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In reply to the discussion: Anonymous are Criminals, according to the Far Right Wing! Lol! [View all]Fawke Em
(11,366 posts)66. The Republicans have been creating false realities for years now.
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The aide said that guys like me were "in what we call the reality-based community," which he defined as people who "believe that solutions emerge from your judicious study of discernible reality." I nodded and murmured something about enlightenment principles and empiricism. He cut me off. "That's not the way the world really works anymore." He continued "We're an empire now, and when we act, we create our own reality. And while you're studying that realityjudiciously, as you willwe'll act again, creating other new realities, which you can study too, and that's how things will sort out. We're history's actors ... and you, all of you, will be left to just study what we do."
Suskind, Ron (2004-10-17). Faith, Certainty and the Presidency of George W. Bush. The New York Times Magazine.
Danner, Mark (2007). "Words in a Time of War: On Rhetoric, Truth and Power". in András Szántó. What Orwell Didn't Know: Propaganda and the New Face of American Politics (First edition ed.). Philadelphia, PA: PublicAffairs Reports. pp. 17. "... the unnamed official speaking to Suskind is widely known to be none other than the self-same architect of the aircraft-carrier moment, Karl Rove ..."
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But you didn't answer the question. You have provided nothing but speculation
sabrina 1
Nov 2012
#46
Who cares if it's a fantasy? It has created a huge reaction though from a lot of people making me
sabrina 1
Nov 2012
#75
Actually my position has been that I don't know or care whether they are telliing the truth
sabrina 1
Nov 2012
#73
Fantasy based on bullshit makes EVERYONE on the forum buying into it look stupid... True or false?
Coyotl
Nov 2012
#72
What part of "25 years of programming experience" trained you to deny stupid?
whatchamacallit
Nov 2012
#42
If your friend thinks ORCA has any connection to vote tabulation systems, then he is no expert.
phleshdef
Nov 2012
#79
And thats what it was. The damn PDFs were mailed out. The website that hosted the data existed.
phleshdef
Nov 2012
#83
If they can send an anonymous email, they can send a printout of the code they found.
randome
Nov 2012
#32
All these threads prove that RWers aren't the only ones who will embrace any CT
zappaman
Nov 2012
#64
Agree with everything you said except about the Medal of Honor, which is only for military. Civilian
stevenleser
Nov 2012
#70