| Ron Paul Wins Iowa Debate - The Cream is Rising Those of us who watched the ABC Iowa Debate on Saturday night know without a doubt that Ron Paul dominated the forum, and of course when Sunday morning rolled around the mainstream propaganda machine went right to work trying to minimize Dr. Paul's success.
Ron Paul appeared on NBC's Meet the Press with David Gregory. Gregory went straight to work in his effort to try to get Ron Paul to speak on behalf of Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich in lieu of himself, asking Dr. Paul questions, like the poll questions frequently used, in a form of multiple choice, wherein the only answers available were either Mitt Romney or Newt Gingrich. Dr. Paul, being a skilled orator, did as he has done on so many like occasions and turned the petty propagandist's game around on him and showed where the best choice for the people is neither Newt Gingrich nor Mitt Romney, but indeed himself as he is the only candidate offering anything other than the status quo. Gregory then brought Democratic Senator Dick Durbin and Republican Senator Lindsey Graham up to be interviewed. The purpose of these two became obvious when Ron Paul's name was brought into the conversation. The three tried to create the impression that Ron Paul, though doing very well in his campaign, at most can only expect to be a useful tool for Mitt Romney or Newt Gingrich in the 2012 election. The arrogance of these sleaze bags goes beyond comprehension.
At the beginning of this propaganda hit piece David Gregory presented a new poll supposedly for Florida and South Carolina which showed Newt Gingrich with 44% in Florida and 42% in South Carolina, Mitt Romney with 29% in Florida and 23% in South Carolina, Ron Paul with 8% in Florida and 9% in South Carolina. These polls are conducted using the same tactic Gregory used in his interview with Ron Paul. The Story By Henry Shivley - From the Trenches World Report.com Posted 12/11/2011 |
Monsanto Takes a TumbleBy Poor Monsanto – the mighty and haughty manipulator of Mother Nature has tripped on its own hubris, falling far, fast, and hard this year. The biotech and chemical giant has reaped huge profits by messing with the very DNA of the world's food supply. During the past couple of decades, Monsanto has become the Frankenstein of agriculture, taking genetic parts of one or more species and engineering them into another. The corporation literally creates a living profit center for itself inside the mutant seed it engineers for corn, soybeans, and other food stables. Its specialty has been to alter plants so they can withstand heavy doses of an herbicide manufactured by – guess who? – Monsanto. This kind of techno-gimmickry dazzled Wall Street speculators for awhile. Monsanto stock soared to $140 a share in 2008, and in 2009 this darling of investors was named "company of the year" by Forbes magazine. Farmers have found the altered seed ridiculously expensive and less beneficial than advertised, and the herbicide that Monsanto sells with the seed is not effective because weeds have already developed a resistance to it. Meanwhile, the Justice Department is investigating the corporation's antitrust activities, and global opponents of genetically tampered crops have been scoring victories in the fight to stop their spread. M onsanto's response to this rejection of its crop wizardry has been to doubledown on wizardry. Its new corn seed, for example, has not one, but eight altered genes in it! But farmers aren't buying the mumbo-jumbo, and Wall Street has pushed Monsanto's stock price down by two-thirds. As one market analyst now says, "This may be the worst stock of 2010."
