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America's Obsession with Media and Reality Television. (Osama the Star)

2011-05-04T13:58:00.000-07:00

I am indeed a gambling man, and i would bet it all that if Osama Bin Ladin was somehow pardoned for his crimes by the president, virtually ALL of the "Patriotic Americans" that took to the streets cheering "America FUCK YEAH" and celebrating his death would in fact TUNE IN to a reality show starring him if he was given one. Oh sure, at first everyone would be up in arms about the pardon.

Then all the tough guys would emerge vowing to "take him out" themselves.

But then, Americans would all tune into a show about Osama's new life in a Miami Beach loft where he was protected from assassination by security, almost ALL of the Americans that celebrated his death, would tune in to watch the most mundane details of his new life.

These Americans tuning in would largely be made up of the 1 in 7 Americans on food stamps. (Yes that is true, 1 in 7 Americans is so broke they can not afford to eat). And those people would continue tuning in by the millions, so much so that it would make Osama's second season contract $10 million. And then they would tune in even more. And his third season he would earn $25 million and so on.

Americans are so pathetically addicted to reality television that they would make the most hated man on earth a rich man all over again just because they couldn't help it. And they would do this while starving themselves.

And then after his popularity on season 3 of "Osama Beach", Dancing with The Stars would certainly offer him a contract. And guess what? That would be the MOST WATCHED season of DWTS to date. Because these same "Patriotic Americans" that were chanting "Fuck yeah" upon his death would also be chanting "Fuck yeah" after he perfectly dipped Kirstie Alley in a Tango.

And TMZ would photograph him and interview him and make him a ladies man.

And America would tune into TMZ more than ever to look at him.

Because lets face it, any country capable of making a scumbag like "The Situation" a multi million dollar star is certainly capable of doing the same for a mass murdering son of a bitch like Osama Bin Ladin.

And that my fellow Americans is pathetically worth more than the dollar.

@justus4all

The Tallest Man In Pakistan - Osama (The Movie)

2011-05-03T18:09:00.000-07:00

my new movie script is called "the tallest man in pakistan." in it, Osama Bin Laden lives in a mansion in the capital of our ally Pakistan and drives a Range Rover... for 7 years, while the rest of the world thinks he lives in a tent and is barefoot, and well, you all know how it ends. Or do you???

The sequel to "the tallest man in pakistan" has already been filmed--- its called the "Bourne Identity", its where a former CIA Operative (TIM OSMAN) gets shot by navy seals and thrown overboard into the ocean. he wakes up floating in the sea and comes back to haunt the USA...i think it starred Matt Damon.

Stooooopid....

OSAMA: Ding Dong the Witch is Dead…

2011-05-02T15:48:00.000-07:00

George Bush declared Victory for America (again.)

Really? Are the troops coming home? Did we win?

No to both, not only aren’t the troops coming home, but they are likely going to be in more danger, as will we all, at least in the immediate future. Al Qaeda will likely be looking to make a statement response.

Now, upon news of a twitter feed of his death, the same country that demanded to see Barrack Obama’s birth certificate, was dancing in the streets singing “Ding Dong the witch is dead..” as if their favorite sports team had just won the championship.

There is one major difference however between the witch in the Wizard of Oz being dead and Osama Bin Laden being dead.

In the Wizard of Oz, the witch’s death actually meant something. It meant the death to their oppressor and they could all live happily ever after.

Osama Bin Laden’s death means nothing. It means nothing to the war in Iraq, Libya or Afghanistan, it means nothing to the deficit in a Country that Osama Bin Laden helped Bankrupt, it means nothing to the 6000 American Soldiers that America has sent to the middle east and gotten killed as a response to the 3500 that Osama killed. It means nothing to the $3 trillion dollars America spent funding the war on terror as a response to the $20 billion Osama cost us on 9/11. I mean, let’s face it, killing Osama Bin Laden will do about as much damage to Islamic Fundamentalism as killing Jesus Christ did to Christianity.

One news source said it best as far as I am concerned –

“When future historians recount what happened to America in the first decade of the new millennium, they will point to the attacks Osama bin Laden mounted on 9-11 as a turning point in global history, and see in Washington’s response a partial explanation for the nation’s subsequent decline." --- Slate

Osama’s death accomplishes NOTHING.

