Blogging from the Bog

   The Internet, as a source of information, has given us unprecedented access to a variety of material.  How we analyse and interpret this data is unique to each individual.  In some rare cases the enormous potential of stored documents can be retrieved, assembled, and presented for the consumption and criticism of millions.  The only stumbling block of course is apathy.

   The best example found yet of the greatest potential for the internet has to be in the research done by Paul Thompson.  Paul was an environmental researcher who was well adept to hunting things down online.  When he spotted anomolies or contradictory evidence in his field it would peak his interest and he would endeavour to get all the facts he could find.  Such was the case when he did some investigating outside of his work related field.  He objectively began to accumulate information online from news sources thoughout the world and presented this documentation, without commentary, to all that would listen.  He didn’t need to make any subjective representation of the data, the conspiracy theorists did that for him.  Paul presents his research in this video of what he gleaned from the mainstream media.

   Ciaran, in his blog, has some comments about the futility of internet usage and the complacency it creates.  Denis is sounding the alarm, is anyone listening?  Branedy raises the ultimate question.  Mick Hall over at Organized Rage speculates on security and the deterioration of civil rights.  These bloggers and many many others are bringing forth bits and pieces of information about how our world has changed and how it continues to change.  How on earth can all this material be assembled, analysed, and presented in a rational way for the common good?  That is the future challenge of the Internet user.

   All the legal requirements are in place, psychologically we are ready, and the hardware is available.  If I was the Grand Poobah of the Illuminati I would surmise that the time is ripe for a catastrophic event, before the US general election, to complete the task that the conspiracy theorists have been warning us about.