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The Phantom Victory

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The Shadows in the Cave

Do people have a false sense of fair reporting from NPR? Next to NPR’s failure to cover the anti War Protests of October 27th 2007, I find this the most telling piece of news coverage NPR has ever done.

On October 22 NPR broadcast a misleading story by Mara Liasson: GOP Candidates Take Aim at Each Other (note there’s link on their page to listen to the broadcast).

If I hadn’t actually watched the debate, I would have thought nothing of it. But having actually watched the debate, I was left in total shock after I listened to the NPR report. Was the radio station I once trusted and donated money to skewing news coverage beyond belief?

Listen to the NPR program (it’s only 4 minutes long), and then watch these news clips.

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Mara Liasson managed to get the name Hillary Clinton in every sound bite. She never mentions Ron Paul’s name once. I have heard some people say this is a liberal bias. I would argue NPR would be covering Dennis Kucinich if they were truly liberal and wanted to support liberty. Mara Liasson also contributes to Fox News.

If anyone has watched Orwell Rolls in his Grave, they know Michael Powell (Colin Powell’s son) got rid of equal access laws for political candidates when he was head of the FCC. As a public radio station we need neutrality from NPR to counteract this problem. We don’t appear to be getting it.

`(3) HOMEGROWN TERRORISM- The term `homegrown terrorism’ means the use, planned use, or threatened use, of force or violence by a group or individual born, raised, or based and operating primarily within the United States or any possession of the United States to intimidate or coerce the United States government, the civilian population of the United States, or any segment thereof, in furtherance of political or social objectives.

`SEC. 899B. FINDINGS.

`The Congress finds the following:

`(1) The development and implementation of methods and processes that can be used to prevent violent radicalization, homegrown terrorism, and ideologically based violence in the United States is critical to combating domestic terrorism.

`(2) The promotion of violent radicalization, homegrown terrorism, and ideologically based violence exists in the United States and poses a threat to homeland security.

`(3) The Internet has aided in facilitating violent radicalization, ideologically based violence, and the homegrown terrorism process in the United States by providing access to broad and constant streams of terrorist-related propaganda to United States citizens.

`(4) While the United States must continue its vigilant efforts to combat international terrorism, it must also strengthen efforts to combat the threat posed by homegrown terrorists based and operating within the United States.

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Brave New Films ongoing “War on Greed” campaign seeks to educate the public about how leveraged buyout firms like KKR operate and the damage that they often do. This new video in the series, “Fight For The Dream” tells the story of the workers at Accuride’s Rockford, Illinois plant; a company bought by KKR, and contrasts the exploitation they faced with Dr. King’s message of equality and dignity.

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I had reasoned as in Freakonomics, population growth hurts the poor. Just as more money in circulation dilutes the value of the dollar (the Inflation Tax), the more people we have the cheaper the labor. This benefits the rich.  This is why the U.S. government won’t crack down on illegal immigration.

Then I read the creepiest tech article I have ever read in my life Why the future doesn’t need us by Bill Joy.

Bill Joys credentials are pretty impressive:

Cofounder and Chief Scientist of Sun Microsystems, was cochair of the presidential commission on the future of IT research, and is coauthor of The Java Language Specification. His work on the Jini pervasive computing technology was featured in Wired 6.08.

According to Bill Joy what many of us would call “The Matrix” is theoretically going to happen.

There are many points covered in Bill Joy’s article. One of the most shocking excerpts from the article is what Bill Joy has to say about Theodore Kaczynski. That’s right–the Unabomber.

Kaczynski’s actions were murderous and, in my view, criminally insane. He is clearly a Luddite, but simply saying this does not dismiss his argument; as difficult as it is for me to acknowledge, I saw some merit in the reasoning in this single passage. I felt compelled to confront it.

. . . (We’re lucky Kaczynski was a mathematician, not a molecular biologist.)

It appears Kaczynski was a mathematician trying to blow up scientists. Scientists he thought were going to bring an end to mankind as we know it. I never knew that’s what his motive was, or that he was a mathematician.

It reminds me of the Terminator where they are trying to take out the scientist before he can create the technology that’s going to enable them to create the terminator.

I still don’t believe Charles Darwin was part of a eugenics conspiracy

Again the article covers many points on men and science leading to the demise of mankind. Another issue Bill Joy looks at is nuclear weapons. Specifically the Manhattan Project and the Trinity Test.

Atomic Cafe film clip

The Day After Trinity film clip

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• Try checking with your local library to see if they carry these films, and if not request them.
• These videos can be rented through NetFlix
• They are available on Amazon.

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For tips on how to manage your life so you can participate in Democracy and the Republic of the United States, read Take Back Your Time by John De Graaf.

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• Beheading on the rise in Mexico.
• Rape in Mexico tends to go unreported
• Forced abortions in China as late as 9 months into pregnancy
• Enforce Immigration Laws Already on the Books

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Michael Moore covered this bill in the movie Sicko, but the corruption involved with getting this bill passed was also covered by 60 Minutes. This video was posted by LiveLeak.com

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