1.   Conspiracy buffs are having a field day speculating about White House motives.

2.   Conspiracy buffs would have us believe that Ray is totally innocent, that he had nothing to do with the crime.

3.   And in that painstaking process, he plows toward a conclusion guaranteed to disenchant the conspiracy buffs.

4.   Anonymous callers to the Police De partment and Internet conspiracy buffs see it differently.

5.   At first, I was the darling of the conspiracy buffs when I criticized the ham-fisted tactics used by the government during the Mount Carmel raid and lengthy siege.

6.   At another point, conspiracy buffs charge that King was really assassinated by Army Special Forces troops.

7.   A panel of conspiracy buffs spent much of their time saying conspiracy-mongers can go too far.

8.   Conspiracy buffs figure the NBA will rig it so Jordan does get a top-three pick to help him in his rebuilding of the Wizards.

9.   Even the fact that conspiracy buffs viewed that case as a cover-up is testament to the pit-bullish nature of Arizonan watchdogs.