The Lies Of Democracy and the Language Of Deceit
http://www.globalresearch.ca/the-lies-of-democracy-and-the-language-of-deceit/5319515
“In an increasingly media-driven age, language is everything and is often used by officialdom to tyrannise meaning. With the deaths of millions on its hands since 1945, the US has become the world’s number one terror state. By the 1980s, former CIA man John Stockwell had put the figure at six million. As a recent article has indicated, from mass bombing in Southeast Asia to employing death squads in South America, the US military and the CIA have been directly and indirectly responsible for an updated figure of an estimated ten million deaths (1). But it’s not called mass murder these days. Ironically, the US has hijacked the word ‘terror’ to justify its brand of tyranny through a war on terror.
You can also add to that ten million, countless others whose lives have been sacrificed on the altar of corporate profit, which did not rely on the military to bomb peoples and countries into submission, but on a certain policy. It’s not browbeating. It’s structural adjustment.
And that’s why former British PM was some years ago told by his financial masters to sell of what was laughingly regarded as ‘the nation’s gold’ at a knock down price on behalf of bankers’ (not the nation’s) interests without being held up to genuine public scrutiny. Some say that was the first ‘bail out’ (7). That’s why taxpayers’ money, unbeknown to most of the taxpayers, is being used unaccountably and undemocratically to help prop up banks and to topple various countries and bring death and destruction to thousands via ‘covert ops’. Covert – hidden from the public who remain blissfully unaware of where their hard earned dollars, pounds or euros are actually going.”

Posted by: вот так | Jan 21 2013 18:48 utc | 3

The way of the Obama regime is often subtle, and little reported. Example:
Hounded by America’s Javerts
Did the Government Drive Aaron Swartz to Suicide?
http://www.counterpunch.org/2013/01/21/did-the-government-drive-aaron-swartz-to-suicide/
“The government … has interpreted the anti-hacking provisions to include activities such as violating a website’s terms of service or a company’s computer usage policy.… The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, in limiting reach of the CFAA, said that violations of employee contract agreements and websites’ terms of service were better left to civil lawsuits.”
Unfortunately, that ruling applies only in the ninth circuit. “The Obama administration has declined to appeal the ruling to the Supreme Court,” Kravets writes, where it could be affirmed and applied nationwide.
Had that happened, there might have been no case against Swartz, because JSTOR did not want to sue him, even though he crashed its servers, and he agreed not to distribute the material. (MIT had not declined to prosecute.) Subsequently, JSTOR opened its database to the nonacademic public.”
It is through mostly unreported sleight of hand maneuvers, like that one, that oligarch’s tools are removing the people’s ability to hold them to account. What little is left of it.

Posted by: вот так | Jan 21 2013 19:04 utc | 5

Obama, like the vast majority of successful puppeticians ooops politicians is a psychopath.
Therefore, lying should and would be a given.
Snakes in suits anyone?

Posted by: Penny | Jan 21 2013 22:30 utc | 7

*means an [end] to…

Posted by: ruralito | Jan 21 2013 23:22 utc | 9

He didn’t lie.
>> A decade of war is now ending.
Under his breath, he muttered: “…and a new one begins!”

Posted by: obama ftw! | Jan 22 2013 1:45 utc | 11

Obama Begins Inauguration Festivities With Ceremonial Drone Flyover
WASHINGTON—Taking the oath of office for his second term today, President Barack Obama joined thousands of supporters in the nation’s capital for traditional inauguration festivities that included a prayer invocation, a parade along Pennsylvania Avenue, and a ceremonial flyover of three combat drones. “When Obama was being sworn in on the Capitol steps, we could hear the drones screeching by overhead and everyone got really excited,” spectator Andrew Meyers, 34, said as he eagerly trained his eyes on the unmanned aerial vehicles that have taken out several hundred innocent civilians during presidentially authorized strikes in Pakistan and Yemen. “They go by super fast, but luckily there are Jumbotrons all over the National Mall, so nobody missed out. Wait, they’re coming back!” At press time, sources confirmed that inaugural celebrants were enjoying the Jumbotron’s live closed-circuit feed of the still-open prison facility at Guantánamo Bay.

