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Quote from : Wikipedia : Rope-A-Dope
Rope-a-dope is a boxing fighting style commonly associated with Muhammad Ali (who coined the term) in the Rumble in the Jungle against George Foreman.
Technique
The rope-a-dope is performed by a boxer assuming a protected stance, in Ali's classic pose, lying against the ropes, and allowing his opponent to hit him, in the hope that the opponent will become tired and make mistakes which the boxer can exploit in a counterattack.
In competitive situations other than boxing, rope-a-dope is used to describe strategies in which one party purposely puts itself in what appears to be a losing position, attempting thereby to become the eventual victor.
Originally posted by apacheman
I agree with most everything you state, a very cogent analysis for the most part.
Originally posted by apacheman
Where we diverge, perhaps, is in the notion that "it takes two to tango" is only one aspect, true if you are aware you're sopposed to be dancing.
Originally posted by apacheman
If you know enough about your target, it is easy to provide the framing of circumstances to drive any behavior you care to make the target do, without the target ever knowing that each move he "independently" makes has been preprogrammed and anticipated. All that is required is an agenda, access to large resources, and the will and ruthlessness to do it.
Originally posted by apacheman
Do those in government have the motive, means, and opportunity? Yes, yes, yes. Does the corporate world likewise have the motives, means and poortunities? Yes, yes, yes.
Originally posted by apacheman
People should review the criminal career of J. Edgar Hoover, the head of the FBI who abused his power and illegally investigated everyone in power, blackmailing them to keep and expand his own powers. He ran the FBI as a personal totalitarian fiefdom. So there should be no doubt as to either the ability or propensity of those in government and the corporate world to do such things, and do them for trivial reasons as well as grandiose ones.
To outfox a jarhead you don't have to think like a jarhead,
To out-fox a fox, you have to think like a fox, and outsmart the hunter.
Originally posted by m khan
These are excellent cover stories, recited with religious conviction, but unfortunately wrong. I think he was murdered and his body stuffed in a remote control plane for a false flag effect by some blackwater xe types. The funny thing regarding McVeigh is that he seemed to think he was going to live, up to the end. He had so much arrogance. He thought he was going to get whisked away to another secret CIA assignment. He didn't really believe they would just kill him. When Nichols found out he was truly dead, he was seen balling in the courtroom, no arrogance for him.
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To outfox a jarhead you don't have to think like a jarhead,
To out-fox a fox, you have to think like a fox, and outsmart the hunter.
And by the by the mascot of the Fabian society, which is the precursor of the CFR is a sheep in wolf's clothing.
[edit on 21-2-2010 by m khan]
Quote from : Wikipedia : Fabian Society
The Fabian Society is a British intellectual socialist movement, whose purpose is to advance the principles of social democracy via gradualist and reformist, rather than revolutionary, means.
It is best known for its initial ground-breaking work beginning late in the 19th century and continuing up to World War I.
The society laid many of the foundations of the Labour Party and subsequently affected the policies of states emerging from the decolonisation of the British Empire, especially India.
Today, the society is a vanguard "think tank" of the New Labour movement.
It is one of 15 socialist societies affiliated to the Labour Party.
Similar societies exist in Australia (the Australian Fabian Society), Canada (the Douglas-Coldwell Foundation and in past the League for Social Reconstruction) and New Zealand.
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