The Noble Lie

As I was going over that “left gatekeepers” picture, I realized there were some titles I hadn’t heard of. Maybe I should have heard of this one, but I had never heard of the Manhattan Institute before. Pretty pleasant bunch of guys. If I remember correctly, Mike Ruppert covers founder William Casey in The Truth and Lies of 9/11. He was the Director of Central Intelligence who ran the Iran/Contra operation. I don’t use the word “affair” to describe these atrocities of history, unless of course talking about Bill Clinton and his intern, because it is a deliberate soft word, to psychologically pre-soften the blow of the scandal. It was a black operation, black budget, black magic military operation, not an affair, and certainly not an “incident.”

Their “about” site opens up with the following warm, fuzzy endorsement from Rudy Guiliani.

“For twenty-five years, the Manhattan Institute has confronted old problems with fresh thinking. Many of the Institute’s emblematic ideas—from the notion that low taxes encourage businesses to the concept that police should be treated with respect—were originally greeted with skepticism but have since been embraced by well-run cities everywhere. Congratulations on a quarter century of making a difference.”

I couldn’t have said it better myself, except for the congratulations part.

• About Manhattan Institute [their website]
• Giuliani, the Manhattan Institute, and Eugenics
• Manhattan Institute [Wikipedia]
• Think Tank Watch: Manhattan Institute
• William J. Casey [Wikipedia]

Hitler’s brutal attempt to exterminate the Jewish race was not as successful as Europe’s attempt to wipe the “Red savage” off the face of the Americas. It is estimated that over 50 million Native Americans were slaughtered using massacres, conflict, biowarfare, and the near-extinction of the Plains Buffalo (attack on food supply). It is silly to speculate if some of the widespread contamination and disease-causing was intentional or not; the countries of Europe had been using that dirty trick on each other for centuries, and was fair game for warfare and genocide.

Those that survived were herded like cattle and put on death marches to forts and reservations with the worst conditions, the worst land, in disease-prone areas, where they died and mourned, and tried to hold on. Their languages were forbidden. Their spirituality was forbidden and Christianity was shoved down their throats. They were not the first nor the last culture to suffer this horrible fate.

Even during the eugenics movements of the early 20th century, this depopulation program against American natives continued, being particularly targeted for sterilization on the grounds of physical and/or mental incompetence.

• Population history of American indigenous peoples [Wikipedia]
  
• Trail of Tears
  

This is another great Adam Curtis documentary. This documentary covers how “spreading freedom and democracy” has been used as a pretext to spread war and oppression across the globe. It touches on the Rand Corporation, Game Theory, the Prisoner’s Dilemma, and how Cold War policy was shaped by these models of motivation and self interest. During and after the cold war, these techniques were let loose on the public.

It is telling that the one person most credited for developing this widely-accepted model of human behavior was a paranoid schizophrenic.

Part 1 of 3 - Fuck you Buddy

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“This series is about how those in power have used Freud’s theories to try and control the dangerous crowd in an age of mass democracy.” - Adam Curtis

Part 1 of 4

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If the topics covered on this weblog have interested you so far, I thought you might be interested in this collection of DVDs that are not available for online viewing.

People have to make a living. Unfortunately, the people who need this information most will be the hardest-pressed to afford it. If you can, buy these materials, show them to people you know, and spread the word. Here, I am simply linking to their websites so you can learn more from the horse’s mouth.

• The Future of Food (THE most important issue of our age)
• Fahrenheit 9/11
• ACLU Freedom Files
• In Debt We Trust
• Vaccines: The Risks, The Benefits, The Choices
• Secret Mysteries of America’s Beginnings
• Richard Dawkins - Growing Up in the Universe

If you have any good DVD documentary picks, list them in the comments section.

This film is one of the first documentaries that really, really moved me. Aaron Russo has since passed on after a long struggle with cancer.

I have a feeling the topic of ID chips (mentioned late in the film) will be a dominating topic in our lives.

Some off-the-cuff Aaron Russo, having real interactions with real people, behind the cut –

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Another good Parenti talk, in this one he gets into the incestuous relationship between church and state. He makes a great point about how the term “materialism” is abused by religious organizations.

The audio is originally from TUC Radio in San Francisco. Please listen to the outro for information on how to support them.

I admit when I’m full of it. In an earlier post, I claimed that Fox ran “Mark Foley - D” on their scrolling ticker tape. I was wrong and I admit it.

They actually put it in big letters right on the screen.

This isn’t technically “subliminal,” but…. some are subtle, some aren’t.

More behind the cut.

Ann Coulter on Mark Foley

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With that very short primer on subliminals out of the way, I’m going to start using examples on the site. Now I’m no fan of Al Gore, but I know a dirty trick when I see it.

Watch for the flash of the word RATS when they mention Al Gore’s plan….

While I have to say that the scope of this film is very narrow - it focuses on the sins and omissions of one of the major networks instead of stepping back to look at the bigger picture (though it starts to remedy this very briefly near the end), it is a very good example of the true purpose of media - to be the middle man between the power elite and the unwashed masses, to shape and control public opinion along a pre-ordained track.

The big television stations are owned by the military-industrial complex or their hangers-on (Westinghouse, General Electric, Disney), and people should realize they have NO vested interest (and no duty) to report in a truthful fashion those things which might reduce or cut-off the steady flow of money to their businesses via wartime defense contracts.

The media is more than just passive and complicit. That criticism does not go far enough. They are an essential ingredient in the formula of mass deception, just as much as Bush’s lying speeches, executive orders, the new Emmanuel Goldsteins — new wars and new enemies with new faces.