115 Flags and only 30 Diggs?

Come on now! Everyone who flags should also be digging!

Originally posted by SkepticOverlord
It hasn't been until the Bush administration (and to some extent the previous Clinton administration) that the speculated activities of the US Shadow Government took on globalist tendencies.

Again, the Bush administration had little or nothing to do with the expansion of the shadow government and the New World Order. In my own view, the Bush administration was an ineffectual "front" designed to absorb the misdirected heat of an increasingly frustrated public, while the U.S. Congress committed more vile and corrupt acts than Bush ever did, and with seeming impunity.

The expansion of the shadow government and NWO global activities goes back much further than a mere 10-20 years — Lest we forget, it was FDR himself who empowered the United Nations, which for the last 65 years has campaigned for globalist initiatives, not the least of which is destroying U.S. sovereignty.

However, we're going way off topic here. Thanks to ATS for the time and effort in compiling the Top 10, which I'm sure will be an ongoing and evolving work.

— Doc Velocity

Beautiful job!!

Wonderfully put together, eloquent, nicely stated with links.

Awesome!!

I'm a little confused by the perspective of #9, Organized Religion. The second paragraph seems unrepentantly anti-Roman Catholic, without any thought to the history of many figures in the history of Christianity, such as Francis of Assisi, who were reformers in their own right.

It also seems to suggest that these first Protestant followers of Christianity were somehow more in touch with the "original" vision of Jesus. (And not working out of the socio-economic tensions that emerged from a more consolidated middle class versus their feudal overlords.) Where would, for example, John Locke's use of Protestant Christianity to justify the slave trade or Dutch Calvinism's emphasis on the exploitation of third world country's fit in with this original vision of Jesus?

I'm not arguing that "organized religion" (whatever that means) is not frequently discussed on these boards. But the way that this issue was written seems almost bizarre in its bias. Some basic questions to ask, I would think, would be what is religion, what does it mean for a religion to be organized, and how does this organization form in to a conspiracy?

Thats an interesting result. I think most of my suggestions are on there, even 2012. Amazed to see a majority of us are interested in it.

Interesting list...not what id hoped for but oh well ..2012 and NWO surprised me being so high up...

GREAT WORK ATS!!

Great idea, well compiled and well delivered.

Thank you and keep up the good work!!

WHY ARE THESE STILL BEING CALLED THEORIES!

Kind of reflects how people are for the most part self absorbed and short sighted. I wonder what the Top 10 would have been 10 years ago, or even 10 years from now?

See what I mean? Excellent idea guys and I am glad to have been part of this poll. I am satisfied with the results overall.

The greatest conspiracies are unknown to me.

This is great. I do think that the different UFO topics kind of broke up the votes a little bit..but very cool!

The survey turned out good! pretty much the way I voted although I am disappointed that Operation: paperclip did not make it.

Well done.
One gripe I don't get the JFK thing? even if you got the whole truth they are most likely dead anyway it's a done deal.