We hear all the time that corporations do not choose to make this or that product and news companies only air the stories that we the people want to hear about.
Really? I've never had any corporation or any news media outlet question me about what kind of product I would like them to make or what I feel should be on the evening news.
Maybe I'm just one of those who didn't get polled, but I don't know anyone who has ever been polled in such a manner.
It's just a nice little ploy to get you to believe you're in control. How many of us really want more commercials, for example?
For some straight facts and analysis, this can't be beat.
An unrelated note:
Oh beautiful, for spacious skies, for amber waves of grain.....For purple mountains majesties...
Thursday, August 23, 2007
Democracy and Representation Part II
The White House doesn't care about people who support their views either. (Walter Reed or 15 months in a war-zone anyone?) They care about your vote, that's about all. If they did care about you, why would they hide a potentially VERY dangerous situation from you and your family? Like they did here. And why would they not rush armored vehicles to Iraq?
If they cared about you and "family values" so much, why would they bail out the shady mortgage companies instead of helping the families who are losing their homes?
First, read this and learn what these sub-prime mortgages are all about. There's even a cool video go to with it.
Then read this to see the fallout this is generating.
If the people who run the government are also the people who own huge corporations, including almost every major media outlet - will we ever see all sides to a story?
First - check this out to learn how 10 corporations own all of our newspapers, television stations and internet access points.
Then watch this to see how even ABC news (part of the big 10) manipulate us.
Then watch this and and see what propaganda looks like. Josef Goebbels couldn't be prouder.
Do something.
The time is now.
Nazi Germany didn't just happen. People didn't just wake up one day to find Jews in concentration camps and the SS asking for allegiance to Hitler. It was a slow, gradual, and legal maneuver. The National Socialists actually brought much needed relief at first. But, slowly, things changed. Everything they did was legal - passed into law by the government. And it was all for their safety. Just trust us, they said. There's an evil enemy out there, let us protect you.
Well, here in America we have no-fly lists - that Senator's and 4-year olds are on; a national ID card is in the works; the Pentagon keeps track of you if you support peace; the Patriot Act allows federal agents to track what books you borrow, access your health records, and search your house without you ever knowing it. We had TIPS - which asked neighbors and friends to spy on each other; our elected President has signing statements where he chooses which laws he wants to obey; we have a President who has the power to call anyone, even a U.S. citizen, an "enemy-combatant," thereby stripping them of all rights guaranteed in our Bill of Rights. This is all to keep us safe. There's an evil enemy out there, let them protect us.
Just turn your iPod back on and stop paying attention.
or
DO SOMETHING!
If they cared about you and "family values" so much, why would they bail out the shady mortgage companies instead of helping the families who are losing their homes?
First, read this and learn what these sub-prime mortgages are all about. There's even a cool video go to with it.
Then read this to see the fallout this is generating.
If the people who run the government are also the people who own huge corporations, including almost every major media outlet - will we ever see all sides to a story?
First - check this out to learn how 10 corporations own all of our newspapers, television stations and internet access points.
Then watch this to see how even ABC news (part of the big 10) manipulate us.
Then watch this and and see what propaganda looks like. Josef Goebbels couldn't be prouder.
Do something.
The time is now.
Nazi Germany didn't just happen. People didn't just wake up one day to find Jews in concentration camps and the SS asking for allegiance to Hitler. It was a slow, gradual, and legal maneuver. The National Socialists actually brought much needed relief at first. But, slowly, things changed. Everything they did was legal - passed into law by the government. And it was all for their safety. Just trust us, they said. There's an evil enemy out there, let us protect you.
Well, here in America we have no-fly lists - that Senator's and 4-year olds are on; a national ID card is in the works; the Pentagon keeps track of you if you support peace; the Patriot Act allows federal agents to track what books you borrow, access your health records, and search your house without you ever knowing it. We had TIPS - which asked neighbors and friends to spy on each other; our elected President has signing statements where he chooses which laws he wants to obey; we have a President who has the power to call anyone, even a U.S. citizen, an "enemy-combatant," thereby stripping them of all rights guaranteed in our Bill of Rights. This is all to keep us safe. There's an evil enemy out there, let them protect us.
Just turn your iPod back on and stop paying attention.
or
DO SOMETHING!
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