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[Jim DiEugenio]

My feelings are very close to those of Charles and Jan. Why label at all? It turns the whole thing into a question of who is right, them or us, when the question should be: what are the facts, and what do they tell us (or not tell us). Or as Jim put it: I deal in facts, and the conclusions that flow from them. If I have to refer to the people who have dedicated their talents, money, time and sometimes lives to unearthing some part of the truth of the matter, I refer to them as researchers or scholars or critics of the official position. But I prefer not to engage in the kind of discourse that repeatedly says: "LNs say this" or "CTs say that" (even if we found some more neutral label for the latter group). It is simply a distraction, and reinforces the ping-pong game that those who wish to diminish such efforts are wont to encourage.

But see, then in that LA Times article it then gets worse.

After not telling us the methodology or data used in the Nova experiment, they say they "have little hope that they will change those people's minds, no mater how good their science is...'That's because conspiracy theories make people feel safe.' McAdams says.

"There are a lot of advantages in believing in a conspiracy theory. People are proud to say, 'I'm skeptical. I don't buy the official version" he aid. "People don't fell comfortable believing that small, trivial causes--or sheer accident--can change history. They'd rather believe that dark forces are at work."

"I think there's something frightening about the idea of compete randomness--that you could just walk out of the house and get hit by a bus," said DeNooyer. "Its more comforting to think there's big, vast plan involved."

DeNooyer is the guy directing this dog and pony show. McAdams had them all on the same page. I wonder if McAdams was asked to explain why he lied about his name back at A COPA conference in the nineties. Or why he called Gary Aguilar a drug addict online. Nope.

Boy does this show sound a like a stinker or what. Boy and this DeNooyer guy must be a real sucker if he is falling for McAdams BS. Well, at least its not Robert Stone with Max Holland.

See, if you are doing nothing except using cheap smears in advance, and reveal not one iota about your process, then obviously the whoel thing is set up for the former and not the latter.