Background:
GOP & Libertarian "Hypnosis" - "Socialism" The Real Red Herring 1
GOP & Libertarian "Hypnosis" - "Socialism" The Real Red Herring 2
Case Study: Sweden's "Evil" Socialism & It's Broken Economy 1

The Stockholm Syndrome Pt. 1 -  Wyatt Cenac travels to Sweden to wake up their hauntingly thin citizens from their socialist nightmare.  (04:38) :

The Stockholm Syndrome Pt. 2 - The Swedes simply will not apologize to Wyatt Cenac for socialism.  (05:08) :

Current "Legend" Series Position {Began here/here}...

Background
Fox News's Food Stamp "Hypnosis" - Following The Path Of Jesus?
Fox News's Class Warfare "Hypnosis" - Using %s & Numerical Figures Interchangeably To Fit Their Personal Agenda
Fox News's Class Warfare "Hypnosis" 2 - Taxing The Poor i.e. Those Least Able To Afford It
GOP's Main Problem With Ron Paul In The GOP Primary Was That He Wouldn't PRE-AGREE To Invade Iran

Colbert Report On Ayn Rand: Her philosophy is of rational self interest and she states that the purpose of life is in pursuing your own happiness with NO regard for others...

Here is the definition of Laissez-Faire Capitalism:  Laissez-faire capitalism is an economic system. Capitalism involves the ownership of property by individuals. The individual's goal is to use this property, or capital (buildings, machines, and other equipment used to produce goods and services), to create income. Individuals and companies compete with one another to earn money. This competition between companies determines the amount of goods produced and the prices company owners may demand for these goods. The French term laissez-faire literally means "to let people do as they wish." Thus, supporters of laissez-faire capitalism do not want the government to interfere in business matters, or if governments do involve themselves in business matters, to keep government influence to a minimum.

One result of no rules in private enterprise is that a person with money and thus the ability to buy influence (i.e. allot of money equals greater power, political and social) can destroy any chance of a competitor entering the marketplace.

In fact, without rules and law, people tend to be greedy and selfish. Something which is normally well-known. With no law there is no control over anyone with power using it unfairly against someone who is socially and politically weaker. Generally, this is seen as immoral by all religions and philosophies as being ruthless means there is no 'charity' and others must be manipulated to gain even more wealth and control (a never ending process). That is why religious sources tend to be against the 'might is right' belief embedded in Laissez-Faire Capitalism.

The following is a religious explanation(from Christianity) which is naturally against the type of behavior which takes from fellow human beings to the detriment of society;

Darwin's ideas played a critically important role in the development and growth, not only of Nazism and communism, but also of the ruthless form of capitalism as best illustrated by the robber barons. While it is difficult to conclude confidently that ruthless capitalism would not have blossomed as it did if Darwin had not developed his evolution theory, it is clear that if Carnegie, Rockefeller, and others had continued to embrace the unadulterated JudeoChristian worldview of their youth and had not become Darwinists, capitalism would not have become as ruthless as it did in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Morris and Morris (p. 84) have suggested that other motivations (including greed, ambition, even a type of a missionary zeal) stimulated the fierce, unprincipled robber baron business practices long before Darwin. Darwinism, however, gave capitalism an apparent scientific rationale that allowed it to be taken to the extremes that were so evident in the early parts of last century.

The basic argument against Laissez-Faire Capitalism (as opposed to a mixed economy with laws to help keep the market fair - see definition above) is that without rules, ruthlessness and "might is right" reigns supreme. Allowing the rich and powerful to take advantage of the weak.

In the feudal system, allot of power (through control of land and resources) was given to a few people by a king. These people would then do everything they could to take whatever they could at the cost of society and every other human that could be conned (that is generally in a different clan or family, though this didn't hold in all cases).

Such economic behavior (and an effect of Laissez-Faire Capitalism) was and is referred to as "Robber Barons";

What Does Robber Barons Mean? A disparaging term dating back to the 12th century which refers to: 1. Unscrupulous feudal lords who amassed personal fortunes by using illegal and immoral business practices, such as illegally charging tolls to passing merchant ships. 2. Modern-day businesspeople who allegedly engage in unethical business tactics and questionable stock market transactions to build large personal fortunes.