In fact, this non-stop news coverage and self-congratulatory American government party reeks of propaganda that would rival that of Nazi Germany. They are celebrating the falling of a fictional antihero at this point.

America killing Osama Bin Laden is on par with Al Qaeda sneaking into the US and killing Jimmy Carter. While that would be a slap in the face, nothing would change.

And although America has achieved nothing in this single event, that’s not to say nothing has been accomplished in our war efforts in the Middle East, it’s just that there are far more respectable milestones in our Middle East efforts that Americans should be celebrating. Rather than lowering ourselves to a fundamentalist’s style effigy burning in the streets. Let’s keep it classy America, a great man once said (sic) –

"Returning hate for hate multiplies hate, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars. Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that." -Martin Luther King, Jr.

On a side note, they threw his body in the ocean. There is no body. The proof he is dead is now relegated to photos taken by our government and DNA evidence which proved to 99.9% odds he’s dead. To put that in perspective, those odds are the same as 1 in 1000. Those are not insurmountable odds, and in fact I have been “All in” after the flop on two poker hands I could remember where I had that same 1000 to 1 advantage and LOST. So lets not forget, there is a chance, an actual one, that this guy is not dead at all.

Let the conspiracy theories begin, for the rest of eternity.

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A little humor, below is some propaganda style footage run by CNN for over 4 hours last night, to show us what a bad man Osama Bin Laden is.

I’m throwing it in for no reason other than I think it’s hysterically funny!!!

jersey shore and mob wives - an Italian American's point of view

2011-05-01T13:59:00.000-07:00

(Make sure you read my three new show pitches at the end, even IF you can't get through my whole commentary...)

So it seems these days it is open season on Italian Stereotypical shows on TV. There are 2 that are hugely popular, Jersey Shore and Mob Wives. Both depicting the most ugly side of Italian stereotypical culture with no positive role models or culture shown. And now there are at least 2 more spin off shows coming.

Carl's Jr. recently ran an ad for a Chicken Parm sandwich by showing an Italian eating it in the car and passing out with sauce all over him as two other Italian Murderers approach to "Whack" him. Seeing the blood red sauce they thought he was already dead and moved on. (But yet the taco bell dog is prohibited now as is THE LIME which aired for only three weeks before getting yanked)

Now Italians are not as prevalent as many other cultures in many parts of the country. Particularly in the mid west and West Coast, where many people don't know any real Italians. So they are basing what they know on Italians from Mob movies and these shows.

It's already gotten to the point that almost every time someone new meets me in LA and they find out im Italian from New York, the ridiculous follow up question is "Have you ever been to the Jersey Shore?" Which means they are already thinking of those assholes when they think of me.
I have been to the Jersey Shore. I grew up there in summers with my family and it was nice. But now....fahgetttabout it...

There is a huge difference too between shows like the Sopranos and the Godfather and this other trash. Shows like the Sopranos and the Godfather depict Historical Crime sagas that still exist in REAL Italian Culture today, particularly back in Naples and Sicily. There is nothing Historic to Italians on Mob Wives nor Jersey Shore. Furthermore, the Sopranos and the Godfather also depict other honorable aspects of the culture as well as positive role models like lawyers, doctor's, Ivy League Students, Family values, etc. Again none of this is depicted on these other TV Shows.

What's worse is on Mob Wives for instance, the real mobsters are far less honorable or civilized than their theatrical counterparts, in fact most of New York Italian Mobsters such as John Gotti were less redeemable people, murderers and not a proud part of Italian Culture all the same. Tony Soprano is somewhat more honorable, and lets not forget, FICTIONAL. Mob Wives does not depict any real honor or redemption, instead it feeds on desperate Italian Woman and exploits the tough times they have been through.

That all being said there are NO REALITY shows that focus on one particular culture like the Italians on TV. Back in the day Seinfeld ran an episode featuring the Puerto Rican Parade, where they stereotyped the parade and Puerto Ricans as doing EXACTLY what the jersey shore and mob wives shows. That episode of Seinfeld aired one time and was yanked altogether. But for some reason Italians are fair game??? And now they are actually going to film season four in a historical part of Italy??? well here's 3 OTHER SHOWS i'm pitching, I hope VH1 or MTV picks these up too...

