Well, since this thread is getting silly (we haven't had a frivolous one for awhile, thanks Geoff) here's a more serious article for reading:
"Suppose that the truth really is "out there," as The X-Files postulated, but not exactly where you might expect. In other words, rather than a vast government conspiracy to conceal proof that aliens have visited Earth, perhaps the real plot lies elsewhere. The entertainment industry, for instance, is constantly putting out films, TV shows, and pseudo-documentaries suggesting that Americans are being visited or even abducted in droves by gray-skinned, strangely kinky spacemen-and that the government wants to keep it all quiet. Dark Skies, Roswell, Fox's Alien Autopsy special . Could the real conspiracy be on the part of the mass media and designed to make people believe in UFOs because it helps ratings?"
The rest of the story is here:
http://slate.msn.com/?id=2074656&device=
Paul
> Paul
> do some work. You have a family and a website to support.
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> Oh and:
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