Regulating immoral business practices is an old function of modern democracies and modern economies. This is another reason why in the modern world government is mixed with private enterprise. To provide rules and a framework for a fairer society with more opportunity for all its citizens not just a few who happen to be on top and thus have the wealth and influence to get more and more while giving back less and less to the community that these individuals are from.

Current "Legend" Series Position {Began here/here}...

Background
Fox News's Food Stamp "Hypnosis" - Following The Path Of Jesus?
Fox News's Class Warfare "Hypnosis" - Using %s & Numerical Figures Interchangeably To Fit Their Personal Agenda
Fox News's Class Warfare "Hypnosis" 2 - Taxing The Poor i.e. Those Least Able To Afford It

Indecision 2012 - Romspringa Republican voters go through a rite of passage wherein they desperately explore every possible option before ultimately and unhappily voting for Mitt Romney.  (03:27):

"Their main problem with Ron Paul... is because he won't pre-agree to start a war with Iran" - Jon Stewart

News Article from the time of the GOP primary:

Pentagon says Iran concerned primarily with deterring an attack

The Iran question is often posed, as it was in last week's debate to Ron Paul, as a hypothetical. If Iran was proven to have a nuclear weapon what steps would be taken by the US to assure they did not attack Israel? The establishment media is skillful in the presentation and structure of the debate. The question assumes it is the responsibility of the US to protect Israel from a strike by Iran. But more importantly it assumes that Iran has the ability and strategic desire to attack Israel.

This unclassified assessment of Iran's military capability by the US Department of Defense clearly states that "To ensure regime survival, Iran's security strategy is based first on deterring an attack."

The document goes on to make this key statement, "Iran's nuclear program and its willingness to keep open the possibility of developing nuclear weapons is a central part of its deterrent strategy."

But what if the unpredictable Ahmadinejad and company in Tehran suddenly changed their strategy and decided to go on the offensive? Fortunately they would not have the capability according to the DoD which states, "At present Iran's forces are sufficent to deter or defend against conventional threats from Iran's weaker neighbors such as post-war Iraq, the GCC, Azerbaijan or Afghanistan but lack the air power and logistical ability to power much beyond Iran's boarders or to confront regional powers such as Turkey or Israel."

Stated simply Iran wants to obtain the necessary weapons to defend itself in a bad neighborhood where it finds itself surrounded by a global superpower.

The hyping of the potential nuclear program in Iran is Washington's attempt to establish a pretext that would garner public support for a strike/destabilization campaign on Iran. The obvious goal would be regime change.


Moment of Zen: Notice at approx 1 minute - INTO THIS VIDEO - how the GOP news outlet argues for more war for it's ECONOMIC benefits.

Current "Legend" Series Position {Began here/here}...

Background:
Solyndra, Oil, Drilling, Sex-Scandals, Earthquakes & Possible Drilling Related Tsunamis In The Future

Judge Johnny - HalliburtonJudge Johnny issues a ruling on Halliburton's role in the cover-up following the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill. (04:46):   

Background:

Halliburton got $7B in no-bid Iraq contracts

During Vice President Dick Cheney's tenure as its chief executive, the Halliburton Corporation altered its accounting policies so it could report as revenue more than $100 million in disputed costs on big construction projects, public filings by the company show. Halliburton did not disclose the change to investors for over a year.

Vice President Dick Cheney’s stock options in Halliburton rose from $241,498 in 2004 to over $8 million in 2005, an increase of more than 3,000 percent, as Halliburton continues to rake in billions of dollars from no-bid/no-audit government contracts.

Bush's Legacy: New Iraq Oil Law To Open Iraq’s Oil Reserves to Western Companies

The Halliburton Agenda: The Politics of Oil and Money

Bush's Legacy: Fired Army Whistleblower Receives $970K for Exposing Halliburton No-Bid Contracts in Iraq

Dick Cheney: The Ultimate Laissez-Faire Capitalist...

Current "Legend" Series {Started here/here}...

Background:
Southern Strategy 1: The Race War In The USA - The Daily Show 

To get an idea of how toxic the rhetoric in the US has gotten ...

