btreloar | Shared With: Everyone - Aug 15 2008 | news, war, bush
Quoted: In 1944, Henry A. Wallace, one of three Vice Presidents to serve under Franklin D. Roosevelt, assessed the threat of fascism in America and predicted that the time might come when the media was in collusion with the ruling power. "American fascism will not be really dangerous until there is a purposeful coalition among the cartelists, the deliberate poisoners of public information. . . ," he wrote.
That day may be here. Fascinating dissection of propaganda and the rise of Fascist (or "Corporatist") sentiment in America.
ShareViewed: 1 Time- btreloar | Shared With: Everyone - Aug 04 2008 | news, war, bush, media
This opinion piece is bolstered by numerous links to reputable news sources.
Quoted: And although those who relied on FOX News were found to be the most misinformed, it wasn't until a series of FOX e-mails was leaked to the press that anyone grasped how "purposeful" the intent to mold opinion actually was.
ShareViewed: 1 Time - btreloar | Shared With: Everyone - Aug 03 2008 | bush, cheney, war, iraq, constitution, law
Even The Colbert Report on Comedy Central lampooned the administration's attempts to cover up torture. Unfortunatly, this latest power grab by the Bush administration is no laughing matter.
- btreloar | Shared With: Everyone - Jun 20 2008 | bush, war
Quoted: In a statement released today, he bluntly accuses the Bush administration of war crimes and lays down a challenge for prosecution.
- btreloar | Shared With: Everyone - May 31 2008 | bush, war, politics, republicans
Quoted: Scott McClellan looks back on one of the most painful experiences of his life in "What Happened: Inside the Bush White House and Washington's Culture of Deception."
btreloar | Shared With: Everyone - May 28 2008 | bush, war, politics, Republicans
Quoted: Former White House press secretary Scott McClellan writes in a new memoir that the Iraq war was sold to the American people with a sophisticated "political propaganda campaign" led by President Bush and aimed at "manipulating sources of public opinion."
Bush is depicted as an out-of-touch leader, operating in a political bubble, who has stubbornly refused to admit mistakes.
A more self-confident executive would be willing to acknowledge failure, to trust people's ability to forgive those who seek redemption for mistakes and show a readiness to change,
ShareViewed: 1 Time- btreloar | Shared With: Everyone - May 28 2008 | bush, war, politics, Republicans
Quoted: Former White House press secretary Scott McClellan writes in a new memoir that the Iraq war was sold to the American people with a sophisticated "political propaganda campaign" led by President Bush and aimed at "manipulating sources of public opinion."
Bush is depicted as an out-of-touch leader, operating in a political bubble, who has stubbornly refused to admit mistakes.
A more self-confident executive would be willing to acknowledge failure, to trust people's ability to forgive those who seek redemption for mistakes and show a readiness to change,
ShareViewed: 1 Time - btreloar | Shared With: Everyone - May 24 2008 | war, bush, politics
A stinging rebuke to the President's rematrks at the Knesset.
Quoted: All the President's Nazis (Real and Imagined): An Open Letter to Bush - The Huffington Post
ShareViewed: 4 Times - btreloar | Shared With: Everyone - Mar 12 2008 | war, bush
Of course ...
Send Bill a friend request or a personal message instead.