Obama's secrecy fixation causing Sunshine Week implosion. (updated below) When Barack Obama ran for president in 2008, his pledges of openness and transparency were not ancillary to his campaign but central to it.
He repeatedly denounced the Bush administration as "one of the most secretive administrations in our nation's history", saying that "it is no coincidence" that such a secrecy-obsessed presidency "has favored special interests and pursued policies that could not stand up to the sunlight. " He vowed: "as president, I'm going to change that. " The new propaganda is liberal. The new slavery is digital. What is modern propaganda?
For many, it is the lies of a totalitarian state. In the 1970s, I met Leni Riefenstahl and asked her about her epic films that glorified the Nazis. Even Democratic Party Loyalists Starting to Wake Up to the Fact that Obama Is As Bad As Bush … Or Worse. Obama Is Worse than Bush In Favoring the Super-Elite, Bailing Out the Big Banks, Protecting Financial Criminals, Targeting Whistleblowers, Keeping Government Secrets, Trampling Our Liberties and Starting Military Conflicts In New Countries Glenn Greenwald notes that even Democratic party loyalists are getting fed up with Obama’s Bush-like actions: Even the most loyal establishment Democrats are now harshly denouncing the president for his war on transparency ….This secrecy has become so oppressive and extreme that even the most faithful Democratic operatives are now angrily exploding with public denunciations.
(Greenwald gives numerous examples.) The day the Obama administration went all Nixon on us. Will Bunch Posted: Tuesday, May 14, 2013, 1:30 PM Attytood spoiler: That day was May 7, 2012...but first a quick history lesson.
Sigh...I know, I know, I write too much about the late 1960s and early 1970s, but this time it's really important. Because today that is the rallying cry for any presidential scandal, that this one is "worse than Watergate. " But the Watergate break-in happened 41 years ago, which means that more than half of all Americans weren't even born yet, so you can't blame a lot of voters if they don't know much about what Watergate and the related scandals of Richard Milhous Nixon were all about.
Beyond brand Obama - Opinion. In commenting on the first presidential debate, MSNBC's Chris Hayes astutely noted that Obama's advisers adhered to a first principle: first do no harm to the Obama brand, the brand of "no drama Obama", the perennial "adult in the room", who never gets ruffled, never gets angry - which, Hayes acknowledged, is partly a racially-imposed requirement.
Yes, precisely: the Obama brand, for a brand is exactly what Obama is; and the logic of brand development, marketing and maintenance is precisely the logic that has defined his political career, beginning even before anyone outside of Illinois had ever heard of him. That's not to say that Obama's brand obsession is entirely a bad thing. In the past, Democrats have frequently been far too careless of deliberate and deceptive attacks on their character which would automatically draw a swift response from any brand-protecting organisation. Christopher Hitchens: Obama and Nobel's first 'virtual' award. Obama's big dirty oil test - Global warming. Sometime before the end of this year, the State Department will decide whether to approve the 1,700-mile-long Keystone XL pipeline, intended to connect the tar sands of Alberta, Canada, with the refineries of southern Texas.
August Forecast & Review. Preface When David Rockefeller and Zbigniew Brzezinski founded the Trilateral Commission in 1973, the intent was to create a “New International Economic Order” (NIEO). To this end, they brought together 300 elite corporate, political and academic leaders from North America, Japan and Europe. Few people believed us when we wrote about their nefarious plans back then. Now, we look back and clearly see that they did what they said they were going to do… globalism is upon us like an 8.6 magnitude earthquake. The question is, “How did they do it?”
Indeed, how did they do it? The answer is the Bank for International Settlements (BIS), self-described as the “central bank for central bankers”, that controls the vast global banking system with the precision of a Swiss watch. This report offers a concise summation of BIS history, structure and current activities. Introduction. The men behind Barack Obama part 1. Bin_laden_brzezinski1.gif (432×295) The men behind Barack Obama part 2. Who is Zbigniew Brzezinski and what is his (their) plan for humanity? Zbigniew Brzezinski profile. The Next Decade - Webster Tarpley.
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Join our email list: Naomi Klein on how corporate branding has taken over America. In May 2009, Absolut Vodka launched a limited edition line called "Absolut No Label".
The company's global public relations manager, Kristina Hagbard, explained that "For the first time we dare to face the world completely naked. We launch a bottle with no label and no logo, to manifest the idea that no matter what's on the outside, it's the inside that really matters. " A few months later, Starbucks opened its first unbranded coffee shop in Seattle, called 15th Avenue E Coffee and Tea. This "stealth Starbucks" (as the anomalous outlet immediately became known) was decorated with "one-of-a-kind" fixtures and customers were invited to bring in their own music for the stereo system as well as their own pet social causes – all to help develop what the company called "a community personality.
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