Moment Of Zen: Notice what the members of the crowd are shouting, especially at approx 2 mins into the following video: "You are the Anti-Christ"  

News Report: One in four Americans think Obama may be the antichrist, survey saysPoll asking voters about conspiracy theories reveals alarming beliefs – including 37% believing global warming to be a hoax

How can a large segment of a 21st Century population... IN A FIRST WORLD COUNTRY .. believe something like this (these aren't rational people)...

Psychological Background: The Average GOP/Fox-News Follower Is Easily Distracted

BTW, the global warming this is probably spread by the Koch Brother Libertarians as CATO (following video) & Heritage are founded by the Koch Brothers:

CATO: Is A Koch Brother Funded Institute. If you listen To Cato OR Heritage then you are a "Koch Brother Libertarian".


"The Koch Brothers"

"The Koch Brothers are worth $50 billion. They’ve bankrolled the Tea Party, the campaign against climate change science, and entire university departments to advance their right-wing agenda. The newest item on their shopping list: their own Center for American Progress."

Republicans Attempt to Ax Program Monitoring CarcinogensThe National Toxicology Program, part of the National Institutes of Health, publishes the biannual Report on Carcinogens, which is one of the primary sources of up-to-date public information about chemicals that are known or suspected causes of cancer. The report has been published since 1980, in response to a directive from Congress. But if Rep. Denny Rehberg (R-Mont.) gets his way, soon we might lose this detailed information about the chemicals putting us at risk.


Heritage is also a Koch created and funded institute:

Connections:1. "Before joining Heritage in June 2007, Loris was an associate at the Charles G. Koch Charitable Foundation, immersing himself for a year in a market-based management program."  ,2. "Total Koch foundation grants 1997-2009: $3,976,571"3. Sourcewatch: A list of Koch Funded Orgs

Then there are the lies about the Keystone pipeline. It doesn't create long term jobs. It will create fuel over 2 decades. It will cause earthquakes as well. The Koch Brothers have enough money to survive earthquakes and tsunamis. Most of the rest of the population doesn't. Amnesties/Tax-Breaks/help for the rich and death for common Citizens is another aspect of "Corporatism".

Koch company declared 'substantial interest' in Keystone XL pipeline: Document filed with Canada's Energy Board appears to cast doubt on claims by Koch Industries that it has no interest in the controversial pipeline.


BLOG POST: The Koch Brothers ARE Waging War On Obama & US Citizens!


GOP's radioactive anti-Obama rhetoric

(CNN) -- The debates this presidential primary season have been less like Lincoln-Douglas than former heavyweight champ Buster Douglas -- punch-drunk pugilism, providing entertainment and some great upsets along the way.
But for all the excitement of the fights, there is a civic cost to the radioactive rhetoric that gets thrown out to excite the conservative crowds.

It's not just that the most irresponsible candidates can play to the base and get a boost in the polls, while more sober-minded candidates like Jon Huntsman fail to get attention. The real damage is to the process of running for president itself. Because when low blows get rewarded, the incentive to try to emulate Lincoln -- holding yourself to a higher standard -- is diminished. And one barometer of this atmospheric shift is in the increasingly overheated rhetoric by candidates attacking the current president. This serial disrespect ends up unintentionally diminishing the office of president itself.

Look, I know that politics is a full-contact sport: Elbows get thrown and egos get bruised. But ask yourself if Ronald Reagan ever called Jimmy Carter a socialist or a communist on the stump. Sure, there were deep philosophical and policy disagreements between them, and Carter was called a failed president many times. But there was a lingering respect for the office that retained an essential bit of dignity. It was only the far-right fringe who indulged in the kind of rhetoric we now hear routinely from presidential candidates.

Magazine Article Extract: Covert Operations:The billionaire brothers who are waging a war against Obama.

Southern Strategy: "He's not one of us"

Romney Invokes "Birther" Controversy with Dig at Obama

"The Real Romney": Veteran Reporter Michael Kranish on Mitt Romney’s Embrace of GOP’s Rightward Turn

Rick Perry Questions Legitimacy of Obama's Birth Certificate

Rick Perry on Birtherism: Just Kidding!

Birtherism Is Dead. Long Live Otherism.

TEST: Watch this talk, by a Southerner, Bill Clinton Watch President Clinton Deliver Nomination Address at the DNC and if you are a Southerner/Midwesterner... what do you notice?