The Story
"After Growth, Fortunes Turn for Monsanto," New York Times, 10/05/10, nytimes.com/2010/10/05/business/05monsanto.html
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The Role of Boycotts Boycotts have often changed the world. The American Revolution began with the Boston Tea Party. The non-violent movement that brought down the British Empire included Gandhi's boycott against British textiles. The Montgomery bus boycott launched the civil rights movement. The United Farm Workers in the U.S., led by Caesar Chavez, were unionized through laborious national boycotts of lettuce and grapes. And of course, the international boycott of South Africa played a vital role in bringing down the system of apartheid. Sporadic and spontaneous boycotts, local in form, have been taking place in cities throughout the globe. By Paul Rockwell CommonDreams.org 11/18/2004
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Propaganda and the Fear Factor(y) It is the merest truism that thought-control is unnecessary in totalitarian societies. A one-party rule and the repression of freedoms render irrelevant what people think. But in a would-be free and open society——and especially in a society that aspires to be a democracy——propaganda and thought-control are crucial to the formation of public attitudes. In a nominal democracy, such as exists today in the United States, shaping the opinions of the masses is crucial to the appearance of legitimacy for the ruling elite. The public must be guided and persuaded to ratify the policies favored by the wealthy and well connected, while insuring that the general public does not actually interfere with the policies and profits of the corporate rulers. The Story CommonDreams.org 3/23/06 |
| The Making of a Zombie Culture If we are to understand the current media crisis, it is necessary to comprehend who the commercial media serves. The corporate media exists to serve the status quo, not to inform the people, as is widely assumed by its consumers. It serves the private sector, the bottom line, not the public interest, or the Commonwealth. The commercial media cooperates with those in power to program the public mind by creating propaganda that in essence engenders specific emotional responses, and creates a belief system favorable to the status quo. In essence, the consumer’s mind is programmed to accept the ‘official version’ of events, without consideration of any and all contradictory evidence. Well crafted propaganda compels the people to act in the corporate interest, even as they operate in ways harmful to themselves and the public interest. The Story Charles Sullivan 2/17/2006 |
Unplug the Signal:
The Truth Will Not Be Televised A flow of information is constantly streaming from the television set; a bombardment of words and pictures. The speed at which this information is communicated makes it easy for the signal to take control, switching the viewer's brain to stand-by as information is absorbed without analysis or question. Today the television's constant signal shapes the conclusions of the masses and produces the collective norm. The signal prescribes what is news and what is truth through the words of so-called experts and authorities, gelding the consciousness and independent thoughts of those subjected to it. Through television, the masses can be made to accept the most monstrous distortions of reality. The signal is a chill wind of continuous oppression over the minds of the masses. It controls the management of society and culture, creating uniformity across all subjects. The Story
By Nathan Janes Posted 6/18/2010 |
Struggling Towns Begin Printing Their Own CashIn an echo of the Great Depression, local currencies with their own special flavors are popping up all over in attempts to give commerce and communities a lift. Last year, two Detroit businessmen were bemoaning the local economy—no one in the city had cash, and when they did, they spent it in the suburbs. Then the pair hit on a solution: Print their own money. Thus was born the “Detroit Cheer,” a local scrip accepted by a handful of city businesses, including a pizzeria, an electrician, a few local pubs and a doggy day care center. Residents can also exchange it at a few area bars for greenbacks, but the cheer is vastly more colorful. It features a chiseled Greco-Roman superhero (the Spirit of Detroit) towering Godzilla-like over the city skyline, cupping a tiny family in one hand and a sunburst representing God in the other. Detroit isn’t the only city sporting its own currency. Since the market bottomed nearly 18 months ago, there’s been an interest in local scrips not seen since the 1930s Great Depression. Law professor Lewis Solomon states in his book, Rethinking Our Centralized Monetary System, that there is no legal prohibition to creating a local currency system in the United States. The IRS, FBI, Secret Service, Federal Reserve and Treasury Department have all declared the printing and use of local currencies to be legal.
The Story Pat Shannon Posted 3/20/2010 |
Turning The Police State Apparatus Against DissentersA sustained media propaganda campaign in support of the move to swing the apparatus of tyranny away from phantom Muslim terrorists and towards the American people is in full operation and may pave the way for further attacks on US soil to be blamed on dissenting Americans who speak out against the war and the rise of the domestic police state. Over the past decade we have witnessed an extreme acceleration of the physical implementation of a framework and infrastructure ready to receive those who will not go along with a coordinated destruction of traditional American values and freedom. With 9/11 came the first opportunity of the 21st century to radically alter the mentality of America and introduce a new order of society. The corporate media is now preparing the psyche of the American public for a second major shift. The Story By Steve Watson - Infowars.net Posted 1/11/08 |
