Who pulls the strings?

Please note before taking this poll: I am prone to silliness, and believe the only time ALL is lost is if we stop laughing. I am not making fun of conspiracy theorists. I happen to be one - though not of the nut job variety. (Example: I do not think Oswald acted alone. However, I also don't think C.I.A. agents popped out of the sewers in Dealey Plaza with rifles and noise makers.) History is largely a string of conspiracies. Not believing in conspiracies is like not believing in weather. Of course powerful groups conspire. Only in America do a substantial number go out of the way to condescend to the idea of conspiracies. It is a form of American exceptionalism. Ask the same folks if secret conspiracies among the ruling class existed in the Roman Empire or Elizabethan England - and they give a hearty: Of course!

Certain events, once given their close ups, make no sense sans conspiracy. (How did a guy who lost all the primaries in large, traditionally Democratic states and got fewer votes overall than his main opponent -still get the Democratic nomination?)

But we must always guard against the tinfoil hat brigade, often found swarming downtown Roswell and generally making fools of themselves on the History Channel.

Still there is so much to wonder about...

Have a wonderful Sunday!