To understand what kind of polices the South and thus The GOP-Republicans are going to implement, all you gotta do is see what GOP supporters are implementing now and how they are doing it (Note: Mexican-American's are 'Latinos')...

Tucson's Mexican-American Studies Ban:

To understand why Latino's have been attacked so hard by the GOP-Republicans, you have to understand their standard party political strategy, which all of them (except Ron Paul) use...

GOP-Republican: The Southern Strategy

The Southern Strategy is the policy of the Republican Party in the United States to gain political support in the Southern section of the country. Politically, the concept generally uses themes traditionally supported by residents of the Southern states to win election in those locations. Since segregation continued well into the late 20th century in the region, the Republican Party officially attempted to utilize this wedge issue as a way of garnering support for their political faction in these states. In addition to the issue of segregation between white residents and African Americans, the party also utilized Southern values of religion, gun control and a distrust of counterculture to win votes.

In the 1950s and 1960s, the Republican Party generally opposed desegregation and the Civil Rights Movement. This stance caused a major shift in the voting practices of the African American community to the support of the Democratic Party, the faction which helped legislate laws such as the Voting Rights Act. Party officials, specifically President Richard Nixon's political strategist Kevin Phillips, understood that in order for the Republicans to win the Southern states, they needed to focus their attention on the Caucasian population.

The implementation of the Southern Strategy by the Republican Party represented a major shift in political power in the region. Since the Civil War, the Democratic Party was the primary force in the South due to its support of the region during Reconstruction. In addition, the Republican candidate Abraham Lincoln was seen as the primary instigator of the war by most Southern residents. Between the 1950s and the early 1980s, the South shifted to major support for the Republicans. At the same time, much of the North and the West became a major supporter of Democrats.

In other words, the establishment Republicans (i.e Newt, Mitt, Santorum - those following standard party policy) are using the natural racism of the South (see background above) to get votes. This racism has been fanned by the GOP and Fox News to a point where it has become extremely toxic. 


Related Blog Posts:

Do Fox News People Even Watch Their Own Channel? (Examples of Megyn Kelly & The Five)

Breaking Down Society & Social Structures Leads To Anarchy AND Violence

Historical overview
Morgan Freeman on the tea party, racism and Obama
North-South Cultural 1 -  Division in The USA
North-South Cultural 2 - Division in The USA 
North-South Cultural 3 - Division in The USA  

Basically, the South sees black people like they did in the days when the Constitution was first written...

Warner Bros 1940 - Confederate Honey:

Moment Of Zen: The Kochs, Segregation, and Joseph Stalin
i.e. see the following video: 

BREAKING FOX NEWS ALERT: 300 INNOCENT PEOPLE HAVE BEEN EXONERATED BY DNA EVIDENCE AFTER A JURY DECIDED THEY WERE GUILTY

On The Black Presidency: Larry Wilmore considers whether or not American democracy can survive with the same ethnicity dominating the White House over and over again for years on end. (03:58)... 

Learn about the Republican's "Southern Strategy":

•  Southern strategy: In American politics, the Southern strategy refers to the Republican Party strategy of winning elections in Southern states by exploiting anti-African American racism and fears of lawlessness among Southern white voters and appealing to fears of growing federal power in social and economic matters (generally lumped under the concept of states' rights)

Republican Minority Outreach: Larry Wilmore advises Republicans not wanting to appear racist to not say racist things(they can't do that because they are in denial about their racism)...

About The South...

Innocent killed for crimes, especially if they are of a minority person, is normal in the Southern United States of America. The top leadership has no shame and the same morality as feudal lords who rape their slaves for fun and profit(i.e. extra slave labor . Hell, they even made that thier party platform. Only a Southerner Feudal Lord Party (In this case Arizona, whoes Republican candidate turned out to be an actual Nazi!) could possibly have the balls, in today's modern world, to actually protect rapist babies before they are even conceived  AND literally put it on the Party Platform ... and then shut-up so the women wouldn't find out!


1. "Graves' brother, Arthur Curry Jr., has always insisted that Graves was home with him the night of the murders. "There is no justice, especially here in Texas. Had he done that and I knew it, I could not have hid the truth knowing that someone's family was in torture," says Curry. Graves has not been given an execution date. His lawyer is seeking a new trial."