Posted by: вот так | Jan 22 2013 4:33 utc | 13

the self confession of uncle scam
*Hello my name is America and I am addicted to war, violence, and deceit.*
http://tinyurl.com/caxs64y

Posted by: denk | Jan 22 2013 6:28 utc | 15

Philippines says it is challenging China’s claims in South China Sea at international tribunal

Posted by: somebody | Jan 22 2013 9:05 utc | 17

*We will not renounce our part in the mission of our race, trustee, under God, of the civilization of the world,” said Sen. Albert Beveridge in the U.S. Senate, speaking for the economic and political interests of this country. “Where shall we turn for consumers of our surplus? Georgraphy answers the question. China is our natural customer….The Philippines give us a base at the door of all the East.”*
http://www.countercurrents.org/us-cox240107.htm
*The US has been heading towards China via the Philippines ever since Mr. Bush took office.
Months before September 11, The Role of Southeast Asia in US Strategy toward China, a Rand Corporation study, advised Donald Rumsfeld that he must re-base American forces in the Philippines in order to retain US military dominance in Asia.*
http://www.declarepeace.org.uk/captain/murder_inc/site/gladio/030309Fake.html
*What are US Special Forces doing in the Philippines? Killing Filipinos*
http://notmytribe.com/2010/our-boys-are-killing-filipinos-818507.html/comment-page-1
[read the comments !]

Posted by: denk | Jan 22 2013 9:17 utc | 19

Someone on the Mali thread (Hans) mentioned ‘Gold’ being the US Mali theme as Germany wants it’s Gold back and the US requested a 7 year wait. It is rumored that the US holds Gold in the PI a Island vault and secure location, some speculate near Palawan, that leaves 2 possible locations and both are not accessible in any normal manner, one being the 2 Islands where the ship grounded the other being the Spratly Island in dispute with China/PI and a US/PI JV is underway building a ‘New’ Naval base on this location.
What stresses me out is I moved to the PI thinking that this area would be the last place where conflict would occur – I guess nowhere is peaceful today while we hunt for resource control, then again has our world ever been conflict free.
Lastly, concur #20, the ingredients are cooking and it smells like Uncle Sam’s stew again…

Posted by: Kev | Jan 22 2013 12:05 utc | 21

P.S.—State of the Union address coming up. Can U.S. actions, such as pulling our military horns in around the globe, match our rhetoric? I doubt it. Using our military to enforce our drive for a corporate dominated world is a problem.

Posted by: ben | Jan 22 2013 15:02 utc | 23

Oh, Say, Can You See?
http://dissidentvoice.org/2013/01/oh-say-can-you-see-2/
“The government
claims the right to record
every telephone conversation,
every e-mail message,
and every website visit
by anyone at anytime
anywhere in the country;
and, in fact, does all those things.
And has made it a felony
for anyone to eavesdrop
one of its own telephone heehawings
or cyber communications.
Think about that
when the Superbowl’s coming on
and the announcer calls all to rise
for singing of the anthem.”

Posted by: вот так | Jan 22 2013 21:59 utc | 25

It does have a certain charm which conveys more that its mere words do –

Posted by: lambent1 | Jan 23 2013 0:20 utc | 27

Don’t have a tv so didn’t watch.
Is it not customary to pledge an oath of allegiance to Israel during this event?
I seem to remember phrases such as “our commitment to the security of Israel is ironclad”, “unshakeable bond” etc. during previous inaugaral addresses.

Posted by: Sasha | Jan 23 2013 1:33 utc | 29

@ ben [#22]
I’m not that great a fan of kabuki, but I have to admit that it takes considerable skills to do those performances, while Obomber only has to go through the motions without emotions. I never believed in his BS and I never will. Phony baloney conservative in Dems’ suit.

Posted by: Daniel Rich | Jan 23 2013 5:44 utc | 31

UN begins probe into civilian deaths in US and UK drone attacks
http://rt.com/news/un-probe-drone-casualties-639/
“The UN has begun a probe into civilian casualties in US and UK drone strikes and their legal implications. This follows multiple claims the attacks are war crimes and encroachment on the sovereignty of the countries in which they are carried out.
A team of experts in Geneva has begun examining the details of several drone strikes with a view to establishing their legality.
The UN-backed report examines the use of drone strikes in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Yemen and Somalia, UN special rapporteur Ben Emmerson told the press in a statement. He mentioned that the Israeli use of the unmanned aerial craft on Palestinian territory would also come under scrutiny in the report.”