THE QUEENS-
A house on Fire Island where 4 flamboyantly gay Men live together and they do drugs, party, sleep with anyone and everyone, they have slap fights and hissy fits and then for season 4 we are going to film in Massachusetts where they will all get married as they offend anyone and everyone they come in contact with by acting like Andy Dick in Old School...

HARELM STEPS-
The show will depict the summertime lives of 5 black kids that hang out on the steps of their Harlem Brownstones drinking beer, smoking blunts, and beating women, and then season 4 we are going to film in Africa.

CHINESE KITCHENS-
The show will depict the after hours lives of 5 NYC Chinatown teens after they get off work from their parents restaurants jobs where they will smoke cigarettes, get tattoos, shoot dice and commit crime. And then we will film season 4 in Shanghai...(As if the Chinese gov would ever allow us to film there...)

IF any of those shows I pitch get picked up, do you think they will ever be allowed to air?

Neither do I, nor should they. And Mob Wives and Jersey Shore should not be allowed to air either. It's a double standard...

But hey, I AM actually going to pitch my treatments for these shows, so ya never know...

Stay Tuned...

Bernanke is a scumbag...

2011-04-29T22:07:00.000-07:00

http://www.usatoday.com/money/economy/2011-04-29-bernanke_n.htm

More than 2 years after Bernanke gave WALL STREET, Major Corps, and Private Investors $3 trillion in FREE money, he thinks its time to start LENDING money to the poor? But only if they have good credit? Is he joking?
The supply side was given almost interest free no liability loans regardless of credit, in fact, the worse credit and deeper in bankruptcy the corporation was, the more they qualified for the money.
Now 2 years after starving the working class he says we should LEND money at current rates to "Creditworthy" lower class individuals and small biz? What about the damage that's been done to many people's credit during the 2 years he made them wait?
What a SCUMBAG...

PS - somebody in this article says "The recession officially ended 2 years ago..." what planet are these people from???

Los Angeles Superior (Inferior) Court - 21 days to process scam

2011-04-28T21:46:00.000-07:00

I recently got a seatbelt ticket, a ridiculous law that will be the subject of another post, but something odd happened when I tried to pay the ticket.

The Superior Court said the ticket cannot be paid or processed until 21 days after ticket issuance. They also say you MAY receive a courtesy notice in the mail, but make it a point to say "this notice may NOT come." So what the "F" is the point of this courtesy notice system in the first place?

Now the court date for the ticket is approximately 40 days after the date of ticket issuance. So I started thinking about what is happening here. Why would it take 21 days before a ticket can be paid when it must be paid by 40 days or so to avoid an arrest warrant and fines starting at $480.

Then it dawned on me. The ticket is entered into the system that night by the officer (Leach), at the very worst it is entered within a day or two. But if they allowed me to pay it straight away, it would be done and they would have zero chance to collect heavy fines worth 10x or more the face value of the ticket. So they tell you it cannot be paid until 21 days after issuance. Leaving you only a 2 week or so window in which to pay the thing. Adding to the odds that it'll slip your mind, and/or the ticket will get lost.

What a scumbag way to do business. But thats the US and State Gov's in a nutshell. they plot and scheme different ways to leach additional money from tax payers out of their "Post tax" income.

I am writing a letter to the court system accusing them of such malfeasance, I will update my Bog with the response, should i get one.

Cash-Strapped LA Schools May Turn To Corporate Sponsorships

2010-12-15T23:25:00.001-08:00

George Orwell's vision of big brother is coming to fruition in a very real way...litttle by little "they" (our government and its incestuous relationship to corporate america) are chipping away at our freedoms and blurring the lines between business, government, and total ruling and control of the working class...1% of the people now have complete control over the fate of at least 97% of the people, and counting...with 2% somewhat in between...

time to wake up people...
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Air Force Reportedly Blocks Sites Posting WikiLeaks

2010-12-14T18:58:00.001-08:00

Big Brother has arrived...the U.S. is guilty of censorship and propaganda...

