Comments on: California government continues demolition of business

By: ER

ER — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 15:15:21 +0000

There’s no need to read all correspondence, or the sources it refers to. A glance at the subject line tells you what they’re about, and what they’re going to say.

The message is always the same. Like all junk mail, after a while, you learn to identify it by the texture of the stationary, the pattern of the postmark, and it can be safely discarded, unopened.

However, some propagandists are now learning to disguise their spam as news, or special interest messages, humor, or even educational material: infotainment and advertorials. The pitch is hidden inside, indirect and subliminal. They call it “product placement”. These are at least fun to read, they provide a challenge of sorts, deconstructing the “public information” spin machine.

Some of it is actually quite clever. But what else could you expect from a culture that gave us the teleprompter, lip synching and the laugh track?

By: bowser

bowser — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 07:40:24 +0000

And no, TB, I did not read the article. How did I rebut so accurately, so incisively?

Amazing, isn’t it?

By: bowser

bowser — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 07:37:41 +0000

Is it California, or is it those who choose to loot and run? Those patriots who have used the system to make their fortunes and don’t want to contribute even remotely close to their ability? Those flag-wavers who want an underclass, paid army of otherwise unemployed kids to defend their private property, their banking system, their means of looting?

Let ‘em run. The country doesn’t need them. No self-respecting country, anyway.

How is it people expect the US to have the most and latest weapons and yet not have taxes? I haven’t figured that out.