2. "The Death Penalty Information Center keeps an "Innocence List" which names incarcerated people who have been exonerated since 1973. There are 119 to date. The criteria for inclusion on the list are: "In order to be included on the list, defendants must have been convicted and sentenced to death, and subsequently either: a) their conviction was overturned and they were acquitted at a re-trial, or all charges were dismissed; or b) they were given an absolute pardon by the governor based on new evidence of innocence." 

Famous Speeches From Movies: To Kill a Mockingbird.

Notice that To Kill A Mocking Bird is a fiction book ABOUT the South well AFTER the civil war. Notice where the black people are. In the deep South the fear of the black man (from old white women) STILL exists. Seeing blacks as lower than them to a point where there is no shame in calling people 'other black' and 'our blacks' ('our blacks', I think, was famously used by Ann Coulter). To Kill A Mocking Bird is a MUST READ to understand the South, for outsiders.

Excellent example of Southern "Justice" (NON-Fiction):

“Anatomy of Injustice”: Death in a small town
Note: In To Kill A Mocking Bird, at the end, the all-white jury ruled to have the black guy killed. Notice Mitt Romney's strategy is to blame everything on the black guy EXACTLY like To Kill A Mocking Bird... with an almost all white male election base which is so outdated they have resorted to election fraud rather than be compassionate.

There was even a book by John Grisham covering this Southern Tradition in his own way in A Time To Kill

Interesting fact: Many members of the Nazi's found a home in the confederate South. We know very little of their activities as many were weapons scientists in Germany and since WW2 the United States has something called a "National Security Act/Bill". Whose sole purpose seems to be to increase militarism.

Racism

Southern Strategy

Zimmerman Trial

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Above: George Bush increased the debt ceiling in 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006. 2007 and twice in 2008 (Obama has used the same strategy, though ineffectually. Rand Paul is using this Obama strategy as well but more effectually possibly because he's white.  See? Ron Paul is STILL the ONLY consistent Politician.)

(BTW, is Rand Paul is referring to Bill O Reilly's beliefs when he was talking about bestiality. More about the GOP here. More about Bill O'Reilly here.)


BTW:

Important Republican Party Position: McConnel admits that making sure Barack Hussein Obama is a one term President is his primary political goal. This means that the worse the economy is the better chances are that Obama will be a one term president. i.e. Bad Economy = Good for GOP

Rather than defaulting on debts it makes more sense to raise the ceiling and solve the budget problem. THEN, over time, the debt will decrease if that is how the budget is balanced. 

Extract From:

[Case Study] Political Nonsense of the Debt Ceiling "Debate"

Here is the plan Mitch McConnel came up with...

1. "I would advocate that we pass legislation giving the president the authority to REQUEST of us an increase in the debt ceiling that would take us past the end of his term" - "that [legislation] would be subject to disapproval. That resolution of disapproval, if passed, would then go to the president, he could sign it or he could veto it." - McConnell - Theme: Passing legislation to 'disapprove it later.

2. "The reason default is no better idea today than when Newt Gengrich tried it in 1995, is it destroys your brand [i.e. America's credit rating] and would give the president the opportunity to blame Republicans for bad economy" - Defaulting was seriously tried by Newt in 1995.

3. "Look, he owns the economy. He's been in office almost 3 years now and we refuse to let him entice us into co-ownership of a bad economy" McConnel - The co-ownership is referring to the United states economy. 


Notes:

• Dick Cheney literally said Iraq would be a quagmire before invading
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• Amanpour On Iraq: Where were the journalists?
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• From Bill Moyers: How big money and big media have The US into Disneyland
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• Bush's Legacy: Massacres, War Crimes, Neo-Nazi's, ...

• The Iraq Effect (2007): New Study Finds 600% Rise ...

• CNN: The Most Busted Name In News
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• US TV News Media: Echo Chambers
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• US TV News Media: Fox News Echo Chambers 
• {The "war party" side has taken it's demonization to new levels... well, they are the War Party. What did you expect? Help?}

On Gold:
Fear created by Debt Ceiling haggling in the US dropped the dollar and boosted the price of gold. As the BBC reports; "The price of gold has risen to a fresh all-time high of $1,594.16 an ounce, and the dollar has fallen, on concerns the US may default on its debts."

Moment of Zen On The Stock Market