What a joke, the New York Times? Really???
Read the Article at HuffingtonPost

Wall Street Set For Best Two Years Ever, Thanks To Bailout

2010-12-13T19:05:00.001-08:00

This is unbelievable, many trillions of dollars in aid offered to these guys with no stipulation or requirement that they use that money to help stabilize the economy or create jobs. Instead they use it to give themselves bonuses and raises. And then the government has the gall to say "they paid us back" when all they did was sell the US Owned shares at the inflated pyramid scheme prices, price raises created only by the government bailout. Wall Street didn't do anything to earn any of this money!!!

What a joke Obama turned out to be. I voted for that guy too, and as soon as he took office he just handed over all our money on the supply side with no guidelines or stipulations. I hated Bush, and say what you will about him, but I honestly don't think he would've handed over that much money to them to just so obviously pad the supply side pockets the way Obama did....almost as if he was offering that up to them to say "Here, like me..."

pathetic...@justus4all

Read the Article at HuffingtonPost

The first DECADE of the new Century went by devoid of any cultural significance...

2010-12-12T23:55:00.000-08:00

Usually at the end of each decade there is a monumental New Years Celebration and a feeling left behind of what life was like in the recently passing decade.

It certainly was that way from the 70's into the 80's. From the 80's into the 90's, and from the 90's into the 00's.

All had sort of monumental decade ending feelings of nostalgia...

But I just realized that the first decade of the new century, the 00's ended LAST year at the end of 2009. The first decade of the new century ended without any sort of fanfare or remembrance besides being the worst financial collapse in the country's history and a time of paranoid war on terror and loss of civil rights.

Where as we had specific styles of music and clothing and automobiles in all of the previous decades I mentioned, there is nothing notable that happened in this first decade and I guess it will be forever remembered as the decade of Reality Television, War on Terror, and Financial disgrace for this country, and largely the world.

Whatever it will be remembered for, it certainly was devoid of any cultural significance whatsoever.

Good riddance, only I fear that this next decade wont be any better, it'll probably be known as the decade of Twitter, Facebook, Plutocracy, and hopefully, civil unrest to the point of revolution...

The American People slept right through the passing of 10 years...

This is truly a state of sleep...

Kim Kardashian is so insecure...

2010-12-11T15:37:00.001-08:00

She is so pathetically insecure that she can not remain single for one day before she moves onto a new guy....either that or she is the biggest whore in town...

Take your pick Kim...

Who's Done More Damage, Bernard Madoff or Alan Greenspan?

2010-12-11T10:36:00.001-08:00

The blame lies with Greenspan and the U.S. government who marketed these very home purchases and luxury items to the people that could not afford them. If people could not afford them like they couldn't BEFORE Greenspan, they would not have been able to purchase them. But Greenspan and the U.S. Government made them available to people who couldn't afford them for a reason, and that was to make money for themselves.

There's a reason we prosecute drug dealers harsher than we prosecute drug users, the dealers are by far more despicable making personal profits off of other peoples wants, desires, and misery. Its the same thing here, Greenspan and the U.S. Government were the dealers of this bad economy and crisis. Sure the irresponsible Americans should have abstained, but once the Government and the Fed got them hooked through "Free Money" policies, the rest is, as they say, sordid history.

There is a nice seat in hell waiting for Greenspan and his oddly shaped head...

Don't sleep.

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About Bernie Madoff
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Greenberg - the movie with Ben Stiller

2010-12-11T00:03:00.000-08:00

I watched that tonight and felt a bit as though I was awkwardly similar to Ben Stiller's character Roger Greenberg...not necessarily in lifestyle but there were for sure some similarities...

It was a decent movie though, better than much of the proverbial crap that Hollywood churns out these days.

The movie was filmed in Hollywood but not made by Hollywood, there in lies the paradox.

Battle Heats Up Between Police Officers And Civilians Who Record Them

2010-12-10T19:18:00.001-08:00

it's only ok for them to tape us...P.K. DIck said in the 70's that "one day everything you do will be videotaped." and if Orwell was alive he would kill himself...

every great civilization was at its peak when it started to crumble. America peaked several years ago and all the signs are there of history repeating itself....

