New World Order DVD

Alex Jones is a radio host/conspiracy theorist who, while being loud and boisterous, makes many an intersting point. His latest DVD New World Order follows him and several others world wide as they attempt to confront lies about 9/11, Waco, Ruby Ridge and the Bilderbereg group. I only wish they came across a little more sane on tape.
What they are doing I belive to be important, and I understand their passion about the truth. However yelling at people and protesting on the side of street corners will only get you so far. Worse, it makes you like a little suspect at times. See some of the Tea Party members for how not to behave at a rally.
The DVD makes some excellent points but seems to be more about the individuals involved than the stories itself. One, a former cop, makes the biggest impact. Others, particularily two younger men from the south, come across as kind of hickish. Once again, I really respect what these guys are doing, but passing pamplets out and hassling onlookers aren't going to win you any friends.
Alex Jones is another story. I like the guy. I read his posts everyday and agree with him an just about everything except global warming being a hoax (it isn't). Unfortantly, his protests and speeches come off as very Hitlereque. At one speech he seemed to be channeling the ex-fuhrer with such ferocity that all that was missing was a little mustache. This is not to belittle the man or speak badly. I believe his views to be right but he needs to tone down the rhetoric a little if he wants more than the fringe to follow him.
The Dvd is okay. It'd an intersting look at the people who follow the conspiracy theories not so much at the theories themselves. Several times, a few of them get outwitted by frat boys, which doesn't bode well for any kind of movement they want started. If you want to win an argument, you have to know all the facts and crush people when they challenge you with idiotic statements that have no basis in fact. For example one guy is accousted by a pentagon worker who challenged his belief that a plane hit the building. While I have no set belief on the matter, the lack of photographic evidence (even though 180 cameras caught the event) and the sheer impossibility of any plane hitting that building at the angle it did, does raise important questions. I just wish the believers were smart enough to answer them. Alex Jones would have ripped them a new one.

2 out 5 stars