sites. Does anyone know more?




Does anyone that's more into US politics know about this?

 

[Brainster]

I can't comment on AJ's connections I havent dug too deep into his bio, but that whole thing about congressmen being threatened with martial law if they didnt pass the bailout apparently did happen.

Rep. Brad Sherman on the floor of congress
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HaG9d_4zij8

Sigh. That's the problem with Jones; it's not so much that he lies as he misinterprets things. Sherman was not talking about a direct threat, but an indirect threat (note that he talks about fear-mongering). What Jones wants you to believe is that the congressmen were told if they didn't pass the bill, martial law would be the immediate response. However, what Sherman was talking about was the claim by the bill's supporters that if they didn't pass the bill there would be widespread unrest and that martial law would have to be imposed to restore order.

 

[Nursedan]

Why does Alex Jones get so much attention?

Because he is the loudest. And to him the loudest is the most right.

 

[BStrong]

AJ is the current high priest of the nutter world.

Between he and Icke they've pretty much sewn up the market on nutjob endorsed theory related merch.

 

[ktesibios]

It appears that the term "martial law" also applies to a rules-lawyering parliamentary maneuver which House leadership can use to force a vote on a bill without the waiting period normally required by House rules to give our congresscritters time to find someone to read the bill to them.

The House Republican Leadership has announced its intention to have the House vote, before adjourning on Friday or Saturday, on several major pieces of legislation that are not yet available to House members in final form because behind-closed-door negotiations on the proposals are still going on.* The Leadership apparently intends to use a process known as “martial law” to allow these bills to be brought to the floor very shortly after negotiations are completed, with the result that Members of the House are likely to have virtually no time to examine and consider the details of the legislation before they will be required to vote on it.

linky

Took me all of 15 seconds of investiGoogling to find that out, it did.

That has about as much to do with tanks in the streets as a pet goldfish has to do with a shark attack, but can mere reality be permitted to get in the way of a scary soundbite?

 

[Clayton Moore]

AJ is the current high priest of the nutter world.

Between he and Icke they've pretty much sewn up the market on nutjob endorsed theory related merch.

The real nut jobs are the people who, unlike Jones, can look at the three buildings collapse in under 60 seconds in a pulverized heap and say they were not controlled demolitions.

 

[Greedo]

The real nut jobs are the people who, unlike Jones, can look at the three buildings collapse in under 60 seconds in a pulverized heap and say they were not controlled demolitions.

lol

 

[BStrong]

The real nut jobs are the people who, unlike Jones, can look at the three buildings collapse in under 60 seconds in a pulverized heap and say they were not controlled demolitions.

I love how folks that have never had their hands on HE in their lives use terms like "controlled demolition" like they know what they're talking about - and that includes Jones, Icke and apparently you.

 

[Gazpacho]

Alex Jones is the audience's man. If someone wants to call in to talk about fluoridation or blood sacrifice or chemtrails, he'll go along with it. You might say he's promiscuous that way.

 

[Greedo]

I love how folks that have never had their hands on HE in their lives use terms like "controlled demolition" like they know what they're talking about - and that includes Jones, Icke and apparently you.

I love how folks can still after all those bloody years think that 9/11 was an inside job.
Especially after being on this very forum for so long.

 

[Gazpacho]

He says something about two congressmen that apparently were "threatened" with martial law if they "didn't sign they bailout".
What's all that about?

It's about this report (infowars.com) which seems to be accurate as far as its factual claims go.

Does anyone that's more into US politics know about this?

Administration officials (including Bernanke and Paulson) used dire predictions to sell the bailout. That's something Bush himself admitted, although he never said anything about predictions of martial law.

 

[Greedo]

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Administration officials (including Bernanke and Paulson) used dire predictions to sell the bailout. That's something Bush himself admitted, although he never said anything about predictions of martial law.

Thanks for clearing that up Gazpacho.

So once again CTers making poop up grossly exaggerating.

 

[dafydd]

The real nut jobs are the people who, unlike Jones, can look at the three buildings collapse in under 60 seconds in a pulverized heap and say they were not controlled demolitions.

Hush,the grown ups are talking.

 

[sadhatter]

I love how folks that have never had their hands on HE in their lives use terms like "controlled demolition" like they know what they're talking about - and that includes Jones, Icke and apparently you.

Yeah, as someone who has training in certain kinds of pyrotechnics i run into a similar problem. People who know how to make a sawdust and gas fireball think they understand how a controlled demolition works.

People don't understand how complicated it is, hell, simple pyrotechnics are a complicated process let alone the work that has to be done for CD. To think that a layman can just pick that up with enough understanding to be able to comment effectively, is silly as hell. If you can do that, you should be rigging CD's not complaining on the net.

 

[BStrong]

Yeah, as someone who has training in certain kinds of pyrotechnics i run into a similar problem. People who know how to make a sawdust and gas fireball think they understand how a controlled demolition works.

People don't understand how complicated it is, hell, simple pyrotechnics are a complicated process let alone the work that has to be done for CD. To think that a layman can just pick that up with enough understanding to be able to comment effectively, is silly as hell. If you can do that, you should be rigging CD's not complaining on the net.

I've tried on many occasions to explain the improbability of a "covert" controlled demoltion, and the results have been negligible - truthbots prefer their Hollywood constructs to reality.

 

[Arcade22]

One can hope that he's 'popular' only because of the fact that he's an excellent source of comedy. Sadly, that doesn't seem to be the case.

 

[Clayton Moore]

Yeah, as someone who has training in certain kinds of pyrotechnics i run into a similar problem. People who know how to make a sawdust and gas fireball think they understand how a controlled demolition works.

People don't understand how complicated it is, hell, simple pyrotechnics are a complicated process let alone the work that has to be done for CD. To think that a layman can just pick that up with enough understanding to be able to comment effectively, is silly as hell. If you can do that, you should be rigging CD's not complaining on the net.

What a joke. A controlled demolition couldn't happen because of the difficulty of setting it up. But the energy was available to completely, for the first time in history, demolish a huge skyscraper(three) as a result of fire damage.

 

[Gazpacho]

That energy is always available, courtesy of the earth's gravity.