Most in ancient Rome never could have fathomed it either.

its coming.
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Espionage Act: How the Government Can Engage in Serious Aggression Against the People of the United States

2010-12-10T18:56:00.001-08:00

A great article. The American Government couldn't be any less for "The People", but instead 100% about service to the wealth. It has been a Plutocracy since Reagan, and has gotten worse year by year as supply side economics have run their course. Now its all about feeding the poor to the rich, quite literally. The rich cry "Socialism" if you talk about healthcare for all, but when it comes to government bailout loans and free money, they are all for it.

What's worse is the elected officials in this country are allowed to personally profit from the policies and laws they write, and dissenting opinions get in the way. America has failed, what was at once a proud country has devolved into a glorified banana republic only instead of bananas our entire GDP is made up of printed phony currency and inflated stock markets (Pyramid Schemes)....

and yet the American People seem to be sleeping right through it.

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Obama-Clinton Briefing: Former President Endorses Tax Cut Deal (VIDEO)

2010-12-10T16:40:00.001-08:00

This is laughable. Obama had to dig a former president out of the crypt to handle the political pressure he is incapable of handling on his own.

I voted for Obama, and since then it has been like watching a wet napkin try to stand on its end.

The guy is a jellyfish...

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White House Privately Pushing Data Showing Bush Tax Cut Extension Politically Popular

2010-12-10T16:18:00.001-08:00

Obama said two weeks ago that Americans do NOT want this. Then he caves and the white house releases this statement of propaganda.

http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/12/bloomberg-poll-americans-dont-want-to-extend-tax-cuts-for-wealthy.php

Thats a link to several major polls that all say the opposite of what the white house is saying. Obama himself said the opposite until he changed his position for some reason. How can the government continue to lie to the American people the way they do? Its an obvious plutocracy and the American people need to realize that, get educated to what's going on and act.

I guess they just surveyed the top 1%...unfortunately they other 99% is getting screwed...

(By the way, they are trying to quietly slip it past the American People by asking them if they want "Their own taxes to go up"...meaning that they are posing the question saying that if we eliminate tax cuts for wealthy we are going to eliminate them for the working class too. So the loaded question then becomes "Would you like YOUR taxes to go up???" But Americans are too smart to fall for that...aren't they???)

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Sarah Palin Conjures 'Death Panels' -- Again

2010-12-10T15:59:00.001-08:00

I don't understand it, who in this country wants to hear this woman speak? who are the people that care what she has to say? Government in this country is an embarrassing disaster and to add insult to injury, this woman is somehow considered one of the potential presidential candidates for 2012???

She refers to a time of war? We don't need increased defense spending to protect us domestically from terrorists, local law enforcement and the FBI are responsible for that...and our work in Afghanistan and Iraq, right or wrong, is coming to an end, so we can ramp down the defense spending now...

And she wants to slash taxes for corporations? Why? According to our Government Propaganda U.S. Corporations are seeing record profits...(As if its not just profits from the Fed and Gov pyramid scheme called the bailout or TARF or whatever they are calling it...) if they were truley seeing record profits, they wouldn't be concerned with the future tax cuts, but they know once the Government stops its incestuous socialism for the rich cash infusion otherwise known as Reaganomics, Voodoo economics, and Supply Side economics, they will be broke again...

There's only so much money that can be printed in any given decade and we've tripled or more the amount of currency in the last 10 years...
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AP Enterprise: FAA loses track of 119,000 aircraft - Yahoo! News

2010-12-10T13:41:00.000-08:00

I haven't even read this article in its entirety but the headline was funny to me...

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101210/ap_on_bi_ge/us_misplaced_planes

U.S. Government is building a Pyramid Scheme right NOW...

2010-12-10T13:27:00.000-08:00

Every time I hear about how another one of these Banks or Wall Street firms, or AutoMakers is "Paying back" the U.S. and the "Tax Payer" the amount they received in bailout money, PLUS interest which is resulting in a "Profit" for the taxpayer, I just cringe, and here's why.

Well first off, I was curious how it was possible that all of these companies were broke not even 2 years ago but now had record profits, when the "Consumers" of the world are still struggling, in other words, without consumers spending in bulk, how could these companies and banks not only have made that much money over the last 2 years, but how could they be seeing profits?

