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Title: Why Americans Will Believe Almost Anything
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Published: Nov 6, 2010
Author: Tim O'Shea
Post Date: 2010-11-06 16:14:56 by Original_Intent
Keywords: propaganda, Public Relations, mind control, perception management
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Why Americans Will Believe Almost Anything By Tim O'Shea 10-30-7 Aldous Huxley's inspired 1954 essay detailed the vivid, mind-expanding, multisensory insights of his mescaline adventures. By altering his brain chemistry with natural psychotropics, Huxley tapped into a rich and fluid world of shimmering, indescribable beauty and power. With his neurosensory input thus triggered, Huxley was able to enter that parallel universe described by every mystic and space captain in recorded history. Whether by hallucination or epiphany, Huxley sought to remove all bonds, all controls, all filters, all cultural conditioning from his perceptions and to confront Nature or the World or Reality first-hand - in its unpasteurized, unedited, unretouched infinite rawness. Those bonds are much harder to break today, half a century later. We are the most conditioned, programmed beings the world has ever known. Not only are our thoughts and attitudes continually being shaped and molded; our very awareness of the whole design seems like it is being subtly and inexorably erased. The doors of our perception are carefully and precisely regulated. Who cares, right? It is an exhausting and endless task to keep explaining to people how most issues of conventional wisdom are scientifically implanted in the public consciousness by a thousand media clips per day. In an effort to save time, I would like to provide just a little background on the handling of information in this country. Once the basic principles are illustrated about how our current system of media control arose historically, the reader might be more apt to question any given story in today's news. If everybody believes something, it's probably wrong. We call that CONVENTIONAL WISDOM In America, conventional wisdom that has mass acceptance is usually contrived: somebody paid for it. Examples: Pharmaceuticals restore health This is a list of illusions, that have cost billions to conjure up. Did you ever wonder why most people in this country generally accept most of the above statements? PROGRAMMING THE VIEWER Even the most undiscriminating viewer may suspect that TV newsreaders and news articles are not telling us the whole story. The slightly more lucid may have begun to glimpse the calculated intent of standard news content and are wondering about the reliability and accuracy of the way events are presented. For the very few who take time to research beneath the surface of the daily programming and who are still capable of independent thought, a somewhat darker picture begins to emerge. These may perceive bits of evidence of the profoundly technical science behind much of what is served up in mass media. Events taking place in today's world are enormously complex. An impossibly convoluted tangle of interrelated and unrelated occurrences happens simultaneously, often in dynamic conflict. To even acknowledge this complexity contradicts a fundamental axiom of media science: Keep It Simple. In real life, events don't take place in black and white, but in a thousand shades of grey. Just discovering the actual facts and events as they transpire is difficult enough. The river is different each time we step into it. By the time a reasonable understanding of an event has been apprehended, new events have already made that interpretation obsolete. And this is not even adding historical, social, or political elements into the mix, which are necessary for interpretation of events. Popular media gives up long before this level of analysis. Media stories cover only the tiniest fraction of actual events, but stupidly claim to be summarizing "all the news." The final goal of media is to create a following of docile, unquestioning consumers. To that end, three primary tools have historically been employed: deceit Over time, the sophistication of these tools of propaganda has evolved to a very structured science, taking its cues in an unbroken line from principles laid down by the Father of Spin himself, Edward L Bernays, over a century ago, as we will see. Let's look at each tool very briefly: DECEIT Deliberate misrepresentation of fact has always been the privilege of the directors of mass media. Their agents - the PR industry - cannot afford random objective journalism interpreting events as they actually take place. This would be much too confusing for the average consumer, who has been spoonfed his opinions since the day he was born. No, we can't have that. In all the confusion the viewer might get the idea that he is supposed to make up his own mind about the significance of some event or other. The end product of good media is single-mindedness. Confusion and individual interpretation of events do not foster the homogenized, one-dimensional lemming outlook. For this reason, events must have a spin put on them - an interpretation, a frame of reference. Subtleties are omitted; all that is presented is the bottom line. The minute that decision is made - what spin to put on a story - we have left the world of reporting and entered the world of propaganda. By definition, propaganda replaces faithful reporting with deceitful reporting. Here's an obvious example: the absurd and unremitting allegations of Saddam's weapons of mass destruction as a rationale for the invasion of Iraq. Of course none were ever found, but that is irrelevant. We weren't really looking for any weapons - but the deceit served its purpose - get us in there. Later the ruse can be abandoned and forgotten; its usefulness is over. And nobody will notice. Characterization of Saddam as a murderous tyrant was decided to be an insufficient excuse for invading a sovereign nation. After all, there are literally dozens of murderous tyrants the world over, going their merry ways. We can't be expected to police all of them. So it was decided that the murderous tyrant thing, though good, was not enough. To whip a sleeping people into war consciousness has historically involved one additional prerequisite: threat. Saddam must therefore be not only a baby-killing maniac; he must be a threat to the rest of the world, especially America. Why? Because he has weapons of mass destruction. For almost two years, this myth was assiduously programmed into the lowest common denominator of awareness which Americans substitute for consciousness. Even though the myth has now been openly dismissed by the Regime itself, the majority of us still believe it. Hitler used the exact same tack with the Czechs and Poles at the beginning of his rampage. These peaceful peoples were not portrayed as an easy mark for the German war machine - no, they were a threat to the Fatherland itself. Just like Albania in the Dustin Hoffman movie. And threats must be removed by all available force. With Iraq, the fact that UN inspectors never came up with any of these dread weapons before Saddam was captured - this fact was never mentioned again. That one phrase - WMD WMD WMD - repeated ad nauseam month after month had served its purpose - whip the people into war mode. It didn't have to be true; it just had to work. A staggering indicator of how low the general awareness had sunk is that this mantra continued to be used as our license to invade Iraq long after our initial assault. If Saddam had any such weapons, probably a good time to trot them out would be when a foreign country is moving in, wouldn't you say? No weapons were ever found, nor will they be. So confident was the PR machine in the general inattention to detail commonly exhibited by the comatose American people that they didn't even find it necessary to plant a few mass weapons in order to justify the invasion. It was almost insulting. So we see that a little deceit goes a long way. All it takes is repetition. Lay the groundwork and the people will buy anything. After that just ride it out until they seem doubtful again. Then onto the next deceit. DISSIMULATION A second tool that is commonly used to create mass intellectual torpor is dissimulation. Dissimulation simply means to pretend not to be something you are. Like some insects who can disguise themselves as leaves or twigs, pretending not to be insects. Or bureaucrats who pretend not to be acting in their own interest, but rather in the public interest. To pretend not to be what you are. Whether it's the Bush league in Iraq or Hitler in Germany, aggressors do not present themselves as marauding invaders initiating hostilities, but instead as defenders against external threats. Freedom-annihilating edicts like the Homeland Security Act and the Patriot Act - currently the law of the land - do not represent themselves as the negation of every principle the Founding Fathers laid down, or as shaky pretexts for the Takers to further loot the country, but rather as public services, benevolent and necessary new rules to ensure our SECURITY against various imagined enemies. To pretend to be what you are not: dissimulation. Other obvious examples of dissimulation we see today include: pretending like the world's oil will not be gone in 35 years To pretend to be what you are not: dissimulation. DISTRACTION A third tool necessary to media in order to keep the public from thinking too much is distraction. Bread and circuses worked for Caesar in old Rome. The people need to be kept quiet while the small group in power carries out