You are a talented guy and you had a really good run. Unfortunately, there is now a major shift occurring in human consciousness, and it’s beginning to seriously affect your ratings. For a long time, you really stood out as one of the the most memorable pundits; not only were you a ferocious political bully, but you were simply superb as a very believable and intimidating fear-monger.
It’s getting much more difficult these days to justify a journalist’s credibility when they are pulling down multi-million dollar salaries working for multi-billion dollar mega-corporations, and your audience isn’t exactly getting younger now is it?
Bill, after 9/11 you were really at the top of your game when our country’s problems centered on all of the various wars. However the problems we face today are getting out of the wars, ending the Federal Reserve, and putting an end to the obscene amount of corruption in media and politics. With those problems at the forefront today, you are now presenting yourself as a major obstacle to us instead.
Thanks for the memories Bill, but please consider the possibility of stepping aside. Fresh ideas are going to be needed to fix our current problems, and since you are now an obstacle of change, and have dwindling credibility, you clearly have nothing left to offer us anymore…
Sincerely,
The American People
P.S.: Bill, I’m not calling you a liar, but I’m not buying the idea that you don’t know who Alex Jones is:
Not too long ago, I caught the last few episodes of History Channel’s “Decoded,” and I have to admit it’s not too bad. Now it is definitely not as ‘hard-hitting’ as it could be, and I personally view the host (Brad Meltzer) with a bit of skepticism. However, in an era of blatant corruption, sometimes you have to find contentment in the fact that at least the show pushes the boundary for what is allowed to be shown on television, so that in itself gives me reason to look forward to season #2.
I enjoyed this season #1 finale very much since it really made me think; and the subject is about the Georgia Guidestones. For those not in the know, it is a monument that was built in 1980 roughly two hours outside Atlanta, and it resembles a sort of modern day Stonehenge. Not only does this monument have working solar and astrological functions, it also features a sort of “new ten commandments” written on it’s gigantic granite slabs in eight different languages!
It really makes you think since I assume most people would probably agree with nine of these new “commandments.” However, it’s the first one that creates the most controversy, since it calls for mankind to reduce its numbers to 500 million which it claims is the “ideal” number for humanity to be in balance with nature. Since that figure is roughly six and a half billion less than our current population, you can understand that its presence has elicited its fair share of controversy.
Of course many people have an issue with that declaration for many reasons, but I think the one point people are overlooking is that there really isn’t a time-line listed on the monument as to when our numbers are supposed to be at the new “ideal” level. That being said, I think it’s a bit ridiculous to vandalize it or try to destroy it, but please, watch and decide for yourself…
So I recently expressed both my anger and skepticism at Fox News over the “honest mistake” regarding the CPAC response to Ron Paul, when another huge media whitewash occurred the other day; only this time, it was much more personal to me.
In case you missed it, the Daily Show had a bit the other day on all the new presidential hopefuls to run against Obama in 2012, only Ron Paul’s name is never mentioned! This clip is over seven minutes long, and mentions eight presidential hopefuls*, and Ron Paul’s name is mysteriously omitted? Didn’t the guy just win the frickin CPAC? Can someone please explain how it’s possible to write a piece of news on the noteworthy candidates of 2012 and somehow just completely forget to include the one that many consider to be the biggest threat to the establishment? How’s that for blatant media corruption? Say it ain’t so Jon!
I mention that I take this personal as I am a big fan of Jon Stewart and the Daily Show. However, I can’t possibly ignore or make excuses for something this unexplainable. Not only is this omission totally unacceptable, the “honest mistake” excuse has already been played, and since it didn’t work on me the first time…
Another question I have to ponder is; how many more hopefuls would it have taken before the Daily Show staff were forced to acknowledge Ron Paul as a candidate? Was he edited out as a close #9? Or is it far more likely that it didn’t really matter? I’d say the smart money is on the latter…
*the eight presidential hopefuls featured in the bit are Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich, Haley Barbour, Tim Pawlenty, Mike Huckabee, Sarah Palin, Donald Trump, and Mitch Daniels.
