tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3862216000300765627.post1064807403709509251..comments2024-01-16T03:42:46.705-05:00Comments on The Downward Spiral: Nazi Germany’s Example and the Future of America (Part 3): The Hologram Vs. The Propaganda MinistryBill Hickshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17551954408189665078noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3862216000300765627.post-814152957935678772012-06-03T09:55:59.053-04:002012-06-03T09:55:59.053-04:00Nice one Bill.
Again, for anyone interested in ...Nice one Bill. <br /><br />Again, for anyone interested in seeing the direct link between Goebbels' propaganda machine and American style "public relations" I strongly recommend Adam Curtis’s excellent series, "The Century Of The Self."Crash_Watcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01985815560035214946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3862216000300765627.post-57885613524123162982012-06-01T18:40:21.973-04:002012-06-01T18:40:21.973-04:00Thanks, John. That is high praise, indeed! :)Thanks, John. That is high praise, indeed! :)Bill Hickshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17551954408189665078noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3862216000300765627.post-87829244049343968012012-06-01T17:55:34.341-04:002012-06-01T17:55:34.341-04:00Bill,
This was so good we sat down together (my w...Bill,<br /><br />This was so good we sat down together (my wife, son, and me) to read it aloud and discuss it.<br /><br />Thanks for all you do to educate the public about the downward spiral.John Andersenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17222958547864356881noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3862216000300765627.post-63305464214958629822012-06-01T16:55:38.749-04:002012-06-01T16:55:38.749-04:00Heh.
I was just watching this: http://www.imdb.com...Heh.<br />I was just watching this: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0458375/ last night.<br /><br />If anyone who is reading this doesn't understand how *we* got to where *we* are, this is a good place to start : http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=9167657690296627941Lew Stewellnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3862216000300765627.post-61133511936877650242012-06-01T16:45:15.768-04:002012-06-01T16:45:15.768-04:00Here Bill, have a great long documentary. It's...Here Bill, have a great long documentary. It's a fantastic 3 parter that comes in around 4 and a half hours so, settle in. Part two is primarily about propaganda. http://metanoia-films.org/the-power-principle/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3862216000300765627.post-13125321722569284662012-06-01T11:31:50.408-04:002012-06-01T11:31:50.408-04:00Good post Bill and very relevant here in Ireland t...Good post Bill and very relevant here in Ireland today. We have freely voted yes in a refenderum to be further screwed by the Germans, before this the scam was imposed on us but now we have said yes by a margin of 60/40. You are right the modern propoganda machine is a miracle of the age that allows the systems to get ordinary people to drink the cool aid. Doctor Gobells would indeed be in awe of how his successors have refined and perfected his art.irishwildeyehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13653892284914268881noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3862216000300765627.post-16271275054055306312012-06-01T09:07:30.286-04:002012-06-01T09:07:30.286-04:00Terrific Bill Hicks! - this line made my laugh for...Terrific Bill Hicks! - this line made my laugh for the day: "The sad fact is that were Nazi Germany's Minister of Propaganda, the utterly loathsome Dr. Joseph Goebbles, still alive today he would only be able to stare in slackjawed awe at just how sophisticated American propaganda has become compared to the clumsy, heavy-handed efforts he and his minions produced from 1933-1945."<br /><br />The Union of Concerned Scientists did a great analysis of corporate funding of propaganda groups, with nice chart, which makes clear how companies like GE walk the green walk and then fund deniers:<br /><br />http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2012/05/31/492837/money-where-their-mouths-are-not-leading-companies-contradict-own-actions-on-climate-science-policy/<br /><br />For another example, see this piece about climate change:<br /><br />http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/when-hitting-400-is-not-good-levels-of-key-greenhouse-gas-pass-milestone-trouble-scientists/2012/05/31/gJQAVvwP3U_story.html<br /><br />Which starts out okay and then quotes Terry and Ebell, two insane fossil-fuel funded deniers at the end. It's typical of the fake equivalence which would be like writing about the Holocaust and then quoting some neo-Nazi's questioning its existence.<br /><br />But to my mind the greatest example ever of media complicity by omission is the huge coverup of Sarah Palin's fake pregnancy. Her thinly hidden, obvious lies made it so obvious that McCain's choice was beyond pathetic, and actually dangerous, but the press simply refused to report on it, even though bloggers had mountains of photographs, articles and video proving she just was not pregnant.<br /><br />But hey, it was really funny!Gailhttp://witsendnj.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com