its agenda, which always involves fortifying its own position. All actions of the present Reich since 9/11 may be explained by plugging in one of four beneficiaries: Oil Every act, every political event, every public statement of the present administration has promoted one or more of these huge sectors. More oil, more drugs, more weapons, more security. But the people mustn't be allowed to notice things like that. So they must be smokescreened by other stuff , blatant obvious stuff which is really easy to understand and which they think has a greater bearing on their day to day life. A classic axiom of propaganda is that people shouldn't be allowed to think too much about what the government is doing in their name. After all, there's more to life than politics, right? So while the power group has its cozy little war going on, the people need to have their attention diverted. All the strong men of history would have given their eyeteeth to have at their disposal the number and types of distractions available to today's regimes: - TV sports, its orchestrated frenzy and spectacle - Super Sunday - an endless succession of unspeakably boring, inane movies, short on plot, long on CGI - the wanton sexless flash of MTV with its uninspired lack of talent, a study in split second phony images - colossally dull TV programs which serve the secondary purpose of instilling proper robot attitudes into people who have little other instruction in life values - the artistic Mojave of modern music, with its soulless cyber-droning, a constant quest for the nadir of reptilian brain stimulation, devoid of lyrical competence, instrumental proficiency, or passion - the ever-retreating promise of financial success, switched now to the trappings and toys that suggest success, available to anyone with a credit card - organized superstitions of all varieties, with their requisite pseudo-spiritual trappings - the constant dramatization of crimes and "issues" throughout the world whose collective goal is the humble and grateful acknowledgement of "how good we've really got it" - dwelling for months on the minutiae of unsupported allegations of impropriety, preferably sexual, of a celebrity personality With these noisy, banal distractions the forces promoting the general decline in intelligence and awareness jubilantly engulf us on all sides. Media science holds the advantage: as people get dumber and dumber year by year it gets easier and easier to keep them dumb. The only challenge is that their threshold keeps getting lower. So in order to keep their attention, messages have to become more obvious and blatant, taking nothing for granted. Here are some indicators of our declining intelligence: - flagrant errors of grammar and spelling rampant in advertising, which go unnoticed - declining SAT scores and the arbitrary resetting of normals, which has occurred at least twice in the past 8 years, in order to cover up the how dumb our kids are really getting - increased volume and decreased speed of the voices of newsreaders on radio and TV - the limited vocabulary and cliched speech allowed in radio programs; the obvious lack of education and requisite pedestrian mentality required of the corporate simians who are featured on radio - increasing illiteracy of high school graduates, both written and spoken - the unwritten policy requiring school teachers, especially math and English teachers, to pass students who have failing marks, especially if they're a certain race or other, so that the school won't "look bad" - decreasing requirements for masters theses and PhD dissertations in both length and content - increasing oversimplification of movie and TV plot lines - absence of subtlety in conceptual and dramatic content; blatant moralizing of compliant robot values - the speed at which images on TV are flashed, giving the viewer barely enough time to recognize which sledgehammer idea they are referring to before the next one appears, about 2 seconds later. That way there is no possible way the brain can follow a train of thought in any kind of depth. From childhood the brain learns that it is not to be tasked with understanding abstractions or concepts of any subtlety from the information presented. All the brain has to do is react to the incessant bombardment of fragmented ADD-generating visual stimuli without trying to derive sense or logic from it. This is why TV should be watched only with the sound off, since it has generally the same educational value as a lava lamp. - the enormous proportion of time spent by TV channels telling the viewer what will be shown in the future, leaving no time for actually delivering what they have already endlessly promised in the recent past, which should be airing at the present moment. - newspaper articles that are not written by reporters but that are scientifically crafted phrase by canny phrase by the PR industry and placed into the columns of syndication in the guise of 'hard news' - Jerky, clumsy news clips, loaded with coarse innuendo and nonsequitur, ridiculously brief: most news clips evoke only the most superficial suggestion of events which may or may not have transpired, resulting generally in the transfer of no information - the downward spiral of the level of ordinary conversations, which are commonly just exercises in stringing together random cliché s from the very finite stock of endlessly repeated homogeneous bytes. It's as though we're only allowed to have 50 thoughts, and most conversation is just linking these 50 programmed audio clips together in a different order. Listen to what people say, the way they say it. Or worse yet, visit a chat room. PUT-UP JOB Now let's imagine for a moment that 9/11 was a put-up job engineered for the sole purpose of cementing the current regime into power and frightening the bovine populace into surrendering even more of what little freedom they have left. Hypothetical situation of course, just work with me a little here. Imagine there never were any dissident crazed terrorists representing Osama or Saddam, but instead a highly disciplined though slightly whacked-out team of military fanatics, programmed somehow to think they were doing something valuable for some faction or other. But carefully trained by agents from on high. A put-up job, from the inside. So then imagine that all the violence and stress perpetrated on the collective American psyche since 9/11 about war, bioterrorism, and security has all been completely unnecessary. And that all the billions of dollars of extra security and wasted time in airports and borders was also totally unnecessary because there never were any terrorists, except those on Capitol Hill. And all the shrill media articles and "stories" that support the few underlying events have been unnecessary, their prime purpose being self promotion. Think how much our quality of life has suffered, and how it will never be the same. What if all this stress has been totally unnecessary? Many of our best people have come to precisely these conclusions. Once you get past the initial hurdle of being able to consider the unthinkable possibility that a regime could be so obsessed with gaining political advantage that they would actually blow up 3000 of our own people, the rest falls into place. Over the top? Not such a stretch really when you compare the thousands that have been sacrificed to the whims of other murderous tyrants the world over throughout all of recorded history. Exactly how is it impossible? WHAT DO WE REALLY KNOW? When it comes to a discussion of what's going on in the world, the honest individual must admit that he has almost no idea. When was the last time George Bush invited you into the Green Room for a private chat with Cheney and Ashcroft about the future of big oil? When did Bill Gates last invite you up to his Redmond digs for a wine and cheese brainstorming session about the next Big Thing? Or when did your neighbor who lives three houses away from you call you up to tell you about the unfulfilled plans of his father who just found out he's dying of cancer? How many life stories of the world's six billion people do you know anything about? This is to say nothing of fluid events which are coming in and out of existence every day between the nations of the world. What do you really know about what is really going on? Seems like much more effort is spent covering up and packaging actual events that are taking place than in trying to accurately report and evaluate them. These are questions of epistemology - what can we know? The answer is - very little, if our only source of information is the superficial everyday media. The few people who buy books don't read them. Passive absorption of pre-interpreted already-figured-out data is the preferred method HOW IT ALL GOT STARTED But wait, we're getting ahead of ourselves. Let's back up a minute. In their book Trust Us We're Experts, Stauber and Rampton pull together some compelling data describing the science of creating public opinion in America. They trace modern public influence back to the early part of the last century, highlighting the work of guys like Edward L. Bernays, the Father of Spin. From his own amazing 1928 chronicle Propaganda, we learn how Edward L. Bernays took the ideas of his famous uncle Sigmund Freud, and applied them to the emerging science of mass persuasion. The only difference was that instead of using these principles to uncover hidden themes in the human unconscious, the way Freudian psychology does, Bernays studied these same ideas in order to learn how to mask agendas and to create illusions that deceive and misrepresent, for marketing purposes. THE FATHER OF SPIN Edward