Want to know why this is so significant? The recent CPAC straw poll results have Ron Paul claiming 31% of the votes! That means that if you exclude Mitt Romney with 22%, and give Donald Trump 100% of the “other” votes (5%), Ron Paul still outscores all seven of the other candidates featured in the Daily Show bit combined, 31% to 29%! What an audacious whitewash!
When it comes to the whole Wisconsin union battle fiasco, I think the most concerning issue a lot of us seem to have is how the conclusion of the current stalemate will effect the future of the rest of the country. I mean it does get a bit worrisome to think that an extreme precedent could suddenly become the new American standard, but are there other solutions?
Now when I get involved in the typical union debate, I think I have a generally good understanding of both sides of the argument. I’ve always said that balance between the two sides is the key to success. Therefore, I find any argument quite silly when someone trashes the unions but supports Wal-Mart or vice versa. I don’t like the fact that unions abuse their power anymore than I don’t like the fact that corporations tend to keep the little people down. However, I’ve always stood by my belief that no matter what, everyone who works a 40 hour work week has a right to earn a respectable standard of living. It disgusts me when incompetent workers hide behind their union, but it disgusts me even more when executives and shareholders are making fortunes off the backs of low-income workers.
Now I understand that the union in Wisconsin was putting a huge drain on the taxpayers, but eliminating most of their collective bargaining rights? Now I’m certainly not in favor of greedy unions holding government and corporations hostage, but under no circumstances should we allow collective bargaining to be dismissed. I know a lot of people would love to see all the unions go bust, but that sounds like the dawn of a scary new age of Feudalism to me, and that certainly doesn’t sound very American, does it?
Another point I would like to make about the potential busting of the Wisconsin union is what will it really accomplish long term? Busting the union isn’t going to magically fix the debt, so what is the next step? Where does the madness end? Is it really going to be possible to fix the financial problems that Wisconsin and most of the rest of the nation is facing? Or is it more likely that all of these people are going to needlessly suffer over imaginary numbers that can’t ever be paid back anyway?
So with 46 states on the verge of bankruptcy, isn’t there a much better solution to our financial woes that doesn’t involve draining taxpayers or busting unions?
Of course! A controversial idea? Absolutely! And since there have been recent comparisons between the protests of Wisconsin to the protests of Egypt, it starts to make wonder….
How soon is too soon for Wisconsin and many other states to have a serious, open-minded discussion about the real possibility of declaring state sovereignty?
Hypothetically, what if Wisconsin decided to fix her problems by literally declaring herself a sovereign nation? In theory, wouldn’t it be the better long term solution? Sure it might be considered a “radical” idea at first, but does anyone seriously think there’s a more realistic long-term solution that doesn’t involve some sort of allowance to default on the debt? I feel like the states are all being held hostage with absurd mathematics! Can you imagine what it would be like if individuals weren’t allowed to declare bankruptcy? And debts were passed on to your children? At what point are the states able to actually default on their debt? How bad does the economy really have to get? Or would the Fed just keep bailing them out with endless amounts of inflated currency?
But what if amidst all the Federal laws, measures, and proposals to stop it; Wisconsin declared herself sovereign and independent from the rest of the country? What would really happen?
Would we co-exist with Wisconsin peacefully? Do you think we would really take military action against our own people to prevent them from leaving us? Would we treat them the way we have treated Cuba? Would we bar them from conducting business by implementing unfair trade embargoes? If that were the case, would Wisconsin be able to be self-sufficient?
Seriously, at what point do the people and the states acknowledge the fact that the federal system has completely failed, and we start the economy over? Or are we planning to live in austerity for the rest of our lives while the bankers, politicians, and elites keep downplaying the problems by selling us ridiculous future promises? Ever notice that no matter how bad the economy gets, it doesn’t really seem to affect them? Of course they want you to keep playing the game and keep you in massive, endless debt! They love the system because it really works well…for them!
