Originally posted by HotSauce
reply to post by The Shrike
I caught Hoagland in a lie once too..I walked by him and he had his mouth open so I knew he must by lying.
Nice job nailing him though.
Of course, Hoagland lies. The man has to make a living after the so-called Face Mars petered out a decade ago. What's a guy like him to do for a
living? Hoagland, by dint of his early reporting career, is an entertainer, a showman. You know, exactly like Sagan. (Opps, sorry, I forgot for a
second there are legions of Sagan worshippers out there!)
Some of these folks do it for money, some to make a name for themselves, and some do it because that is their job given by the PTB, and some are more
than one of those rolled together. Collectively we can call them entertainers because bogus or genuine, on the side of UFOs or vocally against
(Sagan, again) they are in show biz. That is part of the structure fashioned for us that keeps UFOs/ETs in the mythical "maybe" realm. It is good
for the enlightenment-by-slow-degrees business. Now you see it! (Maybe I did!) Now you don't! (Wait, didn't I see it?)
The creator of the Greatest Show on Earth, P. T. Barnum is quoted as saying: "Without promotion something terrible happens...Nothing!"
Analyze it, argue over it, create hoaxes, try to build a DIY UFO, blame the government, set out for all night vigils, whatEVER! It is all part of
the process, folks. Enjoy it all. ('Course, its gets tiring to some us as old as dirt.)