L. Bernays dominated the PR industry until the 1940s, and was a significant force for another 40 years after that. (Tye) During that time, Bernays took on hundreds of diverse assignments to create a public perception about some idea or product. A few examples: As a neophyte with the Committee on Public Information, one of Bernays' first assignments was to help sell the First World War to the American public with the idea to "Make the World Safe for Democracy." (Ewen) We've seen this phrase used in every war, police action, and spoiling raid we've carried out since that time. A few years later, Bernays set up a stunt to popularize the notion of women smoking cigarettes. In organizing the 1929 Easter Parade in New York City, Bernays showed himself as a force to be reckoned with. He organized the Torches of Liberty Brigade in which suffragettes marched in the parade smoking cigarettes as a mark of women's liberation. After that one event, women would be able to feel secure about destroying their own lungs in public, the same way that men have always done. Bernays popularized the idea of bacon for breakfast. Bernays also set up the liaison between the tobacco industry and the American Medical Association that lasted for nearly 50 years. His ad campaign proved to all and sundry that cigarettes were beneficial to health. Just look at ads in old issues of Life, Look, Time or Journal of the American Medical Association from the 40s and 50s in which doctors are recommending this or that brand of cigarettes as promoting healthful digestion, or whatever. During the next several decades Bernays and his colleagues evolved the principles by which masses of people could be generally swayed through messages repeated over and over, hundreds of times per week. Once the economic power of media became apparent, other countries of the world rushed to follow our lead. But Bernays remained the gold standard. He was the source to whom the new PR leaders across the world would always defer. Josef Goebbels, Hitler's minister of propaganda, closely studied the principles of Edward Bernays when Goebbels was developing the popular rationale he would use to convince the Germans that in order to purify their race they had to kill 6 million of the impure. (Stauber) SMOKE AND MIRRORS As he saw it, Bernay's job was to reframe an issue; to create a desired image that would put a particular product or concept in a desirable light. He never saw himself as a master hoodwinker, but rather as a beneficent servant of humanity, providing a valuable service. Bernays described the public as a 'herd that needed to be led.' And this herdlike thinking makes people "susceptible to leadership." Bernays never deviated from his fundamental axiom to "control the masses without their knowing it." The best PR happens with the people unaware that they are being manipulated. Stauber describes Bernays' rationale like this: "the scientific manipulation of public opinion was necessary to overcome chaos and conflict in a democratic society." - Trust Us, p 42 These early mass persuaders postured themselves as performing a moral service for humanity in general. Democracy was too good for people; they needed to be told what to think, because they were incapable of rational thought by themselves. Here's a paragraph from Bernays' Propaganda: "Those who manipulate the unseen mechanism of society constitute an invisible government which is the true ruling power of our country. We are governed, our minds molded, our tastes formed, our ideas suggested largely by men we have never heard of. This is a logical result of the way in which our democratic society is organized. Vast numbers of human beings must cooperate in this manner if they are to live together as a smoothly functioning society. In almost every act of our lives whether in the sphere of politics or business in our social conduct or our ethical thinking, we are dominated by the relatively small number of persons who understand the mental processes and social patterns of the masses. It is they who pull the wires that control the public mind." A tad different from Thomas Jefferson's view on the subject: "I know of no safe depository of the ultimate power of the society but the people themselves; and if we think them not enlightened enough to exercise that control with a wholesome discretion, the remedy is not take it from them, but to inform their discretion." Inform their discretion. Bernays believed that only a few possessed the necessary insight into the Big Picture to be entrusted with this sacred task. And luckily, he saw himself as one of that elect. HERE COMES THE MONEY Once the possibilities of applying Freudian psychology to mass media were glimpsed, Bernays soon had more corporate clients than he could handle. Global corporations fell all over themselves courting the new Image Makers. There were dozens of goods and services and ideas to be sold to a susceptible public. Over the years, these players have had the money to make their images happen. A few examples: Philip Morris THE PLAYERS Dozens of PR firms have emerged to answer the demand for spin control. Among them: Burson-Marsteller Though world-famous within the PR industry, these are names we don't know, and for good reason. The best PR goes unnoticed. For decades they have created the opinions that most of us were raised with, on virtually any issue which has the remotest commercial value, including: pharmaceutical drugs LESSON #1 Bernays learned early on that the most effective way to create credibility for a product or an image was by "independent third-party" endorsement. For example, if General Motors were to come out and say that global warming is a hoax thought up by some liberal tree-huggers, people would suspect GM's motives, since GM's fortune is made by selling automobiles. If however some independent research institute with a very credible sounding name like the Global Climate Coalition comes out with a scientific report that says global warming is really a fiction, people begin to get confused and to have doubts about the original issue. So that's exactly what Bernays did. With a policy inspired by genius, he set up "more institutes and foundations than Rockefeller and Carnegie combined." (Stauber p 45) Quietly financed by the industries whose products were being evaluated, these "independent" research agencies would churn out "scientific" studies and press materials that could create any image their handlers wanted. Such front groups are given high-sounding names like: Temperature Research Foundation Sound pretty legit don't they? CANNED NEWS RELEASES As Stauber explains, these organizations and hundreds of others like them are front groups whose sole mission is to advance the image of the global corporations who fund them, like those -listed on page 2 above. This is accomplished in part by an endless stream of 'press releases' announcing "breakthrough" research to every radio station and newspaper in the country. (Robbins) Many of these canned reports read like straight news, and indeed are purposely molded in the news format. This saves journalists the trouble of researching the subjects on their own, especially on topics about which they know very little. Entire sections of the release or in the case of video news releases, the whole thing can be just lifted intact, with no editing, given the byline of the reporter or newspaper or TV station - and voilá¡ Instant news - copy and paste. Written by corporate PR firms. Does this really happen? Every single day, since the 1920s when the idea of the News Release was first invented by Ivy Lee. (Stauber, p 22) Sometimes as many as half the stories appearing in an issue of the Wall St. Journal are based solely on such PR press releases.. (22) These types of stories are mixed right in with legitimately researched stories. Unless you have done the research yourself, you won't be able to tell the difference. So when we see new "research" being cited, we should always first suspect that the source is another industry-backed front group. A common tip-off is the word "breakthrough." THE LANGUAGE OF SPIN As 1920s spin pioneers like Ivy Lee and Edward Bernays gained more experience, they began to formulate rules and guidelines for creating public opinion. They learned quickly that mob psychology must focus on emotion, not facts. Since the mob is incapable of rational thought, motivation must be based not on logic but on presentation. Here are some of the axioms of the new science of PR: technology is a religion unto itself Words are very carefully chosen for their emotional impact. Here's an example. A front group called the International Food Information Council handles the public's natural aversion to genetically modified foods. Trigger words are repeated all through the text. Now in the case of GM foods, the public is instinctively afraid of these experimental new creations which have suddenly popped up on our grocery shelves and which are said to have DNA alterations. The IFIC wants to reassure the public of the safety of GM foods. So it avoids words like: Frankenfoods Instead, good PR for GM foods contains words like: hybrids It's just basic Freudian/Tony Robbins word association. The fact that GM foods are not hybrids that have been subjected to the slow and careful scientific methods of real cross-breeding doesn't really matter. This is pseudoscience, not science. Form is everything and substance just a passing myth. (Trevanian) Who do you think funds the International Food Information Council? Take a wild guess. Right - Monsanto, DuPont, Frito-Lay, Coca Cola, Nutrasweet - those in a position to make fortunes from GM foods. (Stauber p 