First of all, Little Hawk, I think we cross-posted. My remark was addressed to GUEST. The statistics regarding illegal immigrants have been drizzling in for decades. That they should be a surprise to anyone is a surprise to me. Big bloody revelation! Hey!! Did you know that the sun rises in the East!??? Wow!!!

What you said in your post immediately above my last post, I agree with 100%.

And Bill, exactly so. I've heard dozens of conspiracy theories like this all my life. I think everyone has. There's always someone out there who's "in the know" (wink wink, tap side of nose), and he's going to let you in on—The Big Secret.

And then he lays some story on you that involves a cabal of wealthy people, often disliked merely because they are wealthy and/or politicians who belong to the Other Party. They're engaged in an intricate, convoluted, and downright baroque plot to Take Over the World and Make Slaves of Us All. The details and "circumstantial evidence" become mind-boggling in their complexity—and their very "circumstantialness," if I may use such a word. Then, when you are not immediately convinced, the teller of the tale often becomes contemptuous or abusive, accusing you of rank ignorance, lack of imagination (!), stupidity, having a vested interest that causes you to deceive yourself, or actually being in on the plot yourself!   

I'm sure this sort of thing has been going on for millennia. And once in a great while, one of the hundreds, if not thousands, actually turns out to be true! And, of course the person "in the know" cites that as further evidence for his story.

The story that GUEST is trying to put across does have some elements of truth to it. But he's knitted those elements together with so much supposition and assumption and offered downright irrelevant information by way of "evidence," (typical of the classic, blatant "conspiracy theory"), then strains to expanded it to a global scale. It simply lacks credibility.

There are enough real predators out there for me to waste my time trying to hunt down the Dreaded Tyrannohipporhinogriffosaurus Rex.

Definitely! One should keep an open mind.

But not so open that your brain drops out!

Don Firth