Government Conspiracies and Life Threatening Experiments

Late one summer night in July of 1947, a couple saw a large glowing object quickly fly across the sky. It was later reported that a weather balloon crashed nearby. People have often wondered if it actually was a weather balloon, and some have believed it to be a downed alien craft that the government covered up. Theories about a Roswell coverup did not become widely known to the American public until a few decades after the crash. This change in public knowledge demonstrates the variability of conspiracy theories--some become popular immediately following the events they try to explain, and some can take years to catch on. From the crash in Roswell in 1947 to current day, America’s public knowledge of theories about Roswell has grown at an unsteady pace, driven by the types of technology used to disseminate information. America’s knowledge of the Roswell incident has developed in three phases. First, immediately after the crash in 1947, there was some attention given to the crash, but it was mostly local news reports. Second, after the testimony in 1984 of an eyewitness who was a major in the air force, conspiracies blossomed. Finally, after interest diminished had begun to diminish, the internet ignited another increase in Roswell theories.

What if what you had been told your whole life was a lie? How would you feel if everything reported about a terrorist attack or a shooting was actually a conspiracy by the United States? What is a conspiracy? According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, a conspiracy is “a secret plan made by two or more people that is harmful or illegal”. There are so many conspiracy theories out there in the world starting as early as the 1800s. These theories range from scientific, terrorist, criminal, political, economic and business, and even religious conspiracies. The two conspiracy theories that I am talking about is the attack that changed the United States, as we knew it, the one that we believed was a terrorist attack, also known as 9/11, and the Sandy Hook shooting. There are multiple reasons that lead me to consider these two attacks to be something more than a terrorist and criminal attack. The reasons are because the timelines do not add up, there are too many inconsistencies, and the benefits are too great.

Brian Keeley’s short essay, “Of Conspiracy Theories” discusses conspiracy theories and their value in an epistemological context. Keeley defines a conspiracy theory as “a proposed explanation of some historical event (or events) in terms of the significant causal agency of a relatively small group of persons-the conspirators-acting in secret (Keeley 1999, pg. 116).” Keeley seeks to answer the question of why conspiracy theories are unwarranted. His interest in the warrant of conspiracy theories focuses on ¬the unfalsifiability of conspiracy theories and how conspiracy theories are founded upon an extraordinarily large amount of skepticism. In section III, Keely discusses what a conspiracy theory is, and contends that there is no grounds for

Maggie Koerth Baker’s piece titled Why rational people buy into conspiracy theories represents the reasons why rational people believe in conspiracy theories. Throughout the article Baker tries to explain the reasons behind the belief of conspiracy theories supported by research and evidence. This paper will review Baker’s article as well as her main arguments, will evaluate the quality of Baker’s writing and focus on any areas of weakness within the article.

Once you believe in a conspiracy it is easy to believe in the possibility of other conspiracies even if the other conspiracies are improbable and contradictory. Conspiracy theory is defined as “a proposed plot by powerful people or organizations working together in secret to accomplish some (usually sinister) goal.” Conspiracy theorists’ skepticism of official narratives may be so intense that many alternative theories are simultaneously endorsed in spite of many contradictions between them.

A prominent example of these dishonest politicians is a case known as the Whisky Ring. In order to pay off the cost of The Civil War, the taxes on liquor were raised. Many manufactures of liquor bribed officials in the Department of Treasury to receive the tax stamps at a reduced price. Eventually, over one hundred officials were convicted of fraud. The Whiskey Ring was later described by historians as, “A network of distillers, distributors and public officials who conspired to defraud the federal government of millions in liquor tax revenue.” Many similar cases involving bribery and unlawful interactions between the branches of government and the people continued throughout The Gilded Age. The American people began to question the integrity of the government they believed was working towards a better America. However, political scandals and corrupt politicians in the government were hiding beneath America’s glistening

Throughout history, campaigns against certain parts of life are frequently argued upon. Wars are in a state of flux, but a constant in America's policies is the Drug War. The government attempts to prevent the consumption of illicit and harmful substances, even shown in modern domestic policies. Yet with much effort, positive results was not usually yielded. Apart from the outcomes, prohibition has made a large impact on daily life. In the United States, prohibition of alcohol and opium was a visible and controversial debate. The prohibition of alcohol and criminalization of opium were very different but still had some similarities such as the events that happened, its immediate reaction, and the lasting significance.

