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woo me with science

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38. +10000 It's absolutely Orwellian. Say one thing. Do the opposite.
Sun Oct 19, 2014, 01:38 AM
Oct 2014

And, man, the lies have been coming fast and furious this year:

Months ago: Obama's heavily publicized speech about reining in military involvement...followed immediately by funding of the Gaza horror, a new war in Iraq, a new war in Syria, and a TRILLION DOLLAR new nuclear weapons escalation.

Then: the shameless public claim to support net neutrality, when his own appointees are enabling corporate takeover of the internet.

Then: that jaw-dropping public proclamation: “If you blow the whistle-You should be thanked & protected for doing the right thing," when we have all watched first-hand this administration's treatment of Chelsea Manning and Edward Snowden, and the vicious, systematic crackdown on whistleblowing in the federal government.

And now this. Stunning. Advertising and bragging about all these savings and limitations on monopoly and protections of citizens, and even putting them in the budget,....all the while working for exactly the opposite through the TPP. Good god.

And that's not even to mention the propaganda machines we now know about, aimed at the government's own citizens.

This is what we have come to in the United States of America. This is our lying, manipulative government on corporate money. We all live in Oceania now.

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Well, well, well. Lying and publicizing good intentions in the budget, woo me with science Oct 2014 #1
Disturbing, isn't it? grahamhgreen Oct 2014 #3
The stuff of nightmares. woo me with science Oct 2014 #4
Kick. This needs to stay on top, too. woo me with science Oct 2014 #5
You're the best, Woo;) grahamhgreen Oct 2014 #7
You put the unvarnished truth about what we're dealing with, woo me with science Oct 2014 #9
It's our party, and I'll cry if I want to;) grahamhgreen Oct 2014 #13
That seems to be standard procedure now. Marr Oct 2014 #37
+10000 It's absolutely Orwellian. Say one thing. Do the opposite. woo me with science Oct 2014 #38
Kick n/t BuelahWitch Oct 2014 #2
Kicked Enthusiast Oct 2014 #6
This Wiley cartoon seems appopriate Fumesucker Oct 2014 #8
Very appropriate. grahamhgreen Oct 2014 #10
lol Love it. ctsnowman Oct 2014 #12
k&r nt bananas Oct 2014 #11
Trans-Pacific Partnership Would Decrease Access to Affordable Cancer Treatment antigop Oct 2014 #14
The TPP will kill people. grahamhgreen Oct 2014 #18
Think it would be a good idea for Medicare to negotiate drug pricing? pa28 Oct 2014 #15
Fucking unbelievable! wavesofeuphoria Oct 2014 #16
The one in speeches, or the one they implement? woo me with science Oct 2014 #17
Hillary Clinton's Business Legacy at the State Department (leading part in drafting TPP) antigop Oct 2014 #19
Hillary Clinton and Trade Deals: That “Giant Sucking Sound” antigop Oct 2014 #20
I spoke earlier this week about the damage TPP would do to the drug arthritisR_US Oct 2014 #21
I keep hearing how good it is and how important a new trade agreement is. Why do you hate Obama? Autumn Oct 2014 #22
This thread from a couple days ago is very illuminating of neverforget Oct 2014 #24
How many years has this thing been on a "fast track" again? ucrdem Oct 2014 #23
Link? grahamhgreen Oct 2014 #25
Links: ucrdem Oct 2014 #30
It is not ON a fast track - Obama has REQUESTED Fast Track, and it looks like enough of us djean111 Oct 2014 #28
Evidently this thing has gone through 20+ rounds of negotiation since 2010 ucrdem Oct 2014 #29
Are you saying that Wikileaks is lying about the content of the TPP? djean111 Oct 2014 #31
There isn't any TPP. ucrdem Oct 2014 #32
"on IP issues at least" - oh, there is lots of other stuff. There are 29 chapters to this thing. djean111 Oct 2014 #33
Possibly but "fast track" at this point is a non-issue ucrdem Oct 2014 #36
No, I mean a link proving your claim "Obama... Ended it" grahamhgreen Oct 2014 #34
Dec. 15, 2011, NYT: ucrdem Oct 2014 #35
K&R for the original post and subsequent informative posts and links. JEB Oct 2014 #26
So our party passed both highmindedhavi Oct 2014 #27
Obama campaigned against NAFTA, and the Costly Trade Agreements. grahamhgreen Oct 2014 #40
kick woo me with science Oct 2014 #39
kick woo me with science Oct 2014 #41
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