[John Leland 1789]

History is full of conspiracies. Not theories — real conspiracies. And no Bible-reading and believing Christians fail to see real conspiracies in biblical history (which is an important segment of world history) and prophecy, too. Mr. Rush Limbaugh likes to accuse people who study history and political movements and understand these things, “conspiracy nuts,” but there are conspiracies.

If 21 members of the congress, 20 of them being republicans felt compelled to so warn the president in writing, a document that would go public, it is because that they do understand that conspiracies are common among men in power the world over.

[RoadTest]

You are right. The definitive modern book on cospiracies, “The Unseen Hand” by Ralph Apperson, has as its introducing theme: “Events don’t just happen; they are caused.”

[cgbg]

There are conspiracies--but often-times there are just a lot of people who are in power who want to do some stuff.

They don't have to have any meetings to conspire. They share common goals and routinely work towards them.

Actually I have just described Hillary's "vast right wing conspiracy". What she can't fathom is that someone might pursue an objective because it is the right thing to do and because they share common values. Certainly she would never do that, so she can't imagine anyone else would either.

btw imho the Kennedy Assassination was a bona fide conspiracy between significant elements of the CIA (betrayed by JFK at the Bay of Pigs) and the Mafia (betrayed by JFK when Marcello was kidnapped by the Feds and forcibly removed from the country.) I also believe LBJ and Jay Edgar Hoover both knew in broad terms that the plot was afoot and jointly directed the cover-up after the fact.

Even in that conspiracy there were probably very few actual meetings but rather a general consensus as to how to proceed.