So just how obvious does the corruption and economic absurdity really have to get before the people start demanding state independence as a serious solution?
If the standoff in Wisconsin is truly going to be the first domino that sets the precedent for the rest of the nation, shouldn’t it be a precedent that isn’t bleak and horrible? I sure hope so, but crushing unions isn’t going to be the magic solution, it’s only going to hurt a lot of innocent people and their families. And when you take the debt out of the equation, and acknowledge the fact that there are plenty of resources to go around, does it really make any sense for us to sacrifice our standard of living over a failed economic system that has created an illusion of scarcity?
Call me kooky, but I think it’s time to start thinking about 21st century solutions to fix 20th century problems, and defaulting on debt seems like a good start in the right direction. But by all means, if you want to bust the unions, and spend the next umpteen years suffering over artificial scarcity in a futile attempt to pay back a debt created by fraudulent fractional-reserve banking, be my guest…
And now we take a turn for the weird with a fun little music video full of symbolism that reminds me of the fight in Wisconsin, and why we need to stop pointlessly hurting each other. Also of note is how the main character is wearing red and white…Go Badgers!
Donald Rumsfeld: dark-side Jedi-master of bullshit artistry:
So this is the second time I’ve written about a confrontation with Rumsfeld, but like last time, I also have to give him credit for at least being approachable and trying to give a believable answer. Most tyrants such as Dick Cheney, John Bolton, or Newt Gingrich simply try to escape, while other tyrants get lucky when security takes care of the dissident before they are forced to respond. Thus, the tyrant gets let mercifully off the hook, and they don’t have to be on the spot to address serious and legitimate questions they weren’t prepared to answer.
Now I definitely don’t support or justify every dissident’s confrontation tactics, as a few have gotten overly and unnecessarily disruptive. However, if the “culprits” are above the law, and the media won’t ask them challenging questions about real issues followed by demanding real answers in return like they are supposed to, than shouldn’t it be the duty of the citizenry to fill the void the controlled media left behind? With the growing uncertainty in the future of our world, a severe lack of transparency in government and economics, as well as near ludicrous world-wide corruption, should we blame these courageous citizens for speaking out? And besides, it’s pretty obvious that these culprits are hiding things from us isn’t it? I know I’m getting tired of the softball questions, bullshit answers, and the endless amount of false promises, aren’t you?
Say what you want about these protesters, but they truly believe they are doing the right thing, and despite a few backfires, I completely agree. I mean let’s face it: while this emerging style of citizen journalism can be viewed as harassment, the truth is that this “harassment” is merely a symptom caused by all the rampant secrecy and corruption!
It’s really sad when our society has actually degraded to the point where basic principles like honesty, integrity, and transparency within the government and media have become outrageous concepts. The good news however, is that you no longer need to be at the mercy of what the media feeds you. Are you as fed up with the news and politicians as these people are? Don’t just sit there, do something about it! You have the power to be your own journalist! And there’s no better time than now to get involved!
“In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.” -George Orwell
Bonus videos with one of the earth’s most vile creatures:
The first four minutes is the most relevant part of the confrontation. My favorite part is at 3:30 where Rove is finally ‘safe,’ and is able to comfortably revert back into his natural form; I guess which could only be described as some sort of demonic pig-like creature. What, did you think Karl Rove was a sentient and compassionate human being? Does that look like an innocent man to you? What a pathetic and disgusting slime-ball…
This video is just completely awesome! It starts as a simple public speech and quickly turns into an epically awkward meltdown. What I find the most disturbing though, is the number of passionate Rove fans in the audience; seriously, who goes to a Karl Rove speech? What does it say about someone when they actually go out of their way to hear what this demon pig creature says? Thank you citizen journalists for courageously standing up and exposing this tyrant! Keep up the excellent work!
“That report is at odds with a recent report by the BP spill compensation czar that said nearly all will be well by 2012.”
