Folks, Our Country Is In Peril

[No Exit]

Folks, our country is in peril

by C.R., Unknown News

Jan. 6, 2006

"If this were a dictatorship, it would be a heck of a lot easier, just so long as I'm the dictator." - G. W. Bush
"See in my line of work you got to keep
repeating things over and over and over
again for the truth to sink in, to kind of
catapult the propaganda." - G. W. Bush
"They never stop
thinking about new
ways to harm our
country and our people,
and neither do we." - G. W. Bush

Instead of making you dumber by reading more things our "President" has said publicly, let's chat for a minute about
some things that run in stealth mode on most Americans' radar screens.
In a society where it's become taboo to talk about real issues that might actually involve truth and/or reality or help you or your family, we've instead been coerced down a path of groveling and raving lunacy! Just turn on government mouthpieces like the Fox "News" Channel or Rush Limbaugh for proof of the ensuing madness (then quickly turn them off).

When the PNAC crowd wasn't busy engineering 9/11, they were laying out what they would do afterwards. After all, you can't go around breaking up America and the rest of the world without proper justification. You need planes crashing into buildings and massive explosions, imploding skyscrapers, fire, smoke, mass panic, thousands dead, and most importantly: FEAR beamed directly into everyone's brains via live network satellite feed. That's what you need. Justification. Fear of a hidden enemy, supposedly controlling all the destruction from a cave somewhere, that somehow got past our trillion dollar defense system catching everyone off guard. Suuuure. Sounds like a good B movie or even an after school special starring Nicolas Cage. It made quite an impact though, didn't it? Sure did. Didn't the Cars have a song "You're Just What I Needed"?

Then Congress passes the PATRIOT Act without even reading it, and not too far off we have the Homeland Security Act and subsequently the biggest reorganization and expansion of the US government in hundreds of years. Thanks a lot guys. And to think the Bush family got their start financing Hitler. Who would've guessed? But never mind all that, now it's time for war.

(snip)

http://www.unknownnews.org/060106a-cr.html

[fooj]

1. This article scared the crap out of me, as well.

http://usatoday.com/news/opinion/editorials/2006-01-09-troubling-times_x.htm

IMO, Turley is telling it like it is.

Peace.

[McKenzie]

2. I think it's "perception management" No Exit

Chomsky did an excellent lecture on this issue. He begins in the 1920's with the birth of the modern PR movement and the assumption that the public needs to be kept in the dark so the "smart guys" can get along with running the show.

My reply is a tad off topic but I think it does tie in with the content of your post - what is happening is the deliberate use of propaganda, distorted messages, disinformation, COINTELPRO etc. Whatever label we stick on it the effect is the same - certain topics are not allowed to enter the public forum.

The chilling thing I took from Chomsky's work was a concept he termed the deliberate development of "hopelessness" (I think that's not the exact term he used but it's sufficiently close) amongst the public. In effect, we feel can't do anything about the shittiness of what is happening. Consequently, we switch off and turn to the boatload of diversions on offer. Fortunately, a growing number of us want something more out of life than "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" or reality TV (I wouldn't allow a television into my house if I didn't watch Formula 1 races...that's a parallel universe though...other than that the Idiot's Lantern lives in the attic most of the time).

Yes, we are in peril (I'm typing this from the UK and we're headed up shit creek too BTW although not quite as rapidly). However, where there is life there is hope. It's bloody daunting but never give up...EVER.

Meanwhile, my toast is ready and I have to head to my office.

Cheers No Exit

Edited - speling

[bananas]

6. Buffy was great!

It was about teen angst and many sociological issues yadda yadda yadda
It was truly well done in terms of art philosophy acting cinematography etc.
What was really amazing was how they could portray sex between a 14-year old girl and a 1000-year old dead guy and get past the censors.
I think it was too deep for the censors, they didn't realize what was going on.

[libodem]

3. I wish the people at free republic could see this

If you had the same article and said the Democrats endorsed the same ideology they would go crazy. If those words came out of Clinton's mouth what would they think? How fun would be to trick them into thinking that their 'enemies' did all those things and said that crap? Then listen to them rave about how horrible 'they' are. Then tell them the truth. Crushing blow. Oops off in fantasy land again:hide:

[bananas]

4. Our country ended in 2000

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=364&topic_id=88029&mesg_id=88029

[Peter Frank]

5. Be of good cheer...

The arrogant are learning the hard lessons of humility as we speak. :)

[bananas]

7. Thanks for that

I am feeling very cynical right now.

[izzie]

8. I think news has always been like this.

Most people do not get into the meat of any of it. Most people hardly have the time. The House does worry me but that also has had trouble over the years. Seems like for years the top guys have been crooks. Go back to Wright. I think the founders knew this and just hoped with the mess they set up that the best would come to the top over the crooks. They were looking for virtue and talent and not 'ravenous beast of pray' (as one wrote) or wealth and family power. Power always has to be under control of the people or power will vote its self in to perpetual power. Is that sp. right?