Or incredibly minute. Because the idea of a conspiracy theorist is if i can prove this point, im proving the vast conspiracy. The reality is ive seen the government in operation, ive been in the media, most of these organizations could not conspire to have lunch. Theyre just not well organized. Host its the cover of a recent newsweek cover story. One of the quotes from that story, conspiracy theories have been woven into Society Since the constitution. It has now crossed a threshold experts say with delusions, fiction, and are now creating risks. What has changed in this country and the world that has made these theories more dangerous these days . Guest its a lot of things. You have a much more rapid source of communication in the internet. You create environments where people can go in and get this endless feedback loop where the only information theyre getting is from people they agree with. So people who believe 9 11 was an inside job go to sites led by people who believe 9 11 was
Everything has a danger. The question is, is the danger significant or not . The antivacciners are, again, living in a world of these vast conspiracies that are hiding these vast problems that dont exist, that have been disproven over and over again. The problem is we now have a recurrence measles was almost completely defeated in this country until the antivacciners came along. Now measles is on the up swing because of the antivacciners believing that this vaccine caused autism and other conditions when there is no reputable proof to back this up. Conspiracy theories work backwards. If you think about it, an event happens and you look at the event and say, well, wait a minute, could it be bigg bigger than whatever. And if youre actually asking questions to find out answers, you can find a real conspiracy. Conspiracy theoryists take those facts and unwind them on the basis of an original belief. Take the 9 11 truther, these are people who actually believe the Bush Administration knocke
Expense. If they live far from a va hospital, 40 miles is the agreedupon distance, you will secretary the. A. Ability to fire senior managers accused of mismanagement. They can obviously fire those who are ill performing. Timekes a very long because of federal rules about letting employees go and their process to appeal. This was one of the reasons the controversy started in the first place. V. A. More to come on this deal in the house and senate. Did address the immediate crisis of veterans being forced on the long waiting lines for health care. It strengthens the va so that we can put a permanent end to long waiting lists. It addresses the very serious problem of accountability and makes certain that this honest and incompetent senior officials at the va do not remain employed there and in addition and provide some other significant benefit for veterans and their families. Funding for veterans needs must be considered a cost of law, and appropriated as charges that they. Planes and t
Adjourned. During a briefing on monday on religious freedom secretary of state talked about the israelipalestinian conflict. All of his remarks in their entirety online. Here is some of what he said. As you all knowledge is returned from the middle east of paris where i had a series of discussions aimed at diaz could the conflict and that ending the rocket and tunnel attacks against israeli civilians and easing the suffering of innocent people everywhere in gaza, israel, the west bank. Today we are continuing to work toward establishing an unconditional humanitarian ceasefire, one that could honor even which begins now and we will stop the fighting, allowed desperately needed food and medicine and other supplies into gaza and enable israel to address the threat which we fully understand and which is real, the threat posed by tunnel attacks and soon be able to do so without having to resort that is what could come from the ceasefire. We believe the momentum generated and by a humanitari
A sustainable ceasefire. One that addresses all of the concerns, the longterm concerns as well, begin to talk about the underlying causes of the conflict in gaza, although they will not be resolved in the context of a ceasefire discussion. To try to build, to begin and move in a process and that is what we are trying to achieve. That thehe only way conflict is going to be resolved. If we can make some progress, the people in this region, who deserve peace, can take one step towards that elusive goal by stopping the violence which catches innocents on all sides in the crossfire and begin to try to build a Sustainable Way forward. Any process to asolve the crisis in gaza in lasting and meaningful way must lead to the disarmament of hamas and all terrorist groups. We will work closely with israel and regional partners and the International Community in support of this goal. We continue to have these discussions. In discussions succeeded putting a 12 hour humanitarian ceasefire in place. F