“Magic microbes consumed maybe 10 percent of the total discharge, the rest of it we don’t know,” Joye said, later adding: “there’s a lot of it out there.”
“The head of the agency in charge of the health of the Gulf said Saturday that she thought that “most of the oil is gone.”
“And a Department of Energy scientist, doing research with a grant from BP from before the spill, said his examination of oil plumes in the water column show that microbes have done a “fairly fast” job of eating the oil.”
“And even more troublesome was the tremendous amount of methane from the BP well that mixed into the Gulf and was mostly ignored by other researchers.”
“Kenneth Feinberg, the government’s oil compensation fund czar, said based on research he commissioned he figured the Gulf of Mexico would almost fully recover by 2012”
“I’ve been to the bottom. I’ve seen what it looks like with my own eyes. It’s not going to be fine by 2012,” Joye told The Associated Press. “You see what the bottom looks like, you have a different opinion.”
(end of event highlights)
It must be easy keeping a secret and then keeping the public in the dark about it when we can’t actually see the problem. Are you wondering what it is that they don’t want you to see? Remember all the fuss about a dispersant called “corexit” that roused up some issues with the EPA?
Well here is a more enlightening picture of what corexit does and what really happened in the gulf: (I’ll outline highlights below)
18:10-18:35 What corexit is, and how you can use it to get away with saying “most of the oil is gone.” 19:35-20:10 just how toxic is this corexit stuff anyway? 21:05-22:20 A BP spokesman’s boat ride nightmare part #1 23:29-26:15 boat ride nightmare part #2 and the answer to, “why would BP use corexit when there were safer and more effective solutions?” 26:50-27:10 one more poke at the BP spokesman before he gets to sulk all the way home (at least it appears that way). 33:25-35:50 Two questions: are BP and the government sleeping in a giant bed together? And ‘climatic’ speculation that may have just explained one of the craziest winters in American history?
Funny, it took a respected scientist riding around in a frickin submarine to prove it, but it appears that the oil isn’t really gone, is it? But whatever your view, it looks like this gulf spill mess is quite far from over. 2012? As a Vegas guy, I’d say the smart money is on the over…
Wow, this makes my blood boil with anger at the corrupt media.
Proof that Fox News is run by Satan? What a corrupt and disgusting trash network. Absolutely shameful editing, but not the least bit surprising either. I’ve been warning people for a long time that the establishment is scared to death of Ron Paul, and here’s yet another shining example.
You know why the establishment doesn’t like Ron Paul? Because he tells the truth, he’s not corrupt, can’t be compromised with bribes or blackmail, and is therefore not controllable. The establishment frowns upon candidates that they can’t control. This is all about protecting the corporatocracy, and Fox News and the establishment are so desperate and scared of Ron Paul that they actually have to go out of their way to lie about him now.
The establishment wants to make something clear; you are not supposed to like Ron Paul, got it?
To the Democrats: please don’t do any independent research on Ron Paul. He is a kook because your pundits and politicians say so. Please continue to not listen to anything he says with an open and unbiased mind.
To the Republicans: You are not supposed to like Ron Paul. He is too old, and has no chance at winning because we say so. Please ignore everything you’ve heard about him, and instead support Sarah Palin, Mitt Romney, or one of the many other controlled phony neo-con puppets that will keep the corrupt status-quo in perpetual continuity. Also please make sure and tune into the Sean Hannity show religiously. He is our finest pundit; a truly wonderful, genuine, and compassionate human being that only concerns himself with telling you the truth. Believe everything he says.
First Mubarak, next Cheney? I for one won’t have any issues having one of our own country’s traitor war criminal/profiteers removed from power and having his assets frozen; and this guy is pure Satan… Funny, he recently even called Mubarak a close friend and ally. Dick Cheney = tyrant scum.
Awesome trailer! Unfortunately, this movie has been rated TMI by the establishment, and will not be shown in theaters. Now please get back to your Angry Birds video games and your television, because the establishment frowns upon people that pay attention to them… 😉
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