20) CHARACTERISTICS OF GOOD PROPAGANDA As the science of mass control evolved, PR firms developed further guidelines for effective copy. Here are some of the gems: dehumanize the attacked party by labeling and name calling Keep this list. Start watching for these techniques. Not hard to find - look at today's paper or tonight's TV news. See what they're doing; these guys are good! SCIENCE FOR HIRE PR firms have become very sophisticated in the preparation of news releases. They have learned how to attach the names of famous scientists to research that those scientists have not even looked at. (Stauber, p 201) It's a common practice. In this way, the editors of newspapers and TV news shows are themselves often unaware that an individual release is a total PR fabrication. Or at least they have "deniability," right? Stauber tells the amazing story of how leaded gas came into the picture. In 1922, General Motors discovered that adding lead to gasoline gave cars more horsepower. When there was some concern about safety, GM paid the Bureau of Mines to do some fake "testing" and publish spurious research that 'proved' that inhalation of lead was harmless. Enter Charles Kettering. Founder of the world famous Sloan-Kettering Memorial Institute for medical research, Charles Kettering also happened to be an executive with General Motors. By some strange coincidence, we soon have Sloan-Kettering issuing reports stating that lead occurs naturally in the body and that the body has a way of eliminating low level exposure. Through its association with The Industrial Hygiene Foundation and PR giant Hill & Knowlton, Sloane-Kettering opposed all anti-lead research for years. (Stauber p 92). Without organized scientific opposition, for the next 60 years more and more gasoline became leaded, until by the 1970s, 90% or our gasoline was leaded. Finally it became too obvious to hide that lead was a major carcinogen, which they knew all along, and leaded gas was phased out in the late 1980s. But during those 60 years, it is estimated that some 30 million tons of lead were released in vapor form onto American streets and highways. 30 million tons. (Stauber) That is PR, my friends. JUNK SCIENCE In 1993 a guy named Peter Huber wrote a new book and coined a new term. The book was Galileo's Revenge and the term was junk science . Huber's absurd thesis was that real science supports technology, industry, and progress. Anything else should be thought of as junk science. Not surprisingly, Stauber explains how Huber's book was supported by the industry-backed Manhattan Institute. Huber's book was generally dismissed not only because it was so poorly written, but because it failed to realize one fact: true scientific research begins with no conclusions. Real scientists are seeking the truth because they do not yet know what the truth is. True scientific method goes like this: 1. form a hypothesis Boston University scientist Dr. David Ozonoff explains that ideas in science are themselves like "living organisms, that must be nourished, supported, and cultivated with resources for making them grow and flourish." (Stauber p 205) Great ideas that don't get this financial support because the commercial angles are not immediately obvious - these ideas wither and die. Another way you can often distinguish real science from phony is that real science points out flaws in its own research. Phony science pretends there were no flaws. THE REAL JUNK SCIENCE Contrast this with modern PR and its constant pretensions to sound science. Corporate sponsored research, whether it's in the area of drugs, GM foods, or chemistry begins with predetermined conclusions. It is the job of the scientists then to prove that these conclusions are true, because of the economic upside that proof will bring to the industries paying for that research. This invidious approach to science has shifted the entire focus of research in America during the past 50 years, as any true scientist is likely to admit. If a drug company is spending 10 million dollars on a research project to prove the viability of some new drug, and the preliminary results start coming back about the dangers of that drug, what happens? Right. No more funding. The well dries up. What is being promoted under such a system? Science? Or rather Entrenched Medical Error?" Stauber documents the increasing amount of corporate sponsorship of university research. (206) This has nothing to do with the pursuit of knowledge. Scientists lament that research has become just another commodity, something bought and sold. (Crossen) THE TWO MAIN TARGETS OF "SOUND SCIENCE" It is shocking when Stauber shows how the vast majority of corporate PR today opposes any research that seeks to protect public health It's a funny thing that most of the time when we see the phrase "junk science," it is in a context of defending something that threatens either the environment or our health. This makes sense when one realizes that money changes hands only by selling the illusion of health and the illusion of environmental protection or the illusion of health. True public health and real preservation of the earth's environment have very low market value. Stauber thinks it ironic that industry's self-proclaimed debunkers of junk science are usually non-scientists themselves. (255) Here again they can do this because the issue is not science, but the creation of images. THE LANGUAGE OF ATTACK When PR firms attack legitimate environmental groups and alternative medicine people, they again use special words which will carry an emotional punch: outraged The next time you are reading a newspaper article about an environmental or health issue, note how the author shows bias by using the above terms. This is the result of very specialized training. Another standard PR tactic is to use the rhetoric of the environmentalists themselves to defend a dangerous and untested product that poses an actual threat to the environment. This we see constantly in the PR smokescreen that surrounds genetically modified foods. They talk about how GM foods are necessary to grow more food and to end world hunger, when the reality is that GM foods actually have lower yields per acre than natural crops. (Stauber p 173) The grand design sort of comes into focus once you realize that almost all GM foods have been created by the sellers of herbicides and pesticides so that those plants can withstand greater amounts of herbicides and pesticides. (see The Magic Bean) THE MIRAGE OF PEER REVIEW Publish or perish is the classic dilemma of every research scientist. That means whoever expects funding for the next research project had better get the current research paper published in the best scientific journals. And we all know that the best scientific journals, like JAMA, New England Journal, British Medical Journal, etc. are peer-reviewed. Peer review means that any articles which actually get published, between all those full color drug ads and pharmaceutical centerfolds, have been reviewed and accepted by some really smart guys with a lot of credentials. The assumption is, if the article made it past peer review, the data and the conclusions of the research study have been thoroughly checked out and bear some resemblance to physical reality. But there are a few problems with this hot little set up. First off, money. Even though prestigious venerable medical journals pretend to be so objective and scientific and incorruptible, the reality is that they face the same type of being called to account that all glossy magazines must confront: don't antagonize your advertisers. Those full-page drug ads in the best journals cost millions, Jack. How long will a pharmaceutical company pay for ad space in a magazine that prints some very sound scientific research paper that attacks the safety of the drug in the centerfold? Think about it. The editors may lack moral fibre, but they aren't stupid. Another problem is the conflict of interest thing. There's a formal requirement for all medical journals that any financial ties between an author and a product manufacturer be disclosed in the article. In practice, it never happens. A study done in 1997 of 142 medical journals did not find even one such disclosure. (Wall St. Journal, 2 Feb 99) A 1998 study from the New England Journal of Medicine found that 96% of peer reviewed articles had financial ties to the drug they were studying. (Stelfox, 1998) Big shock, huh? Any disclosures? Yeah, right. This study should be pointed out whenever somebody starts getting too pompous about the objectivity of peer review, like they often do. Then there's the outright purchase of space. A drug company may simply pay $100,000 to a journal to have a favorable article printed. (Stauber, p 204) Fraud in peer review journals is nothing new. In 1987, the New England Journal ran an article that followed the research of R. Slutsky MD over a seven year period. During that time, Dr. Slutsky had published 137 articles in a number of peer-reviewed journals. NEJM found that in at least 60 of these 137, there was evidence of major scientific fraud and misrepresentation, including: reporting data for experiments that were never done Dean Black PhD, describes what he the calls the Babel Effect that results when this very common and frequently undetected scientific fraud in peer-reviewed journals is quoted by other researchers, who are in turn re-quoted by still others, and so on. Want to see something that sort of re-frames this whole discussion? Check out the McDonald's ads which routinely appear in the Journal of the American Medical Association. Then keep in mind that this is the same publication that for almost 