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Archive for May, 2001
My wife told me about a show she watched on one of those Nature cable channels. It was all about this guy who took tourists out with him while he fed sharks. He’d get the sharks to jump right up to the boat’s deck to eat the bait. One day he decided he wanted to pet one of the sharks (hey, it’s his arm). Something unusual happened, though. He discovered that when he hit the shark in just the right place on the head it went into a trance-like stupor for several minutes.
And I thought to myself, wouldn’t that be nice if you could do that to your boss?
I’m intrigued by this whole Disclosure Project thing.
If the UFO and extraterrestrial conspiracy and cover-up is so damn secret then why don’t “they” (CIA, KGB, secret government, or hey, even Chris Carter’s copyright lawyers) just kill Steven Greer? “They” could always say a kook did it - like to John Lennon. Maybe “they” don’t want a martyr - like in the whole X-Files / Agent Mulder storyline. I don’t mean to draw a blueprint here or advocate the demise or pain of anyone, but “they” could always just give Doctor Greer a fast moving cancer and let him “go naturally.” He could even contract it as a matter of course in his profession performing emergency medicine. Does anyone know if Doctor Greer still performs emergency medicine - or still works at all?
Perhaps, even at this level and with his growing media profile, Doctor Greer is still just an insignificant little gnat. “They” (should) have things so under control that none of Doctor Greer’s call to arms matter, including petty little Congressional hearings. Hey, you thought Monica Lewinsky blowing President Clinton was a circus? Perhaps “they” want the hearing, and will control it. “They”, I would imagine, have a lot of powerful momentum going from the 1940’s to present. Steven Greer’s got less than a decade; the tortoise to “their” hare. Maybe Steven Greer is even working for “them.” If so, unknowingly - or knowingly? Conspiracy theory runs both sides of the street.
Personally, I want to believe in Disclosure Project. If he’s honest, Doctor Greer has a job of David and Goliath proportions. In our age, though, David’s slingshot and ammo are a lot more expensive so I understand that he needs funding. His funding appears to come from donations, video sales, books, or whatever can generate the currency. Being the capitalistic cynic that I am, though, I’d like to see where all the profits are going (and yes, I have trouble with world hunger organizations too). What does Steven Greer - the man, not the mythic hero - get out of all this monetarily? In this arena I call for open Disclosure of accounting of his bank statement.
In the end, and I said it earlier, I want to believe. Maybe Doctor Steven Greer really is the tortoise to “their” hare. Maybe it will turn out just like that story. I hope so. Good luck Doctor Greer. You’ve got your soap-box - now just don’t fall off.
If you are curious where the ThoughtDiver name came from, it was from a letter written by Herman Melville I found published many years ago. Some nice people have made the text availalble online if anyone would like to read it or other Melville writings.
Go to: Melville’s Reflections
For the ThoughtDiver quote, search down the page for, “On Ralph Waldo Emerson and his Philosophy”.
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