There are many conspiracy’s that were and to this day, still operated by the government that cause major disruption in the United States. Conspirators and other similar persons around them began to wonder what the government was really up to behind closed doors. The Conspiracy of Operation Northwoods, a false flag Operation, was a proposition presented to President Kennedy via the DOD and JCS; Operation Northwoods was going to be used to gain political support for a war against Cuba – Northwoods was a conspiracy of which terrorist attacks were going to be planned to kill innocent Americans and Cubans in the United States and place blame on Cuba; In connection, the terrorist attack of September 11th were said to be conducted by the United States but was blamed on al Qaeda; Operation Northwoods seemingly shows how ruthless, cruel and the distance the government is willing to go in order to gain political support by attempting to start wars with foreign communist countries.

Imagine a future more advanced than the time we live in. A future filled with inventions we can only imagine, a future where a single thought can takes us across the world in a matter of seconds. Redundant to the sentence above it. Can you imagine a future where militaries can cloak their ships making it invisible to the human eye? Is this an interesting future? Carlos Meredith Allen or Allende, was born on May 31, 1925; in Springdale Pennsylvania to an English father and a French mother. Growing up, Allende display signs of brilliance in school but never uses his brilliance to his advantage. Allende then grew up, and claimed that the U.S. Navy hid facts about their Philadelphia Experiment. On the other hand, the U.S. Navy said they never conducted a Philadelphia Experiment and Allende was only trying to start a conspiracy. Allende may be telling the truth about the navy hiding facts about the Philadelphia Experiment, or the U.S. truly did not conduct the experiment and Allende is trying to create a conspiracy. With Allende’s unrealistic story and as the only person to come out about the Philadelphia experiment, he is most likely trying to create a conspiracy. Also there is no evidence that the Navy conducted a Philadelphia Experiment. With no evidence,

I am on the affirmative side and I think that Human experimentation is important because scientists and doctors can find new and more effective treatments for diseases. Human experimentation is when human beings are used as test subjects to research scientific and medical resources. Scientists can start with hypotheses and test them on animals,but without human testing they will never know if the end results will actually make real human patients feel better. Experiments on people have contributed in great measure to medical progress; infant mortality has decreased by more than 75%,and many human diseases that were once fatal or widespread have become curable or have disappeared. Human experimentation is important for the good of all people.

The origin of this source comes from an American writer, Karen Blumenthal, so she was affected or she may have known someone who was affected by Prohibition.The purpose of this book is to inform others about the numerous ways alcohol was smuggled during Prohibition. The value of this source is that she also has written about other topics in the 1920’s such as the stock market crash in 1929, so she has knowledge about the time period. The content of this book was very valuable, as it talked about the the unintended consequences of Prohibition. Prohibition wanted to ban alcohol, but instead lead to the rise of gangs in America illegally smuggling the alcohol. The value of this book is that it is written by an expert, so the information in it well credible and trusted. However, a limitation is that the writen in 2011, so it isn’t a primary source. I learned from this source that illegally smuggling alcohol, or bootlegging was

From 1920-33, a mandate under the 18th amendment prohibited the distribution and consumption of alcohol in the United States of America. During this period, the number of federal convicts increased by 561% as well as organized crime among mafia and gangs. This leads to questioning the extent to which government health restrictions increased crime rate during the Prohibition of 1920-1933. To assess this topic, I will first research the history of alcohol consumption and the causes of the Volstead act proposed by the U.S. senate on December 18, 1917 (Hanson, “Alcohol”). I will then delve into the change in crime during this period and investigate important characters that played a role. From this, I will assess the part that the government restriction of alcohol played on crime rate.

To most a fairy tale, to some an interesting topic of discussion, however, to a small population, 5 % to be exact, Government conspiracy does exist. How, you might ask, do I intend to prove that indeed government conspiracy is real? I do not intend to prove it. In fact I only intend to inform you of its ever growing ploy of world domination, capitalism and control and open your mind to the idea that government conspiracy is out there. Throughout history as it is known to repeat itself, I will show facts that support this “theory” and dismiss the legendary lies we have been taught to believe through a system known as memetics.

Throughout the ages, many experiments have been performed on willing and unwilling participants. Some experiments happened to be non-harming, while others caused much distress, pain, and sometimes death to the subjects. Human experimentation today has greatly transitioned due to past experiences for the better of the participants. Some of the past experiments that brought upon the changes in laws and standards were the Little Albert Experiment, Stanford Prison Experiment, human vivisection, and the Tuskegee Experiments. Safety has become the major concept in the laws for human experimentation due because of many experiments in the fields of medical and psychological studies. With the standards in experimentation

Adding to this, even more blame should be placed on the government than the blame they are so valiantly trying to divert. It is the U.S. government’s fault that drugs are even remotely linked to terrorism. This is because the profitability of illicit drugs is the direct result of the prohibition of drugs by the government, and the U.S. is a leader of the world and is therefore the model for most other country’s prohibition laws on the same drugs.