50 years ran cigarette ads proclaiming the health benefits of tobacco. (Robbins) Very scientific, oh yes. KILL YOUR TV? Hope this chapter has given you a hint to start reading newspaper and magazine articles a little more critically, and perhaps start watching TV news shows with a slightly different attitude than you had before. Always ask, what are they selling here, and who's selling it? And if you actually follow up on Stauber & Rampton's book and check out some of the other resources below, you might even glimpse the possibility of advancing your life one quantum simply by ceasing to subject your brain to mass media. That's right - no more newspapers, no more TV news, no more Time magazine or People magazine Newsweek. ? You could actually do that. Just think what you could do with the extra time alone. Really feel like you need to "relax" or find out "what's going on in the world" for a few hours every day? Think about the news of the past couple of years for a minute. Do you really suppose the major stories that have dominated headlines and TV news have been "what is going on in the world?" Do you actually think there's been nothing going on besides the contrived tech slump, the re-filtered accounts of foreign violence and disaster, the accounts of US retribution in the Middle East, making Afghanistan and Iraq safe for democracy, etc., and all the other non-stories that the puppeteers dangle before us every day? What about when they get a big one, like with OJ or Michael Jackson or the London bombing? Or now with the Rove-Neo-Nazi aftermath of 9/11. Do we really need to know all that detail, day after day? Do we have any way of verifying all that detail, even if we wanted to? What is the purpose of media? To inform the public? Hardly. The primary purpose of media is to keep the public in a state of fear and uncertainty so that they'll watch again tomorrow to see how much worse things got. And be subjected to the same advertising. Oversimplification? Of course. That's the hallmark of mass media mastery - simplicity. The invisible hand. Like Edward Bernays said, the people must be controlled without them knowing it. Consider this: what was really going on in the world all that time they were distracting us with all that stupid vexatious daily smokescreen? We have no way of knowing. And most of it doesn't even concern us even if we could know it. Fear and uncertainty - that's what keeps people coming back for more. If this seems like a radical outlook, let's take it one step further: What would you lose from your life if you stopped watching TV and stopped reading newspapers and glossy magazines altogether? Whoa! Would your life really suffer any financial, moral, intellectual, spiritual, or academic loss from such a decision? Do you really need to have your family continually absorbing the illiterate, amoral, phony, culturally bereft, desperately brainless values of the people featured in the average nightly TV program? Are these fake, programmed robots "normal"? Do you need to have your life values constantly spoonfed to you? Are those shows really amusing, or just a necessary distraction to keep you from looking at reality, or trying to figure things out yourself by doing a little independent reading? Or perhaps from actually having a conversation with the people who live in the same house with you? What else could we be doing with all this freed-up time that would actually expand awareness? PLANET OF THE APES? There's no question that as a nation, we're getting dumber year by year. Look at the presidents we've been choosing lately. Ever notice the blatant grammar mistakes so ubiquitous in today's advertising and billboards? Literacy is marginal in most American secondary schools. Three-fourths of California high school seniors can't read well enough to pass their exit exams. ( SJ Mercury ) If you think other parts of the country are smarter, try this one: hand any high school senior a book by Dumas or Jane Austen, and ask them to open to any random page and just read one paragraph out loud. Go ahead, do it. SAT scales are arbitrarily shifted lower and lower to disguise how dumb kids are getting year by year. (ADD: A Designer Disease) At least 1 in 6 have documented "learning disabilities," which are reinforced and rewarded by special treatment and special drugs. Ever hear of anyone failing a grade any more? Or observe the intellectual level of the average movie which these days may only last one or two weeks in the theatres, especially if it has insufficient explosions, chase scenes, silicone, fake martial arts, and cretinesque dialogue. Doesn't anyone else notice how badly these 30 or 40 "movie stars" we keep seeing over and over in variations of the same few plots must now overact to get their point across to an ever-dimming audience? How they must say their lines louder and slower as time goes by? Radio? Consider the low mental qualifications of the falsely animated corporate simians they hire as DJs - seems like they're only allowed to have 50 thoughts, which they just repeat at random. The less their education, the better. And at what point did popular music cease to require the study of any musical instrument or theory whatsoever, not to mention lyric? Perhaps we just don't understand this emerging art form, right? The Darwinism of MTV - apes descended from man. Ever notice how most articles in any of the glossy magazines sound like they were all written by the same guy? And this writer just graduated from junior college? And yet he has all today's correct opinions on social issues, no original ideas, and that shallow, smug, homogenized corporate omniscience, which enables him to assure us that everything is fine All this is great news for the PR industry - makes their job that much easier. Not only are very few paying attention to the process of conditioning; fewer are capable of understanding it even if somebody explained it to them. TEA IN THE CAFETERIA Let's say you're in a crowded cafeteria, and you buy a cup of tea. And as you're about to sit down you see your friend way across the room. So you put the tea down and walk across the room and talk to your friend for a few minutes. Now, coming back to your tea, are you just going to pick it up and drink it? Remember, this is a crowded place and you've just left your tea unattended for several minutes. You've given anybody in that room access to your tea. Why should your mind be any different? Turning on the TV, or uncritically absorbing mass publications every day - these activities allow access to our minds by "just anyone" - anyone who has an agenda, anyone with the resources to create a public image via popular media. As we've seen above, just because we read something or see something on TV doesn't mean it's true or worth knowing. So the idea here is, like the tea, perhaps the mind is also worth guarding, worth limiting access to it. This is the only life we get. Time is our total capital. Why waste it allowing our potential, our scope of awareness, our personality, our values to be shaped, crafted, and boxed up according to the whims of the mass panderers? There are many important issues that are crucial to our physical, mental, and spiritual well-being which require time and study. If it's an issue where money is involved, objective data won't be so easy to obtain. Remember, if everybody knows something, that image has been bought and paid for. Real knowledge takes a little effort, a little excavation down at least one level below what "everybody knows." It's the land of the brave and the home of the free Copyright MMVII Two Trees References Ruppert, M Vidal, G Tainted Truth: The Manipulation of Fact in America
Vaccination brings immunity
The cure for cancer is just around the corner
Menopause is a disease condition
When a child is sick, he needs immediate antibiotics
When a child has a fever he needs Tylenol
Hospitals are safe and clean.
America has the best health care in the world.
Americans have the best health in the world.
Milk is a good source of calcium.
You never outgrow your need for milk.
Vitamin C is ascorbic acid.
Aspirin prevents heart attacks.
Heart drugs improve the heart.
Back and neck pain are the only reasons for spinal adjustment.
No child can get into school without being vaccinated.
The FDA thoroughly tests all drugs before they go on the market.
Pregnancy is a serious medical condition
Infancy is a serious medical condition
Chemotherapy and radiation are effective cures for cancer
When your child is diagnosed with an ear infection, antibiotics should be given immediately 'just in case'
Ear tubes are for the good of the child.
Estrogen drugs prevent osteoporosis after menopause.
Pediatricians are the most highly trained of all medical specialists.
The purpose of the health care industry is health.
HIV is the cause of AIDS.
AZT is the cure.
Without vaccines, infectious diseases will return
Fluoride in the city water protects your teeth
Flu shots prevent the flu.
Vaccines are thoroughly tested before being placed on the Mandated Schedule.
Doctors are certain that the benefits of vaccines far outweigh any possible risks.
There is a terrorist threat in the US.
There is a bioterrorist threat in the US.
The NASDAQ is a natural market controlled by supply and demand.
Chronic pain is a natural consequence of aging.
Soy is your healthiest source of protein.
Insulin shots cure diabetes.
After we take out your gall bladder you can eat anything you want
Allergy medicine will cure allergies.
An airliner can be flown with professional precision by a group of crazed amateurs into a 100-storey building and can cause that building to collapse on its own footprint. Twice.
