Greg Reese Reports On All Sides Of July 13; Owen Benjamin Brings Out Absurdities: Photographer Doug Mills Who Got Blue Say Bullet Shot Also Got GW Bush 9/11 Classroom Photo
This Is How "Seeing" Happens Best, When All "Sides" Are Included At The Same Time, And When Comedy Becomes The Medium Of The Unexplained and Inexplicable Americana
Greg Reese’s latest report here.
The fact I find to be a show stopper is that the photographer who got the bullet shot is the very same photographer who photographed GW Bush on 9/11 in the classroom, reading to kids. His name is Doug Mills.
If you want to hear a very entertaining riff on that, I have found none better than Enfant Terrible Owen Benjamin, who does “conspiracy comedy” better than anybody.
You can skip to about 14 minutes in, if you want to start with the July 13 material.
Clip here. (Skip first 12-14 minutes.)
For all his shock tactics, Benjamin finds details nobody else finds. He’s not trying to be part of the club, at all, as far as I can tell. I don’t think he’s “right about everything.” I do think he’s cornered a fusion art form, which is conspiracy theories woven into comedic performance. It makes it all much less tedious.
It’s almost like there’s a conspiracy to turn everyone into a conspiracy theorist
I have withheld commenting on this because it has been such a barrage and every detail which piles on just adds another layer off bizarre to the story. It is an experience which is so similar to researching the JFK assassination. My gut says something is off about nearly every aspect of it--from the bullet photo, yes, to the shift in media discussion and world leaders. All of it is wrong and nearly every aspect of it is a lie--which makes me wonder what really happened--not in Butler, per se, but writ large. Some fundamental realignment has taken place, why? And what new sinister hell is being planned?
But in the end, I just don't want to be the rabbit following their trail of carrots.