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April 17, 2007
Chemtrails
The other day I was reading a long post by Bill Whittle about critical thinking and conspiracy theories when I came across this
You know what these are? They’re Chemtrails.Wake up, sheeple!!
Chemtrails are one of two things:
A. They are slow-acting toxins dispersed from aerial refueling tankers designed to spread carcinogens and other lethal agents among the general population, with the goal of reducing the world’s population by 85%. They are dispersed in criss-cross patterns or a series of regular lines in order to obtain maximum coverage.
Or
B. They are the product of relatively modern, high-bypass turbofans operating at altitudes where water vapor is condensed and freezes into what is essentially an artificial cirrus cloud, which naturally follow the invisible airways and VOR turning points that make up the US Airspace system. They are Contrails.
Millions of your countrymen are choosing A. Millions.
Is he for real, I thought? I pulled up Google and typed in "Chemtrail" to see what might come up.
What I found is that Bill Whittle is right.
I found dozens, if not hundreds, of websites (including blogs) by people who think that the contrails you see in the sky are part of a government spraying program. While I'm sure his "millions of your countrymen" figure is exaggerated, that there is more than one who believes this nonsense is disturbing itself.
These people believe that the government has installed "sprayers" in commercial jet aircraft engines. These sprayers are connected to secret chemical tanks also installed on the aircraft. The long white contrail you see are the poisonous chemicals being sprayed at high altititues as they fly overhead.
Like all conspiracy theorists, they can't keep straight why the government is doing this. Some suggest population reduction, others climate change. Still others speculate that it's part of a vaccination program. Their websites are full of pseudoscientific claims about chemicals and weather patterns. They're quite convinced that they're on to a massive government conspiracy.
Now a normal person would think that with a program so massive someone in government or the airlines would have spilled the beans by this point. After all, even if only a small percentage of commercial jet airliners have had these sprayers installed, that's still a lot of aircraft.
More than that, this is the type of conspiracy I couldn't have thought of if I'd tried to. Space aliens, the Kennedy assassination, even 9-11 conspiracy theories "make sense" in that I can at least understand how they developed. But "chemtrails"? These people are nuts.
But arguing with a conspiracy theorist is a waste of time. So if you'd like some cheap entertainment head over to google and so a search for "chemtrail" or "chemtrails".
Update
Upon reading the Chemtrail sites a bit more, not all of then are saying that special spraying nozzles have been installed in jet aircraft engines. They seem to think that the chemicals are added to the fuel itself. It's still completely nuts, of course; try adding a quart of pesticide to your gas tank and see what it does to the engine.
Posted by Tom at April 17, 2007 6:56 PM
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please. please dont ignore this. whether you believe it is a conspiracy or a benign act, you must admit that the blue sky is being erased daily over thousands of cites in the United States and elsewhere. here in beautiful sedona, arizona, we haven't had our usual blue sky in weeks consistently, although the weather report is for sunny skies. we've lived here for 7 years. locals who have lived here for decades know that when a sunny day is predicted, it means a bright blue sky - usually without a cloud in sight (which is why it is so hot in the summer). now, day after day, we watch planes (We see them. It is not an imagination) fly over head and leave trails of "clouds." within hours, our blue sky is gone and all that is left is white streaks that eventually join together and block out the sun. the reactions are numerous - mostly sore throats, itchy eyes, aches and pains, dogs throwing up, asthma attacks, sleepiness, etc. this is not the imagination of conspiracy freaks. you'd be surprised at the conservative folks who notice - just plain old everyday Americans - not trouble makers. pleaes. don't ignore this. if you have google, add google alert to your page and list chem trails. you'll get tons of alerts every day. everyone is imagining this?
Posted by: nyacking at April 18, 2007 9:06 AM
I can't decide whether the above comment is parody or not. I'm worried it's not.
Posted by: Tom the Redhunter at April 18, 2007 7:17 PM