The Iraquis blew up the World Trade Center.
dissimulation
distraction
pretending like more and more government will not further stifle an already struggling economy
pretending like programs favoring "minorities" are not just another form of racism
pretending like drug laws are necessary for national security
pretending like passing more and more laws every year is not geared ultimately for the advancement of the law enforcement, security, and prison industries
pretending there is a bioterrorist threat in the US today
pretending there is a terrorist threat in the US today
pretending the Bush regime has not benefited from every program that came out of 9/11
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Allstate
Monsanto
Eli Lilly
tobacco industry
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lead industry
Coors
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Shell Oil
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Dow Chemical
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Goodyear
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Edelman
Hill & Knowlton
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BSMG
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vaccines
medicine as a profession
alternative medicine
fluoridation of city water
chlorine
household cleaning products
tobacco
dioxin
global warming
leaded gasoline
cancer research and treatment
pollution of the oceans
forests and lumber
images of celebrities, including damage control
crisis and disaster management
genetically modified foods
aspartame
food additives; processed foods
dental amalgams
autism
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Consumer Alert
The Advancement of Sound Science Coalition
Air Hygiene Foundation
Industrial Health Federation
International Food Information Council
Manhattan Institute
Center for Produce Quality
Tobacco Institute Research Council
Cato Institute
American Council on Science and Health
Global Climate Coalition
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if people are incapable of rational thought, real democracy is dangerous
important decisions should be left to experts
when reframing issues, stay away from substance; create images
never state a clearly demonstrable lie
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biotech
chemical
DNA
experiments
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money
safety
scientists
radiation
roulette
gene-splicing
gene gun
random
natural order
beauty
choice
bounty
cross-breeding
diversity
earth
farmer
organic
wholesome
speak in glittering generalities using emotionally positive words
when covering something up, don't use plain English; stall for time; distract
get endorsements from celebrities, churches, sports figures, street people - anyone who has no expertise in the subject at hand
the 'plain folks' ruse: us billionaires are just like you
when minimizing outrage, don't say anything memorable
when minimizing outrage, point out the benefits of what just happened
when minimizing outrage, avoid moral issues
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3. test the predictions
4. reject or revise the hypothesis based on the research findings
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sound science
junk science
sensible
scaremongering
responsible
phobia
hoax
alarmist
hysteria
reporting measurements that were never made
reporting statistical analyses that were never done o Engler
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For anyone who has not read this article it is a must read. I cannot emphasize that point too much. If you want to begin to really understand the degree to which we live in a controlled and manipulated society this is a good starting point. I realize it is a long read, but there is no chaff here, and it is well written and easily read by any intelligent adult.
"One of the least understood strategies of the world revolution now moving rapidly toward its goal is the use of mind control as a major means of obtaining the consent of the people who will be subjects of the New World Order." K.M. Heaton, The National Educator
See my preceding comment. This is must know information.
"One of the least understood strategies of the world revolution now moving rapidly toward its goal is the use of mind control as a major means of obtaining the consent of the people who will be subjects of the New World Order." K.M. Heaton, The National Educator
The person who wrote the top article is manipulating you into ignorance. The man verbally attacks every group expressing a statement. It doesn't matter what ideology the groups have. You mistake someone attacking everyone as being a constructive statement. If the writer of the article had his way, he would have everyone, but himself, deaf, blind, dumb, and ignorant. And we would be back to the dark ages.
I worry about you, O_I. Please remember that there is significant data supported by scientists, doctors and government bureaucracies showing and often substantiating the long human life expectancy of Americans based on facts and not some silly series of disclaimers about the same as you characterize within your thread. As one example: Hi Buck, back into the rotation I see. Propagating your usual message (minus the hyperbole): "One of the least understood strategies of the world revolution now moving rapidly toward its goal is the use of mind control as a major means of obtaining the consent of the people who will be subjects of the New World Order." K.M. Heaton, The National Educator
Of course if you don't want to go to the heavy labor of thinking for yourself that is your prerogative. You make assertions without backing them. No, instead you post comments aimed at preventing people from looking, analyzing, and thinking for themselves. You may now return to your deeply implanted programming.
"One of the least understood strategies of the world revolution now moving rapidly toward its goal is the use of mind control as a major means of obtaining the consent of the people who will be subjects of the New World Order." K.M. Heaton, The National Educator
You make assertions without backing them. No, instead you post comments aimed at preventing people from looking, analyzing, and thinking for themselves. You may now return to your deeply implanted programming. Original Intent, I introduce you to the concept of the "Mind Screw": tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MindScrew
Your reference makes clear that you did not read the article to its end, perhaps a few paragraphs and then you made a snap judgment. Fine you are entitled to think shallowly. That is still allowed - in fact it is encouraged by the PTB.
"One of the least understood strategies of the world revolution now moving rapidly toward its goal is the use of mind control as a major means of obtaining the consent of the people who will be subjects of the New World Order." K.M. Heaton, The National Educator
Actually, I was trying to wake YOU up. Since 1900, irrespective of demographics and age groups, has the life expectancy of Americans been increasing?
While not at all concise (nor could it have been), I found nothing to criticize in this well documented article.
So how come the average age of Americans has been climbing since 1800? I think the advent of hygiene had a lot to do with it.
Tough women come from New York, sweet women from Texas, prissy women from Southern California, but we NORTHERN CALIFORNIA WOMEN have fire & ice in our blood. We can ride 4-wheelers, be a princess, throw a left hook, pack heat, hunt with the men, bake a cake, love with passion, and if we have an opinion, you know you're going to hear it!! Please share your theory with us.
pretending like the world's oil will not be gone in 35 years Perhaps I am missing something or maybe misreading it but why would anyone believe the world's oil would be gone in 35 years? That sounds like some of that Peak Oil foolishness.
Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end. He (Gordon Duff) also implies that forcibly removing Obama, a Constitution-hating, on-the-down-low, crackhead Communist, is an attack on America, Mom, and apple pie. I swear these military people are worse than useless. Just look around at the condition of the country and tell me if they have fulfilled their oaths to protect the nation from all enemies foreign and domestic. No question about your statement. The rise of human life expectancy is all about cleanliness. From the Japanese suggesting we use toilet paper to wipe our asses to the fact that once in awhile we take a bath, Americans have increased longevity. Still, the rapid rise since 1900 of American longevity is about scientific/medical FACT that refutes O_I's claims in this thread. Will he come back to contest my perspective?
The Industrial Revolution which is based on fact and not fiction; of course, on this thread I have yet to suggest that all is well. And, the rapid rise of not just longevity but also population sizes clearly supports my contention: It is interesting to note that the "hockey stick" for and about the HUGE increases of population and longevity is coincident with climate change, 'eh?
I think the advent of hygiene had a lot to do with it. Hygiene, or more properly Public Health measures, show a direct correlation with increasing lifespan. There have been several studies done which have confirmed that, and you can see it directly. London, England is a good example. At one time the life expectancy for a Londoner, even in the "upper crust" was 40's to 50's. They were subject to Cholera and Typhus outbreaks as well as many other communicable diseases. The first real advance came with the correlation of dirty drinking water to Cholera. That resulted in the first large scale sewage system for a major city, and Cholera ceased to be a problem. With other improvements, such as clean drinking water, and improved diet life expectancy shot up. One can look at the recent Cholera outbreak in Haiti and find that the problem has been traced to leaking latrines of the UN "Peacekeepers" running into the local river which is the primary source of drinking water. Public sanitation, garbage disposal as well as sewage, marked another increase in lifespan. With the advent of quarantine for communicable disease outbreaks most of the once prevalent "childhood diseases" (which took a heavy toll among children) are history, and it is not the result of "vaccines" which increasing evidence suggests do little if anything of benefit and are often heavily contaminated e.g., the vaccine shipped by Baxter last year to Northern Europe which was found, almost by chance, to be heavily contaminated with pathogens. The two most important influences in increased lifespan have been Public Health measures and better more plentiful supplies of wholesome food. It was always interesting to me in my last job, which involved A LOT, of public contact, much involving medical research, the health of elderly people who took few or no pharmaceuticals was generally better than those who took a lot. That is of course anecdotal, but while not formal I had a lot of contact with the elderly and found that observation to be virtually invariable.
