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2016 Postmortem

Uncle Joe

(65,171 posts) Fri Feb 12, 2016, 10:45 PM Feb 2016

Henry Kissinger on the Internet. [View all]

Henry Kissinger once told me he was very concerned about the Internet's impact on people's ability to absorb information in a concentrated way, because we've become accustomed to looking up something, getting a snippet and being satisfied with that - as opposed to reading through and considering a weighty tome that goes into great depth.

Vint Cerf

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I have no doubt Henry was truly most afraid of the Internet's ability to get the truth out to the people regarding his war crimes in a "concentrated way."

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Henry Kissinger on the Internet. [View all] Uncle Joe Feb 2016 OP

Bernie on TV and internet search engines probably delivered a one-two punch last night. Wilms Feb 2016 #1

Henry on the net nationalize the fed Feb 2016 #2

Global corporate supremacy; super-ceding the authority of national governments, that's in essence Uncle Joe Feb 2016 #3

Joe, do you remember Kissinger's rant about "useless eaters"? dixiegrrrrl Feb 2016 #5

From the book "The Final Days" "The elderly are useless eaters" - Henry Kissinger. Uncle Joe Feb 2016 #6

Here is a little more about Kissinger. Uncle Joe Feb 2016 #4

Remember when Bush tried to make him the head of the original 911 commission? nationalize the fed Feb 2016 #8

It does beg the question, what was Kissinger's "conflict of interest?" Uncle Joe Feb 2016 #10

He is a cretin. libdem4life Feb 2016 #7

I don't believe Kissinger is stupid, just amoral and evil. Uncle Joe Feb 2016 #9

Thanks. :) libdem4life Feb 2016 #11

He and Richard Nixon should have been jailed for treason in 1972 catnhatnh Feb 2016 #12