Hi all,
Just thought I'd get your take on something that happened to me recently.
About a week ago (give or take) I decided to head over to the 10K Lakes Festival, which is about 45 minutes from where I live. I got a one day pass at
the "gate" and went pretty much just to see some specific bands that I like, that were playing that day.
What you need to understand about "10K" is that it is supposed to be a gathering of people who consider themselves to be "outsiders" at least as
far as the mainstream goes. What I found interesting though, is that no one at this festival or any really, that I've been to- is educated on or much
less interested in learning about, what's going on in "the real world" (behind the scenes, or basically- what's talked about here). And while
rampant drug use is considered normal by those 'running the operation' it seems that intellectual discourse is no where to be seen.
While this in itself makes one wonder, that is only the beginning. Since this was my first time at 10K I really had no idea what to expect, so I was
trying to be extra 'observent' of the whole cherade. The first "headliner" band that played was Wookiefoot, and during the middle of the
performance, while the 'psychedelic' type music is playing (and immediately after they'd just been singing over and over again "Ya just gotta
smile" or something along those lines)- the lead singer says something that shocked me. He said "You know- we've got people on the right talking
about terrorism, and getting everyone worked up, and we've got people on the left
paranoid about the illuminati[...]we just gotta smile"

That's pretty insane, considering I didn't hear one person at this thing mention the Illuminati, and my guess is that most there didn't know
anything about it. Then I started to think about how mass manipulation is applied and thought, 'Is there a reason that they just put the words
"paranoid" and "illuminati" together, while at the same time presenting these words within the false left-right paradigm?' Well "Maybe, they
just over heard a fan or two on the road mention the Illuminati, and they're just ignorant" was my 'trying not to be paranoid' thought
response.
Later I notice that on this big metal, "field goal" looking thing, there is a flag hanging with a Skull and cross bones. Hmmm? Immediately I thought
of the CIA/Skull and Bones connection we all know so much about. And at this point, I'm becoming more and more convinced this is a PsyOp, but I'm
not totally convinced.
Then comes the strangest part of the night. The final performer comes on, which is the Flaming Lips. "alright" I think "these guys are good, this
should be somewhat entertaining, even if this is a psyOp." Suddenly I notice that they start 'projecting' images onto a screen behind them on the
stage. And what was the main image on the screen my friends? A god damned triangle, with all sorts of other occult looking symbols and shapes around
it, as well as a circle inside of it. Now I'm freaking out a little bit-
So I start talking to my girlfriend about this (she's thinking the same thing) and I say- "Ya know, I wonder if we aren't really living in a sort
of Orwellian state, where the whole operation is just much more covert than in 1984. I wonder if this whole thing is a PsyOp.." etc. etc. As I'm
saying this- I notice that people are walking by and kind of giving me weird looks, so I say to her "Maybe I should cool it a little, it looks like
I'm freaking people out or something.." Now almost as if on cue- someone suddenly grabs my shoulders, I turn around and see a security guy, and he
waves to another security person and says to her, "Hey let's get a Staff Photo over here." My girlfriend protests "we really don't want a
photo!" The guy holding my shoulders doesn't seem to hear and they take a photo anyway. The girl then says to the guy next to me, "We got a good
one" and they walk off together in the other direction"
We left immediately
[edit on 4-8-2008 by TRUTHequalsFREEDOM]