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Confession:
I probably spend way too much of my time reading blogs on the internet. I admit a ravenous appetite for the opinions of free thinkers.

I once read a quote by F. Scott Fitzgerald:

The mark of a first-rate intelligence, is the capacity to entertain two contradictory propositions in one’s mind simultaneously without going crazy.

I knew that I must be crazy, because I am just not that smart. A first-rate intelligence…nope. Not even third-rate, if you know what I mean.

In a former incarnation of mine, I fancied myself an itinerant preacher of sorts. Spewing forth the things that I was taught to anyone that would stop and listen. A real narrow mind and not very open to contradictions. And then one day, it happened.

I asked myself, what if.

At that moment, my house of cards lay in ruins at my feet and I was immersed in the sea of self doubt. I knew nothing for certain anymore and that’s when, in my experience, I began to learn.

So, what’s that got to do with Les Visible, and his Smoking Mirrors blog.

I stumbled across his site in my search for the truth about 9/11 and I was hooked. His tag line is “As long as certain twisted souls feel the need to lie, cheat and murder to achieve their ends some of us need to keep pointing it out…” Definitely my kind of guy. (I mean that in a manly way, you know.)

His writing style assumes you have intelligence and I always love a writer like that. And he attracts some equally intelligent comments from his readers.

This afternoon, I read a very fascinating article “In the Land of Personal Darkness” and it is excellent. (I re-linked to his site after realizing my pettiness was visible for all to see.)

Three of the comments moved me to write this recommendation. This one in particular, by cranston.

Just one final note about your writings….
Without them I would be a much less sane and rational person.
Without them I would still be trying to wipe the mud off my glasses.

Your words (writings) have even more value than I think you are aware of.

The contributors to his sites are some amazing people that give me hope, knowing there are unknown others out there fighting the fight.

Just google smoking mirrors.