Government Doublespeak | To deceive and confuse 7

Doublespeak. The deliberate use of ambiguous terms in order to deceive the public, is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and it’s the kind of language we hear constantly on TV. But why does the mainstream media comply with its use?

“Well, that’s what happens when governments transfer the public airwaves to private corporations in a practice known as deregulation. In this environment, reporters lose their autonomy in exchange for military protection, they are co-opted or embedded.

“A war that most nations refused to support becomes the War for Democracy.

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If Megaupload Was Taken Down, Then Why the Need for SOPA/PIPA? 9

Think about this folks…. The government and the lackey politicians have been carrying on that the country needs SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act) and PIPA (Protect IP Act) in order to stop piracy of copyrighted materials. If we are in such dire need of these two acts, then how did the Fed take down Megaupload and duly make arrests?

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SOPA Will Take Us Back to the Dark Ages | Mashable 4

I got up early this morning simply because I wanted to see Reddit and so many other sites actually go black, and throughout the day, have submerged myself in article after article, tweet after tweet, and post after post.  A most phenomenal day!

A developer friend of mine posted this link to his Facebook page – and he is the kind of guy that when he posts something internet-related, I check it out.  SOPA/PIPA is not just about the money so many corporations are losing due to piracy, but also the money they are not gaining because the internet now allows an entrepreneur to cut of the middle-man.  I am only going to include a few excerpts here as this article is worthy of going to and reading in it’s entirety. More…

“They Live” a sci-fi movie from 1988 doesn’t appear to be sci-fi anymore Reply

I saw this movie when it first came out in 1988 and loved it!  But back then, it was nothing but Science Fiction.  Now, I no longer see it as fiction but as reality… as non-fiction.  The aliens merely represent the corporations and government in our world today.

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