# Is the government secretly...(conspiracy theories) **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [April 4, 2000, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-government-secretly-conspiracy-theories/9737 "2000-04-04T14:09:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![SingleDad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9e8a1a/32.png) [@SingleDad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SingleDad)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2000, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-government-secretly-conspiracy-theories/9737/21 "2000-04-05T02:24:00Z")
A must-read for anyone interested in conspiracy theories: [The Illuminatus Trilogy](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0440539811/qid=954901414/sr=1-1/103-8744660-1834244) by Robert Shea and Robert Anton Wilson * * * I sucked up to Wally and all I got was this lousy sig line! ---
**Author:** ![OrganicMatter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/898d66/32.png) [@OrganicMatter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OrganicMatter)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2000, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-government-secretly-conspiracy-theories/9737/22 "2000-04-05T02:51:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Antennas? What century are you living in? The bar codes are done in a special radioactive ink. That “scanner” really emits a burst of radiation that activates the ink and allows your every movement to be tracked. You’re assigned an ink “frequency” along with your social security number. That’s why George Bush had to act so surprised when he saw that supermarket scanner; he couldn’t risk letting on that he’d helped develop them back in his CIA days. That’s very funny except that was one of the George Bush “shopper doubles.” It’s much more sinister than you are revealing here. * * * The more things change, the harder it is to finish this sentence. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-government-secretly-conspiracy-theories/9737.md?page=1)