Talk is cheap and so is BULL----.
It amazes me just how easily manipulated the general public has been throughout history. PR firms run this country. Thanks to the television (and now the internet), all you have to do is spin lies using fancy propoganda and "say the right thing" and you have George Orwell's Animal Farm.
Some of my favorite contemporary catch phrases and PR stunts from the incumbant LIAR are as follows:
1. "Clean Coal" -- If I see this mind-numbing infomercial one more time, I'm going to puke. Leave it to the Coal industry to shove this down everyone's throats and leave it to the feeble public to lick it up off the floor.
2. In order to end war, we have to have MORE war, hence the ESCALATION rather than reduction of armed forces around the world. Sounds like a man of peace and of God to me -- NOT.
3. Incumbant Liar "supposedly" opposes his predecessor's tactics, his unprecedented secrecy, his use of torture, his passage of Patriot Act and the stripping of constitutional rights, his previous wars, his bubble economy which robs the poor and gives to the rich, etc, etc, etc.
So, what does the Incumbant Liar do now that he has "told" the masses what he does NOT like?
Well, (1) he decides to NOT go after the previous administrations atrocities. He says he wants to move on and not dwell on the past -- yet he feels we should dwell on the past and raise the stakes in Afghanistan. So, some atrocities are less atrocious than others, I presume? And exactly who is the judge of this? the Devil?
(2) He decides (after putting up a grood front in the press and pretending like he was really debating it) to NOT show the world some of the atrocities committed by the armed forces. He claims this is somehow a threat to national security (like the acts of torture themselves were not a grave danger, but the disclosure and photos of the acts are).
The Devil ALWAYS likes to operate in the DARK, doesn't he? Let me give you a rundown of what the REAL threats are: IMMORAL and ILLEGAL wars, military tribunals where constitution is circumvented, guantanamo bay -- it doesn't matter what you say you're going to do, it's still around and it's still active, Patriot Act, Hiring all of your Wallstreet friends and socializing the losses while still privatizing the profits. letting cities turn into police states all in the name of national security -- THOSE are the threats to national security -- NOT the exposure of ATROCITIES committed by those who are supposed to serve and protect.
WHATEVER HAPPENS IN THE DARK -WILL COME TO LIGHT - YOU BETTER BELIEVE IT.
(3) He puts up a good front on how he opposes torture. Yet, he fails to go after the previous administration for it. So, what message does this send to future thugs? Better yet, what message does it send to the current THUGS who are still involved in our govt? Talk is VERY cheap.
(4) He decides to continue warrantless wiretapping and guess what? His BOGUS arguments are worse than his predecessor's bogus arguments.
http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2009/04/obama-doj-worse-than-bush
There also does NOT seem to be any plans to remove the Patriot Act. After all, he voted for a version of it in the past, so why truly oppose it now?
(5) Telling the public how much he was "against" the war only fueled his desire to IMMEDIATELY escalate it. Makes perfect sense to me (NOT). Oh and he also decided that the Secretary of Defense did such a great job under his predecessor that he needed to keep him around, too (along with most everyone else from the the predecessor's armed forces command units). Same "watchful" group of people under whom torture ensued.
Oh and don't even get me started on that SOB Colin Powell. One of the ACCOMPLICES in the crime of DECEIVING the public decides to switch sides? He's proof that Talk is so cheap that even a "caveman can do it".
(6) He vocally criticized his predecessor's handling of the economy. His admin. said his predecessor created the bubble by allowing the FED to keep rates at an all time low for too long and for allowing banks to relax their lending standards and by allowing BUBBLEs to be created in the economy. So, how does the LIAR attempt to solve the problem that was supposedly created by his predecessor? Well, he decides to HIRE almost everyone involved in the creation of that bubble. And what do they do? Well, they immediately begin lowering interest rates to rates lower than that of his predecessor. Oh and this is not done to help the public, it's done to help big business and big banks survive. He also throws his corporate buddies a life raft (issuing BAIL out after BAIL out -- exactly what his predecessor did). After the FAKE "people's" congress pretended to actually "oppose" the passage, they eventually passed it after they "sweetened" it up a little more for their liking.
He also prints money like there's no tomorrow (like we don't have history books to show us what happens when you lower interest rates like a retarded FOOL and print money like a MORON).
So, WHERE's the F***ing CHANGE????????
Check out KRS-One -- I really like how eloquent and respectful he is in his critique here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZs6FSxUyg0&feature=related
Note, that KRS One says he never voted for anyone until the last election, but note how he tells everyone not be DUPED by "black face on the new world order".
I think he's one of the SMARTEST people on the planet. He is what Hip-Hop WAS. I grew up listening to him and I admire his CRITICAL thinking.
Here's more
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yfgsl_qzlFk&feature=related
PS - one of the most offensive things I've seen on the forum is when they plaster this fool's image next to Mike's and try to symbolically compare the two. Or even when the comparison to MLK is made. That is so wrong on SO many levels. First off, Mike and the LIAR are ARE POLAR OPPOSITES. How dare the comparison or the symbolism be made. One wants world peace (Mike) and the other one is gunning for being the greatest Brand Name Wall Street Capitalist that ever lived.
One day, people will realize just how OBSCENELY offensive such comparisons really are. LIAR is NO MLK and/or MJ (or any civil rights advocate) for that matter.