I don't write enough on the inter-blogs. I see that it's almost been a year since I wrote my last post and, privacy be damned, the government information-collecting servers needs to know how I'm feeling about my life!! And under CISPA, the Office of the Second Children could see my data! MY data! How flattering is that?!
This article, posted today, Why I’m Attending the Dedication of the Bush Lie Bury, coincides with the recently-passed 10-year anniversary of the Iraq War.
Not only have we learned that Powell, Cheney and Bush all lied to us about WMDs and many in the country (maybe most) believed, through press briefs and official statements, that Saddam was directly linked to the 9/11 attacks, but we've recently be inundated with news of Nixon's "treason" with disruption of the Vietnam / Paris peace talks. History is repeating itself, it seems, but there is a lot the country seemed to have learned from the Vietnam War, especially when it comes to trusting the United States government.
When did the government earn the 'should never be questioned' status that it enjoyed in this War, especially in the beginning? Grag Mitchell, in So Wrong for So Long, which I'm currently ingesting, the author rehashes articles written for Editor & Publisher (a media trade publication) before and during the war that constantly question the media's role in promoting the government War Agenda without (substantial enough) question. He does allude to 9/11 being a huge factor in silencing dissenters, as many people were angry and wanted to lash out at someone. An interviewee on the movie Why We Fight, whose son was killed in the towers, is an amazing example of this reaction. He's also a major example of the WTF reaction to the later-emerging facts that do not link the terrorists with Iraq at all (they were mostly from Saudi Arabia?).
Ultimately, our media and government have failed us. The lies and ensuing manipulation to support those lies are abhorrent, at the very least. The 'embedded' journalist scam, the prevention by the military/government to publish images of the dead (let's not have another Vietnam, or anti-Vietnam on our hands!), the cowardice of journalists to stand up to bullshit press conferences and to jeopardize their careers...sick fucking shit. How many people died? How many people's lives were ruined? And, for what? Lining of pockets? A vendetta? Sick. Fucking. Shit.
These people are psychopaths and they have to be stopped (you read that correctly, CIA, I'm advocating for an overthrow of the government because it has become tyrannical - suck it).
On that note, moving from the DC Liar's Den to the LA Entertainer's Den to the NYC Rich Funding the Liar's Den (whatever...)... it's going to be a fun year.
Rise Up, Rebel, Revolt.
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