"One of the least understood strategies of the world revolution now moving rapidly toward its goal is the use of mind control as a major means of obtaining the consent of the people who will be subjects of the New World Order." K.M. Heaton, The National Educator
pretending like the world's oil will not be gone in 35 years Perhaps I am missing something or maybe misreading it but why would anyone believe the world's oil would be gone in 35 years? That sounds like some of that Peak Oil foolishness. That is exactly what he is talking about - the implication from the context is that he does not believe in "peak oil". The point of the entire article - which has to be taken in its entirety - is to establish and show the degree of manipulation, PR Perception Management, and control is exerted through the control of information, messages, and restricting access to a full data set in looking at the world, and the problems we face (many of which are manufactured).
"One of the least understood strategies of the world revolution now moving rapidly toward its goal is the use of mind control as a major means of obtaining the consent of the people who will be subjects of the New World Order." K.M. Heaton, The National Educator
That is my overall informational take from the article.
One of the key factors that also has to be taken into account is infant mortality and the death of mothers following childbirth. Adult life expectancy in the U.S. has not really gone up as much as the raw numbers are misrepresented to show. Once you factor in the dramatic decrease in infant mortality the numbers look much different. The reason for that is that infant mortality has gone down drastically as a result of sanitary precautions(although despite gallons of vaccines it is going up again. Or is it because of the vaccines?). Previously a lot of mothers died following childbirth from secondary infections because Doctors did not wash their hands thus transmitting infection to the mothers. So, the raw numbers do not account for infant mortality as the population as a whole is taken for computing the life expectancy numbers. So they are distorted based on the higher infant mortality rate prior to the twentieth century. I've looked at my direct ancestors back to 1630 and ALL OF THE Men on my paternal line, with only two exceptions, lived into their 80's or 90's. One of the exceptions was a suicide so that is not a factor of "medical science".
"One of the least understood strategies of the world revolution now moving rapidly toward its goal is the use of mind control as a major means of obtaining the consent of the people who will be subjects of the New World Order." K.M. Heaton, The National Educator
That is my overall informational take from the article. Thanks. And that was my point in posting the article.
"One of the least understood strategies of the world revolution now moving rapidly toward its goal is the use of mind control as a major means of obtaining the consent of the people who will be subjects of the New World Order." K.M. Heaton, The National Educator
Citing the UN "peacekeepers" in Haiti is hardly a venue célébration de cause. You intentionally sought and found the lowest common denominator of government to show your own despair. My God, man, get the fuck out of your house... enjoy the chemtrails gleaming high in the skys while you still have a chance to take a whiff of the bounty around you.
Thanks. And that was my point in posting the article. There are those that are unable or unwilling to try to fathom what the article was about. Then on some people it is a total lost cause. Sort of proves the thrust of the message.
Buck I must thank you for providing a stellar example of what the article talks about in the manipulation of language and public perception. Up until only a few months ago, with the implosion of the GLOBAL WARMING PR Program, resulting from numerous revelations as to how the Climate Research Unit was cooking the data, selectively choosing and excluding data to SELL their apocalyptic scenarios, "climate change" was called "Global Warming". So we see the subtle shift by a change in terminology from Global Warming to Global Climate change as a PR move because the previous scenario has been globally discredited as the PR campaign for Global Financial Interests, and governments, to provide a pretext for greater control of individual liberty and increased taxation to solve the nonexistent problem. So, Global Warming/Climate Change is a wonderful example of how language is manipulated to control public perception and SELL a "bill of goods".
"One of the least understood strategies of the world revolution now moving rapidly toward its goal is the use of mind control as a major means of obtaining the consent of the people who will be subjects of the New World Order." K.M. Heaton, The National Educator
Programmed. Programmed. Programmed. And totally unaware.
I am happy to serve you well.
Then on some people it is a total lost cause. Sort of proves the thrust of the message. And then there are those who are trying very hard to intentionally divert the thread into other lines away from the article. So, one might reasonably ask: Who would not want people to be aware of how they are manipulated and how to spot the manipulations?
"One of the least understood strategies of the world revolution now moving rapidly toward its goal is the use of mind control as a major means of obtaining the consent of the people who will be subjects of the New World Order." K.M. Heaton, The National Educator
Programmed. Programmed. Programmed. And totally unaware. That could well be. Or it could be a knowing device in attempting to divert the thread to a more manageable topic or in the hopes of creating a "food fight" to divert. Either way the outcome is the same - getting people distracted away from the article and its point.
"One of the least understood strategies of the world revolution now moving rapidly toward its goal is the use of mind control as a major means of obtaining the consent of the people who will be subjects of the New World Order." K.M. Heaton, The National Educator
An article from Rense.com ... are you fucking out of your mind? I betcha you live and breathe that shit. Still, go out and smell the roses, pal... it could do you some good. Maybe you can find a street dawg willing to piss on your legs and make you all happy as can be.
Some people are too embarrassed to admit they have been conned. A rube does not know he has been conned.
OK, OBIEWAN-KANOBIE ... what makes YOU think you are not conned? You pay taxes, correct? You vote, correct? You believe in some sort of government structure protecting your personal assets, correct? And, you believe in some sort of continuing government to provide some sort of pension plan. You really BELIEVE!
Well, I don't either. I couldn't tell from his statement/what he had written if he was "fer it or agin it." ahaha.
Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end. He (Gordon Duff) also implies that forcibly removing Obama, a Constitution-hating, on-the-down-low, crackhead Communist, is an attack on America, Mom, and apple pie. I swear these military people are worse than useless. Just look around at the condition of the country and tell me if they have fulfilled their oaths to protect the nation from all enemies foreign and domestic. You see your name there buck??????
Buck - that is really uncalled for, and way, way, beneath 4's decorum. Please do your best to elevate your level of discourse. Thank you.
A rube does not know he has been conned. LOL! And the same rubes keep getting conned over and over by the same charlatans and the same stories. They changed the wording (as O_I pointed out) from "global warming" to "climate change" but they're still being sold a bill of goods. Of course the climate changes and it's a good thing too!
Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end. He (Gordon Duff) also implies that forcibly removing Obama, a Constitution-hating, on-the-down-low, crackhead Communist, is an attack on America, Mom, and apple pie. I swear these military people are worse than useless. Just look around at the condition of the country and tell me if they have fulfilled their oaths to protect the nation from all enemies foreign and domestic. Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end. He (Gordon Duff) also implies that forcibly removing Obama, a Constitution-hating, on-the-down-low, crackhead Communist, is an attack on America, Mom, and apple pie. I swear these military people are worse than useless. Just look around at the condition of the country and tell me if they have fulfilled their oaths to protect the nation from all enemies foreign and domestic. You are on a publick forum. And I disagree with you on a comment that you WIDELY broadcasted in an earlier post: We are on our own, pal. As Americans, we have no sense of the future because of those taking away from our past.