In other words, if you own a store and no one is buying what your selling because they are broke, then it is impossible to see profits.

The answer is supply side economics, which means our government had just printed and pumped money into the economy through the top, hoping that would create jobs and at the same time appease its plutocratic constituents (also known as the top 1%)...and the way the U.S. Government is doing this is an actual Pyramid Scheme, the same one Bernie Madoff was locked up for.

One thing I noticed that ALL of these payback stories have in common is they all involve the resale of "Shares" of each company by our government. The way our government gave these companies and banks bailout money was through purchase of their "Shares." And by repeatedly purchasing all of the shares of different companies, to the tune of $9 trillion over the last 2 years, this caused the stock prices to "rise", which is the way the stock market works in general. The more of a certain share that gets bought, the higher it's price goes.

Then the Government, is "Selling" these shares at this new inflated price, and taking back the "taxpayers" money back and bragging about the "profits" for the American people.

These companies and banks and wall street firms are just as broke and inept as they were 2 years ago, they turned out NO actual products that were purchased by consumers beyond the inflated value increases of their own company shares which was created with a money printing machine courtesy of our crooked Government.

They all reaped BILLIONS in personal profits along the way, including U.S. Government officials and they got the nerve to tout this to the American people as these companies are "succeeding"? While the bulk of the American people are struggling? The only thing these companies and banks and our government has succeeded at is building the largest Ponzi scheme to date, and the American People are just too stupid or ignorant, or maybe they just don't care enough, to do anything about it...

Citigroup Hires Peter Orszag, Former Obama OMB Chief

2010-12-10T12:38:00.001-08:00

Wow, i'm beyond words, give me a second....

Ok, so a Government official that was somewhat involved in Lending (Giving) the Bank $46 Billion in cash as part of the bailout , is rewarded with a super high paying job at the bank? This is not a conflict of interests in this country? The American people are being defrauded by their Government....and they need to wake up and act.

And just a side note, all of this talk about how these Banks and Wall Street firms have "Paid back" the American Taxpayer the bailout money they were given is all another big fat lie told to us by our government. The money was given to these banks in the form of "Stock purchases." and then the Fed and U.S. Government continued to print and pump money into the stock market (Almost $9 trillion including "Short term loans") and then that money caused the market to inflate. And then the U.S. Government sold these shares at the "Inflated" market price, and call that "The loans have been repaid???" The banks didn't do anything to earn this money, nor are they entitled to the profits earned on the backs of the American Taxpayer....

American People need to wake the "F" up and look at what is going on while they work to support their families and pay taxes to a supply side government that supports its Plutocratic constituents almost exclusively...
Read the Article at HuffingtonPost

Americans' Wealth Grows, Lifting Hopes For Economy

2010-12-10T12:18:00.001-08:00

And there you have it, the American Government "Propaganda" at its finest, they honestly rival the propaganda campaigns of Nazi Germany. Their logic ---> because the wealthiest Americans money rose, we can average that across the country as a whole and show this increase in wealth as a cumulative increase for "the people" fueled by, as the article states, "Increased spending and paying off debt." (and laughably Stock holdings, as if any measurable amount of the American Public actually enjoyed increased wealth from stock portfolios almost no Working man really has)

FACT ---> in a separate article released just 3 days ago, it is a fact that American's CREDIT CARD DEBT GREW by almost $7 billion in just the 3rd quarter alone. So much for "Increased consumer spending and paying down debt." The spending was with fake paper that they did not have and the debt actually increased. And therefore by the laws of a little thing called "Math" American's wealth actually "Decreased..." http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/12/08/credit-card-debt_n_793855.html

When is the U.S. Government going to stop this campaign of mis-information and stop acting like a cold war government keeping its people in the dark?
Better yet, when are the American "People" going to wake up from their STATE OF SLEEP???

Some notable thanks due to Ron Paul, Rand Paul, Wikileaks, and Senator Bernie Sanders....for at least attempting to stop this insane cycle....

Notable NO THANKS to Ronald Reagan, George Bush (take your pick) and Obama.
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