Posted by: вот так | Jan 24 2013 17:38 utc | 33

In the US, and by ricochet the world, 9/11 was not only a plot with diverse aims (depending on one’s pov) but a test of the control of the presentation of official reality, by the Gvmt., the MSM, and stake holders like Defense, Big Anything, which has to bow down to Gvmt. because of Monopolies, political deals, etc.
The monstrous mis-representation (Islamic terrorists who bring down the WTC) flew (sic) easily. To curtail, quash, and dismiss ‘conspiracy theorists’ was simple. Keeping in line the 10%-20% who control the economy, officialdom, industry, etc. was a given. Manufacturing and fudging reports at upper Gvmt. levels was routine. Buying off and compensating all the victims – families and businesses (e.g. airlines, insurance) with a massive Gvmt. bail-out (the largest in history before the banks in 2008) was accomplished smoothly. Court cases were left to founder, dismissed, etc.
The events post 9/11 sent a double, forceful message.
1. Any lies fly, as “ppl are sheep” and national narrative will be accepted as long as allegiance to ‘leaders’, convention, etc. holds.
2. Massive bail-outs, hand-outs, are there for the taking. – imho 9/11 contributed to the sub-prime scandal.
Obama can talk about Tulips or Pluto, it matters not, simply he is not a Republican, and ‘black’, modern, elegant, compassionate, has a sexy wife, or whatever. US worship, exceptionalism, ensures adherence.
…. All humans live with national or group narratives, 90% of what we ‘know’, aka think we know, comes from others (school, books, parents, pols, etc.), and all that is necessary to keep society going. ….
The US has shifted the cursor to an englobing narrative away from ppl’s daily lives, intuitions, grasp of Science, “facts”, as well as self-interest, pro-active endeavors, etc. The line between extravagant fiction and common sense understanding has been moved towards the cobbled-up false tales, the stories either believed in automatically, or accepted and upheld as ‘not important to me right now’…so as to live as a patriot, part of a large society. Adulation of leaders plays a part. The role played by movies, the MSM, fictional books presented as ‘true narrative’, mis-information of various kinds, is more salient. Docu-fiction with moving images is perhaps the most effective.
A short strip illustrating the differences between J. Huxley and Orwell.
http://www.oesquema.com.br/trabalhosujo/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/aldous_huxley_vs_george_orwell.jpg
– click on the top pic for full size.
(I didn’t listen to the speech.)

Posted by: Noirette | Jan 25 2013 15:02 utc | 35

I very much approve Noirette’s coining of the phrase “englobing narrative” to describe Obama’s speech. The president’s language was like a Sunday School sermon–or more effectively–like a high manor wall, that shuts out the sight of reality; and it is worded precisely for those in this country who prefer not to inquire, or who want to avoid being dismayed by the horror which it obscures.
B.H. Obama: “We, the people, still believe that enduring security and lasting peace do not require perpetual war.” HA…(But our Reptilian Overlords believe that it is just about time that we had one.)
President Obama leaves no doubt that the word “peace” is mentioned aloud, only because it was discovered in the transcript of some focus groups and reflects concerns may filter into the public mind.
In a strange figurative sense, Barack Obama is our teacher. As Cicero said, “In the midst of arms the law falls mute”. What better way is this to be demonstrated than through the despotic power that is rising in the US? What better rhetoric for the job than the glittering facade of progressive piety that must shield the eye from the blood that Obama tracks into the White House.
The whole speech is as fictitious as Beyonce lip-synching the National Anthem at the Inaugural ceremony; and it is every bit as preposterous while the president’s sunny speech ambled along, alongside the Central Bank mafia’s looting of the country. What? –we will become social equals across this land and link arms at last under the benign gaze of Big Brother?

Posted by: Copeland | Jan 25 2013 20:12 utc | 37

Noirette, I remember just days after the stock market opened back up after 9/11, before normal tv programming even resumed, there were low low interest rate automobile ads, alluding to some sort of post 9-11 jubilee for consumers. They cobbled the whole thing together in a matter of days. The mortgage thing too. It was like the banks had a fully formed plan in place already, just to take advantage of whatever “national crisis” eventually would befall the country they knew had come to a critical mass of corruption.

