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jwirr

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38. It used to be conservatives who distrust government

Sat Sep 5, 2015, 02:08 PM

Sep 2015

because of economic reasons like welfare.

Is it any surprise after reading this OP and the following posts that now most of us distrust our own government? And now we have no media we can trust either.

Democracy? We lost that when the liars took over a long time ago - working for the profits going to the 1%.

I told my daughters this weekend that one of the reason many of us support Bernie is that we think he is the only chance we have of ever turning this around. But as I say this to you - I have that empty feeling around my heart. I am afraid only a few of us have any idea just how lost we are.

This weekend I am going to the Labor Day parade with my family. Bernie supporters are going to be passing our fliers. I'm too old to walk the route but I am going to be there to support them. I am not going to give up.

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The Mighty Wurlitzer: How the CIA Played America [View all] Octafish Aug 2015 OP

Perhaps that article also points to why some so strongly de-emphasize the "U" in "DU" as well.... villager Aug 2015 #1

Christopher Pyle sheds light on the rationale... Octafish Aug 2015 #4

K&R 2naSalit Aug 2015 #2

A History of Threat Escalation: Remembering Team B Octafish Aug 2015 #5

No Problem... 2naSalit Aug 2015 #12

The backstory to Team B and the pro-space movement LongTomH Aug 2015 #13

k and r bbgrunt Aug 2015 #3

Journalism and the CIA: The Mighty Wurlitzer Octafish Aug 2015 #6

Secret Government ''Managing'' the News is NOT Ancient History. Octafish Aug 2015 #7

News from the intersection of secret spying powers and privatized profits... Octafish Aug 2015 #8

With much agreement right here on DU....amazing! haikugal Sep 2015 #31

It's beyond a Wurlitzer-it's a heavenly choir thanks to NASA (Dulles's PAPERCLIP pals) et.al. K&R bobthedrummer Aug 2015 #9

''Target Audience'' Octafish Aug 2015 #15

k and r nashville_brook Aug 2015 #10

J Edgar Hoover with Supercomputers Octafish Aug 2015 #17

Kickety rec. hifiguy Aug 2015 #11

I'm pretty sure you mean this thread, for those who may have somehow missed it Electric Monk Aug 2015 #14

Thanks! haikugal Sep 2015 #33

Recommended. H2O Man Aug 2015 #16

Best way to predict the future is to make it happen. Octafish Aug 2015 #21

Lisa Pease: OPC “became the fastest-growing unit within the nascent CIA,” MinM Aug 2015 #18

I have the honor of meeting Lisa Pease. Octafish Aug 2015 #22

Real History Blog MinM Sep 2015 #39

Ms. Pease wrote about CIA and Otis Pike Octafish Sep 2015 #40

Thank you for this thread. I didn't see it until a moment ago. Judi Lynn Aug 2015 #19

The CIA and the Media: 50 Facts the World Needs to Know Octafish Aug 2015 #24

Kick and an invitation to join in on a discussion of "information operations" aka Psy-Ops for those bobthedrummer Aug 2015 #20

Michael Hastings made somebody very nervous. Octafish Sep 2015 #25

HUGE K&R CrawlingChaos Aug 2015 #23

It used to be against the law, directing propaganda against the American people. Octafish Sep 2015 #26

the crux of the biscuit reddread Sep 2015 #27

Freedom is for those who can afford it. Poor kids rot unknown in jail for five years and die... Octafish Sep 2015 #29

Having lived through that propaganda age I was very jwirr Sep 2015 #28

Wall Street would profit immensely from the Cold War, hence ''Team B.'' Octafish Sep 2015 #36

It used to be conservatives who distrust government jwirr Sep 2015 #38

Wait; is that, could that possibly be, and involving all sorts of people, a.....govt CONSPIRACY?? WinkyDink Sep 2015 #30

Journalism and the CIA: The Mighty Wurlitzer Octafish Sep 2015 #35

Prof. Christopher Simpson has published the best work on the subject of CIA propaganda, IMHO. leveymg Sep 2015 #32

Excellent o.p. and sub-posts. Thanks, Octa. nt. Mc Mike Sep 2015 #34

News from the intersection of secret spying powers and privatized profits... Octafish Sep 2015 #41

k & r & thanks! n/t wildbilln864 Sep 2015 #37

There was no justification to lock the other recent Octafish CIA thread. PufPuf23 Sep 2015 #42