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Great Lies Of The American 'Free' Press'


By David R. Hoffman
Legal Editor, Pravda.ru
5-26-5

In several previous PRAVDA articles, I discussed the Bush dictatorship's prominent use of Adolph Hitler's "great lie theory" - the political tactic where a leader fabricates "great lies," then "eternally" repeats them until a significant portion of the population comes to accept them as truth. The Bush dictatorship also discovered a residual benefit of the "great lie theory": People are often so myopic or so embarrassed by their gullibility that, even after the "great lies" are exposed, they would rather reward the liar than acknowledge the lie. This benefit, however, has also revealed the disquieting reality that far too many people in the United States, arguably the most powerful nation on earth, do not require legitimate reasons before they will acquiesce to the wasting of billions of tax dollars, and the sacrificing of thousands of lives, in wars based upon nothing but lies.

There, of course, are those who claim the "great lie theory" cannot work in democratic countries like America, because, unlike nations with government-controlled media, there is "freedom of the press." But this criticism is easily muted by the events that occurred a little over fifty years ago, during the height of the "Cold War" era.

In 1950, a politically ambitious senator named Joseph McCarthy, during a speech in Wheeling, West Virginia, held up a piece of paper that allegedly contained the names of communists who were employed by America's State Department. This bold announcement helped to usher in an era of hysteria, fear, censorship and blacklisting that only began to wane four years later when an attorney named Joseph Welch asked McCarthy during the televised "Army-McCarthy" hearings, "Have you no sense of decency sir, at long last?"

Both McCarthy's biographers and friends have stated that Hitler's book MEIN KAMPF, which discussed the application of the "great lie theory," played an important role in the development of McCarthy's political strategies. And even though the relatively new medium of television helped to diminish McCarthy's power, the corporate-controlled news media also shared the blame for McCarthy's ability to disseminate "great lies." During the Wheeling speech, no reporter asked to examine the list McCarthy held, and it is said that McCarthy himself later joked to members of his inner circle that nothing was on the paper but a reminder to pick up his laundry.

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I think middle and high school history classes should really focus on the McCarthy era, because so much (of what not to do) can be learned from it. I didn't know a thing about McCarthy when I was in school, and I don't remember if they even mentioned him in my history class.

Another tidbit about McCarthy: It was in 1954, while he was president, that "under God" was added to the Pledge of Allegiance. Between 1924 and 1954, the Pledge was worded:

"I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands; one nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all."

Personally, I think putting "under God" into the pledge took away from the power that "one nation, indivisible" had. Not only does "under God" break up the phrase, "one nation, indivisible," leaving it disjointed, but since not everyone believes in the same God and some don't believe in a god at all, adding the phrase "under God" only serves to divide us as a society.

How does this relate to the topic of the thread, you may ask, aside from the fact that it has to do with McCarthy? Well, that would be the propaganda behind it. "Under God" was added to the pledge during the cold war when Americans were afraid of Communism, and Atheism is/was widely viewed as un-patriotic and synonymous with Communism. Adding "under God" to the Pledge was propaganda that was used to promote patriotism, since they were ignorant to the fact that most Atheists in America are actually non-Communist, and are no less patriotic than Christians.

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Lesigner Girl said:
non-Communist, and are no less patriotic than Christians.



Christian dont believe anyone else is going to heaven let alone how patriotic someone else is...

What do I mean, I mean surely a merciful God would let a few kind loving caring individuals into heaven, what about the poor tribal member in some remote country isolated never read the bible would he burn in hell, according to Christianity yup he sure will, but if Hitler had asked for forgiveness and embrace Jesus as the son of God before blowing his own brains out, yeah he would goto heaven....



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That's the problem with Christianity. Yes, there are many wonderful, caring Christians out there who donate time and money to help out the less fortunate, and I highly respect those people. But those are the people who would do things out of the goodness of their hearts regardless of religion, and because of the way the New Testament is written, the ones who aren't so caring will "sin" anyway, "knowing" that all they have to do is ask for forgiveness on their deathbed and they'll go to heaven.

And yes, anyone who lives in the jungle or some other remote area of the world who has never even heard of the Bible would go to hell, according to Christianity. So much for an impartial and merciful God who loves all His children unconditionally.

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Well there you have it an egotistical meglomaniac actor at best...

If you didnt see my movie your not getting an autograph...

If you did your still not getting an autograph, plus you are begging I only give autographs to those that help themselves, but dont covet anything...







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If you like another actor more than you like me, then not only are you never getting an autograph, but you are not allowed to watch any more of my movies.

If you know anyone who likes another actor more than they like me, then you shall cut them off and never speak to them again.

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Nice real nice return on that....

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Why, thank you. *takes a bow* emoticon

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