CNN’s Lou Dobbs - The Minister Of ‘Propaganda And Enlightenment’ - [Part 1 Of 2]

Thursday, September 3rd, 2009

Before we proceed further we need to define the word: "Propaganda."
According to WikiPedia.com -- Propaganda is a type of message aimed at influencing the opinions or behavior of people. Often, instead of impartially providing information, propaganda can be deliberately misleading, or use fallacies, which, while sometimes convincing, are not necessarily valid.
Propaganda techniques include -- patriotic [...]

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The New Hampshire Debate - Recap Of A Fear Mongering Feast

Wednesday, July 1st, 2009

The scene of this terrible accident -- Saint Anselm College in Manchester, N.H. [The third GOP presidential debate -- Tuesday, 5 2007].
My friend Paul Reyes likened them to a "convention of morticians," in their last debate. Mark Mellman, a pollster says these candidates make the Republican party look like "a front for the Flat Earth [...]

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Cnn’s Lou Dobbs - The Minister Of ‘Propaganda And Enlightenment’ - [Part 2 Of 2]

Monday, May 18th, 2009

[...Continued from Part 1]
Over the years, every wave of immigration into the United States has faced fear and hostility, especially during times of economic hardship, political turmoil, or war:
-- In 1882, Congress passed the Chinese Exclusion Act[1], one of America's first immigration laws, to keep out all people of Chinese origin.
-- During the "Red Scare"[2] [...]

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