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Originally posted by Curiousisall
reply to post by nenothtu
Uh...
Those both say the exact same thing.
What do you see moving?
So how come Obama is doing everything to get the government control of everything?
Originally posted by Kaleokualoha
Why do you post that Frank Marshall Davis was Obama’s “mentor”? Because conservative firebrand Cliff Kincaid said so? "Dreams From My Father" belies that urban myth. It's a pity Americans are so easily hoodwinked by this right-wing disinformation, just like we were duped regarding the Iraqi threat. But even today, some Americans would rather believe fully discredited lies than admit they were duped. They don't have the courage to admit their mistakes. For everyone else: "Follow the evidence."
Although Obama's book indicates "Frank" was a family friend who offered him advice on racial issues, Obama wrote that Davis "fell short" and his views were "incurable." Obama's book proves that Obama did not consider Davis to be a "wise and trusted counselor," which is the standard definition of "mentor." By what creative definition can Davis be considered his "mentor"?
Further, according to "Dreams," Obama visited Davis only twice on his own after visiting with Gramps: once to discuss his grandmother's bus stop incident, and three years later before leaving for college. When did this alleged "communist" training occur?
By exaggerating evidence that Davis advised Obama, yet ignoring evidence from the same source that Obama did NOT Frank to be a wise and trusted advisor, those who spread the urban myth Davis was Obama's "mentor" are as dishonest as ex-D.A. Mike Nifong. The "Nifong Syndrome" is the stacking of evidence by ignoring evidence that does not fit one's agenda. By portraying Davis as Obama's mentor, despite conclusive evidence to the contrary, fraudulent "opposition research" by Cliff Kincaid and others permeates the blogosphere. Their travesty of journalistic ethics, like their "AIM Reports," demonstrates that they are unreliable sources of information on the Davis-Obama relationship. As the epitome of contemporary propaganda, Cliff Kincaid may be a worthy successor to Reich Minister Joseph Goebbels.
Such rhetorical deception was highlighted in the story of Alice's adventures in "Through The Looking-Glass,"
"When I use a word," Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone. "It means just what I choose it to mean - neither more or less."
"The question is," said Alice, "whether you can make words mean so many different things."
"The question is," said Humpty Dumpty, "which is to be master - that's all."
- Lewis Carroll, English author & recreational mathematician (1832 - 1898)
Cliff Kincaid and his colleagues designed an elaborate scam. Instead of fake jewelry, they fake opposition research. They present false information about Frank Marshall Davis, like the Bush administration presented false information about the Iraqi threat. Both were the product of disinformation campaigns designed to frame their targets for imaginary offenses, because their actual behavior was insufficient. They combined fact with fabrication to create a tapestry of historical fiction, not unlike "The Da Vinci Code" or the persecution of Dr. Steven Hatfill during the anthrax scare.
Just as the Senate confirmed that the Bush administration misrepresented the Iraqi threat, so too does irrefutable evidence confirmed that Cliff Kincaid misrepresented Frank Marshall Davis. From the ranks of responsible journalism, Cliff Kincaid's perfidious performance deserves a dishonorable discharge -- Straussian rationalization notwithstanding.
Disinformation creates urban myths based on "secret knowledge" from anonymous sources. The Internet's viral nature lets myths emerge fully grown from propagandists, or they may perversely grow from a kernel of truth, nurtured by confirmation bias.
A disinformation campaign is like a house of cards, or an illusion fabricated over a framework of falsehoods. When enough support is withdrawn, the disinformation reveals its true colors. So it was with the Bush administration's Iraqi "threat" myth, which falsely claimed WMD stockpiles and mobile weapons labs largely based upon false reports from Iraqi source "Curveball." So it is with disinformation regarding the Davis-Obama relationship myth, largely based upon false reports from the conservative "Ministry of Truth" source, Cliff Kincaid's so-called "Accuracy In Media" (AIM). Their parallel functions belie any coincidence in their parallel names.
"Truth is generally the best vindication against slander."
- Abraham Lincoln
Originally posted by nenothtu
I neither care that you don't trust me, nor expect you to. If it's too hard a job for you to follow your own advice and do the research, who am I to argue with that?
Believe as you will.
Next moving target, please...
Originally posted by nenothtu
You can't tell the difference between the claim that "Obama is a known socialist muslim" (a patent absurdity, by the way) and "who Obama's mom went to high school with"?
If you can't tell the difference there, I'm afraid I just can't help you.
edit on 2010/9/29 by nenothtu because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by Curiousisall
Originally posted by nenothtu
I neither care that you don't trust me, nor expect you to. If it's too hard a job for you to follow your own advice and do the research, who am I to argue with that?
Believe as you will.
Next moving target, please...
Actually I wasted a great deal of time trying to find just one thread, blog, or article about who Obama's mom hung out with in high school from 2009 or earlier. I LOOKED.
Why do you keep insisting I am moving anything? What have I moved? I asked where all this concern over this trivial periphery was before he was elected. That is what I am still asking. What are you on?
Originally posted by Curiousisall
Originally posted by nenothtu
I neither care that you don't trust me, nor expect you to. If it's too hard a job for you to follow your own advice and do the research, who am I to argue with that?
Believe as you will.
Next moving target, please...
Actually I wasted a great deal of time trying to find just one thread, blog, or article about who Obama's mom hung out with in high school from 2009 or earlier. I LOOKED.
Why do you keep insisting I am moving anything? What have I moved? I asked where all this concern over this trivial periphery was before he was elected. That is what I am still asking. What are you on?
Originally posted by sweetliberty
reply to post by Curiousisall
You remind me of someone who seems to be inactive for about a month now.
I see you became a member on 9/11, ironic!
edit to add, can you post anything to back up your questions? You don't seem to know how to debate, but you are great at attacking
sl
edit on 29-9-2010 by sweetliberty because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by 8fl0z
A centralized government is what we need...our current government isnt any better.
The only problem i have with socialism, is that we the people will be forever supressed, or we can be more like france, and make a stand when we want change. I dont think the government can stop 20 million people on its door step