An article from Rense.com ... are you fucking out of your mind? I betcha you live and breathe that shit. Still, go out and smell the roses, pal... it could do you some good. Maybe you can find a street dawg willing to piss on your legs and make you all happy as can be. Attaboy buckeroonie! When you've lost the debate try another diversionary tactic like "attacking the messenger" more formally known as Argumentum Ad Hominem. I'm not going to waste time defending that excellent source of information known as http://www.rense.com as it requires no defense. It is good source of a wide spectrum of information which gets filtered out, ignored, or omitted from the controlled Lamestream Media. The article I posted is available on at least a hundred different websites. I chose rense because it was the least cluttered formatting of the article and is the version that was updated by Dr. O'Shea in 2007. I notice you are not disputing any of the information just the source. That means you cannot dispute the information in the article and so must use childish diversions.
"One of the least understood strategies of the world revolution now moving rapidly toward its goal is the use of mind control as a major means of obtaining the consent of the people who will be subjects of the New World Order." K.M. Heaton, The National Educator
But you know buck will elevate his level of discourse now because Lod asked him to and very nicely too. ahaha. Just between us I am afraid the good Sir Lodwick was wasting his time with that request.
Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end. He (Gordon Duff) also implies that forcibly removing Obama, a Constitution-hating, on-the-down-low, crackhead Communist, is an attack on America, Mom, and apple pie. I swear these military people are worse than useless. Just look around at the condition of the country and tell me if they have fulfilled their oaths to protect the nation from all enemies foreign and domestic. Sadly, I must quit the fray and go to a family birthday dinner for Mrs.L and me. Joy, of all known joys. Back, sometime.
Well, sorry you have to go and miss out on the festivities here but "git r done!" And hope you have a nice time at your party/birthday dinner. Y'know, it's a shame you have to leave at just the time ol' buck was gonna elevate his level of discourse. Maybe someone will capture a screen shot of it for you.
Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end. He (Gordon Duff) also implies that forcibly removing Obama, a Constitution-hating, on-the-down-low, crackhead Communist, is an attack on America, Mom, and apple pie. I swear these military people are worse than useless. Just look around at the condition of the country and tell me if they have fulfilled their oaths to protect the nation from all enemies foreign and domestic.
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#2. To: FormerLurker, Artisan, mirage, Rotara, sizzlerguy, gengis gandhi, Horse, noone222, TommyTheMadArtist, ghostdogtxn, Deacon Benjamin, wbales, Samuel Gray, Liberator, PaulCJ, Duckhunter, GreyLmist, phant2000, freepatriot32, Obnoxicated, Red Jones, all (#1)
#3. To: Original_Intent (#1)
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For anyone who has not read this article it is a must read. I cannot emphasize that point too much. If you want to begin to really understand the degree to which we live in a controlled and manipulated society this is a good starting point.
#4. To: Original_Intent (#0)
What ever you do, please please ... I beseech you... don't go outside. You could die based upon some chemtrail or otherwise thought experiment that could jeopardize your being; instead, stay at your computer typing away ... knowing your death is imminent and probably because of some secret operation to specifically murder you.
#5. To: buckeroo (#4)
Go back to sleep.
All is well.
The government loves you and only wants the best for you.
Propaganda does not exist.
The American Media only tells the truth.
Don't worry be happy, and above all don't think for yourself.
#6. To: PaulCJ (#3)
#7. To: Original_Intent (#6)
Of course if you don't want to go to the heavy labor of thinking for yourself that is your prerogative.
#8. To: PaulCJ (#7)
#9. To: Original_Intent (#5)
Go back to sleep.
#10. To: Original_Intent, 4 (#8)
#11. To: Lod (#10)
I found nothing to criticize in this well documented article.
#12. To: buckeroo, Lod, Original_Intent (#11)
So how come the average age of Americans has been climbing since 1800?
#13. To: buckeroo, 4 (#11)
So how come the average age of Americans has been climbing since 1800?
#14. To: Original_Intent (#1)
Other obvious examples of dissimulation we see today include:
Lord Acton
OsamaBinGoldstein posted on 2010-05-25 9:39:59 ET (2 images) Reply Trace
#15. To: farmfriend (#12)
#16. To: Lod (#13)
Please share your theory with us.
#17. To: farmfriend, Lod, Buckmonster Fullofit, buckeroo, all (#12)
So how come the average age of Americans has been climbing since 1800?
#18. To: James Deffenbach (#14)
Other obvious examples of dissimulation we see today include:
#19. To: Original_Intent, 4 (#18)
The point of the entire article - which has to be taken in its entirety - is to establish and show the degree of manipulation, PR Perception Management, and control is exerted through the control of information, messages, and restricting access to a full data set in looking at the world, and the problems we face (many of which are manufactured).
#20. To: farmfriend, Lod, Buckmonster Fullofit, buckeroo, all (#17)
#21. To: Lod, all (#19)
The point of the entire article - which has to be taken in its entirety - is to establish and show the degree of manipulation, PR Perception Management, and control is exerted through the control of information, messages, and restricting access to a full data set in looking at the world, and the problems we face (many of which are manufactured).
#22. To: Original_Intent (#17)
#23. To: Original_Intent (#21)
That is my overall informational take from the article.
#24. To: buckeroo, Buckmonster Fullofit, FarmFriend, Lod, James Deffenbach, Red Jones, all (#16)
It is interesting to note that the "hockey stick" for and about the HUGE increases of population and longevity is coincident with climate change, 'eh?
#25. To: Original_Intent (#24)
Buck I must thank you for providing a stellar example of what the article talks about in the manipulation of language and public perception.
#26. To: Original_Intent, *ban buckeroo*, *4um PSY-OP Club* (#24)
#27. To: Cynicom (#23)
There are those that are unable or unwilling to try to fathom what the article was about.
#28. To: Cynicom (#25)
Buck I must thank you for providing a stellar example of what the article talks about in the manipulation of language and public perception.
#29. To: Original_Intent (#28)
Either way the outcome is the same - getting people distracted away from the article and its point.
#30. To: Original_Intent (#28)
#31. To: Cynicom (#30)
A rube does not know he has been conned.
#32. To: Original_Intent (#18)
That is exactly what he is talking about - the implication from the context is that he does not believe in "peak oil".
Lord Acton
OsamaBinGoldstein posted on 2010-05-25 9:39:59 ET (2 images) Reply Trace
#33. To: buckeroo (#31)
#34. To: buckeroo (#29)
An article from Rense.com ... are you fucking out of your mind? I betcha you live and breathe that shit. Still, go out and smell the roses, pal... it could do you some good. Maybe you can find a street dawg willing to piss on your legs and make you all happy as can be.
#35. To: Cynicom (#30)
Some people are too embarrassed to admit they have been conned.
Lord Acton
OsamaBinGoldstein posted on 2010-05-25 9:39:59 ET (2 images) Reply Trace
#36. To: Lod (#34)
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Lord Acton
OsamaBinGoldstein posted on 2010-05-25 9:39:59 ET (2 images) Reply Trace
#37. To: Cynicom (#33)
You see your name there buck??????
A rube does not know he has been conned.
#38. To: buckeroo, Buckmonster Fullofit, FarmFriend, Lod, James Deffenbach, Red Jones, all (#29)
Either way the outcome is the same - getting people distracted away from the article and its point.
#39. To: Original_Intent, Lod (#38)
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Lord Acton
OsamaBinGoldstein posted on 2010-05-25 9:39:59 ET (2 images) Reply Trace
#40. To: James Deffenbach, 4 (#36)
#41. To: Lod (#40)
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Lord Acton
OsamaBinGoldstein posted on 2010-05-25 9:39:59 ET (2 images) Reply Trace
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