Re: The trouble with conspiracy theories
On Feb 10, 2009, at 5:18 AM, Ronn! Blankenship wrote: > At 09:26 PM Monday 2/9/2009, Dave Land wrote: >> On Feb 7, 2009, at 10:21 PM, Ronn! Blankenship wrote: >> >>> At 06:53 AM Friday 2/6/2009, Pat Mathews wrote: >>> >>> >>>> http://counterknowledge.com/2009/02/the-trouble-with-conspiracy-theories/ >>>> >>>> Basic thesis: little conspiracies exist all over the place. Global >>>> conspiracies are un-doable given the inability to herd all those >>>> cats. >>> >>> I was disappointed that the EDS commercial was just ranked fifth on >>> last week's show of all-time best Super Bowl commercials, 'cuz it >>> leaves me ROTFLOL so hard I have tears in my eyes . . . >> >> Maybe it came in 5th because the commercial is almost a decade old? > > How old is the Mean Joe Green Coke commercial? 30 years this year, I think. Was the "cats" commercial a send-up of the original EDS commercial from 2000, just a repeat, or did it take the story further? I don't know. What I liked about the Polamalu ad was the way it paid homage the old Mean Joe Greene ad, but had its own flavor with the brand manager dudes. Dave ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: The trouble with conspiracy theories
All global conspiracies are generated by a secret association of church officials and the Trilateral Commission, led byDick Cheney. Everybody knows that. I'm a registered participant in the truly evil, extremely secret top-posting conspiracy. Nick On Fri, Feb 6, 2009 at 4:53 AM, Pat Mathews wrote: > > > http://counterknowledge.com/2009/02/the-trouble-with-conspiracy-theories/ > > Basic thesis: little conspiracies exist all over the place. Global > conspiracies are un-doable given the inability to herd all those cats. > > http://idiotgrrl.livejournal.com/ > > > > > > ___ > http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l > ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: The trouble with conspiracy theories
At 09:26 PM Monday 2/9/2009, Dave Land wrote: >On Feb 7, 2009, at 10:21 PM, Ronn! Blankenship wrote: > > > At 06:53 AM Friday 2/6/2009, Pat Mathews wrote: > > > > > >> http://counterknowledge.com/2009/02/the-trouble-with-conspiracy-theories/ > >> > >> Basic thesis: little conspiracies exist all over the place. Global > >> conspiracies are un-doable given the inability to herd all those > >> cats. > > > > I was disappointed that the EDS commercial was just ranked fifth on > > last week's show of all-time best Super Bowl commercials, 'cuz it > > leaves me ROTFLOL so hard I have tears in my eyes . . . > >Maybe it came in 5th because the commercial is almost a decade old? How old is the Mean Joe Green Coke commercial? . . . ronn! :) ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: The trouble with conspiracy theories
On Feb 7, 2009, at 10:21 PM, Ronn! Blankenship wrote: > At 06:53 AM Friday 2/6/2009, Pat Mathews wrote: > > >> http://counterknowledge.com/2009/02/the-trouble-with-conspiracy-theories/ >> >> Basic thesis: little conspiracies exist all over the place. Global >> conspiracies are un-doable given the inability to herd all those >> cats. > > I was disappointed that the EDS commercial was just ranked fifth on > last week's show of all-time best Super Bowl commercials, 'cuz it > leaves me ROTFLOL so hard I have tears in my eyes . . . Maybe it came in 5th because the commercial is almost a decade old? Dave ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: The trouble with conspiracy theories
At 06:53 AM Friday 2/6/2009, Pat Mathews wrote: >http://counterknowledge.com/2009/02/the-trouble-with-conspiracy-theories/ > >Basic thesis: little conspiracies exist all over the place. Global >conspiracies are un-doable given the inability to herd all those cats. I was disappointed that the EDS commercial was just ranked fifth on last week's show of all-time best Super Bowl commercials, 'cuz it leaves me ROTFLOL so hard I have tears in my eyes . . . And Not Any More Because Of The Childhood Allergies To Small Furry Animals (And Lots Of Other Things) Which I Finally Outgrew Maru . . . ronn! :) ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: The trouble with conspiracy theories
Pat, Thanks for this post. I just spent some time explaining to 11-year-old Ryan what a conspiracy theory was, and my own reasons why they tend to fall apart. I'll probably share some of this with him, if he's still interested. (He was a captive audience in the car in traffic on the way to school when we talked about it Friday). Dave On Feb 6, 2009, at 4:53 AM, Pat Mathews wrote: > > > http://counterknowledge.com/2009/02/the-trouble-with-conspiracy-theories/ > > Basic thesis: little conspiracies exist all over the place. Global > conspiracies are un-doable given the inability to herd all those cats. > > http://idiotgrrl.livejournal.com/ > > > > > > ___ > http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
The trouble with conspiracy theories
http://counterknowledge.com/2009/02/the-trouble-with-conspiracy-theories/ Basic thesis: little conspiracies exist all over the place. Global conspiracies are un-doable given the inability to herd all those cats. http://idiotgrrl.livejournal.com/ ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
