The "Michael Hastings was a hit job" people keep forgetting one unavoidable fact.

[Archae]

Shit happens.

A witness to the crash says Hastings was driving like a bat out of hell, Mercedes or not, drving like he was, I'm not surprised he lost control and smashed into a tree.

If I say Obama is part of a conspiracy to put a Satanic Kenyan in the White House, I'm called a nut.
If I say Bill Clinton had dozens of people killed, I'm called a nut.

But the pet left-wing conspiracy theories, even after for all intensive purposes are proven to be absolute bullshit, "Oh that's different!"

Michael Hastings drive too fast and ran into a tree.
A left-wing nut shot JFK.
An Arabic nut shot RFK.
A certified nut shot Reagan.
We went to the Moon.
There is no "Illuminati" or "Cabal of Jews/Satanists/whatever."

Case closed. (Except to the Alex Jones/Coast To Coast AM fruitcakes.)

[longship]

1. But, but, but, what about my late night space alien anal probing?

I suppose that was just my imagination.

[flamingdem]

9. omg

[Buzz Clik]

2. LIHOP! MIHOP!

Were those people crazy?

I rest my case.

[Enrique]

3. how can the case be closed?

it just happened a couple of days ago.

[hootinholler]

19. Because the OP said so.

Personally, I have no idea if the dude was prone to running red lights at high speeds, or if something spooked him. The fact is that bad things happen to good reporters.

[Egalitarian Thug]

4. FFS. If you're going to write condescending and purposefully insulting posts, at least take a moment

and learn the proper phrases you use.

The phrase you want is "for all intents and purposes"

And don't forget to check the spelling.

[Archae]

14. Because it's near-automatic sometimes.

Plane crash? "Conspiracy!" "Cover-up!"

Car crash? "Conspiracy!" "Cover-up!"

Stub my toe? "Conspiracy!" "Cover-up!"

[HardTimes99]

30. Well, this is SoCal and you know how laid back we usually are. So maybe it

was for 'intensive purposes' !

[pinboy3niner]

37. We may be laid back here, but we take our purposes intensively, dammit!

[KurtNYC]

5. WHY was he driving like "a bat out of hell"? n/t

[Archae]

11. Who knows?

Why does anyone decide to drive way too fast?

In 1980 I was hit head-on by a woman driving too fast.
Was I the victim of a "conspiracy?"

[KurtNYC]

20. You said the case was closed so I thought perhaps you would know

[Fire Walk With Me]

21. Exactly. If the FBI dogging him caused him to become upset and change his behavior

into modes dangerous to himself, they are guilty of reckless endagerment or even domestic terrorism (by their own definition; look it up).

Aaron Schwartz was dogged by DOJ unto suicide. Even if it's not as clear a someone firing a gun, there are other methods of endangering and harming others.

[KurtNYC]

23. I wouldn't reach a conclusion without more facts -- one of which being: WHY was he driving ~80MPH?

and blowing through red lights in a heavily residential neighborhood of Hollywood at 4AM.

[Archae]

28. I realize even suggesting this may be blasphemy...

But it just might be possible he was DUI.

[EOTE]

25. Exactly.

I keep hearing those who denigrate the "grassy knoll conspiracy theorists" keep pointing to that as if it suggests that foul play WASN'T involved. This is what appears to be a rational man and he's driving extremely fast and blowing red lights. WHY was he doing that? I have a feeling he's just not the type to drive incredibly recklessly like that.

[SharonAnn]

38. Fell asleep (passed out) with foot on the accelerator. That's how my nephew died. at 5 AM.

Or, the car was tampered with causing it to speed up.

Or ?????

[Rex]

6. 'Shit happens' enables CTs...amazing watching the haters

enable CTs with incredibly weak responses. Hey maybe that is a CT in and by itself!

[Marr]

7. I was going to say it's silly to make assertions either way, when I realized...

the only people I see making assertions are the ones insisting it was just an accident. Why are you so certain? And why the constant strawman about 'Obama killing this guy' or ordering it done? I haven't seen anyone make such a crazy claim.

I haven't seen any evidence of foul play here, but you know, considering the circumstances, I don't think it's crazy to consider the possibility, either.

[Rex]

13. Funny, I noticed that too and have been posting about it!

The instant denials, funny how no one suggested the FBI had him killed. Only the CT haters! Makes the paranoid mind ad an extra layer of tinfoil to their hat imo.

[Life Long Dem]

8. He was flying through red lights because he had a bomb in his car

And was trying to get to the cops. Or it was a stick of dynamite and he was trying to catch the wind to blow out the fuse. None make any sense.

[BeyondGeography]

10. There are all sorts of cacahuètes in the can

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We have 'em, too.

[still_one]

12. Sorry I saw Capricorn I, and we never went to the moon. It was a Hollywood set

[EOTE]

27. That was Mars. nt

[still_one]

32. No it was An la sound stage

[Liberal Veteran]

15. I'm still sticking to my rabid unicorns were chasing him theory.

You can't disprove it, so it must be true.

[struggle4progress]

29. Effin unicorns!

I hates em!

[cali]

16. ack. lame. and I think that odds are great that he simply had an accident

you do realize that outlandish things happen, right?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgi_Markov

but your post is priceless for the hilarious misuse of the word "intensive".

[Bluenorthwest]

17. For all intensive purposes?

Ah, why bother. The sparkling verbiage speaks for itself.

[cherokeeprogressive]

34. Hey, be nice. It's a tough road to hoe, all things being sequel. n/t

[Electric Monk]

18. I think it's adorable how you're conviced that Chiropracty is an organized global scam, but

there is no way that an organization such as the Illuminati could ever have possibly existed.

[Archae]

22. The Illuminati did exist. Past tense.

Aristocrats, royalty and their goons wiped them out.

Look it up.

http://www.skepdic.com/illuminati.html

[freshwest]

36. You're no fun, Archae. And you're trampling on the Zeitgeist faith, which has millions of faithful.

It was a satisfying mental masturbation while it lasted. And you will catch hell for daring to speak against the cult. There's always been a lot of money to be made in CT.

Shame on you!



But no kidding, hugs and kisses for that link. Very good. Just when I was going out the door.



Personally, though, the last time I was hit in an auto crash and knocked out, it seemed like a government conspiracy. They wanted to silence me!

[alphafemale]

24. ...and Vince Foster shot HIMSELF in the head.

Obama was born in the USA.

[Jackpine Radical]

26. Maybe he was fleeing someone.

[HardTimes99]

31. Thank you. That was the idle thought I had yesterday - that there might

have been some car pursuing him. I have not heard any of the witnesses say anything one way or the other and I'm not sure how one would investigate such a possibility.

[sigmasix]

33. how difficult?

How difficult would it be to install a radio control device that turns off the braking mechanism and leaves the throttle open? I'm not even remotely convinced that this is what happened; just wondering if such a device is possible...

[RobertEarl]

35. Not too hard

Most new cars have computer controlled brake and throttle systems.

What might be hard is finding out if the computer was hacked.

[Archae]

39. What's even going to be harder...

When all the investigations point to a simple car accident.

I'm not saying that will definitely be the outcome, but all the current evidence looks like it.