Manipulation of the Media

[IRONxMortlock]

I gotta say, I luuuuuuuuuuuuuuvvv all these threads where foreigners worry about domestic US laws for us people who just happen to live in the US.

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You see one thing "leftists" do have that those who make up the right-wing echo-chamber lack, is empathy. The ability to feel for others. To put yourself into someone else's shoes. To see it from the other side, to get an appreciation for what it might feel like to suffer from injustice - what it's like to have a bunch of foreign soldiers kick in your door at 4AM, kill your son and take your husband away for 6 months of "questioning". What it's like to be locked away without trial for years. What it's like to live in police state where you must watch what you say. I AM concerned for the well being of US citizens and it distresses me greatly to see their democracy being torn to shreads in what is supposedly an effort to "protect" it.

I am also concerned for the rest of the world. The last thing the world needs is a WMD armed rouge superpower headed by a dictatorial band of corporatists going around blowing up more people.

I believe I am right to worry and I will express my concerns. You don't like it, that's fine, don't read it then.

A law allowing easier use of the Nat'l guard by the fed after the fed was criticized for states not using their nat'l guards- military occupation of the US!

That new law makes it possible for one man to call the military onto the streets to police the civilian population whenever he sees it nesecary. That's a pretty big jump towards despotism.

Especially when they blow it way out of proportion; like this.
The military want's to get its version of the facts out? It's propaganda just like 1984!

Back on topic,

The military has more than ample opportunity to get their side of the story out - Pentagon press conferences, interviews, embedded reporters, spokemen. It shouldn't be allowed to manufacture news any more than it already does.

EDIT - Speaking of 1984 and doublespeak I just came across this; a wonderful example of 1984 style doublespeak.

Freedom is Indefinite Detention Without Trial.