Posted by: L Bean | Jan 25 2013 21:35 utc | 39

POA @ 40: ” One wonders, why bother.”
Because some folks just like theater?

Posted by: ben | Jan 26 2013 17:02 utc | 41

I’m no fan of Clinton, but honestly, she made asses out of her attackers, (including, and especially, the piece of shit Rand Paul).
You need to watch the ENTIRE testimony, Taki, not just snippets.

Posted by: PissedOffAmerican | Jan 28 2013 3:58 utc | 43

John Kerry Confirmation Hearing: Questioned About Vietnam vs. Current U.S. Policy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?&v=_g7EA0MzPqc
Rand Paul questioning weasel word merchant John Kerry. I noticed this being used at Mondoweiss to connect Paul to the neocons over his comments about Israel. While I agree that Paul’s views on Israel, as expressed, stink, provided they are being presented in the proper context (IE: not something being used out of context to smear him – I’m not a fan and don’t follow the news about Paul), there was some important things Paul said there in that Kerry grilling the Mondoweiss crowd decided to “forget” to mention.
Bare in mind, the video is being hosted on the ABC News site, and presumably broadcast by them. The things Paul brought up in his questioning of Kerry are absolute no-no’s on American broadcast television.
First, he condemned the attack on Libya.
Second he said “we funded Bin Laden…”. I think that may be a first for American television. That’s one of those “don’t ever say it” facts. He went on to talk about how the U.S. funded extremists. Another absolute no-no.
Third, he equated the Syrian “rebels” with those extremists, obviously in the context of expressing opposition to that Israeli-American war.
In the last two of those no-no subjects, Paul expressed them in a way that was supportive of Israel, but still, he made a stink about subjects verbotten to be objected to in American media, and because ABC broadcast that, probably more than a few Americans heard those objections who otherwise would never have known such views existed (other than from “evil foreigners” out to “steal America’s freedoms”).
This raises the question of whether the only way an American politician can raise certain issues is to cloak them in a pro-zionist manner so as to get past the establishment censors and the zionist smear factory. Is Paul raising these issues in that way, and also adopting a pro-zionist view, because that is the only way available left that he could raise these objections without having his career destroyed? No American politician opposes zionism and remains long in office afterwards. Look at what they did to Cynthia McKinney, for example. In the old USSR, dissent was largely practiced through working it in “between the lines” of “acceptable” views. The censorship in modern day America has gotten to the point where the only way to get a dissenting view across in mainstream media, is to do it covertly.
I’m not claiming anything specific about Paul, BTW. Just speculating.

Posted by: вот так | Jan 28 2013 9:58 utc | 45

“I doubt that regarding Clinton, but post it”
Interesting that you know so much about it, yet haven’t bothered to find and watch the entirety of the hearings.
Find it yourself. Perhaps you might find yourself in the position of knowing WTF you’re talking about on this issue. Or, not.

Posted by: PissedOffAmerican | Jan 29 2013 3:21 utc | 47

C-SPAN is a nonprofit organization, funded by a relatively small 6-cent per subscriber affiliate fee[1] paid by its cable and satellite affiliates, and does not have advertisements on any of its networks, radio stations or websites, nor does it ever solicit donations or pledges. The network operates independently, and neither the cable industry nor Congress has control of the content of its programming.

Posted by: Daniel Rich | Jan 29 2013 4:11 utc | 49

Guantanamo relocation plan halted after key diplomat shuffled
http://rt.com/usa/news/guantanamo-prisoners-us-diplomat-934/
“The US State Department has effectively closed down the office responsible for closing the Guantanamo Bay detention center by relieving a top diplomat of his duties.
­Ambassador Daniel Fried has been released from his post, where he was charged with resettling the camp’s prisoners. He diplomat will now be tasked with managing the State Department’s efforts to persue sanctions against countries like Iran and Syria.”
As closing the torture camp was never really being pursued, his role was a lie. Now they shifted him to run another lie factory – inventing propaganda about Iran and Syria. Seems everything about the Israeli-American government is either to commit war crimes or to invent lies.

Posted by: вот так | Jan 29 2013 4:52 utc | 51