The Ballad Of Alex Jones

If Fox Mulder's paranoia were ever to turn into its own human that human would be Alex Jones. Alex Jones is the owner and operator of Infowars and Prisonplanet. He operates from Austin and has quite a following.

Alex Jones sees conspiracy in everything, he freely uses words such as "shadow government", "global banker elites", "new world order", "police state", and my favorite "staged event".

Here is the thing though, his show is some compelling radio! I can't stop myself from listening to it at work on my favorite app, Wunder Radio. There is also a free Alex Jones app on iTunes if you don't want to spend the rather cheap fee to hear thousands of radio stations from all around the world.

If you are the least bit paranoid about the government not being square with you, this is your show.
If you are the least bit paranoid about the direction the world is taking, this is your show.
If you are worried about politicians becoming too powerful and not working in your best interest, this is your show.

Alex is not a conservative, not a liberal, in fact politically I don't know where paranoid is on the left/right spectrum but he has it in spades. Despite that I like Alex. He is an alarmist, a radical, some believe he is the Paul Revere of his time, and completely sincere. His gruff voice rings the alarms to wake up the sheeple and make them aware of their surroundings and what he feels is happening to you and your freedoms.

I don't really share that belief as conspiracies on the scale he talks about would just be impossible to keep a secret. I fall along the line of thought that the simplest explanation is probably the correct explanation. Bad events happen because of bad guys with bad intentions.

You have to be careful when you listen to his show as it is deceptively enticing...well not exactly. While I don't doubt Alex in his sincerity of his beliefs it does appear that everything has a conspiracy behind it. I'm not talking about knee deep in conspiracy, I'm talking Challenger Deep type of conspiracy.

From air dispersal of Valium to make the population complacent to a police state all the way to the legendary Illuminati and Bilderberg group and how they are going to rule the world...someday. That day hasn't happened but by golly it's coming, right?

I do love the idea that Alex Jones promotes of being self sufficient. Living off of the grid, LOVE that idea! I'd love to have a year of food stored, be able to make my own water from the humidity in the air (Not kidding) have a big wind generator coupled with solar panels. Yeah I think all of that is a good idea on many levels and for most citizens too. Total independence from the utility cartel elitists (sorry just made that up on the fly) is what I'd love to live like someday!

Natural disasters, power outages, the occasional zombie apocalypse of doom, there are many reasons for being self sufficient and it is about securing your safety and that of your family and friends. Surviving a police state takeover of the USA? Not so much.

It'll be interesting to see what happens to Alex Jones over the years. Ok check it, if everything he says is correct then the government/elite world bankers/Illuminati can't afford to let anything happen to him as his untimely demise would cause his believers to go berserk over his martyrdom. If he is a raving lunatic then he will eventually give himself enough rope to hang his career.

He is sort of in a no win situation from my point of view as he is loved, hated, and everything in between but I'll continue to listen because he is just so darn entertaining!